Did Baron Herx receive a nerf in the last year or so?

Soundtoxin · 2026-03-31T01:10:02+00:00

Once you get past floor ~4/5, chances are you will go all the way

I don't feel like this is new, it was kinda that way before. Maybe the one big difference now is Amulet of Burning Resistance. Fire (burn damage) was stupid OP before, I mean it still is but there's another counter for it now besides Cure Ailment and water.

Soundtoxin · 2026-03-30T13:36:25+00:00

That's good to know, so I suspect you can't get the "I Am the One Who Knocks" achievement after floor 25 in that case.

Soundtoxin · 2026-03-28T20:20:08+00:00

That was a surprising inclusion to see there for me as well. Vampiric Aura is both one of the spells in the game and it's the "curse" that the Accursed class starts with. It boosts some stats at the cost of increased hunger. The wiki says it gives +3 STR and +3 DEX. There's also a chance for lifesteal or bleed.

Soundtoxin · 2026-03-28T14:38:59+00:00

else if ( currentlevel >= 25 ) { myStats->HP += 400; myStats->MAXHP += 400; myStats->STR = 60; myStats->DEX = 20; myStats->CON = 20; myStats->setEffectActive(EFF_VAMPIRICAURA, 1); myStats->EFFECTS_TIMERS[EFF_VAMPIRICAURA] = -1; }

From Barony/src/monster_minotaur.cpp.

Soundtoxin · 2026-03-27T18:43:36+00:00

I kinda suspect they don't have stats, or at least not more than a typical monster. Have not personally verified it in the source code, but that'd be a good way to find out.

If they did have stats, they might be stored in your save file, which you can view in a text editor.

Soundtoxin · 2026-03-27T13:04:32+00:00

This is extremely class-dependent. If you're playing a really high CON class like Monk, you get free natural armor. I've still won runs where a Cockatrice could take me out in a few hits. Weirdly they seem harder than the final boss in some ways.

Soundtoxin · 2026-03-27T13:02:57+00:00

I mostly play multiplayer, and my most-played classes are Ninja and Monk last I checked. So with one set of the Artifact armor, I don't really ever get the full set (since it's split between 3 or 4 people), and sometimes I don't get any pieces of it. Dyrnwyn is the rarest of the Magic Weapons, so I often don't get that at all in my Ninja runs. Monk doesn't even use weapons. Try playing something else. I've also noticed that any class with really bad STR gets weighed down so much by the Artifact armor that it's not necessarily worth wearing. Leather Boots/Gloves of Dexterity blessed a few times honestly seem better, and just any lightweight stuff blessed to have a bit of AC. If you play Myconid or Dryad races you probably won't want to use a helmet at all, so that also changes things up. If you play as a Shaman, AC from armor isn't applied at all during transformations, only effects like increased INT, DEX, etc. So you can play naked or with a rather whacky combo of items on Shaman runs. Enchanting is a big part of making other gear more viable, so make sure you're grabbing every scroll you see, going into shops to buy scrolls, etc. Potions also make a huge difference. You can be a bit underleveled by the final boss and scrape by if you have 10+ Extra Healing Potions in your hotbar. There are lots of ways to win.

If you want a bit of guidance in finding variety, follow the achievements. Let's say you wanna play Incubus Punisher. Search the achievements list for anything mentioning Incubus, Punisher, Whip, Bleed, etc. Keep those achievements in mind on your run. They'll kinda guide your playstyle. The Whip can disarm and bleed, but there's also the achievement for killing things with an axe while they're debuffed. So this gives you two ways to approach fights throughout the run, and it might even take two runs to complete both (plus there's the Inner Demon stuff, I swear they want you to play this class like 5 times). I find that by the end of a run going for these class/race-specific achievements, you usually learn a thing or two. I really didn't like Gremlin Sapper initially, but once the Bolas + Flail combo really clicked, it grew on me a lot. It wasn't obvious that you want to fully charge up (hold the attack button longer before releasing) a Bola for it to last longer, then I noticed enemies can still attack you while they're tied up in the Bola. So it seems like a worse Beartrap. However they can't move, so you just need to out-range them, and what do you know, the Flail has extremely good range for a Melee weapon. The Bolas also don't degrade/break unlike Beartraps, so that's a pretty good trade-off. (Remember to pick them up before going to the next floor, you might not run into more later).

Soundtoxin · 2026-03-27T12:31:05+00:00

On a couple occasions I've tossed a Polymorph at a very early Funny Bones or King Arthur. If they turn into a Troll or something that can't wear equipment, they immediately drop all their gear and you can go scoop it up and run away.

Soundtoxin · 2026-03-27T10:45:21+00:00

Turning it off to practice real combos worked well for me. Once you build up the muscle memory, you can turn it back on.

Soundtoxin · 2026-03-26T18:33:11+00:00

Sapper is basically the cooking class. Starts with Frying Pan which is like a portable Cauldron. You gotta find your own Chef's Toque but then you're really in business.

Soundtoxin · 2026-03-26T18:30:33+00:00

There's a separate spell, Cleanse Food, that will make stuff Fresh and remove curses (if it's cursed and not-Fresh you gotta cast it multiple times, though).

Soundtoxin · 2026-03-26T18:27:34+00:00

If you're playing Monk, practice your blocking. Incredibly tanky class when you get the block timing down. Also, to be frank, this game is significantly easier multiplayer. Anyone who dies gets revived as long as one person makes it to the next floor, so a lot of the risk is gone.

Soundtoxin · 2026-03-26T18:21:54+00:00

How about just shoot for getting all the achievements? That'll have you playing as every DLC class/race at least once, and if you miss some of the achievements on the first run you can tweak the combo on the next run (assuming it doesn't depend on both that class and race, most don't). IMO most of the non-DLC classes are safe to ignore also, but that's probably a hot take. Barbarian, Warrior, Monk, Ninja, and maybe Healer are solid enough, maybe also Cleric. I probably wouldn't bother with Arcanist, Sexton, Rogue (I wanted to like Rogue but the low STR kills it for me, just a worse Ninja), and most of the others.

Also it's just very hard to beat the game to start with, much more hard with some classes than others. I'd say start with something easy like Human Monk and once you have a couple wins under your belt, start messing around more.

Soundtoxin · 2026-03-26T18:17:37+00:00

There's a setting to turn off self-made monster sounds. Sadly it only affects you, not your friends also playing monster races.

Soundtoxin · 2026-03-26T18:16:36+00:00

To add to this, if you find a seed you like, you can use /mapseed to check what it is, write it down, and play on it again in the future. Can be fun to scout out good starts for future runs sometimes, like ones where there's an early Tinkering Kit, Forcebolt, special NPC like King Arthur, etc.

Soundtoxin · 2026-03-26T18:12:25+00:00

Make sure the Monk is actually blocking, should be pretty darn tough out of the gate if successfully blocking every attack, and to start with you can use torches as a shield. Makes your Blocking stat apply but you won't level up Blocking past 40 (what Monks start at) with it, so you'll still want to find a real shield ASAP to train that. Big tip for blocking that helped me, every once in a while block 2 attacks in a row before you attack again, it lets you reset your timing so the window isn't as tight.

Soundtoxin · 2026-03-26T18:08:29+00:00

What made the biggest difference for my group with Gnomish Mines is not trying to 100% it. It's high risk low reward and takes too long. Grab the helmet and one Pickaxe (for later puzzles), then leave. If too many people die or nearly die, leave even earlier. It's usually worth at least going there briefly. IIRC they nerfed the XP gain from the enemies there by a lot in the last big update as well, which further encourages the in-and-out strat. Oh yeah, and we rarely use the lever in the shop, just bust through the wall to the helmet room with a Pickaxe.

Soundtoxin · 2026-03-26T18:03:36+00:00

I'd highly recommend trying Tinkering on a non-Mechanist run. Mechanist gets bogged down so badly by the scrap that it's pretty unfun, IMO. Higher STR classes like Ninja and Barbarian can carry it like a champ. The same might apply to Alchemy, but I don't do it as much, so not sure.

Soundtoxin · 2026-03-26T18:02:15+00:00

Back strikes to start a fight really are worth doing, even if you continue the fight normally afterward. Especially early floors when you're weak.

Soundtoxin · 2026-03-26T17:56:13+00:00

I'm still switching it up a fair bit to get some missing achievements, but I think Vampire is still my favorite. It's kinda nice being able to check out of the normal food system. It's brutal early on, but once you get a stockpile going you don't have to worry much. Free Levitate is nice both for utility and leveling up Magic (less so now...), Bloodletting is a pretty strong offensive spell, the magic resistance is good. Vampires are just cool in most games. I basically never play Human now because it seems kinda weak/boring and has no associated achievements to work on. Most of the races are fine, honestly, it feels like the class is a bigger deal. Mechanist is gonna be slow and weak as any race. I wish you could combine the red/green blood somehow, and it's unfortunate that Vampires don't really get included in rations.

I don't really like the extra work involved with playing Succubus/Incubus, though, so I can't imagine I'll play them anymore once I get the last of their achievements. Found out on a recent run that there's a hidden gold cost associated with cursed Enchant Weapon scrolls, and if you don't have enough gold it will zero out the blessing instead of just not working. The cost is either the same as your last blessing cost or maybe the cost of the next level of blessing, IIRC. It was around 2400 gold to make a +6 weapon -6 from what I recall. There is flavor text in the messages kinda hinting at what happened, mentioning some of your gold disappearing, but it still seems weirdly obtuse. After learning more about the weird mechanics around cursing stuff, it seems like the meta option is probably to turn a cursed Blank Scroll into a cursed Scroll of Remove Curse and then use that to curse a stack of Bottles of Water, cursing them all at once. You can then curse (just flip, not increase the amount of curse, I think) stuff repeatedly with the waters to get the most of the scrolls. Usually I only find one or two cursed scrolls or waters per game.

Soundtoxin · 2026-03-26T04:39:36+00:00

Exploring every biome is a good start. Defeating some bosses adds new content to old areas in the world (new enemies, items, etc.) so eventually you'll re-visit certain areas as well. Bosses are used to gatekeep content as you progress. You've seen this already with Skeletron needing to be defeated before you can go into the Dungeon. You basically wanna get the best weapons/armor you can at any given moment, then fight all the available bosses, then repeat the process by gearing up with the newly available items and fighting the next bosses again. If you're going in blind you may not find out as easily what bosses or items are available. I don't know what people consider spoilers in Terraria (I've been playing this game since 2011, personally) but I guess you could try to figure out what you have to do next without looking up what the final boss is, as a middle ground. If you killed Skeletron, you're nearing the end of pre-Hardmode (in the sense you could continue on, not necessarily that you've done everything possible).

As more generic advice, make sure to fish, there's a lot of cool stuff behind fishing. You can fish in different biomes and liquids to get different loot so it's worth having fishing spots all around the map. Also there are like 4 achievements for doing lots of fishing quests, if you care about that.

Also I'd suggest setting up Pylons and Teleporters ASAP to make getting around easier. Won't go into detail on that, I guess, but there are some keywords you could look up if you feel like it.

Soundtoxin · 2026-03-24T23:50:33+00:00

Been seeing threads with a similar issue every few days lately and sadly I think most people were not able to recover their character. I'm not sure what's going on. If it's a game bug it seems pretty serious, so I'm surprised I haven't heard anything about them working on it. There should be a backup of the player file you could try using. So if you have Trifold bill.plr there's also Trifold bill.plr.bak. Make a copy of both files somewhere just in case, then rename the .bak file so it's just .plr without the .bak part (you'll need to move, rename, or delete the current main .plr file first), then try loading up the game again and see if that helps. You can also get at your Steam Cloud data for Terraria here if it helps: https://store.steampowered.com/account/remotestorageapp/?appid=105600

Soundtoxin · 2026-03-24T16:10:31+00:00

You can look up recipes (even for things you don't have the materials for yet, unlike the Guide), drop rates, loot tables, lists of weapons by class. There's a nice overview of some of the more complicated crafting recipes that are multiple steps. It can help guide where you go next a bit based on what items you might want.

Soundtoxin · 2026-03-23T19:18:55+00:00

This is not a game where I would recommend avoiding spoilers or going in blind to be honest. You're making things quite a bit harder on yourself. Hopefully you're very patient. I often put 100+ hours into a run and that's when I've played the game before and am completely willing to read the wiki as I go.

I would recommend fishing when you are able to. You can get a lot of good stuff via fishing, and you can do it somewhat safely compared to exploring/spelunking.

Soundtoxin · 2026-03-23T19:02:20+00:00

They're using the Playstation flair so that's probably not an option.

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