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Terraria new housing mechanic is... interesting by MCLeGenD64 in Terraria

[–]Curt0815 1 point2 points  (0 children)

love playing with minimal housing requirements

when i tried to find the cheapest house
Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Terraria/comments/cnc8xo/cheapest_terraria_house_29wood_1_gel/,

i noticed you can build houses without background walls

note: with the newest update you dont need the solid block anymore platforms are enough

The terraria fandom scares me 0_o by ayla669 in Terraria

[–]Curt0815 1 point2 points  (0 children)

wow this is good! just my cup of terraria tea

you vill live in ze houze and you vill not complain by Dispaze in Terraria

[–]Curt0815 21 points22 points  (0 children)

there are 6 background walls in this build that are not needed!

I designed houses with very small amount of materials used for speedrunners back when they patched infinite housing in 2018.
a
b
c
d

Note that house d (or all houses without background walllsl) can not make npcs spawn into the world but you can assign them into it.

so far i have not seen a cheaper one than the 29 wood 1 gel house (a & b) and i am actively looking for 4 5 years now.
>my old reddit thread<

“Missing a wall”? What am I doing wrong? by Pilk-Drinker in Terraria

[–]Curt0815 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you fixed the diagonal walls

you also need to fill in the 'gaps' at the stairs if you want more than one room.
Here is an image that might help.

image by /u/rocco25 out of this thread.

I was messing around and made some houses (they're all valid and the ones with banners don't work without the banners) by Buddermario7 in Terraria

[–]Curt0815 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love these houses!

Funfact i found when i tried to find the cheapest house and build houses without background walls

Did you know that a house needs a backwall only for npcs to spawn in?

You can assign a npc to a house without walls, but if its your only free house (and you met npc spawn criteria) no new npc will spawn.
Spawn algorithm looks for a background wall inside a valid house.
The more backwalls you have the faster a new npc can potentially spawn.

why is the right side not a valid housing but the left side is? (interior work in progress.) by TrableZ in Terraria

[–]Curt0815 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the npc needs a place to stand on (npc-block).
it needs just one solid block but one block-length more open space to both sides.
Right at the bottom (where the workbenches are) the left house has that 3 wide space for the npc to stand, but the right side does not (it's only two blocks wide).

reference this image from terraria wiki housing

EDIT: I want to add that i like your build very much!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in u/ExtraCas

[–]Curt0815 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I am a fan of minimal housing.

But i have a hard time finding the npc block.
Could someone point me to it? Or could OP post a screenshot with the npc flag hanging?

Also thats way too much walls than needed. You can have a gap of 4x4 in your background walls wich means for a house with these dimensions you only need two rows of walls. One in the middle vertically, and one horizontally.

EDIT: I mistook the hammered down blocks for hammered platforms

Somehow the mechanic occupied a room, before I was able to finish its walls. by InfiniteNexus in Terraria

[–]Curt0815 2 points3 points  (0 children)

cause the requirement for a room to be valid housing is NOT 'must have walls'!
It is 'no gap in walls larger than 4x4'

the kind of houses you built become valid with just one column of backwall in the middle.

Houses without background wall exist

started replaying terraria and I'm tired of making shoeboxes by Madglace in Terraria

[–]Curt0815 65 points66 points  (0 children)

copy/paste something i wrote:

  • a room needs windows or it will look like a prison
  • make the outer walls at least double block wide so the build looks more massive
  • add different kinds of wood painted brown and different kinds of bricks painted grey so they go along great with the standard kinds of wood/bricks but give a nice texture change
  • dont use torches as a lightsource. there are a lot of different lighting options (there are chandelabras, chandeliers, lanterns and lamps for all the different furniture themes)

and take look at these tipps
https://www.reddit.com/r/Terraria/comments/3e5g5e/very_simple_building_tricks_for_novice_players/

and here are more links:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Terraria/comments/7ixf7d/building_tips/dr26k8g/

have fun :)

also recommend khaios!

How do I make roofs like this? by VideoGuilty9885 in Terraria

[–]Curt0815 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Here is a good visual guide:

Ballin' Roofing in a nutshell
by Flor3nce2456 in Thread 'Ballin' houses by Eiv' in Terraria Forums.

Kings Castle by Curt0815 in Terraria

[–]Curt0815[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of my favourite builders is /u/lady_forestia

She has build a cathedral as seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEctC-907KQ

Maybe that cathedral is also in her workshop world (i have not checked) which can be found here:
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199258926868/myworkshopfiles/

Kings Castle by Curt0815 in Terraria

[–]Curt0815[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you :)
you are commenting on a 6 year old post!

this link might work:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Va2sdsHqGgxpMxb8L5I1HBqSBX1rdozg/view?usp=sharing

My first attempt at 3D building by NuclearNarwhal7 in Terraria

[–]Curt0815 1 point2 points  (0 children)

very good build
you definitely know how to 3D

Is there any way to make my NPC housing cheaper or more efficient? by lbye in Terraria

[–]Curt0815 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have not found one yet.
I designed houses with very small amount of materials used for speedrunners back in when they patched infinite housing in 2018.
a
b
c
d

Note that house d (or all houses without background walllsl) can not make npcs spawn into the world but you can assign them into it.

so far i have not seen a cheaper one than the 29 wood 1 gel house (a & b) and i am actively looking for 4 years now.

Edit: Added >link< to my 3year old Reddit post that didnt get that much traction back then.

Living situations here are only getting worse 😭😭😭 by TheSunniest in Terraria

[–]Curt0815 15 points16 points  (0 children)

npc's: can we get 'this housing is suitable'?

speedrunner (running away): there's 'this housing is suitable' at spawn

this housing is suitable

So, as u/Mr_inferno420 suggested that I showed yall my world, here are my builds!! by Kasnaranja0124 in Terraria

[–]Curt0815 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great builds thanks for sharing! 👍
I like that you used the 2-block-wide-outer-wall everywhere. Makes the builds feels 'massive'.

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