The Shimmer: A Deep Dive | Terraria 1.4.4

[@Khaios]

Plushies are on sale now for a limited time! www.bit.ly/ShinoPlush

[@Delzaleon]

Khaios merch? Lets go

[@PhillyNotNic3]

So cool

[@BoneCrushr72]

The first reaction to shimmer phasing was amazing.

[@Muniaczek90]

I remember I gasped and almost cried when I found this biom myself. It was amazing. Also my favorite thing for shimmer is changing the items. Can now easily make cellphone on my other characters without making that many quests. And finally did terraspark on my main character! Still in awe how awesome it is how it breaks items. Watching Zenith go into their components is just wow

[@isaaclopezruiz9597]

@@Muniaczek90 it breaks items but also the economy of the game as well

[@zememerr2329]

@@isaaclopezruiz9597 I think the best way to fix that is just to remove the crafting recipe for timers. Items like Neptune’s Shell have had retconned recipes before, so it wouldn’t be anything new. And plus, 1 timer is pretty expensive to craft with a watch and everything, at that point a majority of players would just buy at the Mechanic anyways

[@hollowknightenjoyer]

Bro commented twice

[@CommiesDontSurf86]

Had Terraria since it's first release. Remember having to jump over a single block tile. Been one of my favorites games to play and relax, build and explore. Watching how far this game has come has been awesome, and makes me feel old. :)

[@Khaios]

I actually couldn't keep playing in the jump up one block days. I played for a bit, and had some fun, but couldn't stick with it. 1.2 got me hooked tho

[@lostglaceon9274]

Despite everything, I kinda miss Terraria's pre-v1.0.6 balance. No classes or crits, just raw damage and buffs. You could craft the Depth Meter, too! ...though, building was pretty sucky, so that's always annoying.

[@SpaceCadet0023]

I remember that too. But that is cause I played on Xbox 360 when I was younger. I did not have it at start.

[@xdarin_]

I remember Minecraft 1.7.10. Hell, hearing a sheep baah from Minecraft brought a tear to my eye once

[@evanrobert175]

I first got it on mobile, when they first added the mech bosses to mobile. So still a long time ago, but probably not nearly as long as you people. (My ipod can't use the new updates, so it's still stuck at the version where plantera was added)

[@RubyEsq]

Love these videos K! Just a small correction - there’s *two* items that can’t be “crafted” using shimmer until post-ML. One makes you teleport, the other cleans up corruption/crimson.

[@Khaios]

Yeah, I had already recorded that vocal line by the time I discovered the terraformer, and just missed that single word when watching my video for mistakes, haha

[@RubyEsq]

@@Khaios No complains from my end … I’m just happy with all the new content we’re getting! Must be difficult to keep up with all the mayhem!

[@sargassum136]

three, the shimmer bucket too

[@RubyEsq]

@@sargassum136 You don’t need shimmer to craft the bucket, and although you technically need to defeat ML to get Luminite bars, you can still craft it before defeating him (e.g., taking luminite from another world or by using journey mode)

[@NovaNyst]

@@RubyEsq as in tossing a water bucket in to make the shimmer variant

[@BoneCrushr72]

Shimmer is funky

[@MeltyNote]

very funky

[@tastycastle1976]

Like Cirno

[@MrMetal-xe8lg]

True

[@BK_INC]

On god

[@hollowknightenjoyer]

Bro commented twice

[@eryscalamitas1611]

Omg I love how you used the ash fences as chains to hold the vial of shimmer in the intro that is so creative

[@ok-bx1bc]

same

[@hayesgerder4185]

I think ReLogic should add an NPC, perhaps Post-Moonlord, that can tell you what happens to an item when thrown into the shimmer, like the Guide does with crafting materials

[@noeschaeffer2167]

I don’t think that’s worth it, as you can just as easily chuck it in to find out instead. If they do want to add a feature like this though, they should just add a post-ml additional guide option.

[@ssgoko88]

​@@noeschaeffer2167 shimmered guide exclusive button

[@boney2982]

@@ssgoko88 that would open the doors for other npcs to have unique functionality or stock when shimmered

[@mkv2718]

@@boney2982umm… so? What’s your point? I’m not sure I get the concern

[@boney2982]

@@mkv2718 I’m not concerned I’d actually really like this as a game mechanic it could allow for completely new and unique items to be added

[@Joandersonso]

About NPC transmutation. Instead of depending on statue RNG, you can build a house flooded in shimmer and asign the NPC to that house yourself. This method is quicker when it's raining or at night time

[@Mr-Ad-196]

Or build a house near the shimmer and then yeet the npc in the shimmer.

[@WandofSparking]

Finally someone else connects it to A Link to the Past, that's the first thing I thought of!

[@erikfassett]

One interesting quirk with item dismantling: For potions, it doesn't actually return all of the items. To account for the alchemy table, items seem to have about a 75% chance of being returned (Not sure if that number is what's actually used, but on average your return from the alchemy table is 4/3rds so multiplying that by 3/4ths would bring you back to 1). Standard health and mana potions can't be dismantled at all in shimmer too.

[@madengineerkyouma]

I've been so distracted by what the shimmer does that I'm just now realizing how good it can look in a build.

[@hallowedchromee310]

Use Shimmer with argon and xenon moss as well as crystal blocks and its phenomenal. I also am so gonna incorporate this stuff into my hallow builds because it fits really well.

[@deepakrajendra8019]

I'm loving the huge influx of Terraria videos by all the content creators. I have played only a single world on my phone for over 300 hrs on just Normal mode. I was quite afraid of pushing into harder difficulties because of the fear of grinding. However, now with these QoL changes, I'm really excited to try out the harder difficulties! QoL stuff like the shimmer is such a great thing to have!

[@timmyreobed5043]

The Aether is definitely where my cave pylon is gonna go.

[@chicomanara]

I was deading the lava charm farm already, I forgot about this recipe. The ahnk charm is way easier to get too, as you can change spare acessories to get their counterpart. This even works pre hardmode.

[@DJBlackNGold]

The Ancient Bricks actually made me squeal. Copper, Silver, Gold, Dungeon, Hellstone, Obsidian, Cobalt, Mythril all become their old 1.1 brick versions! I kinda hated the new cobalt so this is a super welcome change!

[@dylanium5755]

Immunity items become their corresponding item when thrown in shimmer (bezoar becomes adhesive bandage), making the Ankh shield so much easier to obtain

[@Muniaczek90]

Worth the wait for your video :) by the lenght I can tell you put so much efford in it. Proud of you! Doing great as always my dude ♡

[@thatsgottahurt]

Im really glad I played several hours of 1.4.4 before watching any videos - it was such a treat after playing for 10 years and seeing this new biome for the very first time unspoiled - WOW!! Labor of Love was the perfect name for this update. You can tell a lot of love went into making this game was it is - as well as all the love from the community and mods. Terraria is easily in my top 3 all time favorite games every played and I doubt it will drop lower than that anytime soon.

[@maxgoksu4911]

Hey Khaios, I have had a LOT of trouble finding this cave, I have 3 angel statues for some reason and I can't describe how much this helped, also there is a new axe that can be made with copper/tin axe staff of regrowth, vines make the axe of regrowth, this plants acorns after breaking trees. Anyway, have a great day

[@maxgoksu4911]

Also throw the rod of discord in

[@Khaios]

I plan on making a short about the axe ^.^ Also, I throw the rod of discord in during this video :)

[@Liam-fx3ir]

Between the faeling thing, ores degrading when you throw them in, and the player going insubstantial, the shimmer seems very destructive. It reminds me of the movie Annihilation- it’s strangely beautiful but also incredibly dangerous.

[@nullius9807]

I have a suspicion that the "Aether" is going to play a VERY large role in whatever Terraria related project ReLogic have planned next.

[@danev07]

You can also throw in luminite bricks to get some pretty cool new blocks, depending on the moon phase

[@MapleclawGD]

Shimmer is one of the best things in the update imo, also if you haven’t seen the Mappy Gaming video it’s crazy he is breaking the game again as usual. So close to 300k let’s go Also how to find it, I found on small worlds it was often way closer to the ocean sometimes under the beach, but I think you’re right about the larger world sizes. And I have only searched a couple.

[@Khaios]

I haven't seen it yet, but Blue was telling me about it. I imagine it won't last for long after Relogic catches wind of it, though haha

[@felwarksmith6239]

Found it on Zenith seed near above hell at worlds edge

[@sargentgullible2794]

@@Khaios Before you do, heads up, one of the things Mappy found out was already patched out VERY quickly.

[@joeshmoe6930]

I have a large world on expert where it was relatively close to the beach. there's the jungle, and I dug straight down to find the temple at the bottom and the shimmer on the way. Then toward the west there's a small desert then the beach. Actually I think it's just the beach I'm calling a "small desert." I'd have to go look.

[@stabby4858]

Always thought your character’s drip in terraria was fire. You inspired my main vanity style so ty for giving me a good sense of vanity in Terraria.

[@stabby4858]

Btw nice dirt block how long did it take?

[@moonlord86]

I never noticed how good luminite bars look, you should make a build with them. For the moonlord!

[@duckyduckington9736]

why do u have under 1 mil, you have the energy and high quality of a BIG youtuber that would have a ton of subs, but u still keep that underrated channel feel.

[@ARDIZsq]

Hey Khaios, I was recently playing 1.4.4 and found a cool item for builders like you. It's called the "Stinkbug Blocker," which has another version called "Ghostly Stinkbug Blocker." You craft it at a workbench (with ecto mist for the ghostly version) using 1 Stinkbug, and when placed in a home, it makes it so NPCs won't move in. I think this could be useful for any fully furnished builds where you don't want any NPCs moving into them, but still want that home aesthetic. I imagine it can also be useful for Player homes.

[@Drondia]

When I found the Aether mini biome I immediately wanted the song for the area. When I hopped into the liquid and phased I immediately thought it would be a neat way to get into a secret underground base or something similar.

[@CoffeePowered]

I love deconstructing so much. Especially on journey mode because there's a few things that can help with researching. Needed diamonds, threw in a magic mirror. Need multiple of a critter to research it fully? Craft one into the terrarium version which only needs 1 to research, then deconstruct a whole stack of them.

[@willthewisp2446]

I'd love to see you build a custom shimmer biome, possibly with a transmutation forge for crafting? Great video as always!!

[@oT0T1o]

Very helpful! I look forward to watching your version of the Aether!

[@AlexSmith-tp7xu]

The ash wood fence being used as chain looks cool khaios!

[@Freedbot]

The well of wishing is a good metaphor, especially due to the fact that coins thrown in get destroyed and give you luck. I made a skyblock map "Shimmering Skies" based on the liquid and the remix and zenith secret seeds. Any new tricks and obscure interactions with those 3 things help me to improve it. I did not know about the shell phone not uncrafting.

[@abadgurl2010]

Can I get the map download please?

[@Freedbot]

@@abadgurl2010 Can't post links here. Expert difficulty is on the Steam workshop. All difficulties are downloadable on Curseforge.

[@Lystr0saur]

16:06 you can just build a town in the shimmer biome and scare the NPCs into falling into the liquid by smacking them with the new Flymeal sword. I reccomend reforging it to broken so the NPCs don't die.

[@Vic2point0]

As someone who loves wiring teleporters up all over my world (so will have wiring over there already anyway), pumping shimmer to my base would absolutely be worth the effort!

[@sefyravelvetpaw8166]

Shimmer also reminds me slightly of the Mystic Forge of Guild Wars 2. Technically, you use a crafting menu of sorts to "throw" items into the shimmering liquid, but it returns a transformed version of the item(s) you placed into the forge.

[@purplehaze2358]

Shimmer causing the player to phase through blocks honestly feels like a bug that Re-Logic just decided to keep in the game. Then again, that might be because of its similarities with hoiking.

[@rsodrealm]

could be really good for one way trapdoors, elevators and whatnot

[@boxcart4533]

It gives a debuff so I doubt it

[@hazeltree7738]

@@boxcart4533 Even if it was a bug they could have expanded on it. For instance, the spy class in TF2 was made from a bug and is an entire class now

[@cyanified]

​@@hazeltree7738wait actually? is there a video on that i wanna know

[@Born_2_Die420]

First time playing since last year, and I can't believe they updated it again, terraria has and always will be my favorite game, miss the old days but this game has aged amazingly

[@nordblum]

My favorite use of the shimmer is making new permanent upgrade consumables, some of which are especially useful in a master mode playthrough.

[@mishagaming1075]

what consumables? pls elaborate. I wanna be op too.

[@theradiance2453]

I remember the days when the underworld had the lava layer background. The good times, the "innocent" times, the ones where I got kicked out of my account and was forced to replay the tutorial over and over. The tutorial island, filled with holes, iron, and gold, and a fall directly to hell. I'll remember those days, and cherish them very much.

[@ShichioKatage]

"If you see the snow biom [...], turn around." Me, with my snow biom practically on top of the jungle biom. *visible confusion*

[@zero8xkira]

This is the only game i still play after about 7-8 years and still manage to find new things and have fun. These updates they do are so awesome i remember back before fishing was invented. We had to use spears.

[@mycupcakegamer7235]

out of all the videos and tips I looked at, this one actually helped me find the biome! I'm a new player so I never knew what the Aether was until I started searching about biomes in Terraria lol. I had tried to find it but every time I found something I thought was going to help, it just failed me, but this didn't, so thank you!

[@richcook5642]

Best builder and editor in one, another great video!

[@Crlo-Libr]

Opa, só vim nos comentários fala uma coisa, que bom que o canal está crescendo tão bem assim mano, e só vim fala que você merece, seus vídeos são ótimos. 🇧🇷🇧🇷 Oops, I just came in the comments to say one thing, I'm glad the channel is growing so well bro, and I just came to say that you deserve it, your videos are great.🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@leaggug]

Talvez ele não entenda português ent eu aconselho comentar em ingles mesmo

[@Crlo-Libr]

@@leaggug tem um mecanismo nos comentários para traduzir para o idioma que está mas familiarizado. Mas também vou passar esse comentário pro inglês....

[@LordMarlle]

Mining Shirt -> Mining Pant -> Mining Shirt is a huge deal for me Same thing with Alchemy Table Bewitching Table

[@Khaios]

Yeah, I didn't have time to go over every recipe, or this video would be 40 minutes long. But there are so many good transmutations!

[@XxAkoushxX]

10:32 I can't unsee the human/tiger face in the background cliffside!!

[@speedtoast4715]

Great video as per usual, with shimmer there is also a infinite Mindy glitch, insane be damage glitch, and a invincibility glitch. You can learn more in Mappygaming’s newest video

[@speedtoast4715]

You can also move it with pumps

[@Khaios]

The pumps are mentioned in this video :)

[@user-brachy]

15:35Wow!It looks nice enough, but it's also practical!

[@fod-der]

The fact that a 20 minute video can be made on just ONE item in a game, I don't know it's just so cool o me

[@TirianMarcus]

13:22 ...I can confirm, you can get one block of sand with a luminite bar🤣🤣🤣

[@Khaios]

That's one hard-earned sand

[@icaro8264]

khaios: the next video is about the sponges also khaios: the next video is about a aether build

[@PCRepairsforNudes]

Im glad youre doing good Khaios

[@rossallen738]

I'm so glad I randomly found the shimmer today. I've been searching EVERYWHERE for a lava charm. I'm pretty sure I have found a few magma stones. Finding the shimmer led me to your video since I knew almost nothing about it. Now I should be able to finish my Terraspark boots.

[@miscellaneouschaos6693]

Best thing to do with the shimmer and Ather biome is to make the journey to drag a wire from the shimmer pool to world spawn or your base along with a teleporter, having a ready shimmer pool right at your spawn and base is so convenient, and with the emtpy space full of stone you can make the old space into a really easy mob farm with little to no effort

[@AlperdincOG]

omg the alternate transformation is perfect for quickly making a phone without grinding fishing for hours

[@American_Oil_Harvester]

He deserves the amount of subscribers he has. He doesn’t waste our time with Sponsors and he doesn’t click bait! Respect.

[@anormalchest560]

Yooo idk if this was lntenional or not but the vial of shimmer reminds me of that scene where the professor was making the power puff girls. Either way pretty sick

[@odetteGosling]

Congratulations on 300K subscribers! Well deserved, you make stellar high-quality content. Thank you!

[@DirektTV]

Just stumbled upon your content, and i love how in depth you went in, yet still laid most of the exploration onto us, that is until you release the next video (havent checked yet so ahaa-) The way you structure and explain everything makes it easy to digest and understand. (may be corny but) subscription: earned!

[@ethyriel7549]

Really hope you hit 300k you deserve it.

[@Melancholy_Chill]

Discovering Terraria, absolutely loving it so far! @_@

[@El_fondo3141]

Dreamy Landscape is gonna be cool

[@mlapouble]

i got terraria for my 5th birthday in 2011 been enjoying it ever since

[@erivida64]

Can't wait to see your builds! Your videos are amazing, just don't overwork yourself!

[@Schattiz]

Just started following and your builds are just otherworldly. Thanks!

[@futuristicbus61]

It’s mind blowing how far this game has come, I remember trying to figure out how to open my workbench crafting menu back on Xbox 360 😂 I do really wish that the npcs would dress up a bit, it’d be really cool

[@Fridge_Fiend]

Me: well I've already seen every other youtuber make videos on shimmer so not really sure why I'm watching this Khaios immediatly starts the video with a build incoperating the shimmer Me: ah that's why I'm watching

[@renewalacumen1770]

bubble block shimmer to a roof underground that requires a grav potion is an amazing idea!

[@qceanlastfirst4809]

Oh I love this video! Thanks K! So informative!!!

[@solimanayoub1381]

Hey you forgot to mention that projectiles act in different ways when in contact of shimmer

[@AaronWGaming]

I hope you included the fact most of it's Interactions are Progression locked... I couldn't Devalue Gems in my Aether in Prehard mode

[@arandomswingcopter8297]

none of it is progression locked except for the post ml stuff like the rod of harmony

[@AaronWGaming]

@@arandomswingcopter8297 read above dude I already corrected myself... What happened I found a Bug in the coding of the shimmer involving multiplayer

[@arandomswingcopter8297]

@@AaronWGaming no you didn't it says I hope you included the fact most of it's Interactions are Progression locked... I couldn't Devalue Gems in my Aether in Prehard mode

[@AaronWGaming]

@@arandomswingcopter8297 read the further comments I have made an addendum since then

[@arandomswingcopter8297]

@@AaronWGaming i cant find it

[@pixelturtle5041]

i cant wait for tmod loader to update to 1.4.4, its gonna be so much fun to use this

[@llukelcs]

Khaios is so wholesome as always. Great vid!

[@whitemagus2000]

Omg, this stuff sounds so good at cutting down on the item farming time.

[@adamlol_gaming4666]

A deep dive? Rock and Stone!

[@virgurilla4084]

Shimmer is pretty much just an original super cool Quality of Life feature, thats what it aims at doing and what it does.

[@okredcoat]

Haven't found a better terrarria youtuber. It's not possible.

[@thecasualserialduck5047]

Funny thing is that in the celebration seed there is a whole biome with shimmer all around (just a normal cave but there is lots of shimmer ponds)

[@TragicXE]

Congrats on 300k fam

[@lordmarum]

Im so glad transmutation doesn't fully work pre moonlord. I was worried when i saw that you could find this liquid from the beggining of the game, making all of those upgradable items obsolete, since you would instantly throw them in shimmer.

[@sorlakgear]

What a nice and interesting video, im glad to know you're doing well, and Im excited for the next videos :D

[@hackhunter1333]

The Aetherium blocks and Shimmer are going to bring so much new life to Hallow builds, while also providing a whole new biome type to emulate and build upon. I'm very excited for all the possibilities.

[@908animates]

5:35 went full on curious

[@kuroiyuri186]

It is maybe just me, but this shimmer will be an excellent part of a hallowed themed build. Or just a part of a hallow custom biome in general.

[@Mebiamiu]

Great video as always Khaios

[@harperthejay]

oh. my. gosh. Khaios, THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO! I had heard the "shimmer is only for post-moonlord worlds" and just decided I wouldn't look into it until I beat Moonlord (which, despite 900 hours in the game, I've never done >.

[@cannedthepotato4516]

When me and my friend first found the aether, we dug a little tunnel so we did not fall all the way out, it works quite well actually. Don't jump in if someone is in that tunnel though, because they can place blocks and make you keep falling down through the blocks, I had a good laugh with this but my friend will probably get revenge...

[@markgarlord638]

You found a Glow Tulip at 5:50, it's very rare!

[@CJdoesntlikehandles]

downgrading is also useful outside of building; if you need slime crowns or ironskin potions and you have a lot of extra orichalcum you can get the ores for those

[@ExistentialShrimp]

3k away from your goal!!! it will probably match up very well with the launch of the new shino plush too 😳

[@MatcraftThe567th]

when i saw the background change so fast i got scared of it, i was like "shit, is this a boss? only 1 way to find out"

[@somedude4087]

neat thing about it, you can use it to reforge items (you crafted), with only price being time screw the tinkerer

[@babysfirstweapon]

I feel like it would make more sense to have the Rod of Discord randomly drop your armor/vanity where you teleported from, To Love Ru-style.

[@shatzinorris1417]

When I found shimmer playing with two friends, we just gasped in awe. And died in the liquid 10 times

[@Jiggo_]

The shimmer makes the ankh charm grind easier aswell since instead of getting a pocket mirror from a medusa, you can just throw the much more common blindfold into the shimmer.

[@sarcasmnotintended4913]

Shimmer looks so pretty! I'm gonna use it to add pretty details to my builds 🤩

[@engineergaming3830]

Diving into it sure will take a long time

[@SovereignVis]

They should have made copper turn to tin, tin turn to copper, Iron to lead, lead to iron, etc... That way if you get a world with one type of ore, but you really want the other type. You could just toss all your ore into the liquid and swap it.

[@Khaios]

There is another way to do this in this update! I'll be talking about it in a video in a couple of days

[@nicholas7994]

Love your content ❤