[Suggestion/request] Terraria mining helmet really needs a change/mod in 1.3.6...

[Adeptguy]

It sucks that you need to have it replace an actually usefull helmet in its stead while also crippling your set bonus.
I thought about it and without coding a bunch extra I think I found a way to make it work. The way you could do this is by replacing the mining helmet from the Merchant NPC(meaning he does not sell mining helmet anymore) by a new item called "flashlight" or "headlight". Consumable item that gives a 120 real minutes long buff mimicing the functionality of the original mining helmet. It would cost 1g/each and the original mining helmet is still kept in the loot table of Undead Miner who drops them naturally anyway so its fine.

I thought about it and it makes sense, how does that mining helmet shine anyway? Because of a light mounted on its helmet. How does it stay permanently powered? Well magic I guess, but I could say it has VERY durable, industrial grade batteries :p So is it that weird to have a battery attached with tape on your helmet to do literally the same thing? And batteries eventually run out so you'd have to replace it every now and then, hence the time on the buff. The batteries the merchant sells are not industrial grade but they're cheap and plenty so thats why they run out :P

Good idea right?? I really hope someone can make this work, be it the dev or a random modder reading this thread


p.s. Dont mention that one mod that changes vanity slots to act like regular armor slots and that I can get that and equip my mining helmet on there, well I dont want to because its ugly af and its practically cheating, might as well give me a permanent shine effect while im at it My way mentioned above is reasonable enough to be part of vanilla, its that simple and not game-breaking.

[Wolgraff]

Your idea is good indeed.I hope someone that can make mods sees this post.

[Adeptguy]

Originally posted by Go'Bah The Trader:

Your idea is good indeed.I hope someone that can make mods sees this post.

I hope so too!

[Snek]

Doesn’t the Shine Potion already accomplish this?

[Civilized Alt]

i think having it as an accesory is better

[curiositas]

That's a nice idea, but if it is supposed to be a consumable giving a buff, what if you die in some way? Wouldn't that buff go away and the 1g would be a waste? (I know it doesn't sound a lot but for starters it sure does)
Imo it'd be better to have a seperate 'flashlight' as item for a certain amount of coins and then batteries for a cheaper price for use on that item ^^