What changed in Terraria in 2020

Community push succeeded — Terraria officially made the nominee list; Re-Logic now urges players to vote.

Dev team rallies the community to nominate Terraria for the Labor of Love category, highlighting 10 years of free updates and no microtransactions.

Laundry list of fixes rolled into 1.4.1; full detail on the Terraria 1.4.1 Bug Fixes thread.

A new hidden regal NPC companion is added; unlock conditions left for players to discover.

Reduces confusion by consolidating fullscreen/borderless/resolution controls.

Defeating the Moon Lord for the first time triggers an exclusive credits sequence with a previously unreleased music track; accessible from the main menu thereafter.

Additional filters added to break up large categories; Misc category broadened to include uncategorized items.

Entries now indicate which wave is required for specific drops.

A fresh set of achievements tied to the 1.4 content.

Post-Journey's End update adding the deferred content, bug fixes, balance tweaks, and a handful of new features.

FNA updated for Mac/Linux and translations brought current through 1.4 content; remaining 1.4.1 strings deferred to a hotfix.

Full-progression balance revisions driven by the TCF Balance/Feedback thread — too many to list individually.

Several new items focused on filling out early-game Summoner progression options.

Terraria Official Soundtrack on Steam updated to include 1.4 music; Spotify/iTunes releases to follow.

Back-drawn cosmetic items can now all display simultaneously instead of overriding each other.

RGB integration now works with SteelSeries gaming peripherals.

The previously removed vanity item is restored to the game.

Plaguebringer, Wandering Ronin, The Timeless Traveler, Floret Protector, Capricorn, and bonus winner TV Head sets — all craftable with pre-Hardmode materials.

Additional late-game and progression-filling bosses arrive with 1.4.

The fourth major update to Terraria releases on its ninth anniversary, adding over 1000 new items, new bosses, a full content/balance/graphic review, new modes and systems. Re-Logic's billed final major update.

Three Journey's End cover-art variants (Day, Night, Sunset) by Jimmarn available on terraria.org.

Accessibility-focused Journey Mode and the new highest-difficulty Master Mode are live at launch.

Re-Logic confirmed those items plus Vanity Contest winners will arrive in a post-launch update.

Re-Logic directs players to Terraria Community Forums for Journey's End bug reports.

Re-Logic reviewed every item, enemy, and boss for balance, graphic quality, and mechanics parity.

Journey's End packs in more than 1000 new items to craft or discover across the progression arc.

Re-Logic released the complete 40+ page Journey's End changelog on the forums ahead of the May 16 launch, covering over 1000 new items, new bosses, and a full-pass content review.

Re-Logic will share the summary and changelog two days before launch.

Re-Logic lined up a multi-day livestream calendar across community creator channels (Pedguin, ChippyGaming, Badger, Bouphe, Kargoh, PythonGB) leading into the May 16 release.

Journey Mode lets players freeze, accelerate, or jump time and directly control weather effects.

Additional Journey Mode powers including invulnerability, disabling Corruption/Crimson spread, and increased block placement range.

Feature article details the new mode coming in Journey's End, giving players unprecedented control over difficulty, items, and world state.

New characters begin with iron tools, Finch Staff, 100 torches/rope, Magic Mirror, and Starter Wings.

Journey Mode characters cannot enter normal worlds and vice versa.

Players research items to unlock infinite duplication; searchable duplication menu with filter tabs.

Players can scale difficulty and monster spawn rate on the fly, including a per-player spawn rate in multiplayer.

The Steam version will ship based on Terraria 1.3.5 so existing mods continue working while the team readies a 1.4-compatible build.

Future roadmap includes Steam Workshop integration for uploading and hosting mods.

tModLoader will launch on Steam on May 16, 2020 as free DLC for Terraria, making modded Terraria officially accessible via Steam for the first time.

Re-Logic confirms 1.4 launches on the ninth anniversary of Terraria's original release.

Terraria and the Terraria Official Soundtrack are half-off through April 3, 2020.

Milestone breakdown: 14M on PC, 7.6M on consoles, 8.7M on mobile.

Community members can submit original vanity armor designs; up to three winners will have their outfits added to the Journey's End update.

Entries must be posted to the TCF submission thread by 11:59pm Eastern on April 13, with finalists voted on by the community.

Re-Logic and 505 Games kick off a recurring weekly livestream on twitch.tv/TerrariaOfficial with dev appearances, giveaways, and community guests.