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* Another lore example; Werewolves are said to instinctively attack loved ones, and comments from the Zoologist indicate she was no exception; Key factor being ''was''. When she moves in and is turned by the full moon or Blood Moon, she has enough self-control to warn people to stay away from her and remain indoors, not even wrecking furniture like she used to or attacking townsfolk she clearly can't even stand. Even if she remembers none of it and seems blissfully unaware of her ticking time bomb nature, it's clear her mind is far more composed than any other lycanthrope in Terraria.

** A minor note, but the Corruption, as if in response to its rival the Crimson also being present, has stepped up its game so much that it's actually sucked the life out of a Living Wood Tree (one of the few things that normally hinders the spread of evil), and plowed over the entire top of the Dungeon, forcing the Old Man underground.

* In celebration of the game's 10th anniversary, a new secret seed "05162011" (one year after Journey's End) a.k.a. the "[=Celebrationmk10=]" seed was implemented. This world is not only dyed in a rainbow of bright party colors, from the cyan sand to bright pink Living Trees, the world is designed to spoil you rotten with gear that comes with the best modifiers they have to offer.
* A meta example: after being defeated by [[VideoGame/CounterStrike Counter-Strike: Global Offensive]] in 2020, [[https://store.steampowered.com/SteamAwards#LaborOfLove Terraria won the Labor of Love award at the Steam Awards 2021!]]

** Screw Ocram, Soloing Plantera makes you feel like a complete badass, then, go to the dungeon, Get enough resources to get Spectre Armour and other OP magic items, and [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Unleash Havoc on all of the bosses at the same time]] [[UpToEleven including Plantera and the Golem]].

* Taking the above UpToEleven is crafting the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Zenith]]. This is the game's true strongest weapon, and it requires several other powerful or rare swords (and the Copper Shortsword) to craft. It will reward you with an insanely powerful, rapid, area-hitting, wall-piercing weapon and perhaps one of the greatest senses of accomplishment in the entire game.

* A meta example: after being defeated by [[VideoGame/CounterStrikeGlobalOffensive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive]] in 2020, [[https://store.steampowered.com/SteamAwards#LaborOfLove Terraria won the Labor of Love award at the Steam Awards 2021!]]

--> ''1.4 is the last update that we'll make. '''It's your turn.''' ''

* The grand finale is one big symbol of just how ridiculously badass ''Terraria'' truly is, as it involves destroying the head Cultist, the four Celestial Pillars, and the [[FinalBoss Moon]] [[EldritchAbomination Lord]] in that order. [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Did you just beat the shit out of Cthulhu and steal the ore contained in his body just for the sake of better armor]]? Yes, yes you did.
** And yes, we actually mean [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos the man himself]], albeit in a [[DramaPreservingHandicap broken, incomplete physical vessel]] that leaves him as barely even a shadow of his true self. But who was able to lay the Priest-King of R'lyeh so low? The Dryads of Terraria, who gave their lives to rip his body to pieces and seal away what parts they could not sunder on the dark side of the moon.

** A minor note, but the Corruption, as if in response to its rival the Crimson also being present, has stepped up its game so much that it's actually sucked the life out of a Living Wood Tree (one of the few things that normally hinders the spread of evil), and plowed over the entire top of the Dungeon, forcing the Old Man underground.

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* Another lore example; Werewolves are said to instinctively attack loved ones, and comments from the Zoologist indicate she was no exception; Key factor being ''was''. When she moves in and is turned by the full moon or Blood Moon, she has enough self-control to warn people to stay away from her and remain indoors, not even wrecking furniture like she used to or attacking townsfolk she clearly can't even stand. Even if she remembers none of it and seems blissfully unaware of her ticking time bomb nature, it's clear her mind is far more composed than any other lycanthrope in Terraria.

* The lore of Terraria gives the Clothier one; Skeletron is the remains of Cthulhu's skeleton, which was physically ripped out of him, that later gained sentience and possessed the Clothier. Not only did he manage to survive long enough to be freed from the curse of the curse, ''he came out of being possessed by the skeleton of a Lovecraftian abomination with his sanity wholly intact.'' And kept some of its power for himself, just to add insult to injury. Terrarian humans are clearly made of sterner stuff than we are.

!!In game
* The simple joy of teamwork. Nothing beats starting with fresh characters in a new world with 3 of your best buddies and taking out the Eye of Cthulhu or Skeletron with low-to-mid tier equipment or going on insane mining excavations searching for everything from glowing mushrooms to gold and jewels to [[HeartContainer Life Crystals]] all whilst tackling skeletons, bats, worms, fire imps, wasps, and man eaters, and doing it all ''together.''

* Screw teamwork. Any time you defeat one of the Hardmode bosses ''solo'', you'll feel like a badass. Especially the first time, when you don't yet have any of the top equipment that require the bosses' souls to craft.
** Related is if you solo Ocram, the final boss of the console version.
*** Beat Ocram a few times. Get best armor. [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Make Skeletron Prime pay for being such a tough boss to solo. Then kill Ocram again using this armor just to rub it in.]]
** Screw Ocram, Soloing Plantera makes you feel like a complete badass, then, go to the dungeon, Get enough resources to get Spectre Armour and other OP magic items, and [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Unleash Havoc on all of the bosses at the same time]] [[UpToEleven including Plantera and the Golem]].
*** Heck, soloing ''any'' of the Hardmode bosses is awesome. Particularly if you're taking another attempt at a boss that's beaten you many times before, only now you have that ''one'' piece of equipment that turns the tide. The Destroyer keep wiping you out? Well, as it turns out taking down Skeletron Prime first will net you what you need to make yourself [[KillItWithFire a handy flamethrower...]]
** ''Terraria'' seems to be created in mind of playing with friends, so playing on your own (freely or forcefully) might be some kind of SelfImposedChallenge.
* Crafting the Terra Blade will give you a sense of accomplishment considering how much effort you need to obtain its constituents. When you do, however, you're rewarded with one of the most powerful weapons in the game.
* Taking the above UpToEleven is crafting the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Zenith]]. This is the game's true strongest weapon, and it requires several other powerful or rare swords (and the Copper Shortsword) to craft. It will reward you with an insanely powerful, rapid, area-hitting, wall-piercing weapon and perhaps one of the greatest senses of accomplishment in the entire game.
** The true majesty of Zenith is in its attack animation: it summons up every single one of its component swords to fly around you like a mobile blender. This turns the entire screen into a kill zone that nothing, not even the [[FinalBoss Moon Lord]], can survive in for more than a few seconds. The only challenges left for you once you claim this culmination of your journey are fighting the [[NighInvulnerable Dungeon Guardian]] for kicks, and whatever horrors modded content like ''[[VideoGame/TerrariaThorium Thorium]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TerrariaCalamity Calamity]]'' can offer.
* Come back to a normal world when you have that [[ArmorofInvincibility top]] [[InfinityPlusOneSword equipment]] that requires bosses' souls to craft. Now try fighting the [[EldritchAbomination Eye of Cthulhu]], something that likely gave you a lot of trouble when you first played. The battle will probably be over in [[CurbStompBattle less than 10 seconds]]. That's right. The basic hard-mode mooks are now a little tougher to kill than a body part of Cthulhu. Proving just how ultimately badass you are for conquering the end-game.
* The three mechanical bosses can sometimes self-spawn at nightfall [[note]]There are limits to this, the main one being that only the bosses you haven't beaten yet will get to do this, and their spawning can be cancelled if you spawn in a boss yourself during the minute or so between being notified of a self-spawn, and the boss appearing.[[/note]]. You get some warning and prep-time, but it might not be enough to get all the stuff you need AND get to the area you'd prepared for the fight against that particular boss. However, if you DO manage to fight the boss when they self-spawn, ''and win'', you'll feel like even more of a CrazyPrepared badass.
* The Mecha Mayhem achievement requires you to beat all three mechanical bosses ''at the same time''. While this can be laughably easy depending on when you choose to do it, it's still badass to take on all three hardmode starting bosses and tear them apart before the night ends.
* With the new 1.3 update the ''[=NPC=]s'' [[TookALevelInBadass now all have the ability to fight.]] This can lead to such awesome scenes as a siege arriving to get positively decimated by even a small town.
** The Clothier in particular gets a special mention; he performs ''magic''. That's right, the NPC who doesn't sell anything REMOTELY important to game progression can perform magic to fight; and ''dark magic'', at that. Looks like he managed to keep a piece of Skeletron's power for himself.
** Gather your [=NPCs=] together and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXyFee_Edj0 have them fight a pre-Hardmode boss]]. You'll notice they are quite effective.
* Managing to get the Skeletron pet, which requires you to defeat the single most powerful non-boss mob in the game, the NighInvulnerable Dungeon Guardian.
* A small Moment of Awesome is had if you're a new player and you make it through to either far side of the world. Even better if you built minecart tracks along the way to get back home easier. You'll feel a little like the first people to build a railroad across America.
* A bug exists in the game when you hammer a slope, called a hoik. On its own it's useful to enter the Temple early on or ignore blowing up Shadow orbs, but when used correctly it's possible to create things like [[http://forums.terraria.org/index.php?threads/hoiktronics-functional-in-game-terraria-computer.7897/ a functioning computer]] in ''Terraria''.
** Hoiks also make fighting the Dungeon Guardian ''very'' easy, since they propel you faster than even it can fly, allowing you to run circles around it as you hammer it with ranged weapons.
* The grand finale is one big symbol of just how ridiculously badass ''Terraria'' truly is, as it involves destroying the head Cultist, the four Celestial Pillars, and the [[FinalBoss Moon]] [[EldritchAbomination Lord]] in that order. [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Did you just beat the shit out of Cthulhu and steal the ore contained in his body just for the sake of better armor]]? Yes, yes you did.
** And yes, we actually mean [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos the man himself]], albeit in a [[DramaPreservingHandicap broken, incomplete physical vessel]] that leaves him as barely even a shadow of his true self. But who was able to lay the Priest-King of R'lyeh so low? The Dryads of Terraria, who gave their lives to rip his body to pieces and seal away what parts they could not sunder on the dark side of the moon.
* A good number of bosses are perfectly defeatable with just the damage inflicted by wired traps and fireworks. Find using weapons beneath you? For a challenge, you can legitimately play the role of a combat engineer/trap master, and defeat bosses without swinging a single sword, shooting off any arrows/bullets, or casting spells - With just your wrench/wirecutters, generous amounts of wiring, and some traps, you can indeed kill bosses without ever directly raising a weapon to them.
* With some proper preparation and setup, you can fight your way up to the [[ThatOneAchievement 15th wave]] of the Pumpkin Moon and the Frost Moon ''solo.'' It makes you really feel like a OneManArmy badass doing so, especially if done with the [[ThatOneBoss latter]].
* One of the [[EasterEgg easter eggs]] added to celebrate both the release of Journey's End and Terraria's 9th anniversary is this - talk to the Party Girl and click on her new Music option, and she'll switch the base soundtrack with the '''entire soundtrack''' from the ill-fated ''Terraria: Otherworld''. You can even record them with music boxes! It's really heartwarming to see that it finally got unearthed to the public after all these years, and right in the 9th anniversary of the game!
** Entering the seed 5162020 (the release date of Journey's End) nets you a "drunk world" where, among other quirks, the Otherworld soundtrack plays by default.
** Also, you can find the Moon Lord's legs as equippable leggings in the world, showing that, while [[TrollingCreator Redigit may have lied about actually showing his legs in the boss itself]], he also technically didn't and still put it in the game.
** A minor note, but the Corruption, as if in response to its rival the Crimson also being present, has stepped up its game so much that it's actually sucked the life out of a Living Wood Tree (one of the few things that normally hinders the spread of evil), and plowed over the entire top of the Dungeon, forcing the Old Man underground.

** Another lore example; Werewolves are said to instinctively attack loved ones, and comments from the Zoologist indicate she was no exception; Key factor being ''was''. When she moves in and is turned by the full moon or Blood Moon, she has enough self-control to warn people to stay away from her and remain indoors, not even wrecking furniture like she used to or attacking townsfolk she clearly can't even stand. Even if she remembers none of it and seems blissfully unaware of her ticking time bomb nature, it's clear her mind is far more composed than any other lycanthrope in Terraria.
* The announcement of [=tModLoader=] ''being released as free DLC''. Not only is this a SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfAwesome for the developers of the platform, what with their work being promoted to OfficialFanSubmittedContent, but it means that even more players will be introduced to the thousands of mods, while possibly inspiring more players to start creating their own mods. And with 1.4 being Terraria's last update, this means that in a way, ''the modders have been entrusted with creating all the game content to come.'' [[SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming What better way to end a game's journey by handing it off to the fans?]]
--> '''Redigit, to a player in Discord asking about whether he's leaving a team to still work on it or he'll drop the game entirely:''' I'm not abandoning it. I am leaving the future of the game in your hands.

!!Fandom
* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Yrimir Yrimir]], the crowning USER of awesome of Terraria. It's a surprise he still doesn't have a page to himself. So far, he has:
** Beat the Eater of Worlds, Skeletron, and the Eye of Cthulhu at the same time (Mind you, this was way back when those were the only bosses and they were hard as hell);
** Defeated King Slime with a Copper Pickaxe, which only does 1 damage per hit to the boss, 2 if critical;
** Has defeated the Brain of Cthulhu, Skeletron, the Eye and The Eater on the first day/night;
** Has then fought all four bosses pre-1.1 during a Blood Moon with Battle Potions, and won;
** Created an infinite water farm to refill his ocean (He decided it was a good idea to dump all of it in the Underworld)
** Managed to defeat the Dungeon Guardian, Which is known to take only 1 damage per hit, has 9999 HP, and does over 1000 damage per hit; And he did it TWICE! (True the second time had the unfortunate two at a time Dungeon Guardian kill, but still...)
** Beat all three 1.1 hardmode bosses at the same time, something he did without tricks (As in, heart statues)
** He then defeated (He defeats a lot of bosses, doesn't he?) all pre-1.1 bosses in a Room of Death (As in, a room that has nothing but deadly spikes on its walls)
** And if that wasn't enough, he defeated every pre-1.1 bosses using only explosives;
** He also did a Night's Edge speedrun, an Excalibur Speedrun, which later became a Hallow Speedrun. Mind you, both of these were on Hardcore;
** Then, after beating Skeletron on the first night, he entered the Dungeon with no armor, and came out of it with every item inside, with only 100 hp;
** He also beat the Destroyer in 18 seconds using the Magical Harp, for a total of 4300 damage per second;
** Then, he beat the Wall of Flesh with no armor, just a Water Bolt;
** He also beat all 3 1.1 hardmode bosses with the Frost Legion as a bonus at the same time.
** That's not all, He also beat TWO bosses on the same first night, Eye of Cthulhu and Eater of Worlds to be specific, and tried fighting the Wall of Flesh. From the beginning of the video, it made it clear that he just can't do that.
** He then killed ''all'' the hardmode bosses with The Horseman's Blade.
** He fought and won against eight Duke Fishrons at the same time. And in a later vid, he fights ''ten'' '''[[BerserkButton enraged]]''' Duke Fishrons... in ''Expert Mode''. He won, of course.
** He killed the Wall of Flesh on the Second Night, that being the earliest you can kill it.
** He [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHw06h2L-rc slayed the Dungeon Guardian]] on Night Two.
** He killed another two bosses on the same first night, Queen Bee and Eye of Cthulhu this time
* The player HERO has just [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQlV_4Brfg4 slain the Wall of Flesh in about 23 minutes]], one of the fastest speed runs as of February 2015.
* Special mentions go to the user [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWcUE-K-Ou5Axk6beLQAPjQ HappyDays]] who has built methods for being able to farm any boss, Yes that includes the Dungeon Guardian, by creating structures that let the player go AFK and still kill the boss.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OupGO6FylhE This guy]] beat the Moon Lord on Expert... ''without using any healing potions in the fight.''
* Defeating the Moon Lord on Expert Mode without taking damage, wearing any equipment, or using any buffs [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xarud63JW5Y here]].
* Twitch streamer [[http://www.twitch.tv/flare2v/profile Flare2V]] knows how to ''properly'' punch out Cthulhu: he defeated the Moon Lord [[http://www.twitch.tv/flare2v/v/7558920 on Expert Hardcore Mode]], the ultimate DeathOrGloryAttack battle where failure meant [[FinalDeath the bitter end of his entire run]]. And then Flare did it again, only this time he [[http://www.twitch.tv/flare2v/v/7584223 bitchslapped Moon Lord to death]] with the Slap Hand weapon, and got the super yo-yo [[InfinityPlusOneSword The Terrarian]] on top of it all. A massive chunk of Twitch's ''Terraria'' community crowded into Flare's stream for the event, including Pedguin, one of the aforementioned Yrimir's few equals.
* It is possible to beat every boss from Skeletron to Moon Lord (except for Duke Fishron) on hardmode [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Terraria/comments/3ynt2k// completely automated]]. From the start of the gauntlet to the end, the player only has to click once, to summon the Golem.
* You got to give the developers and fandom recognition. The game went from a niche seller to having 1 million copies sold by the time 1.1 came out, over 3 million copies by 1.2, and over '''''12 million copies by the time 1.3 came out.''''' That's right, 1.2 resparked so much interest in the game that the number of copies sold more then TRIPLED in only two years.
** Even more so, with the release of 1.4 just right around the corner, the number of copies sold worldwide reached '''''30 MILION''''', making it [[JustForFun/HolyShitQuotient one of the world's most sold videogames.]]
* A youtuber called Ningishu managed to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXOy_RUzq5A kill the Wall of Flesh by 3:18 AM on the first night, in expert mode]]. She had an ironskin potion, no armour, 120 HP, and lots of dynamite.
** If that wasn't enough, the same [=YouTuber=] has also done a hardcore expert summoner playthrough using ''only'' summon weapons[[note]]Most summoner playthroughs usually give exceptions for magic weapons that "summon" things like the rain cloud staff, or use lava pits for grinding[[/note]], with one of the first things she does being getting the ''Imp staff'' before even getting any armor without dying. If that wasn't enough, she decided to go for the Mecha Mayhem achievement when she entered hardmode[[note]]taking on all three mechanical bosses at the same time[[/note]] but knew that spiders alone wouldn't cut it. How does she deal with this? By ''[[SequenceBreaking fighting Duke Fishron first]]'' to get the tempest staff. ''While at 340 HP''. She ''wins''. She then proceeded to go for Mecha Mayhem while still at 340 HP. Once again, ''she wins!'' The results [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AqqtBtSebs really speak for themselves]].
** On May 7, 2018, Ningishu [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI62Gf7bc3c released a video]] wherein she killed the Moon Lord in Expert Mode in less than 90 minutes on a randomly generated world without using major glitches such as invincibility or item duplication. The world record at the time, which did make extensive use of such exploits on a seeded world, was just over two hours. The insane amount of fortunate happenstance needed to achieve this required about ten months of attempts, regenerating new worlds and trying again from scratch. Highlights include killing the Wall of Flesh on the first night, and killing Skeletron and all of the Mech Bosses one by one on the second.
** Ningishu kept the awesomeness going into 2020 with a Master Mode hardcore summoner series. What's a summoner to do when she's getting ready for Plantera? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoFxpGlXyug Fight Duke Fishron with Enchanted Daggers and a Snapthorn]], of course! Once she had her Tempest Staff, Ningishu went ahead and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfv5cxTmJfg beat the enraged Empress of Light]] without taking a single hit. Then she did it again without wings, wrapping the series up in a mere three episodes.
* Youtuber HERO takes the "[[CherryTapping Do it with a copper shortsword]]" joke seriously and [[https://youtu.be/De0iUWWSxiM fights the Eater of Worlds with it.]] No accessories, no buffs, not even any armor. Just a copper shortsword and an arena. He wins.
* With a few thousand mechanisms, it's possible to create the shadowplay ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' "Bad Apple!!" animation in its entirety, as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUh4tqlkyWI here]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-u6c7ppGML6icciJ0Q1oWQ/featured MappyGaming]] is another one out there, using complicated wiring setups to achieve the fastest possible speedkills against bosses. When he was told that it should be from when the boss is summoned rather than from when it starts taking damage, he didn't ignore the comments or tell them off, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqfCDkx0Y84 he took it as a challenge]] and killed every single non-event boss within one to three ticks of them spawning or becoming vulnerable''. Yes, this includes the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbo-jbhttRo Dungeon Guardian on Expert Mode being killed in a single tick]]... and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KDSp-l1nbU again on For The Worthy Master Mode]], by using two very unexpected items -- the Jousting Lance and the Inner Tube.

** And yes, we actually mean [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos the man himself]], albeit in a broken, incomplete physical vessel that leaves him as barely even a shadow of his true self. But who was able to lay the Priest-King of R'lyeh so low? The Dryads of Terraria, who gave their lives to rip his body to pieces and seal away what parts they could not sunder on the dark side of the moon.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-u6c7ppGML6icciJ0Q1oWQ/featured MappyGaming]] is another one out there, using complicated wiring setups to achieve the fastest possible speedkills against bosses. When he was told that it should be from when the boss is summoned rather than from when it starts taking damage, he didn't ignore the comments or tell them off, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqfCDkx0Y84 he took it as a challenge]] and killed every single non-event boss within one to three ticks of them spawning or becoming vulnerable''. Yes, this includes the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbo-jbhttRo Dungeon Guardian on Expert Mode being killed in a single tick]]... and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KDSp-l1nbU again on For The Worthy Master Mode]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-u6c7ppGML6icciJ0Q1oWQ/featured MappyGaming]] is another one out there, using complicated wiring setups to achieve the fastest possible speedkills against bosses. When he was told that it should be from when the boss is summoned rather than from when it starts taking damage, he didn't ignore the comments or tell them off, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqfCDkx0Y84 he took it as a challenge]] and killed every single non-event boss within one to three ticks of them spawning or becoming vulnerable''. Yes, this includes the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbo-jbhttRo Dungeon Guardian on Expert Mode being killed in a single tick]].

* The announcement of [=tModLoader=] ''being released as free DLC''. Not only is this a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for the developers of the platform, what with their work being promoted to OfficialFanSubmittedContent, but it means that even more players will be introduced to the thousands of mods, while possibly inspiring more players to start creating their own mods. And with 1.4 being Terraria's last update, this means that in a way, ''the modders have been entrusted with creating all the game content to come.'' What better way to end a game's journey by handing it off to the fans?

* The EasterEgg seed to celebrate both the release of Journey's End and Terraria's 9th anniversary[[note]](fittingly enough, 5162020, the release date of Journey's End)[[/note]] is pretty much this. Not only does it create a world that has ''both world evils and ore variations'' at once (among other quirks, such as the underworld being reversed), but the Party Girl spawns in instead of the Guide and replaces the ingame soundtrack to ''the entire OST for the ill-fated Terraria: Otherworld''. (Of course, if you'd prefer to listen to the original music, you can also talk to her to turn it back and vice versa.) You can even record them with music boxes to listen to them in other worlds! It's really heartwarming to see that it finally got unearthed to the public after all these years, and right in the 9th anniversary of the game!

** And yes, we actually mean [[Liturature/CthulhuMythos the man himself]], albeit in a broken, incomplete physical vessel that leaves him as barely even a shadow of his true self. But who was able to lay the Priest-King of R'lyeh so low? The Dryads of Terraria, who gave their lives to rip his body to pieces and seal away what parts they could not sunder on the dark side of the moon.

* Managing to get the Skeletron pet, which requires you to defeat the single most powerful non-boss mob in the game.

** The Clothier in particular gets a special mention; he performs ''magic''. That's right, the NPC who doesn't sell anything REMOTELY important to game progression can perform magic to fight; and ''dark magic at that.'' Looks like he managed to keep a piece of Skeletron's power for himself.

* A small Moment of Awesome is had if you're a new player and you make it through to either far side of the world. Even better if you built minecart tracks along the way to get back here easier. You'll feel a little like the first people to build a railroad across America.

%% Pretty sure he meant Hardmode and not hardcore, judging by the context.

* With a few thousand mechanisms, it's possible to create the shadowplay ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' "Bad Apple!!" animation in its entirety, as seen [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Terraria/comments/5da4f1// here]].

** The Clothier in particular gets a special mention; he performs ''magic''. That's right, the NPC who doesn't sell anything REMOTELY important to game progression can perform magic to fight; and ''dark magic at that.''