All known upcoming 1.3 features and info

[big demon energy]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=374525953

*DISCLAIMER* first off there is no confirmed release date for 1.3,
second off all sources are from Relogic staff and trusted beta testers

Events:

Lunar Event.
Another side Event. (?)

Game mechanics:

Expert game mode.
Identical enemies and bosses with new, more difficult AIs and increased drops.
Achievements.
Events have progress bars.
Mounts can be ridden while using weapons.
Minion Modifiers.
Fishing Pole Modifiers.
Starting outfit options at character creation.
NPCs have better AI and animations, will no longer stand in front of Chests to block access, and sit in Chairs.
Characters have "spring in their step," especially during running. (The body area isn't
"bouncing" anymore)
"Cleaner" and "smarter" starting areas on world generation.
Smart cursor will build stairs.
Liquid flow looks more fluid and less "blocky."
Quick Loot, which works like "Quick Stack" but in reverse, pulling from Chests only the items that have existing stacks in the player's inventory.
Favorite inventory slot: Mark an inventory slot as a "favorite" to keep its item from being trashed, deposited, or sold.
Hook dedicated equipment slot.
Signs can be read by merely hovering the cursor over them.
Can now craft using ingredients from open Chests without having to move them into the player's inventory first.
Minimap shows other players who recently died in Multiplayer.
Upon your own death, the total amount of coins you dropped is displayed.
Showcase acquired items to other players in multiplayer chat.

Items:

(At least 250 new items, bringing the total Item count over 3000!).

New summon items.
Laser Ruler accessory, which allows live measuring of tile distances via the cursor.
Meowmere, a sword that fires cat projectiles that leave a rainbow trail, and make cat sounds.
New furniture set.
Portal Gun. (the Valve portal series)
Cultist costume vanity set.
Honeyfall Block and Wall.
Alchemy Table: Offers a 1/3 chance of not consuming ingredients when crafting Potions.
Vine Rope.
Sticky Dynamite.
Nail Gun.
Royal Gel.
Pink Gel crafting material, possibly used to craft Bouncing Bombs and Pink Glowsticks that float in water, among other things.
Wormhole Potion allows teleporting to another player's location by pointing to them on the Minimap. Crafted from 1 Bottled Water, 1 Specular Fish, and 1 Blinkroot.
Flask of Frost.
Frost Bullets.
Laser Machinegun.
Charged Laser Blaster.
Granite Blocks and associated Furniture set.
Planter Box, for growing Herbs as portable items.
Sparring Dummy for testing weapon effects.
Rainbow Campfire.
New Dyes: Living Rainbow, Living Flame, Pixie, Wisp, Chlorophyte, Gold
A new Block with gradual light-up function.
3 new Mounts, one being the Drill Mount, a late-game, futuristic digging vehicle.
A fourth liquid.
A new Hook.
Toe of Cthulhu. (item or boss?)
New calendar of 2016.

Terrain:

Enchanted Sword shrine.
10 New mini biomes. (7 out of 10 confirmed)

Changes:

Re-designed Water Fountains and possible new.
Platform stack limit increase to 999 (from 99).
Living Wood Chests always contain a Living Wood Wand and Leaf Wand.
The Axe drop rate increased from 1/200 to 1/50. (rare to common)
Voodoo Demon increased spawn rate.
Bunny Mount no longer incurs fall damage.
Sunflowers get "buffed". (?)
Jellyfish have a shock effect when they attack.
Dyes more visible.
Updated some of the older NPC sprites.
Staff of Regrowth additional uses, possibly including growing Jungle Grass on Mud, moss on Stone, and speeding Tree growth.
Coins have new spinning animation and new pickup sound effect, along with new inventory sprites.
Professional language translation.
Separate cooldowns for edibles.

Mobs:

New Eclipse Monsters.
Crimson Bunny.
Cultist. (enemy/NPC/event?)

Maybes:

A Mac/linux port

Sources:

http://www.terrariaonline.com/threads/random-eye-candy.161871/
https://twitter.com/Cennxx/status/505341053390835713
http://forums.terraria.org/index.php?threads/a-lively-world-terraria-1-3-spoilers-tcf-launch-event.342/
http://www.terrariaonline.com/threads/a-tiny-1-3-teaser.149852/
http://forums.terraria.org/index.php?threads/item-3-000.2652/
http://www.terrariaonline.com/threads/an-update-on-things.154239/
http://forums.terraria.org/index.php?threads/1-3-spoilers.5901/
http://forums.terraria.org/index.php?threads/be-water-my-friends-1-3-liquid-mechanics-changes.3764/
http://forums.terraria.org/index.php?threads/a-small-spoiler.7339/
http://forums.terraria.org/index.php?threads/be-water-my-friends-1-3-liquid-mechanics-changes.3764/#post-86444
http://www.reddit.com/r/Terraria/comments/1peg3k/this_just_in_from_0x33s_streamruh_roh/cd1iotv
http://www.reddit.com/r/Terraria/comments/2hwslw/spoiler_discussion_wcenx_crowno_in_chat/ckwqmkr

Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oNHnvnqWpc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjm6IyXgWQk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8Kq19My2d8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d2NYpcy4Mo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTJNVCFDjuA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft56esseBEA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCETFMsrNxE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnHpKjkHoxs


Anything I missed? tell me!

Also 1.3 hype!!!!!!!

[deltaTom]

1.3 HYPE! ER MAH GERD 1.3! Very exiting stuff!

[BoogtehWoog]

Thanks for this!

[xNebel]

All it´s confirmed or there are just rumors?

If it´s true I´m HYYYPEE

[big demon energy]

Początkowo opublikowane przez xNebel:

All it´s confirmed or there are just rumors?

If it´s true I´m HYYYPEE

Its all confirmed :D

[uucky]

Wish that Mac version. :P

[Chadner]

As someone who hasn't really played since 2012, I can't wait.

[big demon energy]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Uucky:

Wish that Mac version. :P

Yeah I hope so too because my mac is better then my pc

[mytomanen_bre]

But when does 1.3 release?

[big demon energy]

Początkowo opublikowane przez mytomanen_bre:

But when does 1.3 release?

it has no release date, the devs said they don't want to make a release date because they don't know when it will be done.

and it reduces stress on the team.

[Sol4rSky]

epic

[big demon energy]

Początkowo opublikowane przez MasacruAlex:

epic

indeed.

[vakori]

I wunt it nao!!!!

[big demon energy]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Sphenodon punctatus:

I wunt it nao!!!!

we all do!, trust me :D

[1999 Mercedes-Benz A190]

actually urchin ur wrong abut the release date.The release date is somewhere around january 17th

[big demon energy]

Początkowo opublikowane przez TheNovaPlays:

actually urchin ur wrong abut the release date.The release date is somewhere around january 17th

actually no.
if it hasn't been annouced by Redigit or Cenx (the major people I trust for spoilers) its not happening, don't believe everything people tell you.