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Journey Mode can be selected upon creation of new characters and worlds . It allows the player a wide array of customization options during gameplay, including duplication of items, modification of time and weather, and difficulty sliders. Journey mode is only accessible with Journey characters in Journey worlds (Journey worlds can only be accessed using Journey characters, and Journey characters can only play in Journey worlds).

Journey Mode is intended to be Terraria's "creative" or "tourist" mode, making it relatively easy to acquire items and explore Terraria's various elements and mechanics without having to overcome its normal progression of challenges; though Journey players do have the ability to adjust the game's difficulty on-the-fly to challenge themselves and test different difficulty levels.

  • 2.1 Duplication
  • 2.2.1 Complete list
  • 2.4 Weather
  • 2.5 Personal Power Menu
  • 2.6 Infection Spread
  • 2.7 Enemy Difficulty Slider
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General [ ]

  • Characters begin with upgraded versions of the usual equipment, as well as extra equipment not normally given to new characters, including Fledgling Wings .

Iron Shortsword

  • Enemies are half as difficult by default, and their difficulty can be changed during gameplay using the Enemy Difficulty Slider .
  • Journey Mode offers players access to the Power Menu , which is used to adjust the game experience.

Power Menu [ ]

Power Menu

The Power Menu can be accessed via the toggle button located under the main inventory slots, above the crafting menu. Its interface replaces the crafting menu when opened.

The Power Menu contains seven different functions: Duplication, Research, Time, Weather, Personal Power Menu, Infection Spread, and Enemy Difficulty.

Duplication [ ]

Duplication Menu

Duplication Menu

This menu allows the player to instantly duplicate any previously researched item indefinitely. The menu has eleven tabs, each for a different item category ( Weapons , Armor , Vanity , Blocks , Furniture , Accessories , Equipment, Consumables , Tools , Materials , Miscellaneous). Clicking a category tab shows only items of that type; clicking the same category tab again deselects it.

The search bar lets players search for specific items. When searching for an item, if a category tab is open, it will only search through items in that category. The search bar also has a button at the end of it to clear any text inside it.

Research [ ]

Research Menu Box

Research Box

To duplicate an item, it must first be "researched" a certain number of times, which destroys the item in the process. Highlighting an item in the inventory, or placing it into the empty space in the Research Menu, displays a counter of how many more of that item will be required to complete its research. Research counters are tied to characters, meaning that new characters will have to research items again.

The total number of researched items required varies by the item type:

Complete list [ ]

There are three options available within the Time Menu:

Power Menu Time Frozen

  • Fallen Stars will not fall while time is frozen.

Power Menu Time Dawn

  • Alternating between day and night will count as random chances for bosses and events to spawn, if their conditions are met, and will reset the fishing quest as if a day had passed.
  • Some Events can be extended indefinitely by repeatedly setting time back a step or freezing time.

Power Menu Time Speed Slider

Weather [ ]

The Weather Menu grants the player full control over the current weather:

Power Menu Wind Control Slider

Personal Power Menu [ ]

The Personal Power Menu includes three options related to the player:

Power Menu Godmode

  • Debuffs are still inflicted as normal, but the player takes no damage from them.
  • Mana is not actually unlimited; it instead regenerates at a much faster rate than the player can use it, making it seem that it is unlimited.

Power Menu Increased Placement Range

Infection Spread [ ]

A toggle that can stop the spread of Corruption , Crimson , and Hallow . It does not, however, reset them to their original biome.

Enemy Difficulty Slider [ ]

A slider that sets difficulty anywhere from 0.5× to 3× the normal difficulty. 0.5× equates to the default Journey Mode difficulty, moving up through Classic Mode at 1×, Expert Mode at 2×, and Master Mode at 3×. Moving the slider enables all rewards obtainable in the chosen difficulty, including Expert-mode exclusive items and Master-mode exclusive items .

  • All achievements can be unlocked in Journey Mode as normal.
  • However, you can still give the items random modifiers using the Goblin Tinkerer .
  • In the duplication menu, any text in an item's description can be searched, not just its name.
  • Items that show at different times of year such as Goodie Bags can be researched.
  • This does not affect some items, like converting a Marshmallow on a Stick to a Cooked Marshmallow .
  • When time is frozen, Music Boxes can still record songs.
  • Rain and Wind changes. A world with wind change or rain change disabled will keep that part of its weather frozen as-is forever, allowing for a world with endless clear skies and breezy days, or a permanent thunderstorm.
  • Time alterations, including the freezing or acceleration of time. This, however, can make it very difficult to progress in the game normally due to the game's numerous time-based events and bosses .
  • Biome Spread. This can be very useful for those who wish to play in a normal world without the stress of maintaining purity , or to keep an accelerated world from being ravaged by its infectious biomes.
  • Difficulty and spawn rate changes do not persist into normal gameplay, but will be remembered if the world is converted back into journey mode.
  • Weapons that require more mana per shot than the player currently has in total cannot be used, such as the Nebula Arcanum when the player is at the default amount of 20 mana.
  • If the enemy spawn rate is at 0×, the Dungeon Guardian will not spawn. However, mining Tombstones can still cause Ghosts to spawn; critters can still spawn from destroyed plants and shaken trees ; Bees or Antlion Larvae still spawn from broken Bee Hives or Antlion Eggs .
  • Switching difficulty modes causes enemies and bosses to change their AI and dropped items immediately.
  • The duration of debuffs is unchanged when switching difficulties.
  • Changing to Expert Mode will activate the extra 6th accessory slot (after consuming the Demon Heart from the Wall of Flesh ), and changing to Master Mode will activate Master Mode's extra accessory slot (i.e. the 7th slot after consuming the Demon Heart), due to Master Mode defaulting to 6 accessory slots from the start of a new character .
  • While enemy stats at 1×, 2×, or 3× difficulty value are the same as those in their corresponding difficulty, stats between these set values have a linear increase. This has caused some strange stat issues, for example, enemy stats at 1.95×, 2.95× difficulty are significantly higher than those at 2×, 3×, respectively.
  • The damage dealt by town NPCs remains unchanged when switching difficulties. It is always set to double the Classic Mode damage.
  • The difficulty slider does not affect the coins earned in Expert and Master , so the coins received will be 2.5 times less than in Expert and Master settings (1.75 in For the worthy seeds). But since coins can be duplicated like any item, the player has unlimited funds to begin with making this an interesting quirk, but irrelevant.
  • Shimmer uncrafting allows you to severely cut down the cost of researching items, making it cost less to research items.
  • An enemy's stats are determined by the difficulty upon spawn, whereas its dropped items are determined by the difficulty upon defeat. This allows obtaining Expert- or Master-exclusive items from e.g. a Journey-level boss , by increasing the difficulty just before its defeat.
  • While the increased placement range is enabled, the player can hold Torches and use the Smart Cursor mechanic while in a cave to light up many nearby caves surprisingly efficiently.
  • However, note that freezing time when the merchant spawns is important due to how fast time will pass, and the merchant might even despawn before the player has a chance to run over.
  • If you have any filters selected, certain items won't show up in the duplication menu when researched. To make them show up, remove currently selected filters, and search the wanted item.
  • If you treat the duplication menu as an extension of your inventory, you can all but eliminate the need to worry about storage space. If your inventory is full, anything you don't immediately need can be researched to make room without it going to waste. If an item is already fully researched, you can simply trash it and duplicate more whenever you need it. Items like weapons and accessories only need one to be fully researched, so unless it has a modifier you want to keep, you can "store" it by researching it and always have it available.
  • Coins only require 100 to be fully researched regardless of the denomination. This means a single silver coin can be turned into unlimited platinum coins by changing it into copper coins, researching those, duplicating stacks of copper coins to craft into 100 silver coins, and so on until you've researched 100 platinum. But since coins are only duplicated in stacks of 99, you will need to individually pull out 102 stacks of coins for each step, so it's generally more efficient to duplicate items and sell them for money initially.
  • Journey Mode is known as Creative in some places of Terraria's source code, referring to the Creative mode in the 3D sandbox game Minecraft .
  • Journey Mode's descriptive text, "With great power comes great responsibility" , is a quote from the 2002 American superhero movie Spider-Man . Similar words have been used towards government dating back to at least 1793, with perhaps one of the most famous quotes coming from Winston Churchill in 1906, who said, "Where there is great power there is great responsibility."
  • Quest items are the only non-stackable items that require two items to research, while the Marshmallow on a Stick is the only non-stackable item that requires 10 items to research.
  • The Godmode icon is a reference to the classic video game series Doom , which have a similar God Mode icon.
  • The Power Menu toggle button displays a bunny wearing a hard hat, whose name is "Benny the Construction Bunny". [1]
  • Boss fights can be a little harder in 2.95× Expert difficulty than in 3.00× Master difficulty. This could be due to lacking one accessory slot while max life of bosses is usually 15.7% higher. Enemy attack damage is 1.67% lower than Master, which could be simply ignored; almost all attack patterns remain unchanged between Expert difficulty and Master difficulty.

History [ ]

PC version

  • Desktop 1.4.4.1 : Fixed a major scaling issue with Journey Mode universally having increased stats on enemies.
  • Desktop 1.4.4 : When in Journey mode, mousing over items in the crafting menu will show how many are needed to Research. This also applies to Guide and Tinkerer UI slots.
  • Desktop 1.4.2 : Added button to the menu allowing the player to delete all text in the search bar.
  • Journey Mode characters now spawn with a Grappling Hook .
  • Added sub-categories to Duplication Menu.
  • Due to spawning in all worlds, the Armed Zombie and Bone Skeleton Statues can now be legitimately researched without the use of external editors.
  • Fixed an issue with Traveling Merchant spawning when time was paused with Journey powers.
  • Cleaned up some Christmas decoration grouping in the Duplication menu.
  • Invasion warning messages should no longer spam the player when time is frozen.
  • Desktop 1.4.0.4 : Fixed Collector's Edition Carrot overriding the Magic Mirror on a Journey Mode character.
  • Desktop 1.4.0.3 : Fixed a bug where speeding time up in Journey Mode would make some unusual visual effects.
  • Desktop 1.4.0.1 : Introduced.

Console version

  • Console 1.4.0.5.4.1 : Introduced with changes up to Desktop 1.4.0.5.

Mobile version

  • Mobile 1.4.0.5.0 : Introduced with changes up to Desktop 1.4.0.5.

References [ ]

  • ↑ With Great Power Comes Great Accessibility - Introducing Terraria's New Journey Mode May 6, 2020
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Terraria: What Is Journey Mode?

Journey mode acts much like Minecraft's creative mode aside for a few chief differences.

After a whole decade of updates and additional content, Terraria   developer Re-Logic has released Journey's End. The developers say this last major content update brings  Terraria  to completion.

Journey's End introduced loads of new content and additional game modes. One of those additions being Journey mode, which acts much like  Minecraft 's creative mode aside for a few chief differences.

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Terraria's Journey mode is notably easier than its other game modes, giving players more control and creative reign. For starters, players can tailor the difficulty and various elements to their liking. They can also spawn any previously researched item.

Creative Tools and Controls

Journey mode starts players off with a full set of tools, including an Iron Shortsword, Axe, Pick Axe, and Hammer. Also provided is a Finch staff, 100 Torches, and 100 pieces of rope. These items significantly enhance the early progress of mining materials and creating objects. Players are also automatically equipped with Fledgeling Wings, cushioning fall damage, and allowing them to jump higher.

Two defining features are research and duplication. Researching a certain amount of a resource is required before duplication of said item is permitted. For instance, players must acquire 100 pieces of wood before they're able to duplicate the wood. Players may duplicate any item they've owned, given they have researched the required resource enough and now have access to infinite supply.

Complete Elemental Control

Journey mode increases the range at which blocks can be placed or destroyed and grants complete control over time. Players may set the time to dawn, noon, dusk, or night and freeze time completely. Freezing time only applies to the time of day. Movement and enemy attacks won't be inhibited.

Furthermore, players control the weather in Journey mode, scaling rainfall from no precipitation all the way to inciting a monsoon. Wind speed and direction are also bendable to the player's will, as is the spread of Corruption, Crimson, and Hallow.

God mode is another togglable feature of Journey mode. When active, it negates all damage and knockback from enemies, allows players to breathe underwater indefinitely, and enables magic to be cast without mana.

Enemy Controls

Journey mode enables players to scale both the number and difficulty of enemy spawns. The number of spawns may be adjusted as low as 0.10X the regular amount all the way up to 10X the magnitude. The enemy difficulty is set to half that of normal mode by default. However, players may scale the challenge up to Master mode, which is 3X what they would face usually.

Journey Mode allows a great customizable experience and swift game advancement. Utilizing its features, especially research and duplication, will quickly override Terraria's typical progression, reducing day or week-long projects down to mere hours.

Though Journey mode makes for easier gameplay, it's not necessarily recommended for newcomers. Beginners can rapidly advance without learning the game's fundamentals and become overwhelmed. Therefore, novices should devote some time to learning the ropes in normal mode before getting too creative with Journey mode.

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Terraria: new journey mode explained (update 1.4).

With Terraria's Journey's End update there are several new things for players to check out. This guide will help players make sense of Journey Mode.

After almost a decade since it released, Terraria has finally received its last major content update called Journey's End . Developers Re-Logic has stated that this update completes Terarria , and there are a lot of new features for players to experiment with. With Journey's End, there are tons of new things for players to discover and new game modes to have fun with.

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One of the new game modes that have been introduced in Terraria is Journey Mode. This mode is very similar to a creative mode in Minecraft , with a few key twists and differences. Players will be able to spawn any item they want into the game as long as they have researched that item first. This game mode is also much easier than others, but players will have access to several different methods of tailoring the game to their skill level. This guide will help players make sense of the new Journey Mode.

Terraria Journey Mode: Starting Gear

Unlike other game modes in Terraria , players will actually begin Journey Mode with several items that make the early moments of the game much easier. Players will be provided with an Iron Shortsword, an Iron Pickaxe, an Iron Axe, an Iron Hammer, a Finch Staff, 100 Torches, and 100 Rope. They will also start the game with a pair of Fledgling Wings equipped. These items will make it to where players can collect materials and craft some essential early game objects much faster than in a standard game. The Fledgling Wings will also let players jump higher, and help negate fall damage.

Terraria Journey Mode: Research and Duplication

Research and Duplication are probably the defining characteristics of Terraria's Journey Mode. In Journey Mode, players will be able to duplicate any item that they have owned and have infinite amounts of that resource. Players will first need to research the item before being able to duplicate it. Each item will have differing amounts that must be researched before being duplicated. For example, players will need to research 100 pieces of Wood or 100 pieces of Iron Ore before duplicating them.

Terraria Journey Mode: Player Abilities

There are also many different ways to adjust the world around the player and their own abilities while playing in this mode as well. For one, players have complete control over time and the weather. There is the ability to select from dawn, noon, dusk, and midnight as well as freeze time at any point. Freezing time still allows enemies and NPCs to move around and attack, it just ensures that time does not move forward any further. The player has complete control over rain, which moves on a slider from clear sky to monsoon and they can even adjust the speed and direction of the wind. Additionally, there is an option to turn off the spread of Corruption, Crimson, or Hallow.

There are two different features that affect the player's abilities in-game. At any point in time, the player can turn God Mode on or off. This will stop them from taking any damage or knockback from enemy attacks. With this on players will be able to survive underwater indefinitely and use magic attacks without spending mana points. The player can also increase the range at which they can place and destroy blocks. This is turned on automatically once Journey Mode is started.

Terraria Journey Mode: Enemy Sliders

There are two different sliders in Journey Mode that will change the way that enemies behave and spawn in Terraria . For one, players can decide how many enemies spawn in their world. There is the ability to change enemy spawn rates from the normal to 10x the normal rate, but the spawn rate can also be set to .10x. Enemy difficulty can also be adjusted considerably. Journey Mode starts out with .5x the normal difficulty but players can adjust the difficult all the way up to Master Mode at 3x.

Terraria Journey Mode: Things to Keep in Mind

Journey Mode is mostly for players who want a more tailored experience, or those that want to play through the game more quickly. Players who mess around with the research and duplication mechanics will quickly find that it breaks progression in Terraria considerably. This is a lot of fun since the player can accomplish things that would normally take days in a matter of a couple of hours. The issue here is that players who have less experience with the game can find themselves accelerating quickly without learning how the game is played. New players should probably spend some time with normal mode before trying to take a crack at Journey Mode.

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With Great Power Comes Great Accessibility - Introducing Terraria's New Journey Mode

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  • Start date May 1, 2020
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Loki

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  • May 1, 2020

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  • Iron Shortsword
  • Iron Pickaxe
  • Iron Hammer
  • Finch Staff (a bird that is happy to sit on your head when it isn't attacking your foes)
  • 100 Torches
  • Magic Mirror
  • Starter Wings (very limited flight, removes fall damage)

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Redologist

The Destroyer

  • May 6, 2020

All these spoilers are INSANE and getting me hyped for Journey's End, being just around the corner!!! It shows how much work you guys have actually put into this update, A LOT!!!  

CYHN

Skeletron Prime

hortiSquash

hortiSquash

Official terrarian.

Please stop. I wont be able to return to real life  

Jerion 'Wyverntamer' Kràl

Jerion 'Wyverntamer' Kràl

Empress of light.

Oh wow, I squee every time I see you create a thread Loki, because I know that the content will be amazing!  

Weetile

This is absolutely insane! Great job, Re-Logic!  

AzureVermeil

AzureVermeil

ok, this is epic  

Martoshe

Duke Fishron

My word, life keeps getting better!  

Renachi

Steampunker

niiiiice  

GamehunterMC

GamehunterMC

I am not impressed. Journey Mode so far looks like a poor man's Cheat sheet and Hero's mod  

Ori

Queen Slime

this is a decent way to implement a creative mode solution I think  

Abomination!

Abomination!

This is way better than a simple creative mode! Can't wait to mess around with this after I've finished my first playthrough!  

Alyxia

Dang, amazing work as always, Terraria never ceases to impress me  

vizthex

Can't wait for Master Mode! Will the Finch Staff be in the regular game? Having a minion that doesn't fly off would be nice. Also, will achievements be disabled in Journey Mode? I think they should be, otherwise everyone would cheese them in that mode; ruining the fun of the game.  

MsLulu

this might become my favourite mode...  

musicman655

musicman655

Travlordian01⚡️

Travlordian01⚡️

This is exactly what I wanted !!! Well not exactly, but I mean I love it!!! I can’t wait, I’m dieng right now LOl  

EpicCrownKing

EpicCrownKing

I like this! It'll be useful as a builder for working within vanilla with ease. If I'm being honest, it feels against Terraria's core, of difficulty and exploration. I feel that Normal mode will still be the starting difficulty, for me and for most. I feel this is better suited as a mod-but I'm glad it is in vanilla, and I'll take the two item spoilers happily ^.^ Edit: After rereading my post, I felt I should rephrase. I like this a lot, I just feel that it'd be nice if it was unlocked by beating Master or Expert or something, a reward for the people who dedicate time and want to just mess around in a world. I kinda wish research was in vanilla-it'd be cool to get complex recipes by researching materials, but then again that feels very anti-the core game. I feel as a standalone mode this is perfect, and I'm glad this doesn't replace Normal mode. I can't wait to hop in and start creating!  

I don't like soul farming so you can bet I'll be duping the souls a ton  

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Terraria: What Is The Journey Game Mode?

Terraria's Journey game mode gives players creative free rein over their domain.

Even a decade after its release, Terraria remains one of the most popular sandbox games available on Steam , with over 100,000 players reported to still play it daily. It still gets frequent content updates that add bonus content to the game, like new vanity items and game modes that keep the gameplay fresh and exciting.

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The beauty of non-linear games like Terraria is that players can take the gameplay at their own pace, with several game modes on offer to vary the gameplay. Terraria's Journey game mode, added in the Journey's End update, gives players creative free rein over their domain, as they can tailor the difficulty to their liking.

What Is The Journey Game Mode In Terraria?

The Journey mode in Terraria could be likened to the legendary "Creative" setting in Minecraft , both allow the player to acquire items easier than in normal gameplay. Terraria 's Journey mode is slightly different, giving the player individual customization options through the Power Menu to optimize their gameplay to suit them. They can perform several "administrative functions," like modifying the time and weather or duplicating items they have acquired.

Only Journey characters can be used on Journey worlds, and normal-mode characters cannot be transferred to Journey worlds. Upon the world's creation, Journey players will spawn with a beginner's set of equipment, including an Iron Shortsword, Iron Pickaxe, Iron Axe, Iron Hammer, Finch Staff, 100 Torches, 100 Rope, a Magic Mirror, a Grappling Hook and Fledging Wings. All regular achievements can still be earned while in Journey mode , so players can sit back, relax, and take the game at their own speed!

The Power Menu In Terraria's Journey Mode

As mentioned, the Power Menu is a difficulty-toggling system in Journey mode. It has seven main functions: Duplication, Research, Enemy Difficulty, Time, Weather, Infection Spread and the Personal Power Menu. These functions and a brief explanation of them will be included below.

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Duplication

Duplication allows the player to duplicate any item they have previously researched instantaneously with no limits or required crafting materials. All researched items are organized into categories, e.g. Armor, Tools, Materials. The search bar allows players to search for specific items.​​​​​​​

Unlike Minecraft 's Creative mode, where players can use the menu to infinitely create any item in Minecraft' s directory, Terraria players must first find and "research" an item several times before they can duplicate it. This destroys the object in the process. Placing items into the Research Menu displays how much more research is required before the process is completed. For example, weapons and tools only need to be researched once, while ores require 100 times.​​​​​​​

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Enemy Difficulty

Enemies in Journey mode are already half their difficulty. The Power Menu can lower this even further, or be adjusted to the player's preference. This works as a slider that can set the difficulty from 0.5x to 3x, with the latter reflecting the challenging combat seen in Master mode. Doing so also enables the rewards that can be obtainable in Master Mode, so players can test this to their detriment.​​​​​​​

The Time menu is self-explanatory and has three options available:

  • The option to freeze time completely. During this time, no Fallen Stars will spawn.
  • Set time to one of four presets Dawn, Noon, Dusk, and Midnight. This can trigger certain events or bosses or reset Angler quests.
  • Alter the passage of time from 1x to 24x its usual rate.

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The Weather menu grants the player godly control over the weather and climates in their Terraria world.

  • There's a slider for wind speed and direction, which is beneficial for fishing.
  • There's also a slider for general weather and to reduce the volume of rainfall. The weather can be changed to clear skies or a monsoon.

Infection Spread

As it suggests, the Infection Spread toggle slows down or stops the spread of infectious biomes like the Hallow, Crimson, and Corruption. It does not remove these biomes from the world, though. The only method of cleansing biomes is through the Clentaminator equipped with the Green Solution.​​​​​​​

Personal Power Menu

The Personal Power Menu is where the magic happens, giving players three main options to work with

  • Godmode allows the player to be impervious to all damage and knockback, so they cannot die. Debuffs can still be applied, but the player will take no damage. Players also gain unlimited breath underwater and mana that regenerates rapidly.
  • Increases the placement range for all tiles, making building faster and more efficient.
  • The enemy spawn rate can be altered to suit the player. The slider ranges from 0x (which disables all spawn rates, including critters) to the regular rates.

Terraria is available to play on PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PS4, iOS and Android devices.

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Terraria's Journey Mode will let you play with item duplication, God mode and more

Journey Mode enables a tremendous range of customization: Make it easier, make it harder, or just make things.

The Terraria: Journey's End update will bring a hefty amount of new content and features to the nearly decade-old sandbox game, including items, enemies, mini-biomes, and two new difficulty levels: Master Mode and Journey Mode. Master Mode seems obvious enough—it's going to be tough—and we've speculated previously that Journey Mode might be a creative mode of some sort.

Today developer Re-Logic finally revealed what it's all about, saying that it's not a creative mode, but "a whole new way to experience Terraria" that enables significantly increased levels of freedom in, and control over, the game: "The ultimate evolution of being able to play your Terraria, any way you want."

"The goal of Journey Mode is to provide a more accessible experience by providing the player with unprecedented control over the gameplay experience," Re-Logic said. "A way to bring in all players of various skill levels and to be able to customize your experience to optimize the fun you have in the game."

All due respect to Re-Logic, but it is sort of a creative mode. For one thing, Journey mode characters can only be used in Journey Mode worlds, and conversely, characters from the other modes are not allowed to venture into Journey Mode—no exceptions. Journey Mode characters also begin with an "advanced starter gear package," as the studio calls it, which includes:

  • Iron Shortsword
  • Iron Pickaxe
  • Iron Hammer
  • Finch Staff (a bird that is happy to sit on your head when it isn't attacking your foes)
  • 100 Torches
  • Magic Mirror
  • Starter Wings (very limited flight, removes fall damage)

That's obviously going to make for an easier start in the new mode, but where it starts to get really interesting (and where the creative mode similarities kick in) is in "Research and Duplication." It's a new option that enables any of the more than 5000 items in the game to be "researched," which is simply a matter of acquiring a sufficient amount of the item in question, after which it can be duplicated at will. Once you've put 100 wood into R&D, for instance, you'll be able to create unlimited wood, at will.

Updates to the inventory interface, with a search option and filter tabs, will make it easier to manage what will no doubt be a much larger pile of stuff in the game, and of course being able to build freely will be vastly enhanced. You'll also be able to share your wealth with others: R&D works in multiplayer, so after you've unlocked an item you can immediately create enough for your friends to unlock it for themselves.

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Journey Mode also enables control over rain, wind, and even time: You can move the clock immediately to dawk, dusk, noon, or nighttime, accelerate time, or freeze it completely. A God Mode option will be available, which will vastly simplify life in the game, and you'll also be able to turn off the spread of Infection , which spawns new types of enemies after the Xenomite Crystal has been defeated.

If "easier" isn't your thing, it will also be possible to go in the other direction. While the difficulty level for normal games is selected at the world creation menu, Journey Mode will enable it to be adjusted on the fly: You can eliminate enemies altogether, or you can make them all Master Mode monsters. You'll also be able to adjust the spawn rate, so if you want wall-to-wall foes to fight, that's doable. The difficulty slider will impact all players in a multiplayer session, but the spawn rate only affects the area immediately around your character, which allows a little bit of a personalized challenge.

The mention of Master Mode would also seem to confirm what we expected: That it will be a high-level challenge for advanced players. Re-Logic didn't say anything further about it, however, so we'll have to wait to find out more about that. But not much longer: Terraria: Journey's End goes live on May 16.

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Two new game modes are coming to  Terraria;  both change how you play the game and enjoy the experience. For those who are new to the game, you likely won’t want to approach either of these options until you’ve played through the main game in a reasonable setting. Those who have logged dozens of hours into the game already may find something brand new to enjoy.

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Both of these options will be available to everyone who owns Terraria. It releases alongside Update 1.4, appropriately called Journey’s End. Everyone who downloads the new update and patches the game can go into a brand new Terraria world to play one of these modes.

Journey Mode

Journey Mode gives the controls to the player, allowing them to modify and alter settings in the game whenever they wish to do so. For example, on the left-side panel, you can adjust how much rain is happening in the game, from clear skies to heavy monsoon. If you’re having too much difficulty against the current enemies, you can modify their strength, spawn rate, or disable them entirely. You can also readily research and duplicate items, having everything you want to play the game.

You will have many other powers, such as enabling Godmode, increasing your block placement range, enabling infection spread, and much more. All of these controls, and more, are on the left side of your screen while playing in this mode. Because of how much power you have over the game, and how much you can modify, it’s better to play after having checked out the traditional  Terraria  experience.

Master Mode

For those who have become accustomed to the hardcore mode in the game now have an even more new difficulty mode to face. The Master Mode will challenge the best  Terraria  players by making everything increasingly tricky. When you make a mistake, you will need to recover from it quickly or face the consequences.

You can access either of these modes after you update your  Terraria  game to match Update 1.4.

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The 1.4 Journey’s End update released today for Terraria players. Tons of new features and changes can be seen on the Terraria 1.4 Journey’s End patch notes. One new feature is Journey Mode, which gives the player access to new powers. In this guide, we take a look at all the different Terraria Journey Mode Powers.

First, you should know about the power menu. This is where you can access all of the different powers in Terraria. In Journey Mode, you can access this menu by hitting the Escape few and looking on the left side of the screen for the icon under your inventory.

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The Power Menu is located on the left side of the screen. In here, you’ll find the following options:

Duplication Menu

Research menu.

  • Increased Placement Range
  • Enemy Spawn Rate

Infection Spread

Enemy difficulty.

In this menu, you can instantly spawn a full stack of any item you know. There are tabs for different categories like materials, blocks, weapons, and armor. You can also search through all the items.

Terraria Journey Mode Powers - Duplication

Specific resources can be spent to unlock the same item for unlimited spawning in the Duplication menu. It depends what you need to sacrifice, and can be either a single weapon, three treasure bags, fifty acorns, or one-hundred wood.

Change Time

This option allows you to change the time to whatever you want. The options here are to freeze time, change time to dawn, noon, dusk, or midnight and also adjust how quickly time passes. The time speed slider can be changed from 1x to 24x.

Terraria Journey Mode Powers - Change Time

The Weather menu has a wind control slider, wind change enabled or disabled, a rain control slider from clear to monsoon, and a rain change enabled or disabled.

Terraria Journey Mode Powers - Weather

Personal Power Menu

In this menu is where you can find Godmode, Increased Placement Range, and Enemy Spawn Rate options. Godmode makes you invincible, placement range affects the range a player can place blocks, and spawn rate affects how quickly enemies spawn.

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The infection spread can either be enabled or disabled. It determines whether the spread of evil biomes or The Hallow occurs in your game.

You can adjust the difficulty in the menu from normal to master whenever you want. This will make enemy monsters very difficult.

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Journey Mode is an option that can be selected upon creation of new characters and worlds . It allows the player a wide array of customization options during gameplay, including duplication of items, modification of time and weather, and difficulty sliders. Journey Mode is only accessible with Journey characters in Journey worlds (Journey worlds can only be accessed using Journey characters, and Journey characters can only play in Journey worlds).

Journey Mode is intended to be Terraria's "creative" or "tourist" mode, making it relatively easy to acquire items and explore Terraria's various elements and mechanics without having to overcome its normal progression of challenges; though Journey players do have the ability to adjust the game's difficulty on-the-fly to challenge themselves and test different difficulty levels.

  • 2.1 Duplication
  • 2.2.1 Complete list
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  • Characters begin with upgraded versions of the usual equipment, as well as extra equipment not normally given to new characters, including Fledgling Wings .

Iron Shortsword

  • Enemies are half as difficult by default, and their difficulty can be changed during gameplay using the Enemy Difficulty Slider .
  • The player can access the Power Menu , which is used to adjust the game experience.
  • The damage multiplier of town NPCs is 1× when the difficulty is less than Expert, and 2× when no less than Expert, instead of the usual 1× / 1.5× / 1.75× . [1]

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The Power Menu can be accessed via the toggle button located under the main inventory slots, above the crafting menu. Its interface replaces the crafting menu when opened.

The Power Menu contains seven different functions: Duplication, Research, Time, Weather, Personal Power Menu, Infection Spread, and Enemy Difficulty.

Duplication

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This menu allows the player to instantly duplicate any previously researched item indefinitely. The menu has eleven tabs, each for a different item category.

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  • The sounds for researching an item: https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/File:Research_1.wav https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/File:Research_2.wav https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/File:Research_3.wav
  • The sound for fulfilling an item's research counter: https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/File:Research_0.wav

The total number of researched items required varies by the item type:

Complete list

There are three options available within the Time Menu:

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  • Fallen Stars will not fall while time is frozen.

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  • Alternating between day and night will count as random chances for bosses and events to spawn, if their conditions are met, and will reset the fishing quest as if a day had passed.
  • Some Events can be extended indefinitely by repeatedly setting time back a step or freezing time.

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The Weather Menu grants the player full control over the current weather:

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Personal Power Menu

The Personal Power Menu includes three options related to the player:

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  • Debuffs are still inflicted as normal, but the player takes no damage from them.
  • Mana is not actually unlimited; it instead regenerates at a much faster rate than the player can use it, making it seem that it is unlimited.

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Infection Spread

  • It also does not prevent the generation of the diagonal stripes of Hallow and Corruption / Crimson that spawn when the player defeats the Wall of Flesh for the first time.

Enemy Difficulty Slider

A slider that sets difficulty anywhere from 0.5× to 3× the normal difficulty. 0.5× equates to the default Journey Mode difficulty, moving up through Classic Mode at 1×, Expert Mode at 2×, and Master Mode at 3×. Moving the slider enables all rewards obtainable in the chosen difficulty, including Expert-mode exclusive items and Master-mode exclusive items .

  • All achievements can be unlocked in Journey Mode as normal.
  • Icons with texts at the side of sliders are all interactable buttons, which allows the player to snap the slider to specific points.
  • Duplicating items will never produce items with modifiers .
  • Items that show at different times of the year such as Goodie Bags can be researched.
  • This does not affect some items, like converting a Marshmallow on a Stick to a Cooked Marshmallow .
  • When time is frozen, Music Boxes can still record songs.
  • Rain and Wind changes. A world with wind change or rain change disabled will keep that part of its weather frozen as-is forever, allowing for a world with permanent clear skies, rain , Windy Days , or Thunderstorms .
  • Time alterations, including the freezing or acceleration of time. This, however, can make it very difficult to progress in the game normally due to the game's numerous time-based events and bosses.
  • Biome Spread. This can be very useful for those who wish to play in a normal world without the stress of maintaining purity , or to keep an accelerated world from being ravaged by its infectious biomes.
  • Difficulty and spawn rate changes do not persist into normal gameplay, but will be remembered if the world is converted back into Journey Mode.
  • Even with Godmode enabled, weapons that require more mana per shot than the player currently has in total cannot be used. For example, a player with the default amount of 20 mana cannot use the Nebula Arcanum .
  • If the enemy spawn rate is at 0×, the Dungeon Guardian will not spawn.
  • Switching difficulty modes causes enemies and bosses to change their AI and dropped items immediately.
  • The duration of debuffs is unchanged when switching difficulties.
  • Changing to Expert Mode will activate the extra accessory slot enabled by the Demon Heart ; changing to Master Mode will activate Master Mode's extra accessory slot (i.e. the 7th slot after consuming the Demon Heart).
  • While enemy stats at 1×, 2×, or 3× difficulty values are the same as those in their corresponding difficulty, stats between these set values increase linearly, making "low difficulty" stats exceed stats of a higher difficulty. For example, enemy stats at 1.95× and 2.95× difficulty are significantly higher than those at 2× and 3× respectively.
  • An enemy's stats are determined by the difficulty upon spawn, whereas its dropped items are determined by the difficulty upon defeat. This allows obtaining Expert- or Master-exclusive items from e.g. a Journey-level boss , by increasing the difficulty after summoning and before defeating it.
  • While the increased placement range is enabled, the player can hold Torches and use the Smart Cursor mechanic while in a cave to light up many nearby caves surprisingly efficiently.
  • However, note that freezing time when the Traveling Merchant spawns is important due to how fast time will pass, and he might even despawn before the player has a chance to run over.
  • The duplication menu can be used as an extension of the player's inventory, all but eliminating the need to worry about storage space. Any items in the player's inventory can be researched to make room without those items going to waste. If an item is already fully researched, it can simply be trashed and another can be duplicated when needed. Items like weapons and accessories only need one to be fully researched, so unless it has a desired modifier it can be "stored" by researching it and it will always be available.
  • Coins only require 100 to be fully researched regardless of the denomination. This means 1 SC can be turned into unlimited by changing it into 100 , researching those, duplicating stacks of to craft into 100 , and so on until the player has researched 100 PC . But since coins are only duplicated in stacks of 100, 100 stacks of coins need to be pulled out for each step, so it is generally more efficient to duplicate items and sell them for money initially.
  • 10 Life Crystals need to be researched in order to duplicate it, but only 1 Heart Lantern is needed to unlock its duplication.
  • This also applies to the Prismatic Lacewing and the Truffle Worm .
  • Sand Blocks have a research value of 100, but 2 Sand Blocks can be crafted into a block of Glass , and it can then be crafted into a Mug , which only requires 1 to be fully researched.
  • Journey Mode is known as Creative in some places of Terraria's source code, referring to the Creative mode in the 3D sandbox game Minecraft .
  • Journey Mode's descriptive text, "With great power comes great responsibility" , is a quote from the 2002 American superhero movie Spider-Man . Similar words have been used towards government dating back to at least 1793, with perhaps one of the most famous quotes coming from Winston Churchill in 1906, who said, "Where there is great power there is great responsibility."
  • Quest items are the only non-stackable items that require two items to research, while the Marshmallow on a Stick is the only non-stackable item that requires 10 items to research.
  • The Godmode icon is a reference to the classic video game series Doom , which has a similar God Mode icon.
  • The Power Menu toggle button displays a bunny wearing a hard hat, whose name is "Benny the Construction Bunny". [2]
  • Boss fights can be a little harder in 2.95× Expert difficulty than in 3.00× Master difficulty. This could be due to lacking one accessory slot while max life of bosses is usually 15.7% higher. Enemy attack damage is 1.67% lower than Master, which could be simply ignored; almost all attack patterns remain unchanged between Expert difficulty and Master difficulty.

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  • Mousing over items in the crafting menu will show how many are needed to Research. This also applies to Guide and Tinkerer UI slots.
  • Shift-clicking items to the research slot automatically researches the item.
  • When using the reach booster, it also increases item pickup range.
  • Journey sliders now have interactible buttons which allows the player to snap to specific points.
  • Desktop 1.4.2 : Added button to the menu allowing the player to delete all text in the search bar.
  • Journey Mode characters now spawn with a Grappling Hook .
  • Added sub-categories to Duplication Menu.
  • Due to spawning in all worlds, the Armed Zombie and Bone Skeleton Statues can now be legitimately researched without the use of external editors.
  • Fixed an issue with Traveling Merchant spawning when time was paused with Journey powers.
  • Cleaned up some Christmas decoration grouping in the Duplication menu.
  • Invasion warning messages should no longer spam the player when time is frozen.
  • Desktop 1.4.0.4 : Fixed Collector's Edition Carrot overriding the Magic Mirror on a Journey Mode character.
  • Desktop 1.4.0.3 : Fixed a bug where speeding time up in Journey Mode would make some unusual visual effects.
  • Desktop 1.4.0.1 : Introduced.

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  • Switch 1.4.0.5.5 : Introduced with changes up to Desktop 1.4.0.5.

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What is Journey Mode in Terraria and How Does it Work?

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Terraria’s Journey Mode was brought in with the 1.4 update “Journey’s End.” It is not unlike Minecraft or Fortnite’s ‘creative’ modes where players can enjoy all items and enemies in-game without limit. Terraria’s Journey Mode has a few key differences though, as explained below.

You can choose the Journey Mode option when you create a new character or world, which gives you the ability to explore Terraria without the restrictive challenge progression of the regular mode. Items must be ‘Researched’ before you can ‘Duplicate’ them in the world, but once you have completed enough research, you can duplicate the item an infinite amount of times. Enemies in the world are spawned at half health by default, but you are able to change that at any point using the Enemy Difficulty Slider.

When you are first spawned into the Journey Mode, you are given a set of equipment:

  • Fledgling Wings: grants the ability to leap higher and negates fall damage
  • Iron Shortsword
  • Iron Pickaxe
  • Iron Hammer
  • Finch Staff: grants the ability to summon a Baby Finch minion
  • Magic Mirror

Journey Mode’s Power Menu can be found under the main inventory slots. Here, you can access 7 different areas:

  • Duplication
  • Personal Power Menu
  • Infection Spread
  • Enemy Difficulty

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Duplication : This menu consists of categories of items available for duplication, and allows for duplication of those items. Duplicating items will not include the item modifiers.

Research: This is where you place items and see how many times you will need to research them for duplication.

Time: This menu has three settings where you can Freeze Time, Set Time, and Alter Time, which changes the speed that time passes. Speeding up time speeds up plant growth and star fall rates as well as biome spread.

Weather: Allows you full control over the weather.

Personal Power Menu: Includes three options: Enemy Spawn Rate Slider which lets you control the rate at which enemies appear in your world, Increased Placement Range which is enabled by default, and God Mode which allows you unlimited Mana, unlimited Breath, and makes you invulnerable to attack.

Infection Spread: Toggles to stop the spread of Corruption, Crimson, and Hallow.

Enemy Difficulty: A slider that increases or decreases the difficulty of enemies who spawn in your world.

Related: How to Get and Use Statues in Terraria

Although Journey Mode can be pretty fun and interesting for all levels of players, it is suggested that you play through the regular mode first to understand the mechanics of the game. Jumping straight into Journey Mode can be quite overwhelming for newbies as all the mechanics, items, and enemies are basically at your fingertips!

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Terraria has tons of achievements to unlock as you explore the world, some which are easy to unlock and some which require more work to complete. Our Terraria achievements guide lists out the various achievements for PC and mobile, as well as the consoles Nintendo Switch , PlayStation 4 , and Xbox One , all updated for patch 1.4.

Many of Terraria’s achievements will unlock as you progress naturally. Each boss in the game has a corresponding achievements, and you’ll unlock tons of them as you enter new biomes, mine new materials, and keep making new items. However, there are tons of achievements you can only obtain from beating rare enemies or making specific items, so you’ll definitely want to keep track of these.

Achievements will still unlock in Terraria’s “ Journey Mode ” which serves as the games sandbox mode, so keep this in mind as you can’t reset achievements on most platforms (including Steam) without using a third-party program.

Below we list all the achievements you can get in Terraria for Steam, mobile devices, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. There are also a handful of achievements that are PC and mobile only, which we’ve labeled as such.

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How to Research and Duplicate Items in Terraria 1.4 Journey Mode

by enricofairme · Published May 16, 2020 11:34 AM · Updated May 16, 2020 3:04 PM

The new Terraria 1.4 update brings a number of new additions to the title including a new mode called Journey . In the Journey mode players are able to control a number of gameplay mechanics including things like research and duplication of items. To help you do this for yourself use our how to research and duplicate items guide below.

Important : Be sure you have Terraria 1.4 downloaded to gain access to Journey mode .

How do You Research and Duplicate Items

The process of research and duplication is fairly straightforward in Terraria . To duplicate items in Journey mode you must first gather enough of the item you wish to duplicate so you can complete its research. Both of these options can be found under the Power Menu on the inventory screen. To make the process clearer here’s an example for you:

  • Find/Build 100 Torches.
  • Place Torches in Research (requires 100).
  • Research Torches.
  • Once fully Researched can be duplicated via Duplication.
  • When duplicated you receive full stack of items.

The above process requires collecting the items you wish to duplicate so you can fully research them. This means finding items, harvesting items, etc. When you do research you will lose the stack you submit so be warned. Ideally wait until you have a full stack to submit.

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May 14, 2020 4:15 PM

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Journey mode is not new. Journey mode has been around since the Journey’s End update over a year ago. The menu is in the bunny icon below the inventory.

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The research tab is in the inventory menu, specifically, the crafting menu on the bottom left. Left of the crafting menu, there are 3 options. You should find it there!

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Terraria’s Journey Mode could be my new favorite way to play

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There’s so many options to dig into

Terraria ‘s Journey’s End update isn’t just rekindling the tireless sandbox game with new items ( loads and loads of new items ), it’s also adding Journey Mode – an alternate, player-choice-driven way to play.

When it launches for PC on May 16 as part of the free update, Journey Mode will let you research and then duplicate items on an individual basis, control weather and the passage of time, fine-tune difficulty settings including enemy spawn rates, enable “god mode,” and increase the item placement range.

That summary is only scratching the surface . If you have enough time (and interest) to dig deeper, YouTuber ChippyGaming has an extended hands-on showcase of Journey Mode running in Terraria 1.4.

My first impression was that Journey Mode would be the inverse of the brutal new Master Mode (also arriving with Journey’s End), but it lets players “create both the easiest and the most difficult experiences that Terraria has to offer,” according to developer Re-Logic. “This is not Creative Mode.”

A few other things to note:

  • You can’t transfer characters in or out of Journey Mode worlds.
  • You’ll begin with preset items like Starter Wings (that negate fall damage), 100 torches, 100 ropes, a Finch Staff, a Magic Mirror, and Iron tools.
  • The R&D mode sounds like a ton of fun as someone who likes “making progress” in games. You can research items by clicking Benny the Construction Bunny in your inventory and placing enough of the item (the amount varies) into the R&D box. Once an item is sufficiently researched, you can duplicate it to your heart’s content.
  • “Clicking the icon for any item appearing in the Duplication Menu will instantly spawn a full stack of that item (materials, blocks, etc.) or a single duplicate of things like Weapons/Armor/Accessories.” There’s a search/filter tab to help you sort.
  • Journey Mode’s difficulty settings affect everyone in multiplayer, but the spawn rate option “will only impact the area around your character,” so “everyone can have their own mini-challenge slider.”

Re-Logic’s overall goal for Journey Mode was to come up with “a way to bring in all players of various skill levels and to be able to customize your experience to optimize the fun you have in game.”

Terraria PC players – and the console crowd, eventually – will have a lot to explore.

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  • The option to freeze time completely. During this time, no Fallen Stars will spawn.
  • Set time to one of four presets Dawn, Noon, Dusk, and Midnight. This can trigger certain events or bosses or reset Angler quests.
  • There's a slider for wind speed and direction, which is beneficial for fishing.
  • There's also a slider for general weather and to reduce the volume of rainfall. The weather can be changed to clear skies or a monsoon. Infection Spread As it suggests, the Infection Spread toggle slows down or stops the spread of infectious biomes like the Hallow, Crimson, and Corruption. It does not remove these biomes from the world, though. The only method of cleansing biomes is through the Clentaminator equipped with the Green Solution.​​​​​​​ Personal Power Menu The Personal Power Menu is where the magic happens, giving players three main options to work with 1 Godmode allows the player to be impervious to all damage and knockback, so they cannot die. Debuffs can still be applied, but the player will take no damage. Players also gain unlimited breath underwater and mana that regenerates rapidly. 2 Increases the placement range for all tiles, making building faster and more efficient. 3 The enemy spawn rate can be altered to suit the player. The slider ranges from 0x (which disables all spawn rates, including critters) to the regular rates.

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[Top 5] Terraria Best Journey Mode Seeds That Are Fun

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Journey mode is a new game mode added in Terraria's aptly named Journey's End patch. It allows you to play the game in Easy mode with extra features that border from item duplication to changing gameplay difficulty. It can be compared to Minecraft's Creative mode where you have almost complete control over what happens in your game. If that isn't enough, 1.4 added the Seeds feature where you can play worlds that other people play or worlds that are entirely crazy. Find out which seeds are great in our Top 5 best Terraria Journey mode seeds that are fun!

5. This is a very good seed

Seed: thisisaverygoodseed

Size: Small

World Type: Classic

Evil: Corruption

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What is great about this seed:

  • 2 Rare items inside one chest, the other being the Sunflower Cart
  • Great starting weapon for Journey Mode
  • Early Life Crystals for survivability
  • The gold chest contains a Magic Mirror

4. For The Worthy

Seed: for the worthy (case insensitive)

World Type: Any

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  • Play with Terraria's hardest seed in Easy Mode

3. Celebrationmk10

Seed: celebrationmk10

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  • Increased rare item drop rates
  • Two unique enemies: Jungle Mimic and Golden Slime
  • Princess sells Slime staff and Discount Card
  • Items found in chests will always have the best modifiers (ex. Legendary or Warding)

2. Drunk World

Seed: 05162020

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  • Only seed where you can get the Moon Lord Legs
  • Only seed with Chippy’s Couch item
  • The world is still different even if others use the same seed
  • Early access to the Dungeon (entrance is replaced with a living tree chute)
  • Outright weird world gen makes for a very unique experience
  • Has BOTH Crimson and Corruption

1. The Constant

Seed: constant, ​theconstant​, the constant, ​eye4aneye, ​eyeforaneye

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  • Don’t Starve mechanics have been added
  • Higher drop rates for Don’t Starve related items
  • Hunger mechanic makes the gameplay completely different
  • Cool shader effect that gives off a gloomy vibe
  • Low light can kill your player

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  12. Journey Mode

    Journey Mode is known as Creative in some places of Terraria's source code, referring to the Creative mode in the 3D sandbox game Minecraft. Journey Mode's descriptive text, "With great power comes great responsibility", is a quote from the 2002 American superhero movie Spider-Man.

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  21. [Top 5] Terraria Best Journey Mode Seeds That Are Fun

    Journey mode is a new game mode added in Terraria's aptly named Journey's End patch. It allows you to play the game in Easy mode with extra features that border from item duplication to changing gameplay difficulty. It can be compared to Minecraft's Creative mode where you have almost complete control over what happens in your game.

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