Can You Beat Terraria 1.4.4 Using Swords Only?

[@Dawn.tless.]

Love how you skipped the Queen Bee in pre-hardmode so she just came for revenge with Plantera.

[@wy477x]

that should be a thing with bosses, if you dont beat them in order, they come back later but much stronger.

[@Shadow30.]

@@wy477x that woudl sucks for noobs and playing for fun aslo chese enjoyers

[@Phi_Lix]

@@wy477x I feel like that should only be a thing for FTW or some other joke seed

[@conceptionmelani7367]

Its similar to the calamity mod where the bosses you dont defeat become stronger like Yaron the Jungle Dragon becomes Yaron The Universal dragon etc (idr the name of the future Yaron version :/)

[@Copper_eater]

*Queen pee

[@thatdummguy7097]

Using Shimmer to reforge might just be one of the smartest uses I've seen

[@isirachehansa4886]

its gonna get nerfed in next updates also it was possible to get good reforges by selling and buying same item now npc sold items have no reforges

[@gabrielandy9272]

@@isirachehansa4886 its going to get fixed because its broken :P

[@CursedIchor]

@@isirachehansa4886 I think it's fair, because it takes much longer but is free.

[@mcfcdave12]

@@isirachehansa4886 true tbfh y7g

[@iwannaseehowlongyoucanmakethis]

@@CursedIchor this is also how fishing balanced, gives you overpowered shit if you're willing to stay still for 5 hours. Though not as overpowered now, miffed me a lot honestly

[@giornogiovanna1267]

I have only used swords since the 1st day I played terraria I’ve tried getting into other classes but imma be honest, the hilarity of someone, a mortal man, just standing and getting hit by cosmic horrors while hitting harder than a drunken father on a bad day is just… amazing

[@flattmatt8367]

Haha I had that too 😂

[@conceptionmelani7367]

Talking about fathers, where is yours, Giorno?

[@giornogiovanna1267]

@@conceptionmelani7367 which one?

[@matthewgomez892]

@@giornogiovanna1267 😮

[@punnygod6287]

same brother

[@n.oah.y4171]

Autoswing has now become a built in feature for all weapons so feral claws is not as good as it used to be, but it’s still useful if you don’t have any other accessories

[@Legofan2676]

Melee speed boost is decent if you consider the terra blade (albeit it already autoswings) now releases its wave attack every swing so being able to swing it faster means even more waves meaning a boost to damage especially since they also tweaked how i-frames work for certain attack types.

[@souperhappydrinkingcoffee5130]

I think most sword reworks are also influenced by melee speed

[@K0ZNIK]

Mobile

[@fakepillow1]

NOOOO

[@shefsufla]

Just pc?

[@Bocahj4]

I never knew you could use the magic mirror to dodge the phantasmal death ray until now. Just goes to show that there is always more to learn!

[@arijeanz]

you can also use the hook of dissonance since it teleports you through the ray, but it requires a bit of finesse. you can use it to easily dodge martian saucer ray as well

[@Toast642_Archives]

The more you know

[@badger_ninja8681]

@@arijeanz bro I never thought to do that due to my love of the static hook. Thanks for pointing that out. I'll need to put more thought into items and how I use them.

[@Adam-jc5uj]

Recall potion teleports faster and rod of discord

[@imadudewithissues]

​@@Adam-jc5ujrecall potion is all i need also fk the ROD im not grinding 5 hours on a farm just to grind 10 more hours in i get 2 stacks of souls of light TWO! 9999 AND MORE

[@bananacar4215]

12:28 Tip for saving time: Reverse craft the old chlorophyte armor in the shimmering water into bars to make turtle armor. Found that out myself on a playthrough :)

[@lloydlim1055]

Recycle moment

[@dagamerturtle]

Bro is environmentally conscious about the land waste of chlorophyte

[@lemonjuice9649]

8:25 After all these years, THIS is how you should feel and be doing when using melee against WoF

[@T.Hebert]

Just use molotovs

[@grim1044]

@@T.Hebert thats not melee

[@aidanzhao2830]

@@T.Hebert bro’s slow 💀

[@CanalAbandonado4444]

I literally killed WoF like that in Expert mode bc i ws struggling with it lmao

[@PhantasmTerraria123]

The chances of you uploading this video the same minute as me were 1 in a million!! Good job ;)

[@Necr0_]

Wait that's actually crazy LOOOL, I just watched your video as well!

[@josephtonolete313]

Hi

[@DukeFishron-]

Facts

[@frowner_and_co]

@@DukeFishron- quickly delete this reply or fans will bombard you with notifications

[@HassanIQ777]

daaaamn

[@chillee6474]

After going through a master mode play through with no cross necklace, I now value that accessory 100x more

[@turking25]

I’ve started a master mode true melee challenge too! with special rules like waiting til post skeletron to get the bee keeper or volcano, and no star fury. although what I’m doing is less of a true melee playthrough and more of a “no yo-yo, boomerang, knife, or projectile abuse” melee playthrough. I look forward to seeing how far I’ll get

[@antsruletheworld360]

btw if you throw a heart crystal in the shimmer you will gain a permanent regen buff (i don’t know if you did this later on in the video)

[@flourtoast]

I think that they might have removed the fake sword shrines in 1.4.4, along with adding an autoswing option in the settings.

[@thegravedigger4565]

Nope, the removal of the fake shrine was in 1.4

[@Matchstickn]

I feel like this is the first time someone used gladius as a sword for terraria progression

[@thegoatclown6495]

What people dont know is that you can enable auto swing in the settings edit: it may only be for console and mobile

[@zachsroomYT]

Weak! (jk)

[@MTRBR-mp7wj]

IKR! It always puzzles me how people talk about autoswing like it's a new feature

[@sumisu_]

@@MTRBR-mp7wj ???? It is a new feature for the settings. Autoswing has always been exclusive to gauntlet upgrades and certain weapons. Now it's just in the settings

[@MTRBR-mp7wj]

@@sumisu_ you can't autoswing your wooden sword?

[@sumisu_]

@@MTRBR-mp7wj U need to turn the setting on. Unless ur playing on mobile

[@tavioli]

reminder that you can get terra blade preplantera by killing a jungle mimic for a terra toilet and using shimmer to get the terra blade from it

[@randomgamer3946]

Oh my god your a genius

[@itsClaptrap]

isn't the jungle mimic Celebration seed exclusive? still, I would have NEVER thought of that so that's very funny

[@randomgamer3946]

@@itsClaptrap yea but you can make a 2nd world if you don’t consider that as cheating

[@poliket6800]

Thank you so much! Recently I started my first playtrough as a Melee class, and honestly, I didn't know anything about what should I do. Now I'll at least know my summarized path to the Moon Lord!

[@SkyCentral382]

So... you dared to fight the Destroyer and BoC without the minimap. Well done 👏

[@АлиДжураев-у1х]

BoC doesn't show where he is anymore during second phase

[@SkyCentral382]

That's fair, this vid showed me that the shiny water is pre-hm 💀

[@sausagesauce205]

The goblin tinkerer after watching you dismantle items in the shimmer to change the modifier instead of paying him to change it for you

[@Neevkl_7]

My friend and I are doing this but we took a step further. So we’re Pokémon fans and couldn’t help but see Zacian with the new wolf mount. So we’re doing what we call the Zacian challenge. We use the wolf mount for the entire game and we can only use swords and we’re doing it in master mode. It’s been pretty fun so far the mechs have been a struggle.

[@randomgamer3946]

That sounds cool

[@Brandon-ff1yo]

damn that's actually cool as hell

[@nobody-rb9xh]

For those who didn't know yet, in 1.4.4 they added a new feature that enables auto swing on all weapons in the settings.

[@lloydlim1055]

BRUH I DIDNT KNOW THAT

[@jeremyram7771]

I guess I don't fully understand what that means cause I have swords that are single swing... I enable auto swing in settings and it still just single swings, requires button mashing.... There are other swords that are auto swing (hold down the button and it keeps swinging) but from my experience auto swing does not apply to all weapons, so feral claws is still necessary for some. I play on mobile.

[@iami3rian394]

@@jeremyram7771 "I play on mobile." Well, there's your problem.

[@allorfh2495]

@@iami3rian394 mobile is pretty fun as well. not so much after 1.4 tho as optimalizaton has taken a dive since then

[@iami3rian394]

@@allorfh2495 no doubt... but as you said, it doesn't work particularly well.

[@tox9335]

Him: Swords only challenge! Also him: immediately uses axe

[@hereticalcrusader2544]

The destroyer was quick, proceeds to take 6 minutes on boss

[@hejsans1948]

Aw man, now I wanna do another playthrough since I haven’t played 1.4.4 yet. It doesn’t matter how many times you’ve completed terraria, you always come back to it huh…

[@adamstarks8682]

I love that swords are like this now, this is how it should of been in the first place , so you can’t just play it like “tanky mage”

[@trulyagoose]

This video could also be called “Can I beat Terraria as Vergil?”

[@ChaoticJester]

One thing not mentioned here is how the True Nights Edge and True Excalibur get stronger depending on if it is night or day.

[@Awesom_Cam]

Isn’t this literally just a normal melee playthrough? The only things that are off limits are the shadowflame knife, boomerangs, and yoyo’s which most ppl don’t use anyway

[@Kapilan.]

Thats what im saying i actually use yoyo’s cuz they are very good but agreed

[@jannuellaurodizon3016]

Haven't played terraria in a long time but I remember having to farm so hard for three broken hero sword to craft the Terra blade, and this was before the solar tablet and stuff so I had to rely on chance. Its nice that they made it easier to craft not having to need three broken hero sword.

[@andyashmid7028]

those days were hell

[@SBerrioww]

Honestly idk how I managed to make the terra blade back when I was 7 on mobile

[@flaggy185]

I am really sattisfied with the Night Edge Change (The True Nights Edge is awesome too) turned Melee class pre hardmode to being stupidly hard to actually being one of the best against Wall of Flesh, and not being in disadvantage against the start of hardmode

[@spaalonebabuguuscooties]

0:19 failed used an axe smh

[@BannedAccountofnsofublanvpam]

wow bro, that's so cool. you both phantasm uploaded the same video concept in same hour!

[@danielkilworth1076]

I remember watching a video about how now you can have a pre Hardmode hallow biome, and they said the hallowed wooden sword was decent apparently

[@adamburmeister125]

Anyone find it wierd how each boss with valuable items he needs always drops first time. (King Slime:Slime Mount),(Plantera:Seedler), (Mothron:WARDING Mothron wing AND broken hero sword) kinda suspect. Video still enjoyable tho.

[@megal0maniac]

bro i noticed that too, i hope it was just good rng

[@dianauwu1312]

I've been playing through like this in a multiplayer world and it's crazy how powerful and fun swords are, even in pre-hardmode.

[@redlny9038]

i nearly have the nights edge and i’m finding the volcano sword super op

[@dianauwu1312]

@@redlny9038 the sheer amount of crowd control the volcano puts out is amazing, farming blood moons or repelling goblin armies is even easier with it

[@redlny9038]

@@dianauwu1312 i’m tryna beat skeleton with it rn but i’m struggling, hopefully i can get the final piece of the nights edge soon

[@dianauwu1312]

@@redlny9038 You need the Muramasa from the dungeon to craft the night's edge, so you need to defeat skeletron first

[@redlny9038]

@@dianauwu1312 yes i know that that’s why i’m fighting him

[@Kurenai_Mitsuguni]

Best option for the plantera if you happen to find yourself a railroad underground use it. Plantera is slow at obstacles minecarts can also do additional damage while going melee

[@burgerpolice1193]

I've been doing that so far in a master world, i just got to handmade in my world, I got the bananarang, so I'm not sure if I'll still continue just using swords, but I haven't fought a mech boss yet, so not sure

[@kevins9148]

is that the destroyer of gods music from calamity during the moonlord fight?

[@jiehnucorona782]

the remodels and effects and the new name for the fiery great sword and the upd is epic

[@delicateninja5675]

Icl I’m probably never going to get used to calling it by it’s new name

[@pedropablovega4318]

Insert epic cosmic worm music whilst fighting moon lord 😎

[@party_dude]

1:11 theres an auto swing option in the settings

[@oriondezagrats4228]

0:37 - "I would need a gravitation potion..." Mah boi, back in the day, we JUMPED UP BLOCK PILLARS and we LIKED IT.

[@pineappleketchup4472]

I done this in master mode 1.4.3 It's not really a difficult question to answer

[@sprouter]

second title: can you beat terraria meelee only?

[@nondescript_potato]

This is literally just “can I beat Terraria with the melee class”

[@Fewix_]

Indeed

[@spiceforspice3461]

Not really, yoyos have generally been the best melee weapons since 1.3.

[@unwiseMysticalTree]

@@spiceforspice3461 not every yoyo, but along you have yoyoa glove it does good damage.

[@multiskill25]

No, its true melee. There is a much bigger variety of melee weapons than you may think.

[@devastatorex_d8568]

Well done, bro! And DoG’s theme at the end, fantastic!

[@Blerpp47]

Ngl this update make melee more op

[@BannedAccountofnsofublanvpam]

yeah bro, night's edge can literally destroy all 3 mech bosses. while back then you need to overprepare

[@jamiespencer3705]

youre easily one of my favorite terraria creators!! love the videos

[@TheDandyi]

Great video! Although seemed easy for you, maybe in master mode next time?

[@nobody..--.]

Also maybe end by getting the zenith and the terraprisma (I know it is not a melee weapon but it is a sword)

[@AbeHopwood]

It's because it's literally just melee class, I've done it many times even in master mode. It not very hard at all

[@cripple8339]

Because all he’s done is a slightly limited melee play through?

[@nobody..--.]

@@cripple8339 do it but like a part 2

[@FrostburnIsle]

fact: in general settings, there is an option called Autofire. this lets you autoswing (any weapon) like how feral claws do. It's surprising, because most of my friends said they had no idea that setting existed. So that's cool, I guess im smart

[@eddie6395]

beating the moonlord with a terrablade was very impressive I must say, was this done in expert mode?

[@Sir_ppPenguinnn]

Master mode I think

[@richardkvech111]

yea its expert

[@poitre_]

To be honest it's much easier to beat the moonlord with a terra blade than pre hardmode bosses with pre hard mode swords (king slime excluded)

[@eddie6395]

@@poitre_ ngl I kinda disagree because you are at less risk with the enemy to health to damage ratio being so different

[@poitre_]

@@eddie6395 but the terrablade shoots relatively fast projectiles and quite powerful at that. The dps you can do with a pre hard mode sword to any respective pre hardmode boss Is not not that high and each time you're going to inflict damage you'll have to get dangerously close and quite possibly get damage. Wall of flesh Is the only exception as it's trend Is stable and constant, and the fiery great sword Is a bit overpowerade compared to its hp, plus the hungries can get knocked back). The moonlord has crazy HP compared to even late hard mode bosses and he can regenerate but you could hit him constantly with a terrablade which Is actually a ranged weapon in disguise. With a pre hardmode boss you'd have to paly extremely safely, possibly going out of time if not dead already

[@destroyedfile]

that merchant arriving during the moon lord fight must have been intrigued by a giant lunar being about to kill him.

[@agzzradface3113]

Is this really a challenge? It's basically playing as melee class no?

[@MercurialOne]

The devourer of gods music at the end was *chef’s kiss*

[@BlizzardOfTheArctics]

As a sword user myself, im glad for this rework

[@personlol4415]

1:08 Speed boots: I have been mistreated, they never care about me. Yet they still abuse me to be faster. I’m going insane.

[@whatamidoinghere9775]

How badly would swords fail against the eater of worlds? I can't imagine that would go very well (with appropriate items of course, nothing after the EoW)

[@sendkuuu]

swords arent bad for eow its better than most classes cause it has pierce

[@a.d1775]

eow is kinda easy? even in master mode you can still just tank the body and hold left click

[@kwphoenyx4643]

i cheesed the EOW by using 2 eater of souls banner, slime mount, all placeable regeneration and sunflowers, and blade of grass. its pretty cheesy

[@iikoko2008]

Finally, someone uploaded a video like this.

[@hiddenblaze]

They should replace the auto swing thing on the feral claws to something useful. Like some sort of small slash tic effect or something

[@BannedAccountofnsofublanvpam]

they forgor 💀yes ik old meme and cringe for others sorry

[@itsClaptrap]

I think the claws are still useful, as they provide autoswing *only* for melee weapons. So there's the choice between autoswing for everything, including guns, bows, magic, etc versus only swords/whips with the obvious fact of course they lead into the "Glove" accessories for Melee weapons

[@hiddenblaze]

@@itsClaptrap no there is no arguement on that. Having auto swing on an item is now pointless. When you have a setting that does that

[@itsClaptrap]

@@hiddenblaze it boosts melee swing speed, something that auto swing doesn't do sure it makes everything full auto, but that's not all Feral Claws do, they still boost melee speed, that still makes them viable enough though. again, feral claws are just the start of the glove accessory line, so they're not *great* but they're still a must if one is choosing a melee/summoner build

[@hiddenblaze]

@@itsClaptrap i can get swing speed from other things too. Remove the auto swing buff on the claws and they will be useful. Them and the things that are made down the line with em.

[@fyre5405]

1:06 you know if you open your inventory, go to settings, there is a setting that says Autofire:on/off and it lets you hold down swing btw

[@ShadeDaShade]

18:16 "There we go guys i was able to beat Terraria using ONLY THE REWORKED SWORDS" Seedler: ...

[@detree.]

Imagine having a platformer combat added to the game. Platformers like brawlhalla and it's different weapons and how they attack will be so cool from a thought

[@PeterMitch]

U dont need grav potion to find islands. Just find small unusual unnatural puddles and rope up. U will find island above

[@SpoofWebbers]

I really hope they don’t nerf the terrablade or the nights edge. They deserve to be this op after those years of rejection

[@MidoriGrey]

Technically speaking they deserve a tiny buff.

[@pevvyi]

The fact that my man played the entirety of this with only 2 life fruits consumed

[@ricenautilus]

Skill solution

[@rapap6755]

Terra blade became more worth of it's name, it can head on many bosses now :D

[@determi4477]

Funny observation:Bro, i only discovered that now, if you try to hear "come hear" when eye of chutlu is dashing, you can practicaly hear it on The speed of the video

[@pastatheh7041]

i mean, it's obviously possible, still great vid either way

[@winnerwannabe9868]

As someone who has never played terraria, i was very confused when i saw this video. Now i want terraria

[@deaconaligood]

In ONE frame, this man did 111 damage, A SINGLE FRAME

[@thefoxking4463]

“Can you play terraria whit swords only?” “Can you have a melee build whit the new overpowered melee reworks?”

[@prod.shpcsh]

18:07 Bro said 💀

[@TheMiningMeteor]

For a second I thought this was an elppa video, but I quickly realised the video was too calm

[@nhatnguyenquoc2004]

bro got so lucky, you got both the Broken Herro Sword and the Mothron Wings at the same time

[@_Potion_]

Shimmer is one of the best things in the entire game, it has so many uses

[@TadesXD]

Gotta love the second phase of devourer of god song from the calamity in the moonlord bossfight :D

[@connorpullen4030]

I like how you fought plantera and queen bee at the same time, the queens of the jungle.

[@AsymmetricalAce]

Was in the middle of a sword only playthrough when this came out lol. Good timing.

[@lonewolf576]

"Can you beat terraria 1.4.4 with swords only" its like hunting a dear with an rpg

[@grizzled1242]

"After killing my first mothron, it dropped a broken hero sword" bro has 2 in his inventory

[@liamking6218]

It's a shame you didn't use the volcano cuz that thing is crazy

[@assafkoshi]

First time I am having fun watching Terraria video Great job !

[@rota5439]

3:56 anyone also realized how perfectly king slime's death synced with the music

[@chachahammas]

Terraria devs* so how much lasers should we add in hard mode? terraria: *YES*

[@thomasprigge6635]

Usually I just speedrun the blade of grass, and now it’s worth doing because if it’s new ability.

[@SheckoVex]

3:58 perfect timing with the music

[@insertgoodname780]

I have been wanting to see a 1.4.4 swords only play through and I was too lazy to do one myself

[@Skizzy03]

Literally just rediscovered terraria’s existence (never actually played it) and was wondering if I could sword only run

[@deadbeatdab3240]

I also noticed how you don’t use debuff flasks. Such as ichor and venom. They cal easily double your total damage output with melee. And they are cheap to craft as well

[@noahquinto]

Yes you can beat Terraria with swords only but i will watch this video because it is entertaining. 👀

[@BasementDweller_]

Didn’t know it was a challenge...it’s what I’ve been doing for years. I like swords.

[@buzzyz7234]

u should have tried out the volcano for a bit first, makes you feel so powerful when u get it

[@Boonetube27]

For some reason, unlike the corruption’s Lights Bane, the crimson’s Butcherer isn’t changed in the 1.4.4 update.

[@the_gome]

It has been, it gives enemies a bleeding debuff

[@Boonetube27]

@@the_gome Comparatively, kind of boring

[@the_gome]

@@Boonetube27 gotta agree. It's pretty powerful how it stacks, though

[@Boonetube27]

@@the_gome Guess I'll have to try it, thanks for informing me!

[@Alfalfable999]

See I know you CAN, but I really want to see the new updates to them

[@senalovessleep8095]

Funnily enough, there is a setting to enable autoswing on everything. It makes the Feral Claws not bad but less of a necessity

[@Maxhax64]

My response to the title: nah you can't there's no way I'd be flabbergasted if he did it

[@mendless2036]

you make it look mad easy lmao W terraria player

[@radogoji7031]

16:51 Why does Universal Collapse feel SO fitting for the Moon Lord!?

[@rantgush9573]

This dude is the definition of “I did some mining off camera“

[@Zet______]

Silence, this man is meeting the melee class

[@2noob2pro]

The boss fight song kind slime uses sounds kinda cool when it’s speeded up