Terraria State of the Game - December 2025

[Asternove]

First there was Silksanity... now there is only TERRATURMOIL!!!

I feel like Mille Marteux's analogy of "can't fall asleep the night before Christmas" is more accurate than insanity. That would be more like Half-Life 3's situation.

 

[Kirby Eevee🌳]

I'm loving this thread so much

 

[Dapling]

Why are people talking about lore like it's real and matters and wasn't just a fun side project for someone.

Why not? Like I said earlier, it's for fun anyway.

 

[SchimidtDV]

I think they're gonna wait a bit, like a week or so. And the update will most probably launch in the beginning of the week (not next week, just some week) since they'll definitely need to drop some hotfixes in the first couple days of the update being out

i think it would be a bad move to make us wait even more, ppl are tired of waiting

 

[Zallaraxium]

I think they're gonna wait a bit, like a week or so. And the update will most probably launch in the beginning of the week (not next week, just some week) since they'll definitely need to drop some hotfixes in the first couple days of the update being out

Honestly, I kinda get and agree with this, they'll wait for the all clear on all platforms for the release across them for whenever it drops, and then mutliple hotfixes updates afterwards to help address any new bugs or gltiches that pop up or theyve missed.

 

[Kubiquity^3 🌳]

Hey, no reason to act like any of that message wasn't purely for fun or theoretical. Symbolism in that vein is interpretive, and if I framed it in a way that was acting like I was correcting what you said then it wasn't my intention. My intention was elaboration.
And besides, my experience of aether is exclusively tied to the idea of it being a 5th element higher than the rest in the classical elements (quintessence), as well as a theoretical substance (luminiferous aether) used to explain how light travels through space (because for a relatively short duration in history photons were thought to exclusively be waves rather than particles which meant that there had to be something it was waving through, so aether was proposed as a solution to how what they were waving). My interpretation had nothing to do with any major religions.

I'm unsure why you brought up hallow and elysia so elaboration on that bit would be interesting so I could learn something. Terraria already has an interpretation of hallow and it's very different from its interpretation of aether, and as far as I know elysia is derived from the afterlife in greek mythology, specifically for good souls (being a region of the underworld titled Elysium) rather than having any association with light specifically, but if there's an earlier or more prominent origin on that feel free to correct it.

Hey, Elysium was a movie but the word elysium is based on the original word elysia which was the Greek heaven if you will where virtuous souls and heroes went after death. Hallow means holy from the main prayer it comes from. All these concepts are all tied together holistically. You could even bring the concepts of karma and nirvana into this as well. This all ties into the interconnected themes in Terraria…the underworld, the Hallow, the Corruption, etc…good vs bad, light vs dark, etc.

 

[KingOfFrost]

We are definitely getting announcement tomorrow. Incase not. Read the text from the beginning again .

 

[termalq]

I stalk him so much that a moment ago he had 5,037 messages... Maybe he's writing something hidden?...

 

[KingOfFrost]

I stalk him so much that a moment ago he had 5,037 messages... Maybe he's writing something hidden?...

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[Loki]

Thread 'Terraria 1.4.5 - the Launch Date Revealed at Last!'

Jan 14, 2026

Greetings, Terrarians!

As we mentioned in last month's State of the Game, things were looking up for a January 2026 release. We did have to resubmit a few things, which pushed us back a bit further than expected. However, and to keep this short and sweet, we are happy to share that...

TERRARIA 1.4.5 WILL RELEASE ON JANUARY 27TH!


We have a few more things to get done between now and then (a couple of approvals still pending as well), but start the countdown because Terraria 1.4.5 will be in your hands in 13 short days!

See you then!​

• Loki
• Replies: 832
• Forum: PC - Re-Logic

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Go nuts.

 

[CherryIcee]

Yayyy!!! Looking forward to starting a new playthrough

 

[mkonareff]

I registered this forum just to say I'm definitely hyped

 

[jordanmills]

Thread 'Terraria 1.4.5 - the Launch Date Revealed at Last!'

Jan 14, 2026

Greetings, Terrarians!

As we mentioned in last month's State of the Game, things were looking up for a January 2026 release. We did have to resubmit a few things, which pushed us back a bit further than expected. However, and to keep this short and sweet, we are happy to share that...

TERRARIA 1.4.5 WILL RELEASE ON JANUARY 27TH!


We have a few more things to get done between now and then (a couple of approvals still pending as well), but start the countdown because Terraria 1.4.5 will be in your hands in 13 short days!

See you then!​

• Loki
• Replies: 832
• Forum: PC - Re-Logic

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Go nuts.

Nuts is now in progress.

 

[Unit One]

Hey all, we're going to close this thread so that everyone can focus on the new Release Date thread.
Here you go: Terraria 1.4.5 - the Launch Date Revealed at Last!