Terraria Wiki:Community noticeboard/Archive 2011

Biome banners
Are biome banners a good idea? Here is an example: Forest, I'm considering making more, but I'm not too sure what the opinion on it is. --Dracyoshi 06:50, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I have to say I like this idea. --0icke0 (talk) 13:51, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Personally I think that looks really good, and would give a wiki user a quick and easy association with the in-game biome. Doing the underground biomes would be harder, I'd think, but I vote go for it! 74.69.40.245 13:52, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * All biomes linked to from the front page have their biome banners finished. Dracyoshi 03:28, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
 * All biomes finished. Dracyoshi 06:38, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

weapons on home page
Like melee,ranged,magic,etc but on the main page.

Stub definition
What determines if a page is a stub? There are many of pages listed a stub with plenty of information.
 * The "official" definition is that a stub is too short to provide a proper coverage of a subject. I'm guessing most editors refrain from removing the tag out or carefulness or inattention, even when the subject is thoroughly covered. Keep in mind however that a long text doesn't necessary cover a subject well - in many cases a brief overview is all that's needed. NoseOfCthulhu (talk) 22:18, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

Things to do
I have created a new category called: Things to do. This category contains all the other categories and special pages with articles that need some work to be done. If you are wanting to make Terraria Wiki a better place, drop on by the category and take a look around. There is a lot to be done. :) 19:56, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Question about capitalization
Being a user that originates from over at the Minecraft Wiki, I was wondering why Links to Pretty Much All items in The game are capitalised. Whereas, over at the Minecraft Wiki, there is a rule that if an item also exists in real life (e.g. ores, acorns) or in popular culture (e.g. zombies) they do not have a capital letter, while in-game only items (e.g. Plantera, Pwnhammer) do have a capital letter. So do we switch over to this, or keep it as is? - MinecraftPhotos4U (talk) 09:04, 11 October 2014 (UTC)


 * As long as consistency is maintained, I'd be alright either way -- but, for one thing, it would be a bit of an undertaking to change everything now and I'm not sure there would be any real benefit to it. For another, I'd lean towards keeping all item names capitalized, as it provides a visual cue. The visual cue could be anything -- a color change, italics, bold, etc, but I think there should be some visual indication of when a word is describing a game item, and capitalization seems like a pretty decent and unobtrusive one.


 * I actually find the Minecraft wiki a little less readable than the Terraria wiki due to their rules, which I think are a little obscure and less intuitive. These wikis are basically documentation pages, and a consistent visual cue to spot item names aids when you're skimming for particular info. In general, good documentation pages generally tend to utilize this kind of mechanic. And technically speaking, whether or not item names describe real-world objects, they're essentially still "names". Just my take.  Equazcion ( talk ) 09:27, 11 Oct 2014 (UTC)


 * I understand your opinion, but I still find It's a bit Annoying to Have random words starting With capital letters ln the middle Of Sentences. Also, there is a visual cue, this obviously being the links appearing blue, but I find it's a bit hard to see, so this could be changed, to a lighter blue for example. Or it could be that links are always undeclined like in the old internet days, which I find would be a lot better and easier to notice Than ranDom CapitAlS.


 * Also, what's with repetition of item names in a page being all bold and stuff? - MinecraftPhotos4U (talk) 16:59, 13 October 2014 (UTC)


 * If all item names were blue then that could serve as a good cue, but generally just the first appearance of an item name is linked, while the rest on the page are not (though links are sometimes repeated when the term re-appears in another section further away). It would be possible to change the link styling, but that would only help with those first instances. It's been the general wiki/web way to avoid "overlinking", ie. to only link the first appearance of a term (for various reasons), at least when we're talking about terms within paragraphs; so the capitalization is, I think, an important signal that a word is a game item, and further, that it's probably a term that has a wiki page.


 * The capitalization isn't random, of course. It's just for game items. And caps are certainly not supposed to be appearing in the middle of words -- so you can probably assume those are errors and correct those, if you do come across them.


 * Bold is similarly reserved for only the first instance of the page title's appearance on a page, generally -- though there are probably some legit exceptions. Could you give an example page where you see multiple bolded terms?  Equazcion ( talk ) 05:32, 14 Oct 2014 (UTC) p
 * Note the animated picture's caption: Blade of Grass
 * Really don't know what's up with putting more than one bold on a page. As for the links, I agree, but it is still kinda irritating. MinecraftPhotos4U (talk) 09:03, 14 October 2014 (UTC)


 * I removed the bold there. That's actually what happens when someone tries to include a link to the current page -- it displays in bold, instead of as a link. It's a common error and you can feel free to remove them (remove the double brackets around the item name). As for the caps, I could understand it possibly not appearing ideal, although the only other option is to style the item names, which would require more coding, as in, a   for each instance of an item name (of which there are many). At least this way it's just a capital letter.  Equazcion  ( talk ) 09:31, 14 Oct 2014 (UTC)

Good
I lost all my dater from a cllould save world does any on know how to get it back
 * You should ask at the mobile tech support section of the forum. I don't think anyone here would be able to help with this.  Equazcion ( talk ) 18:32, 7 Dec 2014 (UTC)

Mobile update
We need to add information about the new 1.2.6667 iOS and Android update, such as changing some item information to include this platform or giving some information about the update.

I've tried everything.

All kinds of soul farming, meteor head farming, spreading the corruption (which was a bad idea), water candles, battle potions, etc.

Now according to the wiki SON (Souls of night) are obtained by killing underground Crimson creatures such as ichor stickers, with a 20% chance. However, as I said before, of tried LITERALLY every way to get souls and still haven't gotten any. Oh and let's mention so far I've only found THREE souls of light in 6+ hours of hardmode gameplay. Furthermore, the enemy spawn rate is TERRIBLE, which greatly reduces the chances of finding these.

What do I do? Is this a bug? Are SONs just THAT rare in mobile? How else am I supposed to summon the destroyer?

Have any of you found SONs or summoned the destroyer?

PLEASE, help me, I really need the steampunker to buy the clentaminator because the Crimson spread is going out of control

excuse my terrible english


 * I've heard some complaints about spawn rates in mobile 1.2, but not sure about souls or the destroyer. You'll probably have better luck searching/asking in the forum.  Equazcion ( talk ) 02:05, 11 Dec 2014 (UTC)

How to get back a world if you accedently deleted it?
Please help me get back my first world I accedently deleted it please help me to get it back.
 * You're better off searching or asking this question at the support sections of the forum: PC, Console, Mobile.  Equazcion ( talk ) 21:05, 11 Dec 2014 (UTC)

PC version:Linux
When come Terraria from Linux ? The last french information was publied the 13 september.I'm worried.( Equazcion ( talk ) 16:34, 12 Dec 2014 (UTC)

I have searched in jungle for the nest and i didnt found it, i play on IOS but this is the same can some one help me?

Which nest are you talking about? And the official community forums are a better place to ask for help.  Chrisf1020  (talk)  19:35, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Removal of unnecessary information from page intros
I have noticed that a ridiculous amount of pages (mainly blocks and walls) give redundant or obvious information at the start of the page, including crafting info, traits shared with most other similar blocks, and appearence info (this has some exceptions, like with Flesh Block). I have been considering editing these out of pages. Also, it seems necessary to clear out unnecessary bold (usually linking to the same page). Any opinions? - MinecraftPhotos4U (talk) 20:55, 12 December 2014 (UTC)


 * I'd have to see an example of what you're referring to. I have noticed that some things you consider obvious are not exactly going to be obvious to readers. We do need to assume people reading aren't necessarily adept Terraria players. If you can point to an example page and let us know what sort of information you think should be removed, that might help.  Equazcion ( talk ) 21:26, 12 Dec 2014 (UTC)


 * Hellstone Bar: "Hellstone Bars are crafted from Hellstone and Obsidian at a Hellforge and are used to make Hellstone Tier items."
 * the crafting info is mentioned pointlessly in the intro despite it being displayed farther down the page. Being used to create the hellstone tier is also very redundant and obvious- MinecraftPhotos4U (talk) 23:51, 12 December 2014 (UTC)


 * I'd say the second paragraph (the one appearing after the piece you quoted) is much more useless. It lists all the crafted items explicitly, a list which is going to be in the crafting section regardless. The first paragraph sums up the bar's crafting use in general terms, which I think is fine. It might seem redundant to us to say Hellstone bars craft Hellstone-tier equipment, but a reader might not necessarily realize there is any Hellstone tier of equipment.  Equazcion ( talk ) 13:31, 13 Dec 2014 (UTC)


 * As far as I know all bars are used in similar equipment. So should such info be removed? - MinecraftPhotos4U (talk) 18:05, 13 December 2014 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure what you're asking. Is this a different question than your first one? I would say the intro can (should) include a general summation of what the item crafts, but generally without a long explicit list of all craftable items.  Equazcion ( talk ) 19:05, 13 Dec 2014 (UTC)

Anonymous creation of non-talk pages disabled
I've disabled page creation by anonymous IP editors. This only applies to non-talk pages (talk pages can still be created by anyone). This was in response to the growing number of anonymous vandalism article creations we've been seeing, along with the fact that a very miniscule number of valid new pages are being created by these anonymous users. Newly registered accounts shouldn't be affected, so upon registering, anyone should be able to create articles immediately.

I did this through a combination of an abuse filter and javascript. The abuse filter is to prohibit the page creations on a technical level. I added javascript because the abuse filter only kicks in after the user would attempt to save the page; so to prevent any frustration, the javascript messages should catch users before they even begin writing a new page.

Limiting the abilities of anonymous IP users has always been a controversial subject on wikis, so I'm announcing this in case anyone has arguments against it.

Also: I've tested my javascript/filter code myself, but if anyone wants to help out a little, it would be good to have other people test. Simply log out and attempt to create an article. You should see a popup message with a link to register, and you should be able to dismiss the message by clicking outside the message box. If you do test this and experience something different, please let me know. Thanks!  Equazcion ( talk ) 12:52, 22 Dec 2014 (UTC)


 * Seems to work just fine. 98.196.175.207 16:06, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Excellent, thanks!  Equazcion ( talk ) 18:42, 22 Dec 2014 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I don't think anyone will be opposed to this.  Chrisf1020  (talk)  20:13, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

posting forums
how do i post messages on terraria official forum page. i have an acount
 * This is a wiki for the game, not the forums. You'll have to direct your question to the support staff there. Gearzein (talk) 02:06, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Go to http://forums.terraria.org/index.php?forums/, click on one of the discussion categories (such as general cross-platform discussions), then click the "post new thread" button at the top-right. Or click a thread and type a reply in the box at the bottom of the thread, and hit "post reply". Equazcion  ( talk ) 02:09, 5 Jan 2015 (UTC)

"Direct Upgrade"
This phrase has been thrown around a lot on weapon and armor pages, suggesting that some weapons are intended to directly replace certain others. While some are understandable and have some basis in logic (obviously True Excalibur is a better version of Excalibur), a lot of these claims are stretches based entirely on personal interpretation. I'm looking for some community feedback before I go through and basically remove them all, in case someone objects or there's some logic for their inclusion. Gearzein (talk) 02:47, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Seems reasonable to me. That phrase is used in some inappropriate places, and removing most or all of them might be the best solution. Equazcion  ( talk ) 07:34, 8 Jan 2015 (UTC)

'Names of Town NPCs' page
I propose that there is a page which has all the names of all the town NPCs and which type they are so that the players that don't know which type of NPC is wanting to settle down so they can get all the requirements etc. I myself have found myself in that situation and I think that many other Terrarians will find themselves in this sitaution. Anybody who backs this please reply. Cooly9 (talk) 19:17, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
 * The requirements of all NPCs that are already spawned would be the same: a house. Unless I'm misunderstanding this? Equazcion  ( talk ) 19:25, 8 Jan 2015 (UTC)
 * Personally being a mobile gamer on Terraria even if you don't have all the neccesary requirements (other than a house) it will still say  would like to settle down. Also would be good for reference. Cooly9 (talk) 20:14, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Ah I see. I didn't realize the mobile version had that feature -- the PC version doesn't do that. Such a page would probably be useful then. Equazcion  ( talk ) 20:17, 8 Jan 2015 (UTC)
 * Just asking if this page was a go-ahead, could a bot do it or would it have to be manually made? Cooly9 (talk) 20:26, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Done: NPC names :) Equazcion  ( talk ) 20:30, 8 Jan 2015 (UTC)
 * Great job on the page, make sure that everyone knows this page exists and don't let it get dusty. Cooly9 (talk) 20:43, 8 January 2015 (UTC)
 * The page gets the names from the individual NPC pages, so it'll be updated automatically whenever the names change on their respective pages. I'm not sure where to link it from yet, but might put it on the main page and/or the game mechanics template soon. Equazcion  ( talk ) 20:45, 8 Jan 2015 (UTC)

Dedicated Server Page
I think there should be a page explaining the dedicated server functions and how to use it.
 * Created Dedicated_Server page and added basic information.

NPC Icon
Can I upload a resized version of the updated icon I uploaded previously? I can scale it to whatever size is necessary. That blurry and outdated icon looks awful.


 * I agree. Let him, or use http://wiki.terrariaonline.com/File:Guidenpc.png . - AgentShawn
 * Yeah, and I can't figure out how to get that extremely ugly interpolation switched to nearest neighbor. Looks so much better with pixel art. I'll fix that now and put it on the editcopy. --Null  Talk  03:45, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

"Did you Know" Section
Do you think a possible Did-You-Know section can get on the front page? We can allow it to obtain user-submitted facts and allow 10 or so at a time through a period of time. Not to mention, a featured article page might be interesting too.

Terraria Weapon Overview
Hey all, basically I started a new series on youtube where I take a look at weapons in terraria, give info on their stats etc and give you a verdict on it. The first episode Sunfury is currently on the Sunfury page as somebody suggested I should put these on the wiki. However after putting it on their I thought I should check first, just want to make sure people are fine with these going up. An example of the Sunfury episode is shown here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZYzp2y-9Zo&feature=channel_video_title

Quick Edit - Broken Link
There's a broken link at the bottom of the page that links to Terraria Wiki

All the slight variations…
moved to Terraria Wiki Talk:Community portal

Monsters section
Moved to Talk:Terraria Wiki/editcopy

Character design tips
Hey guys, I make a lot of characters to play Terraria but I can never seem to pick color choices that look good and realistic. I've looked around for an article giving character design tips but I couldn't find any. Perhaps that would be a wise page to make? 174.66.18.53 21:13, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Terraria 1.1 Wyvern?
Has anyone thought about where to put a link to the Wyvern enemy? I thought it appropriate to place them under Mini-bosses, but I'm still unsure of whether or not they fall into that category. -- Beschutzer 01:25, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Wyvern should go under Common Enemies. This is not a mini-boss, since you can't summon it, and there is no music change nor a message in the chat when it appears. I doubt it should even go under the Rare Enemies category, since they are pretty common. 174.93.195.170 11:59, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Need to consolidate modifiers
Now that we know more about modifiers and have a modifiers page with subheadings for each item type, we should create a modifiers template to automatically list the modifiers available for each item without having to manually type them in to each item page or replace modifier info on individual items with just a link. Plasmafox 11:36, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
 * This is a wiki. That much information shouldn't just be included on every weapon page. At the most, i'd say that the item infobox could potentially provide a link to the modification page. --JonTheMon 13:31, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Right. The infobox link is a better implementation. Plasmafox 05:46, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Fail in "Hardmode Enemies"
Bald Zombie isn't a Hardmode Enemie. It's not even a different Enemie, its just a Zombie with a different Texture. --95.222.220.186 13:54, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

Wiki constantly refreshing over time
Does anyone know why this wiki refreshes itself every minute or so, adding another entry to my browser's history (in Firefox or Chrome)? This basically prevents using the back button since you would have to click back like 15 times (if you kept the page open for a while). This is a very weird bug! 24.185.138.174 01:17, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Hmm, that's strange. I use IE/Chrome, and while I'm not seeing multiple history entries, since this week all of my Chrome browser tabs which are on the Wiki do seem to be loading constantly, whereas previously they'd load and then done. So yeah, there's something going on. Do you have any extensions on or something? I'm just using the vanilla configuration of my browsers, no extensions. - Spinfx 01:55, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Its because of the scripted advertisements - every minute or so, a fresh ad loads

King Slime
Let's rename the section he's currently in to "Events", then move him to "Bosses". He's a real boss - now more than ever. -- TechpriestMagos 00:25, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

I second this. --Moxxy 06:31, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Done. Also removed mini-bosses from the title. — iLiaWneK (block) 10:29, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Bald Zombie
On the main page it says that Bald Zombie is a hardmode enemy. It's not, someone change that. --79.112.108.69 20:35, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Fixed. — iLiaWneK (block) 10:26, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Latest version
Current game version is 1.2.0.1, but the "Latest version is 1.2" link at the top of the page wasn't. Also, even though the link says 1.2, it actually links to the 1.1.2 thread on the forum. Blue 3 Oct 2013

New Section
Hi. I was thinking that the main main page, has lots of text. The suggestion I have is that if you could create a section called "Featured Article", "Article of the Day" or "Featured Enemy." What do think about it? (I hope you have understood the idea :S) --ZebaX 23:51, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Russian wiki
On the Russian wiki does not work the video, but instead sign .

Hallowed Gear
The Hallowed Gear category link sends you to the page "The hallow" --Aidoboy 23:31, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Allowing NPCs moving up/down the wood platform with help of blocks (simulate stairs)
http://i43.tinypic.com/2m61pia.png

I have found out a way to make NPCs run up/down "stairs", see the picture above. Since NPCs do this unintentionally, they will sometime waste a lot of time getting to where they should be by chance, but well, at least we can build skycrapers which allow NPCs to come down and go back up now.

I don't know how to post it to the wiki page properly, so I will just drop it here.
 * If you want to make feature request you should try finding some modders on the forum. --Icke 09:58, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Outdated Strategies
Is it ok to remove outdated references (such as this and this), or are they intentionally preserved for those who haven't upgraded to the current version? --Sinister Stairs 14:49, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Feel free to prune outdated information. Articles should reflect the status quo. Keeping things like this around for users who haven't updated doesn't really make sense, at least to me. I don't know who would choose to intentionally not update, and the majority of these people have probably pirated the game. --Lunboks 15:02, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

my-family-lineage

Please, add the Spanish wiki Main Page
http://wiki.terrariaonline.com/Terraria_Wiki/es

Regards!

A change to the main Page
On the main page it just says "Hornet". I belive that it should contain Big Stinger, Hornet and little stinger.
 * Why? User Alex Great talk 07:44, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Link to hardmode on the main page
There is no link explaining what Hardmode is on the main page, from the first few articles I read I thought it was referring to hardcore. I think linking the two references on the main page would be sufficient. All that needs to be done is change: ! colspan="2" style="text-align: left; padding-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 3px;" | Hardmode enemies to ! colspan="2" style="text-align: left; padding-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 3px;" | Hardmode enemies and ! style="text-align: left; padding-top: 4px; padding-bottom: 3px;" | Hardmode bosses to ! style="text-align: left; padding-top: 4px; padding-bottom: 3px;" | Hardmode bosses
 * Done. --0icke0 (talk) 11:03, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

NPC and Item IDS.
We should list the ids used in the coding for the Npcs and items.

Click Here <-- --EpicCriddle (talk) 07:47, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Yes I know but I meant listed in the template itself by interjecting this. The PyroX 115 (talk) 08:08, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Because this is only interesting for modders (properly far less than 1% of the visitors) this was removed some time ago and now can only be found on the Data IDs page. I don't think there is currently a need to add this again. --0icke0 (talk) 14:09, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

1.2 release date
i think everyone is in agreement when it is said that 1.2 will be a big deal. it seems to me

Death page should be added to the game mechanics link
The death page seems like it should be added to the link of game mechanics links. It is a good page and hard to find otherwise. 4.30.62.18

Gif files for Npcs
I think that .gif files should be considered as a replacement for Npcs pictures The PyroX 115 (talk) 05:24, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Servers
i thought it would be nice to have a freebuild server conversation considering they are hard to find...plus my favorite server got griefed so im looking for ANY other server thats freebuild.if you want to see what happened to the server go to 94.23.195.138i suggest you drink an obsidian skin potion before coming on though ---Tobor87

Corrupt Transformation
Should Corrupt Bunnies and Corrupt Goldfish be able to change back to bunnies and goldfish after the Blood Moon sets, because it would make more sense. Werewolves too. Because, in legends, werewolves change back to humans after a full moon sets, so maybe werewolves should change to, ummmm..., something after the full moon and corrupted animals should change back to regular animals after Blood Moons. terrariatrooper9

IRC Link
The Irc link in the portals side bar is highly outdated, Please fix this error. 209.240.122.107 01:29, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Updated. --0icke0 (talk) 09:23, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Icke, Please do not forget to also make similar changes for other language wiki sections. Hard for me to to watch two Wikis. If there are any changes in the terms of reference, global changes, or the design pages (css, js, etc.) Please let me know about these changes. Russian Flag.png <font face="Magneto" color="blue" style="text-shadow:grey 0.2em 0.2em 0.2em;">Alex Great talk  03:34, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm not an admin on the other language wiki's, so I don't have the rights to edit those sections. But I'll let you know if something like this changes again. --0icke0 (talk) 12:29, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

iOS Edition has features from Console
I have seen a few albino antlions and have collected the dragon helmet (or whatever it's called). This should be added along with the IOS version page.--24.196.4.14 19:45, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

Redirect Loop attempting to login...
When I try to log into the Terraria Wiki, I get a message that tells me that there is a redirect loop on the login link. I usually use Chrome, but I confirmed the same problem trying to log in via Firefox. Henceforth, I can not log in. By any chance, is this related to the infrastructure being upgraded on Curse?

--24.144.250.152 21:58, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Okay. The link works now, so I have no need to complain. Thanks.

--Bill Mach (talk) 05:04, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

1.2's current patch notes on Google Drive
As of time of posting, the wiki main page link to the 1.2 patch notes is incorrect, and takes viewers to the 1.1.2 notes. Currently, the proper patch notes are listed here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nubZZSGBoUiuKFKzWT7raMrPI35MQtDWSsL-MbHFgqs/preview?sle=true on Google Drive. ~ Novawolf (talk) 22:35, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

Current version is incorrect, and links to 1.1.2
As of the time of posting, the listing for the current version on the main page says 1.2, when it is in fact 1.2.0.1 (Silly Red). It also links to a 1.1.2 thread, instead of something 1.2.x related. Now version is 1.2.0.2 but link still points to 1.1.2.
 * Should be fixed now. --0icke0 (talk) 13:34, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Broken again, current version is now: 1.2.0.3.1 -209.234.193.178 19:31, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

And broken once again, since it's now 1.2.1.2. The editcopy page uses Template:Version, which has been updated, but the actual page has a "hardcoded" link instead. --88.141.106.70 10:24, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Full list of new enemies/weapons/etc (1.2)
I think it would be very helpful to the readers to have a 1.2 page where all the new items/enemies/weapons/etc are listed in a easy to look at format like at Weapons. Currently, the 1.2 version history page is a very oddly thrown together list which does not do the changes justice. Does anybody agree? Bws2cool (talk) 14:58, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

I agree, not sure why this hasn't been done yet. --NoxiousRaven (talk) 15:11, 7 October 2013 (UTC)
 * There is currently a list of all new items/npcs on my user page which you can use till this is finished. --0icke0 (talk) 13:34, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Needs additional links
There are news enemies, environments, bosses and such that need to be added to the front page. --64.254.244.103 16:04, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I'll add some of those to the front page. Some other pages need to be combined first. --0icke0 (talk) 13:34, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

Add Pets page to main page
Add Pets page to main page perhaps under NPCs?

Halloween update
Hey there, now that the halloween update has been released the Pumpkin Moon event should be added to the events page. Also, the new enemy Mourning Wood has a pretty obvious referance in it's name, but can we include that referance on the wiki? We also need spirtes for the enemies (I could do this, but I don't know how to). Happy Halloween everyone!

Also, I would call the Pumpking a boss, but would you call Mourning Wood and the Headless Horseman bosses?

Mourning Wood drops it's own trophy, so I would consider it a boss. Horseman does not so I suppose it's safe to leave it. -The Glitch- Hey guy I have been playing Terraria alot now, When the 1.2 update comes and npc arrived something glitch was happening.. well after the painter arrived and bought me some paint..A tile glitch happens.. I was painting my wall until some random tile switch the paint..all of it..I was wondering if somebody know the problem just answer Here...

Link to german Wiki is broken
On the left menu, the link to the german version of the wiki seems to be broken. It only transports me to Gamepedia, not to the actual german version of the wiki, althought a main page exists. I don't know how to change this, so can someone that knows how and has the right permissions please fix the link?
 * Should be fixed now, as well as all other German language links. --0icke0 (talk) 23:43, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

Request for update
The main page and the news need to be update due to the v1.2.2.0 release. 108.11.237.84 01:26, 20 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Updated version number+new event for now.

WHAT THE F*CK
Ok, so a little while after the chest bug happened, the one that destroys everything in the worlds chests as well as the presence of them, a giant part of my world transformed into nothing, then added a glass background and a bunch if weird brown blocks that are completely covering the destroyed section, and the weird blocks were blinking with a yellow outline, then I later found out that when the weird brown blocks brake or get smashed or mined with a pickaxe, THEY DROPPED CHESTS, the world is deleted now, it's no use considering the chests dont give me anything, the dungeons been blown up into oblivion, the village sucked beyond possible, and a bunch of other things, anyways, WHAT THE CRAP HAPPENED?????!!!!!

ANSWER: The game derped. Vague, but true.

ADD HARDMODE
Hey there, I was playing my terraria on mobile, and after killing the wall if flesh 3 times, it got boring knowing I cant access hardmode. Could you please add hardmode to terraria mobile in the next update, also, why not give us some more pre-hardmode boss's, or at least allow players to summon hardmode boss's in pre-hardmode, I'm looking for a fight as you can tell.

Can you add.....
Hey can there be a costume page on the main terraria wiki page?

Soils -> Walls?
I'm not sure having links to both Soils and Blocks in the Items and Mechanics section is really necessary, and a link to Walls would make sense as there is a link to blocks. Is it worth considering swapping the Soils link to a Walls link, and maybe even merging Soils into Blocks? --Crystallized (talk) 19:04, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
 * The concept of "soils" seems a bit questionable to me; like with "mini bosses" there's no official definition of it (as far as I know). It can however be nifty as an overview of what worlds are made of, though possibly as a part or category of "naturally spawning blocks" or somesuch. As such I think merging Soils into Blocks would be a good idea. Other than that I also think replacing Soils with Walls would improve Items and Mechanics. NoseOfCthulhu (talk) 18:27, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Underworld enemy
I don't see a "Lava Bat" and "Red Devil" In enemy section. are they new in 1.2.3.1 ?
 * Seems both were introduced in 1.2. I guess the list is just a bit outdated. NoseOfCthulhu (talk) 04:03, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

party girl glitch
there is a glitch for the party girl in the xbox 360 console 1.2 update that makes the party girl sell cyborg items
 * I added the bug to the Party Girl article and List of known bugs, thanks for pointing it out. NoseOfCthulhu (talk) 04:03, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

1.2.0 equivalent update for Console
Since the recent major update (as of this posting) for the console version of Terraria has come out, one can't help but notice that much of the content that now applies to the version is still labeled as PC only. Since it would be tedious for a single person to go through and fix this, why don't we make it a wiki goal to get things up to date?
 * This process to fix this is already being done by several users, though unfortunately in a rather sporadic manner due to people only editing the pages they visit and nothing more. To properly achieve such a goal we'd probably require a team of console-players systematically comparing 'pc-only'-marked wiki pages with the game and/or game files, but unfortunately we don't have that. If people were to mass-label pc-only content as pc/console there's also the risk of assuming all pc-content to also be console, potentially mislabeling non-console content. An example seems to be 1 → 2 (though I may be wrong). I agree that outdated labeling is a heavy problem, though. NoseOfCthulhu (talk) 03:52, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

Broken Templates
At the bottom of most pages, there is a template like Consumables or Decorations etc. All those links are broken and lead to an empty page with a title saying "Template: [name of template]". Can someone fix this?

Vandalism
Ive seen recently, people editing pages, trying to make it look like "swag", which, doenst help. The first page i saw was a spider page on a black somethingorother. it said it spawn in things called "Spooderman Nests" and the AI was "swagger", my solution is for every edit, make it so it has to be checked before being aproved, like, if a bug happens, you can add to the page and about 5 mins later maybe its up, and things like changing AI from "Fighter" or "Flying" to "swagger" will be declined. Frozenreflex1 (talk) 04:13, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
 * This is the wrong place for this; you want the admin noticeboard. -Xolroc (talk) 04:16, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

k Frozenreflex1 (talk) 05:51, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

How Do you Upload An Image?
I want to upload an image to Lihzahrd Temple. --Dialga The Time Lord (talk) 23:17, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
 * There's a place to upload files on the page, a little box labelled "Drop files here" just on top of the editing area. --Xolroc (talk) 23:22, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
 * There's also the uploading page for those who prefer that. NoseOfCthulhu (talk) 01:39, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

Fan theories in trivia sections
Nearly every item page has a point in its trivia section speculating(with no evidence) that the topical item is a reference to something; Many of these theories are very tenuous. It's nothing but gossip and has no place in a wiki.
 * There are several users (myself included) who often remove such dubious trivia, though unfortunately it seems to pile up even faster. If you want you could make an account and remove trivia you find inappropriate yourself. NoseOfCthulhu (talk) 01:43, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

Link
In the section "Environment", the link to "snow" leads to a disambiguation page.
 * Seems it has been fixed. NoseOfCthulhu (talk) 13:46, 22 June 2014 (UTC)

How can I create it into Spanish?
Hello! The wiki is translated intp Spanish (http://terraria.gamepedia.com/Terraria_Wiki/es) but how can I create http://terraria-es.gamepedia.com/Terraria_Wiki ? Regards! --Ryo567 (talk) 13:28, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure how that's done yet. I put in a request with another admin who probably knows and I'll report back. <font face="Century Gothic"> Equazcion ( talk ) 13:33, 8 Dec 2014 (UTC)

Okay, thanks a lot! --Ryo567 (talk) 13:35, 8 December 2014 (UTC)


 * It seems that this probably can't happen until all of the links on the main page at least are translated. In other words, the links on this page should all lead to fully translated Spanish articles. Once that happens, I can request that everything get moved to a separate Spanish wiki. Sorry the news wasn't better :( <font face="Century Gothic"> Equazcion ( talk ) 14:04, 8 Dec 2014 (UTC)

Ah... okay! I understand! Thanks for your attention! Regards! :) --Ryo567 (talk) 14:08, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

Meteorite heads
Hey guys, I have placed 50+ meteorite and the heads are not spawning I have no idea what is happening.

Bug with goblin tinkerer
Hey guys, for some reasons I couldn't reforge my new terra blade with the gloving tinkerer (ios version). When I drag the terra blad on the spot to reforge, the block just turns red and couldn't reforge it. Any help?
 * The wiki's not a good place to put bugs since the developers don't read it. I'd tell you to report this at the mobile bug report forums but it seems to be pretty well known by this point. Some people are reporting that a 1.2.1.1 fix has come out, so try updating. Other than that, we can't really help you. Gearzein (talk) 04:41, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

Asking about tizonas and high damage for other people wondering
I was wondering if I could make a tizona in the ios version and how. I also want to know what weapon does the most damage. Thank you203.206.39.149 05:43, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Well, since this is a wiki and all, you could try looking up Tizona or checking the List of weapons. Normally we route questions to the forums, since this isn't really a place for discussion, but all of that information is readily available here. All you have to do is look. Gearzein (talk) 05:48, 25 December 2014 (UTC)

Mushroom bed
I'm trying to make a mushroom bed but it's not showing up in my crafting menu. I have 15 glowing mushrooms and 5 silk. I'm standing at my sawmill yet nothing. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
 * Seems to work for me. You might want to post this question at the forum, you're likely to get more answers there. Equazcion  ( talk ) 23:33, 9 Jan 2015 (UTC)

When's Fishhook
My friend and me on Xbox just wanted to know when the fish hook is coming on xbox
 * Fish Hook was introduced in 1.2.4, so it's a few updates off. For future reference, though, you'd be better off asking this sort of question on the forums. Gearzein (talk) 14:26, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

Breakable background
I suggest the creation of a page who speaks about the breakable background and what can they drops... Lightg4 (talk) 19:25, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
 * That would be Ambient objects. It could probably be made more accessible, but it's hard to find ways to give pages more visibility. Gearzein (talk) 21:25, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

The Undead Miner is missing
The Undead Miner is missing in the rare enemies section. --  Dinoxel  discussion  12:05, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

Item exponential growth exploit.
This is an exploit: if you wish to play in Re-Logic's intended manner, do not use this. Currently, the world save and character save happen at two different moments in game. Character save is pretty much automatic, to prevent Hardcore saves from being prevented upon death. World save, however, seems to only happen when you Save and Exit. Knowing this, I devised an experiment, and my results led me to this exploit. You could save an item into a chest by saving and exiting. Then, upon returning to the game, take the item from the chest, then close the program by forcing it to close (right click icon to close, end process via task manager). Doing this causes the game to leave you with the items in your inventory, and in the chest. Repeat this, and you could exponentially grow the amount you had by a factor of 2 to the power of the amount of times you did this. For instance, if you repeat this 10 times, you will multiply your total number of the items by 1024 (2^10). This means potentially gaining infinite stacks of Platinum coins, ores, armor sets, etc. I know this method is irrelevant, because you can just character edit, and bam, everything I said can be yours. The catch is that technically, my method is "vanilla", requiring no download to achieve it.
 * I believe this is already noted on the Making money guide. --0icke0 (talk) 09:28, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

Neater glitches/anomalies and verification system
I hate to say it, but the bugs and anomalies layout on the wiki seems too messy. It feels like we should add a drop-down system to stop it from looking overwhelming. Also, a lot of the bugs seem too ludicrous to be real. I mean, the Eye of Chutulu connecting to The Twins? I think we should add a system that forces a bug reporter to add a source, whether it be a video or a photo, and have someone moderating them. I'm not sure if it would be worth the hassle though, so feel free to tweak. - MinecraftPhotos4U (talk) 17:40, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Aside from the most well-known bugs, bugs are generally pretty much unverifiable, and tend to remain on articles permanently. Whether or not they're fixed is usually also unverifiable. If you required a photo or video no one would really post them, and/or people would still fake them with software. I wouldn't mind prohibiting the whole bug posting thing here altogether, it just seems like a big move. <font face="Century Gothic"> Equazcion ( talk ) 20:36, 6 Dec 2014 (UTC)

Bug clearing
I think bug reporting on this wiki has gotten kind of ridiculous. Prompted by User:MinecraftPhotos4U above, I'd like to consider some solutions. Bugs are generally unverifiable and tend to remain on articles forever -- we can't verify that they were ever there, so we certainly can't verify whether they were "fixed", at least in the vast majority of cases. As a result, some older articles have ridiculously long bug lists.

I'd like to do one of two things:
 * Option 1 is to systematically clear out all bugs from every article and start over. People will probably re-post the ones they still experience during gameplay.
 * Option 2 is to remove the bug template and prohibit the posting of bugs in articles, perhaps limiting them to the dedicated list of bugs pages.

Since posting bugs on this wiki basically doesn't accomplish anything, the second choice is somewhat logical -- however people like to post bugs they notice, and I don't want to get too draconian with reverting everyone who does that.

I'm basically planning to carry out option 1 already at the very least (not doing it yet though, will wait for input in case there are well-reasoned objections). Option 2 is a maybe, based hopefully on some discussion. If anyone has any input please do post it here. <font face="Century Gothic"> Equazcion ( talk ) 13:55, 7 Dec 2014 (UTC)


 * personally I find Option 2 way too harsh and should probably be used as a last resort. Over on the Minecraft Wiki, bugs are not actually posted on the wiki itself but rather on the Mojang Bug Tracker site, which each page links to. I'm not sure if Re-Logic could do something similar, although it would definitely be a change for the better. Duplicates would be a considerable problem, though.


 * Alternatively, a page called Unverified Bugs and Anomalies could be created. Bugs would be reported here (with the appropiate environment e.g. iOS 7, iPad 2, 1.2 update, )and the bug must be able to be recreated. If the bug test proves successful, the bugs would go on a subpage of an article (for example: Gems/Bugs) which would be protected to admin levels (or possibly a new bug verifier user class?) to block the intake of unverified bugs. Although this also sounds complex, it may just be slightly easier than the other solution I have stated above.


 * Thank you for your time -MinecraftPhotos4U (talk) 17:21, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Just to note, Minecraft wiki essentially uses option 2 -- that is, it prohibits bug posting in wiki articles, and instead directs everyone to an off-site listing. We could do the same here, directing people to the bug reporting sections at the forum (re-logic doesn't have an actual bug tracker yet). Also note the list of bugs pages already function as our list of unverified bugs. I don't think it would be feasible to have a system where people submit bugs for verification though. We just wouldn't have the resources for that. <font face="Century Gothic"> Equazcion ( talk ) 17:26, 7 Dec 2014 (UTC)


 * We could possibly do it manually, it would be fairly complex but basically: make a new section, describe the bug, show steps to recreate it, optional image/video, signature. Then, in that section other players describe what happened when they tried it. When x amount of positives is reached, it gets added onto the page like Ores/bugs. - MinecraftPhotos4U (talk) 17:36, 7 December 2014 (UTC)


 * I don't think mangling the wiki into a makeshift bug tracker is really the way to go. It would be a little too complicated and I don't think we have the participation or admins to make it work. Bug tracking should really be administered by the developer anyway. They've chosen to do it through the forum and I think if we end up directing people anywhere, that would have to be it. <font face="Century Gothic"> Equazcion ( talk ) 17:42, 7 Dec 2014 (UTC)
 * Seems like the way to go then. Should we put a link to the forum on every page though? - MinecraftPhotos4U (talk) 17:45, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm thinking of maybe an interface message telling people where to go to post bugs when they edit an article. Gonna wait a bit for other responses here though. <font face="Century Gothic"> Equazcion ( talk ) 17:50, 7 Dec 2014 (UTC)


 * Equazcion has a point about verifiability but I feel we should still allow bugs to be brought up here. A lot of times (and this goes for any game), something strange will happen and I will look online to see whether it's supposed to happen and if anyone else has seen it happen. If it only happens to me, I assume it's either a new bug or I'm misinterpreting what is going on. If it's happened to someone else, then I could theoretically verify it for them, just as they have for me. Maybe that's the trick to verification? Each bug that comes up goes up for vote. Bugs that are real get voted up; false or resolved bugs get no votes; bugs never get voted down, but bugs that do not get votes for a certain period of time are marked as resolved. Since each user can only vote once, no one could manage to keep a bug alive unless it truly is still in the game, unless of course they make multiple accounts (which would violate policy and typical internet etiquette anyway).
 * Feel free to mercilessly tear my idea apart. This is a wiki after all.--Macks2008 (talk) 18:13, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
 * That would be ideal; the problem is that we don't really have any feasible way of making it work here (see the discussion above). What you're describing is a bug tracker. This game doesn't currently have one, and the wiki isn't equipped for something like this (a voting system etc). Re-Logic currently uses the forum for bug reports -- people reply to threads there to chime in on whether they've experienced a reported bug. It would be nice to be able to make "popular" bugs visible on pages, but we don't have any way of doing that. Our choices are pretty much limited, I think, to either the free-for-all bug posting we've been allowing until now, or prohibiting them altogether. <font face="Century Gothic"> Equazcion ( talk ) 18:27, 7 Dec 2014 (UTC)


 * I'm personally tempted to back option 2 on the pretense that bugs should be reported and fixed quickly and don't need to be catalogued, but if that were implemented just after 1.2.4.1's release then the known bugs in the current version would've gone unrecorded here for almost half a year. On the other hand, most of the ones in the List of bugs are unverifiable and anecdotal, and encouraging people to submit bugs here isn't constructive for anyone involved. Maybe bugs should be treated like references currently are- only those verified in some sense by the devs and not expected to be fixed quickly, like fluid reproduction, should be noted. On the whole, though, I think we'd do better to get rid of the template and redirect editors with bugs to the report forum, because the current bug template lends too much authority to potentially spurious claims without being comprehensive enough to actually do anything about the reports. Gearzein (talk) 18:37, 7 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Personally I would prefer option 2 as well. In the case that the bug template is used to warn the user (e.g. game crash bugs) we could replace them with important and other useful bugs (e.g. item/liquid duplication) could be replaced with a note. (Maybe we also want to remove hint while we are at it.) --0icke0 (talk) 19:20, 7 December 2014 (UTC)


 * The bug reporting in the mainspace has definitely gotten out of hand, but I think the main reason for that is as Equazcion stated, many of the bugs are outdated and just never removed. Option 1 definitely needs to happen in my opinion. Initially, I didn't like the idea of removing the Bug template completely, as I do like to see the existing bugs for any given item on its page, but lately I have been seeing the same bugs being added over and over, as well as some that can't be proven, and some that are downright outlandish. I'm still not sure if I would like to see the template removed, but wiping the bugs on existing pages would be a good start for sure. I also agree with the idea that bugs should be reported rather than just listed on the wiki, so that there is a chance of it getting fixed in the future. Chrisf1020 (talk) 19:39, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Based on the above, I've begun making the necessary changes to implement option 2. I'm going to hopefully remove all the bug template code from pages via bot, but in the meantime I've cleared the bug template itself, which will hopefully cause bugs to stop displaying in articles for the time being. Thank you to everyone who posted! This really helped. <font face="Century Gothic"> Equazcion ( talk ) 20:08, 7 Dec 2014 (UTC)

The removal seems to be going well. It seems some "notes" sections that only contained bugs are now empty notes sections that may need to be removed manually, but this doesn't seem like a big deal. Feel free to remove them when you come across them. <font face="Century Gothic"> Equazcion ( talk ) 20:45, 7 Dec 2014 (UTC)


 * Removing them manually... That sounds like a job for me, since I know nobody else will do it. Chrisf1020 (talk) 21:18, 7 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks :) It's no big deal if a stray Notes section exists in an article for a while, but if you're willing to do it that would be cool :) <font face="Century Gothic"> Equazcion ( talk ) 22:24, 7 Dec 2014 (UTC)

There could be multiple templates that includes the different versions with verified or unverified options. ThePyromancer13 19:47, 11 Jan 2015 (AEDT)
 * The template and all associated bugs have already been removed. Adding new templates to differentiate between known and speculative bugs would run counter to the idea of keeping unverifiable information to a minimum. Gearzein (talk) 00:26, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

Discount Card
Possibly, add a buy price that shows how much the item is worth with the Discount Card equipped. I think it would be helpful.
 * It's a flat 20% discount, the math isn't that difficult. It's not feasible to calculate out every instance of a percentage on the wiki. Gearzein (talk) 01:11, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

i deleted my game data by accident and was hoping there were some gamers out the on xbox that could help me with some donations comment gamer tags
 * The wiki can't provide you with any technical support and isn't a place for social gatherings. You'll have to consult the official discussion forums for help like this. Gearzein (talk) 22:14, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

Add mount page
Add Mounts page to main page?
 * I think this is a good idea since pets have been added to the main page but I don't know how to do that... --66.214.76.114 03:35, 28 October 2014 (UTC)


 * I think it's a good idea to add Mounts to the main page, but.....there is not much space in there. The main page should contain only the most common things and basic information. Mounts may not be that important to be shown in main page. -- MrGlowing (talk) 17:33, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

Corrupted player?
Just wanting to ask this for my friend, in the character selection, it is red colored and unclickable, do this means his character is corrupt? Screenshot: http://prntscr.com/32yg9u FunAlways (talk) 01:54, 22 March 2014 (UTC)


 * possibly. no your computer you should go to Documents,My games,Terraria,Players and then the characters folder. with a world file the world and the back up will have "bad" at the end meaning that the world data is messed up. it might be the same with players. Michelangelo42 (talk) 14:38, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

This hardly seems like the place to be asking for tech support. Anyone mind if I delete this? Nerman8r (talk) 16:42, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Generally we don't delete stuff from talk pages, except outright vandalism or things like that. It's also worth noting that you're responding to conversations from almost half a year ago; please check the dates before posting in reply to talk pages. Gearzein (talk) 16:46, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Alright, but be aware that it creates a precedent. If people see others getting tech support here, they'll post more topics about tech support, because of normative influence. Nerman8r (talk) 17:02, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm aware. In my experience, deleting comments means they either get re-added or repeated down the line. There's no problem with small instances of support- telling someone what version an edition of the game is currently on or how to find a page here isn't a big deal. For everything else we direct people to the forums- not just "block them and hope for the best" but specifically direct them to a place where their issue can be resolved, if possible. That's what's been done elsewhere on the wiki, including this page.
 * This may not have been policy a year ago when the original comment was made, so my primary concern was that comment being responded to a year later and the precedent it sets to repeat that action. Talk pages are meant to be a record of discussion and ideally remain as unaltered as possible, which is why they're committed to archive rather than wiped, but at the moment this page isn't long enough to dump into a second archive. Gearzein (talk) 18:12, 14 March 2015 (UTC)