SeriousAmaro
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Welcome to SeriousAmaro Mods ideas!
Recruiting campaign! Do you like spriting? What about coding? Interested in making my suggestions for the game a fully-fledged mod(s)? Good for you, 'cause I'm assembling a team for it, be sure to contact me!
Here you'll find different, labeled ideas that aim at balancing the game with minimal changes, as well as occasional mid-size implementation to the game. Please note that these are just suggestions for the moment, as I'm still learning spriting and coding. I'll just be here in the meantime, waiting for your feedback!
Recruiting campaign! Do you like spriting? What about coding? Interested in making my suggestions for the game a fully-fledged mod(s)? Good for you, 'cause I'm assembling a team for it, be sure to contact me!
Here you'll find different, labeled ideas that aim at balancing the game with minimal changes, as well as occasional mid-size implementation to the game. Please note that these are just suggestions for the moment, as I'm still learning spriting and coding. I'll just be here in the meantime, waiting for your feedback!
I'm not a professional spriter, I'm trying my best with them. Some of them are just temporary, missing ones will be posted when ready. I'm currently studying coding, so I'm planning on making these ideas into reality
Color coding:
- Green = buff;
- Red = nerf;
- Blue = new addition;
- Yellow = rework/modification/sidegrade.
Summoner Modifiers
Currently, the game has three branches of modifiers that max out at Legendary (non-stackable Melee and Whips), Unreal (non-consumable Ranged), and Mythical (Magic and Minions/Sentries); while it's pretty unfair for Summoner weapons to be split into an existing category instead of having their own, it's also worth noticing that some melee weapon don't event fit the Legendary subclass of modifiers, like yo-yos. I've reworked and simplified the modifiers by creating different categories:
[WIP]
Pre-Hardmode support
While Abigail's Flower in 1.4.3 has fixed the early weapon issue for Summoners, I still wanted to add a basic starter weapon that's easy to find and doesn't require the player to die a bunch (you know, for hardcore worlds)
Definitive Summoner accessory
Other Changes
I want to thank Re-Logic for adapting some of my suggestions in 1.4 (that I have now removed from the post), including pre-Hardmode Pygmy Necklace, Obsidian armor set rework, flasks working of whips, and the various buff to some minions. If they did not get inspired by this specific post, then I'll still be very satisfied that some of my ideas were close to the Dev's ideas.
Currently, the game has three branches of modifiers that max out at Legendary (non-stackable Melee and Whips), Unreal (non-consumable Ranged), and Mythical (Magic and Minions/Sentries); while it's pretty unfair for Summoner weapons to be split into an existing category instead of having their own, it's also worth noticing that some melee weapon don't event fit the Legendary subclass of modifiers, like yo-yos. I've reworked and simplified the modifiers by creating different categories:
[WIP]
Pre-Hardmode support
While Abigail's Flower in 1.4.3 has fixed the early weapon issue for Summoners, I still wanted to add a basic starter weapon that's easy to find and doesn't require the player to die a bunch (you know, for hardcore worlds)
- [sprite coming soon!] New Weapon: Vine Whip (found in Surface Chests: Leather Whip stats except for 8 damage, +2 tag damage, and the Spinal Tap crowd ability);
- Pirate Staff rework: it deals 6 damage and won't drop during the Pirate Invasion but it's found in Water Chests instead (it's now orange rarity, down from pink);
- Whip range bonus from the Obsidian Armor set is reduced to 35% (down from 50%).
Definitive Summoner accessory
- Pygmy Necklace is now green rarity (down from lime), and is now a material;
- Necromantic Scroll now has +1 Sentry capacity instead of +1 Minion capacity;
- [sprite coming soon!] New Accessory, material: Beetle Necklace (crafted with Hercules Beetle + Pygmy Necklace: combines their effects);
- Papyrus Scarab, material: (crafted with Beetle Necklace + Necromantic Scroll: combines their effects);
- [sprite coming soon!] New Accessory, material: Shadowflame Bracelet (+20% whip speed and range and auto-swing for whips. dropped by Goblin Summoner);
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New Accessory: Shamanic Drum (crafted with Voodoo Skull + Papyrus Scarab: combines their effects, so basically "+1 Minion and Sentry capacity, +10% Summon damage, +2 Minion Knockback, +20% whip speed and range, auto-swing for whips").
Other Changes
- Old One's Army armors rework: they now each represent one class + sentries support (Monk and Shinobi Infiltrator are pure Summoner armors now);
- Summoner armor defense value increased; not the weakest armors now;
- Every mention of minion damage will now be corrected to summon damage;
- Strictly Melee armors sets and accessories do not provide whip bonuses anymore (including auto-swing);
- Pygmy Staff, Durendal, Dark Harvest, Staff of the Frost Hydra received some buffs;
- The Obsidian armor set is now blue rarity (up from white);
- All Goblin Summoner drops now have a 12,5% drop rate instead of 16,7% (as a result of adding a new Goblin Summoner drop).
I want to thank Re-Logic for adapting some of my suggestions in 1.4 (that I have now removed from the post), including pre-Hardmode Pygmy Necklace, Obsidian armor set rework, flasks working of whips, and the various buff to some minions. If they did not get inspired by this specific post, then I'll still be very satisfied that some of my ideas were close to the Dev's ideas.
With 1.4, many balance issues with Summoners were fixed, except for the inconsistent modifiers and rarities, lack of defense for this low DPS class, and a starter weapon that doesn't rely on RNG. There are also many inconsistencies with the Dungeons Defenders 2 content*, including sentries being underpowered without their dedicated armor and accessories, and many instances where the tooltip doesn't mention effects correctly.
*We currently have two melee/summon armor sets, a ranger/summon and a magic/summon. My goal is to make four armors unique to all four classes + sentry support. This means removing summon damage from all of them except for Monk and Shinobi Infiltrator, which only received a small nerf in that regard but also trade the unreasonably high defense of the warrior class armor set with extra Minion capacity.
This is a list of changes to some weapons:
This table lists all specific changes regarding armor sets:
With 1.4, flasks have the corrected tooltip, including whips. I have still no idea why other items did not receive the same treatment.
All items that receive new tooltips/updated text:
- from minion damage to summon damage:
Flinx Fur Coat
Obsidian armor set
Bee armor set
Spider armor set
Forbidden armor set
Monk armor set
Hallowed armor set (with the Summoner helmet)
Tiki armor set
Spooky armor set
Shinobi Infiltrator armor set
Stardust armor set
- Armor sets that loses any summon damage bonuses:
Apprentice armor set
Squire armor set
Huntress armor set
Valhalla Knight armor set
Red Riding Hood armor set
Dark Artist armor set
- adding "whips" when mentioning melee speed buffs (these items currently affect whips, but do not mention them):
Gi
Shadow armor set -- including ancient variant
Hardmode ores armor sets, including Hallowed (with the Warrior helmet)
Moon Charm
Sun Stone
Moon Stone
Celestial Stone
Celestial Shell
- adding "whips" when mentioning auto swing for melee weapons (these items currently affect whips, but do not mention them):
Feral Claws
Power Glove
Berserker's Glove
Mechanical Glove
Fire Gauntlet
- Melee armor sets that will no longer provide whip bonuses (and their tooltip will be untouched since they don't mention them):
Cobalt armor set (with the Warrior helmet)
Palladium armor set (with the Warrior helmet)
Orichalcum armor set (with the Warrior helmet)
Adamantite armor set (with the Warrior helmet)
Hallowed armor set (with the Warrior helmet)
Solar armor set
*We currently have two melee/summon armor sets, a ranger/summon and a magic/summon. My goal is to make four armors unique to all four classes + sentry support. This means removing summon damage from all of them except for Monk and Shinobi Infiltrator, which only received a small nerf in that regard but also trade the unreasonably high defense of the warrior class armor set with extra Minion capacity.
This is a list of changes to some weapons:
| Name | Stat changes | Other changes | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pirate Staff | 10 damage (down from 40) | found in Water Chests (introducing the concept of pirates early on) | currently too weak and rare for the progression; it could help early progression when waiting for Blood Moons; since there aren't many summon weapons, everyone should count. |
| Pygmy Staff | 43 damage (up from 34) | every hit applies Venom (before the change, every hit had 33% chance to apply venom and 66% chance to apply poison) | currently too weak for the progression; since there aren't many summon weapons, everyone should count. |
| Vine Whip(new weapon!) | 8 damage 0,5 knockback 30 use time 10 tiles range | gives a starting weapon for the class that doesn't rely on RNG like the Finch Staff | |
| Durendal | 62 damage (up from 55) | (since Durendal grants attack speed, the damage buff adds up a lot, making the weapon dish out more damage than the Cool Whip) | currently not an upgrade over Cool Whip, which inflicts more damage through frostburn and the snowflake; |
| Dark Harvest | 112 damage (up from 100) | closes the gap between this weapon and Kaleidoscope (Morning Star is more of a novelty since it's too slow) | |
| Staff of the Frost Hydra | 130 damage (up from 100) | doesn't deal that much damage compared to how slow it shoots; Sentries need more support |
This table lists all specific changes regarding armor sets:
| Armor | Total Defense | Effect | How to Obtain it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flinx Fur Coat | 1 | +1 Minion capacity +5% summon damage | Silk x10 Flinx Fur x8 Gold/Platinum Bar x8 (Loom) |
| Obsidian armor | 15 | +1 Minion capacity +31% summon damage + 35% Whip range (down from 50%) + 35% Whip speed | Obsidian x60 Silk x30 Shadow Scale/Tissue Sample x20 (Hellforge) |
| Bee armor | 5+7+6 = 18 (up from 4+5+4 = 13) | + 2 Minion capacity + 23% summon damage | Bee Wax x30 (Anvil) |
| Spider armor | 20 | + 3 Minion capacity + 28% summon damage | Spider Fang x36 (Anvil) |
| Forbidden armor | 8+13+9 = 30 (up from 6+12+8 = 26) | + 2 Minion capacity + 15% summon damage + 80 mana + 15% magic damage + forbidden sign | Adamantite/Titanium Bar x46 Forbidden Fragment x3 (Mythril/Orichalcum Anvil) |
| Monk armor | 8+16+10 = 34 (down from 8+22+16 = 46) | + 2 Sentry capacity + 2 Minion capacity (shirt +1; pants +1) + 20% summon damage (down from 30%) + 20% melee and whip speed + 20% movement speed + enhanced lightning aura + 10 melee crit. chance (Squire, Huntress, Apprentice armor) | Defender Medal x75 (sold by Tavernkeep, post-Mech boss) |
| Hallowed armor (hood) | 10+15+11 = 36 (up from 1+15+11 = 27) | + 3 Minion capacity + 10% summon damage + 7% damage + 7% crit. chance + 8% movement speed + holy protection | Hallowed Bar x54 (Mythril/Orichalcum Anvil) |
| Tiki armor | 10+20+15 = 45 (up from 6+17+12 = 35) | + 4 Minion capacity + 1 Sentry capacity (shirt +1) + 30% summon damage | Platinum Coin x1,5 (sold by Witch Doctor, post-Plantera) |
| Spooky armor | 12+15+13 = 40 (up from 6+17+12 = 35) | + 4 Minion capacity +1 Sentry capacity (breastplate +1) + 58% summon damage + 20% movement speed | Spooky Wood x750 (Work Bench) |
| Shinobi Infiltrator armor | 11+20+15 = 46 (down from 10+26+18 = 54) | + 3 Sentry capacity + 3 Minion capacity (each piece +1) + 60% summon damage + 20% movement speed + 20% melee and whip speed + enhanced lightning aura + 20% melee crit. chance (Valhalla Knight, Red Riding, Dark Arts armor) | Defender Medal x225 (Sold by Tavernkeep, post-Golem) |
| Stardust armor | 12+24+18 = 54 (up from 10+16+12 = 30) | + 5 Minion capacity + 2 Sentry capacity (plate and leggings +1) + 66% summon damage + stardust guardian | Stardust Fragment x45 Luminite Bar x36 (Ancient Manipulator) |
With 1.4, flasks have the corrected tooltip, including whips. I have still no idea why other items did not receive the same treatment.
All items that receive new tooltips/updated text:
- from minion damage to summon damage:
Flinx Fur Coat
Obsidian armor set
Bee armor set
Spider armor set
Forbidden armor set
Monk armor set
Hallowed armor set (with the Summoner helmet)
Tiki armor set
Spooky armor set
Shinobi Infiltrator armor set
Stardust armor set
- Armor sets that loses any summon damage bonuses:
Apprentice armor set
Squire armor set
Huntress armor set
Valhalla Knight armor set
Red Riding Hood armor set
Dark Artist armor set
- adding "whips" when mentioning melee speed buffs (these items currently affect whips, but do not mention them):
Gi
Shadow armor set -- including ancient variant
Hardmode ores armor sets, including Hallowed (with the Warrior helmet)
Moon Charm
Sun Stone
Moon Stone
Celestial Stone
Celestial Shell
- adding "whips" when mentioning auto swing for melee weapons (these items currently affect whips, but do not mention them):
Feral Claws
Power Glove
Berserker's Glove
Mechanical Glove
Fire Gauntlet
- Melee armor sets that will no longer provide whip bonuses (and their tooltip will be untouched since they don't mention them):
Cobalt armor set (with the Warrior helmet)
Palladium armor set (with the Warrior helmet)
Orichalcum armor set (with the Warrior helmet)
Adamantite armor set (with the Warrior helmet)
Hallowed armor set (with the Warrior helmet)
Solar armor set
Boots rework
Ankh Charm tweaks
Ultimate Magnet
Generic
- Ice Skates are now a vanity item that can be found in Christmas presents (swapped with Hand Warmer);
- Flurry Boots now allows the wearer to run even faster on ice (like Ice Skates, but it will still break thin ice);
- Sailfish Boots now allows the wearer to run even faster on water (if able) and inside the water;
- Flurry Boots, Sailfish Boots, and Dunerider Boots won't combine anymore with Rocket Boots to make Spectre Boots;
- Frostspark Boots rework: (Flurry + Sailfish + Dunerider Boots) allows running, it's faster on ice, water, and sand, ice will not break when you fall on it.
Ankh Charm tweaks
- Hand Warmer is now found in Frozen Chests (swapped with Ice Skates);
New Accessory, material: Heated Sash (crafted with Hand Warmer + Blindfold: combines their effects);- Heated Sash replaces Blindfold in the Ankh Charm recipe;
- Ankh Charm now gains the effects of the Hand Warmer on top of other immunities.
Ultimate Magnet
New Accessory, material: Restoration Magnet (crafted with Celestial Magnet + Heartreach Potion; increases pickup range for hearts and mana stars);
New Accessory, material: Crystal Necklace (dropped from Hallowed Mimics; hearts and mana stars restore 25 health/mana instead of 20);
New Accessory, material: Galaxy's Eye (crafted with Restoration Magnet + Crystal Necklace: combines their effects);
New Accessory, material: Gold Detector (crafted with Treasure Magnet + Coin Ring; combines their effects);
New Accessory: Syphon Ring (crafted with Galaxy's Eye + Gold Detector; combines their effects).
Generic
- Tabi rework: dropped from pre-hardmode Dungeon monsters and the dash will be on par with Shield of Chthulu (this doesn't change Master Ninja Gear);
- Treasure Magnet tooltip now correctly says "Draws items towards you";
- All Hallowed Mimic drops are now 20% (down from 25%).
- Heated Sash, material (
+ 
at a Tinkerer's Workshop)
"provides immunity to darkness, chill, and freezing effects."
- Restoration Magnet, material (
+ 
at a Tinkerer's Workshop)
"increases pickup range for mana stars and hearts."
- Crystal Necklace, material (20% drop from Hallowed Mimics)
"hearts and mana stars grant 25% more health and mana."
- Galaxy's Eye, material ( + at a Tinkerer's Workshop)
"increases pickup range and efficiency of mana stars and hearts."
- Gold Detector, material ( 
+ 
at a Tinkerer's Workshop)
"increases coin pickup range, hitting enemies will sometimes drop extra coins and draws items toward you."
- Syphon Ring ( + at a Tinkerer's Workshop)
"increases pickup range of hearts, mana stars, and coins. increases the efficiency of hearts and mana stars, and hitting enemies will sometimes drop extra coins. Draws items toward you."
- All Hallowed Mimics drop now have a 20% to drop instead of 25%; this will keep the current 100% chance to drop an item, but it's randomized accordingly, like Corruption and Crimson Mimics;
- Tabi is now Green rarity instead of Lime.
Thanks to Bry-ccentric for the Everlasting Torch and Crystal Necklace accessory idea! Check his own version, link to his post down in the Special Thanks section.
Some thoughts:
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and swapped places and got a little bit of work: Ice Skates loses its effect and becomes just vanity while Hard Warmer is included in the Ankh Charm item;
-
, 
, and 
now read "The wearer can run super fast, and even faster on ice/water/sand" They combine into 
"The wearer can run super fast, and even faster on ice, water, and sand. Ice will not break when you fall on it"
- New progression for Terraspark Boots:
+ 
= 
;
+ 
+ 
= 
;
+ 
= 
This means that Frostspark Boots are not required anymore to make Terraspark (you don't need Ice Skates anymore but you'll need specifically Hermes Boots)
-
and 
now gives immunity to chilled and freeze effects.
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ =
-
dash is nerfed to be on par with Shield of Chthulu, but it will be found pre-hardmode. It's a sidegrade from it since it won't deal damage but that's a positive thing if you don't want to bounce off enemies. It's a very well needed item for all non-Expert/Master mode!
- The Syphon Ring is a good defensive item that also makes farming and building a little bit easier. It's not something that's necessary to the game in terms of balance, but for that, I'm creating separate mods (like Summoner Balance)
Heated Sash, material ( + at a Tinkerer's Workshop)"provides immunity to darkness, chill, and freezing effects."
-
Restoration Magnet, material ( + at a Tinkerer's Workshop)"increases pickup range for mana stars and hearts."
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Crystal Necklace, material (20% drop from Hallowed Mimics)"hearts and mana stars grant 25% more health and mana."
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Galaxy's Eye, material ( + at a Tinkerer's Workshop)"increases pickup range and efficiency of mana stars and hearts."
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Gold Detector, material ( + at a Tinkerer's Workshop)"increases coin pickup range, hitting enemies will sometimes drop extra coins and draws items toward you."
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Syphon Ring ( + at a Tinkerer's Workshop)"increases pickup range of hearts, mana stars, and coins. increases the efficiency of hearts and mana stars, and hitting enemies will sometimes drop extra coins. Draws items toward you."
- All Hallowed Mimics drop now have a 20% to drop instead of 25%; this will keep the current 100% chance to drop an item, but it's randomized accordingly, like Corruption and Crimson Mimics;
- Tabi is now Green rarity instead of Lime.
Thanks to Bry-ccentric for the Everlasting Torch and Crystal Necklace accessory idea! Check his own version, link to his post down in the Special Thanks section.
Some thoughts:
-
and swapped places and got a little bit of work: Ice Skates loses its effect and becomes just vanity while Hard Warmer is included in the Ankh Charm item;-
, , and now read "The wearer can run super fast, and even faster on ice/water/sand" They combine into "The wearer can run super fast, and even faster on ice, water, and sand. Ice will not break when you fall on it"- New progression for Terraspark Boots:
+ = ; + + = ; + = This means that Frostspark Boots are not required anymore to make Terraspark (you don't need Ice Skates anymore but you'll need specifically Hermes Boots)
-
and now gives immunity to chilled and freeze effects. + + + + = -
dash is nerfed to be on par with Shield of Chthulu, but it will be found pre-hardmode. It's a sidegrade from it since it won't deal damage but that's a positive thing if you don't want to bounce off enemies. It's a very well needed item for all non-Expert/Master mode!- The Syphon Ring is a good defensive item that also makes farming and building a little bit easier. It's not something that's necessary to the game in terms of balance, but for that, I'm creating separate mods (like Summoner Balance)
Researching
Bestiary and Banners
Enemies from the Old One's Army, Pumpkin Moon, and Frost Moon invasions will require double of each value to fill in an entry/drop a banner, except the name and portrait (always locked at 1 kill). For example, Headless Horseman is 3-stars: 1 kill unlocks name and portrait, 20 kills to unlock stats, 30 for the item drop list, and 60 for full entry and banner.
- The main goal of this QoL revision is to make banners and bestiary entries less grindy to get. Many people already consider Dreadnautilus as a boss, have you tried to kill 50 of them to get a banner? even in Journey mode, you still have to fish them and it's not a fast process. Medusa, Nymph, The Groom, Enchanted Sword, Sand Elemental, Rainbow Slime, Doctor Bones, Rune Wizard... all these rare monster will drop their banner and will completely fill their bestiary with much less grinding effort.
- If you ever tried to research all items in Terraria, you'll figure out that banners aside, Gold critters are a pain. With the most efficient farming methods, you'll still have to spend hours to get a Gold Grasshopper, Gold Seahorse, or Gold Mouse to spawn. This last one doesn't even spawn near hometowns, so you'll have to fend off thousands of enemies to lower the monsters' cap. Also, the Angler rarely gives you decorative items, and to get all 12 of them you'll need statistically to do around 500-1000 quests.
- Bosses are incorrectly displayed in the bestiary. To make things more coherent, Martian Saucer has to be removed from the boss tab (otherwise, but it's definitely not the best choice, you'd have to add all other event bosses like Mourning Wood, Ogre or Ice Queen as well). The four Celestial Pillars can stay there, but honestly, no one thinks of them as bosses. (BTW, what's a boss? a monster with a health bar that doesn't drop a banner I guess. Technically, Pillars could count, but it's still wonky)
- For some reason, Old One's Army banners do not provide buff. My guess is to make the invasion tougher, but it's not that different from Pumpkin Moon and Frost Moon, and their banner does help. Actually, it's more useful there, to help you reach the last wave before the daytime. Invasion banners drop at different rates currently, with Etherian Goblin banner require 1000 kills to get. Since they stack, I don't see why you should have x10 that number of banners, since you would also need a good number of them to cover the entire arena for this event. Pumpkin Moon and Frost Moon clog your inventory much faster during the last waves, I don't see it as a problem anytime soon.
- Since I don't want to delete any existing items, this is a way to differentiate banners that are incoherent with all others:
- Gold critters research cost is now 1 (down from 3)
- Food and drink potions research cost is now 5 (down from 10)
- Crates research cost is now 5 (down from 10)
- All Mosses research cost is now 10 (down from 25)
- The decorative fishing rewards will be much more common.
- The Traveling Merchant will sell all five Christmas paintings every time he spawns during Christmas
Bestiary and Banners
- Depending on the star rarity system, information of rarer monster require fewer kills to appear
- Depending on the star rarity system, rarer monsters will require fewer kills to drop a banner
- Old One's Army, Pumpkin Moon, and Frost Moon invasions banners will require double the number of kills than the number required for all the other monsters
- Old One's Army banners now provide buffs against the respective monsters
- Fixed some banners inconsistency
- Martian Saucer and the four Pillars are no longer present in the boss tab
| Name and Portrait | Stats | Item drop list | Item drop rates AND banner drop | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1-star monsters | 1 kill | 10 kills | 25 kills | 50 kills |
2-stars monsters | 1 kill | 10 kills | 20 kills (down from 25) | 40 kills (down from 50) |
3-stars monsters | 1 kill | 10 kills | 15 kills (down from 25) | 30 kills (down from 25) |
4-stars monsters | 1 kill | 4 kills (down from 10) | 10 kills (down from 25) | 20 kills (down from 25) |
5-stars monsters | 1 kill | 2 kills (down from 10) | 5 kills (down from 25) | 10 kills (down from 25) |
bosses (main, event) | 1 kill | 1 kill | 1 kill | 1 kill (no banner) |
Enemies from the Old One's Army, Pumpkin Moon, and Frost Moon invasions will require double of each value to fill in an entry/drop a banner, except the name and portrait (always locked at 1 kill). For example, Headless Horseman is 3-stars: 1 kill unlocks name and portrait, 20 kills to unlock stats, 30 for the item drop list, and 60 for full entry and banner.
- The main goal of this QoL revision is to make banners and bestiary entries less grindy to get. Many people already consider Dreadnautilus as a boss, have you tried to kill 50 of them to get a banner? even in Journey mode, you still have to fish them and it's not a fast process. Medusa, Nymph, The Groom, Enchanted Sword, Sand Elemental, Rainbow Slime, Doctor Bones, Rune Wizard... all these rare monster will drop their banner and will completely fill their bestiary with much less grinding effort.
- If you ever tried to research all items in Terraria, you'll figure out that banners aside, Gold critters are a pain. With the most efficient farming methods, you'll still have to spend hours to get a Gold Grasshopper, Gold Seahorse, or Gold Mouse to spawn. This last one doesn't even spawn near hometowns, so you'll have to fend off thousands of enemies to lower the monsters' cap. Also, the Angler rarely gives you decorative items, and to get all 12 of them you'll need statistically to do around 500-1000 quests.
- Bosses are incorrectly displayed in the bestiary. To make things more coherent, Martian Saucer has to be removed from the boss tab (otherwise, but it's definitely not the best choice, you'd have to add all other event bosses like Mourning Wood, Ogre or Ice Queen as well). The four Celestial Pillars can stay there, but honestly, no one thinks of them as bosses. (BTW, what's a boss? a monster with a health bar that doesn't drop a banner I guess. Technically, Pillars could count, but it's still wonky)
- For some reason, Old One's Army banners do not provide buff. My guess is to make the invasion tougher, but it's not that different from Pumpkin Moon and Frost Moon, and their banner does help. Actually, it's more useful there, to help you reach the last wave before the daytime. Invasion banners drop at different rates currently, with Etherian Goblin banner require 1000 kills to get. Since they stack, I don't see why you should have x10 that number of banners, since you would also need a good number of them to cover the entire arena for this event. Pumpkin Moon and Frost Moon clog your inventory much faster during the last waves, I don't see it as a problem anytime soon.
- Since I don't want to delete any existing items, this is a way to differentiate banners that are incoherent with all others:
- Goldfish, Bunny, Penguin, and Bird banner: Critter banners are useless and only those four have one. While keeping the corrupt and vicious variants as they are right now, those four banners will turn decorative and be sold by the Zoologist after 60% Bestiary completion;
- Old One's Skeleton, Blood Squid, and Small Star Cell banner: They are the only enemies that are summoned by other enemies that drop a banner. For consistency, they'll turn decorative and you can purchase them at the Clothier once you kill your first enemy that summons them (respectively Dark Mage, Dreadnautilus, and Star Cell. This last one is in the game but currently unobtainable);
Blue/White Cultist Archer, Lunatic Devotee, and White Cultist Caster banner: The blue archer and devotee are the worst banners to farm in this game, requiring 25 endgame runs for a total of a 100 pillars to defeat in order to make them respawn. They could be sold by the Clothier during the days where he sells the Blue tunic vanity set. We would have to rename Lunatic Devotee to Blue Lunatic Devotee and White Cultist Caster to White Lunatic Devotee since their texture is the same; then all the white variants (currently unobtainable) could be sold by the Clothier when he sells the white vanity set. The Blue/White Cultist Fighter banner, Poisonous Spore Banner, and Severed Hand Banner will still be unobtainable.
Fishing
- Added Bottomless Honey Bucket
- Added Honey Absorbent Sponge
- Added a "shop" option for the Angler, where he sells some of the previously random rewards from completing quests:
| Item | Availability | Buy Price | Sell Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life Preserver | always | 20s | 4s |
| Ship's Wheel | always | 20s | 4s |
| Compass Rose | always | 20s | 4s |
| Wall Anchor | always | 20s | 4s |
| Pillagin Me Pixels | always | 20s | 4s |
| Treasure Map | always | 20s | 4s |
| Ship in a Bottle | after completing 1 quest | 1g | 20s |
| Seaweed Planter | after completing 1 quest | 1g | 20s |
| Seashell Hairpin | after completing 5 quests | 1g | 20s |
| Mermaid Adornment | after completing 5 quests | 1g | 20s |
| Mermaid Tail | after completing 5 quests | 1g | 20s |
| Fish Costume Mask | after completing 5 quests | 1g | 20s |
| Fish Costume Shirt | after completing 5 quests | 1g | 20s |
| Fish Costume Finskirt | after completing 5 quests | 1g | 20s |
| Goldfish Trophy | after completing 10 quests | 50s | 10s |
| Bunnyfish Trophy | after completing 10 quests | 50s | 10s |
| Swordfish Trophy | after completing 10 quests | 50s | 10s |
| Sharkteeth Trophy | after completing 10 quests | 50s | 10s |
| Hotline Fishing Hook | after completing 15 quests (hardmode) | 35g | 5g |
| Fin Wings | after completing 15 quests (hardmode) | 75g | 8g (unchanged) |
Separately from the other mods, I wanted to bring the 12 weapons from the HeXen game into Terraria, without any other addition. In the future, I'll consider the weapons from the prequel Heretic and the sequel HeXen 2, as well as other items or enemies. For now, I've only established the basics of the weapons and the sprites are quite old and disproportionate.
For those unfamiliar with HeXen, it's a Doom-like game from 1995 that lets you choose between three characters (fighter, cleric, and mage) each with four weapons; the last one has to be combined using three materials. Without further ado...
Fighter (melee weapons)
Cleric (magic and summon weapons)
Mage (magic weapons)
For those unfamiliar with HeXen, it's a Doom-like game from 1995 that lets you choose between three characters (fighter, cleric, and mage) each with four weapons; the last one has to be combined using three materials. Without further ado...
Fighter (melee weapons)
Spiked Gauntlet (acts like a shortsword, early game weapon)
Timon's Axe (creates a shock upon contact with an enemy for extra damage)
Hammer of Retribution (throws small projectile upon swinging)
Quietus (casts projectile that look like the Poisonous Staff's projectile)
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(the three materials needed to craft Quietus. Will be found somewhere in the Jungle at different game progression)
Cleric (magic and summon weapons)
Mace of Contrition (early game weapons. Undecided if it would work as a sword, flail or whip)
Serpent Staff (magic weapons that casts green, poisonous orbs that zig-zag in a straight line. If cast on a close-up enemy, it will drain health)
Firestorm (magic weapons that cast a projectile that combust on impact)
Wraithverge (summon weapons that calls phantoms to fight for you, similar to the one that appear after killing the Pirate Captain, but less... pirate-like.)
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(the three materials needed to craft Wraithverge. Will be found somewhere in the Dungeon at different game progression)
Mage (magic weapons)
Daedalon's Wand (originally named Sapphire Wand, I've changed to be more distinct from Sapphire Staff. It acts in a similar way)
Frost Shard (a spell that casts icicle similar to a shotgun. It slows enemies down.)
Arc of Death (quite difficult to describe it. Casts two electric projectiles, one on the ground and the other at a fixed distance from the first one. Enemies caught in between will be electrified.)
Bloodscourge (casts three fireballs)
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(the three materials needed to craft Bloodscourge. Will be found somewhere in The Underworld at different game progression)
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- HeXen weapons
- Fishing Rewards
- NEXT UP: Modifiers Rework
- More Crimson distinct features
- Laser weapons for Rangers
- More Magic support
- Skeletron overhaul and event balance
- Prefixes and Rarity tiers overhaul
- other Quality of life (updated sprites for armor sets and dungeon entrance changes, craftable obsidian/dungeon furniture...)
- A huge thank you to |.Terrarian.| for giving me permission to use his awesome sprites for the Eater Staff and Crimera Staff;
- Thanks to Bry-ccentric, font of inspiration for some of the accessories. Go check is take on them in his post!
Link: Accessory Rejuvenation and Expansion, by Bry-ccentric
- Thanks to Bry-ccentric, font of inspiration for some of the accessories. Go check is take on them in his post!
Link: Accessory Rejuvenation and Expansion, by Bry-ccentric
Edit: 10 July 2022 - It has been 2 years since my last update on this post: I'm still tinkering with ideas but also studying to make them a real mod (also, do you know how to remove the icons of items I've included in this post? it's off putting)
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