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Terraria 1.3 released – brings mine carts, streamlined multiplayer, and a whole lot more!

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Terraria may be over 4 years old, but that hasn’t stopped the developers, Re-Logic, from releasing constant, free gameplay updates – the latest of which has just been unleashed. Are you ready to experience Terraria 1.3? It brings a ton of new content to the 2D world!

Here’s the official trailer and a blurb from the update page (via Destructoid):

Terraria 1.3 touches on many aspects of the game – from re-imagined sprites and backgrounds to new features and – of course – the new content that you crave – that we truly feel it refreshes and revitalizes the entire Terraria experience.

The update should also do away with all the hoop jumping required to join a multiplayer game (a real pet peeve of mine):

Perhaps most exciting to the team are the ways in which Terraria 1.3 streamlines the multiplayer experience. Gone are the days of port-forwarding and endless IP sharing for anyone seeking to connect quickly with their friends for an ore-hunting session or to team of up that tough boss fight. We have always felt Terraria was best with a buddy (or ten) – so if you haven’t yet, now is an opportune time to try out multiplayer! (Do note that dedicated servers will still need to use the standalone server software, which you can download HERE).

If you’ve never played Terraria before, now might be the perfect time. As part of the 1.3 update, the game will be selling for a little cheaper than normal on Steam and GOG, for a measly $7.50. That really is a small fee to pay for something that will steal dozens, if not hundreds of hours of your time!

Still need more persuasion? Fine, here’s a trailer showing the new mine crafts carts that 1.3 brings:

If that doesn’t tickle your interest, then I don’t know what will! Mine carts are not the only new addition to Terraria. There really are far too many changes to detail in this article though (no really, there are a bunch of pages), so be sure to read all of them here.

If you kicked the addiction, I apologise most profusely. It looks like 1.3 will suck you, and many players back in for some more 2D exploring for a very long time!

Last Updated: July 1, 2015

40 Comments

  1. Yep, I know I’m keen to get back into it. Downloaded the update yesterday. 🙂

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  2. Pariah

    July 1, 2015 at 14:10

    Also, this isn’t a MOBA. What business do you have writing for these kind of games Matty? HMMMMM?!

    Since you’re so keen to branch, I vote you review awesome titles such as Euro Truck Simulator and Farmville 3.0. And maybe that Tinkerbell one.

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    • hairyknees

      July 1, 2015 at 14:56

      I will cut you <3

      Reply

  3. Alien Emperor Trevor

    July 1, 2015 at 14:11

    I don’t have 100’s of hours! I’ve come to terms with the fact that some games I own I’ll just never play.

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    • Pariah

      July 1, 2015 at 14:12

      I promise, if you haven’t played Terraria you are missing out.

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      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        July 1, 2015 at 14:14

        I’ve come to terms with missing out too. 🙁

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        • Pariah

          July 1, 2015 at 14:16

          Then you have my sympathy. It’s a 60mb download, so when you feel like something different to kill time, this should be your first port of call.

          Reply

    • Kensei Seraph - Terran Ghost

      July 1, 2015 at 14:16

      “Perfection may be unattainable, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t stop trying.” – Unknown

      “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” –
      Norman Vincent Peale
      “Or the dark, empty void in between.” – Unknown

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      • Lord Chaos

        July 1, 2015 at 14:20

        To add on to Norman’s quote:
        And drift around in empty space for eternity…

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        • Kensei Seraph - Terran Ghost

          July 1, 2015 at 14:24

          Actually I think the addon for his quote is the “or the dark, empty void in between” bit.

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          • Pariah

            July 1, 2015 at 14:25

            Yeah, and Chaos followed that, with his statement.

          • Lord Chaos

            July 1, 2015 at 14:34

            So… you fill the void? 😛

          • Kensei Seraph - Terran Ghost

            July 1, 2015 at 14:36

            *Deep melodramatic voice*
            I am the void.

          • Lord Chaos

            July 1, 2015 at 14:37

            That’s what she said.

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            July 1, 2015 at 14:39

            She must have had more than 50 partners then

      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        July 1, 2015 at 14:22

        Insanity is trying the same thing over & over again & expecting a different result.

        Wrong, gravity kill bring the bullet back down to Earth long before it even reaches the upper atmosphere.

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        • Kensei Seraph - Terran Ghost

          July 1, 2015 at 14:27

          You are obviously not using enough accelerant.

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          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            July 1, 2015 at 14:27

            The fire department monitors all my purchases.

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            July 1, 2015 at 14:28

            xD

          • Kensei Seraph - Terran Ghost

            July 1, 2015 at 14:30

            See, this is exactly what I mean.
            If you were doing it properly then your purchases would be monitored more than just the local planetary fire department.

    • Captain JJ Browmehn

      July 1, 2015 at 14:21

      I’ve got about 40 hours on this.
      40 good hours. 🙂

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      • Pariah

        July 1, 2015 at 14:23

        320 here. Yeah. Slight addiction.

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        • Admiral Chief's Adventure

          July 1, 2015 at 14:25

          543 hours on FTL, I feel your pain

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          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            July 1, 2015 at 14:27

            Another I haven’t even tried starting lol.

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            July 1, 2015 at 14:27

            I doubt you will make it past sector one, so yeah, you might need to skip that game

          • Captain JJ Browmehn

            July 1, 2015 at 14:29

            He’s an alien, he probably owns sector one.

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            July 1, 2015 at 14:40

            He might be an Engi, half combat damage…

          • Captain JJ Browmehn

            July 1, 2015 at 14:44

            XD

          • Kensei Seraph - Terran Ghost

            July 1, 2015 at 14:27

            Please go sit in the corner.

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            July 1, 2015 at 14:28

            What makes you think he is ever out of it?

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            July 1, 2015 at 14:30

            Go directly to jail, do not pass begin.

        • Captain JJ Browmehn

          July 1, 2015 at 14:26

          Wow. That’s past decent.

          Reply

  4. Captain JJ Browmehn

    July 1, 2015 at 14:18

    Finally the MP is fixed. I cannot take it if a game has MP ability but you literally have to do all the work to actually be able to use it.
    This game is so awesome!

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    • Pariah

      July 1, 2015 at 14:19

      Yeah it was a nightmare. We had to use Himatchi to connect to each other, even over LAN. These changes will be tested soon. Very soon.

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      • Captain JJ Browmehn

        July 1, 2015 at 14:21

        Same here. I think I just port forwarded and did a whole bunch of tedious sh!te to get it to work.
        There are quite a few games that can do with streamlined MP.

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      • Admiral Chief's Adventure

        July 1, 2015 at 14:21

        *Hamachi

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        • Captain JJ Browmehn

          July 1, 2015 at 14:22

          *tamagotchi

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          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            July 1, 2015 at 14:23

            HAI

        • Pariah

          July 1, 2015 at 14:22

          That one.

          Reply

  5. Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

    July 1, 2015 at 15:48

    This is undeniably my Game of the Decade. I have Terraria on all my devices.

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