Terraria Wiki:Style guide/Item

This is the article's intro. General information about the item goes here, with the first mention (and only the first mention) of the item in bold. For armor/vanity sets, their stats should be listed here as well. For potion items, potionlength should be transcluded here. For dropped items, their drop rate (using chance) should be stated here. Also see the common intro guidelines.

For bar and ore items, the amount of items required to craft all items craftable from them (or a sensible subset of that, like excluding stackable items such as ammunition) may be stated in a separate paragraph here.

For weapon and tool items, modifier should be transcluded as a separate, last paragraph here.

Set
Armor and vanity sets only display information about the whole set in the infobox at the top. Each set piece gets an individual infobox in this section, ordered by body slot (head-chest-legs), then item ID. If there are variations for a body slot, all infoboxes for slots without variations should be at the top, and the variable pieces in a separate Helmet/Chest/Leg variants subsection.

Types
Pages about a group of items, like Pickaxes or Kites, display information about each item of the group here, usually utilizing a table of item infoboxes.

Drops/Loot
The contents of the item are displayed here, e.g. for grab bags or Chests, utilizing loot. The section heading should be Drops for grab bags and Loot for Chests.

Recipes
This is where each recipe for making the item or set of items in question is found, using recipes with the  parameter. If the item cannot be crafted, this section is simply missed out. For consistency reasons, the title of this section should always be in plural. This also avoids an awkward singular when an item gets updated to have several recipes.

Crafting tree
If the item has a crafting tree (Terra Blade, for example), that subpage can be transcluded here using. If there is none, this section is missed out.

Used in
This section lists the crafting recipes for which this item is a component, using recipes with the  parameter. Again, if this section is not applicable, it is missed out.

Used to craft
This section only applies to crafting stations. It lists the items that can be crafted at the crafting station. The individual Recipes subpages are transcluded here. If the list is particularly long, it should be put in a collapsible box.

Achievements
List any achievements that the item is related to here, using achievement.

Tips

 * Clever uses of the item should go here.
 * Information on its utility in very specific situations fits especially well in this section.
 * Tips may also include comparisons to other items – if they are relevant for gameplay decisions.


 * For weapons, mentioning specific enemies or bosses that the weapon is useful against is to be avoided, because that would quickly result in very long lists. Instead, weapon recommendations belong on the respective enemy's or boss's page.
 * However, this does not mean that readers should not be informed about the most effective use cases of the weapon. Therefore, it is acceptable to include broader categories of enemies (e.g. segmented enemies like worms or fast-moving enemies) or outstanding effects against certain enemies or bosses (e.g. Daedalus Stormbow with Holy Arrows against The Destroyer).
 * Also see the common Tips guidelines.

Trivia

 * See the common Trivia guidelines.

History
The item's history is noted here using history. Exemplary usage:

Also see the common History guidelines.

One of the navigational master templates for items should be used (Master Template Consumables, Master Template Equipables, Master Template Furniture, Master Template Luminite, Master Template Tiles, Master Template Tools, or Master Template Weapons), if appropriate.