Pre-Hardmode items

Pre-Hardmode is a default world given to the player once a world has been generated. To generate a world go to "Single player" then "Create world."

To deactivate Pre-Hardmode and proceed to Hardmode, the player must defeat the Wall of Flesh.

For information on the best items to have Pre-Hardmode, please use the Checklist

Pre-Hardmode Items

These are all the Items you can obtain before reaching Hardmode.

Pre-Hardmode Tools

Tools are items that the player uses to produce an effect in the world, rather than creating a Block or planting a plant. Some are used to dismantle World tiles, such as Blocks, Walls, or freeing placed items, to convert them into carryable objects. Pickaxes, axes, and hammers can also be used as melee weapons, although they generally offer less damage than actual Weapons of corresponding tiers.

Pre-Hardmode Pickaxes

Pickaxes are tools that can be used to pick up most terrain blocks. They may also be used to remove grass, and destroy planted tree saplings. Their tier defines the type of blocks that can be mined as well as the number of hits it takes to remove a single block.

Copper Pickaxe	Tin Pickaxe	Cactus Pickaxe
Iron Pickaxe	Lead Pickaxe	Silver Pickaxe
Tungsten Pickaxe	Bone Pickaxe	Gold Pickaxe
Candy Cane Pickaxe	Platinum Pickaxe	Nightmare Pickaxe
Deathbringer Pickaxe	Reaver Shark Template:Pc icon	Molten Pickaxe

Pre-Hardmode Axes

Axes are only used to cut down trees, cacti, and giant mushrooms. Wood and Wooden platforms have to be removed with a pickaxe. Chainsaws function the same as regular axes, while Hamaxes function as both Axes and Hammers.

Copper Axe	Tin Axe	Iron Axe
Lead Axe	Silver Axe	Tungsten Axe
Gold Axe	Platinum Axe	Sawtooth Shark Template:Pc icon
Blood Lust Cluster	War Axe of the Night	Meteor Hamaxe
Molten Hamaxe

Pre-Hardmode Hammers

Hammers are special tools to create slopes, half-tiles, and break background walls.

Wooden Hammer	Rich Mahogany Hammer	Copper Hammer
Tin Hammer	Ebonwood Hammer	Shadewood Hammer
Lead Hammer	Pearlwood Hammer	Iron Hammer
Silver Hammer	Tungsten Hammer	Gold Hammer
The Breaker	Flesh Grinder	Meteor Hamaxe
Rockfish	Molten Hamaxe

Pre-Hardmode Hooks

Hooks are tools used to latch the player onto target surfaces.

Grappling Hook	Topaz Hook	Emerald Hook
Amethyst Hook	Sapphire Hook	Ruby Hook
Diamond Hook	Fish Hook Template:Pc icon	Candy Cane Hook Template:Pc icon
Ivy Whip	Slime Hook Template:Pc icon

Pre-Hardmode Fishing Poles Template:Pc icon

Fishing Poles are used to catch fish.

Wood Fishing Pole	Reinforced Fishing Pole	Fisher of Souls
Fleshcatcher	Fiberglass Fishing Pole	Sitting Duck's Fishing Pole
Hotline Fishing Hook	Golden Fishing Rod

Pre-Hardmode Keys

Keys are used to open locked chests.

Golden Key

Shadow Key

Miscellaneous

For tools which don't fit into the above categories.

Rope Umbrella Magic Mirror Fuzzy Carrot Slimy Saddle Honeyed Goggles Hardy Saddle Flare Gun Shadow Orb Vile Powder Purification Powder Staff of Regrowth Dirt Rod Leaf Wand Living Wood Wand Hive Wand Bone Wand Whoopie Cushion Beach Ball Water Gun Slime Gun Template:Pc icon Bubble Wand Confetti Gun Paintbrush Paint Roller Paint Scraper Wrench Blue Wrench Green Wrench Wire Cutter Bucket Bug Net Breathing Reed Sickle Binoculars

Weapons

Melee Weapons

Swords

Copper Shortsword	Tin Shortsword	Iron Shortsword
Lead Shortsword	Silver Shortsword	Tungsten Shortsword
Gold Shortsword	Platinum Shortsword	Wooden Sword
Boreal Wood Sword Template:Pc icon	Rich Mahogany Sword	Palm Wood Sword Template:Pc icon
Ebonwood Sword	Shadewood Sword	Pearlwood Sword
Cactus Sword	Zombie Arm	Copper Broadsword
Tin Broadsword	Iron Broadsword	Lead Broadsword
Silver Broadsword	Tungsten Broadsword	Gold Broadsword
Platinum Broadsword	Bone Sword	Enchanted Sword
Ice Blade	Katana Template:Pc icon	Candy Cane Sword Template:Pc icon
Light's Bane	Blood Butcherer	Purple Clubberfish Template:Pc icon
Phaseblade	Starfury	Bee Keeper
Blade of Grass	Muramasa	Fiery Greatsword
Night's Edge	Falcon Blade Template:Pc icon

Spears

Spear	Trident	The Rotted Fork
Swordfish Template:Pc icon	Dark Lance

Boomerangs

Wooden Boomerang	Enchanted Boomerang	Ice Boomerang
Bloody Machete	Fruitcake Chakram Template:Pc icon	Thorn Chakram
Flamarang

Flails

Chain Knife	Ball O' Hurt	The Meatball
Harpoon	Blue Moon	Sunfury

Ranged Weapons

Bows

Wooden Bow	Boreal Wood Bow Template:Pc icon	Rich Mahogany Bow
Palm Wood Bow Template:Pc icon	Ebonwood Bow	Shadewood Bow
Pearlwood Bow	Copper Bow	Tin Bow
Iron Bow	Lead Bow	Silver Bow
Tungsten Bow	Gold Bow	Platinum Bow
Demon Bow	Tendon Bow	Molten Fury
Sharanga Template:Console icon

Guns

Boomstick	Flintlock Pistol	The Undertaker
Musket	Handgun	Phoenix Blaster
Minishark

Other

Flare Gun	Snowball Cannon	Blowpipe
Blowgun	Sandgun	Star Cannon

Magic Weapons

Amethyst Staff	Topaz Staff	Sapphire Staff
Emerald Staff	Ruby Staff	Diamond Staff
Aqua Scepter	Water Bolt	Space Gun
Book of Skulls
Demon Scythe	Vilethorn	Crimson Rod
Bee Gun	Flower of Fire	Magic Missile
Flamelash

Summoning Weapons

Slime Staff

Hornet Staff Template:Pc icon

Imp Staff Template:Pc icon

Consumable Weapons

Shuriken	Throwing Knife	Poisoned Knife
Grenade	Sticky Grenade Template:Pc icon	Beenade
Snowball	Spiky Ball	Bone

Explosives

Bomb	Sticky Bomb	Dynamite
Explosives	Holy Hand Grenade Template:Mobile icon

Placeable Weapons

Snowball Launcher

Combat Tools

War Axe of the Night

Blood Lust Cluster

Armor

	Set	Head	Chest	Legs	Sum	Set bonuses	Cost
	Mining armor	01	01	01	03	+30% Mining Speed Emit light from Mining Helmet	8 (Helmet, sold by the Merchant) Rare drop from Undead Miner (Pants, Shirt)
File:Wooden Armor.png File:Wood armor f.png	Wooden armor	01	01	00	02 (3)	+1 Defense	75 Wood
File:Rich Mahogany Armor.png	Rich Mahogany armor	01	01	01	03 (4)	+1 Defense	75 Rich Mahogany
File:BorealWoodFemale.png	Template:Pc iconBoreal Wood armor	01	01	01	03 (4)	+1 Defense	75 Boreal Wood
	Template:Pc iconPalm Wood armor	01	01	01	03 (4)	+1 Defense	75 Palm Wood
File:Ebonwood Armor.png	Ebonwood Armor	01	02	01	04 (5)	+1 Defense	75 Ebonwood
	Shadewood Armor	01	02	01	04 (5)	+1 Defense	75 Shadewood
File:Pearlwood Armor.png	Pearlwood Armor	02	03	02	07 (8)	+1 Defense	75 Pearlwood
	Eskimo armor	01	02	01	04	Nothing	Rare drop from Zombie Eskimo
	Pink Eskimo armor	01	02	01	04	Nothing	Full Eskimo armor Set 9 Pink Thread
	Template:Pc iconAngler armor	01	02	01	04	Enhanced fishing level	Quest reward from Angler
File:Cactus Armor.png	Cactus armor	01	02	01	04 (5)	+1 Defense	75 Cactus
File:Female Copper Armor.png	Copper armor	01	02	01	04 (6)	+2 Defense	60 Copper Bar
File:Tin armor male.png	Tin armor	02	02	01	05 (7)	+2 Defense	60 Tin Bar
Male variant Female variant	Pumpkin armor	02	03	02	07	+10% Damage	75 Pumpkin
File:FemaleIron.pngFile:Ancient Iron.png	Iron armor	02	03	02	07 (9)	+2 Defense	75 Iron Bar
File:Female Lead Armor.png	Lead armor	03	03	02	08 (11)	+3 Defense	75 Lead Bar
File:Female Silver Armor.png	Silver armor	03	04	03	10 (13)	+3 Defense	75 Silver Bar
File:Female Tungsten Armor.png	Tungsten armor	04	05	03	12 (15)	+3 Defense	75 Tungsten Bar
File:Female Golden Armor.pngFile:Ancient Gold.png	Gold armor	04	05	04	13 (16)	+3 Defense	90 Gold Bar
	Platinum armor	05	06	05	16 (20)	+4 Defense	90 Platinum Bar
File:Bee armor male.png	Template:Pc iconBee armor	04	5	4	13	+2 maximum minion capacity +25% minion damage	30 Bee Wax
File:Female Jungle Armor.png	Jungle armor	05	05	05	15	-16% Mana costs Each piece increases maximum Mana by 20 (total 60) Each piece increases magic critical strike chance by 3% (total 9%) Grass particles when moving	32 Jungle Spores 12 Stinger 2 Vine
File:Ancient Cobalt Armor Female.png	Ancient Cobalt armor	05	05	05	15	-16% Mana costs Each piece increases maximum Mana by 20 (total 60) Each piece increases magic critical strike chance by 3% (total 9%) After-image when moving	Rarely dropped by Hornets and Man Eaters
File:Female Meteorite Armor.png	Meteor armor	05	06	05	16	Each piece increases magic damage by 7% (total 21%) Space Gun costs 0 Mana Flame particles when moving (unlike rocket boots, which have a similar animation, no light is emitted)	60 Meteorite Bar
File:Female Necro Armor.pngFile:Ancient Necro.png	Necro armor	05	06	05	16	Each piece increases ranged damage by 5% (total 15%) 20% chance to not consume ammo After-image when moving	135 Cobweb 150 Bone
File:Female Shadowscale Armor.png	Shadow armor	06	07	06	19	Each piece increases melee attack speed by 7% (total 21%) +15% movement speed After-image when moving	60 Demonite Bar 45 Shadow Scale
File:Crimson armor male.png	Crimson Armor	06	07	06	19	Each piece increases damage by 2% (total 6%) Greatly increased life regen	60 Crimtane Bar 45 Tissue Sample
File:Female Molten Armor.png	Molten armor	08	09	08	25	+17% melee damage Firey particles when moving	45 Hellstone Bar

Bosses

King Slime

King Slime

For strategies on how to defeat the King Slime, see Guide:King Slime strategies. The King Slime is a giant blue slime with 2000 health. It is summoned with a Slime Crown, and can also rarely appear in the outer thirds of the map completely by itself. As with all monsters that can spawn naturally, the King Slime has a better chance of spawning while standing near a placed Water Candle or under the effects of a Battle Potion. The King Slime is a good challenge for a beginning player, and can be easily defeated by tactical use of terrain. The King Slime does not provide access to game-advancing items upon defeat, but will drop one Gold Coin and one piece of Ninja clothes.

Eye of Cthulhu

Eye of Cthulhu

For strategies on how to defeat the Eye of Cthulhu, see Guide:Eye of Cthulhu strategies. The Eye of Cthulhu will have a 1 in 3 chance to spawn at the start of every night, once the player has 200 HP or more, and 3 or more NPCs living in houses and over 10 Defense, and will continue to do so until defeated for the first time. It can also be summoned using a Suspicious Looking Eye at night. Since this Boss can spawn randomly without deliberate action by the player, it is often the first Boss the player must face. It is also considered the easiest Boss to defeat, although some people think the Eater of Worlds is easier. The Eye of Cthulhu is still a significant challenge, especially to newer players. It travels through blocks, and spawns Servants of Cthulhu.

Eater of Worlds

Eater of Worlds

For strategies on how to defeat the Eater of Worlds, see Guide:Eater of Worlds strategies. The Eater of Worlds will appear every time you shatter three Shadow Orbs. These orbs are found in the Corruption, surrounded by Ebonstone. Ebonstone requires a Pickaxe with 65% power or higher to mine, though you can also use Explosives or Purification Powder. Once you are close, shadow orbs can be destroyed with a Hammer. The Eater of Worlds can also be summoned with the Worm Food. The Eater of Worlds can only be summoned in the corruption, and if it manages to get out of the corruption, it will flee and disappear. The Eater of Worlds can be a challenge even for intermediate players, as it is a large Worm enemy that travels through tiles, and is made up of multiple sections that can each attack separately (with separate heads, no less) when they are cut off. To defeat this boss, every section must be brought down to less than two body parts to be killed (the smallest possible section is a head and a tail with no body pieces). Due to how helpful corrupted items are, the EoW will probably be the second boss faced in worlds that have corruption, rather than Crimson. The Eater of Worlds is the only source of Shadow Scales in the game, and drops a large amount of Demonite Ore.

Brain of Cthulhu

Brain of Cthulhu

For strategies on how to defeat Brain of Cthulhu, see Guide:Brain of Cthulhu strategies. The Brain of Cthulhu will appear every time you shatter three Demon Hearts. These hearts are found in the Crimson, surrounded by Crimstone. Crimstone requires a Pickaxe with 65% power or higher to mine, though you can also use Explosives or Purification Powder. Once you are close, demon hearts can be destroyed with a Hammer. The Brain of Cthulhu can also be summoned with Bloody Spine. It can only be summoned in the Crimson. The Brain of Cthulhu has only 1,000 HP but has two forms: In the first form, the brain cannot be harmed and Creepers will float around it. After the creepers are killed the brain will go into its second form, where it will charge at you, it will also teleport while it's chasing you, so you might want to have a ranged weapon. Unlike other bosses, the Brain of Cthulhu is not immune to knockback. The Brain of Cthulhu is the only source of Tissue Samples in the game, and drops a large amount of Crimtane.

Queen Bee

Queen Bee

For strategies on how to defeat Queen Bee, see Guide:Queen Bee strategies. The Queen Bee is summoned by destroying the Queen Bee's offspring encased in honey in the beehive structure, which is located in the underground jungle, or by the use of an Abeemination anywhere in the jungle, and is the only source of Bee Wax. Queen Bee is immune to knockback.

Skeletron

Skeletron

For strategies on how to defeat Skeletron, see Guide:Skeletron strategies. Skeletron is summoned by speaking to the Old Man and activating his curse at the entrance of the Dungeon at night. It can be summoned again by killing the Clothier with the Clothier Voodoo Doll equipped at night (Clothier arrives after defeating Skeletron, and it is assumed he is the Old man). Defeating Skeletron allows you to freely access the Dungeon without being attacked by the Dungeon Guardian. The Dungeon contains many unique items, as well as hazards. It is not recommended to enter without strong armor.

Wall of Flesh

Wall of Flesh

For strategies on how to defeat the Wall of Flesh, see Guide:Wall of Flesh strategies. The Wall of Flesh is summoned by throwing the Guide Voodoo Doll into a pool of lava in the Underworld while the Guide is alive. It is known by most players as the hardest pre-Hardmode boss, at 8,000 health, and defeating it will irreversibly enable Hardmode in that given world. Its defeat will also allow the creation of the summoning items for various Hardmode bosses. It can drop several powerful items, one of them being the guaranteed drop Pwnhammer which can be used to break Demon Altars in order to spawn Hardmode Ores.

NPCs

An NPC (Non-Player Character) is a friendly automated character that provides some service to players. Players can utilize NPCs by standing near them and right-clicking on them. Most NPCs are vendors, selling items to players in exchange for coins, and can be sold items by a player in order to obtain coins, though some NPCs perform other functions.

Town NPCs

This is a list of generic town NPCs. They arrive when certain requirements have been met and can be moved into specific housing. They will appear in the list of NPCs in the housing section of the inventory.

	The Guide spawns with the player when they start a new world. He provides tips and crafting recipes. He despawns (dies, actually) when the Wall Of Flesh is summoned, but eventually respawns.
File:DyeTradernpc.png	The Dye Trader sells the Dye Vat crafting station, which allows you to craft and mix Dyes. The Dye Trader is acquired when you have any item used to make a Dye, or Dye itself.
	The Angler is acquired by talking to him in the Ocean Biome, he will usually be found either sleeping on the Sand or floating on the Ocean surface. He does not sell anything, but will give Quests when talked to.
File:Merchantnpc.png	The Merchant is acquired when all players combined have more than 50 in their inventories. He sells certain basic tools.
File:Demolitionistnpc.png	The Demolitionist is acquired when you have an explosive in your Inventory. He sells explosives, and, in hardmode, Hellfire Arrows and Explosive Powder.
File:Painternpc.png	The Painter sells paints and equipment used to paint blocks and walls different colors. Acquired after having three other Town NPCs.
File:Nursenpc.png	The Nurse is acquired when you have found and used a Crystal Heart to increase your life capacity above the initial 100. She can fully heal players in exchange for coins.
File:Dryadnpc.png	The Dryad is acquired when you have beaten a Boss other than King Slime and Wall of Flesh. She buys and sells certain nature/corruption items, and can tell the player the percentage of Corruption and Hallow in the world.
File:Armsdealernpc.png	The Arms Dealer is acquired when you have bullets, or a gun that shoots bullets, in your inventory. He sells certain guns, bullets, and after the Eater of Worlds or the Brain of Cthulhu has been defeated, Unholy Arrows.
	The Party Girl sells items that create colorful visual effects, such as the Bubble Machine, Confetti Gun, and fireworks. After acquiring 8 other Town NPCs, the Party Girl has a 2% chance of spawning at each dawn, after which she remains. If killed, she starts over with a 2% chance of spawning each dawn.
	The Goblin Tinkerer is found bound somewhere underground after defeating a Goblin Invasion. He sells items such as the Tinkerer's Workshop, and can reforge tools and equipment.
	The Witch Doctor sells the Blowgun, the Imbuing Station and various Fountains. The Witch Doctor is acquired after you defeat Queen Bee.
	The Stylist can change your hair style, and sell a variety of hair products. You can find the Stylist in Spider Nests. File:Pc only.png
	The Clothier is acquired after you defeat Skeletron. He sells certain Vanity items, including the Familiar clothes. Note: Once the Clothier arrives, the Old Man despawns permanently (they are the same person).
	The Mechanic is found bound in the Dungeon. She sells wire and other mechanical items.

Other NPCs

The following NPCs are not considered town NPCs because they cannot be moved into specific housing. Details below.

	The Traveling Merchant randomly spawns and will stay for one day. He sells a random selection of unique items. File:Pc only.png
File:Oldmannpc.png	The Old Man is found at the entrance to the Dungeon. He summons Skeletron, but only at night. Once Skeletron is defeated, the Old Man is no longer present, as (it can be inferred) the curse he was afflicted with is removed and he becomes the Clothier.

Enemies

Angry Bones	Anomura Fungus	Antlion
Bee	Blazing Wheel	Blood Crawler
Blue Jellyfish	Blue Slime	Bone Serpent
Cave Bat	Cochineal Beetle	Crimera
Corrupt Bunny	Corrupt Goldfish	Corrupt Penguin
Crab	File:Cursed Skull2.png Cursed Skull	Cyan Beetle
Dark Caster	Demon	Demon Eye
Devourer	Eater of Souls	Face Monster
Fire Imp	Flying Fish	Fungi Bulb
Giant Worm	Green Slime	Harpy
Hellbat	Hornet	Jungle Bat
Lac Beetle	Man Eater	Meteor Head
Mushi Ladybug	Mushroom Zombie	Pink Jellyfish
Piranha	Purple Slime	Sea Snail
Shark	Skeleton	Snatcher
Snow Flinx	Spike Ball	Spiked Ice Slime
Spiked Jungle Slime	Spore Zombie	Squid
Umbrella Slime	Undead Miner	Undead Viking
Voodoo Demon	Vulture	Wall Creeper
Zombie

History

• Pre-Release: Introduced.