Newbie: Offline Recipe Help?

[Morkonan]

Is there a downloadable, offline, reference for in-game recipes and such? Something like a .pdf or a manual that can be read offline?

I hate having to have to constantly refer to an online wiki. Yes, I do know I can get help in-game from one of the NPCs if I have a material that can be used in crafting, but that doesn't help much when trying to plan how to progress and decide what goals to set for myself when I don't have the materials to use in the query.

Suggestions for online references and charts that are easily copied/converted to offline formats is apprecaited, as well.

Thanks in advance.

[NotApplicable]

http://www.terrariaonline.com/threads/way-to-view-terraria-wiki-offline.96574/

The Guide shows you the recipes, BTW.

[Morkonan]

Thanks. I thought about using a spider to copy the wiki, but I figured there'd be a lot of data I didn't need. Also, I'm running Win 7, so the Win 8 Terraria App/Guide isn't something I can use.

I'll keep the httrack in mind, though, if other recommendations aren't forthcoming. At least it does allow updating the mirrored site and that would be very useful. Thanks again!

[Geim]

If you see "Material" in the tooltip of any item, go to the guide and click the crafting option. Place the item in the slot, and viola! There you have all the uses for the item

[Morkonan]

Publicado originalmente por The Terrarian Mage:

If you see "Material" in the tooltip of any item, go to the guide and click the crafting option. Place the item in the slot, and viola! There you have all the uses for the item

Yes, that works for materials you have, but it doesn't help me for... what I don't yet have. For instance, if I don't have iron, I won't know that using my copper to craft a sword appears to be a waste, since iron might yield me a much better sword. (Not that such is a critical difference, it's just an example.)

And, yes, I can find this sort of thing on the Wiki. But, it's a handy offline sort of crafting guide/recipe sort of thing I'm looking for.

[Geim]

Then there is no such thing you are looking for in-game. You need the material to see the recipe, sorry mate.

[Morkonan]

Publicado originalmente por The Terrarian Mage:

Then there is no such thing you are looking for in-game. You need the material to see the recipe, sorry mate.

I'm not looking for this in-game, I'm just looking for offline references.

[NotApplicable]

http://terraria.gamepedia.com/Recipes

You could probably just save that page for offline reference.

[Morkonan]

Thanks. I thought about doing something like that, but it's only partially helpful - As a "one-page" reference, it doesn't also give any indication of the properties of the created items.

Admittedly, because there are so many craftables and so many different properties and stats, a simple offline solution may not be possible. Plus, Terraria isn't a "static" game in this respect, since patches/additions could change attributes, recipes or even add new items.

It's all very confusing... :) Ideally, something like a java app that would read the game's current data files and dynamically produce a working recipe book would be the best of all possible worlds. The Windows 8 app might do something like that, but I run Win 7, because Windows 8 is teh devil. :)

[NotApplicable]

Publicado originalmente por Morkonan:

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Yeah. To be honest, after a while of actually playing and experimenting (and, as mentioned a few times, using the Guide!) you'll learn these things. 800+ hours later, though, and I still forget how to make a bed, ... live and learn. xD