Biomes & Nature [Sprites] Underground Desert Expansion

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I can't say anything else. Mind is blown by how amazing this is.

I absolutely love the Catcher's Mitt idea xD. Baseballs, who woulda thunk. XD.

The only nitpick I would have is that there should be more fish. Maybe a Bowfish or something? Uh... *whistles*

 

[Corenality]

Quick Update to fill in a few gaps:

Accursed Scepter

Damage: 40
Knockback: 1
Mana: 12
Velocity: 12.5
Use Time: 15 (Very Fast)
Dropped by: Desert Mimics (20%)
Description: Upgraded version of the Aqua Scepter with a wider cone of fire. Creates a trail of ethereal flames that persist for 2 seconds upon impact with a surface and disappear when hitting an enemy. Has a chance to inflict the Possessed Debuff (16.67%).

Dart Shotgun

Damage: 23
Knockback: 7
Velocity: 13
Use Time:40 (Very Slow)
Dropped by: Desert Mimics (20%)
Description: Fire a spread of four darts with a wide cone of fire.

Dual Fossil Boomerangs

Damage: 35
Knockback: 1
Use Time: 14 (Very Fast)
Dropped by: Desert Mimics (20%)
Description: Normally behaves like any other boomerang. Upon hitting an enemy, the boomerang "locks on" and repeatedly rams the enemy three times before returning. If the enemy is killed before ramming three times it returns early. Two boomerangs can be thrown at a time.

Ancient Crate

Description: Desert Biome Crate. Has the same loot as Hallowed Crates, except contains ethereal flames instead of crystal shards and soul of light.

Also updated a couple item descriptions.

 

[Nobody Important]

Dart Shotgun

Damage: 23
Knockback: 7
Velocity: 13
Use Time:40 (Very Slow)
Dropped by: Desert Mimics (20%)
Description: Fire a spread of four darts with a wide cone of fire.

I can't decide what`d be cooler, ichor or cursed darts with that.

Dual Fossil Boomerangs

Damage: 35
Knockback: 1
Use Time: 14 (Very Fast)
Dropped by: Desert Mimics (20%)
Description: Normally behaves like any other boomerang. Upon hitting an enemy, the boomerang "locks on" and repeatedly rams the enemy three times before returning. If the enemy is killed before ramming three times it returns early. Two boomerangs can be thrown at a time.

That's friggin' awesome! I want it now.

 

[ppowersteef]

Dayum, I want that boomerang and shotgun so badly ;~;

 

[SzGamer227]

Hell yeah! Those look awesome! Dang, those would be fun to use in-game...

Anyways, would Ancient Crates just be unavailable pre-Hardmode since they yield Hardmode loot?

 

[The Hexagonal Donut]

Some of the Desert mobs have very interesting attacks (particularly the Desert Spirits), but the biome has an unfortunate lack of actually worthwhile loot in Hardmode.

That being said, this is an AWESOME way to rectify that. I do kind of like how you're trying to sort of make it into a non-infection infection in terms of its loot patterns.

...and Desert Mimics will probably be as brutal as their infected cousins.
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Hell yeah! Those look awesome! Dang, those would be fun to use in-game...

Anyways, would Ancient Crates just be unavailable pre-Hardmode since they yield Hardmode loot?

Nope, Hallowed Crates do actually have a pre-Hardmode loot table, you just can't obtain them until hardmode under normal circumstances.

 

[Exodus Starlit]

Let's be honest, it must be Terraria style up to new 1.3.

Why I remade male's leggings? Let's look at dryad clothing vanity set:

Female variant I did, because top was barely visible and don't match Terraria female sprite so much.
Feel to be free to use them if you want.

And little idea, what if there could be special Crafting station like Ice machine for sandstone furniture?

 

[Corenality]

Let's be honest, it must be Terraria style up to new 1.3. View attachment 84098 View attachment 84099 View attachment 84100 View attachment 84101

Why I remade male's leggings? Let's look at dryad clothing vanity set:

Female variant I did, because top was barely visible and don't match Terraria female sprite so much.
Feel to be free to use them if you want.

And little idea, what if there could be special Crafting station like Ice machine for sandstone furniture?

Yeah, I used some of the older sprites as a base for making the vanity sets. When you're working with such a small canvas it's hard to make certain details stand out.

I feel like unique crafting stations are a bit cumbersome already, and adding more of them would be unnecessary. Not every furniture set has it's own crafting station.

 

[felis]

Catcher's Mitt

Dropped by: Desert Mimics (20%)
Description: Catches projectiles like a Bug Net and turns them into baseballs.

Baseball

Damage: 30
Velocity: 10
Description: Throwable. Does not pierce. Extremely high knockback.

Excelent idea, but what kinds of projectiles can be catched?

Recipe: 18 Antlion Mandibles, 110 Sturdy Fossils, 30 Petrified Scales

I think maybe the Sturdy Fossils could be more frequently dropped by the enemies in hardmode. As it's really hard to get such a lot quantity.

 

[SzGamer227]

Excelent idea, but what kinds of projectiles can be catched?

*caught

Anyways, that is a good point. I don't think it should be able to catch bullets, but spells would make the most sense. It should probably just be able to catch any type of projectile though, for simplicity's sake.

 

[Forty-Seven Rōnin]

what about crimson and corruption spirits??

 

[Corenality]

what about crimson and corruption spirits??

The Desert Spirit that's in game is already the crimson/corrupt variant. I simply made it so that spirits also spawn in normal and hallowed biomes, therefore making it easier to obtain Spirit Flames.

 

[Forty-Seven Rōnin]

ok

 

[Nimeni]

Great suggestion, this would make the UD a LOT less boring.

 

[Izzabelle]

I only had to read "Pocket Sand" to approve

 

[Murphmario]

This should be in the game. Right now, there is not much reward for going into the underground Desert in hardmode save for two masks.

Also like how there is a weapon version of powders, like how the powders acted as weapons in the older versions of Terraria. Overall, support.

 

[Nimeni]

Maybe there should also be a DDC? (Desert Dungeon chest).

 

[Cansin13]

I just edited the Tileset Sprites how it'll look.

 

[Corenality]

Excelent idea, but what kinds of projectiles can be catched?

Mostly magic projectiles that are small and seperated. This includes all the projectiles that you can pop by attacking and ones that are slow and predictable. This does not include bullets or lasers, as most of them are too fast to catch anyway.

Maybe there should also be a DDC? (Desert Dungeon chest).

That's an idea. Not sure what'd be in it though, considering there's already one of each weapon type.

I just edited the Tileset Sprites how it'll look.

Not sure why you did this, but yes this is how it would look if the desert furniture was added into the game.

Also (self-criticism) I noticed something a bit off with the placement of the armor tiers. You normally don't have access to the fossil armor until around late pre-hardmode since desert fossils need to be mined with a nightmare or deathbringer pickaxe. And yet the next tier up is simply farming basilisks for petrified scales, which can easily be done at the start of hardmode. It might be better to replace the sturdy fossils in the recipe with titanium/adamantite bars like frost armor and adjust the armor set bonuses to compensate. Any throwing tier armors between Fossil and Sandstorm would have to arise from a different biome.

I'll update this suggestion when I can, as I'm working on something else atm.

 

[Corenality]

Updated a bunch of sprites and a couple descriptions.

Desert Spirit (Crimson)

Damage: 55 (melee), 95 (ranged)
Max Life: 150
Defense: 20
Drops: Spirit Flame (1-3, 50%)
Description: Shoots red flames directly at the player and explode when near the player.

Dinosaur Skull

Use Time: 19 (Fast)
Dropped by all Hardmode Underground Desert Enemies (0.5%)
Description: Summons a rideable Raptor Mount.

Raptor

Description: Rideable Mount. Runs slower than the Unicorn Mount but faster than Hermes Boots. Only has a single jump and can be turned much quicker than the Unicorn Mount. Damages mobs directly in front of it regardless of speed.