Advanced Techniques & Methods

A short sweet guide for the family and friends.

LONG READ

Disclaimer, this guide is a long read, at least like 10 hours.

HOTKEY BINDINGS

The default keybindings are all scattered, and do not allign with your hand shape.

Because of this, your hand needs to perform acrobatics in order to hit keys at the right time. The cost of this is additional time.

Ideally all your keybindings conform with the shape of your hand and each finger has allocated buttons which it is responsible for pressing.


Here's a better set of keybindings which saves time:


If you have a multi-button mouse, you can bind some hotkeys onto the mouse as well, but if you don't, that's fine this hotkey setup should work for everyone.

What items should you store on your hotbar?
1 = High Damage Per Second (DPS) Weapon
2 = Pierce Weapon
3 = Utility Weapon OR Combat Tool
4 = Utility Weapon OR Combat Tool

5 = Full Tiles (Preferably Wood)
6 = Platforms

7 (T) = Explosives
8 (G) = Explosives
9 (V) = Wire Viewing Item

0 (Q) = Recall Potions


Low Level Hotbar should look something like this:


High Level Hotbar should look something like this:



Your Pickaxe, Axe and Torches go in your inventory, they are accessed with the SHIFT AutoSelect hotkey.
Seems weird at first, but it's better.

Blocks

Stair Placing
With tiles in your hotbar:
place 1 tile at knee height, hold the down key and move walk into the very corner of the tile without climbing up the tile.

Move the mouse 1 tile past the original tile you placed, your mouse is now in the sweet spot.

Hold down the left mouse click button to place tiles.

Walk ontop of the tiles you placed, until you no longer want to build a staircase.


Blocking Enemies In
Upside down L, most enemies will get trapped on this tile shape, assuming that there is enough space for the NPC to walk into:



Vertical Tunnel Blocking:


Horizontal Tunnel Blocking:


Blocking flying enemies when you're above them.
1. Prevent them from attacking you from below

2. Bring them above you, half build the roof of a trap (if you have to)

3. Block them from beneath

Blocking enemies in is a very basic method that saves evermore time the higher the difficulty you're playing on.


Jump Placing
Position mouse 1 tile beneath player

Jump your maximum height, then place the tile at the last second to gain the most height from the jump

Platforms

1 Way Walls
Can be used against mobs

Can be used for housing

With platforms in hotbar, and hammer in inventory, find a wall you want to be able to move through:

Place 3 or more platforms

Hammer all the platforms into stairs, you can now walk through the wall, or fire projectiles through the wall.



Jump Placing
With platforms in your inventory, Position mouse 1 tile below the player.

Jump your maximum height, then place a platform with your left mouse click.

Hook

Building Left
With a hook equipped, and tiles in your hotbar.
Move mouse 1 tile diagonally outwards from the bottom left of the character:

Use the hook hotkey E, to fire your hook.

Hold down the left click of your mouse to place tiles

Use the hook hotkey again.

Use the hook hotkey again.

Use the hook hotkey again.



Building Right
With a hook equipped, and tiles in your hotbar.
Move mouse 1 tile diagonally outwards from the bottom right of the character:

Use the hook hotkey E, to fire your hook.

Hold down the left click of your mouse to place tiles.

Use the hook hotkey again.

Use the hook hotkey again.

Use the hook hotkey again.



Building Up
With a hook equipped, and tiles in your hotbar.
Find a starting position, which is at least 3 tiles wide, and stand on the leftmost 2 tiles:

Build 2 tiles upwards on the rightmost tile, then hook the highest tile you built.

Position mouse above the highest built tile, then hold down the left click of your mouse to place tiles

Use the hook hotkey E, to fire your hook.

Use the hook hotkey again.

Use the hook hotkey again.

(Works with the opposite direction)


Building Down
With a hook equipped, and tiles in your hotbar.
Find a roof starting position, which is at least 3 tiles wide, hook onto the rightmost 2 tiles:

Build 4 tiles downwards from the leftmost ceiling.

Hook onto the 2nd built tile from the roof.

Place a tile 3 tiles underneath your hooked location.

Use the hook hotkey E, to fire your hook.

Use the hook hotkey again.

Use the hook hotkey again.

(Works with the opposite direction)


Moving Horizontally Through Two Tiles
With a hook equipped. (Moving Left, Floor to Floor)
Find a 2 tile opening where the floor of the 2 tile opening is connected to the floor of the 3+ tile opening:
Point mouse at the end of the 3+ tile opening's floor, and use the hook hotkey E, to fire your hook.

Move mouse slightly leftwards unless you have the sweetspot, then use the hook again.

Use the hook hotkey again.

Use the hook hotkey again.


With a hook equipped. (Moving Right, Roof to Roof)
Find a 2 tile opening where the roof of the 2 tile opening is connected to the roof of the 3+ tile opening.

Point mouse at the start of the 2 tile opening roof, and use the hotkey E, to fire your hook.

Move mouse 1 tile rightwards.

Use the hook hotkey again.

Use the hook hotkey again.



Moving Vertically Through One Tile
With a hook equipped, and a pickaxe in inventory. (Moving Downwards, right wall to right wall)
Find a 2 tile vertical tile tunnel, where the wall of the 2 tile tunnel connects with the wall of the 1 tile tunnel. Point the mouse below the player + 1 tile, and towards the right wall.

Fire your hook.

Use the hook hotkey again.

Use the hook hotkey again.

Use the hook hotkey again.

If the tunnel is closed at the bottom, hold down shift, and point your mouse towards the bottom tile blocking the tunnel.

Keep holding down shift, hold down the left click button of the mouse to start mining.

Fire your hook, while still mining. Repeating this will result in fast vertical mobility through tiles.

(This also works going upwards and from the left wall)


Stopping Fall Damage
When falling, with a hook equipped, point your mouse downwards.

When you're near ground, fire your hook, (be wary of leftward and rightward momentum, try to stay ontop of your hook when falling)

Stop fall damage.



Stopping Knockback
If there is a mob blocking your escape, you can hook through them.


This is useful for the wall of flesh, in higher difficulties the mobs can block you resulting in death.

If you require DPS accessories and anti-knockback, you can save an accessory slot by using a hook for anti-knockback.


Hook OR Hermes Boots + Hook, Fast Mobility
Move mouse into position.

Press spacebar to jump.

Press the E hotkey to fire your hook. (Move forward to give your hook more range)

Wait till you are moved close to the hooking point.

Press spacebar to release from the hook at the last second to be launched into a sprint.

With hermes boots, this will accelerate you to maximum speed.



Flight Renewal
Cloud In A Bottle:



Spectre Boots:

Wings:

Shoe Spikes & Climbing Claws

Building Downwards
With shoe spikes OR climbing claws equipped, and blocks in your hotbar, find a spot you want to build down from:

Expand the downward wall, so sliding down it from the current postion will be easier

Walk left, into the downward wall, you will slowly slide down this wall

Hold down the left mouse button to build with your tiles, the sliding down of the wall modulates your speed so building downwards is very quick with shoe spikes

Hermes Boots

1 Tile Fallthrough
With hermes boots equipped:
Find a platform long enough for you to accelerate to maximum speed, with 1 tile hole at the end of the path.

Run as fast as you can.

Run Run Run.

Fall through the 1 tile hole.

With faster boots like lightning boots, falling through a 1 tile opening is more consistent.

Shield Of Cthulhu

Fast Mobility & Hermes Boots
With Shield of Cthulhu and Hermes Boots equipped:

Double press the A hotkey to Dash leftwards

And you will dash into maximum sprint



Dash Jump
With shield of cthulhu in equipped:
Press the right hotkey,

Then quickly press the right hotkey again in combination with the space bar, to dash and jump at the same time



Dash Over Gap
With a gap that is 8 blocks wide, you can dash over it without jumping.

Press the A key twice to Dash leftwards

Hold the W key, so your character climbs the ledge, instead of falling off the ledge

8 Blocks wide is the size of a bomb explosion, so if somebody has been digging with bombs, you can dash over that hole.
7 Block wide holes are even easier to dash over.


Wall Bumping
Double press the A hotkey to Dash Leftwards into a wall

Release the A hotkey, then press the D hotkey to go rightwards just as you hit the wall

You will maintain momentum from the dash



Invincibility Frames
You get a very small amount of invincibility frames when you dash and hit an enemy, this can sometimes prevent you from being hit by fast enemies, if done at the right angle.

Multi Double Jump Heights

Cloud in a Bottle (Found in Golden Chests)
22ft (11tiles) Without holding up key
Blizzard in a Bottle (Found in Frozen Chests)
28ft (14tiles)
Sandstorm in a Bottle (Found in Pyramids)
41ft (20.5tiles)
Fart in a Jar (Made with Whoopie Cushion & Cloud in a Bottle)
33ft (16.5tiles)
Tsunami in a Bottle (Found in Iron Crate, Wooden Crate)
25ft (12.5tiles)

Stopping Fall Damage
This works with all cloud in a bottle variants.

Fall down a large distance where fall damage would otherwise kill you

Keep your eyes locked on where you're going to land, and wait for a surface to appear

Jump at the last second to prevent fall damage

Zoologist Mounts

Mollusk Whistle Flamingo
31 Max Speed,
Fast Acceleration
Royal Gilded Saddle Majestic Horse
46 Max Speed,
Slow Accelarion
Dusty Rawhide Saddle Painted Horse
46 Max Speed,
Slow Accelarion
Black Studded Saddle Dark Horse
46 Max Speed,
Slow Accelarion
Multi Double Jump Heights
The Horses and Mollusk benefit from cloud in a bottle variants, allowing them to perform up to 5 additional jumps mid-air.


Water Walking
Horse and Mollusk can walk on water and on lava if you have a Water Walking potion or Water Walking Boots


Damage
At max speed Horses damage enemies when ramming

Immunity Frames
When the horse hits an enemy, it gives you a slight amount of immunity, albeit this isn't enough to just run through an enemy, it can sometimes stop damage if you slightly touch an enemy while trying to dodge them, and stop damage from explosive bunnies.


Knockback Immunity
At max speed Horses have knockback immunity, meaning you can run through enemies which are blocking your path

Max Speed Dash
You can hook into maximum speed with the horse.




This can also be done with the Shield Of Cthulhu, but the exception is you will not be able to pass through a 3 tile high hole without knockback resistance, say there was a hellbat here blocking your path, then the shield would bump off the mob and launch you backwards. This is problematic during the wall of flesh fight, if the dash is done with the hook, you can sacrifice some hp to move through the hole.

The mounts are an alternative to hermes boots, and are better.
Wall Of Flesh is easier to beat with a horse because horses accelerate much faster than hermes boots and have knockback resistance.

Blessed Apple Unicorn

The Unicorn has a max speed of 61. It can move very fast horizontally

Multi Double Jump Heights
The Unicorn can double jump without a cloud in a bottle. But if you combine it with the cloud in a bottle variants it can have 6 additional jumps mid-air

Damage
At max speed the unicorn gets damage.
Immunity Frames
When your unicorn does damage it gets Immunity frames.
Because the Unicorn is faster than the horse, you can get away with running directly through enemies in many circumstances without taking any damage.

Knockback Immunity
At max speed the Unicorn also has knockback immunity at max speed.
Water Walking
The Unicorn can also walk on water with water walking boots.

Max Speed Dash
With the Shield Of Cthulhu you can dash into maximum speed with the Unicorn.



This also works with a grappling hook.

Umbrella

Fast Fall No Fall Damage
If you hold down your down key, you can fall quickly, you also take no fall damage from this regardless of height.


Slow Fall Improves Horizontal Mobility
If you keep your Umbrella out while using double jump/speed boots or hook or any of the other mobility items, you can have significantly increased horizontal mobility because the umbrella gives you additional time to perform speed increasing techniques.

Cobwebs

Stopping Fall Damage
Webs can be used to stop fall damage.
You can place them in spots where you have long drops



Just be mindful of placing them in hellholes, because mobs can spawn underneath the webs, and hit you multiple times when you're falling through the web. So if you're playing on a high difficulty, be ready to have an escape route handy like a recall potion.

You can also place webs last second.

Water

Stopping Fall Damage
You can stop fall damage with water, I recommend having atleast 4 tiles (2x2) full of water at the bottom of the drop.



Alternatively you can place water at the last second, with a water bucket.

You do not require as much water to stop a drop, assuming you place the water early, it will slow your descent enough to prevent fall damage.

Cloud Tile

Stopping Fall Damage
If you are visiting a floating island for the first time with a gravity potion, and you have no fall damage prevention, you can land on a cloud and that will stop fall damage.



Alternatively you can place cloud when falling,

Or even rain-cloud.


There is also a snow cloud item which prevents fall damage that can be made in the snow biome at a sky mill, by using cloud. But not feasible.

Lava

Cutting Trees
Find trees you want to cut down

Place the lava from your lava bucket or bottomless lava bucket then collect the wood


The lava will spread 42 tiles in either direction, so if you have a platform that is 83 tiles wide and you place lava in the central block, you will cut all trees in that 83 tile wide location.

Here's a design which has regrowing grass and trees without the need for planting acorns.



Lava can effectively replace your axe and perform more functions than an axe.

Killing Friendly NPCs
You can kill friendly NPCs with lava, say you want the painter's paintball gun, then you can kill the painter, say you want the tavernkeep's ale tosser, then you can kill the tavernkeep, say you want gravestones but you don't want to die because you're on hardcore mode, then you can kill friendly NPCs with lava.

If you kill the guide with lava in hell, you will spawn the wall of flesh.

Killing Enemies Through Walls
You can attack enemies without being damaged with a lava bucket, this works well when you've trapped your enemies, or your enemies have trapped you.




I'm using hardmode monsters as an example as it's still viable to use lava in hardmode, but lava is much more strong when the game has just begun.

Stopping Spawns
Enemies cannot spawn on lava, if used correctly, lava can make short work of many enemies simultaneously while preventing new enemies from spawning.

Walls

Stopping Spawns
Walls will stop enemy spawns if used correctly.




But they are resource and intensive to build.

Torches

Lights Up Area
This one may seem obvious, but most people do not get the importance of improving your vision. Being able to see what's coming gives you more time to plan, and will boost your performance significantly long term.


These two images compare the difference between the two light levels.

Fast Mines Sand
Dig down into sand body

Dig a tunnel and place torches near the floor

Break supporting tile, dropping sand onto torch

Repeat to quickly mine sand

This also works with Silt, Slush, Crimsand, Ebonsand, Pearlsand, and Shell Piles.

Dynamite

Fast Mining Downward
Aim mouse directly down below your character

Throw up to 5 pieces of dynamite

Escape to safety

Watch the explosion


Fast Mining Sideways
There's an orb over to the right, but this corruption chasm ends here.

Dig a 4 tile bore hole, with a 1 tile decline, if you have an adequate pickaxe.

Throw in a stick of dynamite.

Run to safety.

Watch it explode.


Alternatively you can just stand on the side of a wall, and throw a stick of dynamite downwards.

Run to safety.

Watch it explode.


Turns out this corruption chasm alligns with another corruption chasm.


Terraforming
You can easily terraform early game with dynamite, For example I want this hill to be flat for an arena.

Keep your mouse pointed directly down, and throw dynamite at key points to maximize it's explosion radius. (It has a 13 - 14 tile blast diameter, so throw them 13 tiles apart)

You can throw 3 sticks of dynamite at a time, to remove higher altitude land.

In little to no time the entire area will be flat enough where it's no longer ideal to use dynamite to continue mining it.

Use your pickaxe and some of the tiles you mined to flatten the surface.


Dynamite takes time to explode, so you can do another task while waiting for the dynamite to detonate.

Bombs

Can be bought from a demolitionist, alternatively you can fish up bomb fish in the ocean.
Fast Mining
Find the ore you want to mine.

Throw your bomb, then perform another task like mining, or in this case throw another bomb.

Perform another task like mining while waiting for the bombs to explode, then clean up last remaining ore with a pickaxe


Alternatively if there is ore on the side of a wall.

You can jump at the wall and place a block.

Aim mouse directly down.

Then throw a bomb and escape the blast radius.


Terraforming
Bombs can be used for terraforming or for removing annoying 1 tile platforms
Aim mouse directly down, then start moving at a constant pace

Throw bombs consistently (ideally 6 blocks apart)

Watch the explosion


Cutting Trees
Find trees you want to cut

Throw your bombs in the intersections of 2 trees to get the maximum amount of wood. Bombs have an explosion diameter of 7-8.

Collect the wood.

If you have a problem with the terrain not being flat enough, you can flatten it with additional bombs during the start step, or afterwards.

Scarab Bombs

Digging Tunnels
Scarab bombs are good for digging tunnels.

The player position in relation to the bomb decides which direction the bomb will explode in.


Fast Horizontal Movement
Throw the bomb, then position the player.

Let it explode.

Gravedigger's Shovel

Very easy to make, requires 7-8 gravestones placed nearby an anvil, and 12 Iron/lead Bars w/ 3 wood.
It mines 3x3 (9 TILES) at a time.

Quickly Avoid Mobs
When I jump down from the platform in the top right corner I will be pursued by mobs.

I can quickly run to a wall and dig into safety, then block it off.


Fast Jungle Digging Movement


Fast Mushroom Biome Digging Movement


Fast Surface Digging Movement


Gravedigger's shovel works with all these tiles:
Ash, Clay, Dirt, Mud, Snow, Crimsand, Ebonsand, Pearlsand, Sand, Silt, Slush & Shell Piles.

Magic Mirror

Return To Spawn
Using the magic mirror will teleport you back to spawn, after 2 seconds.


If you have a pylon or teleporter connected to your spawn point, your player will be able to quickly travel to another destination, making your mirror function as a multi-way teleportation device.

Recall Potions

Return To Spawn
Quick Escape
Much faster than magic mirror, using a magic mirror when you just need to return home and using a recall potion when you're about to die, is ideal.

Magic Conch

Takes 3 seconds to teleport.

Teleport to Left Ocean
If you are standing on horizontal axis +1 East(Right), +2 East, +1000 East, etc,
the game will try to calculate a teleport location for you, in this order:
For a small world it will try to teleport you along this vertical axis:

If it does not find any tiles for the 3 tiles on that axis, but instead finds water, it will teleport you to the furthest teleportable tile to the West of the water.

But if it doesn't find a teleportable tile within the (untested) range, it will fail to teleport the player, but it will restore your jump and flight.
If it doesn't find a teleportable tile within the left ocean, it will try to teleport you to the right ocean.

Teleport to Right Ocean
If you are standing on horizontal axis +0 East(Right), -0 West(Left), -1000 West, etc,
the game will try to calculate a teleport location for you, in this order:
For a small world it will try to teleport you along this vertical axis:

If it does not find any tiles for the 3 tiles on that axis, but instead finds water, it will teleport you to the furthest teleportable tile to the East of the water.

But if it doesn't find a teleportable tile within this range, it will fail to teleport the player, but it will restore your jump and flight.

If it doesn't find a teleportable tile within the right ocean, it will try to teleport you to the left ocean.

Endless Flight
If you block off all teleport conditions with the magic conch shell, and teleport with it, it will restore your flight.
But if you're already using wings while using the conch, it will negate the restoration of flight.

Demon Conch

Takes 3 seconds to teleport.

Teleport to the Underworld
Demon Conch (Tries to teleport in the hell biome to anything west199ft - east199ft to an island formation with atleast 3 tiles wide for the player, and 1 tile beneath the centre tile)


Endless Flight
If you block off all teleport conditions with the demon conch shell, and teleport with it, it will restore your flight.
But if you're already using wings while using the conch, it will negate the restoration of flight.

Wiring Resources

Dart Traps, Pressure Plates, Explosives, Detonator, Active Stone Block, Inactive Stone Block can all display wire, and be attained early game.
Lets You See Traps When On Held In Your Hand


Using these correctly prevents deaths.

The Grand Design

Lets You See Traps All The Time


It's always good to have the Grand Design item in your inventory all the time because of how much it lets you see.

Furniture Buffs (Like Potions)

Slice Of Cake
+20% Mining Speed
+20% Movement Speed
Worth Carrying On You when in use or in your piggy bank when not in use.

Sharpening Station
+12 Armor Penetration
Worth Carrying On You when in use or in your piggy bank when not in use.

Ammo Box
20% Ammo Reduction
Worth Carrying On You when in use or in your piggy bank when not in use.

Bewitching Table
+1 Minion
Worth Carrying On You when in use or in your piggy bank when not in use.

Crystal Ball
+5% Magic Damage
+2% Magic Crit Chance
-2% Mana Usage
+20 Mana
Worth Carrying On You when in use or in your piggy bank when not in use.

Banners
Worth Carrying On You when in use or in a chest when not in use.

Campfire
Can be made from Torches & Wood (Which are ideally always in your inventory)

Heart Lantern
Worth carrying in your piggy bank

Potions (Which are useful)

Lesser Healing Potions
Healing Potions
Restoration Potions
Greater Healing Potions
Super Healing Potions

Recall Potion (Has it's own section)

Dangersense Potion
Good Pre-Skeletron, Pre-Mechanic, Pre-Grand Design
Lets You See Traps All The Time

Magic Power Potion
Good Pre-Hardmode Boss Fights: Wall Of Flesh, Brain Of Cthulhu, Eater Of Worlds

Mana Regeneration Potion
Good Pre-Hardmode Boss Fights: Wall Of Flesh, Brain Of Cthulhu, Eater Of Worlds

Calming Potions
Reduces Enemy spawns, not essential, but helpful against boss fights: Wall Of Flesh, Plantera, ?Blood Moon Nights?

Rage Potion
Good Post-Wall Of Flesh Boss Fights: Mech Bosses, Plantera, Golem, Moon Lord, Empress Of Light

Wrath Potion
Good Post-Wall Of Flesh Boss Fights: Mech Bosses, Plantera, Golem, Moon Lord, Empress Of Light

Lifeforce Potion
Good Post-Wall Of Flesh Boss Fights: Mech Bosses, Plantera, Golem, Moon Lord, Empress Of Light

Endurance Potion
Good Post-Wall Of Flesh Boss Fights: Mech Bosses, Plantera, Golem, Moon Lord, Empress Of Light

Hunter Potions
Stops Death in Hardmode Jungle, very good in conjunction with: Gravedigger's shovel & Mining Potion & Spelunker Potion

Spelunker Potion
Lets You See Ores All The Time

Mining Potion
Lets You Mine Faster, very good in conjunction with: Spelunker Potion

Gravity Potion
Very good for finding floating islands, insane mobility in combination with the portal gun.

All buff potions & buff potion ingredients are worth carrying in your piggy bank, switch out key potions in your inventory with your piggy bank at key moments.

Miner Set

Miner Set
Increases Mining Speed

Ultrabright Helmet
Creates a shine potion effect on player all the time
Creates an night owl potion effect on player all the time

Mining Helmet
Creates a shine potion effect on player all the time

Mining Shirt

Mining Pants

Post Mech Bosses, can be used as a switch set in conjunction with hallowed armour set.

Insane Mining Speed
Pre-Hardmode Set:
Ancient Chisel + Mining Potion + Slice Of Cake + Miner Set + Pickaxe
NoBuff Set:
Ancient Chisel + Celestial Shell + Celestial Stone + Miner Set + Pickaxe
NoAccessory Set:
Mining Potion + Miner Set + Slice Of Cake + Pickaxe
NoArmour Set:
Mining Potion + Slice Of Cake + Ancient Chisel + Celestial Stone + Celestial Shell + Pickaxe

Fastest Mining Method For Lihzahrd Temple
All aformentioned mining sets with in combination with a Nebula/Solar/Vortex/Stardust Pickaxe can mine lihzahrd blocks.

Ancient Chisel

Found in sandstone chests which generate when the world generates.
Can also be found from fishing up crates in a desert.

+25% Mining Speed
This accessory pairs well with other mining accessories improving your mining speed.

Celestial Stone

Can be made in hardmode after the wall of flesh has been defeated with these accessories:
Sun Stone (From Golem boss in the Jungle Temple)
Moon Stone (From Vampire in a Solar Eclipse)

+15% Mining Speed
This accessory pairs well with other mining accessories improving your mining speed, but also provides other damage benefits which I do not mention here.

Celestial Shell

Can be made with the following accessories in hardmode after the wall of flesh is beaten:
Moon Shell [made from following 2 accessories:
moon charm (drops from werewolf on full moons)
neptune's shell (drops from creature from the deep on solar eclipses)]
Celestial Stone (mentioned above)

Can be worn in the vanity slot
Unlike previous mining accessories, this accessory can be worn in a vanity slot, making switching very easy.


+15% Mining Speed
This accessory pairs well with other mining accessories improving your mining speed.

Increases Water Mobility & Endless Water Breathing


This item also has other benefits which I do not mention here.

Snowman Cannon & Rocket Launcher

Snowman Cannon drops from the Ice Queen during a frost moon after Plantera has been defeated
Rocket Launcher drops from the Skeleton Commando in the dungeon after Plantera has been defeated

Rocket IV Mining
Rocket IV can be bought from the cyborg during a solar eclipse.
They can be combined with shroomite bars to make mini-nuke IIs

Rocket IV or Mini-Nuke II mining with a Snowman Cannon is the fastest precision based mining you can do to terraform a large amount of space.

You just aim it straight down and fire and you will have a precision hole


Alternatively you can mine horizontally
Use an item like a Celestial Starboard, Cosmic Car Key, Witches Broom, Black Spot Mount, Wings which can maintain your horizontal position.

Fire leftwards or rightwards, while moving in the same direction.


Rocket Launcher can self damage and fires slower than the Snowman Cannon, but fires straight.

Snowman Cannon has homing missiles, but fires faster and cannot self damage.


This makes the snowman cannon much better for mining because you can just stand right next to the tile you want to destroy and take no damage, and mine faster.

Drill Containment Unit Drill

Good for mining if you don't have Rocket IV & Snowman Cannon, Rocket IV & Rocket Launcher, OR A Mining Set Variant.)


Mines 4x4 horizontally and vertically.

Frog Leg

Automatic Jumping
Hold down spacebar to automatically jump.


Automatically Trigger Pressure plates
Before you have access to 1 second timers or even wire, you can use the frog leg to automatically trigger pressure plates
Find some circuit in the underground

Setup a farm with a statue, or possibly something else

Hold down spacebar to automatically jump on the switch and farm resources which you may need



Increases Flight Speed And Jump Height


Improves Conjunction Accessory (ft height) Stats By:
Cloud In A Bottle 22 > 39
Tsunami In A Bottle 25 > 45
Blizzard In A Bottle 28 > 48
Fart In A Jar 33 > 55
Sandstorm In A Bottle 41 > 68

Rocket Boot Variants 76 > 115

Fledgling Wings 36 Wings > 55 Wings
107 Wings > 162 Wings
135 Wings > 204 Wings
154 Wings > 231 Wings
163 Wings > 245 Wings
189 Wings > 282 Wings
214 Wings > 319 Wings
Betsy Wings 239 Wings > 351 Wings
Empress Wings 257 Wings > 375 Wings
Fishron Wings 286 Wings > 421 Wings
Nebula Mantle & Vortex Booster 286 Wings > 424 Wings
335 Wings > 488 Wings
Celestial Starboard 402 (521+ w/ micro) Wings > 482 Wings (788+ w/ micro)

Measurement is in (Ft). Divide by 2 to get the tile height measurement

Shiny Red Balloon

Increases Flight Speed
Very good accessory pre-hardmode and can be easily attained from floating islands with gravity potions.

Improves Conjunction Accessory (ft height) Stats By:
Cloud In A Bottle 22 > 39
Tsunami In A Bottle 25 > 46
Blizzard In A Bottle 28 > 50
Fart In A Jar 33 > 58
Sandstorm In A Bottle 41 > 73

Rocket Boot Variants 76 > 105

Fledgling Wings 36 Wings > 51 Wings
107 Wings > 145 Wings
135 Wings > 181 Wings
154 Wings > 206 Wings
163 Wings > 218 Wings
189 Wings > 251 Wings
214 Wings > 283 Wings
Betsy Wings 239 Wings > 313 Wings
Empress Wings 257 Wings > 335 Wings
Fishron Wings 286 Wings > 374 Wings
Nebula Mantle & Vortex Booster 286 Wings > 376 Wings
335 Wings > 435 Wings
Celestial Starboard 402 (521+ w/ micro) Wings > 457 Wings (694+ w/ micro)

Measurement is in (Ft). Divide by 2 to get the tile height measurement


Very useful for dodging and improved mobility, also increases flight speed with wings.

Spectre Boot Variants (Hermes Boots & Rocket Boots)

All Rocket Boot variants including Fairy Boots have a max ascent height of 76ft (38 tiles) including the basic jump

Improves Conjunction Accessory (ft height) Stats By:

Fledgling Wings 36 Wings > 76 Wings
107 Wings > 146 Wings
135 Wings > 174 Wings
154 Wings > 193 Wings
163 Wings > 202 Wings
189 Wings > 232 Wings
214 Wings > 261 Wings
Betsy Wings 239 Wings > 305 Wings
Empress Wings 257 Wings > 330 Wings
Fishron Wings 286 Wings > 352 Wings
Nebula Mantle & Vortex Booster 286 Wings > 350 Wings
335 Wings > 414 Wings
Celestial Starboard 402 (521+ w/ micro) Wings > 521 Wings (641+ w/ micro)

Spectre Boots
Increases Flight Speed


Lightning Boots
Moves Slightly Faster Than Hermes Boots

Increases Flight Speed


Frostspark Boots
Moves Slightly Faster Than Hermes Boots

Moves Very Fast On Ice

Increases Flight Speed


Terraspark Boots
Moves Slightly Faster Than Hermes Boots

Moves Very Fast On Ice

Can walk on lava
Lava can prevent spawns, can function like a calming potion if there is a thin layer of lava on the floor and make boss fights like Plantera easier

Increases Flight Speed

Wings

1 Tile Flythrough
If you are moving at a fast enough horizontal speed with enough lift, you can fly through a 1 tile hole.




Maintain Vertical Position
If you press the spacebar at relative intervals, you can maintain your vertical position, while moving along the horizontal axis



Here are height and horizontal mph measurements of each wing in Terraria.
Fledgling Wings 36ft 22mph horizontal????

Angel Wings 107ft 32mph horizontal
Demon Wings 107ft 32mph horizontal
Leaf Wings 107ft 32mph horizontal

Frozen Wings 135ft 34mph horizontal
Harpy Wings 135ft 34mph horizontal
Fin Wings 135ft 34mph horizontal
Fairy Wings 135ft (LIGHT) 34mph horizontal

Jetpack 154ft (LIGHT) 33mph horizontal
Will's Wings 154ft 36mph horizontal
Skiph's Paws 154ft 36mph horizontal
Safeman's Cape 154ft 36mph horizontal
Red's Wings 154ft 36mph horizontal
Loki's Wings 154ft 36mph horizontal
Leinfor's Wings 154ft 36mph horizontal
Foodbarian's Tattered Dragon Wings 154ft 36mph horizontal
D-Town's Wings 154ft 36mph horizontal
Crowno's Wings 154ft 36mph horizontal
Cenx's Wings 154ft 36mph horizontal
Yoraizor's Spell 154ft (Non Illuminant Light) 36mph horizontal
Grox The Great's Wings 154ft (Non Illuminant Light) 36mph horizontal
Jim's Wings 154ft (Non Illuminant Light) 36mph horizontal
Arkhalis' Wings 154ft (LIGHT) 36mph horizontal
Lazure's Barrier Platform 154ft (LIGHT) 36mph horizontal
Ghostar's Infinity Eight 154ft (Non Illuminant Light) (Transparent) 36mph horizontal

Bee Wings 163ft 38mph horizontal
Bat Wings 163ft 38mph horizontal
Flame Wings 163ft (LIGHT) 38mph horizontal
Butterfly Wings 163ft (LIGHT) 38mph horizontal

Beetle Wings 189ft 38mph horizontal
Bone Wings 189ft 38mph horizontal
Mothron Wings 189ft (Constant Light) 38mph horizontal
Spectre Wings 189ft (Transparent) 38mph horizontal
Hoverboard 189ft 52mph horizontal

Tattered Fairy Wings 214ft 38mph horizontal
Festive Wings 214ft 38mph horizontal
Spooky Wings 214ft 38mph horizontal
Steampunker's Wings 214ft 38mph horizontal

Betsy Wings 239ft 36mph horizontal

Empress's Wings 257ft (Non Illuminant Light) 41mph horizontal

Nebula Mantle 286ft (Non Illuminant Light) 33mph horizontal
Fishron Wings 286ft (FAST WATER MOBILITY) 41mph horizontal
Vortex Booster 286ft (LIGHT) 63mph horizontal

Stardust Wings 335ft (Non Illuminant Light) 46mph horizontal
Solar Wings 335ft (LIGHT) 46mph horizontal

Celestial Starboard 402ft (521+ With Micro) (Non Illuminant Light)82mph horizontal

height measurement is in ft, divide it by 2 to get the tile measurement.

Soaring Insignia

Infinite Flight Duration
Combine the soaring insignia with any wings to get infinite flight duration. (Also works with rocket boot variants)
It's best combination is with the celestial starboard.


Massive Increase to Flight Height Max Speed
Before Soaring Insignia: 115MPH

After Soaring Insignia: 171MPH


Minor Increase to Flight Horizontal Max Speed
Before Soaring Insignia: 82MPH

After Soaring Insignia: 83MPH - 84MPH


I haven't fully tested every wing with the soaring insignia.

Liquid Endless Flight

There are many item combinations that can perform this method:

What you require to perform this:
Liquid, Immunity to the Liquid, Liquid Ascent

Liquid
Water Bucket
Bottomless Water Bucket
Lava Bucket
Bottomless Lava Bucket
Honey Bucket

Lava Immunity
Obsidian Skin Potion,
Superheated Blood Lava Shark Mount,
Lava Waders + Lava Charm + Terraspark Boots + Molten Charm + Hellfire Treads
Obsidian Rose + Life Regen + Tank Armour

Liquid Ascent
Flipper Potion
Arctic Diving Gear
Jellyfish Diving Gear
Diving Gear
Inner Tube
Flipper
Frog Flipper
Frog Gear
Neptune's Shell Merfolk
Moon Shell
Celestial Shell
Superheated Blood



Bottomless Water Bucket, Neptune's Shell Flight
Move your mouse on the player.

Place the water

Swim up the water

You can also move horizontally


Usually the player would have stronger wings at this moment in time which do not require a continuous action to actually fly, and have faster ascent speed than 24mph.

A pre-hardmode flight variant that's fast would be the lava shark and bottomless lava bucket.

Alternatively you can use the water bucket if you don't want to flood your world with lava.


The earliest moment you could do this is probably with a normal water bucket and an inner tube.
But you'd need alot of iron for the buckets to make it consistent. It could be used as a 1 time getaway.


Place a block anywhere
Use 2 different liquids like lava and water to make a block anywhere in the sky without having to build a pillar of tiles


This functions as an easymode version of the ice rod.

Ice Rod

Blocking Enemies In
The rod places blocks faster than a normal block would be placed, and has longer range.



Blocking Enemies In Long Range


Building Anywhere
After you've flown high, chuck down an ice rod block, and you don't need to build a tile pillar to get to it.


Hook Flight
Throw an ice block, then hook immediately after, then jump ontop of the ice block and repeat.

A better version of this method exists, but requires alot of practice

You throw the ice block in the best spot for a hook, then hook immediately after.
Release the hook at the right time to maintain flight speed
then repeat mid-air.

Endless Flight
Fly, then as soon as you run out of flight time, place an ice rod block to land, then continue flying.

Celestial Starboard

Up Key & Jump Key, Fast Ascent
Hold down up key to ascend to 77mph maximum. The acceleration for this is much faster than the regular acceleration without the up key.


Jump Key, Higher Max speed
While holding down the jump key and NOT the up key, the maximum speed is 115mph, but the acceleration is lower.


Fast Ascent INTO High Max Speed for best results
Hold down spacebar and up key for ~3 seconds then release the up key just as the maximum speed of the fast ascent is reached, then you can continue gaining speed and travel the most distance.


Down Key & Jump Key & Left/Right, Fast Horizontal Movement
You can move at 82mph with the celestial starboard if holding the down key and the jump key while moving left or right.


Dash INTO Fast Horizontal Movement
If you have master ninja gear you can dash into high speed with your starboard.
Double tap right key to dash

Then hold down spacebar and the down key and the right key to quickly move rightwards

Master Ninja Gear

Dash into max speed
Double press the left or right key, to dash into the left or right direction of the key you're holding down.

This means you can hold down left, and then double press right to dash left. (also works with shield of cthulhu)

Dash into Mount
Double press the left or right key.
Press r to put on your mount, while still holding down the same key you double tapped.


Very good in conjunction with mounts: The Black Spot Pirate Ship, Hexxed Branch Tree Mount, Shrimpy Truffle Cute Fishron(Under Water), Reindeer Bells Rudolph.


Wall Bumping
Master Ninja Gear can bump off walls while maintaining movement speed.
Dash into the wall.
Then press the opposite direction key as you hit the wall.



Dash Jump Wall Bump
Press the dash button once, then press the jump button and the dash button at the same time to dash jump.
Then just as you hit the wall press the opposite direction key to maintain momentum.


Chance to Dodge Immunity Frames
10% chance to dodge attacks, in which you will get 2 seconds of invincibility frames.


Hold onto walls
Hold the left key into a left wall to hold onto a left wall.
Or hold the right key into a right wall to hold onto the right wall.


Wall Slide
You can also slide down walls with the down button while still holding onto the wall


Wall Jump
You can also jump off a wall by pressing spacebar

Slimy Saddle Slime

Very Fast Fall Speed
The mount can fall very quickly to the ground. At a rate of 102mph as oppose to the default 51mph.

Very Fast Ascent Speed
The mount can jump relatively high very quickly, you can transition from slime jump into wings.

Amplifies Ascent Speed When Switching From Wings To Mount
Only semi useful when you have very fast ascent speed from these accessories or more:
frog leg,
shiny red balloon,
wings



Invincibility Frames When Jumping Off Enemies
The slime mount can jump off enemies



There used to be an invincibility engine, but that doesn't work anymore

Gelatinous Pillion Winged Slime

Alternative to wings
146ft height, 33-34mph horizontally


However it is not affected by the shiny red balloon or the frog leg or the soaring insignia.

Walks very fast
Walks at 33mph - 34mph, which is faster than hermes boots, almost the same max speed as lightning boots and terraspark boots.
The main difference is acceleration, which the winged slime has much better acceleration.


Very Fast Ascent Speed
56mph+ vertically


Very Fast Fall Speed
The mount can fall very quickly to the ground. At a rate of 102mph as oppose to the default 51mph.

Portal Gun

Fall Very Quickly
Falls at 179mph


Place down portals
You can place down 1 right mouse button portal and 1 left mouse button portal which lead to each other and you and friends can go through, very useful if you haven't setup a teleporter in the world yet.


Alters movement conditions
When using the portal gun, you maintain acceleration, so this means if you're flying left or right for half a second, you will keep moving the direction you flew in even though you stopped pressing the left or right movement key.

This also means if you go through a portal, you will maintain movement momentum.

Fast Travel Across The World, Celestial Starboard, Soaring Insignia, Ice Rod, Blocks

Find a flat zone on the ground.


Fly upwards.


Place ice block from Ice Rod.


Place 3 tiles so a portal can fit on the 3 tiles.


Place portal on the 3 tiles.


Change tool slot from portal gun to something else temporarily so you fall straight, then change back to the portal gun to accelerate to 179mph when falling.


Fire portal at the last second.


Just as you go through the portal hold down the down key on the celestial starboard to fly straight, always keep the portal gun equipped so you don't decelerate.


You are now moving insanely fast across the world.


Portal Gun + Gravity Globe + Starboard
This combination with the portal gun is meta for mobility, and you can get all these items at the same time after beating expert mode moonlord, which does happen very commonly in multiplayer servers.


While holding the portal gun, Press the up directional key to trigger the gravity globe


When you reach a high distance in the sky, Press the up directional key to switch directions with the gravity globe,
then press the spacebar + down directional key to stop ascent with the celestial starboard and move into maximum horizontal directional speed,


let go of the down directional key and spacebar to begin descent again


Space gravity negatively affects this type of method. So preventing the player from entering space will improve mobility, but limit the amount of area you have to work with.


The gravity globe at this point of time in the game is very likely to be a wasted accessory slot considering that the player has already built a herb farm with all the herbs.

You can save an entire accessory slot by using a consumable gravity potion in your inventory, which is massive. The gravity potion is a better alternative to the gravity globe.

Portal Gun Vertical Movement adds to Horizontal Movement
When going through a horizontal placed portal which leads to a vertical placed portal, this will add your vertical movement to your horizontal movement, then change your vertical movement to 0.
Because of gravity, your vertical movement will then start to increase again. If you can repeat this process many times you can get your speed above the maximum set speed.

The actual limit speed of the portal gun ?probably? depends on movement's data type maximum.

Toy Tank Santank

Has a double jump
The toy tank santank mount has a double jump that comes with it.


Multi Double Jump Heights
Can jump up to 6 times if you have cloud in a bottle, blizzard in a bottle, sandstorm in a bottle, tsunami in a bottle, and fart in a jar equipped


Water Walking Boots
Water walking boots allow it to drive on water


Good DPS for defense

Hexxed Branch Tree Mount

Dash into Fast Horizontal Movement
This is a flawed alternative to black spot mount before it was patched. It's harder to get, and not as good. But still good.


With Master Ninja Gear equipped, double press the left or right key to dash.

Quickly press the r key to mount your Tree Mount and move quickly


5 Tiles high
The tree mount is 5 tiles high, which makes it quite large, and will not fit through most buildings.

Black Spot Flying Dutchman

Infinite Flight
Black Spot Flying Dutchman can fly forever.

Maintain Vertical Position
If you press no keys, you can stay in the same vertical position, good for building and


Tabi Dash OR Cthulhu Dash Into Max Speed (Removed, please bring back)


The max horizontal speed of the flying dutchman used to be 80mph?, but since the 1.4.1 update it was nerfed to hell.

Horizontal max speed: 36mph
Vertical max speed: 41mph

Witch's Broom

Infinite Flight
Witch's Broom mount can fly forever

Maintain Vertical Position
If you press no directional buttons you can stay at the same position, which makes the witch's broom good for building among other things.


Tabi Dash OR Cthulhu Dash Into Max Speed
If you dash, then mount, you instantly dash into maximum horizontal speed for this item.
This is one of the better ones.



Horizontal max speed: 46mph
Vertical max speed: 41mph

Cosmic Car Key UFO

Infinite Flight
The cosmic car key ufo can fly forever.

Maintain Vertical Position
If you press no directional buttons you can stay at the same position, which makes the witch's broom good for building among other things.


Tabi Dash OR Cthulhu Dash Into Max Speed
If you dash, then mount, you instantly dash into maximum horizontal speed for this item.


Horizontal max speed: 41mph
Vertical max speed: 41mph

ACCESSORY SENSE

Mobility (HIGHEST PRIORITY)
mobility classifes as both defense and offense, it gives you more time, and your enemies less time.
Defense (SECOND HIGHEST PRIORITY)
defense gives you more time, some defense accessories suck, only use the ones you've tested and know are good.
Offense (THIRD HIGHEST PRIORITY)
offense lowers your opponent's time, most of these accessories suck.

Dependant on the equation of enemy time and your time, specific accessories will be better than other accessories in specific situations, but as a general rule this accessory priority if followed will give you the best results.

Accessories have been ordered from best to worst. So if frog leg comes before shiny red balloon, then it is more important to seek that out at that point of the game.

Ideal Accessory Build Pre-Eye Of Cthulhu

Frog Leg, Shiny Red Balloon, Hermes Boots, Lucky Horseshoe, Sandstorm In A Bottle, Blizzard In A Bottle.
Crimson Heart, Diamond Hook, Royal Gilded Saddle.
You can also switch out Sandstorm and Blizzard for other double jump items.
The first set is best in slot at this point of the game, but it isn't worth going for.

Alternatively you can use:
Frog Leg, Shiny Red Balloon, Hermes Boots, Fledgling Wings, Band Of Regen, Shark Tooth Necklace.
Shadow Orb, Diamond Hook, Dusty Rawhide Saddle.

Ideal Accessory Build Pre-Eye Of Cthulhu Post-Goblin Army

You may have beaten the Goblin Army before you beat the Eye Of Cthulhu, especially since you can kill the Goblin Army with a structure.
Frog Flipper, Shiny Red Balloon, Lightning Boots, Fledgling Wings, Band Of Regen, Shark Tooth Necklace.
Magic Lantern, Diamond Hook, Black Studded Saddle.
Alternatively you can use Spectre boots all the way up to Terraspark Boots.

Ideal Accessory Build Pre-Brain Of Cthulhu/Eater Of Worlds

For the worm, you want a platform which is 72 tiles above the surface of the ground, but still under the influence of corruption.
For the brain, you want an arena and you want to circle around it, there isn't really a good way to kill the brain without getting hit, it's a risky fight because it can teleport ontop of you.
Shield Of Cthulhu, Frog Flipper, Shiny Red Balloon, Terraspark Boots, Fledgling Wings, Band Of Regen

Ideal Accessory Build Pre-Wall Of Flesh

Worm Scarf, Shield Of Cthulhu, Frog Flipper, Shiny Red Balloon, Terraspark Boots, Fledgling Wings.
Magic Lantern, Diamond Hook, Dusty Rawhide Saddle.

Or if you're on a crimson world, switch out the worm scarf for a Brain Of Confusion.

Ideal Accessory Build Pre-Wall Of Flesh Post-Skeletron
Skeletron is much harder than the wall of flesh, but you've beaten skeletron before the wall of flesh these accessories are better:

Worm Scarf, Shield Of Cthulhu, Frog Flipper, Terraspark Boots, Obsidian Shield, Fledgling Wings.
Magic Lantern, Diamond Hook, Dusty Rawhide Saddle

Or if you're on a crimson world, switch out the worm scarf for a Brain Of Confusion

Ideal Accessory Build Pre-Mech Bosses

Brain Of Confusion, Worm Scarf, Star Veil, Fairy Wings, Shield Of Cthulhu, Frog Leg, Shiny Red Balloon.
Magic Lantern, Blessed Apple, Dual Hook.

Alternatively you can use:
Brain Of Confusion, Worm Scarf, Star Veil, Harpy Wings, Shield Of Cthulhu, Spectre Boots Variant, Frog Leg.
Magic Lantern, Blessed Apple, Dual Hook.

With Charm Of Myths switch for wings on wings for both sets. Ideally you switch this in then heal, then switch it back out.

Ideal Accessory Build Pre-Mech Bosses Post-Winged Slime
Alternatively if you've beaten the Queen Slime and gotten the Gelatinous Pillion Winged Slime Mount, then you don't need any movement accessories because of how mobile the Winged Slime is.

Brain Of Confusion, Worm Scarf, Star Veil + 1 of the following:
Ranger Emblem, Stalker's Quiver, Magic Quiver, Molten Quiver.
Yoyo Bag, Warrior's Emblem, Putrid Scent, Berserker's Glove.
Celestial Emblem, Sorcerer's Emblem, Putrid Scent, Mana Regeneration Band.
Frozen Turtle Shell, Summoner Emblem, Stinger Necklace, Putrid Scent.

Magic Lantern, Hook Of Dissonance, Gelatinous Pillion
And a Charm Of Myths switch for the worm scarf.

Ideal Accessory Build Pre-Plantera

Brain Of Confusion, Worm Scarf, Star Veil, Butterfly Wings, Shield Of Cthulhu, Frog Leg, Shiny Red Balloon.
Fairy Bell, Hook Of Dissonance, Superheated Blood.

Alternatively you can use:
Brain Of Confusion, Worm Scarf, Star Veil, Flame Wings, Shield Of Cthulhu, Terraspark Boots, Frog Leg.
Fairy Bell, Hook Of Dissonance, Gelatinous Pillion.

Both with a Charm Of Myths switch for the wings.

Ideal Accessory Build Pre-Golem

Master Ninja Gear, Brain Of Confusion, Worm Scarf, Charm Of Myths, Spectre Wings, Terraspark Boots, Frog Leg.
Fairy Bell, Hook Of Dissonance, Gelatinous Pillion.

With a Charm Of Myths switch for the wings.

Ideal Accessory Build Pre-Moon Lord

Master Ninja Gear, Brain Of Confusion, Worm Scarf, Star Veil, Spectre Wings, Terraspark Boots, Frog Leg.
Fairy Bell, Hook Of Dissonance, Cosmic Car Key.
With a Charm of Myths switch for the wings.

Alternatively you can use:
Soaring Insignia, Master Ninja Gear, Brain Of Confusion, Worm Scarf, Star Veil, Frozen Shield, Fishron Wings.
Jewel Of Light, Hook Of Dissonance, Gelatinous Pillion.
With an ankh shield switch to remove debuffs if you get them, and a charm of myths switch for the wings.

The second set is better.

Ideal Accessory Build

Celestial Starboard, Soaring Insignia, Brain Of Confusion, Master Ninja Gear, Frozen Shield, Worm Scarf.
With Switches: Charm Of Myths, Terraspark Boots, Architect Gizmo Pack, Ankh Shield

Jewel Of Light, Bat Hook, Cosmic Car Key.

This set is more for building, which is why there is a cosmic car key, but you can also switch out the cosmic car key for a hexxed branch for some added movement bonus. The Terraspark Boot switch with the Soaring Insignia requires the player to click it to pick it up, then click on the soaring insignia to replace it, then press esc so it closes your inventory and places the item in your inventory (if you have a free slot)

Alternatively you can use:
Celestial Starboard, Soaring Insignia, Brain Of Confusion, Master Ninja Gear, Frozen Shield, Worm Scarf.
With Switches: Charm Of Myths, Architect Gizmo Pack, Ankh Shield.

Jewel Of Light, Hook Of Dissonance, Superheated Blood.

This second set can do more with less micro.

ARMOUR SWITCHING

Palladium Armour Set

Switch into this when you need healing.

Hallowed Armour Set

This is the best armour set ingame. It gives an invincibility buff once every 30 seconds. Switch into this armour set every 30 seconds to reset the invincibility buff.
The better you are, the better this set gets.

Spectre Armour Set (Doesn't work on moon lord)

Switch into this when you need healing, the healing of the spectre set is better than the palladium set's healing. But unfortunately it doesn't work on moon lord.

Vortex Armour Set

DPS set, switch into this set just after you activate your hallowed invincibility buff. This armour set sees some Best In Slot use if you get the S.D.M.G. as one of your first drops from the Moon Lord.

Nebula Armour Set

DPS set, switch into this set just after you activate your hallowed invincibility buff. This armour set sees some Best In Slot use if you get the Last Prism as one of your first drops from the Moon lord.
Ideally you carry statues and a 1 second timer with you, so you can setup a mob-manastar farm for unlimited firing of the last prism.

Solar Armour Set

DPS set, Best In Slot, the Zenith makes this armour the Best In Slot. Switch to this set just after you activate your hallowed invincibility buff.

Valhalla Knight's Breastplate

If you somehow get this early, although you won't unless you're making new accounts and talking to the barkeeper to claim free defender medals, then this is a very good healing switch.

Shiny Stone

Very good for a healing accessory switch, unfortunately takes up an inventory slot

Ankh Shield

Frozen shield is better, switch this in with frozen shield temporarily to remove debuffs. Ankh Shield is only good for removing debuffs.
It's a good accessory, just barely misses best in slot.

Charm Of Myths

Not good as a standalone accessory, switch this in with wings, then heal, then switch back for dodge & heal

Architect Gizmo Pack

Good for building, switch out with your dash accessory so you don't accidentally dash

HOUSING STRUCTURES

Sattelite Base W/ Pylon, Bed, NPC & Fishing Spot


Ideally you find a fishing pool, then build an elevated platform above the fishing pool, then build the sattelite base. You can move in the arms dealer and nurse temporarily to buy the biome specific pylon, except for the snow pylon, which requires more specific NPCs.

If done correctly you can fish in safety, with very little effort.


Efficient NPC Houses
NPC House Above Player Buy Point
NPC House Below Player Buy Point
NPC House Left of Player Buy Point


3 NPCs for Town NPC Biome
Having 3 NPCs will force a town NPC biome to spawn, this greatly increases critter spawns, and can be used to catch bait in the respective biome.

COMBAT STRUCTURES FOR NPCS

Anti-Invasion Spawn Housing


Pre-Hardmode Blood Moon Fishing House



1 Way Wall


Mob Collecter Pipe
Mobs come in from both sides, player fires a projectile down pipe.


1 Tile Bullet Hole





2 Tile Explosive Hole


2Platforms 1Tile Projectile Denial Platform

This platform is 72 tiles high, which prevents the EOW from being able to reach you early on in the fight, and also prevents it from firing projectiles at you.

Flail Vertical Wall
Swing the flail, with the mouse in this pointing at this position.

Release the flail, to throw the flail through the opposite side wall.

This works with all maces.

Flail Horizontal Wall
Swing the flail, with the mouse pointing at this position.

Release the flail, to throw the flail through the opposite side wall.

This works with Dao Of Pow+

Alternatively you can make a 2 block wide hole and use the hook to position yourself inside it.

This one only needs a ball of hurt or stronger flail.


Lava Arena w/ Lava Waders OR Terraspark Boots

The lava denies other mob spawns, which is the main benefit.

Explosive Bunny Box
If you have 140 explosive bunnies, and spawn skeletron ontop of the bunnies.

This will instantkill him.


Teleporter Arena
A low effort manual teleporter arena can work for everything after the mech bosses have been defeated, if you have a following projectile that is fast enough.

Ideally you have an automatic teleporter arena.

WATER STRUCTURES

Air Pocket


Hook Air Pocket



Waterproof Tunnel


Ocean Air Pocket
Ideally you have a lightsource like a glowstick or a miner helmet, but this can be done without those.
First find the spot you want to build an airpocket

Next surround yourself with non-falling tiles.

Dig the sand underneath you, and you have an air pocket.

Dig out the sand around you so you can access the air pocket from anywhere.


Bubble Tiles
You can also use bubble tiles the party girl sells you in hardmode, which allows the player to walk through but prevents liquids from passing through.


Because there is water inside the bubble tile, and I have terraspark boots, I can walk ontop of the bubble tile as if it's a platform.


If you wanted to setup a bubble box pre-hardmode or before the party girl, you could make a less functional version like this with normal tiles hammered platforms:

You use obsidian platforms for lava because they don't break in lava.
Only thing is you do not have an effective vertical bubble tile.

OTHER STRUCTURES

Hoiks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUSFFvl0uZM


Star Collector

Apologies for the half made and flipped image, I couldn't be bothered making the full thing or even 1% of it.
But if you make one spanning the entirety of a large world, then you activate the actuated hoik tiles at 2:00pm, so all the stars fall in the groove, then you activate the actuated hoik again.
You can build this after defeating skeletron and finding the mechanic.

Alternatively, you can make a sky bridge out of conveyor belts after beating 1 of the mechanical bosses.

Multiple Biome Fishing Pool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRfD1vYl13Q

Post Endgame Chest, Spawn, NPC, Crafting Station System
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2126874312

32 Way Teleporter

MONEY MAKING

Making Stained Glass
Gemstone Mining
Gemstone Tree Growing
Sand Mining With Torches

Making Hellstone Bars (Post Wall Of Flesh)
Mining Hellstone With Dynamite
After the wall of flesh is beaten, hellstone can be mined with explosives.
Lava Immunity
Lava Charm
Superheated Blood: Lava Shark Mount
Obsidian Skin Potion

Pumpkin Moon Zenith Farming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLXplTYgMdg
This video was posted back in 2016, since the 1.4 update in 2020, the Zenith with Solar armour is better to use.

Comment Section & Feedback

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[UnverFuss]

how many hours you got

[CosmicSpaceCow]

damn bro this was extremely helpful for the more tedious working of terraria

[Galactic Goo [Nexus]]

I feel like this guide is just stuff you know if you play Terraria long enough, not that I don't think it's good to know, but I think if you play for a couple hundred hours you figure all this stuff out.

[Nini!]

wat I was just kidding dude lol I havent played terraria in months

[Nini!]

i also beat the author in pvp, so I CAN flex :P

[KIADA DAIE]

Well done youv'e included so much here that I've never thought of. Brilliant. Why certain people have to write really childish reviews is pathetic. You have obviously put alot of work into your guide and I;ve learned alot from it. Really enjoyed reading all of it.

[Corruption]

@Butter Bot
I added in the cloud fall damage negation to the guide. If you want anything more added just comment.

[PACKTODD]

i dont feel like reading it but your hotbar suggetion makes me think youre insane also why are you making a guide about "2d minecraft" you are cringe imagine makeing a guy d for 2d mincraft

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[schmoovi]

seek help