How One Statue Broke Terraria - A Comprehensive Guide to Transmutation

[@purplehaze2358]

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magick."

[@Izzythemaker127]

"The heart of sufficiently advanced technology is nature, the nature of hearts is sufficiently advanced technology" - Sufficiently technologically advanced doctor

[@user-qb9pf5jo6l]

Science and Magic are twins. that why any story who explains alot about how magic works in the worldbuilding doesn't seem magical

[@MaximNightFury]

Ah, I see you recognize Arthur C. Clarke

[@arcticbanana66]

"Any technology, no matter how advanced, is magic to those who don't understand it."

[@Izzythemaker127]

@@arcticbanana66 I understand it, and it still feels like magic

[@igrb]

I love how the language around a glitch makes it feel like an actual magic system that you can actually learn and study

[@EthyrielY]

All you'd need is a spellbook, a robe, and a staff!

[@jujunon655]

@@EthyrielY when i follow your tutorial and I step on the pressure plate my bast head just disappears

[@EthyrielY]

That's a known artifact of using the Basts in multiplayer, and is purely visual- You can continue as if they're still there. It can help to place a torch, attached to the same wire you're using to activate the Bast Statues, so you can track if they're on / off- as knowing this is important to go the right direction when transmuting. (Think of the torch like an indicator light- The statues might be invisible, but the torch will stay visible.) Hope this helps^^! @@jujunon655

[@jujunon655]

@@EthyrielY Thanks! now its working like a miracle xD

[@xxGreenRoblox]

@@EthyrielY You need to also learn the bast and statue magic type

[@xAqult]

Terraria Veterans on their way to break the entire game after transmutation is patched

[@MasonCommitedArson]

Its patched?

[@Ghostofchristmaspresent]

Is it patched tho because I want to do the glitch but I'm just watching this to build it

[@CM-dx6xu]

​@@MasonCommitedArsonas of 1.4.4.9, it still works

[@fifsqueak]

red confirmed its patched in 1.4.5

[@supermito573]

Lol

[@andrewwillard5625]

The devs can’t even be mad that people figured this out it’s pure insanity that anyone somehow stumbled onto this and realized it is all connected.

[@cyr0_gd]

eh not really surprising, this happens with most games, it just takes a person who knows what they're doing and a lot of tinkering.

[@Miles-f8q]

@@cyr0_gdStill amazing work

[@harxist]

⁠@@cyr0_gd There’s always that one person saying they have seen better and its not that big of a deal, we get it dude. It’s still very impressive when someone finds any glitch in any game

[@cyr0_gd]

@@harxist I'm not saying it isn't impressive, I'm saying it's isn't surprising and stuff like this happens all the time. i myself used to bughunt and seen bugs that obliterated economy and leaderboards for months in other games.

[@xlintx]

Reminds me of people who pull new math formulas and concepts out of their asses

[@jimmykimmel784]

If only Edward and Alphonse Elric saw this video, they would've had a much easier time finding the philosopher's stone and transmuting their mother back to life

[@rolan.r]

I never understood why they didn't just kill a mimic 🤦‍♂️

[@zwendel7875]

Yeah but what frame x and y value is their mother?

[@gremlinman9724]

it's still so incredible to me that this one guy just randomly discovered the most insane glitch imaginable after like a decade of the game being out and still has less than 20k subscribers

[@alfadorfox]

To be fair, the statue on which this glitch relies was only patched into the game nine years after launch. To be fair to "this one guy" though, the game has been out for twelve years, not ten. ;)

[@mateuszgraczyk9249]

plus it is not completely his idea he's just a messenger as well as part of it

[@minimalgrammar1276]

This guy didn't discover it...

[@snottytoe6957]

he also posted the video of it on april 1st. I honestly thought it was just stupid joke at first.

[@XadeGrimm]

remember someone had to exspose it so i bet more than one found it before it spread

[@Gromek999]

Been a wild ride to see the birth of transmutation literally first hand, and then this. Amazing.

[@EthyrielY]

Crazy how it all started with one Solar Chest.

[@warduxe]

hey its the robocraft guy!

[@veryyes8561]

@@EthyrielYWhat’s the full story on it being discovered? Is it in a video?

[@SurvivingAnotherDay]

@@veryyes8561one will come out soon probably in a documentary-like format

[@RedeXebluE]

Hopefully. I’d love to watch that.

[@murph3292]

steve: Ive built a working 4 kilobyte computer, fear me. Terrarian: *tears apart the fabric of reality*

[@colasevenseas5652]

Transmutation is an old invention Ilegal items in minecraft already exist As a minecrafter im proud of the terrarian

[@colasevenseas5652]

One day terrarian will invent a mob switch of their own and im waiting for that

[@grzegorzfic3104]

I once got sdmg in 1.2 by accident

[@ChronoCMD]

Yeah highly technical minecraft can already obtain bedrock with a pickaxe and command blocks in pure survival, only in the process of nearly crashing the world.

[@anonymouscrouton7726]

@@colasevenseas5652 wdym, terraria players have made "mob switches" a bunch of times, the most reliable i suppose would be the old duck glitch

[@ftrctyvreycertcewtcwrgcwef6000]

The introduction is where you realize how much of a spaghetticode nightmare this game is. That's an odd and inefficient way of coding. Yet the game still runs beautifully.

[@Corban4089]

Minecraft Java is the same, code spaghetti.

[@thunnus_albacares]

Any sufficiently old game is bound to be code spaghetti with enough update, there is no way to escape it

[@cewla3348]

@@thunnus_albacaresany sufficient code is indistinguishable from efficiency

[@lessthanabytepls]

More spaghetti than tf2

[@AtaSancaktar]

@@thunnus_albacares Actually there is a very easy way to escape it: Following good coding and design practices and being a competent programmer. It's inexcusable for games as rustic as Terraria and Minecraft to lag in systems that can easily run far better-looking and more complex games.

[@zetagen]

I now perfectly understand an assortment of glitches for a game I've never even beaten. Extremely informative video.

[@EthyrielY]

Thank you kindly! Glad to hear you enjoyed it^^

[@SincoolKira]

same I understand it but I have barely ever touched terraria (and haven't moved on from copper gear)

[@tr4cer_wh1te]

i had a glitch back on the ps3 terraria where i had a bunny statue placed next to a door and a molten hamaxe, i somehow broke the door and the bunny statue at the same time and i never got bunny statue nor the door but when i swung the hamaxe it would spawn a bunny no matter when or where i swung, it was absolutely crazy and one of my greatest memories in terraria

[@orangejuice3235]

You could do some crazy stuff in pre-1.2 console. I remember when there was a bug that let you get any item in the game, including bugged items that didn't actually exist and did crazy stuff, by throwing specific amounts of dirt in a piggy bank and corrupting it's inventory. I don't remember any of the specifics, but it was the only way to get Red's wings without modifying game files back when they still gave infinite flight.

[@NotSnak]

I remember i had a similar bug but idk how i caused it. But whenever i swung my pickaxe it spawned a worm

[@SHERLOCKHOMESlmao1525]

Did this with truffle worms once except it stuck to all my weapons (xbox360) if i used the picksaw it would spawn a bunch quickly

[@quietlyscreaming4513]

haha had this kind of glitch on my PS4, whenever I used my wood hammer on a wood fence it spawned ducks with every click

[@ToastedPup]

On the PS4, 2015~ I had 7 ducks, I let them go, and they multiplied to 24

[@hkayakh]

“Here at Aperture Science we don’t use just any magic. We use science. Aperture science! We are proud to announce a new invention: the philosophers stone! It allows you to get any item* you want!” “* item must be from terraria”

[@xxGreenRoblox]

Portal.exe?

[@Mystika]

@@xxGreenRoblox technically, hl2.exe is the executable for portal

[@TETANUS.]

I imagine a professor yelling at someone after attempting to find their ID and therefore duplicate themselves.

[@xxGreenRoblox]

You also need a specific type of door and if you don't have it make sure you do have a campfire which has it's top left corner on it's right

[@TobyConger]

First, we had Block Transmutation in Minecraft, and now we have *this* in Terraria. Incredible.

[@xxGreenRoblox]

changing metadata in minecraft is not able to create an elytra however changing item ids in terraria can make a zenith, meowmere, rod of harmony, etc

[@pro_master2486]

@@xxGreenRoblox It trully shows how terraria glitch is far better than minecraft transmutation, I think however the minecraft glitch was patched or smt?

[@cyr0_gd]

wow bugs and glitches exists in some computer programs, incredible

[@maninthesnow4393]

I like how minecraft players need complex planning and expolts to get mass amounts of items. Meanwhile terraria players just yell “its wizard time” then get anything in 20 seconds.

[@xxGreenRoblox]

well most people are just gonna say ima go get x and get it in 8 picoseconds compared to the intended method

[@DiceTwenty]

watching this made me realize that the key to success - even in real life - is not by merely following the system. But to recognize its inner workings and find loopholes that you can exploit.

[@cowserthekhelinace]

There's no way this ISN'T getting patched. That said, stock up for the winter, guys, get them 100% Journey characters!

[@FavoritoHJS]

afaik you can research some otherwise unobtainable items like bone blocks (1.3 legacy item, unobtainable since journey characters can't access non-journey worlds that could have them) and the boring bow (never obtainable in the first place) so 101% journey character when?

[@Greywander87]

I'm not so sure. First of all, they still haven't patched hoiks, so this could fall into "it's a feature, not a bug". Second, it requires a rather intensive set up; basically, this isn't happening by accident, so this bug only affects players deliberately seeking it out. Third, it's entirely possible that they can't fix it without breaking something else.

[@windy5405]

@@Greywander87I mean hoik at most is a movement bug, but transmutation would literally change the entire progression of the game, so I doubt they would leave it alone

[@al3xb0t2]

@@Greywander87 they already patched it or its just me using a shroomite digging claw

[@paprickachicken5277]

I don't see them being too focused on patching it as you have to go pretty far out of your way to get this

[@Reversals]

just learnt this from all of the other videos, but having a comprehensive guide is really nice aswell!

[@EthyrielY]

Thank you! The comprehensive guide has all of the older guides consolidated into one place, and also some technical information on how everything works.

[@Reversals]

@@EthyrielY Yeah! I knew roughly how everything was performed, but after watching the video I have a much greater understanding of everything, and more tools in my arsenal, thanks for the detailed explanations! you're awesome :)

[@idle-hands]

@@EthyrielY I found a glitch that hard-crashes the game that utilizes philo Edit: I did it too many times and now my terraria won't run

[@RandomRob-xf3qh]

the fact that I watched Fullmetal alchemist 2 days ago and now I get to see a "philosopher's stone" in terraria is absolutely mental

One thing is that glitches exists.. but how the hell someone discovered this one.. and finally.. How someone manage to explain how it actualy works in nutshell like you are watching tv channel about universe.. thats really impressive.

[@EthyrielY]

Thank you! Discovering this glitch and actually getting it to a state where it was useful took about two years, and I had plenty of help along the way. Seeing how much people enjoy learning about it means alot to me, and there's still tons more I need to share.

[@kelly4187]

I love the references because this is LITERAL alchemy. I remember thinking I was so clever for figuring out the bin glitch years ago when it flipped the quantity and item ID, but that was basic counting compared to this being full on advanced algebra.

[@CactusPetePlayz]

I'd argue that this is next level mathematical physics

[@solus5635]

Ever since watching Bismuth and Pannenkoek I’ve always had a fascination with glitches in games, and it’s quite wonderful to have something similar with Terraria as well - there’s something special about pushing games beyond the developers intentions, elevated by your stellar explanations ^^

[@solus5635]

And the visuals, not to forget!

[@EthyrielY]

I’ve always loved watching channels like that- A few scrapped drafts of this video were more in their style, but I eventually realized I should just do my own thing. Thanks a ton for the kind words! I’m glad you enjoyed the video- The visuals were definitely one of the hardest parts, but one of the most rewarding for sure.

[@kingkaizoku85]

@@EthyrielY It really is almost depressing how much content we are missing out on regarding other games insane glitches. Not that I would know anything of this depth but there is most definitly way more "fun-to-get-a-grasp-of" game knowledge in games either abondoned by all players and never really popular (like the countless ones on the NES) or just ones where people have the knowledge among speedrunners yet nobody really bothers to make a video about it.

[@slimestaff1]

I COMPLETELY understand this felling. It's just so amazing how some little stuff in the code can brake the hole game, like with blj's.

[@NotTheDAHASAG]

20:53 as soon as he said "two pixels", i immediately thought of fireflies. And lo and behold! This is now my favourite yt video TT_TT

[@EthyrielY]

rip fireflies, never stood a chance Glad to hear you liked the video^^! I'm quite proud of that little edit hahaha

[@deepintermission]

My brain has been fried. Thankfully, I can use MCGO to cycle through various body parts until I get a new brain to use.

[@luminous2585]

Honestly, I want to know how the devs reacted when they first saw this series of glitches pop up. They put over a decade of work into this game and then get confronted with this garbage fire :D

[@EthyrielY]

I'm honestly curious as well. There's a seven-minute speedrun using this tech.. the sort of "devs watching speedruns" thing.

[@MartianCandies]

​@@EthyrielYand its still not patched?? do you think theyre gonna leave it then, since theyd have to do a full sprite coding rework?

[@vaelophisnyx9873]

@@MartianCandiesred's patched it for 1.4.5 so it will die when that drops

[@MartianCandies]

@@vaelophisnyx9873 what will die? the player or the transmute farm?

[@Dylinix-1]

i remember discovering a glitch to duplicate objects while playing in the mobile version in multiplayer with another person. That it wasn´t pure randomnes and there where some kind of steps to follow to get it always gived me curiosity. Now that i can see this video and can comprend better how a multiplayer server works now i can make me an idea of what was happening and it´s kind of awesome. The magic behind the glitches is incredible and i think it´s pretty cool that you have made this video to explain the transmutation. Pretty good work buddy

[@TristanRum]

How were you able to do it on mobile?

[@8bitbunnie936]

Thank you for making a full on explanation video on this, I've been super curious as to how it *actually* works!

[@EthyrielY]

Of course! It's something I've been wanting to share for the longest time, since I've always enjoyed seeing those sorts of videos for other games. So, why not make one for Terraria?

[@derplingdev]

great video! really loving the transmutation glitch, can't wait to see what this 'black hole' glitch is all about, too...

[@Epsilon3141]

I have no idea how you’re channel hasn’t blown up, I subbed the instant I heard about the glitch. I really hope that this stays in the game, it is just so interesting and powerful I never want it to go away. Thanks for the simple guides, when I found this glitch I had to piece it together from the sheet and speed-running guide. I can’t wait for a vid on black hole (I tried to figure it out myself and ended up with many broken statues and dreams).

[@EthyrielY]

Thanks a bunch^^! Proper documentation is long overdue, so it's nice to finally have everything in one place. The Black Hole Glitch really does deserve its own video both due to what it can due for transmuting items, and the other strange things it can do. As a bit of a spoiler, you can make black holes out of _more than just doors_. That's one of the main reasons it's getting its own content piece.

[@jadivods]

The sheer complexity of this we feel makes it worthy of being considered a mainstay feature like liquid duplication and hoiking.

[@rrrrrr9308]

Hello, @EthyrielY ! I found another way to make fuelless CGO: Doors, even invalid, if open or closed from its valid door block, that block will expand into whole door, repairing it. Also, doors may be used as CGO fuel. I propose following scheme: Modified 2-statue setup, with second Bast statue and CGO interacting with same right door's upper left corner, with space between two statues wider for 1 block, cycling in such way: After one press to broken campfire upper right block, upper statue must switch, repairing campfire, then intact block of left door used as a fuel must switch twice, opening door left, and repairing the door, then Bast statue must switch again, breaking campfire again.

[@MagicGonads]

I'd love to see an "all items researched" journey mode playthrough/speedrun using transmutation

[@wigglingsushi]

I'm so glad you made this, I watch your other 30 min video on repeat, you and your friends in the other video are hilarious, would love to see more of you guys! Ima binge watch this video for months

[@Mister_Doodles]

This was so well put together, the graphic was so helpful in illustrating how it works. Amazing job!

[@EthyrielY]

Thanks a ton! Glad the graphics helped- They were one of the most difficult parts of the video, so happy to know the effort was worth it!

[@Apocalypse_tank]

24:22 "MCGO is so powerful that inventory management becomes a problem because of how many items you're generating, so either you delete the items or need a lot of chests" *Sir, All I See Is Platinum Coins For Free*

[@Porkey_Minch]

Excellent guide! Glad you included some important stuff that wasn't already in a video such as the stabilized bast statue. It'll be much easier to refer to this video than combing through a bunch of shorter ones.

[@EthyrielY]

Glad it was helpful! Having everything in one place has been a common request so I'm glad to finally be able to fulfill that.

[@Ohnoitshohno175]

that smash 64 training music came outta nowhere and slapped my face with nostalgia man, good video overall and thank you for helping me meme my next terraria playthrough without having to install the workshop map lmao

[@BloodWolf227]

How did you get so good at explaining things?

[@EthyrielY]

D'aawh, this comment actually means alot. Thanks a ton! If nothing else, knowing I was able to inform people in an entertaining way is satisfaction in it of itself.

[@Gaster60066]

​@EthyrielY, the best parts were the jokes and memes sneakily inserted into the video. Well done, I can't wait for the blackhole explanation!

[@szymonn4800]

I train by explaining things just to myself and it really improves it. Also, it helps in finding errors in thought process e.g. in code.

[@skele_hd5628]

I was always confused about how this glitch works, but thanks to this explanation it seems actually quite easy. Great work Ethyriel, and i hope you can cover more broken terraria shenanigans in the future!

[@Icetastesgood]

same

[@EthyrielY]

Thank you very much! I've still got loads more Transmutation content to cover- This is only item Transmutation, after all.

[@xaracen7207]

this makes me want a game where the idea is to mess with the code of the game, but the character is the one doing it, so it looks like magic. and no one in universe knows how because they dont realise they are in a simulation.

[@Amethyst.i]

That’s brilliant

[@DLBookTheGamer]

I'm not great at coding, but I'll see what I can do

[@goldenalex22]

29:36, I didn’t catch the lesson…. could you repeat that?

[@awa1323]

Im extremely impressed by this glitch and all the people involved, great work! Back in my days we placed a chest ontop of 4 ingots

[@EthyrielY]

Thank you kindly^^! The hilarious part is, I don't think I've _ever_ actually used the old duplication bugs. Despite discovering all of this crazy stuff.

[@ObbyFeathersnoot]

I really hope that if/when Relogic fixes this they go into detail about how they fixed this glitch. I feel like the process of fixing something as complex as this would be just as interesting as the glitch itself. Assuming of course, that this can even *be* fixed without irreversibly changing the game's code, like how hoiks would be fixed.

[@willmungas8964]

It is probably just a matter of bounds checking the x and y for certain items like doors

[@nothomebutnotreally3782]

The person who discovered this must’ve felt like a god

[@mehtapaydn5032]

0:19 seems balanced,i think copper shortsword should get a nerf

[@willmungas8964]

As a programmer it’s extremely interesting that this is how the game processes items. I wish you would have gone over the INTENDED behavior and the arrangement of items internally first, because then the glitches would not seem so arbitrary. It’s a little frustrating as a programmer because it’s eventually in the video that there is a clear rhyme and reason behind why this works, and it would help to contextualize the glitch with this first. Other than that great video and crazy stuff! Edit: I don’t mean to come off as condescending. I find glitches fascinating because from my experience in making games the designers have to make decisions about how to store and arrange things in the game engine, and don’t anticipate players breaking these systems later. It’s more interesting to me to find out how these systems are set up (and WHY they might be done this way) from a design perspective first, and use that as a foundation for how to then break them. It’s a great way to learn how you might set up similar things in your own games one day! And how to maybe avoid the design oversights that lead to these glitches ;)

[@Syrr7777]

Dont even play this game anymore ever since getting my plat trophy for it but i subbed and liked just because this in uncanny that someone actually discovered this. Like out of all the glitches i’ve seen people find this is the most coolest and one that was easily explained!

[@EthyrielY]

Thanks a ton! There's still a ton more to Transmutation I've yet to have time to publish, but I promise it'll be worth the wait.

[@Owlanox]

I’m probably never going to use this since I don’t play terraria much anymore, but this could be my favourite terraria video ever. You make completely breaking the game seem so easy, make is extremely easy to understand, and make it very entertaining at the same time. *1 sub ☺️

[@EthyrielY]

Glad you enjoyed it! Hearing that my descriptions are easy to understand really means alot. Plenty more game breaking will be coming in the future.

[@NatetheNintendofan]

​@@EthyrielYI Rage Quit I broke it with a crystal Crusher from Calamity mod I don't like that pickaxe it's 2:08 I just wanted to obtain The Infinity Gauntlet without using that cheat sheet mod

[@xxGreenRoblox]

@@NatetheNintendofan I understand not

[@eskg47]

​@@EthyrielY+1sub

[@astronomicallytoasted]

sad im no longer up to date on terraria stuff, but coming back to the game and seeing things like this is really heartwarming. absolutely unhinged, horrendously insane/inconceivably random steps that make absolutely no sense, but end up literally changing the code of the game, while playing the game. we've come a long way from dirt in a piggy bank, super glad to see people are still putting this much love and effort into finding cool things in the game. this video was an absolute masterpiece as well, hearing the first explanation hurt my brain, but after watching such an in depth tutorial i feel like i could make this in my sleep, and write a college essay on what it does/how it works. keep up the amazing work ethyriel :)

[@nttn6236]

Minecraft creative mode: "Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power"

[@michaelwarnecke3474]

One thing I'd like to add to the supermarket analogy: in the supermarket you still have to pay. But here, you don't

[@Clapkreag]

Just got this recommended and i just got to say that this video gave me the same sense of both of curiosity and dread that both pannenkoek and bismuth vids give

[@sachiel197]

As someone who has a bast statue on their desk irl, I know what I must do

[@EthyrielY]

I've been very tempted to 3D-print or otherwise create a Bast Statue IRL, purely as a memento.

[@degariuslozak2169]

When I played 1.2 on mobile,sometimes when I tried placing dirt blocks over a huge hole between two mountains, I'd get them to turn into bunnies(them being the dirt blocks)

[@EthyrielY]

That's fascinating! I've heard a few reports now of people on Console versions (such as mobile) having glitches where items turn into mobs. Weird.

[@thebobb1329]

torches on trees for me on 360 @@EthyrielY

[@MrBubbyG_Official]

This guy is the NileRed of terraria

[@eno88]

Love how you used Portal 2 music. That's how you know serious science is being done here.

[@EthyrielY]

"Science isn't about why, it's about why not!"

[@Gnurklesquimp2]

I haven't been super in the loop with Terraria lately and thought transmutation was simply referring to the shimmer stuff... This is definitely a little bit crazier

[@neilharbin0]

What software is being used at 25:00 for the annotation, pixel zoom, and measurement?

[@EthyrielY]

ShareX! I use it to take screenshots, and record MP4's on-screen as well. Has auto copy-to-clipboard and auto-uplaod to. Super handy bit of kit, just takes some setup.

[@neilharbin0]

@@EthyrielY Great, thank you!

[@hkayakh]

Red: *trying to patch this bug * Spiderman 2099: “Wait, this bug is a canon event to keep all the universes in tact”

[@purplehaze2358]

I'm going to be using this only once while I still can just to get certain otherwise unobtainable items.

[@EthyrielY]

It's worth keeping in mind that, due to hardcoded restrictions, items like the First Fractal can only be _viewed_, hence the "First Fractal Door". They delete themselves the exact same frame they spawn. However, there's a bunch of stuff you're not meant to have you can still get- like the Boring Bow, unobtainable boss bags, white cultist gear, and I think the Color Only Dye (though not sure about that one)

[@RoundSeal]

Absolutely fascinating. It blows my mind that things like this get discovered in older games.

[@EthyrielY]

It still blows my mind that this bug has been lurking in the code ever since Multiplayer has existed- so, that'd be 2013, or a decade at this point. 10 years. Whew.

[@snartboy5000]

14:12 good pick for background music :) also as someone who's interested in coding, this glitch and the code responsible for it is super interesting to me! thank you for this explanation, very cool

[@EthyrielY]

Happy to share! The technical aspects of why things break really is fascinating, so I'm glad I was able to provide a comprehensive run-down!

[@ariidle]

Zenith: (Basic philo method) Use steampunk door, 123 cycles (you should see snow pylon right before) (just taken from the excel sheet and simplified it)

[@mrmilldlyaverage]

thanks

[@funkdefied]

2:07 best portal 2 soundtrack

[@CBor42]

Was about to comment portal music goes hard

[@flandrescarlet2655]

I tried to do this myself, but following your example there was only a mere 2 block gap where in your video it cuts to having a 3-block space..

[@lLuceer]

Where is that 2 block gap that you mention ? Perhaps I can be of help.

[@FlamezPlayz321]

i remember back in the day when i played on like 1.2.9 mobile there was a glitch where you would put a stack of dirt blocks, the number of blocks in the stack being the id number to whatever item you wanted. and i dont remember the specifics but you basically could put dirt blocks in a chest, close the game, and open it back up to a terrablade or whatever you wanted. oh the good old days

[@mariesalias]

I kind of get what you’re saying, but don’t truly understand a lot of it. But that deficiency is solely on my end. The video was interesting and entertaining enough that my son and I kept watching until the end. (He understood it better.)

[@dorianjack]

Genuine question. Does this mod work on a modded world? If so, does the item array include modded items? Could I perform this glitch in Calamity and obtain any Calamity item? Or would I only be able to access Vanilla items with this glitch? How do mods like calamity store item info?

[@starzy_bulk]

Wondering dose this still work cause I’m trying and it dose not work I’m breaking the cat and the trap door isn’t disappearing

[@godmaster808]

Same

[@EthyrielY]

Are you on PC or console^^? If on PC, verify that you are in Multiplayer. (Host and Play works just fine. If on Console (i.e. Mobile, PS5, etc.) - you'll need to either a.) Join a server, and set it up there or b.) Have a friend join when you’re hosting, and have them set it up for you. This is due to version differences with how hosting works. On PC, hosting actually makes you a client to a server hosted in the background. On console, you are the host, meaning de-syncing doesn’t work. Hence why you need to connect to the server or have someone else connect- being the Host when using Host and Play won’t work, unfortunately. Once the setup is complete, the glitch should function identical to PC. Hope this helps^^!

[@EthyrielY]

See above comment. @@godmaster808

[@mazanma3734]

Respectfully; what kind of deranged psychopath do you have to be to be able to figure something like this out?

[@OLIVE_MANN]

a quarter of this I didn’t understand, a quarter of this I could probably never set up, but half of it is actually absorbed into my tiny brain.

[@Boneboyman]

This feels like it's harder than beating terraria for the first time without any guides

[@Blastem.]

This reminds me of the VERY old minecraft transmutation in 1.7

[@MrBuns-yi2hk]

This breaks the law of equivalent exchange.

[@EthyrielY]

the law of equivalent exchange is merely a suggestion of equivalent exchange

[@Passw0rdYT]

This seems to be patched, at least on console. Probably not the whole thing, but an integral glitch in setup is patched. From my attempts, I think this is because you can no longer force a desync between the server and client anymore. You always see what the server sees, this means that you still see the trap door when you break the first bast statue and the sand falls, and you also still see a floating bast statue when you use the torch to update the sand and trapdoor. Because the bast statue is still there both on client and server side, you can no longer place the sandstone block because that space is being blocked by the bast statue, and the statue just breaks when another block updates somewhere

[@snowyyy7684]

Any way around this?

[@dobba_playz7817]

i just did it on console

[@EthyrielY]

It works on console, but only if you join someone else's world- i.e., you're a client to their server. The host on console is _actually_ the server, hence why de-sync don't work- just as you observed.

[@OrdanKarris]

"so, now we created a star, but if you wanna create a white dwarf star, its a bit tricky, you will just need to use thee FBH tecnique, 'Fusing Black Holes' in which you need to make two black holes come together but instead of in a normal way, you will need to fuse them from top to bottom and it will revert the ID of one of the black hole in reality, making it go to his previous state, a white dwarf, easy glitch to do, right?" THATS HOW YOU SOUND RN- Bro's ripping the fabric of the universe, and alterating reality, while also getting endgame stuff like if he could do that while sleeping- and on top of that hes putting it cosmic names, WDYM "the black hole glitch"

[@EthyrielY]

It's a glitch, which can eat anything you put below it. Orrr you can decompress the black hole and get several hundred items per-second.

[@OrdanKarris]

@@EthyrielY undertandable, now stop playing with the powers of cosmic entities please- my boi moonlord its crying on the corner

[@EthyrielY]

@@OrdanKarris Hrrrm… I’ll consider it.

[@Doctor_Nu]

This glitch reminds me of The Binding of Isaac. In the Repentance DLC they added the "Spindown Dice" item which lets you decrease an item's ID by one. It would be cool if Re-Logic implemented this feature in an official capacity in a similar manner, an end game item of sorts, though Journey mode fills the same role.

[@EthyrielY]

That would be a crazy addition, and quite a fun one at that. though, I haven't seen much direct acknowledgment from the Devs other than saying it'll be fixed maybe I need to break the game harder lol Binding of Issac is a super fun game, so seeing a reference to it is very welcome heh

[@POV-guy_]

how the f- did that guy manage to find this, and what the f- did he was trying to do???????/

[@EthyrielY]

Well, it all started with trying to do some trolling with floating boulders... then I discovered you could make glitched chests... then I started trying to lockpick biome chests... Then I realized you could possibly get Zenith with it. One thing led to another, and now it's possible to kill God in under 7 minutes in this game.

[@William_Niceton]

​@@EthyrielY resonable

[@manthor6689]

I earnestly hope they never patch this and it becomes a feature like hoiking

[@EthyrielY]

If 1.4.5 breaks Transmutation... I plan to break 1.4.5. _...well, I'm going to break the new version anyways, but don't tell the devs that._

[@Arcanass]

"Hey we found a way to go faster than the speed of sounds by using this new block hammering function" "Uhhhh yeah that's actually planned... probably" "Oh and we also found a way to rip apart reality" "Uhhhhhhhhhh" Relogic won't get away with that

[@RealCrazyBlueVR]

Ah yes, a door made out of wood can turn into a wepon that you can only get after the moon lord.

[@lorenzochiapparo6271]

Bro 7:39 my sand doesn't float, but the trapdoor float and on it there is the sand, what did i do wrong? I see what the server see

[@YoutubeTube-qg4yg]

Same😢😢

[@Liur.]

The real magic was the FrameX we found along the way.

[@EthyrielY]

I love this comment.

[@sylusarrson8692]

Does it just not work on console

[@codenamec.a.t2480]

Absolutely incredible stuff. Do you know how this would work for modded items? I’m interested in trying it for a calamity speedrun

[@EthyrielY]

It _absolutely_ does. The modded items are appended after the Vanilla items, although the order isn’t known. MCGO, Philo, etc. all work though. If / when 1.4.5 breaks Transmutation, I plan to pivot to breaking mods.

[@codenamec.a.t2480]

@@EthyrielY just tested to make sure, it does work with mods on 1.4.3! Don’t know how this would work with multiple mods, though. Maybe alphabetical order since that’s the order it’s loaded in?

[@EthyrielY]

@@codenamec.a.t2480 Hrrm, possibly! Honestly I’ve yet to dive deeper than confirming it works since there’s still so much I need to cover in Vanilla heh But, MCGO seems like the perfect glitch for just getting _loads_ of modded items. Start towards the end, and just MCGO for as long as you’d like (refreshing fuel) to just keep getting items. Since, it doesn’t matter if you don’t know where anything is, if everything drops anyways lol

[@codenamec.a.t2480]

I’ve found a consistent way to find mod IDs in correlation to door IDs. Simply use recipe browser, then expand the recipe browser to be 18 items long. From there, find the item you’re currently on and work from there, moving 2 rows every time. This should work with every modded item in any modpack, but the order isn’t going to be the same every time, so always use it carefully

[@EthyrielY]

@@codenamec.a.t2480 Saving this and definitely going to give it a try down the road- Cheers and thanks for info^^!

[@RavenPH07]

after i placed a torch beside/under the floating trapdoor it breaks and the sand above it falls but the bast statue doesn't break like in the video i tried to place sandstone on but it just won't let me. What did i do wrong?

[@KedoFred]

Did you remember to put the statue up on the floating sand before putting the torch? A moment ago I was trying to do that and the same thing happened to me but the problem is that I forgot to put the statue😅

[@生-死]

@@KedoFreddoes the glitch still work?

[@KedoFred]

@@生-死 i think so, remember to do it on a multiplayer server and follow the steps in the video

[@RavenPH07]

@@KedoFred yeah i did and i also did it 15 times on different locations with same procedures and steps and still didn't work (i quit multiplayer and wait for 30s - 1m before i redo it again on multiplayer)

[@clayberry24]

are you on pc or console? ​@@RavenPH07

[@asinatiopl534]

This is so smart, I feel like all people in game design should give this video a watch

[@daggybaggyog]

Hey, you might remember me, but I figured out the setup for multiplayer only and I accidentally made a stable bast in only multiplayer. Basically, you transmute a door into banners, then break it, causing the bast head to split and have the "bee."

[@daggybaggyog]

Note, the door must be open and it also breaks some of the wood, and it stays on rejoin.

[@thedaggybaggy]

If you do credit me if you include it in a video, please credit this account that I am sending the message with as this is my active account.

[@thedaggybaggy]

Just to clarify which account, I mean this account, @thedaggybaggy

[@AdS-1013]

Is this patched?

[@IkeEdits3123]

I dont think so

[@rlbaase3]

They fixed it

[@EthyrielY]

Are you on PC or console^^? If on PC, verify that you are in Multiplayer. (Host and Play works just fine. If on Console (i.e. Mobile, PS5, etc.) - you'll need to either a.) Join a server, and set it up there or b.) Have a friend join when you’re hosting, and have them set it up for you. This is due to version differences with how hosting works. On PC, hosting actually makes you a client to a server hosted in the background. On console, you are the host, meaning de-syncing doesn’t work. Hence why you need to connect to the server or have someone else connect- being the Host when using Host and Play won’t work, unfortunately. Once the setup is complete, the glitch should function identical to PC. Hope this helps^^!

[@slendermonkey7]

@@EthyrielYi take it the host leaves and joins in order to make the bast statues visible? And also can the rest be done on a single player world? (Ps4)

[@honse6891]

You are great at explaining these wild glitches, thanks for the Guide! I sometimes wonder how people discover this stuff, can't imagine how complicated the process is

[@EthyrielY]

It started with educated guesswork, that rather quickly got out of hand heh

[@arkhamknight8022]

Whenever I rapidly shift my wooden door it doesn’t go through every item, it stops at Terra blade

[@oldreaddy3341]

Spaghetti code at it's finest.

[@swagchadd6925]

its patched Ive tried everything multiple times

[@Bruhxxhi]

Yeah makes sense that it is fixed tho it is cool but if it was to easy then getting these items isn’t worth anything

[@lLuceer]

@@Bruhxxhi It isn't patched and may never be patched

[@RuriYoshinova]

tested today november 11th, no it's not patched.

[@Bruhxxhi]

I think it depends on what device you use

[@lLuceer]

@@Bruhxxhi Isn't patched on any device just works differently as all supports other than pc require a second player/device for it to work

[@woubulbus]

this was explained pretty poorly

[@chriskorsavvas6565]

You made me happy when you said it can be done by naturally generated wires... Thank you

[@sachiel197]

so I was using the glitch to research items with a journey character started at the highest ID, but when I got to around the Sergeant United Shield, the door vanished not sure what that was about

[@Peperjackchese]

Uhhh my trap door doesn’t and my bast statue are still visible while setting up the transmutation and I can’t replace the bast statue with sandstone I tried everything i quit the game and still the same problem I am very confused I did it before and it worked but it doesn’t work anymore I tried it on multiple worlds and it won’t work

[@EthyrielY]

Are you on PC or console^^? If on PC, verify that you are in Multiplayer. (Host and Play works just fine. If on Console (i.e. Mobile, PS5, etc.) - you'll need to either a.) Join a server, and set it up there or b.) Have a friend join when you’re hosting, and have them set it up for you. This is due to version differences with how hosting works. On PC, hosting actually makes you a client to a server hosted in the background. On console, you are the host, meaning de-syncing doesn’t work. Hence why you need to connect to the server or have someone else connect- being the Host when using Host and Play won’t work, unfortunately. Once the setup is complete, the glitch should function identical to PC. Hope this helps^^!

[@Peperjackchese]

@@EthyrielYI forgot to go into multiplayer 🤦‍♂️

[@harryjones1250]

When I tried this on my Nintendo switch world, the trapdoor stayed visible and I couldn’t break the bast statue with the sandstone, I followed your guide but I couldn’t see the heads of the statues or the wires themselves am I doing something wrong?

[@crew_meister64]

Same

[@EthyrielY]

Due to version differences, Host and Play on PC and Host and Play on console function a little differently, leading to differences in the initial setup. To perform the setup on Console, you'll need to either a.) Join a server, and set it up there or b.) Have a friend join when you’re hosting, and have them set it up for you. This is due to version differences with how hosting works. On PC, hosting actually makes you a client to a server hosted in the background. On console, you are the host, meaning de-syncing doesn’t work. Hence why you need to connect to the server or have someone else connect- being the Host when using Host and Play won’t work, unfortunately. Once the setup is complete, the glitch should function identical to PC. Hope this helps^^!

[@EthyrielY]

See below^^

[@harryjones1250]

So what your saying is I unfortunately need friends? Great…🥲

[@kittentheboss2796]

I remember the safe glitch that occurred on xbox 360. When i updated the game all my safe items were replaced with odd stuff even higher stack values. Then got me and my friends thinking "what if its the stack number that equals the item ID". Sure enough it worked and we were duping reds wings for days.

[@EthyrielY]

That's fascinating! I'm honestly tempted to go back and try to find some older versions to re-visit some classic Terraria glitches.

[@professorowblock7812]

honestly I think this glitch would have been way cooler if the campfire glitch didn't exist, because then you'd have to collect different doors, potentially from the glitch itself, and it would be a wacky crafting system of sorts

[@ecksdee9768]

i feel like i have learned everything and nothing at the same time and now i am left with more questions than answers

[@ecksdee9768]

UPDATE: I BEAT THE GAME WITH A ZENITH AND FULL SOLAR ARMOR BEFORE QUEEN BEE THANK YOU

[@CloverXD1]

I tried this on mobile terraria, but all i got is the floating visible trapdoor and floating bast statue, i tried it on multiplayer and singleplayer and it still like that, bast statue just floating. Did i need to join someone world/server to join?

[@lLuceer]

Yes on mobile/console terraria unfortunately the host cannot perform the glitch, only way to get it to work is be the person joining an hosted game and doing the glitch or have a friend join and have him do the glitch

[@CloverXD1]

@lLuceer OMG TYSM FOR TELLING ME. I just need my brother phone to install terraria

[@lLuceer]

@CloverXD1 Yep, if ever you can use the same google play acc to download the game on both device, it keeps you from purchasing it 2 times for a glitch