Game Mechanics Golden Hearts

[Horiuchi]

Golden Hearts can appear after hardmode has been activated and heals double what a normal heart would. This would only drop from harder enemies

 

[Lamb₭night]

What your suggesting is almost exactly what life fruits do.

 

[Horiuchi]

No, these are regular hearts that drop from baddies, but they heal 40 hp instead of 20

 

[Lamb₭night]

Oh. In that case I support.

 

[sharkman0101]

I don't see the point, why not just make them drop two hearts?

 

[Horiuchi]

I don't see the point, why not just make them drop two hearts?

The heart could possibly provide more hp than mentioned making it a quick way to replenish during a boss or somthing

 

[sharkman0101]

The heart could possibly provide more hp than mentioned making it a quick way to replenish during a boss or somthing

That's why we have potions that heal health. The hearts are merely there as a "blessing", they are mostly luck based and are already fine as they are now. The intended drop-to-heal ratios of hardmode in the game is fine as is. (Of course, it is assuming that these hearts have the same drop rate as a normal heart in hardmode. If they do drop rarer, then it would be pointless to implement. It would heal no faster than just two hearts dropped at once, which could prove interesting if balanced correctly.)

 

[Horiuchi]

That's why we have potions that heal health. The hearts are merely there as a "blessing", they are mostly luck based and are already fine as they are now. The intended drop-to-heal ratios of hardmode in the game is fine as is. (Of course, it is assuming that these hearts have the same drop rate as a normal heart in hardmode. If they do drop rarer, then it would be pointless to implement. It would heal no faster than just two hearts dropped at once, which could prove interesting if balanced correctly.)

They could be expert exculsive

 

[sharkman0101]

They could be expert exculsive

Expert mode actually reduces the rate of heart drops to increase the difficulty, so doing that would be against what Expert mode does.

 

[Huzbubber Tim]

I like this idea! Seems like it could be really useful! (Also, if you want them, here's some sprites for the hearts, including their Halloween and Christmas variants:

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