Hello, gamers. Hope you are doing well.
Mining in Terraria is very satisfying and many precious ores await along with some secrets. I have come across a lot of Life Crystals, those big hearts that permanently add one more heart to your maximum health.
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Digging for more resources such as precious ores is very addictive too. And once in a while, there will be a fairy that will help you to uncover some of the secrets underground. I was guided by one to a house. It had a painting of a guy, not sure where the guy was... there were some flying bugs in this part and I had a door in my inventory too, so I put down the door to be safe from those bugs.
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My eyes were on the treasure chest that was placed inside the house. It had some unique items that I got for the first time. There was a 'Dynamite' which should break most tiles. I had seen some unbreakable titles in one of the deadly biomes, maybe I just need more dynamite to break it open.
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I was digging close to that house and a popup said, my Guide is back. Yohoo! I wanted him to come back as I was struggling to see what I could do with all the items I had gathered. I am not sure what caused him to come back to the house. Ah! maybe the chair that I put inside the house before going mining?
Regardless, I was happy to see him back so I used my 'Magic Mirror' to transport him back to the spawn.
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He was happy to get a place for himself. He seemed happy to me. That's when I spent a lot of time learning all the recipes and seeing what each item could be crafted into. There are a lot of things in this game, way more than I can handle...lol
While there was still daylight, I went outside to explore more of the surface world. I was spending way more time in the ground than above the surface...lol
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There is this big tree that I always wondered how tall it was and decided to go up to see if there were some special chests or items on the top.
So, I used my wood to make a pillar and see how high it went but it wasn't as high as I was expecting and there were no hidden treasures or loot.
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It was getting darker now but I still decided to go further east, reached the desert biome and zombies started to spawn so I teleported back to the spawn...lol (I am still afraid of these buggers)
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Nighttime is a good time to collect those fallen stars. I decided to go into one of the caves and found two Life Crystals very quickly!
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I killed a pink slime in this cave and completed another achievement.
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The cave opened up in a mineshaft. I was here in this mineshaft before but not in this part. There was some shiny gold ore which I mined by blasting it with bombs. Mining with bombs is quite fun and quick!
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I opened up my map and saw a new NPC that has come to live in the house that I repaired yesterday! His name is "Issac the Merchant". I couldn't wait to see what he had to offer so I went straight to him through the network of caves.
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I was hoping to get some nice items from this merchant, but most of them were absolutely trash. Why would I buy torches and bronze tools...lol
One of the interesting items I saw was a bug net that I can use to catch critters. I wanted to buy it but I didn't have much cash...have been dying a lot of times and not recollecting all the dropped coins. Well, some of them are in very dangerous places and I don't want to go back and die again...lol
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This was a lot of disappointment, maybe he will have much better items after I advance more in the game.
I left him at his house and went deeper into the caves. Having a glowstick is such a handy thing you can throw it in the caves to get an idea of how deep it goes or what are the dangers lurking in the dark.
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I kept finding more and more crystal hearts and now I was at my second row of heart. I think you start with 5 or 6 and now look at me, I have consumed so many of them. I hope there is no negative effect of doing that.
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I went deeper and suddenly the aesthetics changed, it was like I moved to a new underground biome. The music changed and I could hear loud monster noise. I threw some glowsticks to test out what I have down there but while I was doing that I accidentally switched to my 'Magic Mirror' and used it. I was transported back to the surface. xD
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Maybe it was for the best as I was surely going to die there...lol
I had died in a lot of bad ways, ranging from getting killed by a dandelion to getting crushed by a boulder and blown up by troll chests. Plus all the times I was killed by those ugly monsters and eyes.
But I am having a lot of fun and learning a lot about the game. Now that my guide is back home I can see a lot of new recipes and stuff I can make. I can summon some monsters too. I wonder how that will go.
I am liking it so far, can't wait to explore more of the world around me and dig even deeper!!
***Thanks for reading...***
Until next time...
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