How to beat Terraria without picking up any items
How to beat Terraria without picking up any items
a theory video (second)
discord: https://discord.com/invite/yJrCt9YFz5
Chapters:
0:00 A bit of reminiscing; a recap
0:24 Introduction
1:02 Route – Early Pre-Hardmode
3:17 Route – Post-Skeletron
5:03 Route – Early Hardmode
6:18 The Pwnhammer Problem
7:32 Overview – Mech Bosses
8:15 Overview – Plantera & Golem
10:17 Overview – Pillars & The Moon Lord
11:17 Outro
Music:
Terraria – Town Day
Terraria – Underground
Vanilla Calamity Mod Music – “Chambers of the Tyrant” – Theme of The Dungeon
Stardew Valley – Volcano Dungeon (Molten Jelly)
Terraria – Space (Night)
Terraria – Temple
Terraria – Lunar Boss
Credit:
Terraria – Skeletron Prime Adamantite solo kill, epic hardmode boss by Yrimir
Terracord Emotes by v2sauce (corn)
How to beat Terraria without picking up any items
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Note that this route may be imperfect. If you have any suggestions for us – just like with the no-keyboard run – those are welcome!
I know there are a lot of unanswered questions about this theory, too. I’ve tried to answer some – see for yourself in the comments!
(e.g. How do you get coins? Early game, we sell spare chest loot, and in HM when we have to buy stuff, we just have to be very careful with our limited supply.)
(We were betting on Tax Collector but apparently he doesn’t work despite other quest NPCs working???)
Huh. This video is how I learned that Skeletron also has to be beaten alongside Golem for the Cultists to spawn.
this challenge run becomes significantly less interesting after the next update, when they add hoppers
although, that'll depend on how and where you craft them.
i feel like such a run would probably necessitate several worlds. you're overly reliant on npc-bought items when chest loot is your only way to make money, and chest loot is limited.
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Jousting lance + 3 minecart tracks with bumpers on the ends could help tear through some bossfights like destroyer or plantera
You talk about all this buying stuff but you cannot get money other than the limited suply in chests. Wich would sting to buy ammo and i dont think you will even have enough for most things
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You have access to a jousting lance and the inner tube so maybe you can do the water launch cheese or use rockets from the party girl?
Grappling hook can be bought from goblin tinkerer
0:05 Wait that’s my keyboard
This run will get WAY easier with 1.4.5's Hoppers
Okay, how is it possible to make npc housing without picking up blocks? The only thing that i can see is big tree houses, but they are random
As an alternative to some things (esp. in late game), how about explosives, particularly pre-made setups with lots of wiring?
You can buy most things from the mechanic, and between the mechanic and the demolitionist (I assume a bomb from a chest to get him to move in, but skeleton merchant would also work) you can get everything you need for explosives or land mines (or rockets) hooked up relevant wiring…
I mean, "Terraria with only traps" has been done; obviously this would be somewhat different but IIRC that video killed ML with just rockets easily, so it's probably better than the alternative [unless i-frame changes ruin that plan, I don't remember how long ago that run was done]
Another question: can you catch critters with a net to make explosive bunnies?
I think the title should say "Without picking items off the ground" or (even less vaguely) "If you're always holding an encumbering stone"
terraria players HATE themselves fr
minor oversight with the orange zapinator
you cant upgrade your mana so it is very hard to use it
still prob possible
What's the point if you aren't gonna even try doing the challenge?
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would love to see you do this run
Btw l don't know why people forget that you can get a mechanical boss summon for a really low chance in hard mode,happened to me once.
Hey, what happens if a meteor lands on an altar pre-HM? Will ores generate?
I feel like this run will get a LOT easier when the hopper releases in 1.4.5
How would you aquire the chests necessary to force the altar break? I doubt a single world would have enough materials inside of chests to create enough.
you can catch fish with a locked encumbering stone but you cant pick up the items from crates. Getting bait might be a problem, but if that can be figured out then weapons like the bladetounge and crystal serpent will be opened up.
no Fishing? You can get can of worms and bait from creat and angler.
the biggest flaw in this route is Money, as you are limited with how much you can get in a world, as you can Only get it from Chests, be it directly or from selling the loot. Still Leaf Wings are not needed or viable for this reason as well as the Clentaminator, as getting Tiki armor and Steampunk Wings are higher priority. This is if you only use 1 World for this run instead of multiple worlds to get more loot and thus more money, even then it takes litteral hours in the best case scenario (a Small CelebrationMK10 seed Underworld Raids for Shadow chests) to get a few platinum, and for everything listed you'd need closer to 10 platinum, and that 6 Platinum to be comfortabel, with ammo, Armor, Weapons and Wings.
But let's say money isn't a problem be it some odd dupe or world hopping then there are a few things you can get that can significantly help with the run, as in Explosive Bullets form the Arms Dealer and Demolitionist, or the Mushroom Spear form the Truffle after 1 mech, which can help if you do not do destroyer 1st, and or for Twins and Prime to save on ammo, while they charge at you.
also doing this run with World hopping allowes you to get some very good gear, as in from the DontDigUp seed, you can get the Ice Bow, the Keybrand and the Bubble Gun, though for the sake of not ruining the balance of the run too much, these can be limited to when you could actually get them in game, as in Early HM, Post-Plantera and Post-Golem (as Duke is not possible to do)
This video comes at an odd time for me specifically, as i'm following and helping out ChiefLogan currently Do this specific run on Stream, and jsut mind buggling to see some one not related talk about the same run. around the same time.
I don't know if they changed this, but couldn't you use fireworks to deal damage to bosses? I remember people stacking fireworks to kill bosses very quickly, and since they're bought from the party girl and can be activated via wiring bought from the mechanic, it would be a simple solution to the dps problem in hardmode.
Buying weapons is cool and all, but how do you get MONEY? You cant pick it up. The best I have come up with is catching critters and selling those. Or fishing and selling crates
(edit : i was wrong)
there is a MAJOR flaw in this run
fishing.
you CAN loot fished up items even with encumbering stone equipped
you can get bugnet from merchant and start fishing from then… so unless fishing is banned the entire run is… just skyblock.
and here I was thinking you could beat the game with only the three copper tools and an iron will
Pickuo
the 100 hp cap is gonna fuck people A LOT
I am sorry Terrasteel but I gotta wonder. How do you get crafting tables and build NPC houses in this challenge?
This is gonna be so easy next update
I wonder how the money situation will be handled, a lot of the items required platinum endgame but your best bet at making money is chest loot which doesn't sell for much.
it's crazy that the second 1.4.5 drops with the hopper this challenge will crumble
Wait, isnt the hammush (hammer sold by truffle) pre-mech? Or am i missing something? I know the truffle needs a surface mushroom biome, but you could just make a line of mud to the surface and then its just a matter of time for it to grow to the surface.
This challenge will be infinitely easier in 1.4.5 lol (hoppers)
I'm trying to come up with ideas and I keep forgetting that fishing is useless
I think this challenge will be easily done by the next update. When hoppers are added. If they work they way I think they do.
two things:
1. this is a really impressive run to even theoretically complete, very interesting to watch
2. what texture pack do you use?
You should be able to do something similar to the active stone block method for the altar-breaking.
whilst it is possible (though the odds are so low) without chests, how would you obtain them in the first place to invalidate the meteor spawns?
I was going to comment on a suggestion on another way to break demon alters, but I don’t think I can.
I wanted to mention the hammush, but it only sells after one mech boss is defeated. Also I don’t know if you could even get a surface mushroom biome.
There is also the haemorrhaxe from hemoglobin sharks, but you can’t actually pick up the drop lol.
Good luck on getting meteors cuz I got nothing else
If you're in multiplayer, treasure bags directly appear in your inventory. Might be worth a test.
love the concept youd be maddyd to pull it off lol, but on the moon lord fight are you taking into account the healing that he does when he sucks you with the tentacle? cause i know thats stopped many of runs before.