What changed in Terraria in 2016

Community call to vote for Terraria in the 'Test of Time' and 'Just 5 More Minutes' Steam Awards categories.

Community call to vote for Terraria in the 'Test of Time' and 'Just 5 More Minutes' Steam Awards categories.

It no longer rains in the Space biome.

New Dungeon Defenders crossover NPC who trades Etherian loot and gear for an exclusive event currency.

New Dungeon Defenders crossover NPC who trades Etherian loot and gear for an exclusive event currency.

Water now shows ripples and waves as players, enemies, and projectiles enter or move through it.

Large weapon and armor drop including five accessories, two pets, one light pet, three boss masks/trophies, and additional furniture.

New Piggy Bank/Safe-style furniture item for private per-player storage introduced.

New DD2-inspired soundtrack with matching Music Box plus over 200 new sound effects adapted from Dungeon Defenders 2.

Resolved an AMD graphics card issue involving the Living Flame Dye.

New DD2-inspired soundtrack with matching Music Box plus over 200 new sound effects adapted from Dungeon Defenders 2.

Four new sentry summons added, each offered in three scaling tiers of potency.

It no longer rains in the Space biome.

Invasion adds ten enemies, two invasion-style mini-bosses, and one new boss, many of which scale in power.

Water now shows ripples and waves as players, enemies, and projectiles enter or move through it.

Players can now toggle recently-added visual and water effects to balance visuals against performance.

Large weapon and armor drop including five accessories, two pets, one light pet, three boss masks/trophies, and additional furniture.

Multi-tier crossover invasion event where players defend an artifact from Etheria enemies using a new defensive structure system.

Multi-tier crossover invasion event where players defend an artifact from Etheria enemies using a new defensive structure system.

New worlds now carry seeds and players can set custom seeds; opt-in via the UseExperimentalFeatures flag in config.json.

Fixed screen edges showing inverted colors during blizzards.

Outside the DD2 invasion players now have a base cap of one sentry at a time, raisable via 1.3.4 content, and may summon multiple copies of the same sentry once the cap exceeds one.

New Piggy Bank/Safe-style furniture item for private per-player storage introduced.

Summoners can right-click with a summoning staff to direct minions with line of sight at a specific enemy.

Free content update built around a Dungeon Defenders 2 crossover, water visuals, and summoner quality-of-life changes.

New worlds now carry seeds and players can set custom seeds; opt-in via the UseExperimentalFeatures flag in config.json.

Fixed screen edges showing inverted colors during blizzards.

Resolved an AMD graphics card issue involving the Living Flame Dye.

Blizzard weather event now has a unique ambient sound while active.

Invasion adds ten enemies, two invasion-style mini-bosses, and one new boss, many of which scale in power.

Summoners can right-click with a summoning staff to direct minions with line of sight at a specific enemy.

Four new sentry summons added, each offered in three scaling tiers of potency.

Outside the DD2 invasion players now have a base cap of one sentry at a time, raisable via 1.3.4 content, and may summon multiple copies of the same sentry once the cap exceeds one.

Free content update built around a Dungeon Defenders 2 crossover, water visuals, and summoner quality-of-life changes.

Players can now toggle recently-added visual and water effects to balance visuals against performance.

Blizzard weather event now has a unique ambient sound while active.

Mining blocks now displays a new visual effect.

New armor set introduced among the 1.3.3 additions.

New desert weather event with unique enemies, loot, and its own soundtrack.

Blizzards received a new visual effect and deserts and the Underworld now show heat distortion.

Mining blocks now displays a new visual effect.

Free update delivering a new weather event, desert-focused content, and a batch of fixes.

Several multiplayer performance optimizations shipped with 1.3.3.

Free update delivering a new weather event, desert-focused content, and a batch of fixes.

New armor set introduced among the 1.3.3 additions.

Gamepad settings sliders now lock on when dragged, and the Portal Gun secondary fire no longer conflicts with Grappling Hooks on gamepad.

Gamepad settings sliders now lock on when dragged, and the Portal Gun secondary fire no longer conflicts with Grappling Hooks on gamepad.

Dripping sand effects appear naturally in deserts and can be placed anywhere using the new Magic Sand Dropper item.

Added the Ancient Horn Basilisk mount plus weapons including the Onyx Blaster, Sky Fracture, Mandible Blade, and Spirit Flame.

Two new accessories added: Pocket Mirror and Djinn's Curse.

Spawn rates in the underground desert were raised.

Two new vanity sets introduced alongside the Desert Spirit Lamp and Sandstorm Music Box.

Sand Poachers now inflict Venom, Dune Splicers have more HP and defense, and Dune Splicers and Tomb Crawlers are more aggressive during Sandstorms.

Dripping sand effects appear naturally in deserts and can be placed anywhere using the new Magic Sand Dropper item.

Spawn rates in the underground desert were raised.

Blizzards received a new visual effect and deserts and the Underworld now show heat distortion.

Fixed a number of exploits and stopped rain, water, and lava sounds persisting while the game window is inactive.

Fixed a bug where underground desert worms spawned too rarely.

Fixed a bug where underground desert worms spawned too rarely.

New desert weather event with unique enemies, loot, and its own soundtrack.

Fixed a number of exploits and stopped rain, water, and lava sounds persisting while the game window is inactive.

Several multiplayer performance optimizations shipped with 1.3.3.

Two new vanity sets introduced alongside the Desert Spirit Lamp and Sandstorm Music Box.

Two new accessories added: Pocket Mirror and Djinn's Curse.

Added the Ancient Horn Basilisk mount plus weapons including the Onyx Blaster, Sky Fracture, Mandible Blade, and Spirit Flame.

Sand Poachers now inflict Venom, Dune Splicers have more HP and defense, and Dune Splicers and Tomb Crawlers are more aggressive during Sandstorms.