Inventory

The Inventory is the first storage option available in Terraria. It provides a number of slots for items to be stored and used.

Inventory
The Inventory can be opened by pressing the ESC(default) button on the keyboard. In the Inventory, collected items are stored, and can be accessed by the player. The Inventory consists of the following:

Hotbar
The Hotbar is the the top 10 horizontal slots that items can be placed into. They are also numbered from 1-9 and 0 at the end, allowing the player to select 10 different items. To switch between items, press the corresponding number of the target slot, or use the mouse wheel to scroll through the Hotbar. Once an item is selected in the Hotbar, it can be used by clicking the left mouse button. To the left of the Hotbar is a small padlock that can be toggled to lock the items in place to prevent accidentally switching items.

Storage Slots
There are 30 storage slots in the inventory that can be used to store any items collected. After the Hotbar is full, storage slots will be filled from the bottom right to the top left.

Trash Can Slot
The Trash Can slot is used to remove unwanted items from the inventory; it can also be used as an extra storage slot. Any item placed in the Trash can will be removed if another item is put into the trash or if the world is reloaded. The trash can slot has a small picture of a trash can. Items placed in the trash can may be removed, as long as it was the last item placed in the trash and the world hasn't been reloaded. Items can automatically be added to the trash can by shift-clicking them. Take note that any item in the trash can will not be dropped after upon death in mediumcore difficulty,

Coins Slots
The Coins slot consists of four slots used to hold the four different types of coins the player can collect throughout the game. Only coins can be placed in these slots.

Ammo Slots
The Ammo slot is used to store four stacks of Ammo; ammo stored in these slots will be used first. Any ammo stored in the Storage Slots will be used once the ammo in the ammo slot is depleted.

Equipment Slots
The Equipment Slots consists of three slots that Armor can be placed into; there is a slot for each armor type (Head/Shirt/Pants).

Social Slots
The Social Slots consists of three slots that Vanity Items and Armor can be placed into to give the player a visual effect. However, no stats can be gained from items in the Social Slots. The items in the Social Slots will cover the items placed in the Equipment Slots. The social slots function similarly to the Equipment Slots.

Accessories Slots
The Accessories Slots consist of five slots where Accessories can be placed to help the player. Only Accessories can be placed in these slots,Such as Obsidian Skull,Hermes Boots and Cloud in a bottle ect.

Bugs

 * Occasionally, anyone other than the host on a server might lose all of their items for no explainable reason. (Multiplayer only) So far thare is no known way around it.

Housing
The Housing menu provides several options for managing NPC homes. To access this menu, click the small house icon next to the PvP icon in the inventory. To check if a house is suitable, click the ? button, then click anywhere inside the house. A message will appear, declaring whether or not the house is suitable for an NPC to live in. Check the Home page for info about suitable housing.

Once a house is considered acceptable, a random NPC whose move-in conditions have been met will claim the house during daytime. Reassign NPCs by right-clicking their flag in their house, then clicking their button in the Housing menu, and finally clicking anywhere inside the new house.