Saves from older version

[DeV]

Haven't played the game in YEARS. Will my saves still work on the new (current) version with no problems? Will they have to be converted somehow? Or is there no way they will work?

[Albcatmastercat]

They probably will, without a problem.

[Theo]

Have you tried it?

[Nortch]

they should work fine

[Blargo]

They will work, however, any new world generated content that was added will not be available in worlds that were created before them.
For example, if you've created a world before the underground desert biome was added to the game, that world will still not have this biome.

[DeV]

Originally posted by Dxpress:

They will work, however, any new world generated content that was added will not be available in worlds that were created before them.
For example, if you've created a world before the underground desert biome was added to the game, that world will still not have this biome.

Oh, that's BAD! Can't I take the old character (with best euipped gear I got) and put him in a newly generated world in a fully updated version?

[Albcatmastercat]

Originally posted by DeV:

Originally posted by Dxpress:

They will work, however, any new world generated content that was added will not be available in worlds that were created before them.
For example, if you've created a world before the underground desert biome was added to the game, that world will still not have this biome.

Oh, that's BAD! Can't I take the old character (with best euipped gear I got) and put him in a newly generated world in a fully updated version?

Yes.

[DeV]

Yes meaning I can? Gotta try it!

[Tymon]

One thing Terraria has always been great at, is making sure that old saves and stuff work with new versions. Which is more than I can say about a few other games. But, as other people pointed out, new biomes won't be created in old worlds, HOWEVER... Unless you have such an old world that you don't have a jungle temple, it's not a factor that will stop you from getting to fight the moon lord. That said, if your world IS that old you can always import a golem altar from another world to that world to fight golem to spawn the lunatic cultists etc.

[DeV]

Thank you, Tymon, nice to hear!

[Ruinae Retroque Rursus]

Your character will be absolutely fine. You can swap that between different worlds.

Things You're Missing:

- 1.2 Jungle Temple, this is necessary to progress to endgame - however that came out in Sept 2013 so your world will have to be really old.

- Some paintings
Solely aesthetic.

- Geyser Traps (1.3, June 2015)
Solely used for killing things but compared to, say, Spear traps they're pretty garbage.

- Functional Statues (1.3)
You won't have the Unicorn statue, for instance, but you only need that for designing adventure maps with spawned mobs / grinding for rare drops

- Granite and Marble Biomes (1.3)
Some unique mobs and some unique drops, but really nothing fretting about. Most of the point of these biomes is their furniture.

- Dungeon Furniture (somewhere within the last two years)
You'll know get Blue Dungeon Chandeliers in the Dungeon. If you don't care about your furniture this isn't a problem.

- Underground Desert (1.3)
While you are missing a whole biome, this isn't a problem as what's in that biome is really crummy, hard to get, and really annoying enemies. It's a pre-hardmode "Throwing" biome, basically - I usually have to make an effort to explore it in my playthroughs. Some nice mobs in Hardmode, but the important ones will spawn on the Surface Desert anyway. So you're not missing much except pre-HM throwing stuff which is very difficult to get your hands on anyway.



So yeah. If it's newer than 2014 you're fine, just missing some furniture.

[DeV]

Thank you for the breakdown, aidenpons! Some nice people in the community you got here!