Terraria Guide

A 2D sandbox action-adventure: mine a generated world, gather materials, build equipment and housing, then progress through bosses. Released May 16, 2011, it has received updates for over a decade. The saved Steam snapshot records over 1.54 million reviews and Overwhelmingly Positive reception; the listed Japanese regular price was ¥1,200.

The Steam version does not list official Japanese support. Item names and UI use English or another supported language. Japanese community guides and translations are widely used.

A pre-Hardmode guideline is King Slime → Eye of Cthulhu → Eater of Worlds / Brain of Cthulhu → Skeletron → Queen Bee → Deerclops → Wall of Flesh. The order is flexible; King Slime, Queen Bee and Deerclops are optional. See [boss requirements](/en/games/terraria/bosses/).

Defeating the Wall of Flesh, summoned by dropping a Guide Voodoo Doll into Underworld lava while the Guide is alive, changes the world to Hardmode. Enemies and progression change, and new ores become part of subsequent progression. It cannot be reversed: prepare housing defense, healing and movement first.

World evil is set during world creation; eligible creation settings let you specify it. Corruption gives the Eater of Worlds, Crimson the Brain of Cthulhu, with different materials and equipment paths. Check your world's evil before following a guide.

Build valid NPC housing with walls, an entrance, lighting, a table and a chair. Residents provide shopping and support. Three housed NPCs also contribute to the Eye of Cthulhu's natural-spawn requirements alongside at least 200 maximum HP and more than 10 defense. Prepare a long, flat arena before fighting.

Core Keeper has similar underground exploration and boss progression; Valheim and Enshrouded share base-building and material tiers. All suit an interest in mining, building and combat.