Guide:Surviving in the Desert

The Desert is one of the most common biomes of a Terraria world. It's slightly harder than the Forest, and contains unique hazards that can make it extremely dangerous.

It's optional to tackle the Desert, but some players might need it's unique loot. This guide will help you to survive it's many hazards, and get it's unique loot that can help you to progress into the game.

= Pre-Hardmode = Exploring the desert can be hard if unprepared. Exploring the Underground Desert is required for Throwing players to get the Fossil armor.

Underground Desert
= Hardmode = When Wall of Flesh is defeated for the first time, deserts can become Evil or Hallowed, which creates new hazards. Like it's prehardmode counterpart, they aren't required to progress further in the game.

Summon or Magic players generally need the Hardmode Sandstorm enemies to make the Forbidden armor, which combines the best of these 2 classes.