Change gem hooks recipes

[valentine]

Well, the hook. best tool in pre-hardmode.
the hook drops from skeletons, piranhas, undead vikings and has a pretty low drop rate..
if you find 15 gems, you can make yourself a gem hook, well, whats the problem with that?
you should use a hook and 15 gems to make the hook, if you find a gemstone cave you can skip a great hunting for the hook. its too easy craft hooks now, i mean, just 15 gems.
a amethyst, the lowest tier gem, can be EASILY found to make early-game hooks.


tl;dr gem hooks are too easy to craft, change recipe for 1 hook and 15 gems.

[Cyborgt]

Originally posted by Café:

FOR ME, gem staves are highly "skippable", because we can find a water bolt wich is better than diamond staff imo. "or ruby staff"

Fair enough. I've always preferred the diamond staff since its stats are better in pretty much every way except for refire rate. If you use it right though, the water bolt is technically better. You just need to be able to get into the dungeon to get one, or get lucky and find one before the guardian layer of the dungeon.

Part of why I like the diamond staff so much is (depending on luck finding diamonds and whether you have platinum in your world) you can get it very early on and it will serve as an effective weapon all the way to hard mode. The other staves aren't terrible either if for some reason you're forced to go with one of those. The only one I wouldn't suggest making is the amethyst staff because it doesn't get the piercing effect the others do.

[Chubblezap]

Why make a staff out of diamonds when you can make a ROBE out of diamonds?

[valentine]

Originally posted by The Hamburger of Ages:

Why make a staff out of diamonds when you can make a ROBE out of diamonds?

we're talking about crafting recipes
..and hooks

[Cyborgt]

Originally posted by The Hamburger of Ages:

Why make a staff out of diamonds when you can make a ROBE out of diamonds?

Because the robe kinda sucks and costs more diamonds? It's not an item worth having unless you have a good magic weapon to go along with it and the diamond staff is one of the best that you can get pre-hardmode. After hardmode, there are better items for both armor and weapons to go for.

[Haunted Aigis Plushie]

The thing is, a grappling hook is a key item to progress in Terraria, so there should be multiple methods to get it rather than hoping a skeleton drops it.

[valentine]

Originally posted by Clockwork Rainbowdash:

The thing is, a grappling hook is a key item to progress in Terraria, so there should be multiple methods to get it rather than hoping a skeleton drops it.

...piranha and vikings

[Paxadin]

Originally posted by Cyborgt:

Originally posted by The Hamburger of Ages:

Why make a staff out of diamonds when you can make a ROBE out of diamonds?

Because the robe kinda sucks and costs more diamonds? It's not an item worth having unless you have a good magic weapon to go along with it and the diamond staff is one of the best that you can get pre-hardmode. After hardmode, there are better items for both armor and weapons to go for.

SOMETHING tells me he was sarcastic.

[Celator]

Originally posted by Paxadin:

SOMETHING tells me he was sarcastic.

What told you that?

[valentine]

Originally posted by Over8001:

Originally posted by Paxadin:

SOMETHING tells me he was sarcastic.

What told you that?

i dont even,,,,

[Celator]

Originally posted by Café:

Originally posted by Over8001:

What told you that?

i dont even,,,,

It's an honest question, because I don't think that guy was being sarcastic. Though I'd agree that the staffs are usually much better to make than the robes, but then I don't usually play a mage.

[valentine]

Originally posted by Over8001:

Originally posted by Café:

i dont even,,,,

It's an honest question, because I don't think that guy was being sarcastic. Though I'd agree that the staffs are usually much better to make than the robes, but then I don't usually play a mage.

magic robes are kinda useless, we have meteorite and jungle set for pre-hardmode mage gear..

[Celator]

Originally posted by Café:

magic robes are kinda useless, we have meteorite and jungle set for pre-hardmode mage gear..

Those usually come fairly late in pre-hardmode, though. The gem items are to give mages something to use before they beat Eater of Worlds.