I'm Spending an Entire Year on One World | June Edition

[@aggromango8863]

You're the goat for actually taking your time enjoying the game even after all these years

[@Throarbin]

Thanks! Yeah, gotta take your time some times

[@miceltusav88]

​​@@Throarbino get blocks to glow, you need illuminate paint. I forgot the conditions needed to buy it from the painter though

[@Throarbin]

@@miceltusav88 I did actually get illuminant paint later in the video but it doesn't make them glow. I'm looking for something that creates a lighting effect rather than making the block just stand out more

[@daklol6656]

@@Throarbin i dont remember if this works or not but you could potentially use diamond gemspark walls

[@A_Player5568]

I'll probably get bored by month 2, you have such a large patience

[@kaitribble4854]

I think you should make like a huge battle arena, fully decorated with tons of buffs that you'll use for every future boss fight. Maybe an event arena too, could be cool.

[@Throarbin]

not a bad idea. A massive boss arena could be pretty sick. If for nothing else, having one for Moonlord as a grand finale would be epic

[@Banan_Man_]

7:58 you can get the drippler crippler from blood eels, the flairon from duke fishron, and the flower pow from plantera. If you mean the final flail for this month, then I'm pretty sure the drippler crippler is your only choice

[@monkeeeeyt]

To make the crystals glow you use illuminant coating formally known as illuminant paint sold by the painter in a graveyard. There is another coating called echo coating that makes any block invisible also sold by the painter in a graveyard but only after planterra, or if you are wearing echo goggles, you don't need the graveyard.

[@Throarbin]

you don't need the graveyard? Well that'd be nice

[@monkeeeeyt]

@@Throarbin only if you wear goggles from cyborg and that only gets the echo coating

[@jaycetaylor2467]

I'm honestly surprised you don't already have 100k subscribers. your videos are well deserving of more subscribers. keep up the consistency, and you will 100% get 100,000 subscribers by the end of the year.

[@Throarbin]

Lets hope so!

[@kenokai.]

The confused building part is so relateable haha, not a master builder by any means but simply satisfying my building itches is hard sometimes too when trying to find something cool to make and looks visually appealing. Looking forward to the next part in the series

[@Throarbin]

Yeah, building is such a struggle

[@Doomrider47]

Best rule of thumb for designing something, Form Follows Function. Set up what you want the spaces to be first, then start adding the flair. Instead of just visualizing what you want figure out the why of things being what they are. Like with the Wizards tower and the crystal growths, you can explain it as magic overflowing and crystalizing around the structure. Then using that base of understanding it allows you to get a better grasp of what you want it to represent.

[@nathancarver7179]

Hihi, I build e'ry now and again. Some pointers you may or may not appreciate: 1) I'd recommend Gemspark Walls for glowing -- you had the right idea, but not the right layer, ya get me? You can put the walls behind tiles, and they'll produce light much the same way 2) I find it helps to first build with some scaffold tile, use wood or dirt or stone to build the root structure. I often go into builds with NO idea what I'm actually building, until it's mostly finished. 3) Windows can be done in a lot of ways. If you just want something simple, you can just add a frame around it, and place platforms on the top and bottom. Slime banners look like curtains, and if you wanted to be extra fancy, that's where you start getting actuators and such 4) Having some wall variation really does wonders for appearance. Add a trim, separate the room into 3 different wall types, add some windows, add a weird pattern, etc. Get funky with it. Remember that you can replace that at any time, nothing is final. 5) Just as much as walls, having some different tiles really helps. I find what happens a lot is having all the surrounding tiles be the same feels awkward, and it doesn't accurately represent what the interior would look like, all the time. I often use softer tiles like woods, stuccos, etc. for the flooring, since that seems like it would be more comfortable, but again, toy around. 6) Variation in lighting can create a good atmosphere, if you have a room slightly darker than the rest it gives the appearance that it's less used or something, not everything needs to be in fullbright. Just a few other things as well.. - Yes, most players absolutely miss the full experience of Terraria, by running straight through the game and ignoring everything that's not optimal, it's truly sad - There are ~4 other flails past the Dao (Drippler Crippler, Flower Pow, Flairon, Solar Eruption) - Actuators have always been sold by the mechanic (since they were introduced in 1.1, from the looks of it)

[@Throarbin]

appreciate some of the ideas!

[@Magmarang]

I can already feel like this is going to be a good month

[@Throarbin]

oh yeah, it was

[@Throarbin]

@@River-dude ok

[@flawless7019]

@@River-dude single player mode 💀

[@flawless7019]

@@River-dude main character syndrome bro

[@theeyeflashwithoutabudget171]

@@flawless7019 nauw man they are the funnest chatter ngl

[@BessaCaio]

That's some good fucking commitment, man, Congratulations on that! I started watching your videos in late june and and this specific series made me wanna play Terraria after 12 years of it being absolutely untouched in my Steam account. I've been having A LOT of fun, and also taking my time with the game. Not putting any kind of restrictions like you to make it last, but making a fairly slow learning curve. This kind of thing keeps me going with the grind. Every time i see that i cant go any further, i watch this series and realize thst i still have a lot to go for. Keep the good content, I really wish that u get your 100k!

[@Throarbin]

Hey, thanks for sharing that! Really makes me smile 😄

[@s0medev]

14:27 "Wall of fresh" -Throarbin 2023 that wall must be pretty fresh.

[@Throarbin]

it do be pretty fresh

[@bananamakes9053]

As someone who just found your channel I can say with 100% confidence that you will reach 100k by the end of the year your content is so gold I can’t wait to see you blow up.

[@moddable6921]

The Flairon and Solar Event weapon are both considered flails for the Flail-only challenge and by the wiki, as well as the Chain Knife and Guillotines among others. Plantera also drops one

[@JoniniTheChickenNugget]

I love when people take there time, especially now when everything's fast and speed and ADHD, not even just terraria, things in general. I love taking things slow and I rarely find people who share that vibe but this slowform run of terraria fits it perfectly.

[@ImRavenNow]

7:58 the flower pow from plantera is the final flail, at least in terms of obtainability. The Flairon from duke fishron might be a bit better. Edit: the Drippler Crippler is also a thing.

[@Throarbin]

Yeah, forgot about the flower pow and drippler crippler I didn't know was vanilla. I thought it was modded. While Flairon I just don't even consider to be a flail, lol

[@connortg5]

@@Throarbin idk if you'd count it or not but the solar eruption is also a flail i'm pretty sure, just of the weird old variety that the flairon fits into

[@Throarbin]

@@connortg5 yeah, would NEVER have thought of the eruption as a flail...and still don't

[@ImRavenNow]

Oh yeah, I forgot the solar eruption was considered a flail. It doesn't feel like a flail, and it's not a whip, so what is it, lol.

[@connortg5]

@@ImRavenNow a flail that never got the spinny treatment in 1.4

[@Mcguinness3]

I love clicking through the playlist and seeing the mic quality change each intro!

[@Throarbin]

Yeah, there was quite the jump between, I think, March and April in particular 😂

[@alexia9579]

gemspark walls behind the crystal blocks could help with what you're going for. also using more block variety could go a long way, like instead of using stone slabs for everything you can mix in more grey blocks like stone and grey bricks and grey-painted mudstone. also using more wood types and large bamboo all painted brown is one of my personal favorite things. hope this helps :)

[@dailyhighlightsss]

This gameplay has inspired me to do a similar type of challenge myself. Terreria is an amazing game and it deserves to be enjoyed fully and completely, this series masters that.

[@Throarbin]

Thanks! Glad you enjoy it, I hope you have fun with your own challenge!

[@Starfloofle]

Holy crap, man, your gripes about art/building *speaks to my soul.* Able to visualize it so perfectly, so crystal clear, so phenomenally vividly, and yet, the thing that holds us back boils down to structure, the goddamn fundamentals that every artist goes "you have to figure it out yourself" or some crap to if you ask them. Positively infuriating... You and I are probably similar in what we're 'good' at in that regard, too: chaos. Organic shapes. Natural-looking things that don't *really* have a lot of structure to them. I find I gravitate towards landscaping and the like cause of this. The next time you run out of ideas on what to do, try some of that! Use the goblin's new Rubblemaker and the special "natural" wall blocks you can make at a workbench/heavy workbench in a graveyard, try decorating the landscape around your home areas. It *really* brings places to life if you give them that extra touch of love. (Speaking of graveyards, another thing you might want to do would be to make an actual place to *do* that graveyard crafting. Either a literal graveyard or maybe something more unusual...) On another topic-- I've been... Working on a video of my own for a long time now, that's ended up at a similarly extremely slow pace like this series of yours, due to the constraints of the challenge and my way of playing slowly and methodically. Unlike you here though I'll probably stuff it all into one video since I've already recorded 95% of it at the time of this writing, whenever I get back to it... Honestly though? I actively dread how much footage I'm gonna have to sift through lol. How do you do it? The crazy amount of footage you're left with, editing livestreams?

[@Throarbin]

I have a bit of a "I can only work on one thing for so long" brain where I struggle working on any one thing for prolonged periods of time, which you would think would make editing videos like this stupidly difficult. But what I do is set a goal for myself. Say one day I decide "I'm going to find all the major story beats or important bits." Then I can start thinking of a basic structure for the video story wise and maybe start drafting a script. From there it's just little by little picking away at it. If you're able to sit down for hours on end and edit, great. But I find it most useful to decide what it is you're going to accomplish within a certain time frame [within reason] and tell yourself to take a break or work on something else afterwards. I find that makes this projects much more manageable.

[@solev2411]

im gonna force myself to forget about this series so in like 9 monthes this whole series is out and i can binge it like i did from january to june without having to wait

[@Malik_Mlk]

To be good at building it's like learning drawing, the more you train (with references it's quicker), the less you struggle to build your ideas because you know how to tackle the problem you have in mind, you've already done it before or done something similar. And each time you can spice up your builds with new ideas and master (remember) what you've liked which will now being incorporated to your building palettes/techniques. To create your own way of building things, you have to mix all the thing you learned/copied from others and your own testing. There is no shame in copying, it's actually the best way to learn and getting inspired. And honestly, I already find your builds quite fine actually

[@zaphtal]

17:31 There is a coating you can layer on top of any block, painted too. Its called the Illuminating Coating, It makes Block appear as bright as possible. (You need a graveyard biome with a painter living in it.)

[@Throarbin]

yeah, I did get that paint but I'm looking for something that actually makes them glow. I want the lighting to effect the surrounding blocks.

[@zaphtal]

@@Throarbin You might be out of luck if that's the case... but we'll see what it'll look like in the future when you've figured it out. Good luck and Happy building!

[@thesnivy2545]

you're the only thing keeping me sane while grinding for rare items, thank you, like THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@Throarbin]

Glad I can help 😅

[@kodyshelner4537]

Your explanation of my mind working on art blew my mind. Our brains work so similarly that's incredible. Great video, as always :D

[@Throarbin]

Always nice to hear from others who think the same way, lol

[@Zoriel]

As someone who loves terraria building my tips are for to experiment with paints, sometimes the block has a texture you want but not the color, and paint color can be finnick (the mixtures with the color of the original block) and fountains and gemspark walls are amazing to create ambience with liquids. Best of wishes on your future journey this year

[@Throarbin]

Thanks! Yeah, I should definitely test out paints some more

[@Not_AnOstrich]

I look forward to this series every month

[@Throarbin]

Glad you do!

[@bluestar_kun]

Welcome to the art world. I would love if I could replicate my imagination perfectly onto a medium, but nope, can't even get close. And that's saying something since I draw ALL of my own profile pictures and have been for the past few years now (with the only exception being the few months where I spent 40$ on a comm of my OC and liked it so much I used it everywhere, and now it's just somewhere in my sd card) and yes that includes this demon girl I'm using atm

[@josephgaming3357]

6:03, this happens a lot, summoner is treated like an entirely different thing, when you start hardmode there is no summoner helmet for each hardmode ore, instead there is just the full set of spider armor

[@Throarbin]

At least they'll be adding new whips in the next update!

[@ZanarCrestrider]

I just discovered your channel and this series. Now I get to go back and watch how you got to this point and then look forward to the next installment. Very interesting concept and I look forward to seeing what your world looks like come December.

[@Throarbin]

Thanks! Glad you enjoy!

[@Kolbomber]

Just watched last month’s video today, I love how you’re finding unique ways to play such an unique game (and still enjoy it) keep it up brotha

[@Throarbin]

Thanks!

[@SlipknotRaffi]

only 14 seconds in and instantly feeling this is a cool idea, I myself block me from going into Hardmode before i have done EVERYTHING you can do pre hardmode, prepping anti spread Island like Base, collecting every item, get an overworld arena done thats the size of the world xD, and so on, sure some might say "what to do in Hardmode then when theres nothing left?", trust me theres sooo much left, grinding rare items, making a whole Showroom of Items, Banners cool Armor and or all Dev armor, and so on and so forth, how you can build more stuff, do every Events in its stages lie Eternia, and and and it rlly is Just one of the best games there is to ever Exist ^^ might try your Restrictions as well ^^ Ps: forgot to say one thing i like to do is settle on one Class specificly before starting the run and then only play this class (eg in melee i also consider True Melee, Yoyo usage, and so on different subclasses of melee and you have to choose eiterh all melee or what specific sub class) and most Important Rule: ONLY the world you Started in, no second world no character from another world no items blocks or Anything from another World!

[@Dunkdunkdunk]

I just got back into terreria a few days ago I forgot how fun this game is it’s nice to see people are still playing it

[@prismatic7142]

thoarbin, amazing series but one thing. YOU.ARE.JUST.TOO.UNDERRATED

[@katunu6030]

For queen slime a very good strat for doing her even immediately after wall of flesh is having max run speed and running in a straight line in the second phase and slow walking. Her patterns always come from her and she always follows you in a predictable pathing. So there’s always a specific spot you can be during any attack in a straight line. You would think the adds would mitigate this however if you don’t run out of space you’ll be fine. She doesn’t enrage at all so you can summon her and run out of the biome. I hope the tips help you!!

[@Throarbin]

I feel like running in a straight line is a good strategy for almost all bosses in Terraria, lol

[@carbonateofsodium]

One whole year?! That's real commitment. Edit: He is so underrated

[@Throarbin]

Yeah, it's been quite the journey so far. And thanks!

[@ErisEntropy]

Oh my god, my group ALWAYS speedruns progression and is in denial about it. I love the concept, and I'm gonna give this series tons of love.

[@Throarbin]

Yay! Maybe this series can convince your group to slow down, lol

[@ErisEntropy]

@@Throarbin I always nag at them about it :P I want to build, I want to actually enjoy the world long term. I don't want to feel like we're just rushing through again... and again... and again... Still, not sure I could limit myself to the degree you are for this series ^^' I'm halfway through the march video right now and really enjoying your commentary

[@chaosmspa8023]

This series is amazing as always! Also, I know in last months video, you wanted to be able to craft stacks faster. If you increase your framerate, it makes the game tics faster, and allows you to craft much faster

[@Throarbin]

Yeah, I never got around to trying that out since I didn't get back to the dungeon build, but will have to try these suggestions when I get back to it!

[@johnwright2217]

My friend is actually a fan of flails in the game. He's relatively new to the game, so I decided to start getting him some for most of the game. The Dao of Pow has a chance to confuse enemies, and there's also the Drippler Crippler (dropped by hardmode bloodmoon fishing enemies), along with the Flower Pow, dropped by Plantera. After that, true flails kinda dissappear.

[@Throarbin]

Wait, the driller crippler is a vanilla weapon? I've only ever gotten it in modded and thought assumed that's just where you get it. Interesting. Also your friend is crazy, lol

[@leog9573]

@@Throarbin the drippler crippler is a vanilla from the blood eels in hardmode blood moon. It's a very good weapon along with the other weapons you get in it

[@pythagabc7954]

17:40 if you add a gemspark wall behind a block it will glow that color however if you want more crystal variety you need the pillar fragment blocks, and for the windows you can use painted pumpkin wall for curtains and if you place glass block in front of glass wall,actuate it and hammer it you can create patterns in the glass

[@terramap_]

So, i would like to give you a pro building tip: you can buy the illuminant paint from the painter if he's in the graveyard biome(you can create one by placing about 7 tombstones next to eachother), and use it on those crystal things(they still won't give out any light, they will just look like they're glowing). Next, you want to place a few amethyst gemspark walls behind those crystals for purple glow(just make sure they don't peek out), and voila, you got yourself some actually glowing crystals!

[@1WolfFan]

People do fishing instead of mining, for much the same reason you are. They don't want to cause the Mechs to spawn in, until they're good and ready. The only ways to get the ore, are to either break the altars, or fish. And as you already know, one popped altar, now allows for mech bosses. And in the harder settings, it's particularly reassuring to have titanium or adamantium armor, instead of, oh I don't now, hellstone armor when going up against said Mechs. lol The rest of your comments already got you covered with the newish illuminant coating, but a few other options I can think of to help you get glowy bits is meteor blocks (they glow, but are a bit metallic), martian plating (don't have access at this time, and are more silvery), occasional (and sometimes painted) gemspark blocks sprinkled in to cast lighting, strategically placed gemspark walls for the same reason, painted glass, and stained glass(?) but I don't remember how to make the stuff, and one other thing on the tip of my tongue as it were, but I just can't remember it at this time. Maybe something with actual gem blocks or some-thing *struggles to think of it, but then tries to look it up instead* - Looks like gems and glass wall make stained glass, but I'm not sure that was the thing I was looking for.

[@AlienAubrey]

Maybe someone has said this already but I quite literally just discovered it during my playthrough last hour, illuminant coating bought from the painter in the graveyard biome makes things appear glowy, that’s how glowy crystals can be achieved!

[@Throarbin]

I did try illuminant paint in week 4 but it didn't really creating a glowing effect. I'm trying to get something that creates a light that glows and effects other blocks

[@AlienAubrey]

@@Throarbin oh huh that’s strange, I guess it is some other type of block then

[@K1ngYT1]

love this little series!! Keep up the good work

[@Throarbin]

Will do!

[@adorablealienz]

Idk why people are obsessed with speedrun for the game as good as Terraria. But, I'm happy to watch your videos. I was thinking I'm a weirdo to enjoy the game step by step

[@joewatts2940]

I relate 100% with the building.

[@luigidabest4743]

this series is awesome man keep up the good work 🙌 also i just wanna say that the flairon is the last flail, not the dao of pow 👍

[@Throarbin]

Well several others are saying that the solar eruption is actually a flail, lol

[@luigidabest4743]

@@Throarbin i would consider it more of a spear type weapon than a flail but i can see why people would say it is one

[@guillaumegauthier8806]

I litterally discovered your channel today and that series and i'm already one of the first viewer on this vid lol, glad i didn't have to wait too long for the next video

[@Throarbin]

Dang, discovered the channel just today, what good timing!

[@GabrielMoronta-n6m]

Hey, Thorabin I have a very useful tip for fishing and quests! Did you know that if you fish up the quest item and then put the quest fish in a chest or on the ground, you could fish up another quest fish and redeem both of them at the angler for 2x rewards it could be more helpful and faster.

[@Throarbin]

Yeah, I did know that actually! I just...don't want to keep on fishing so I don't bother, lol

[@Noaccessgranted123]

Man I have to admire the dedication, keep up the great work!

[@Throarbin]

Thanks!

[@Val1antZA]

It's really impressive for me that you grew so much in just half a year. If you dont mind me asking, what was the progression of your channel like? What edditor do you use and what kept you going even though you only got a couple likes? Edit: just a friendly tip from a viewers point of view, I think your videos would be a bit more entertaining to watch if you sounded a lot more casual. Generally you sound a bit too formal and it's almost like we can hear you reading from a script. Obviously I'm not a pro at this kind of stuff but I hope you can keep that in mind :)

[@Throarbin]

The channel was under 1k all the way up to about April and then a couple videos did really well and the channel grew a bit more. I use premiere pro to edit and honestly, I started this channel hoping to make it grow but mostly to keep myself busy. It was discouraging and frustrating at times but I kept at it since it kept my mind working. And yeah, I struggle with sounding "normal" when reading off a script despite having actual training in the area. Still working on it, but definitely improving I think!

[@Val1antZA]

@@Throarbin That's awesome. You should definitely make some sort of video on that at a 50k or 100k sub special.

[@OMIMreacts]

these videos keep getting better. great project 💪💪

[@potatosoup8019]

i really am hoping to see ur channel grow. loving this content

[@Throarbin]

Lets hope we reach that big number soon!

[@Dakren1984]

I'm not a terrific builder by any means, but I can say that the Static Hook (from the Steampunker) and Gravitation Potions can make a huge difference in ease of building. I also try to fully build one part of each build, maybe a room or entryway, before moving on to the framing. It acts as sort of an 'anchor' for my sense of scale and placement when doing the rest of the build. Lastly, for glowing blocks, I don't know all the tricks, but I like to make use of the glowing moss, and the blocks you can make from it.

[@Throarbin]

some good advice there, thanks!

[@gernizzle]

i love he evolution of quality in your videos every month

[@Throarbin]

Thanks! Keeping on trying to make them better!

[@galdoug8918]

13:00 I don't do this myself, but when you break an altar an evil block spawns randomly in the world, making it far harder to stop the spread of the corruption.

[@Halberds8122]

They changed that in a recent update so that an evil block no longer spreads.

[@nethrahil2465]

Hey man, maybe you are looking for meteorite bricks they glow a little bit and can be painted very well, try mix them into the build 🙏🏼 great video, really enjoying the series ❤

[@Throarbin]

Thanks! Glad you're enjoying it! I'll have to try out meteorite brick

[@DuckyPlaysGamesSometimes]

Yoooo this is such a sick idea :3 I actually started making my vids based on a similar idea :D I just am also speeding through the game like normal so that I can spend the rest of the year building. Love this concept thooo and am jelly I didnt think of it lmaooo

[@Runic_]

14:27 Love fighting the wall of fresh he smells fantastic

[@danielhow5708]

7:57 flower pow "am i a joke to you"

[@Throarbin]

yes, yes it is 😂

[@knuckleheadwestwind3585]

The Dao of Pow does have a special ability, enemies hit by it can get confused for a few seconds

[@Throarbin]

That is true and it makes it a more feasible. I should have mentioned that

[@sagichdirnicht1558]

these videos are so relaxing, thank you for making my day a little better :)

[@Throarbin]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@SylentWhyspir]

This is the video that introduces me to your channel. Your comments about not being good at building are wrong. A good builder is anyone who can build in a game and despite how pretty or ugly it is, continues to build anyway, committed to getting better, or working with what they have when they have it. This is no different with art. All artists from my perspective hate their art because they see imperfections that nobody else sees. Instead of looking at your faults as making your build ugly or pretty or bad or good, look at them as what gives the build character.

[@Ezzymore_]

I love this series and always look forward to these videos, keep it up :)

[@Throarbin]

Thanks! And will do

[@Nick-qy6ew]

i havent been here from the beginning but i started like last month and this is a very interesting way to play the game and i like the videos

[@Throarbin]

Thanks! Glad you enjoy the videos!

[@abeljakopec646]

You could also farm for the ankh charm and get the ankh shield. I've only ever gotten it once in my life and have lately not even been using the obsidian shield at all, since I think there are better accessories, but just for the sake of completion I think it could be a good goal for next month

[@Throarbin]

I might do that, though part of me just thinks it'll happen naturally without me needing to go out of my way to get them.

[@valen94500]

love your video the editing and the pacing is really good ! hope you get the 100k subscriber to see a world collapse out of dynamite

[@Throarbin]

Thanks!

[@level12lobster8]

"People often speed run to Moon Lord" My very first world ever, I spent 450 hours on it. When I do a modded run, I first spend around 9-10 hours with enemies off and just build themed housing for my NPC with the new materials from the mod I am trying. After this, then I start the actual run. Sometimes I even add fishing hut in every biome as well. Also some times I make a guide sacrifice alter in the underworld.

[@Throarbin]

Dang, that's awesome!

[@noctusdoesthings]

Dao is pronounced "Dow", it's al alternate spelling of Tao (as in Taoism) and is meant to rhyme with Pow. It's also why the Dao of Pow has the Yin/Yang symbol, not just due to the shards used to make it.

[@giovannisciotto8038]

I think the hardmode summoner fishing weapon is the Sanguine Staff, dropped by the dreadnautilous

[@Throarbin]

it is, but my point was that it's the only one that you have to go through a lot of trouble to get, including a boss fight, while the others you kinda just get

[@nickaninja123]

I just binged this entire series. I love it, I recently started a world that I am taking my sweet time on.

[@Throarbin]

That's awesome! Always cool to hear from people who are taking their time

[@JustThatGuy7]

For the build maybe try using Aetherium blocks maybe that might fix the glow affect your trying to go for, you can obtain it by pouring water into the shimmer for the blocks and then mining it- if its not what you want just drop the blocks back into the shimmer to return it to the shimmer

[@Throarbin]

Yeah, I totally forgot about those blocks, will have to try them out.

[@pulsss]

every run i ALWAYS do fishing right from the start, i actually find that when i fish pre-hardmode and get super geared up for fishing, that fishing for the hardmode ores takes me significantly less time than simply mining

[@Throarbin]

Really? See I've been fishing this entire run, like, a LOT more than I usually do.

[@pulsss]

@@Throarbin it might be that i just fish A LOT and tend to not realize how long im fishing for. so maybe it does take longer lol idk,

[@JAM-tc6mw]

i have been following this series and liked this episode

[@comical_world]

Love these longer videos love this series would love one for calamity at some point

[@Throarbin]

We might get around to that, though of course I don't want to be doing two separate one year one worlds at the same time, lol

[@tjhq1149]

congratulations your more than halfway done

[@Throarbin]

Yeah, at last!

[@daklol6656]

I get the building struggle, u visualise every detail of something and what comes out is an abomination that should never have seen the light of day in any world

[@Throarbin]

Yeah, pretty much. A few tutorials help with Terraria builds though, so at least I can usually avoid abominations

[@echo5172]

When I was a kid, for whatever reason, the Dao of Pao was a *mandatory* part of early hardmode progression.

[@Throarbin]

Really? Interesting

[@Cinnaaaaa]

This dedication makes my 1,000 hours look like baby numbers

[@Throarbin]

You mean in one world or in Terraria generally? 😂

[@raivu6737]

You can use the shimmer to get alternative fishing gear, auch as earing to tackle box, tackle box to line, and line to earing.

[@keeganpuka]

nebula fragments are what ive always used for making crystals!

[@Notcristian40404]

You can remove shadows from a block with Illuminant Coating and it looks like its glowing

[@Throarbin]

I tried that with the crystals. Though I want something that actually creates a lighting/glowing effect rather than certain blocks just being brighter

[@quasal4179]

Oi i just discovered this channel and already fell in love with it. The idea of this series really fits with my play style and i can also take some inspiration from it. But um, why don't you break the altars for hm ores? I thought that breaking them in 1.4.4 no longer randomly convert stone in to infected blocks?

[@Throarbin]

It doesn't randomly infect blocks any more. Though I do lay out why I don't want to enter hardmode at the start. It's more for the spirit of the challenge that I don't. But glad you enjoyed it!

[@quasal4179]

@@Throarbin Thank you!

[@forzin7827]

OH YEAH JUNE EDITION LES GO

[@juanpepegt3071]

I really enjoyed the streams have a strong feeling this is gonna be a good month

[@Throarbin]

Yeah, always fun having you in the streams!

[@juanpepegt3071]

@@Throarbin:)

[@THChrisStayHigh]

the building technique isn’t that bad tbh its like creating a rough draft and slowly improving. You’ve adapted a very famous art technique in your building.

[@Throarbin]

what art technique would that be? lol

[@sebseb3698]

this makes me want to get back into terraria! very nice video

[@Throarbin]

Thanks! Always happy to hear from people who want to go back to this game!

[@mk_jeremy]

You can place gemspark walls behind the crystals to actually make them glow since illuminant paint will only brighten the crystal blocks themselves

[@Throarbin]

Yeah, I tried placing gemspark wall behind them but couldn't do much since the wall would stick out.

[@Ghduehsns]

YOU GOT GOOBED BY THE PEARLSAND CULT

[@Throarbin]

indeed

[@Efhix]

the quality improves every video

[@gudadada]

Unfathomable patience

[@Throarbin]

I try, lol

[@Samherobrain]

this series is SUPER cool

[@Throarbin]

Thanks!

[@skyblock_mouse]

Lets goooo another epic vid

[@Throarbin]

you betcha

[@skyblock_mouse]

​@@Throarbin you finally found out that the shadow knife is op its really good

[@Throarbin]

@@skyblock_mouse Well, I always KNEW it was good, I just haven't gone to get it in forever and now I'm realizing just how good it is

[@Charlie.djcisnr]

it saddens me to think how much of this amazing game is missed for most players

[@Throarbin]

Yeah, and that's one of the reasons I'm doing this. There are still several things even I haven't ever experienced despite playing it for nearly 10 years

[@samyuwu9804]

some other glowing blocks that you can use Moss Bricks or Rainbow Brick there are also Fragment Blocks but those are later in progression

[@Throarbin]

moss bricks? Never heard of those. I'll have to google that

[@Throarbin]

I have returned from googling it. I feel dumb, lol

[@greytrainingrounds9344]

In your calamity play through try 2:13 calm candles and potions plus sunflowers keeps the spawns down

[@OfficialCrazeCentral]

5:12 We got another cult member bois, we just need more.

[@Henry3.1415]

You can place gemspark walls behind any block to make it glow

[@Hasa07]

The hardmode summoner weapon that you can fish is probably the Sanguine Staff. Only difference is the fact that you need to defeat a mini boss for it, but I think it's worth the effort cuz it holds up even for empress of light

[@Throarbin]

Yeah, that was my point with it. All the others just fish it up while the summoner has to fight a boss, lol

[@americanphonics7023]

...also, Diamond Gemspark wall keeps the blocks it's backing, so not to be affected by shadows or darkness. ☝️🧐

[@mr.fergustires2559]

Nice video man. Just wondering how many hours you have on the world now since its the halfway mark?

[@Throarbin]

I'm going to give that number out at the end of the year. Although, there is a playlist with all the livestreams and adding all that up is basically how long I've been on there if you really want to know

[@djinni2005]

I think your crystal block issue could be solved with illuminant coating. That makes ANYTHING glow in the dark, though the effect is fairly harsh.

[@Throarbin]

Yeah, was hoping for something with an actual soft glow