Steam Trading Cards

Steam Trading Cards were added to Terraria on 7/15/2013, shortly before the 1.2 update. Those cards will automatically be awarded while playing the game, assuming you bought the steam version of the game. You will receive up to 5 cards while playing. After that it is possible to obtain more cards from booster packs, which are randomly given or by buying them from other players. There is also the special Foil variant, which are rarer, but have no other benefit.

Steam Trading Cards can be used to craft badges (and Foil badges), which show on your steam profile and increase your steam level. You can also craft emoticons which you can use in steam chat. Last of all you can you can use them to craft backgrounds, which you can display on your profile. You can also directly trade the crafted items.

For more information about Steam Trading Cards visit the steam website and the faq.

Trading Cards
There are a total of 9 trading cards:

Badges
There are 5 levels of badges. Each time you craft it the level will increase by 1. There is also a Foil badge, which can only be obtained by using Foil Trading Cards.

Booster Pack
When opening the booster pack you receive 3 random cards.



Emoticons
Emoticons can be crafted with Trading Cards and can be used by typing the name in the chat.

Profile Backgrounds
There are 5 different backgrounds, which can be crafted with Trading Cards.