Sprites Rod of Discord revamp.

[The Storm]

This suggestion has been fully implemented into my mod: tModLoader - Storm Diver's Additions and Changes

Hello again people, creatures and Derplings, I’m not sure if something like this has been posted before, but I’ll post this anyway.

Don’t you just love spending hours killing thousands of Chaos elementals just to get the infamous Rod of Discord? Well he is my suggestion on how to make it a less tedious task (Sort of):

Spoiler: Old Legacy idea that no one liked

Rod of wood:

Type: Crafting Material
Tooltip: “I know what you’re thinking”
Rarity: White
Sell: 50

Crafting: x30 @

Broken Rod of Discord:

Type: Crafting Material
Tooltip: “Seems to be lacking soul power”
Rarity: Purple
Sell: 1

50

Crafting:

x1 +

x10 +

x30 + x15 @ /

Rod of Discord

Crafting:

x1 + x5 + x5 + x5 @ /

New Idea:

Chaos Shard:

Type: Crafting Material
Tooltip: “Imbued with pure chaos”
Rarity: Pink
Sell: 50

So these are what the Chaos Elementals drop, each one has a 15%/20% chance of dropping one of these, and the Chaos Elementals themselves no longer drop the rod.
Now once you have collected enough of these you can move on to the next step:

Rod of Discord

Crafting:

x10 +

x30 + x25 +

x20 @ /

Now you may notice that you require hallowed bars to craft it now, meaning you must defeat a single Mechanical boss in order to get this item. I feel this is a good way of compensating for the fact that the rod can be obtained so much quicker now, as even though before it could be obtained right after killing the WoF, most people wouldn't get one until even after Golem.
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Now here's a quick comparison from the current method

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Before:
0.2% chance drop rate from Chaos Elemental: 500~ Kills to obtain, can be obtained right after activating Hardmode.

After:
10 Chaos shards with a 15%/20% drop rate: 66~/50~ Kills to obtain, requires a single Mechanical boss to be defeated.

As you can see this massively reduces the amount of Chaos Elementals you need to kill, but to make it not too easy to obtain I pushed it slightly further into the game's progression, but not by much. Anyway, it's not like anyone's gotten the rod pre-Mechanical boss anyway, unless you're really lucky.
So to summon all this up:

• RoD now requires far fewer Chaos elemental kills, but can only be obtained post-Single Mechanical boss.

So what do you think, is this idea really great or really stupid?

 

[J Bame]

I mean, you can just increase the Drop Rate. The Broken RoD is practically the same thing just a bit more annoying to use, so you really arent fixing the problem of it being "too powerful" (it really isn't)

The RoD wasn't really meant to be easily obtained since at the end of the day it's just great QoL and nothing more.

 

[The Storm]

I mean, you can just increase the Drop Rate. The Broken RoD is practically the same thing just a bit more annoying to use, so you really arent fixing the problem of it being "too powerful" (it really isn't)

The RoD wasn't really meant to be easily obtained since at the end of the day it's just great QoL and nothing more.

I understand what you're saying, but where's the fun in simply increasing the drop rate? Also what if the Broken rod was just a crafting material instead?
And I don't mean to call it too powerful, it's just a very useful item and making it easier to obtain but making it obtained a little later balances it out, plus I only got my Rod post-Golem so on average it'll take less time to obtain.

 

[Bry]

I understand what you're saying, but where's the fun in simply increasing the drop rate? Also what if the Broken rod was just a crafting material instead?
And I don't mean to call it too powerful, it's just a very useful item and making it easier to obtain but making it obtained a little later balances it out, plus I only got my Rod post-Golem so on average it'll take less time to obtain.

The Rod of Wood is unnecessary; you could just use Pearlwood as a raw crafting material. For the Broken Rod; why would anybody logically build a broken tool? That's like if we had to craft the Broken Hero Sword; why not just craft an actual, functional sword?
Sometimes, the best solution is also the simplest.

I am the last ing person that should be saying that.

 

[The Storm]

What if the broken rod was dropped by the Chaos elementals instead, and you simply use the shards and souls to fix it?
(I only added all the other stuff as I wanted to make more sprites and a more advanced crafting tree)
Although I really wouldn't mind crafting the Broken hero sword if it meant less RNG, which was what I was trying to do here.

Tell you what, I'll overhaul the crafting recipe tomorrow and ditch the 2 useless rods.

 

[Companion Cube]

Hello again people, creatures and Derplings

*Ahem*

 

[The Storm]

*Ahem*

And semi-organic cubes.

 

[The Storm]

Ok since people really hate crafting, I decided to overhaul the recipe, no longer will you have to craft 2 useless rods, and instead you craft the rod directly with shards, but you need hallowed bars to do so.

 

[Spazmatism7]

I have an idea. Instead of only crafting you could say craft or drop.

Also the new RoD is to easy to optain. How about increasing it to a higher number. For example 100 or 90 required.

 

[The Storm]

I have an idea. Instead of only crafting you could say craft or drop.

Also the new RoD is too easy to optain. How about increasing it to a higher number. For example 100 or 90 required.

I could make it require more shards or make the elemental have a lower chance to drop shards. And I do like the idea of keeping the old drop rate along side this new idea.

 

[Spazmatism7]

I could make it require more shards or make the elemental have a lower chance to drop shards. And I do like the idea of keeping the old drop rate along side this new idea.

It is good that we are on the same page Storm.

PS: Are you fine with me calling you Storm.

 

[sharkman0101]

why not just craft an actual, functional sword?

The Goblin Tinkerer would like a word with you.

For the suggestion itself, I'm all for it. The RoD is way too rare at the moment, so any change involving increased availability will be welcomed and adorned with my support.

 

[The Storm]

It is good that we are on the same page Storm.

PS: Are you fine with me calling you Storm.

I shall be referred to as "Storm Diver the almighty and powerful"
That's fine, but half the time I'll forget who you're talking to.

 

[UndernityGaming]

I shall be referred to as "Storm Diver the almighty and powerful"
That's fine, but half the time I'll forget who you're talking to.

Hello, i really like the idea, and would love to implement it to my mod. Could i port the idea with the sprites to my mod? Would be Cool!

 

[The Storm]

Hello, i really like the idea, and would love to implement it to my mod. Could i port the idea with the sprites to my mod? Would be Cool!

Sure go ahead, I have never modded Terraria before and am too lazy to do so, just credit me for the sprites and give me a link to it.

 

[UndernityGaming]

Sure go ahead, I have never modded Terraria before and am too lazy to do so, just credit me for the sprites and give me a link to it.

Thanks! I add it in the next Update, when its released i post the link here

 

[UndernityGaming]

Sure go ahead, I have never modded Terraria before and am too lazy to do so, just credit me for the sprites and give me a link to it.

Added them in the mod, everthing works fine BTW, if ya want to watch Terraria Videos with no Voice, check out my Youtube Channel! Its named Qualiaty Hezer

 

[The Storm]

Added them in the mod, everthing works fine BTW, if ya want to watch Terraria Videos with no Voice, check out my Youtube Channel! Its named Qualiaty Hezer

Thanks, I'm assuming it's the Qualiaty mod looks interesting, I'll download and play around with it soon.

 

[UndernityGaming]

Thanks, I'm assuming it's the Qualiaty mod looks interesting, I'll download and play around with it soon.

Yep! I would play it after the update that comes, but you also can play that now. Hope you have fun!

 

[Spider-Kyle]

If this isn't in 1.4 I am suing the devs