About secret rooms

[Babombo]

I have found a lot of secret rooms troughout my runs and I am sad that they stay empty once you looted them (? or is that a bug I have?)
I got a ring and a golem bible in the first dungeon and after that whenever I visit the secret room it was empty

now I am in the second dungeon and the secret room is empty as well
I can't remember that I ever took something from there. What is the rare loot of the forest dungeon?
And is it supposed to be like that -> loot once in a livetime secret rooms?

[arceus03]

They only stay empty if you've taken the stuff in there previously (i.e. discovered a secret room, took the stuff, returned to town using the door portal, and returned to the dungeon from the door portal in town). Otherwise, for every time you go into the dungeon using the dungeon entrance, the dungeon layouts reset and you might encounter a new secret room.

Or you might encounter none. But I think in all 1-3 levels, you should at least see one.

Also, there are 4 kinds of secret room (or at least ones that I've seen):

1. Room with an altar that contains a book.
2. Room with a few items and nothing more.
3. Room with an empty chest that you could fill with stuff. The chest will teleport your stuff back to town.
4. Room with a pillar that you can activate (up to four times) to fight enemy waves and claim treasure afterward. More horde, more valuable treasure.

[Babombo]

Originally posted by arceus03:

They only stay empty if you've taken the stuff in there previously (i.e. discovered a secret room, took the stuff, returned to town using the door portal, and returned to the dungeon from the door portal in town). Otherwise, for every time you go into the dungeon using the dungeon entrance, the dungeon layouts reset and you might encounter a new secret room.

Or you might encounter none. But I think in all 1-3 levels, you should at least see one.

Also, there are 4 kinds of secret room (or at least ones that I've seen):

1. Room with an altar that contains a book.
2. Room with a few items and nothing more.
3. Room with an empty chest that you could fill with stuff. The chest will teleport your stuff back to town.
4. Room with a pillar that you can activate (up to four times) to fight enemy waves and claim treasure afterward. More horde, more valuable treasure.

I guess that since my first encounter with a secret room I have only found number 3
I never added stuff in there because I didn't expect I could tp my stuff home using that ^^

ty very much

[arceus03]

Originally posted by Terraria Smurf 1337 Hours:

I guess that since my first encounter with a secret room I have only found number 3
I never added stuff in there because I didn't expect I could tp my stuff home using that ^^

ty very much

Also, worth mentioning that the chest is a one-off item. Once you've put in your items and close the inventory, it will close and teleport your items straightaway so best to use it when your inventory is full.

Originally posted by Terraria Smurf 1337 Hours:

now I am in the second dungeon and the secret room is empty as well
I can't remember that I ever took something from there. What is the rare loot of the forest dungeon?

One of the rings is an amulet that negates poison damage, so it's pretty useful if you could get it to make the second dungeon easier. The easiest way to find it is to find the secret room with the horde monster (one that has a pillar that can be activated) and fight the waves 4 times. There are also several other amulets you could get too but I don't know what. The wiki probably has the whole list.

[Babombo]

I'll definetly check it out
I am not going to read the wiki about the rings so far though
Want to find out about them myself but ty for your advice :)