1.3
Spoiler video released by the developers, showing Charged Laser Blaster (weapon being fired in the beginning by Maiken), a new
Granite Furniture set (furniture in the house),
Wormhole Potion,
Laser Machinegun,
Meowmere, and several other new elements.
One of the new
Mounts.
The new cultist event/enemy/npc.
The
Guide and
Nurse sitting on
Chairs.
Updated
NPC sprites.
Alchemy Table & Cultist vanity set.
New progress bars during world creation.
New Eclipse monsters presented by Crowno.
This may be the last update that
Redigit works on personally. During the development of
1.3, Redigit also began preliminary work on a new game outside of the
Terraria franchise, with additional long-term plans for a
Terraria sequel. The developers
Yoraiz0r and
Skiphs will continue updating
Terraria during and beyond 1.3.
[1][2][forums 1] This version is said to be "better", not bigger with inflated item count.
[reddit 1]
New items
Specific new items mentioned:
- Laser Ruler accessory, which allows live measuring of tile distances via the cursor.[dev 1]
- Meowmere, a sword that fires cat projectiles that leave a rainbow trail, and make cat sounds.[forums 6]
- Sinks added to each furniture set.[forums 7]
- Portal Gun.[other 1]
- Cultist costume vanity set.[forums 8]
- Honeyfall Block and Wall.[forums 9]
- Alchemy Table: Offers a 1/3 chance of not consuming ingredients when crafting Potions.[forums 3]
- Vine Rope.[forums 10]
- Cobweb Rope. [forums 11]
- Sticky Dynamite.[4]
- Nail Gun.[5]
- Royal Gel.[6]
- Pink Gel crafting material, possibly used to craft Bouncing Bombs, Pink Glowsticks that float in water and Pink Slime Block, among other things.[forums 6]
- Magic Water Dropper.[7]
- Wormhole Potion allows teleporting to another player's location by pointing to them on the Minimap.[forums 6]
- Flask of Frost.[forums 6]
- Frost Bullets.[forums 6]
- Laser Machinegun.[forums 6]
- Charged Laser Blaster.[forums 6][8]
- Granite Blocks and associated Furniture set.[forums 6]
- Marble Blocks and associated Furniture set.[forums 11]
- Planter Box, for growing Herbs as portable items.[forums 12]
- Sparring Dummy for testing weapon effects.[forums 12]
- Rainbow Torch.[forums 11]
- Rainbow Campfire.[forums 12]
- Yo-yo.[forums 13]
- New Dyes: Living Rainbow, Living Flame,[dev 1] Pixie, Wisp, Chlorophyte,[tweets 1] Gold[forums 10]
- Re-designed Water Fountains and possible new.[forums 14]
- A new Block with gradual light-up function.[forums 15]
- 3 new Mounts, Drill Mount, a late-game, futuristic digging vehicle, Unicorn Mount.[forums 1][reddit 1]
- A fourth liquid.[forums 16]
- A new Hook.[forums 6]
- A doll like a normal voodoo doll.[forums 11]
- A purple dagger that can bounce.[9]
- A Shield based on Eye of Cthulhu.[10]
- New information display Accessories that show weather, damage-per-second (DPS), Moon phase, and more.[forums 11]
- New Banners: Green Slime, Ice Slime, Red Slime, Purple Slime, Jungle Bat, Illuminant Slime, Illuminant Bat, Giant Bat, Snow Balla, Lava Slime, Crimslime, Possessed Armor, and other unknown banners.[forums 11]
- Sundial.[forums 11]
New Characters
Specific new characters mentioned:
Bosses
Specific new bosses mentioned:
Music
Mechanics
- Events have progress bars.[dev 1]
- Weapons can be used while riding mounts.[forums 18]
- Minion Modifiers.[forums 6]
- Fishing Pole Modifiers.[forums 6]
- Starting outfit options at character creation.[forums 19]
- NPCs have better AI and animations, will no longer stand in front of Chests to block access, and sit in Chairs.[forums 1][reddit 1]
- Characters have "spring in their step," especially during running. (The body area isn't "bouncing" anymore)[forums 1]
- "Cleaner" and "smarter" starting areas on world generation.[forums 1]
- Smart cursor will build stairs.[forums 1]
- Liquid flow looks more fluid and less "blocky."[forums 10]
- Quick Loot, which works like "Quick Stack" but in reverse, pulling from Chests only the items that have existing stacks in the player's inventory.[forums 6]
- Quick Stack to all nearby Chests (without having to click them individually).[forums 11]
- Favorite inventory slot: Mark an inventory slot as a "favorite" to keep its item from being trashed, deposited, or sold.[forums 6]
- Hook dedicated equipment slot.[forums 6]
- Signs can be read by merely hovering the cursor over them.[forums 6]
- Can now craft using ingredients from open Chests without having to move them into the player's inventory first.[forums 6]
- Minimap shows other players who recently died in Multiplayer.[forums 6]
- Upon your own death, the total amount of coins you dropped is displayed.[forums 6]
- Showcase acquired items to other players in multiplayer chat.[forums 12]
- Progress bars during world generation, colored to signify Corruption or Crimson.[11]
- A fifth (pink) team for Multiplayer.[forums 11]
- User interface tweaks and enhancements: new icon graphics, highlighting on mouse-over, new display for information accessories like the Watches and GPS.[forums 11]
- Information accessories like Watches and GPS have their effects shared with nearby players in Multiplayer, with toggle option.[forums 11]
- Screenshot function that allows taking pictures of areas that are larger than the screen can display.[forums 11]
Item/character changes
