TCF 10th TCF's 10th Anniversary - Share your stories here!

[Unit One]

• SHARE YOUR STORIES HERE •
ONE RAFFLE WINNER WILL BE RANDOMLY SELECTED
Entries for raffle drawing will close Friday, Oct 4 at 10PM ET​

• TCF is 10! And with that in mind, we wanted to hear your memories... Some things that you might share are how you came to find the forums, how long was it after you started playing Terraria, what did you initially come here for and what made you stay, etc.
  • Your story doesn't have to include all of the above, they are just examples of the type of things you can share.
• Entries will close Friday, Oct 4 at 10PM ET
• One post per member. No placeholder posts. You can share as much as you want, but please keep it to one post. You may edit your post anytime.
• Every member that posts their memories will automatically be entered into a raffle
  • One raffle entry per qualifying member.
  • Raffle winner will be chosen by random draw and will win a prize of:
    • $50 to Terraria - The Official Merch Store

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[Im_ConfuzzledCobalt🥐🌳🐿]

I remember originally joining when i was 12, claiming i was 20... Gee, i got nicely told by you that i needed to wait a year! So i did. Patiently. I began playing 5 whole years before that because i saw a stampy video!
I came here to find fellow terraria fans who were just like me... and now im drownin in them! So obviously, I'm here practically as much as i can!
...God, i love this place. TCF, never change.

 

[Glasia 森の魔王🌳]

It was December 7, 1835 on a cold winter day... Wrong script!
I have played Terraria first on the PS3 in Summer of 2015.
Then I switched to mobile, enjoyed there Terraria until it got the 1.3 update, where I stopped due to unfamiliar controls.
In 2019 my school started to accuse me of being a demon because my reading broke the library scanners.
That events and then corona chaos formed my demonic OC that I use often on my PFPs.
In 2021 I rediscovered Terraria for my tablet, where I tried another run in 1.4.
I there after 48 hours of which 30 mins were Lun. Cultist and 45 min were ML fight, beat the game.
Then I discovered servers and played for 2 years on the server Dark Gaming and in the last 4 months of my carreer there moderated it.
I came to Terraria forums because the server Dark Gaming spoke about the 1.4.4 spoilers and that made me register on the TCF.
I was here less active till Nov 2022 when Dark Gaming started to talk about 1.4.5.
When I got Terraria and TML on PC, I loved to play mods combos to test the limits of my PC.
In July 2023 I left Dark Gaming due to uni that was going to start.
Also on that time the tree chaos started on the TCF where was my peak of activity.
I continued to arrest Cenx due to tree harm until April 30, 2024.
Then I did voluntarily a one month break on the forums to reflect my mischief.
Now I am patiently waiting for the 1.4.5 update.

 

[Mille Marteaux]

Had to sit down and think for this one, as I've shared my boulder story before, and just posting that again on its own would be a copout...

But that story isn't the entire context, as there was a time back on my old alias on the subreddit where I actively taunted Cenx over the fact I didn't have the achivement for dying to an underground trap yet!

gfb got me repeatedly, though.

However, that isn't a TCF story, so I do still have one more - back when the trading forums were more active, I was in contact with someone in the 1.2.4 days. They wanted The Axe.. so they could see it burn, and I just happened to have one. I wanted to see what they meant, so I contacted them for a trade... they had a Plantera mask and claimed they were Plantera's child and hated her.

The Axe was the only Plantera drop they hadn't managed to get yet for the sake of destroying it, and I just happened to be one of the few people silly enough to effectively delete a legitimate The Axe.

We threw The Axe into a lava pool. Neither of us went into the pool to save it, back when it was a 1/200 drop.

We logged out. The Axe was burned.

Good times.. good times.

It's been a wild ride here, even if I do regularly dip in and out for months at a time. This latest activity stretch is definitely the longest I've stuck around in one session, but it's pretty easy to stick around a community this pleasant.

... Even if it is the game that brought GFB into this world.

 

[Impostor]

I got into Terraria in 2013, When one of my friends named Henry asked if I played it. I saw him play for a while, and then got extremely interested so I got it myself on a kindle fire. Henry then told me to enter a pink dungeon for "free loot" which gave me the motivation I needed to take down Skeletron, after the core memory of being crushed by a dungeon guardian. I was even able to get the Sharanga on that world, but I never really got far past the Wall of Flesh since I didn't know how to spawn the mech bosses.

Later that year, I got into it on my PC so me and another friend called Charlie could hang out. We never got too far into our world together, but I continued it and got decently far with my dad to the end of Pre-HM with a small village. After that I did a solo run and it went great! I built a giant tower, defeated Golem and the Pumpkin Moon, and completely covered the sky and hell with bridges. I think my favorite build of all time in that world though was my jungle complex. It was a giant greenhouse dome on the top, a beehive that got expanded in the middle layer, and a hollowed out part of the Lizhard temple at the bottom. I also remember placing down golden furniture everywhere randomly, So I'd keep on finding it.

1.3 came out shortly after, and I was hyped. I tried to get my Scout Patrol to even be named after the Nebula pillar as the Nebula Patrol (We lost and had to go with the "Legit Llama" patrol, but I still tried). I did a full playthrough with my friend John (Henry was there too at first but moved back to Maine pre-EoC, and my Sister would sometimes join every now and then) and it was amazing, We had perfect teamwork. I then attempted a solo expert run and surprisingly beat it! The world isn't playable now though, I never cleaned up my gravestones as a sign of how many times I've died and now the whole world is a graveyard. But I even beat Duke Fishron on it, so I'm satisfied.

After that, I went on a small hiatus. I got back into Terraria right around 1.4 coming out (I saw the vanity contest, but didn't know how to enter at the time so I just enjoyed the new 1.4 content like trying to craft the Zenith), and have stayed active since. I eventually decided to head to the forums simply because I was feeling the hype from 1.4.4 and wanted to share some ideas I had. I forgot my original username ideas, but they were all taken, So I just went with the Among Us Impostor and it kind of stuck as my identity since. I instantly loved the forums with how friendly everyone was and how easy it was to start conversation, helping me get out of my shy attitude. Now I just kinda log in every now and then to see how everyone's doing, look at the new ideas, and enjoy the memes. Although I joined late, I'm still glad I made it to the party!

 

[Formeal]

I started playing terraria in early 2013, when the console edition came out (I found out about the game around the similar time initially on steam but waited for console release due to myself not having a pc). I remember coming home from the shop having a copy of terraria in my hands and i put the disk in my xbox 360 seeing the game in all of it's pixelated glory which was the beginning of a journey that lasted around 15 minutes because i struggled with the controls died and started a new world. However, the new world I created would be much more glorious then the last much more... expressive much more... passion which then resulted in a few hours of me playing the game finding a suspious eye clicking on it thinking it wouldn't do anything and then dying to the eye of cthulhu... BUT! I didn't give up just there! I spent my time (probably 20 minutes) getting better armour, gaining... POWER! then my mom asked me to go to bed because it was past my bedtime HOWEVER! my venegence between that dreadful Eye would not come to a close there... No... the next day after school, I came home and I fought with the eye it was a long and painful battle, My guide as well as the merchant died however I came out on top, successful I felt like I was on top of the world so I went over to the dungeon and decided to go down it only to find the hardest enemy, the dungeon guardian it killed me one shot and I feeling pumped went back there waited for night and fought with all of my might but it was not enough and I was brought to death by Skeletron's spinning head however after an intense battle with the Eater of Worlds I managed to get the armour and defeat the big bad Skeletron then after I had to go to sleep because i spent 5 hours trying to beat Skeletron. (In that world, I managed to get up to Plantera).

Fast forward to the present day, I'm still playing terraria, I've switched from Xbox 360 to Xbox One to Mobile then to PC and all of them have many many stories that I could tell however they are for another day.

 

[ppowersteef]

This is a story I've told back in 2017, but I find it worth retelling again. (although slightly updated )

Spoiler

Original post:

ppowersteef

forums.terraria.org

11 years ago, I’ve started my education as developer, It was an amazing school as almost everyone, including the teacher, was a gamer. They also did several games together. One of these games included Terraria, back when I thought it was just a 2D Minecraft, I didn’t bothered too much by the game and preferred to play Minecraft instead.
I also played 'Super Mario Bros X' back then, and since I realized that Terraria was made from the same developer. I found it worth to give Terraria a try. Little did I know how much impact it has made in my life since then.

I’ve played it, and enjoyed the experience, even back when it was in 1.1, but as it was, it was more like the "Fun for one time" games, so I could've looked for something else instead. (I was also into other big games after all). But then I noticed a new massive update was happening soon…1.2 was coming.
From that moment, I was truly amazed, the developers had solved almost every struggle I had back in 1.1. The impact of Terraria 1.2 was great, really great. And knowing that it was still in development for future updates, I’ve really started to love the game. I’ve even started to abandon other online ‘main games’ I’ve played because I was making Terraria my main.
Besides that Terraria itself has made an impact on my gaming experience. It did more, much more.
I wanted to do various playthroughs with it because it has so much possibilities, and they were all fun to do or to look forward to.

I also already enjoyed drawing, so naturally I also wanted to draw for the game. Sometime later, in the beginning of 2014, I wanted to show the stuff I did to Terraria Online.
The Terraria community have liked what I did and supported me to do more. It felt really amazing to get such support. It felt so awesome to enjoy drawing for my favorite game and that people have enjoyed the stuff I draw as well. Even while there were some that have said that I could need improvements. I was glad that they’ve replied to it regardless, because that came over honest.

I've met other people that were also on a similair drawing skill as mine back then, so we helped and encouraged each other to draw and improve.
The forums were also the first time I get to create OC's, based on the Terraria playthrough I was doing, and share them with others.
A certain ninja OC of mine, which I made for a playthrough related with thrown weapons, has become quite recognised by the forums in 2015. And people have really loved her. And wanted to spend the time drawing her as well.

This all gave me so much motivation to continue what I'm enjoying doing it, because I couldn’t even have wished for a better place but the forums. I’m simply just so thankful that this all has happened in the past years…I sometimes really don’t have the words for it.

I’ve archieved more on the forums than I could ever imagine to reach. I’m so really amazed, and I’m also so thankful that it all has happened for me as well.

This all made Terraria much more than just my favorite game. It has become life-changing.

I wanted to give my thanks to all artists I looked forward for to improve, all people who helped me out, all people who enjoyed my content and kep me motivated, and all people who have given a twist to the forums with their own ideas. (Including all fads, trends, and totally random stuff) because these have been one of the things I’ve looked forward for visiting the forums again. And they’ve all brought me enjoyment in their own way.

You've all helped me to become a much better person.

As for other memories that still linger with me to this day:
- Suweeka's Art raffles, who hosted a large raffle and streamed the results on Christmas Eve.
- The Redigit IRL Pictures thread, where you have to edit Red's face into other pictures or images.
- The TCF Screenies thread, where notable moments of TCF were captured.
- Moments where me, along with MiltVala and DG-VR somehow managed to initiate an avatar trend...multiple times.

Even past 2017, there still were great moments that happened:
- The Pure Loot Playthrough, my personal magnum opus when it comes to creating unique Terraria playthroughs.
- Zsparks Smash Bros competition, where I managed to win through the power of monke.
- Several multiplayer games done with friends with bizarre challenges, whether it's Legendary Mode, or the self-imposed challenge.
- The whole Tree vs Axe wars. One that drastically changed the forums too.
- Testing 1.4. Been able to work for your favorite game is undescribable.
- Me STILL updating my art thread on a monthly basis, making my forums art thread basically my main site to stay.

As said before, joining TO/TCF has it's spot as one of the best things that has happened to me.
And even if the day happens that I move on, I'll look back at this place with a big smile.

 

[Vasxus]

I remember getting Terraria in 2012, after seeing the Good Game Spawn Point review for it. I can recall dying to a blue slime, and having like 200 hours marked on steam by the time I killed the Wall of Flesh. That was around the time 1.2 first came out. I watched as the nyan can i built in the "extension" of my house decided that having nothing but an ebonstone void for a face was a good idea. I thought the nymph was an NPC the first time around, and did get deceived of fools by it the first time around. Some time before 1.2 I bought the collectors edition on PC (don't have the disc/case anymore, not even that cool poster remains. if anyone has a copy of the poster image i wanna get that printed on a4 paper. it wont be the same size, but it'll still be neato!)

I can remember beating the frost legion and the destroyer but having extreme problems with the twins and prime and could not do plantera without this one teleporter strategy i found online. These days, I can't imagine playing classic mode, I just need that extra accessory slot, and I really like the extra challenge.

With the forums, I remember hearing about the forums starting up (& i think the old Terraria online forums went kaput around that time, i wasn't on there though. I'm still mostly a lurker on here.) I can recall watching the trailer with the 1.3 release date, going to confirm the date it came out in my time zone, and then waking up at 2am to download the new update, with the update finishing around 3am so i could do my TERRARIA 1.3 AT 3AM?!! challenge (thank you telstra for the incredibly fast internet speeds) and loading in to see all these new features, like the new character creator which i didnt use because i just went in with my old character on a new expert world so i could spend dawn til dusk just going through as fast as i could so i could beat this new "Moon Lord" boss.

Some time later, I'd go back and start expert mode from nothing, and beat it that way.

There was a time in 1.2.4 where there was a server (if you know what shovelling up is, you know) and there was someone with the then-unobtainable steampunker wings, and i told them it would be buyable in the next update. Much, much later, I'd retry playing on that server. Then I played the end of season 3 all the way up to season 13 of a Terraria SMP (softcore multiplayer) with that 13th being a skyblock. Since I was a regular and would be online for every boss unlock (a Tshock plugin prevented players from progressing to different layers of progression until unlocked. you couldn't activate hardmode, and there was a manually placed set of unbreakable blocks in a claim so nobody could beat skeletron either.)

In season 4, I used announcement boxes and approximations of the text colours to "activate hardmode" (a lie) and post about it on the discord as if it had been a glitch and we were really in hardmode this time. In season 13, I remember it actually breaking for real that time, and going idle to kill the mech bosses and plantera (the mech summons would give you petrified and webbed when held until the bosses unlocked) and i used the fact that i had the hellforge to make an adamantite forge and then made naughty presents, and i made sure to hide my "super secret illegal stuffs" away in a spot nobody knew about so no-one could find them or use them until they were legal to use. Season 13 was also where I made my storage design that I still use today.

Also the moment hardmode's first night went on i used a naughty present to summon a frost moon and they set time to day and then the next night i did it again (and got the 1 day ban award for and i quote "VAS NO NOT AGAIN".

The Volcano had to be spawned in and given out manually to players so we could get the zenith after all was said and done. Please just put it in the lava crates already.

 

[Kitnight]

I first played Terraria about eight years ago. First bought it Dec 14, 2016. Played it for many years. I remember googling something about chippy and found his profile here. Pretty sure if you look all the way back you'll find my first message on his profile. Similarly to Ethan, I too joined this place when I was twelve. In those nearly four years since then I've had such a great time here.
Ive been know by many names, joined many apocalypses, partipated in multiple competitions, and made many things.
Ive joined the mod teams for the ParadoX, Terrafoul, Caustic Weaponry, and Galactic Mods.
Had fun in many ways, through conversations, threads, profiles, and all.
This place still holds a dear place in my heart, and I hope to continue to see it thrive.

 

[KingOfTara]

Joining the Terraria forums wasn't a very big story. I'd basically been thinking about joining for 4 years but never got around to it. One day I just randomly decided to join for no particular reason.
I played Terraria for nearly 10 years before joining the forums lol. When I was ~6-7 one of my friends told me about a "new Minecraft" (at least that's how I interpreted it). So I asked for it for Christmas and received the CD in 2014 for steam. Basically been playing ever since, never thought about joining until 2020 though. Only got seriously interested in the game a few years ago.
So yeah, my story.

 

[_Alien__]

My boyfriend introduced me into terraria, Ive never really liked 2d games but i decided to give it a try, it was really complicated and weird at first but i started to like it since we played it very much daily and he taught me everything and i slowly understood more and more the game, nowadays we sometimes still play it but we have stopped for a lil since we have other games play and series to watch. But ive loved it ever since. Best 2d game.

 

[Asternove]

I remember playing terraria with my cousin for years. I played Magic/Melee and he played Summoner. After our expert play through, I tried Ranger, hyped for the Recon Scope in the new-at-the-time 1.4.4 update.

Before we could even play on that world twice, he left for college. I stopped playing Terraria for a while after that.

A while later, I wanted a laptop. I can’t remember exactly what started my interest in it, but modded Terraria was definitely a reason. I eventually got one for Christmas, and the first game I got was Terraria.

As I played, I kept notes of ideas I had for the game (some of which I have posted here!) I learned about the forums from this post for a summoner Zenith, and me, new to having a pc, didn’t join.

After beating Classic twice (once solo, once with a friend,) and getting burnt out on Expert, I stopped playing for a little while. Then I got back into it, and saw a contest for TCF’s 10th anniversary. I stopped being a chicken and joined.

I got crushed. I’m glad it happened, though, because otherwise I wouldn’t have come here.

Thanks for reading my Terraria Life Story.

 

[pun_master_dusk]

i’ve been playing terraria for years. i definitely haven’t played it as long as some people here and i can’t say i’ve ever beaten the moonlord. that doesn’t really matter to me though. i play the game purely because i enjoy it. i’m not entirely sure what made me join the forums, but i’m glad i did, because joining a community of people who appreciate the game like i do made me feel accepted (it also gave me an excuse to post a lot of puns). i don’t really want this to turn into a personal essay so i’m just gonna end my response here.

 

[StarsAndStuff]

I've been playing Terraria since i was,,, about 8 or 9? I want to say? Since it came out on the ps3 as a collectors edition. It was given to my brother as a gift, but very quickly all three of us became obsessed with it. And then, years later, I got it on steam. And im still obsessed.

Then abt a year and a half ago, i learned to crochet and thought it would be Really Cool to crochet smth from terraria! So i made the lunatic cultist. Its not the greatest, and has Plenty of issues, but i was so proud of it that i just Had to show it off. Only problem was, I wasnt yet able to send images in the terraria discord server, and i didnt want to send it as a link or whatever. So i just didnt.

But then i learned abt the forums, and decided to join just to post it. And it made it into the state of the game!! Which,,, i wasnt aware of until over a year later, when my other crochet things started making it in lol.

And i love it here! Everyone is so nice and its so fum being able to see all of what everyone is creating, and be surrounded by people that like the game just as much as i do. Im so glad i joined

 

[TWillyH]

I used to play with my dad all the time, and it took us forever to realize there were more NPCs than the Guide. We'd just be mining ores and putting coins in an ice chest, since we didn't have a piggy bank. It took an eternity to even know that the first boss existed.

 

[Johnathan Morrow]

Well I may not have been here very long, I have fond memories of participating, albeit shortly, in the TCF Pass the World event. I am looking forward to making many more warm memories in the (hopefully) years to come!

 

[Schparksy!]

This community is the most fun I've run across on the internet. Thank you for the 5 years I've been here!

 

[HandsomeSquirrel🐿️]

The first I really got interested in the game was after playing a Scratch project called Scratcharia that's essentially an older and much much simpler unofficial version of Terraria. I had heard of Terraria before, but I hadn't really known what it even was until playing that project and doing some research. (A long time ago I actually thought it had something to do with Undertale, hehe.) Begging and pleading, I convinced my mom to buy me the game under the basis that I would play it with my siblings as a family bonding experience. We all got it on our iPads. (I can't remember when; it was some number of years ago, not too long.)

While I dabbled a bit in multiplayer, my first playthrough was singleplayer, and I have many fond memories of it! My excitement at discovering the Underground layer; finding a minecart going the Underground Desert; the big lake just a little ways to the right of spawn; my first Blood Moon, which was plagued by the overpowered Mushi Ladybugs from my artificial mushroom biome; the list goes on!

I now have it on my Mac as well, both having a handful of characters and worlds; most of the characters on my iPad are based off my OCs, and most of the characters on my Mac are based off existing characters from media, like Ness, and the Terminator (as Arnold Schwarzenegger). My favorite class is Melee, my favorite weapon is Blade of Grass, and I enjoy building from time to time. My favorite NPC is, of course, the Zoologist; she's fantastic!

I'm pretty sure I would never had ended up joining the forums if it hadn't been for my brother; he joined (without parental permission) to post a bug report thread, which later led to me learning of the Tree vs Axe war and deciding to join and start Team Squirrel to root for peace. The war was in its late stages, so I didn't really end up doing very much before the spruce, but I planted myself as a seed here and have been growing ever since! The community here is super nice and welcoming, and I've had tons of fun here and made lots of friends!

I've had difficulties socializing irl, and these forums have definitely helped alleviate those struggles; stepping out of my comfort zone has made me feel more comfortable around people, and I can more confidently make friends and start conversation. I've also become much more familiar with meme culture; a true blessing that compliments my fondness for humor and meme-sharing.

TCF is the best social media platform I've ever seen, and I'm never gonna leave!
I won't give it up, let it down, or run around and desert it.
Neither will I make it cry, say goodbye, or tell a lie and hurt it!

 

[Ludolf🌳🥐🐿️🦍]

So, I have a story on how I found Terraria. I remember when I was younger, my mom didn’t like me watching YouTube, so I would watch gaming videos on Prime Video. I remember there was one person I liked (I can’t remember their name) and saw them playing Terraria. I was really interested in M*n*cr*ft at the time, and just seeing another sandbox game really got my attention. After watching the videos, I really wanted it. About the time, my family were going to Texas. My parents bought me and my siblings tablets to entertain us. After watching the videos, I saw on the Appstore on my tablet that Terraria was only about $5. I begged my mom to buy it, and she said I had to pay for it. I remember that I tried looking for something to do for money and landed on mowing my grandpa’s lawn. I remember mowing it and getting $5. Then I finally had the chance to play Terraria. I still remember waking up the morning, purchasing it, and playing 1.2 mobile Terraria for the first time. Honestly, Terraria really impacted my life. One of my only friends and I didn’t really have much in common, but when I told him I had Terraria, he said he did too. We now had a common interest, and we would just talk and play Terraria together. Anyway, my memories of the Forums. I remember a little while ago, I found the Wiki.gg version of the Terraria Wiki (instead of Fandom), and I saw the “Upcoming features” on the wiki. After looking through, it led me to the Forums. After looking around, I knew it would be cool to join. I joined, posted some of my suggestions, and met some amazing members.

 

[Russ Guss Doodles]

The first time I played Terraria was in 2016 after watching a LOT of Stampylonghead videos. I joined the forums in 2022 to report a few console bugs, then I didn’t post again for several months.

It wasn’t until after 1.4.4 I started being active. I mainly stayed in the suggestion section, sharing my ideas for the game. My first suggestion was actually approved by Leinfors and added in a 1.4.4 patch. While it was a very small suggestion (it was really just an oversight I pointed out), the interaction inspired me to make more suggestions, some of which will be in 1.4.5!

Overtime I began to be more active outside the suggestions section. I started engaging in discussions, making profile posts, and getting to know other members of the community. The Tree vs Axe War was when I really started to feel like a TCF regular. That period of time was so much fun. Interacting with the devs, making memes, silly debates, it was all a blast.

Even though I haven’t always been super active since then, I’ve loved checking in here to see what people are up to. Everyone is so creative and funny, and forums are just a nice place to hang out. I’m glad to be apart of this community and I hope TCF sticks around for many more years.