Talk:Sandstorm

In the 1.3.3.2 changelog, it is written "Sandstorm spawns are somewhat less dangerous pre-Eye of Cthulhu, with a slightly different spawn set.", but I didn't see anything there speaking about the Eye of Cthulhu. Could someone correct it? --Lightg4 (talk) 09:39, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

does anyone else have this?
since the 1.4 update, when i am in hardmode i have not encountered more than 1 sandstorm. mind you, i play for a lot of time. does anyone else have the problem of the sandstorms being so rare? Inwader4 (talk) 11:46, 17 June 2020 (UTC)


 * That's likely due to the prerequisite of needing 30MPH+ wind speeds now, otherwise the chance of one happening is 0% as opposed to the normal 1/84,600 chance per tick. That time when the odds are 0% can make the overall odds seem a lot rarer (Assuming a full 24 minutes with a wind speed of 30MPH+, the odds of at least 1 sandstorm occurring in that time is just shy of 64%. Assuming only 1/4th of the day, or 6 minutes with a wind speed of 30MPH+, and the other 18 minutes with a wind speed of less than 30MPH, the odds of at least 1 occurring in that 24 minute time span comes out to around 22.5%). The pre 1.4 odds of 1/518,400 came out to around a 15.35% chance of a sandstorm occurring at least once every in game day, which is about the equivalent of having wind speeds above 30MPH for 4 minutes each day in 1.4. I don't know what the average amount of time wind speeds reach past 30MPH over a 24 minute period is, so it's hard to say what the actual odds come out to be. Hopefully that helps explain the situation better. Stranded at sea (talk) 04:55, 4 July 2020 (UTC)