A simple, fast elevator using platforms.

[Imdad]

 

[PenguinPandaZero]

lolwut?
Looks funny.

 

[Youfad]

This could come in so useful! It also looks very cool!

 

[Sound Of Trance]

If only you could do that horizontally.

 

[DicemanX]

If only you could do that horizontally.

You can. There is already an in-depth guide posted by ZeroGravitas in this forum:

http://forums.terraria.org/index.ph...port-using-only-sloped-tiles.1656/#post-32330

Here's an example of one of the many uses of hoiks (especially in pre-hardmode before you gain access to teleporters):

 

[ZeroGravitas]

Slopes are overpowered indeed, heh. That's the lowest effort elevator I've seen. But the original platform based elevators' far easier to mount:

Skip to where it's shown used as a true Helevator.

Then, like DicemanX already kindly pointed out, there are my old 'hoiks'.