Portfolio/Multi-Topic A few miscellaneous ideas for 1.4.5 and beyond

[Angler Apologist]

I haven't posted here in a long while, but I recently began another playthrough of Terraria and came up with some ideas I'd like to share. Most of these ideas are very niche and random, and that seems to be somewhat of a theme for 1.4.5 so I hope these ideas fit right in.

1. Drill Saw (drill counterpart to the Picksaw)
2. Gray Zapinator and Cascade made available through shimmer transmutation of their hardmode counterparts
3. Ability to manually input hex codes in the character creator
4. An item similar to Stinkbug Blockers that allows the Truffle to live in any housing
5. A way to keep track of what items haven't been researched yet (maybe specific to each category)
6. Endless Fallen Star Item for use with the Star Cannon and Super Star Shooter
7. Dreadnautilus Trophy (maybe as an Angler quest reward)
8. Corrupt and Vicious birds
9. More Space creatures (I'd love to see the return of the Arch Wyvern someday)
10. Some way (any way) to get a Rod of Discord in less than 50 billion years

I hope at least one of these ideas resonate with someone out there, but either way it was fun to poke my head out of the sand and come up with some ideas for such a cool game.

 

[9Craft 🌳]

I haven't posted here in a long while, but I recently began another playthrough of Terraria and came up with some ideas I'd like to share. Most of these ideas are very niche and random, and that seems to be somewhat of a theme for 1.4.5 so I hope these ideas fit right in.

1. Drill Saw (drill counterpart to the Picksaw)
2. Gray Zapinator and Cascade made available through shimmer transmutation of their hardmode counterparts
3. Ability to manually input hex codes in the character creator
4. An item similar to Stinkbug Blockers that allows the Truffle to live in any housing
5. A way to keep track of what items haven't been researched yet (maybe specific to each category)
6. Endless Fallen Star Item for use with the Star Cannon and Super Star Shooter
7. Dreadnautilus Trophy (maybe as an Angler quest reward)
8. Corrupt and Vicious birds
9. More Space creatures (I'd love to see the return of the Arch Wyvern someday)
10. Some way (any way) to get a Rod of Discord in less than 50 billion years

I hope at least one of these ideas resonate with someone out there, but either way it was fun to poke my head out of the sand and come up with some ideas for such a cool game.

1: I feel like it wouldn't really fit with Golem's loot pool, but it is a cool idea.
2: yes, this should have existed in the first place.
3: ok.
4: Maybe something like a "spore scented nightlight"? I might make a better idea layout later.
5: approved.
6: I am surprised it did not already exist, so sure
7: There are so many ideas for it already, so why isn't it in yet!?
8: yes, there should be evil variants of most creatures.
9: Arch Wyvern, my old nemesis from 1.2, I would love to see them again
10: Maybe Princess can sell it for a few platinum post ML?

anyways, I love the ideas! support!

 

[Big Sammich]

1. Drill Saw (drill counterpart to the Picksaw)

To what end? We already have the Laser Drill.

4. An item similar to Stinkbug Blockers that allows the Truffle to live in any housing

I don't agree with this. I don't think you should be able to work around the biome preferences of NPCs, and especially not the Truffle's restrictions.

5. A way to keep track of what items haven't been researched yet (maybe specific to each category)

Technically, this is already in the game... an item you haven't researched will tell you how many more you need to research in its tooltip. However, there's no way currently to get an easy list of the items you haven't researched. I don't necessarily think that you should have access to that list, but maybe something like seeing blank spaces in the item duplication menu for items you don't have yet would work. There have been suggestions like that in the past.

6. Endless Fallen Star Item for use with the Star Cannon and Super Star Shooter

Ha ha ha... no. Those weapons are balanced around their very limited ammo. For this to work, you'd need to get it after the weapons have been outclassed, at which point it's mostly worthless.

8. Corrupt and Vicious birds

Explain this further. Do you mean critters turned into enemies, like what happens for bunnies, goldfish, and penguins? Or do you mean new enemies that resemble birds?

9. More Space creatures (I'd love to see the return of the Arch Wyvern someday)

What space creatures do you want to see? Do you have any ideas?

10. Some way (any way) to get a Rod of Discord in less than 50 billion years

Seeing as how the Rod of Discord is a very serious contender for the best item in the game, the existing methods of building a farm and maxing out your luck are probably the closest we're ever going to get.

 

[Angler Apologist]

To what end? We already have the Laser Drill.

Yeah it's kind of a niche idea but I think it would be nice for drill fans who don't want to do the Martian Madness event (with the Laser Drill being a significantly better alternative for those who do)

I don't agree with this. I don't think you should be able to work around the biome preferences of NPCs, and especially not the Truffle's restrictions.

I imagine it would be a late-game (or even endgame) item that requires you to have already moved the Truffle in the normal way. I think it would be a nice option and reward for players who went to the trouble of constructing a surface mushroom biome but don't necessarily want anyone living there in the late game.

Technically, this is already in the game... an item you haven't researched will tell you how many more you need to research in its tooltip. However, there's no way currently to get an easy list of the items you haven't researched. I don't necessarily think that you should have access to that list, but maybe something like seeing blank spaces in the item duplication menu for items you don't have yet would work. There have been suggestions like that in the past.

Yes, leaving black spaces in the menu is kind of what I had in mind.

Ha ha ha... no. Those weapons are balanced around their very limited ammo. For this to work, you'd need to get it after the weapons have been outclassed, at which point it's mostly worthless.

Obviously this item would be very hard to get; I imagine it would cost at least 1000 fallen stars to get. Most people wouldn't bother to get it, but it would be a cool reward for people who do. It's a niche and silly idea, much like a lot of my ideas.

Explain this further. Do you mean critters turned into enemies, like what happens for bunnies, goldfish, and penguins? Or do you mean new enemies that resemble birds?

I mean like the same way it works with bunnies, goldfish, and penguins, but with birds. They're the only critter with a banner that don't have these variants, which is a little weird to me.

What space creatures do you want to see? Do you have any ideas?

Apart from the Arch Wyvern, I'd like to see a hardmode version of Harpies (maybe Valkyries or Griffins?), and I think some critters would be nice too (like a new kind of fish seen in Sky Lakes).

Seeing as how the Rod of Discord is a very serious contender for the best item in the game, the existing methods of building a farm and maxing out your luck are probably the closest we're ever going to get.

Yeah honestly this is more of a cry for help than a suggestion, I don't really know how this item could be made easier to obtain while still being reasonably hard to get. Maybe it could be a more common drop from a rarer enemy, like a Hallowed Mimic or something?

 

[Nickyboi23]

I haven't posted here in a long while, but I recently began another playthrough of Terraria and came up with some ideas I'd like to share. Most of these ideas are very niche and random, and that seems to be somewhat of a theme for 1.4.5 so I hope these ideas fit right in.

1. Drill Saw (drill counterpart to the Picksaw)
2. Gray Zapinator and Cascade made available through shimmer transmutation of their hardmode counterparts
3. Ability to manually input hex codes in the character creator
4. An item similar to Stinkbug Blockers that allows the Truffle to live in any housing
5. A way to keep track of what items haven't been researched yet (maybe specific to each category)
6. Endless Fallen Star Item for use with the Star Cannon and Super Star Shooter
7. Dreadnautilus Trophy (maybe as an Angler quest reward)
8. Corrupt and Vicious birds
9. More Space creatures (I'd love to see the return of the Arch Wyvern someday)
10. Some way (any way) to get a Rod of Discord in less than 50 billion years

I hope at least one of these ideas resonate with someone out there, but either way it was fun to poke my head out of the sand and come up with some ideas for such a cool game.

One idea I've been hanging onto for a long time is for the endgame. I fell like post moon lord players should be able to transmute the alchemy table into something that is able to create free potions by researching the ingredients (similar to journey mode) so that you don't need to farm as often. Idk.

 

[random terraria fan]

i like all of those but what do you mean by hex codes?

4. An item similar to Stinkbug Blockers that allows the Truffle to live in any housing

maybe by shimmering a stinkbug blocker