Then, left click just above the ground in front of your character to to place the work bench there. At this point, you can close the inventory and crafting screen by pressing the escape key again.Įquip the work bench in the same way you equipped the wood earlier (by pressing the corresponding number on the keyboard). In the lower left corner of this interface, click on the work bench icon, then click on it again to craft it, then click a spot in your hotbar so you can equip it later.
Press the escape key to enter your inventory and crafting screen. To do this, you’ll need to build a work bench first. Next, you’ll need to place a wall behind the house in order to keep the monsters from spawning inside. If you don’t click at the base of the tree but somewhere in the middle, you’ll be left with a stump that you’ll have to chop down later if you’re standing where you want to build. In a few moments, it will explode into piles of wood for you to collect. Press the number three to equip the axe, then left click at the base of a tree hold the button down. These items are mapped to your keyboard keys 1-0 so they’re easy to access. In the upper left corner of the user interface is your hotbar. I still don’t know how to get out of a cave. Hopefully, you’ll initially spawn in an area with a lot of trees.
Your player character comes equipped with a sword, a pickaxe, and an axe right off the bat. Similar to Minecraft, the first thing you’ll want to do once you’re in the game is start gathering wood. I had a bit of a hard time figuring out what to do at first, so I thought I’d share my findings in the hopes that it will help someone else who’s just getting started. And, since it was on sale just a few days ago on Steam, I’m assuming many others are too. These will occupy any room that has a door, a table, a chair, and a light source, so you’ll have to relocate them if you don’t want them living in your house.I’m having a blast playing Terraria, the Minecrafty sidescroller from Re-Logic. To get rid of any Platform, you’ll need to use your Pickaxe.Īs you decorate your house and fill it with furnishings, you may notice a NPC merchant or two move in. Then you can use your Hammer on the Platform to turn them into stairs facing either directions. You can do this easily by building a small wall of blocks, getting rid of three of them in the middle, and then placing the door in the newly created hole.įor stairs, you’ll need to place Platforms in a diagonal pattern. To place a door, you’ll need a block to hold it up on both the top and bottom.
Using blocks, you can make a square room around you to shield yourself for an evening, but eventually, you’ll want to turn your house into a base of sorts with different crafting stations and chests to store items. Blocks are the squares that make up the terrain in Terraria, and you can pick them up using your Pickaxe. Walls will place walls behind you, which allow you to hang torches, paintings, and other wall decorations. Note that blocks and walls are two different things. To make a house that will shield you from monsters, all you need are blocks of any kind. Our Terraria house building guide explains how to build a house using blocks and walls, as well as add details like doors and stairs to your base. One of the first things you’ll want to do in Terraria is make a house, so you can hide out from monsters at night.