Upcoming features

1.4.4
1.4.4 (titled "Labor of Love") will feature various balance and quality of life changes. It is planned to be released sometime during 2022.

General

 * One or two new secret world seeds, described by Redigit as "something special for the brave of heart".

Items

 * Several new items:
 * A pet-summoning item named the Resplendent Dessert.
 * A Minecart named the Fart Kart that periodically plays a and releases green particles while moving.
 * A purple-colored variant of glowing moss.
 * A coral furniture set.
 * A new variety of wood and its respective furniture set.
 * A new type of liquid.
 * At least one new painting.
 * Several changes to existing items:
 * Most stackable items will have their max stack limit increased to 9999.
 * Pressing on the Eternia Crystal Stand will skip the remaining wait time between Old One's Army waves.
 * The cost of Defender Medal purchases from the Tavernkeep has been reduced significantly (averaging 33-40% less medals for the majority of items).
 * Sharpened, Clairvoyance, Ammo Box and Bewitched buffs now last until death.
 * Duration of all sentries has been increased from 2 to 10 minutes.
 * Paintings and statues will now glow with the Spelunker buff.
 * Some informational accessories readouts will dim when inactive.
 * The change in 1.4.0.1 to only allow accessories with a visual component to be equipped in vanity accessory slots will be reverted.
 * Projectile Tombstones will deal damage (similar to Boulders) in "a certain seed".
 * Ropes can now overlap with other background tiles like platforms and Minecart Tracks.
 * A crafting recipe for the Magic Mirror will be added.
 * Metal Detector will be able to detect Gelatin Crystals.
 * The War Table will grant a buff that increases the maximum amount of sentries, similar to the Bewitching Table.
 * Life Crystals and Mana Crystals can now be placed down.
 * Celestial Sigil
 * Requires 12 of each Lunar Fragment instead of 20.
 * Summons the Moon Lord in 12 seconds instead of 60.
 * Dark Lance
 * Damage increased from 29 to 34.
 * Now inflicts Shadowflame on hit.
 * Now has approximately 15-20% more reach.
 * Drill Containment Unit
 * Mining speed increased.
 * Added ability to remove walls.
 * Frostbrand
 * Now fires its projectile more often.
 * Projectile now inflicts Frostburn.
 * Flairon
 * Detection range for bubbles to chase after enemies increased by 30%.
 * Bubbles now last 33% longer.
 * Hive Pack
 * Increases fire rate of Hornet summon.
 * Increases damage and defense penetration of Wasp Gun.
 * Scourge of the Corruptor
 * Now has more consistent and higher overall average number of Tiny Eaters.
 * Tiny Eaters now move and chase enemies faster.
 * Star Wrath
 * Projectile stars will now use their own independent immunity timer (allowing each star to hit an enemy; previously only one could hit at a time).
 * Lunar Portal Staff
 * The Lunar Portal Lasers now move much faster.
 * True Excalibur
 * Now has a longer reach and a new visual effect when swung.
 * True Night's Edge
 * Fires a new projectile.
 * Terra Blade
 * Fires a new projectile.

NPCs

 * There is one more possible name for the silver Cat, Tula.
 * There is a new town pet coming to the game, Town Slimes.
 * Slime bonus drops may now include Fallen Stars.
 * The Angler will now have a chance to give an extra furniture loot drop (in addition to his main reward) upon completing a quest. The odds of this will increase as the player completes more quests.
 * Drop rate for all rare pirate drops have been doubled on regular pirates and Pirate Captains.
 * The Flying Dutchman now has a dramatically increased chance to drop any of these items (in some cases, ×10 as likely), and will always drop 1 piece of golden furniture.
 * The Goblin Summoner may be renamed to Goblin Warlock.
 * New Macaw critters found in the Jungle surface.

World generation

 * Bast Statues can now be randomly found placed inside Desert Underground Cabins, in addition to being found inside chests.
 * A Plantera's Bulb will now spawn immediately after defeating all three mechanical bosses.

Miscellaneous

 * A new death message: "&lt;player name&gt; became an astronaut."
 * You can exchange your pet with a Pet License.

Cross-play
With Journey's End being designed to be a conclusion to Terraria, no new major content updates are planned for the. However, Re-Logic has stated that they would like to implement cross-play, allowing Multiplayer between the. This will require feature parity between all three versions to function properly, as Cenx has stated.

Terraria 2
In the past, Redigit has mentioned plans to release Terraria 2, a separate game from the cancelled Terraria: Otherworld, although little information is known about the nature or content in the possible upcoming sequel at this time, including whether it still exists.