Guide:Crafting 101

Crafting Menu
To access the Terraria crafting menu, press the Inventory key (which is Esc by default) while in-game. This will also bring up your inventory, equipment slots and other options. The crafting menu is located in the bottom left of your screen, as indicated in the image below.



You will see anything you can currently craft in this menu. Your options are determined by the items you have in your inventory as well as your proximity to various crafting stations. Next to the item icon you can also see the recipes for the items.

Crafting Stations
Currently available stations are Work Bench, Furnace, Hellforge, Alchemy Station, Iron Anvil, Demon Altar, and a Table and Chair (these last two must be near each other). When you stand close to one of these media, your available crafts list will change if you have appropriate materials.



To choose an item to craft, use the scroll wheel (movement reversed) on your mouse to navigate the list. To craft it, click the icon of the item. You will hear the same sound effect you hear when you pick something up off the ground, and the item will attach itself to your cursor. From there you can drop it into your inventory, drop it on the floor by clicking somewhere without clicking any of the inventory or crafting slots, or right-click if it is a stackable item to make more. If you wish to create large amounts of the same item, right-click and hold to very quickly burn through the material. To exit this menu, press the 'Esc' key again.

Complete Station
The best method of creating a complete station are as follows: place a furnace/hell forge, right next to it, an anvil, then a workbench, a bottle on the workbench, a chair next to the workbench, and a table next to a chair. Make sure there are no gaps between them all so you don't have to move to use all of them.



This order will make almost all crafting Recipes available at once, making crafting a breeze, although the standard furnace is useless, due to the fact that the Hellforge (The red furnace) can smelt all the same ores as a standard furnace, and even more (This being Hellore).