Hot Topic Terrarians, show us your "I must screenshot this" moment

[The Warlocke]

For the longest time (until I was informed otherwise), I thought Terraria was programmed to specifically avoid dropping meteorites on your buildings, because it had never happened to me.

Eventually, I had one hit the corner of a dungeon, and another hit the edge of a floating island... but I didn't build those.

Well, this screenshot is about as close as you can get without a disaster (note the red circle). Still, this particular structure could have been replaced relatively easily, compared to, say, my home base.

 

[ManaUser]

For the longest time (until I was informed otherwise), I thought Terraria was programmed to specifically avoid dropping meteorites on your buildings, because it had never happened to me.

Eventually, I had one hit the corner of a dungeon, and another hit the edge of a floating island... but I didn't build those.

Well, this screenshot is about as close as you can get without a disaster (note the red circle). Still, this particular structure could have been replaced relatively easily, compared to, say, my home base.

I believe what they actually avoid are NPCs and chests. Since your home base will usually have either or both of those it's generally safe.

 

[Galaxinator]

For the longest time (until I was informed otherwise), I thought Terraria was programmed to specifically avoid dropping meteorites on your buildings, because it had never happened to me.

Eventually, I had one hit the corner of a dungeon, and another hit the edge of a floating island... but I didn't build those.

Well, this screenshot is about as close as you can get without a disaster (note the red circle). Still, this particular structure could have been replaced relatively easily, compared to, say, my home base.

It's just a scratch

 

[The Warlocke]

It's just a scratch

I, personally, love how the game was like, "Fine, we'll let you go this time... but consider this a warning." and replaced one little block of my tunnel with meteorite ore.

 

[BoldStep]

This is not a screen shot, but more of a video moment. I was searching shadow chests for the Hell Wing Bow for a friend, and came across a Drax in a Shadow Chest. Then the game crashed, and since I had an opportunity to record this, I figured I might as well.

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Also I found this in my dungeon.

For the Drax part, now I'm just very convinced you are lying. There is no possible WAY that that could happen. There is nothing in the games code to cause a drax to spawn in a chest and make the game crash. This only happens in Console and Mobile.

 

[ppowersteef]

For the longest time (until I was informed otherwise), I thought Terraria was programmed to specifically avoid dropping meteorites on your buildings, because it had never happened to me.

Eventually, I had one hit the corner of a dungeon, and another hit the edge of a floating island... but I didn't build those.

Well, this screenshot is about as close as you can get without a disaster (note the red circle). Still, this particular structure could have been replaced relatively easily, compared to, say, my home base.

I believe what they actually avoid are NPCs and chests. Since your home base will usually have either or both of those it's generally safe.

Also, Meteorites will never spawn in the middle part of the map.

You can also prevent meteors spawning at all, you only have to place a certain amount of meteor blocks in your world. because meteors won't land when there are enough 'meteors' on your world.

 

[TheTrueBrawler]

For the Drax part, now I'm just very convinced you are lying. There is no possible WAY that that could happen. There is nothing in the games code to cause a drax to spawn in a chest and make the game crash. This only happens in Console and Mobile.

Not true, I legitimately found this in my world without the use of any world editing programs. It would be impossible to edit the contents in a locked chest without a third party program.

 

[Plainside]

While exploring my jungle i found the lizard temple...
Well 2 chests spawned outside and well heres the loot:

I can summon a eclipse... its nice when terraria gives you something extra, also spikeball traps and spear traps!
AFK farming isnt to hard now mwhuahaha!

 

[Ryan3aly3]

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Notice my equipment. I JUST got a Lucky Coin and Gold Ring from my first pirate invasion. Got the lucky coin off of a regular pirate and the gold ring off of a dutchman. Heres another screenshot. AWSOME TREE HOUSE
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Dutchman was trapped in my tree.

 

[Ryan3aly3]

Xbox 360 Hollowed can't infect crimson... or can it

 

[The Warlocke]

Also, Meteorites will never spawn in the middle part of the map.

You can also prevent meteors spawning at all, you only have to place a certain amount of meteor blocks in your world. because meteors won't land when there are enough 'meteors' on your world.

Yeah, after I learned this stuff, back in the day, I started building sky bridges to ward against it. These days, most meteorites hit (and wreck) the hoik bridges I use to collect fallen stars; but I've been too lazy to build any in my latest two worlds.

And too OC/greedy to leave 800 blocks of meteorite ore lying around my world.

 

[Ryan3aly3]

Half hearted Bee

 

[Jokerzrus]

Just finished building the entrance to my new base.

 

[The Warlocke]

Just finished building the entrance to my new base.

Nice.

Now you need to put a teleporter in each alcove, paint them with shadow paint, and hook them up so a player or monster walking across one will be teleported to one of the other alcoves at random.

After that, there are only two things left to do.

1. Eclipse
2. Scooby Doo chase music.

 

[Celris]

World Gen making people traverse deserts safer, every day, any time.
-World Gen, your best friend when it comes to deserts
This just happened to me in a modded playthrough.

 

[TheTrueBrawler]

This just happened to me in a modded playthrough.

Well that might explain it.

 

[Celris]

Well that might explain it.

Then after a bit of wandering around it..

 

[TheTrueBrawler]

Then after a bit of wandering around it..

It is a modded play through, so something in those mods might have messed up your world gen.

 

[BoldStep]

Not true, I legitimately found this in my world without the use of any world editing programs. It would be impossible to edit the contents in a locked chest without a third party program.

Then you're either doing a modded playthrough (In that case I apologise) or you used third party software to put it in there because who the hell would start a recording right before unlocking a shadow chest? Like I said, there is no way even in the CODE that the Drax could've spawned there. So don't lie, it just causes debate. Period.

 

[Jokerzrus]

Nice.

Now you need to put a teleporter in each alcove, paint them with shadow paint, and hook them up so a player or monster walking across one will be teleported to one of the other alcoves at random.

After that, there are only two things left to do.

1. Eclipse
2. Scooby Doo chase music.

not gonna lie genius idea.