Tips

Tips are phrases shown briefly during loading screens in the console and mobile version, chosen at random from the list below.

Tips

 * Life Crystals are hidden around the World. Use them to increase your health.
 * Build a furnace to craft metal bars out of ore.
 * A room in a house can have wood platforms as a floor or ceiling, but NPCs need at least one solid block to stand on.
 * The Cloud in a Bottle and Shiny Red Balloon accessories both improve your ability jump. Combine them to make a Cloud in a Balloon.
 * If you store your coins in a house, you'll be less likely to lose them.
 * The Goblin Tinkerer found in underground caverns will sell you many useful items, including a Tinkerer's Workshop.
 * Defeat the boss in The Underworld to change the world forever. Find a Guide Voodoo Doll and hurl it into the infernal lava to summon him.
 * Bows and guns require the proper ammo in your Ammo slots.
 * You can plant acorns to grow new trees.
 * Some projectiles such as arrows and shurikens can be gathered and reused after firing them.
 * Swimming is dangerous without Flippers or a Diving Helmet! You can craft those at a Tinkerer's Workshop.
 * Rocket science gave us Rocket Boots.
 * The best wizard people use Mana Flowers.
 * You can buy wires from a Mechanic and use them to create traps, pumping systems, or other elaborate devices.
 * Torches and glowsticks can be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out. Torches won't work underwater, but glowsticks will.
 * Time heals all wounds.
 * Explosives are dangerous! ...and effective...
 * Hold onto an explosive to attract a Demolitionist to your house.
 * If you find a Magic Mirror, you can use it to teleport back to your spawn point.
 * When you explore caves, it helps to have wood platforms. Craft them out of wood.
 * You can chance your spawn point by placing and using a bed.
 * You can remove furniture or background walls by crafting a hammer.
 * You can destroy Shadow Orbs with a hammer or explosives, but prepare yourself for the forces they unleash.
 * Some ores require better pickaxes to mine.
 * Collect money to attract a Merchant to your house.
 * The Corruption is full of chasms. Mind the gaps.
 * To craft potions, place a bottle on a table to make an alchemy station. Double, double, toil and trouble!
 * Make sure you have empty, valid rooms to attract new inhabitants.
 * Wear a Mining Helmet if you don't want to use torches.
 * If your house doesn't have background walls, monsters will be able to spawn inside.
 * Torches require wood and gels to craft. Gels can be found on slimes.
 * When dealing with a Goblin Army, crowd control is key.
 * Monsters spawn more often in dark areas.
 * There are floating islands in the sky.
 * Walking on Hellstone and Meteorite can burn you! Protect yourself by equipping an Obsidian Skull or similar accessory.
 * Killing bunnies is cruel. Period.
 * Water will break your fall.
 * Sometimes you can find NPCs hidden around the world.
 * During a Blood Moon, zombies can open doors.
 * Use suspicious looking items at your own risk!
 * Watch out for falling Meteorites!
 * You won't take falling damage if you have a Lucky Horseshoe. Look for them on floating islands.
 * The Old Man at the Dungeon is a Clothier, if only someone could lift his curse...
 * If you dig deep enough, you'll end up in The Underworld!
 * A pet can be your best friend.
 * You can harvest cobwebs and turn them into silk. You can use silk to craft vanity clothes or a bed.
 * Seeds can be used to farm a variety of useful ingredients, especially for crafting potions.
 * Don't fall into lava without an Obsidian Skin Potion!
 * You can wear buckets!
 * Falling Stars sometimes appear at night. Collect 10 of them to craft a Mana Crystal you can use to increase your mana.
 * If you find chests out in the World, you can remove them with a hammer to take them with you.
 * Wearing armor made all out of the same material gives you a extra bonus.
 * You can make a grappling hook out of iron chains and a hook. The easiest place to find a hook is on piranhas in a jungle.
 * Sand is overpowered.
 * Other players can loot your chests! If you don't trust them, use a safe or piggy bank; those items have storage that is exclusive to each player.
 * Touch and drag items from the Inventory Bar to drop them into the world.
 * Pinch the screen to zoom in or out.

Trivia

 * Some tips haven't been updated since version 1.1.
 * There is a typo in one of the tips: "both improve your ability jump"
 * One of the tips confirms that the Old Man and the Clothier are, in fact, the same person.
 * Two of the tips erroneously state that a hammer is needed to remove furniture items.
 * One tip says you need 10 Fallen Stars to craft a Mana Crystal, while you need only 5.
 * A tip states that you should "watch for falling meteorites". However, meteorites can not actually hit the player.
 * There are no tips for The Crimson.
 * One of the tips " torches and glowsticks can be a light for you in dark places" is a reference to the crystal phial in "The Lord of the Rings"