Guide:Surviving in the Jungle

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=Overview= The Underground Jungle is one of the tougher areas in Terraria as it has a huge network of small caves, thorny bushes, water-filled caves, and some of the harder monsters in the game. If you are new to Terraria, then you will find exploring the Jungle very challenging. For your efforts you can be rewarded with some of the best items in the game, but new or inexperienced players will very likely experience death in this biome while exploring its depths in search of treasure. For that reason, it may be worth preparing a spawn point close to the jungle.

The enemies here deal more damage than most, and they tend to have quite a bit of life too. Man Eaters will reach out to you through walls and the Hornets can shoot their stingers at you which may inflict the Poisoned debuff. Even the lowly Jungle Slime packs a lot more life than most slimes. Therefore, navigating the Jungle safely usually entails taking it slow and not trying to run past enemies, and tunneling around dangerous areas to reach the treasures. The jungle is in fact so treacherous that nothing short of mythril armor will allow one to run through it without rapid decreases in health.

A Note On Dealing With Man Eaters: Man Eaters are particularly dangerous for early game players. They can tear apart a unprepared player in seconds so there are a few things worth considering. Man Eaters can reach out far longer than you might think so be careful. There is however a period where they extend further than usual. You can take advantage of this by using a decent ranged weapon to fire at it during these periods of prolonged extension. Be careful about knockback as well, as it can cause you to be punted back and forth between several Man Eaters (a Cobalt/Obsidian Shield will prevent this). Decent armor is also worth taking to give yourself some sort of buffer for the Man Eaters powerful attacks (silver or higher is recommended).

=Required items= To explore, hunt, and gather in the Jungle, very few items are required.
 * Pickaxe
 * Hammer
 * Medium Game armor (optional but suggested if hunting)
 * Healing Potion (optional but suggested if hunting)
 * Magic Mirror (optional but saves time storing items)
 * a decent Weapon (required for hunting and gathering)

=Getting There= The Underground Jungle is located directly below the surface jungle. Occasionally it may be generated under corruption, in which case it is advisable to tunnel in from the side rather than through the corruption. This is because the regular underground is easier to go through because digging through the corruption's Ebonstone requires a Nightmare Pickaxe, and the constant swarm of floating Eaters is more dangerous than the occasional bat or slime you may encounter at similar depths elsewhere.

=Chests= Chests in the Jungle are a little different from normal chests. They typically occur in Shrines. These Shrines contain certain unique treasures that can't be found anywhere else in Terraria. Although most of the chests in the Jungle are in shrines, there are some that are on their own.

=Vegetation=
 * Jungle Spores
 * Jungle Rose
 * Jungle Grass Seeds
 * Nature's Gift
 * Moonglow
 * Life Fruit