How to Create an Instant Hellevator in Terraria

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Terraria Glitches playlist • • Transmutation
= = = = FAQ BELOW = = = =
Q: What is Transmutation?
A: Transmutation is a set of glitches discovered back in 2022 which fundamentally break Terraria. With Transmutation, you can obtain any item in the game (Including some un-implemented items), beat Terraria in under 7 minutes, and obtain infinite speed, just to name a few.
Also, I apologize if the audio is at-all weird during this. I choose to blame Windows for my sound problems.
=== Chapters ===
0:00 Introduction
0:38 Bore Drill Demo
3:42 What's going on here?
6:18 Setup Guide
11:52 Conclusion
12:22 Outro

[@purplehaze2358]

The words "black hole-powered bore drill" are incomprehensibly horrifying.

[@secretmeister]

*Door drill

[@EthyrielY]

just wait for the world eater

[@snithnorddarthbathrobe6928]

@@EthyrielY oh my goodness gracious

[@EthyrielY]

:) @@snithnorddarthbathrobe6928

[@thecheesecakeoverlord4319]

@@EthyrielY no way eater of worlds

[@ArtificialDeath]

what 1.5 years of no updates does to a terraria mf

[@slugcatsu]

absolutely factual

[@onlyjpg]

geometry dash: tf2:

[@VonBunBun]

​@@onlyjpgsilksong

[@Geomasterinagame]

THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT OF ​@@onlyjpg

[@Geomasterinagame]

Although 2.2 is finally out

[@destroyer4929]

11:40 this has the gist of "please ignore the cracks in reality opening around you"

[@EthyrielY]

fun fact: I have literally never seen a lamp project visual artifacts to nearby tiles like that, so that was my honest first reaction to seeing that happen

[@destroyer4929]

@@EthyrielY oh that's hilarious

[@crabulonbestgirl9130]

This one hundred percent has the vibe of finding an old recording of a scientist finding out something that "could revolutionize the world" just with some minor kinks, while the next recording you find is either the scientist after having gone mad from the revelation or after having accidentally doomed the world.

[@EthyrielY]

you may or may not be able to devour the entire world via doors with a variant of this machine

[@Am_Cookie2436]

​@@EthyrielYaka the sneak peak at the ending?

[@scififrenchfry]

My favorite genre of glitch explaining videos are the ones that sound like they could be SCP entries

[@EthyrielY]

PFFFTT that is an amazing way of putting it

[@jojough8283]

11:38 "Please pay no heed to the visual artefacts" definitely

[@thebaseandtriflingcreature174]

would it be safe class cuz you only need to prevent people from pulling the lever, or would it be keter class cuz it bores a hole straight through the earth...

[@EthyrielY]

@@thebaseandtriflingcreature174 it is possible to make the device self-arming, so as soon as you load the world it activates

[@thebaseandtriflingcreature174]

@@EthyrielY Keter class, definitely Keter.

[@chrishamr947]

“The door knows where it is wt all times. That’s because it knows where it isn’t” -Terraria probably

[@CaedmonOS]

You've got a typo in there.

[@chrishamr947]

@@CaedmonOS I even proofread too, fuck

[@EthyrielY]

The door knows where it is because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses Black Holes to generate corrective commands to drive the door from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn’t, and it follows that the position that it was, is now the position that it isn’t.

[@user-mt5zy9rw9w]

isnt the whole reason the glitch exists because the door does NOT know where it is?

[@chrishamr947]

@@user-mt5zy9rw9w don’t you talk back to me mister

[@dr.dman348]

11:40 "Ethyriel is not responsible for any damage done to the space time continuum, the fabric of reality, dimensional contuity, or individual sanity. Please direct any and all concerns to Meeple."

[@bbittercoffee]

It took this comment to realize this was Ethyriel Of course it's Ethyriel! Who else would do this kind of shit to the game?!

[@chessemchesse3676]

You know its real when even the chest breaks

[@wasp795]

and it broke only half of it

[@whateverppl1229]

at first I was wondering if the chest poofed because the blocks under it broke but once he cut the chest in half, there's definitely no blocks it cant break. (which makes sense as its not doing a check for what block is there as it assumes its breaking a door)

[@dabasil]

​@@wasp795 Wdym he literally removed it

[@JimboJuice]

@@RubyCascade breaking half of a chest is harder than breaking the full thing.

[@JimboJuice]

@@RubyCascade erm

[@Frying-the-snow]

The fact that this guy can do whats normally only possible with mods in the base game is mildly terrifying

[@Brass319]

my guy took quality of life to another level

[@dacrystalcreeper7300]

I love how the way you explain how this works is as if it’s just a normal tutorial on game mechanics that are supposed to be there, like “what’s goin on guys, in this tutorial i’m gonna show you how you obtain the new bore drill item, and it’s fuel source”

[@somedude4087]

management really should improve their equipment

[@EthyrielY]

That would make Karl proud, if they finally did.

[@Crust_Crease]

Yeah! Rock and stone!

[@ponivi]

NOOOOOO! DORETTA!

[@ghastdude589]

*lying on the floor* I-iss the gravity thingamajig on the fritz again?

[@Diablo-D3]

Unbreakable blocks: "Anyways, I kept drilling"

[@EthyrielY]

Unbreakable blocks are merely a suggestion!

[@Am_Cookie2436]

​@EthyrielY "they seem unbreakable simply because we did not have the means to do so, but now we do." - me

[@XperimentorEES]

It's weirdly satisfying that conveyor belts just loop back on themselves and thus are never consumed.

[@EthyrielY]

It’s quite the useful property! conveyor belts my beloved

[@nightsong81]

When I saw the sloped conveyor belts, I thought this used hoiks somehow. But of course, it was much more cursed.

[@renakunisaki]

Imagine in real life, someone discovers a way to make an ultimate drill using fire, conveyors, and ancient Egyptian artifacts, with the side effect that the drilled material spontaneously rearranges itself into doors...

[@EthyrielY]

thermodynamics is in shambles

[@RaphaelStar7]

Unbreakable tiles: *exist* Ethyriel and the black hole powered drill: ... *and I took that personally* Really, what that map really needed was another insta-hole button, and of course, even more holes

[@mobgabriel1767]

0:19 there is a bunch of tcnick3s on my screen

[@EthyrielY]

a reference I did not expect, but am 100% on board with

[@NotSnak]

GUYS GUYS ITS TCNICK3

[@RaphaelStar7]

They are all trapped, all the TCNick3s.... Until they play pushy penguins

[@eidalon_the_revenant]

lmao piplup

[@whatthewhatthe9117]

Free him

[@purplehaze2358]

This glitch might just be the most powerful in any video game, and if not, it's certainly the most powerful glitch in a game that I'm aware of.

[@thestylemage2092]

Ehh, don't forget some Mario/Zelda games where you can write your own code into the game.

[@burritoman2k]

Yeah as powerful as this is it's nowhere near the level of arbitrary code execution

[@EthyrielY]

🤫@@burritoman2k

[@devlinmcguire7543]

​@@EthyrielY no... f###ing... way... 🫨 _You didn't!_

[@BlueHazeBurnout93]

Which glitches are you aware if, in general? I don‘t want to say this glitch isn‘t powerful, but it doesn’t come close to other glitches I have to think about when someone says "powerful glitch".

[@bensonphun]

So genuinely so amazed on how you even figure this stuff out

[@EthyrielY]

Out of all the Transmutation variations, this is the one I'm most amazed I figured out. The setup is so specific that I actually lost the Bore Drill tech for a few months, because I'd forgotten to document it, and had to re-discover it.

[@Am_Cookie2436]

​@@EthyrielYeven being able to rediscover it is a huge accomplishment

[@Quasar_Hoik_guy]

Nice vid once again, Ethyriel ! I do have a couple of nitpicks : Concerning the campfire's fuel, having 3 conveyor belts is unnecessary, simply having one on the fuel tile is enough, and it doesn't need to be hammered. and you can use grates the same way as conveyor belts for a pre hm alternative. And concerning the black hole itself, it's not the breaking of doors that deletes the tiles (this part actually loops, and only breaks tiles right below the black hole when it's not the black hole itself) but the closing of the door, hence why it happens when it's activated via a wire signal

[@EthyrielY]

Thanks a ton for the corrections! I'll use the more efficient conveyor belt setup for the tiled versions. And, that makes complete sense- Closing the door causes it to check where it should be, and if it's invalid it triggers a break.

[@Nolyswag1]

Can't wait for Yri to invent arbitrary code execution in Terraria.

[@gafoneo3727]

That's just insanely cool! The only thing that I really hope for is that one day it would be possible to exclude the bast statue from this contraption

[@EthyrielY]

...Now you've got me thinking...

[@devlinmcguire7543]

​@@EthyrielYwhile they aren't 2x6, music boxes do activate with wires. And there's a couple of the Party Girl's items that could be something

[@Am_Cookie2436]

Oh no you gave him ideas. OH NO. I CAN ALREADY SEE THE CURSED OBJECTS- lmao

[@mromg8282]

So... this guy created a philosopher's stone to trasmute literally anything into existance, and now he made a black hole to remove blocks from existance in a single blink of an eye. I think it's only a matter of time before he starts looking at proton-level physics to discover lemon-powered teleportation.

[@durgun8247]

It's important that it's lemon powered, without the lemons you end up with a lot of zerglings

[@EthyrielY]

When life gives you lemons, make a combustible lemon to burn life’s house down.

[@cewla3348]

@@EthyrielYwhen life gives you lemons, turn lemons into black holes and use ‘em to destroy life’s house! Turn their home into walls! WHO DOES LIFE THINK THEY ARE, GIVING LEMONS TO ETHYRIEL Y?!

[@Splatoonspyro]

​@@EthyrielYfun fact life didn't give us lemons. We made them ourselves.

[@jacksonpercy8044]

Transmutation is the gift that keeps on giving. There are also ways to perfrom this without any wires, making it possible pre-boss, but naturally it's less automated.

[@Vegalith]

Terraria’s answer to Minecraft’s Orbital Strike TnT cannon in the block game hyperweapon arms race.

[@EthyrielY]

"You can't destroy this chunk of land if I delete it first!"

[@Vegalith]

@@EthyrielY is there a way to get it to delete horizontally? A black hole powered Rail Cannon that can instantly blast a hole through the world would be cool.

[@slimestaff1]

Oh hell yeah, more glitches to bag

[@GabeTheSilly]

2:40 TO SHOW YOU THE POWER OF FLEX TAPE, I SAWED THIS CHEST IN HALF!

[@TheGabrlmed]

Cats are so powerful that putting one in a video game instantly gives you reality-bending powers.

[@ImMimicute]

Honestly it's pretty crazy, there have always been glitch hunters in terraria over the years, like the old chest dupe and such, but never before have I ever seen one person just crack a game wide open like this until now You've heard it before eth but you're nuts, keep at it

[@EthyrielY]

D'awwh, thank you kindly! I don't plan to stop anytime soon, and there's plenty more cursed stuff in the pipeline!

[@ImMimicute]

@@EthyrielY I'm honestly so ready for it, emergent gameplay is one of my favourite things and it's been a minute since I've seen someone really bust into the matrix like this and never to this degree

[@CaedmonOS]

I am quite excited for the nuclear bomb that you showed off at the end.

[@EthyrielY]

One of my next videos will be on that application of bore drills, affectionately nicknamed “The World Eater”. (Not to be confused with the Eater of Worlds.)

[@somedude4087]

@@EthyrielY not to be confused with more disappointing Eater of Worlds* which doesn't even break tiles

[@nicolasn12]

finally I can make a hellevator without minning a single block off

[@BoredFreshman]

"Domain Expansion" Imaginary technique "Hollow Doorple"

[@SullySadface]

3:22 Ohhhh, it's like a drying pan. Wait, are you just... hoiking the dupe? That's inventive.

[@lovestrucktheidiot]

Replicating Event Horizon in the Terraria forest biome, what a mad scientist

[@EthyrielY]

Nothing could possibly go wrong*! *creating black holes in forests may cause some things to go wrong

[@Idk.z-z]

Woah man, I have just found your channel today and your videos are super entertaining! I’m subbing

[@SquidCoder]

I can confirm that some form of bore glitch works on console (at least nintendo switch) as i briefly bore-d while testing philosopher's stone

[@EthyrielY]

Awesome! Thanks for the confirmation^^

[@SquidCoder]

@EthyrielY I'll test your setup later with my friend but at least we know some variation will work if not yours

[@Zelose_Kitsune]

I might never know how people find things like this, but I’m still going to enjoy seeing what you find

[@EthyrielY]

[@chemreal]

god damn, i just saw the sneakpeak in the conclusions part and holy wow im excited for what could be done in the future

[@sasdagreat8052]

You're genuinely one of the most amazing Terraria content creators out there. I come back a year after the Bast statue glitch to check up on you, and you're still actively collapsing reality.

[@chemreal]

i dont know why but every time i leave discord i get redirected to this video

[@EthyrielY]

the glitches are spreading

[@FoxenColt]

I keep randomly coming across this guys KZbin channel, so I think you deserve a subscribe finally, it's weird being a veteran of this game.. I remember playing on Mobile and spawning the Bunny Boss into my brothers while than leaving to piss him off 😂

[@elderk35]

@4:19 I laughed so hard, even though I saw it coming

[@aldegator]

I remember the first time I played terraria I never thought to make a helevator so every time I needed to go to hell I had a route through a cave system I followed

[@hungrymangoproductions3315]

The Vsauce music at 4:15 was too fire, perfect context lol

[@I.AM.A.TOPHAT]

THANKS FOR SPEEDRUN THING ILL USE

[@hypercrafting]

just as the conclusion started i wondered if they could be stacked, glad i got the answer just a few seconds after

[@TuSn_Espinzo]

Thx for sharing all this knowledge

[@EthyrielY]

Happy to share!

[@rekitrelt]

True banger like always

[@cortinastone]

Seeing a chest get cut in half is the moat cursed thing i will ever see

[@user-mf4uo9ox2y]

I can confirm that it works on switch. The only weird thing is that when doing the campfire gitch rather than being invisible the top half of the campfire will randomly shift between many diferent sprites

[@EthyrielY]

Thanks for the confirmation! I think the reason for the different sprites is that Console is more compact, file-wise, than PC is, so it's basically bleeding over into different sprites, wherein on PC there's just empty space.

[@user-mf4uo9ox2y]

@@EthyrielY ah, that makes sense

[@lukapetrovic412]

This boring ain't boring, great vid!

[@TheCrimsonKnight.]

Great video! I'd recommend adding some background music though, as it make the video seem more "full(?)" if you get what I mean? I've seen that just some basic music that is *verrry* quiet but just loud enough to distinguish from everything else, can help the video by MILES.

[@gavindavis6035]

My favorite dragon has uploaded a new video! This has made my month ❤

[@EthyrielY]

[@Vinny-gg3xj]

Ethyriel is indeed a genius.

[@EthyrielY]

[@chrisj4288]

For a long time I was trying to figure out how to do multi-tile entities in my own tile-based game. This sounds like a perfectly reasonable and definitely not exploitable way to do it yes, I think I'll do this.

[@cantsu]

man I love this channel, never fails to weaponize doors

[@EthyrielY]

I never realized how often doors are used until someone else pointed it out, lol

[@rrrrrr9308]

Gemspark Blocks works also as infinite CGO fuel as well as Conveyor Belts, they light up when positive-facing and quench when negative-facing, and there is no need to hammer them!

[@MDJ287]

7:15 I have verified that the glitch works on Console! I made a playlist on KZbin of the Transmutation-related things I've done: kzbin.info/aero/PL8fStCyGQZmTm6xY2oE9dg6NtvWgNuUm7 Looking forward to seeing this game be broken down even more in the future!

[@lixxunlixxun5158]

cheers to you mate

[@EthyrielY]

Thanks a ton for checking this! And, I've got plenty more to share- You won't be disappointed!

[@Panda-vq4gd]

Have you done anything more with the fireworks? Can't you summon basically any projectiles using them?

[@EthyrielY]

I’ve looped back to them here and there, but I’ve yet to find a super-useful application for the tech, because they’re guaranteed to break when activated. (So it’s cumbersome to summon large amounts of projectiles). Though, I’ll probably still make a short video showcasing it anyways, to see if I can get community help with figuring out the best use case.

[@zero_the_timeline.]

the intro's quietness is perfect.

[@teamok1025]

New speedrunning strat just unlocked!

[@YetiCat28]

The amount of QoL that this has is actually kinda insane. Like duping chests may not sound like much but it means you can get a bunch of gold chests without doing a billion pirate invasions or get a post plantera weapon in pre HM.

[@Am_Cookie2436]

Inifnite money glitch lol

[@LukeTheSimplistic]

I dug my Hellivator... With my bare hands... This is beneath me... "Proceeds to use the philosopher's Stone"

[@bluefire3939]

ITS FINALLY HERE!!

[@mediup2472]

This contraption is not sight readable

[@albert836dx5]

TRUE

[@bobbymcbones9028]

*See Ethyriel uploaded a new Terraria video *Grabs bag of popcorn This next one’s gotta be good chat

[@EthyrielY]

[@giddycadet]

damn and i thought they were doing esoteric shit on Scicraft. this is the most arcane knowledge that has ever been bestowed on me

[@EthyrielY]

Being compared to Scicraft is an honor.

[@kinsan89]

I will actually look into giving this a go on console sometike next week, will update you if/when I do!

[@wiresnstuff]

Seeing transmutation tech evolve has been mega cool, scary black magic lmao

[@EthyrielY]

There's only going to be more black magic as I get deeper into Black Hole theory- This is only scratching the surface!

[@MalignantAffliction]

this video feels like its 1.5 years long jesus

[@dragonfire2114]

Tried this because I didn't feel like doing it the hard way, worked great! Really easy to set up too. Some things of note: 1) My bore drill required ~20 sandstone lamps. I may have been resetting it wrong, they converted into tiki torches and cactus lamps. Be warned! 2) If you have places torched on the way down the doors that spawn when you hug a wall will erase your torches 😢

[@rkm2999]

I miss you guys, Ethyriel and friends, doin terraria veteran gameplays. I want to watch you guys play getfixedboi seed.

[@BlankNametagGaming]

4:16 this got me laughing way harder than I would like to admit

[@timohainyoutube1760]

bro doesn't need an oscar, he needs to find more gliches

[@EthyrielY]

🫡

[@Jamlord2061]

minecraft and like one gamerule: pinpoint mapwide orbital cannon terraria some wiring stuff, statue and a door: black hole and black hole powered mining

[@cryptocommand3752]

That patrion plug was EPIC

[@Dario__]

Damn very cool content

[@cheetahrbx4575]

I’m relatively new to terraria and I got this recommended to me. My honest reaction to this video was “What.. The… F*ck”

[@novaticterra838]

Common Ethyriel W

[@Am_Cookie2436]

Now *THAT'S* an introduction. Holy shit.

[@sugiuwara4266]

So powerful that it cut filled chests in half

[@nikso1496]

Most people: just dig or use bombs This one: bends fabric of reality.

[@Billy_The_Kid-]

Best intro ever

[@Thebes]

This man is this close to auto fracking in Terraria.

[@DeuxisWasTaken]

Ah yes, the campfire glitch. The glitch of the campfire that I'm perfectly aware of and understand, the glitch affecting the campfire. The campfire glitch.

[@Eye-vp5de]

Yes, the glitch where he glitches the campfire and the campfire is glitched, exactly

[@EthyrielY]

Yeah, it's the glitch where the camp of the fire does a glitchy thing. (I'll try to do a better job of providing context for certain bugs for the future videos- Thanks for pointing that out!)

[@Eye-vp5de]

@@EthyrielY oh, you meant that one. I thought you were referring to the one where the camp of the fire does the normal thingy, not the glitchy one

[@EthyrielY]

It is the one where a combination of wood, wherein the variant of the wood must be the regular wood from the best-selling game Terraria, mixed with torches (created by combining regular wood and gel from one of many different gelatinous enemies), is crafted together to create a burning wood pile used commonly for camping or recreational gatherings, wherein this burning wood pile is glitched through the use of an old cat statue, causing anomalous behavior. @@Eye-vp5de (this sounds like a copy pasta lmao)

[@Eye-vp5de]

@@EthyrielY oh, I thought you meant the situation where the oxidizing in a exothermic way organics harvested manually from dead vascular plants is simulated in a perfectly correct and realistic way which in no way involves any inconsistencies with the universe you call reality in a sandbox game called terrorism (or something like this, I'm minecraft fan).

[@Patashu]

This is awesome, but one thing I was hoping to learn (not sure if I missed it or if it wasn't explained) is WHY the black hole is moving downwards, rather than upwards or any other direction or staying still.

[@EthyrielY]

From what I understand, it moves downwards due to how the game interprets changes in FrameY framedata. FrameY corresponds to a vertical change in the spritesheet, and doors in particular use this data for both what item to drop and the position the game _thinks_ the door is at. FrameX is not used for the drop position, though- otherwise going horizontally would be possible, which would be neat.

[@Patashu]

@@EthyrielY So it's something to do with 'changing FrameY simultaneously advances which item it is and its y position in the world'?

[@ironted]

Finally some quality construction equipment

[@EthyrielY]

"So, we've finished demolishing your house!" "Awesome, but-" "Don't mind the hole that goes all the way down to the underworld. We might have forgotten to turn off the drill."

[@hotmud9703]

*Life has many doors, Ed-boy.*

[@Key_stones]

This thing is just to powerful

[@MapleclawGD]

Might start trying this glitch it can do anything lmao

[@EthyrielY]

I really need to make a list of everything Transmutation can do- There’s stuff I still haven’t posted about!

[@slugcatsu]

Very cool!

[@EthyrielY]

Thanks!

[@Lappland_is_mitsu]

Cant wait for someone to discover on how to use it sideways

[@nathaniel817]

This is what those age of legends guys did in wheel of time...

[@voidwalker3508]

You should really be an engineer Ethy, it would suit you well. Actually maybe mad scientest or morally gray innovator would make more sense :p

[@EthyrielY]

One step ahead of you! Mechanical Engineer who just happens to be good at breaking stuff in videogames.

[@somedude4087]

I wonder tho...(altho as I'm writing this I think I understand why) why bast statue needs to look specifically to the right (and now about my possible understanding, is that cuz left facing bast statue is different sprite in the sprite sheet, or cuz its normal sprite but flipped which causes some jank which results in philosophers stone not working)

[@EthyrielY]

Precisely that! The two Bast statue variants (left and right facing) are on the same spritesheet, arranged horizontally. You -can- transmute with a left-facing Bast- it's just harder to setup than a right-facing bast, and they're functionally the same. So, right-facing Basts are standard.

[@somedude4087]

@@EthyrielY so you could have 2 paralel oposite facing philosophers stone machines which you can use to get items with different offsets from the same torch/lamp, interesting

[@Cgeta4]

How to dig: 1. Make something a door 2. Then make it doorn't

[@EthyrielY]

Then, you get floorn't

[@masonwoods8534]

The vsauce tone got you a sub.

[@johnm4048]

You can also break locked shadow and biome chests using a molecart which is brought by the zoologist

[@p1nstark]

Not even all the pickaxe mods can break a chest.... Ethyriel, the mad

[@EthyrielY]

accurate

[@steelsnake1493]

"no terraria playthrough would be complete without a hellevator" My lazy ass be like: