Yousef the H
Terrarian
Alright this is a big one, terraria has a decent enough rarity system to function properly and tell players what items are better than others or what items are of higher worth than others... that seems fine and ok right? Well there's one gigantic problem:
Consistancy of the system is really bad, The Bee's Knees and Bee Gun are both queen bee drops, why is The Bee's Knees orange rarity while Bee Gun is green rarity? Same boss different rarity with no real reason because both weapons almost function in the same way (with wooden arrows at least) and do similar dps.
the Valor is a dungeon chest item in the dungeon, same with other items such as Muramasa or the Blue Moon, yet Valor is orange rarity while every other item is green rarity.
Since we're in the dungeon why is Bone Feather pink rarity unlike every other drop from the post plantera dungeon which are yellow? It might be more consistant with the other feathers but that makes no sense because the other feathers are for weaker wings while Bone Wings are stronger and even then the wings themselves are also pink rarity.
the Rifle Scope is Light Red even though it's also post plantera dungeon (to be fair that one is deserved the item is weak).
Empress Wings are cyan rarity while Fishron, Betsy and even Steampunker wings are yellow rarity.
Spectre Wings are yellow rarity, Hoverboard is still Pink... and Beetle Wings are lime rarity??? that makes literally no sense.
Some Empress drops have Pink rarity for the color but might as well give duke weapons lime rarity for the color?? or red rarity for betsy items???
Bundle of Balloons is yellow rarity?? Isn't that reserved for post golem? I get that it's not the easiest to get but i am not about to be post golem and decide "yeah i should probably get bundle of balloons right about now" and double-jump balloon items are light red, a rarity reserved for post wall of flesh.
SPEAKING OF LIGHT RED... it and pink rarity make NO SENSE, Frostbrand is pink rarity while Beam Sword is light red, both accessible at the same stage with frostbrand being a slightly better weapon but it's certainly not rainbow rod or optic staff to have pink rarity which should be a mid hardmode rarity but it's just all over the place.
Light Purple rarity makes no sense and might as well be removed.
Slime Staff is light red rarity while being pre boss, sure it's rare but it's not to the point of making it a hardmode rarity worthy weapon, orange would be understandable.
I can keep on giving examples but i think these examples are enough to give the point across, a lot of items have rarities which conflict with others of the same stage or ones that are just put on for the aesthetics, some were unchanged from an old patch after being changed (a lot of wings such as leaf wings), and some are just weird such as balloon combinations having light red rarity or amphibian boots having pink rarity.
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To everyone who says that harder to obtain items just have higher rarity explain this :
Grenade Launcher is a plantera drop that is gauranteed on classic mode for you to get, it has *yellow rarity*
every other drop that isn't Wasp Gun (also has yellow rarity, very likely just cuz the weapon is yellow) has lime rarity.
Seedler has pink rarity because it used to be obtained from fishing in the jungle, now as a plantera drop and it never got the rarity change it deserved.
Golem drops are lime for whatever reason, even though i know he's supposed to be before the moons and empress and duke etc etc i feel like the drops deserve yellow rarity since some plantera drops are yellow
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Consistancy of the system is really bad, The Bee's Knees and Bee Gun are both queen bee drops, why is The Bee's Knees orange rarity while Bee Gun is green rarity? Same boss different rarity with no real reason because both weapons almost function in the same way (with wooden arrows at least) and do similar dps.
the Valor is a dungeon chest item in the dungeon, same with other items such as Muramasa or the Blue Moon, yet Valor is orange rarity while every other item is green rarity.
Since we're in the dungeon why is Bone Feather pink rarity unlike every other drop from the post plantera dungeon which are yellow? It might be more consistant with the other feathers but that makes no sense because the other feathers are for weaker wings while Bone Wings are stronger and even then the wings themselves are also pink rarity.
the Rifle Scope is Light Red even though it's also post plantera dungeon (to be fair that one is deserved the item is weak).
Empress Wings are cyan rarity while Fishron, Betsy and even Steampunker wings are yellow rarity.
Spectre Wings are yellow rarity, Hoverboard is still Pink... and Beetle Wings are lime rarity??? that makes literally no sense.
Some Empress drops have Pink rarity for the color but might as well give duke weapons lime rarity for the color?? or red rarity for betsy items???
Bundle of Balloons is yellow rarity?? Isn't that reserved for post golem? I get that it's not the easiest to get but i am not about to be post golem and decide "yeah i should probably get bundle of balloons right about now" and double-jump balloon items are light red, a rarity reserved for post wall of flesh.
SPEAKING OF LIGHT RED... it and pink rarity make NO SENSE, Frostbrand is pink rarity while Beam Sword is light red, both accessible at the same stage with frostbrand being a slightly better weapon but it's certainly not rainbow rod or optic staff to have pink rarity which should be a mid hardmode rarity but it's just all over the place.
Light Purple rarity makes no sense and might as well be removed.
Slime Staff is light red rarity while being pre boss, sure it's rare but it's not to the point of making it a hardmode rarity worthy weapon, orange would be understandable.
I can keep on giving examples but i think these examples are enough to give the point across, a lot of items have rarities which conflict with others of the same stage or ones that are just put on for the aesthetics, some were unchanged from an old patch after being changed (a lot of wings such as leaf wings), and some are just weird such as balloon combinations having light red rarity or amphibian boots having pink rarity.
Edit:
To everyone who says that harder to obtain items just have higher rarity explain this :
Grenade Launcher is a plantera drop that is gauranteed on classic mode for you to get, it has *yellow rarity*
every other drop that isn't Wasp Gun (also has yellow rarity, very likely just cuz the weapon is yellow) has lime rarity.
Seedler has pink rarity because it used to be obtained from fishing in the jungle, now as a plantera drop and it never got the rarity change it deserved.
Golem drops are lime for whatever reason, even though i know he's supposed to be before the moons and empress and duke etc etc i feel like the drops deserve yellow rarity since some plantera drops are yellow
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This is in a spoiler to not make the main text too big.
Try guessing the rarity of the North Pole, it's a drop from the frostmoon which has other items such as the Chain Gun which is yellow rarity so it must also be yellow right? Wrong, it's lime rarity for whatever reason.
Anchor is a hardmode weapon yet it has orange rarity.
Axe of Regrowth has light red rarity, despite being made of items supposedly deserving orange or green rarity.
I think me and other players will let Lifeforce Potion slide because it's consistant with other potions in blue rarity, despite being made with a hardmode fish.
It seems as if accessories have their own way of having rarity asigned to them, because you can't tell me Hellfire Treads are worthy of lime rarity, but what confuses me is that putting it at lime rarity means putting it as an equal to terraspark boots which makes no sense! flamewalker isn't as grindy per se as water walking boots + ice skates + the entire lava wader bloodline...
Ammo is very weird, most hardmode ammo is put into orange rarity, and the ones with higher rarity are chlorophyte tier because that's around where you get your ammo upgrades and rockets... it makes no sense why something that uses hardmode specific items has the rarity of pre hardmode items.
Even if we imagine accessories have their rarities distributed at a higher level some accessories don't make sense now with their rarity.
Ankh Charm has light purple rarity despite being hardmode only, in comparison to terraspark or bundle of balloons.
Destroyer Emblem is lime rarity... it's made with an eye of golem.
Sniper Scope is ALSO lime rarity, despite being made with the destroyer emblem + rifle scope.
Recon Scope is SOMEHOW PINK RARITY, despite being made of the above + Putrid Scent.
Arcane Flower is pink rarity despite having a light purple item in its crafting (putrid scent).
arcane flower and recon scope aren't the only examples of downgrading into a rarity below one of your materials but that's enough.
Try guessing the rarity of the North Pole, it's a drop from the frostmoon which has other items such as the Chain Gun which is yellow rarity so it must also be yellow right? Wrong, it's lime rarity for whatever reason.
Anchor is a hardmode weapon yet it has orange rarity.
Axe of Regrowth has light red rarity, despite being made of items supposedly deserving orange or green rarity.
I think me and other players will let Lifeforce Potion slide because it's consistant with other potions in blue rarity, despite being made with a hardmode fish.
It seems as if accessories have their own way of having rarity asigned to them, because you can't tell me Hellfire Treads are worthy of lime rarity, but what confuses me is that putting it at lime rarity means putting it as an equal to terraspark boots which makes no sense! flamewalker isn't as grindy per se as water walking boots + ice skates + the entire lava wader bloodline...
Ammo is very weird, most hardmode ammo is put into orange rarity, and the ones with higher rarity are chlorophyte tier because that's around where you get your ammo upgrades and rockets... it makes no sense why something that uses hardmode specific items has the rarity of pre hardmode items.
Even if we imagine accessories have their rarities distributed at a higher level some accessories don't make sense now with their rarity.
Ankh Charm has light purple rarity despite being hardmode only, in comparison to terraspark or bundle of balloons.
Destroyer Emblem is lime rarity... it's made with an eye of golem.
Sniper Scope is ALSO lime rarity, despite being made with the destroyer emblem + rifle scope.
Recon Scope is SOMEHOW PINK RARITY, despite being made of the above + Putrid Scent.
Arcane Flower is pink rarity despite having a light purple item in its crafting (putrid scent).
arcane flower and recon scope aren't the only examples of downgrading into a rarity below one of your materials but that's enough.
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