Board Thread:Game Help/@comment-34057147-20171223064249/@comment-26440657-20171224195319

To be on the safe side, you should always make backups of your game files while playing (on pause).


 * Make a new folder on your Desktop or your Documents, where ever you like. Call it TerrariaBackup or something similar.


 * Go to Documents/My Games/Terraria/Worlds


 * Copy and paste the two files that correspond to the name of your world to the backup folder. One should be a .wld file, the other a .bak, although you might not see the file extensions (this I believe depends on if you have software open said files). If your world is called World1 for instance, the two files you are looking for are:


 * World1(.wld)
 * World1.wld(.bak)


 * Next, go to Documents/My Games/Terraria/Players


 * Copy and paste the folder with your character's name to your backup file.


 * Next, copy and paste the two files corresponding to your character's name to the backup folder. Once again, you're looking for two files, a .plr file and a .bak file.

If you ever need to restore a backup, simply copy and paste the backup files to their original locations. Make sure to merge the player folder, and to overwrite all the files. 1

After you have made backups of your saves, you could try finding the source of the problem...

Have you tried playing in a different world or character, or both, to see if the problem still happens? Your game files might have been slightly corrupted somehow. Try making a fresh world and character and see if it still happens, If the problem still occurs you might need to try reinstalling the game.