Ways To Spice Up Gameplay

Summary

• Change the world difficulty to enhance the challenge of this game.
• Defeat all 33 bosses & unlock all 115 achievements to truly complete
  Terraria
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• Enable PvP for added excitement in multiplayer gameplay, introducing friendly fire and competition.

Released in 2011 by Re-Logic, Terraria is an open-world crafting side scroller. Play in a fantastical world filled with delight and horror, from befriending slimes to fighting fleshy eldritch abominations. There’s something for every player to enjoy, whether that’s building sprawling bases, mining into the depths of hell, or fighting the monsters of this land. For those brave enough to take on the challenge, there is a host of bosses to defeat and powerful loot to earn.

Even the most exciting games can become stale after hundreds of hours, and Terraria is no exception. With its almost limitless freedom, there are plenty of ways for players to rekindle their passion for the title.

1 Try Harder Character Difficulties

Up The Challenge, Increase The Excitement

• Character difficulties:
  • Journey
  • Classic
  • Mediumcore
  • Hardcore

Classic Mode may be the default Terraria difficulty, but it’s far from the only one. For players who have already completed Classic Mode, or like their fun with a side of suffering, Mediumcore and Hardcore will surely spice up their gameplay.

Mediumcore is a distinct step-up in difficulty from Classic Mode, with players dropping all their items on death. This mode introduces new levels of strategy to the game, punishing players harshly for trying to defeat bosses and conquer biomes through brute force alone. Hardcore, meanwhile, is the ultimate test of determination, patience, and Terraria knowledge, where characters have a single life. It’s a challenge only the greatest players can overcome.

2 Change The Player Count

Different Players, New Experiences

Switching up the player count is a tried and tested way to bring excitement back into Terraria. Players who usually opt for a solo adventure should invite some friends to join them, while those who play the game with others should try facing the challenges of this game alone. After all, Terraria has two game modes for a reason: they’re separate experiences.

Multiplayer adventures see friends collaborate to build bases and find loot, allowing for quicker progression through the game. That comes with the payoff that bosses are more powerful, with their stats scaling with the number of players in the world. Boss fights also play very differently from single to multiplayer. In solo games, bosses focus on one player, while in multiplayer, it is split between many.

3 Set A Building Challenge

Limitless Creativity

• Types of building challenges:
  • Solo
  • Collaborative
  • Competitive

A great way to add concrete goals in Terraria is for players to set themselves or their friends a building challenge. Building is a fun, creative, and practical way to spend time in the game, whether competitive, collaborative, or a solo venture.

For players who choose to build something alone, this allows them to exercise their imagination and stretch the boundaries of Terraria’s building mechanics. Whether they build a sprawling castle, a sky village, or a seaside lighthouse, they’re sure to get a lot of joy and satisfaction from their builds. Competitive building, meanwhile, sees players compete to outbuild each other. For those who find solo building boring, this is a great alternative.

4 Unlock Every Achievement

Truly Defeat The Game

• Complete all 115 achievements

For players with countless worlds, a dozen or so characters, and playtime into the hundreds of hours, unlocking all the achievements in Terraria is the true final boss. One of the few measurable metrics of success in this game, only those who have reached this goal can truly say they have beaten the game.

Even for those who have yet to beat all of Terraria’s bosses, striving to unlock all its achievements is an enjoyable way to reinvigorate gameplay. Doubly so, given it can be tailored to a player’s wants. Complete it alone, with friends, or on whatever character and world difficulty that suits. No matter what, it will be a difficult challenge, but it’s one that new players and veterans alike can overcome.

5 Try Harder World Difficulties

A Greater Challenge

• World difficulties:
  • Journey Mode
  • Classic Mode
  • Expert Mode
  • Master Mode

Players who are bored with the standard Classic Mode experience, Expert and Master Mode worlds are a fantastic way to up the ante. These modes increase Terraria’s challenge with stronger enemies and bosses with better AI. Bosses also have extra attacks and new behaviors in these modes.

Those brave enough to face the challenges of these modes will be rewarded with new boss items and more frequent drops from enemies. Expert Mode bosses drop items that cannot be found in Classic Mode, while Master Mode bosses drop items that cannot be found even in Expert Mode. Players must prioritize strategy over raw power in these modes if they want to survive.

6 Slay Every Boss

A Clear-Cut Goal

Defeating every boss in Terraria is one of the few tangible goals in this game, considered by many as beating the game. Players tired of endless building, mining, and exploration can give them newfound purpose in this fantastical world without a set winning condition.

Highly customizable, this goal is suitable for all players, new or veteran. Players can choose to fight bosses solo or with friends in a number of world and character difficulties, selecting the bosses they want to challenge. Whether that’s all bosses, the main bosses, or only progression-related ones, the choice is in players’ hands.

7 Enable PvP

Chaos, Friendly Fire, Competitive Play

• Ways to play with PvP enabled:
  • Friendly fire only.
  • Competitive.

Enabling PvP is sure to spice up any multiplayer experience. For those not looking for a competitive experience, enabling PvP opens up the exciting potential for friendly fire, adding extra danger and more strategy to boss fights. Players must be precise if they don’t want to accidentally kill their friends. Friendly fire also allows a great deal of mischief.

In competitive play, PvP amps up the difficulty of Terraria, giving players yet another threat to contend with in their quest to explore the world. Players face a constant threat to themselves, their bases, and their riches.

8 Legendary Mode & Special World Seeds:

A Battle Like No Other

Legendary Mode world seeds:

• ‘For the worthy’
• ‘Everything’

Legendary Mode is the ultimate Terraria survival experience. A hidden difficulty that can only be achieved by using the ‘for the worthy’ and ‘everything’ seeds on Master Mode, completing Terraria in Legendary Mode is insanely challenging. Not only does Legendary Mode further increase the strength of enemies (including bosses), but it also changes their attack patterns and behaviors beyond that of Expert and Master Mode.

The biome distributions of both seeds are also entirely different from those of other worlds. Hostile biomes are everywhere, including on the surface. When players aren’t being harassed by monsters, they’re being crushed, poisoned, or blown up by traps. Seriously, these things are everywhere! On the ‘everything’ seed, new characters even spawn in the Underworld.