Tips

Tips are phrases shown briefly during loading screens on the, chosen at random from the list below.

List

 * You can't destroy a demon altar with a normal hammer. You have to pwn them.
 * Life Crystals are hidden around the World. Use them to increase your health.
 * Build a furnace to craft metal bars out of ore.
 * A room in a house can have wood platforms as a floor or ceiling, but NPCs need at least one solid block to stand on.
 * The Cloud in a Bottle and Shiny Red Balloon accessories both improve your ability jump. Combine them to make a Cloud in a Balloon.
 * If you store your coins in a house, you'll be less likely to lose them.
 * The Goblin Tinkerer found in underground caverns will sell you many useful items, including a Tinkerer's Workshop.
 * Defeat the boss in The Underworld to change the world forever. Find a Guide Voodoo Doll and hurl it into the infernal lava to summon him.
 * Bows and guns require the proper ammo in your Ammo slots.
 * You can plant acorns to grow new trees.
 * Some projectiles such as arrows and shurikens can be gathered and reused after firing them.
 * Swimming is dangerous without Flippers or a Diving Helmet! You can craft those at a Tinkerer's Workshop.
 * Rocket science gave us Rocket Boots.
 * The best wizard people use Mana Flowers.
 * You can buy wires from a Mechanic and use them to create traps, pumping systems, or other elaborate devices.
 * Torches and glowsticks can be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out. Torches won't work underwater, but glowsticks will.
 * Time heals all wounds.
 * Explosives are dangerous! ...and effective...
 * Hold onto an explosive to attract a Demolitionist to your house.
 * If you find a Magic Mirror, you can use it to teleport back to your spawn point.
 * When you explore caves, it helps to have wood platforms. Craft them out of wood.
 * You can change your spawn point by placing and using a bed.
 * You can remove furniture or background walls by crafting a hammer.
 * You can destroy Shadow Orbs with a hammer or explosives, but prepare yourself for the forces they unleash (those being the Eater of Worlds and Meteors).
 * Some ores require better pickaxes to mine.
 * Collect money to attract a Merchant to your house.
 * The Corruption is full of chasms. Mind the gaps.
 * To craft potions, place a bottle on a table to make an alchemy station. Double, double, toil and trouble!
 * Make sure you have empty, valid rooms to attract new inhabitants.
 * Wear a Mining Helmet if you don't want to use torches.
 * If your house doesn't have background walls, monsters will be able to spawn inside.
 * Torches require wood and gels to craft. Gels can be found on slimes.
 * When dealing with a Goblin Army, crowd control is key.
 * Monsters spawn more often in dark areas.
 * There are floating islands in the sky.
 * Walking on Hellstone and Meteorite can burn you! Protect yourself by equipping an Obsidian Skull or similar accessory.
 * Killing bunnies is cruel. Period.
 * Water will break your fall.
 * Sometimes you can find NPCs hidden around the world.
 * During a Blood Moon, zombies can open doors.
 * Use suspicious looking items at your own risk!
 * Watch out for falling Meteorites!
 * You won't take falling damage if you have a Lucky Horseshoe. Look for them on floating islands.
 * The Old Man at the Dungeon is a Clothier, if only someone could lift his curse...
 * If you dig deep enough, you'll end up in The Underworld!
 * A pet can be your best friend.
 * You can harvest cobwebs and turn them into silk. You can use silk to craft vanity clothes or a bed.
 * Seeds can be used to farm a variety of useful ingredients, especially for crafting potions.
 * Don't fall into lava without an Obsidian Skin Potion!
 * You can wear buckets!
 * Fallen Stars sometimes appear at night. Collect 3 of them to craft a Mana Crystal you can use to increase your mana.
 * If you find chests out in the World, you can remove them with a hammer to take them with you.
 * Wearing armor made all out of the same material gives you a extra bonus.
 * You can make a grappling hook out of iron chains and a hook. The easiest place to find a hook is on piranhas in a jungle.
 * Sand is overpowered.
 * Other players can loot your chests! If you don't trust them, use a safe or piggy bank; those items have storage that is exclusive to each player.
 * Touch and drag items from the Inventory Bar to drop them into the world.
 * Pinch the screen to zoom in and out.

Trivia

 * The majority of the tips has been introduced prior to version 1.1, when The Crimson was not implemented yet and hammers were used for removing furniture. Due to this, there are no tips about the Crimson and two tips tell untruths.
 * There is a typo in one of the tips: "both improve your ability jump".
 * One of the tips confirms that the Old Man and the Clothier are, in fact, the same person.
 * One tip says you need 3 Fallen Stars to craft a Mana Crystal (like on the ), while on the you actually need 5.
 * One of the tips "torches and glowsticks can be a light for you in dark places" is a reference to the crystal phial in "The Lord of the Rings"
 * A tip states that you should "watch for falling meteorites". However, the falling meteorite itself won't be seen, only the crater it forms.
 * The tip "Sand is overpowered" is same as one of the 's title messages.
 * The tip "When dealing with a Goblin Army, crowd control is key" is a reference to the achievement "Crowd control", which is gained by destroying the Goblin Army.
 * The tip “To craft potions, place a bottle on a table to make an alchemy station. Double, double, toil and trouble!” is a reference to the three witches in the Shakespearean play, Macbeth

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