Why EVERYONE Should Be Playing Journey Mode in Terraria

[@TheFuzzyOcelot]

As someone who's been playing on almost exclusively master for about 2 years now, the reason I avoid journey is because I can't trust myself to not use the tools to cheat. I know that might make me "weak willed" or whatever, and you could still cheat by using something like builders workshop, but its a lot easier to avoid temptation if I have to download a world and then navigate to a specific item than if I have the power to play god in 2 left clicks.

[@louie4456]

Same

[@JosTheMan1]

Exactly this

[@trag1cbeanx]

This is exactly why I play strictly Expert/Master, I just can’t trust myself with duplication X}

[@magicbat4445]

this is exactly why i dont play on journey too

[@ReyezReaper13]

I play all of them lmao

[@shizurata]

I remember playing with a friend on Journey mode, pretty much as soon as 1.4 dropped, and our goal was to duplicate every single item without changing time/weather/spawn rates, and only with evil spread disabled and maxed out difficulty slider. We actually managed to get so close to completion, we got around 4970 items on the 5031 available at that time! Problem is that we lost our map due to a pc dying, so our motivation vanished with it, but it still was a super fun experience

[@Max-zo6rv]

You are legends

[@kaley7127]

Me and my brother actually did the same thing! We got to about 4000 items and it's honestly the most fun I've had playing terraria in a while

[@danieltube6344]

I’m working on 100%ing it too but Jungle Roses suck ass to get lol, completely halted my progress

[@Supersilly923]

You were only 61 items away! Very sad you lost the progress. ):

[@jacobtaylor5848]

That is what I am doing right now.

[@diabolicallink]

I almost exclusively play journey mode anymore. So much more enjoyable to be able to change everything at any point or be able to spawn in stuff if I don’t feel like mining for chlorophyte for hours on end lol. I feel like once you’ve beaten the game a few times normally, the quality of life stuff is great. Though I definitely am more of a builder than a fighter, so I prefer being able to just focus on building

[@ismael8926]

once you have beaten the game a few times it would be uncommon to still be short on resources

[@bananatheo3796]

Yeah same, It just cuts out tons of the annoying grind for resources so you can focus on doing what you actually want to do in the game.

[@Discovash]

i dont play journey i used to since i didnt care what difficulty i was on i'd just create a world without thinking the difficulty

[@nightcoredark]

"I don’t feel like mining for chlorophyte for hours on end lol." well, one of the strengths of terraria is the grinding of materials. However if you don't like to struggle to get something that's fine, I never manage to play in the Journey mode, it's too easy to try to duplicate materials and I would feel like a coward. I prefer the master mode or the infernum mode of the calamity mod

[@Andrew-ch3xj]

@@nightcoredark ok tough guy

[@Lordsbirro]

The fact you can change the spawn rate of mobs and switch to master mode for extra difficult is awesome! But I think you can’t get the real master experience as you could be tempted by the multiplication system

[@grimm2835]

imo spending a lotta time grinding for materials and whatnot isnt what makes the higher difficulties fun for me- it's the bossfights but that's why i play modded more often than not anymore as long as you're havin fun it's fine though

[@TheSpicyDeveloper]

master + 10.00x spawn rate = hell

[@Terraw77]

@@TheSpicyDeveloper agree, i mostly play journey and i hate getting swarmed by mobs if my friend changes the spawn rate

[@Sovek86]

I use the dupe toll for building items only, everything else must be gotten legit.

[@matchbox7068]

@@grimm2835 I disagree to high hell but honestly there is no right way to play and if you have fun more power to you.

[@kovexplay]

I wholeheartedly agree, journey mode has so many advantages and lets you shape up the difficulty to your own liking! They only issue is that journey worlds are only accesible to journey mode players and the opposite. You might have cool older worlds that will only be available to play on with the "standard" difficulties. I do understand why that is but it's still worth remembering

[@Satherov]

You can always change your Character difficult with terrasavr plus and your world difficult with TEdit. Honestly the two best tools for terraria if you play on PC

[@Oysterrrr]

Well journey mode not even challenging because the god mode for me better using classsic or expert mode when played terraria this is my opinion journey mode just for building or having fun with the terra

[@Pangsit969]

@@Oysterrrr hear me out.... just disable the god mode.

[@Blockbustah]

TEdit:

[@nananakeson]

​@@Pangsit969 People say it like it's not even an option 😅😅

[@cyberlinkx5290]

Nice to see someone supporting Journey Mode for once. The QoL mechanics like disabling evil spread are something that often gets overlooked

[@Sovek86]

Yeah. That really should be stopped or slowed down with the defeat of Plantera or maybe all three mech boss

[@omaryassien7130]

@@Sovek86 Evil spread speed gets halved when plantera is defeated.

[@loafzero]

@@omaryassien7130 that's the point

[@wyzolol]

i feel recognized with this comment

[@Marialla.]

QoL I love from Journey Mode is the extended reach for all tools and placement. Again, benefits us so much as builders! But also super useful for lighting up caverns.

[@christianevrye]

THANK YOU, I have a life outside gaming (unfortunately) so I do appreciate Journey mode for removing a big part of the grind for materials (and it doesn't feel unfair bc I have to work for duplication first) and the HOURS of the waiting around for progression (that was okay when I was a kid, ahh good times) I play on Journey's Master difficulty without God-mode or infinite money bc I like the challenge but honestly more people should just let others play however they want without judgment lmao

[@OhCrapI_He]

I myself mainly use God mode for farming and to restore to full health before a boss fight (for the latter, I turn it on to restore to full health, then I turn it back off so I'm not invulnerable during the boss fight)

[@franciscodavi1323]

People who are judgemental are one of the worst kind

[@cursedchild4004]

i honestly have a journey mode character with a lot of things researched, i use it to test stuff, try out battles before doing them in another world, and to do fun stuff without money limitations since i research coins, that is why journey mode is super useful

[@Salmon-25530eight]

Same

[@dominoot2652]

An underrated thing about journey duplication is how much storage it frees up. Instead of hoarding, you can just research. It’s also a way to trash items without completely wasting them. I no longer have chests and chests of building blocks, banners, paintings I’ll *totally* use one day, etc.

[@richardduncan9740]

I might play just for this suggestion lol inv is madness

[@angeldude101]

Much like how Minecraft's Project E is one of my favorite storage mods in that game, Terraria's Journey Mode duplication is probably my favorite storage system in this game.

[@foxfire9144]

I have ADHD, and the hours and hours of tedious grinding that can happen in this game if you like going for rare items and good modifiers and whatnot really tend to kill the fun for me. So being able to dupe stuff like money and building materials to cut out some of the mindless farming and be able to get to the actual fun parts (building, boss fights, exploring, invasions/solar eclipses, etc.) has really reignited my love for this game honestly. I know I'll probably be immediately dismissed for admitting I dupe money, but Journey Mode can seriously save you a lot of mental energy if you also have ADHD and get extremely bored/stressed when you know you're gonna have to wait for potentially hours to get enough money to reforge your Razorblade Typhoon to Mythical.

[@bwmgaming6938]

idk I also have it and i find the grind to help keep my mind occupied, i just listen to music or watch a video to help me not get bored

[@metalboy5150]

@@bwmgaming6938 This is me. When I'm having to grind really hard for something, I'll throw on whatever audiobook or podcast I'm currently on, and roll with it like that. I totally get where OP is coming from, though.

[@yattabirb3971]

@@foxfire9144 same, when i get stressed from grinding on my main world i switch to my journey world to relax

[@puckstix]

Honestly this is so true I some times like bro ding for stuff but if there is one thing I want so badly but it’s takes for ever to grind for I just do it the easy way and I have been diagnosed with adhd since grade four and I have both types of adhd but aside from that I agree

[@月月月月-p5g]

I have put 100 hours into my journey world after a 4 yr break from terraria. I love building and although for me grinding is fun, sometime I don’t feel it and just duplicate. Plus I play usually w my younger brother who loves terraria but all in all is pretty shit at it. So I always duplicate stuff like ores and armour for him cuz it makes it easier for him. In my world I have countless megabuild which are made easier through being able to get ifntine of each material

[@jennywithaglock3916]

definitely going to try journey on my next world, considering the duplication comes after a certain amount of an item is obtained, that doesnt feel cheaty to me, it's not like you skipped progression ,you're just saving time. you could very easily play master mode and dupe for building materials. i really enjoy building in this game and not having to worry about storing all the paints, walls, tiles and furniture would be such a nice help. time and weather control also seems like a huge boon. i've already clocked 1.9k hours into this game so i think i'll finally tackle a large journey world where i focus on building while playing through progression in master mode.

[@simplycinclair8979]

Always do feel in any game that the idea of there being a “right difficulty” is rather elitist, I feel like the right difficulty is the one you enjoy most. Me personally I find master to be my goto, difficulty is just something I value in every game, however that’s not how everyone feels and that is completely okay.

[@hexamine666]

master mode is the right difficulty

[@hankagura5355]

Honestly all of you who claim that "journey mode is right" are hypocritical why? You tell us not to tell you to play something more difficult but then resume to tell us to join journey. Master mode is the real mode, playing with settings is like creative mode in minecraft big L.

[@pastacroissant7685]

@@hankagura5355 they literally never said that - idk why you’re mad. Plus, journey mode can easily be more difficult than master mode

[@microwavedpizza]

@@pastacroissant7685 How so?

[@pastacroissant7685]

@@microwavedpizza the way the difficulty slider works and being able to increase mob spawns - you could play through terraria on 4x difficulty with 10x the spawn rate if you wanted

[@thenamesthegame8936]

Gotta say I've been loving Journey Mode, been playing it consistently for like the last 2 months, been building up my Perfect world with many challenges set up for my self. Its going to be a masterpiece when complete

[@UTKDesign]

That sounds great!

[@deadspace2595]

Journey mode is easily the best thing to happen to Terraria recently and I don't understand how anyone can hate on it. It literally just gives the players an option ro remove all the annoying grindy parts, which if you like is completely fine, but I don't really like having to wait god knows how long before I can progress cuz I can't get certain spawn. Also as you mentioned to research something you have to put in the resources first, and that's the most visible with the treasure bags. You have to defeat the boss 3 times at least (without it's drops) to be able to research the treasure bag as you need 3 of them. This mode is straight up just an improvement to everything in the game and I'll never understand how it can be hated.

[@mainview1]

Agreed

[@jayday3818]

Great video! I always use Journey Mode, but only duplicate building materials. That way I can build really nice houses but don't get any advantage in progression

[@noog6756]

@@jayday3818 I think ima do that on my next world

[@N1cky18]

My brain just doesn’t let me not do things like abuse duplication knowing that it is there. Not to say this wasn’t a great video, keep up the good work. You brought up some great points about journey mode I hadn’t thought about.

[@VeraVemaVena]

I almost exclusively play modded and do a fair bit of building, and Journey mode is a damn lifesaver for me. Not only is every feature you mentioned amplified with all the new stuff, but being able to duplicate certain modded materials (e.g: Blood Orbs, which don't drop nearly enough for the cost to make potions with them) can cut down on so many hours or grinding. My modded playthroughs already take 100+ hours to complete, so even a 5% reduced grind goes a long way.

[@codesymbi]

Best part of the difficulty change is that you can increase it to 2.9 for example and have am Expert drops and behavior technically with Master difficult It's something weird and hard to explain but it's something really good if you want to challenge yourself

[@t00nedd00d]

The long build range and the ability to disable evil spread are my favorite things about journey mode. I hate using purification powder in pre hardmode only to find out that I wasted my time since it just spread over again

[@ermir_skg5696]

just buy a couple hundred dynamite and blow out a hole from the surface to hell to separate the evil and your base

[@ermir_skg5696]

then you can continue playing and deal with the evil whenever you like 👍

[@deudz]

why are you purifying your world in pre hardmode

[@10nessee]

@@deudz its his world? maybe he wants to reduce the size of his evil biome

[@colon44]

@@deudz god forbid someone doesn't play exactly how i do

[@riceyydiceyy]

I've always seen Journey mode as a sandbox mode where you can do anything you want without issues.

[@solarss_]

fr there isn’t a challenge

[@banamit5838]

I use it as more as a sandbox than for play through

[@HiptonismHD]

@@solarss_ You sayin there is no challenge means you completely missed the entire point of the video. No one is forcing you to cheat with the tools given to you, they're just available if you want them. The challenge comes from you selecting your difficulty inside of your Journey Mode world, and playing it your way. Play the game completely normally and use the fun stuff at the end.

[@-ClerzZ-]

@@HiptonismHD Changing the difficulty whenever is cheating.

[@HiptonismHD]

@@-ClerzZ- Do it after you completed the game then… but who are you hurting “cheating”? It’s singleplayer 🤣

[@littlefox3099]

I actually play journey all the time, it’s so good for building and since I love building in terraria, I have a journey world which I use to test out weapons against bosses, and build lots of fun stuff and arenas.

[@KickUpHammyDude]

Recently got this for Christmas and asked for an ideal mode since I was aware of the Expert Difficulty=Expert Reward thing. I’m glad I was recommended Journey Mode on Reddit. The only rules I set for myself is A. Duplicate ONLY for building since grinding for the stuff takes too much time B. The resources/blocks I get from Duplication are ONLY for construction and nothing more. All the spare wood, stones and stuff? NOT using it for crafting. C. The Fledgling Wings ONLY go on when I’m building my base. D. Once I can beat my first boss on Expert. I STAY on expert. And so on and so forth… Just so I can limit myself and give myself some challenge.

[@damnthisisabadname]

Journey mode has great qol features and you get access to all the difficulties. No idea why people dislike it. If you think some feature is too strong (godmode) then just don't use it.

[@GrimLime]

Agreed, when I can't beat a boss on expert mode, I play my Journey mode char to cheese the game. Makes me feel like a better player. :) Edit: "When I can't beat a boss on expert mode, I play Journey mode to cheese the game." Some people were not understanding.

[@ConfusionUwU]

@@GrimLime Thats... not how it works. Journey characters can only play on journey worlds.

[@GrimLime]

@@ConfusionUwU That... is how it works. I never said it didn't work that way.

[@Lord_Ducck]

@@GrimLime???

[@GrimLime]

@@Lord_Ducck huh?

[@shaggyblanco9898]

I bought a Terraria copy for my little sister because she wanted to play terraria for making buildings and try a mounts mod, I though that if she wanted to enjoy that she may want to play journey mode as I though it was like minecraft's creative mode. Boy I was wrong, when I saw that you had to find the items for duplication and my sister not knowing a whole lot of the game mechanics made me jump on to help her understand the game. Fast forward I got into the game again and now she is playing Calamity mod with me. Definetly Journey mode is a mode that everyone who wants a chill out experience withouth leaving out some challenge should try it for once.

[@IzakiAkanami]

I personally play journey mode, as a refresher after playing the game loop for over 9 years, and it's so worth it. (Saves a lot of time with grinding other things too!)

[@AquaticNebula]

I feel like journey mode helps with saving a tremendous amount of time in a playthrough like if you were doing a challenge video and you don't wanna have to wait 8 years to do a time-specific activity but it also shortens the length of each playthrough because of said benefits significantly. The amount of freedom you have in journey mode starts feeling like creative mode after a lil while and I guess thas just not how some people roll

[@deudz]

but you usually are playing a game to waste time

[@markroberts7067]

There should be a new terraria challenge where you race to duplicate every item in the game. Or maybe just one for one video would be cool too. Imagine having to race to get dirt blocks just to get the best time haha

[@wootboi7603]

The Dirtiest Block in question:

[@colon44]

@@wootboi7603 what about that one flower that generates a single fucking time per world or something

[@wootboi7603]

@@colon44 the glowy blue one?

[@sassyscorpio5537]

When I first got terraria I played on journey mode, it was a great introduction to the game for me. I'm playing on normal hardmode for the first time right now and I can say, I would definitely have gotten disinterested if I played non journey at first. It would be so frustrating and enraging while not knowing anything about the game XD

[@kennyalwaysdies1]

Even if you use the research and duplication that Journey mode offers, it doesn't feel too cheaty, since you earned it. It just makes grinding for stuff way less annoying.

[@tugkanberk]

i might play journey just to turn off evil spread because i don't like the anxiety, it's the one thing i dislike about terraria. there are lots of weapons to try before plantera and i want to take my time and feel the progression

[@luischaboii8990]

THIS ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️

[@ragingbullgames1489]

Basically Journey mode is made for people who wanted it, if you don’t want it then I guess it wasn’t for you and is purely optional for the convenience of people who do. Some people like to experiment with things without the need to spend hours grinding. What if I want to see how long it takes to fish through 9999 golden worms

[@xurvur6478]

I personally don't like skipping parts in games such as waiting, it's a natural part of the game for me

[@OhCrapI_He]

That's fine. If you don't like skipping the wait, you can ignore the skip option and just wait.

[@bluephantom631]

@@OhCrapI_He but then why would he pick a journey world if its the same as normally

[@OhCrapI_He]

@@bluephantom631 There are other features, like God mode, Research and Duplication, and control over weather and enemy spawn rates. If you don’t want to play Journey mode, that's fine. You can choose anything else. Though I don't like the game's implication that Journey mode is simply a lower difficulty level when it's so much more than that.

[@9-tailed_Fox814]

@@OhCrapI_He I think journey mode's bottom in the UI should be placed at the top of other three mode with icon combined 3 rabbit's heads from differant difficuties.

[@OhCrapI_He]

@@9-tailed_Fox814 I was more talking about the difficulty selection when creating the world

[@smarty265]

One thing I would like to see in Journey mode is just a basic enemy spawner menu. It would work using the bestiary stats and let you summon an enemy if you have killed it a certain amount of times (the same amount that it takes to fill out the enemys bestiary entry)

[@Schwefeldrache]

I love the journey mode, I have trouble with hand-eye coordination and fighting is a pain, the godmode and mobspawn controls make it a lot easier and fun to play AND build

[@IdkImNotCreative-mh4uo]

This has finally inspired me to take on a challenge I’ve wanted to do for a long time. Truly 100% the game. I’m going to get 1 of every single item in terraria and put it into chests just because I can. Before, I didn’t want to do it because of stupid stuff like needing absurd amounts of things like 4 blades of grass (Zenith, True nights edge, nights edge and just having the blade of grass), or needing several worlds for things like Crimson, Corruption, or the different dungeon colours. But now I’m going to do it, and probably have at least 1k hours after it.

[@vorceful9590]

Update

[@IdkImNotCreative-mh4uo]

Missed the goddamn seasonal stuff and it’s not easy to turn back the clock on Xbox with the game only on Gamepass, not installed. I do have almost everything else though

[@colon44]

actually you can collect different dungeon colours and opposite evil items in one world placing a dungeon brick in a chlorophyte extractinator will swap it out for the next, and placing a demonite ore/bar will swap it out for a crimtane ore/bar

[@Stefan2010a]

Update

[@IdkImNotCreative-mh4uo]

@@Stefan2010a I got everything, including things like Waffle’s Iron and Rainbow Bricks, but I kinda gave up on all the chests, trapped chests, bookshelves, tables, chairs, doors… there’s too many to count and it becomes less fun and more a “spend one day gathering loads of materials and the next crafting them into stuff”. Also seasonal stuff I can’t get because I got Terraria through Xbox Game Pass

[@Saltastical]

Journey mode is like one of those "No need to rush, have fun your way" game modes.

[@Zuzucorn]

I apologise in advance for the rubber bands in my mouth

[@vrpdot]

I love ur vids bro

[@Crausy]

@@vrpdot and I love yo- I MEAN ZUZUCORN

[@Megatrapt_5000]

I didn’t even notice until I went to the comments almost exactly in the middle of the video :)

[@SaboTheFish]

Just got braces?

[@PBST_RAIDZ]

I know your pain it's awful

[@thepunkduck2284]

I started playing journey because of the no evil biome spread, stayed because i didn't need to grind seeds for potions

[@kristapskrumins5676]

Counter point, I have no self control and I will start cheating whenever I am slightly annoyed.

[@xxGreenRoblox]

Journey mode doesn't change that very much Have you heard of save file editors

[@MSpotatoes]

I'm playing calamity on journey mode. I love that I can increase the spawn rate and mess with time.

[@Gunslingerian]

i dont do journey because i never realised i could kill a boss in expert for the drops and then master mode. ill probably use journey from now on

[@battlecatsbonanza8190]

I like to fight bosses on normal, and once i get better gear i fight them on expert and master to get the expert mode drop. it lets you raise risk to raise reward, and come back to specific challenges when you are ready

[@benjrobe]

I played through journey mode with all the cheats and I actually had a lot of fun being able to increase the spawning rate to find rare items

[@SerialDesignationN-0X00]

And not to mention being able to get all the trophies and relics for a giant collection

[@Creynex]

I absolutely love Journey Mode. It allows me to save a lot of time while not having a lot of it. When I have more I can always adjust my game so this lets me enjoy it even more.

[@spicygames7694]

I love journey mode because I just set it to master or expert and don't use god mode or anything op, because it saves so much time and makes the game bearable when you need that 1 item

[@IDrankALavaLamp]

I personally use journey mode as a SEPARATE playthrough to test game mechanics and to try and collect every possible item in the game on my own.

[@SableUnderscore]

As someone who has been playing journey mode since it released I only JUST GOT the doctor bones banner, 250 Hours of my life for one item, it was worth it though

[@justintyme4690]

I've collected literally every item on every platform legitimately on classic mode And i still love journey mode. Oh, and i platinumed it on PlayStation and 100% on Xbox

[@sarojandongol1482]

Journey mode is the jack of all trades and master of all of them too. If you're looking for a more tougher master mode, journey mode has that covered too. Because of how the modes are scaled in journey mode, the master/expert mode bosses have more hp than playing classic master/expert.

[@ssctiyo4735]

My biggest hope on Journey Mode is that i can finally get Vanities i wanted without having to put too much grinds But that hope is shattered when Journey world cannot be entered with normal characters

[@OmegaBlue-gb5bu]

Thanks for making this there's unfortunately a lot of misinformation about things because people refuse to even try new things and keep passing around old outdated information. Like melee being OP despite being brought more in line with other classes, summons being weak despite being quite strong, old ones army being hard to grind when the actual issue is people refuse to use the sentries a core mechanic of the event, and like this video says journey mode.

[@alwayschill4522]

I think Journey mode works really well if you want to save time, but personally I prefer doing things my own way in Master mode. I find it more rewarding when you find something else to do in the meantime of waiting for an event.

[@LilMochi_]

When i bought the "actual" Terraria (played on old Gen before) i enjoyed every single second of Journey Mode, so i don't know why everyone apparently hates it.

[@ceratoraptorthedestroyer]

because its way too easy for most people.

[@Terraw77]

[@colon44]

@@ceratoraptorthedestroyer difficulty slider:

[@ceratoraptorthedestroyer]

@@colon44 god mode:

[@colon44]

@@ceratoraptorthedestroyer toggleable god mode:

[@Swarming-Languendo]

Honestly I never thought about Journey Mode in this way. I considered it similar to creative Mode in minecraft with the infinite resources, ability to toggle day/night cycles, enemy spawns,etc. But honestly (at least after watching this video), im glad to have a different outlook on it in terms of at least the Item Duplication requiring multiple of the item itself instead of everything being in your hands at that moment. It still gives you that feeling of progression since you still have to go out of your way to get 'x' rare item to duplicate it. Outside of maybe potions, there isn't too much of a drawback of having infinite of an item at least in this game. Tools don't break, hunger isn't really an issue (unless you play on the respective seed) and blocks are mostly for building. Genuinely I do appreciate the ability to just have an endless amount of blocks for big building projects (Enemy Farm, Fishing Area,etc. Since I dont like the fact that even though there is a metric ton of sand in my Large World, i'll eventually run out of it or completely fuck up one big area just to have enough snow, Sand, Dungeon Brick, etc) The few things that I feel do work differently are Ore, the fishing Crates and Herb Bags like you mentioned. I'd figure its more up to the player themselves to figure out weather they do or don't want to duplicate a specific item depending on how much enjoyment they want. Overall, 10/10 video, The editing is very smooth and you're right to the point with each of the chapters. Will be trying out my next Calamity run-through on Journey rather than just Expert.

[@S1EEPLES5]

"Journey mode is cheating" My brother in christ you chose to turn on God mode

[@AlwaysOpenUtopia]

fr 😆

[@LunaSaint]

I'm kinda happy I made my second run Journey mode after my first expert clear. I used only the finch staff to make the start less tedious and to dupe enchanted nightcrawlers to make fishing less tedious, but everything else has just been a standard expert run of the don't dig up seed. I think I agree with the sentiment of "don't do this for your first run, but it's great for future playthroughs". Time control is huge. Might use it after hardmode to get forbidden gear, if there's no sandstorm by the time my other pre-boss projects are done.

[@ADuckInBlack]

journey mode players are on a whole other level that we expert players cannot comprehend

[@SJ-fo1rr]

Honestly I don’t use journey because I usually forget that it even exists

[@Mud_thing]

Finally after years of using journey mode in his terraria guides he explained why he does it

[@frogman5586]

Fr

[@Mud_thing]

@@frogman5586 yes

[@frogman5586]

Whats your discord

[@frogman5586]

Nice you just revealed your discord to the world

[@Mud_thing]

@@frogman5586 didn't reveal the code plus idrc I'm gonna delete it anyway tho

[@SabakuSasori]

Journey mode was a great addition for me. I've already completed the game twice, once on classic and once on expert mode, so I wanted something more casual so I can build pretty houses without worrying about the evil biomes constantly spreading or destroying half a biome for resources. Made me want to play the game again.

[@mariomaster973]

Journey mode is pretty much creative mode but you have to unlock it through progression. It is cool for players who are newer or haven’t played in awhile. It lets you freely explore terraria without everything else in the way. Think of it as a advanced tutorial of sorts

[@Darkwolfpocco]

To be fair, you can cheat in journey mode. If you summon a boss on Journey, then jack up the difficulty to master/expert the enemy will drop the better loot but keep the journey health pool.

[@purplehaze2358]

I keep telling people this: Journey mode, on an objective level, is arguably the best difficulty simply because it's all other difficulties plus a ton of quality-of-life stuff. And, as every cheat therein is optional, you can just choose not to use its cheats if you don't like them.

[@colon44]

journey mode imo is not a difficulty it should be a thing above difficulty selector, like "gamemode" or smthn

[@victoriamacarthur8906]

I wish journey mode could be more customizable, like when you start a world or character you could limit what settings you could mess with. Like maybe disabling the ability to use god mode

[@iPenguie]

TLDR: Creative. Just do whatever you want whenever you want. Want a challenge? Make it harder. Want it easy? Make it easy. Just want to build? Go ahead, just build. Want to make a villager torture device to torture all those innocent souls over and over and over again? Go ahead, nothing is stopping you. Journey mode is for everyone, those who want a challenge and those who just want to goof off.

[@xxGreenRoblox]

I do in fact like to make a villager torture device to torture all those stupid souls over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again!

[@vengirgirem]

I always play journey mode. That's due to my preferred playstyle. I don't like to grind for stuff for too long. The main thing for me is exploring, beating events, fighting bosses and stuff like this I play on Expert or Master difficulty btw

[@MooseMeus]

All of the reasons you stated as reasons to play journey are the reasons that cause me to not play Journey.

[@10nessee]

so you hate efficiency 😂

[@bloodthirsttt]

so you want to suffer and waste hours waiting? (also u don’t gotta use these and it’s better to have the option to do it)

[@Blech-23_.-65]

@@bloodthirsttt What do you think a lot of people play terraria for, to play for fun? No, a lot of people want to suffer. That is what makes it fun!

[@thelittleghost3784]

I beat the game for the first time in journey mode and I adore it. I didn’t even touch most of the tools, I just never felt the need too. The main thing I love it for honestly is the item duplication. My goal was to get all set up to learn how to build and the item duplication is a godsend. I don’t have to worry about grinding for materials, and honestly it’s so satisfying to finish getting all the items you need to unlock to dupes. Especially with that satisfying sound, pure dopamine. I’d say I succeeded in my goal too, I’m really happy with the stuff I built in that world. Highly recommend, they somehow made a “creative” mode actually fun and engaging that still has its own progression system. Huge props to ReLogic

[@triswolf1392]

I use journey mode for builds. I stopped playing progression in the world after I was discouraged by one of the terrarian community. It felt for them that it's a cheat mode. They would likely encourage new players to play legendary mode, and likely want them to suffer.

[@christianevrye]

A lot of people forget that games are for fun & that not everyone has the same definition of it. Oftentimes I find that my fun includes not engaging with game communities for reasons like yours 🤣

[@angeldude101]

People telling you that Journey is for babies and to play Legendary mode clearly have never seen the hell that was JMFTWx10. Sadly the stat scaling was patched and more it's _only_ as hard as Legendary, minus the grinding and with 10 times the enemies.

[@rrainestorm]

i think the aspect of grinding and trying for certain items or bosses makes the game a lot better. it helps you appreciate the game more for a legitimate playthrough, even without duplication

[@zachlewis9751]

I got the 200 fishing quests achievement when it was a grind and first came out. Imagine how fast it would be on a journey playthrough. Easily set up the perfect fishing scenario, skipping time to the next quest, duplicating fish, duplicating potions. And if you don’t normally play journey you won’t be able to keep anything you get from doing it except the achievement you worked for.

[@duxkuw8899]

even with journey mode it took me 7 hours💀

[@zachlewis9751]

@@duxkuw8899 7 hours is a whole lot faster than an 80 minimum.

[@duxkuw8899]

@@zachlewis9751 i wasnt arguing i was saying how long it still takes

[@atrixcanada7204]

Journey mode made me fall back into and Inlove with terraria again, for awhile it was good but I hated how time consuming it was to get resources and get past bosses with so many deaths. Finally I was able to progress and create however I wanted, then that helped me actually go through regular difficulty again, it made me have that confidence and passion to want to really put time and effort into it. It's a similar mode to minecraft, where you can build instead of focusing purely on progression

[@Pyrodiac]

I personally always use duplication because it removes what is in my opinion (let me make that clear, MY OPINION) the worst part of the game: uneccecary, annoying, or just straight-up boring grinding.

[@deudz]

but you play games to waste time not save time

[@colon44]

@@deudz you play games to enjoy them not everyone has the time to enjoy them as long as you might be able to

[@xxGreenRoblox]

@@colon44 I agree with line one but line two? this person clearly doesn't play games and probably never has and if he has played a game he must've not read rule #1 of gaming thats in bold and all caps saying "HAVE FUN"

[@Never_ending124]

I usually play on journey mode for the collection aspect of researching. It’s so fun to research everything you get, watching the menu slowly fill up with all the different items in the game.

[@zepharasite]

If its part of the game's mechanics then how is it cheating.

[@EmperorBrettavius]

At first I scoffed at the title, but clearly I didn't know what Journey Mode was actually like either. It actually seems like a very flexible game mode that can be as relaxed as I want. Treating it like a "new game+" with a heap of QoL features seems like fun!

[@wisegamer6354]

i prefer master mode i dont know why i do this to myself

[@Tr4shcant]

Omg. The voice of zuzu corn is literally nostalgic to me. The first time playing terraria I needed guidance so I watched zuzu corn and idk it is so refreshing hearing this voice over a few years

[@accelgortuss4573]

Many people (myself included), find that having all those convenient ways to do or get stuff with the click of a button takes away from the joy you get from having done so.

[@jackkeddie06]

Facts

[@alionguy]

i mean you could always just not research anything and not use the tools but ya its easier in the normal 3 difficulties

[@GaymerGirl-]

Then don't do it

[@Guywithaname199]

Thank you so much! This is going to make my next play throught so much better. I always just thought that it's just an unchallenging creative mode.😄

[@terablast]

It's fine if you like journey mode, but saying "EVERYONE should be playing it" is kinda dumb. Everyone should *consider* playing it, but they should play what they want to play. To me, everything mentioned in this video is cheating, so I'm fine on my expert or master worlds.

[@SpiderJAAM]

Journey Mode it's dope, I like it mainly because the research tool, normally when I play Terraria (unless it's with a mod) I don't do too much building or avoid certain items because the materials are normally annoying to get. But in Journey Mode you can try building with rare blocks and use rarer items, it's really nice and it saves you time. *Also fun fact:* Master Mode Journey it's (statistically) harder than regular Master Mode, not in general exploration but if I'm not mistaken the boss stats get buffed from the Journey Mode difficult slider more than the normal Master Mode selection when you create a world.

[@JonelKingas]

Its cheating tho...

[@colon44]

Using intended game mechanics is cheating now 👍👍👍👍

[@JonelKingas]

@@colon44 Journey mode is literally creative mode in Minecraft...

[@colon44]

@@JonelKingas Journey mode forces you to research items to dupe them.

[@CRABWIZRD]

My favorite part about journey is mainly the challenge of researching every item and how much easier it is to farm mod drops And the fact i dont have to deforest the whole area if i want wood for a build

[@Chokoboh]

"Journey Mode isn't just easy, its great because you can cheat and shit!" But don't want to cheat. I enjoy the real experience.

[@Chokoboh]

​@@XYZB0RG You do you. I like the real adventure where you have to earn your stuff more tho. In the end of the day, that's just personal preference.

[@SomeRand0mNerd]

​@@XYZB0RG Yeah! People shouldn't be allowed to have fun playing video games, because that isn't the point of them! I'm surprised more people don't agree with us, considering we have the OBJECTIVELY correct opinion! Anyone that disagrees with us should go back to preschool and learn how to play REAL video games!

[@XYZB0RG]

@SomeRand0mNerd username speaks wonders. i wonder what goes through your head to get so pissed off about how badly you suck at video games

[@SomeRand0mNerd]

@@XYZB0RG whatever makes you feel better man

[@SomeRand0mNerd]

@@XYZB0RG calm down dude

[@Xll1llX]

As someone who enjoys legendary mode, I don't see why you'd want to make it easier for yourself

[@InDeath]

I don't like when people say "oh it feels cheaty" or "i don't like to cheat". I understand that you like to play honorably, we all do (i hope) but when a mode in a game has these things available to you to use, then it's not cheating! it's the intended thing for you to use in game. So play it without feeling bad at all because you were MEANT to play like that in that mode!!! don't feel bad. If that mode didn't intend for you to do something then by all means call it cheating or a glitch, but if you make that journey world, make that journey character then NO you are not cheating! That's what the other modes are there for, to play "normally!" lol

[@patrickharding9456]

I agree, journey is probably one of the best ways to get better at building, wiring and messing around, 10/10

[@El_likes_to_stim]

Cool, I may like to try Journey Mode too. This explanatory video was very helpful, gracias 🌱🌞

[@DreamLogic26]

Honestly I think the solutions Journey provide here aren't really much of a problem. Like managing your time better or simply *being* better (capable of playing a higher difficulty) fixes most of them outside of the building itch (though at that point just have a seperate world on Journey for building if youre often in a mood so building focused that you dont even remotely wanna play any other part of the game). I get the convenience factor, but at the same time... - Why focus on maxing everything instead of doing the time specific task? If you truly did everything possible, I guarantee you had a blizzard or sandstorm you could've farmed in. Why did you pass that up? - Upset you lost a fight due to it becoming day? That's part of the challenge. If your dps isnt there, why try again? Use the day time to upgrade so it goes smoother next time instead of robbing yourself by removing the time fsctor. Also make sure to have a plat or tungsten watch to make sure you start as early as possible and can leave the grind to go have another attempt. Personally, I love the anxious downtime between nights like that! I get to go get upgrades while hyping myself up like "this is gonna be the one!! Im gonna show that dumb boss what for next time!" - Farming WoF: Why. Shimmer the accessory if ya didnt get it. The weapon I can see wanting to fight again for, but at the same time it doesn't reaaally matter all that much? And I find most of the time that my Guide respawns fairly quickly anyways. Allowing some time to sort through stuff like quickly going to break some altars or doing some hardmode fishing while you wait. - Refighting a time sensitive boss like Empress several times to try to beat her: I honestly have no words here. I'd just have to say something like... Why. She's fairly on par with other bosses at her level in terms of night time mode. Daytime Id just say keep doing regardless of time for practice, day allowing full real attempts, and night being practice. Anyways I respect the opinion on the topic, I do agree that Journey mode respects your time... in the sense that you get to live out your dreams of being a god, allowing you to control the time and weather at will (epic!!!!1), but Id have to disagree in one slight regard that, honestly, makes choosing Journey EVERY time not worth it. And that's not being able to bring a Journey character anywhere but another Journey world. Completely kills the slight conveniences in my opinion.

[@Elnidax]

As a builder I highly recommended doing a journey mode play through. Having a character that I can just dupe building materials with is priceless instead of quarrying out my world along w increased range removing spawns while building and keeping the time at day to see.

[@UniversalKhaosOG]

This is a great video. I recently started playing on journey after years on expert then master mode. It's so fun and this vid is a great example as to why. Just play games how you enjoy playing them not how someone else wants you to play them. 😊

[@ahnki]

"journey has duplication which makes beating the game a way easier achievement" Multiplayer mode:

[@zkovach2]

my favourite part of journey mode is that you can increase mob spawns super high

[@gaymerjerry]

The only reasonable way to get some of those beastiary entries lbr

[@Wbfuhn]

I recently discovered Journey Mode and love the research feature to basically get Creative mode. It's a nice touch as I can spend time building and adjusting my town. It's also great to quick research more advanced materials and tools.

[@Dartnix]

The time and weather constraints you mentioned actually add to the experience in my opinion. A great thing about terraria is that you've always got something to do, so when you're doing something unrelated and stumble across a natural blizzard or sandstorm, you drop what you were doing and start farming that event instead. If you manage to get what you were looking for, it's 100x more rewarding, because the game didn't spoon-feed you the event, you found it on your own and were able to exploit it. Also, fiddling with the time for a timed boss fight is no different than lowering the difficulty.

[@pixel_vortex_team]

good points i might try journey mode :)

[@squidnub2747]

I haven't played a single world that wasn't journey for a while, but I have also never played on anything but master difficulty, and this is great because I'm now used to the struggle of master mode while also having the convenience of Journey, being able to spawn the boss when I want doesn't make the fight any easier, it just means I can do the fight. And that is what I love about Journey.

[@lynxathome677]

I quit item servers when i joined zuzucorn. Love your vids!

[@ydr0078]

Probably gonna only play on Journey now. Grinding and panicking gets me a bit worried and i'd like to rematch some bosses on expert but dont wanna grind. Thanks!