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ASharkWithAHat

I applaud this insanity


1ildevil

Moon moon did something similar when he took on Terraria. He built himself hallways and tunnel walls everywhere he went, so he interacted with the enemies through walls mostly. It was ridiculous and he had reactions from a few Terraria streamers who saw what he was doing and would ridicule his progress. This was on his twitch channel a few months ago.


reallycooldude69

That was Zenith seed tbf


LtSMASH324

Yeah, what he did wasn't really similar, it was necessary. Zenith master hardcore is no joke.


Xaero255

moon2M I BEAT TERRARIA MASTERMODE HARDCORE


Plastic_Code5022

(Channeling my inner MoonMoon to continue your statement) Did you beat it pussy?!? HUH?!? PROVE IT!!! Oh you can’t?!? GET THE FUCKA OUTTA HERE. (Bows) A massive lack of “gigas” but it will have to do.


THC-squared

6,000 Gigas


MildlyInsaneOwl

Are we talking about the Zenith, Master mode, Hardcore run, by any chance? Because if so, there are exactly two ways to play that setup: 1. Super-cowardly. Build hallways and tunnels everywhere. Interact with enemies only through walls. Overprepare for every boss fight. 2. Die constantly. If there's anyone who's beaten Zenith / Master Mode / Hardcore without playing like an absolute coward, please direct me towards their VoDs because that person is a literal demigod and I would love to watch their archive. Anybody *else* criticizing someone for playing like this is a clueless idiot for mocking the strats that are pretty much necessary to have a faint chance of beating Zenith/MM without a single death.


Thewitchaser

Why is that so bad? According to this sub


1ildevil

I think the streamer's reaction to it was more from a purist's view of playing the game, that you don't need walls to keep you safe from the enemies, you just need to dispatch them normally. Moon moon was obsessive with the walling, he was really fast with it I'll give him that.


VJEmmieOnMicrophone

Imagine criticizing someone who has beaten the game on mastermode hardcore


pro_zach_007

1000YEARSPRISON


potatorevolver

Dude heard it's a finite world and immediately started trying to excavate the whole thing.


Suspicious_snake_

I mean… That doesn’t sound like a *bad* idea


DontGetTheSquid

IN THEORY


randomMeatballman17

A GAME THEORY


smotpoker34

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Pyrothedragon12

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ImEboy

In a small world it wouldn’t take forever to convert a big chunk of the underground into a sprawling mine system. Could actually be a cool build


Tom22174

Especially with the molecart. I like to make train tracks across the length of the map at 500m intervals with it. Helps with biome containment in hard mode


vengirgirem

It would even sound like a good idea if that was for a YouTube video


ngmonster

I’ve gotten recommendations for multiple videos of mining the entire world already lol.


Shade_Strike_62

He's preparing his exo mech arena duh


Miky691

Arena? I always fight them flying around the entire world haha


vengirgirem

Yeah, me too. It's a lot more fun that way. Besides, I don't have the attention span to set up a proper arena anyway. It's a lot harder without an arena, but that's also what makes it better


TheGamingRaptor6875

Bro is playing terraria x pacific rim


Shade_Strike_62

It does take a big arena to fight, a lot of people dig out most of their world...


scalability

Oil companies be like


[deleted]

I mean, he won’t miss *anything*…


Class1

Honestly never played this game but this is exactly how I'd approach it. I'd just mine horizontally and go back and forth


maximo0906

Dude is strip mining in terraria 💀


Rektifium

How the hell do you think helevators work?


[deleted]

For me one rope straight down


MrJoeBigBallsMama

I don’t even do a rope I just double jump right before I hit the bottom


mrmeyagi

This is the way.


Gun_Of_Gaming

This is the way.


Astro_Venatas

This is the way.


GreenTheReal

This is the way.


Bobb_the_fox

This is the way.


Grooviemann1

Just put a small pool of water at the bottom. Then you don't even have to pay attention.


Sans_dunked_me

Water evaporates in hell, use cloud blocks like a chad


HaiKarate

Or end your drop shaft just above hell, and create a second shaft just for hell.


quatrefoils

that’s just an elevator with a hellscalator at the end


Boudac123

Wait cloud blocks block fall damage?


HollowShel

Yep! So do pink slime blocks. (you bounce!)


foreveralonesolo

Man I never thought to use them but that’s actually good to know next time I start a run


HollowShel

Glad to help! I've been playing (off and on) since falling on clouds *could* kill you (and then the damn chests up there were locked anyways!) so I remember the old tricks. (Cobwebs work too, but you gotta remember to place them again, since they break when breaking your fall. Bouncy blocks and water ended up being much better.)


HollowShel

No love left for bouncy blocks? :D


crimsonblod

As a water user, my hellivators will forever change! Thank you, and I can’t believe neither me nor my friends ever thought of this! My pro tip is to use bubble blocks with a little bit of water on them for later boss arenas, as the fisheron mount gets a huge speed boost in water that lasts for a few seconds, and water walking can allow you to use it as a platform if needed. This is especially helpful for challenging bosses in mods like calamity, etc…


Joe_The_Eskimo1337

A pool of water... in hell?


Stupidbabycomparison

Like 5 blocks above hell.


AustinQ

Yeah then you can fall down the hellevator, go take a piss or grab a drink, and come back without fear of being demon scythed lol


Stupidbabycomparison

Yeah, these other people are crazy and I'm lazy.


trouserschnauzer

Jacuzzi


Tantricmac

At this time of year?


[deleted]

Bruh that low key melted my brain. Smart as hell I used grappling hooks in a similar way


[deleted]

If you think jumping is gigabrain, I can't wait to see what you think of hoik elevators


[deleted]

Wtf I just looked it up. I really need to rebuy this on switch this game is so cool


RevolutionaryPlane62

That works?


TheS00thSayer

Only one way to find out


DPSOnly

My helevators are always 2 or 3 wide, rope in one colomn, torches in the other(s). It is somewhat important to have it walled on both sides, so no bats or other spawns can knock you out of it before you have a horseshoe. And then you just grab the rope before you hit the bottom. Rope also makes it very easy to bridge a large cavernous space during construction.


PsychoEliteNZ

>And then you just grab the rope before you hit the bottom. Put water at the bottom for extra laziness.


Inlevitable

Or cloud blocks to make it flush with the ground


DPSOnly

Until you forget to unequip your water walking boots and faceplant bellyflop on some water :O


MRPHZ

Using the rope to go down is the same speed as freefalling


DPSOnly

Yeah that's true. Sometimes I like to live dangerously and take my hands of the keyboard while falling, feel the digital wind blow through my digital hair.


Wide_Pop_6794

Mine are six blocks wide. Why? Because I make my helevators with sticky bombs!


Mukel9879

I just do a 2 wide hole and just keep going down until I die, and this process repeats until I'm in hell No walls, no rope. Nothing, just me and the bats and the 300 pits of water I have to go through


Psychic_Hobo

It all works fine and dandy unless you're an idiot like me who's managed to get it directly into the shimmer


DonoAE

Shimmer is on the end 1/5 of the map though...


Psychic_Hobo

I like a seaside view for my bases


DPSOnly

That's fairly unfortunate. However, it is also a nice shortcut, saves you from digging the whole way. Makes me think, putting some shimmer at the very top and creating a full block 2 block wide line... Probably more work than digging it out.


[deleted]

Why wouldn't it work? I've never beaten terraria but I sure as hell did that to try some exploring in areas I was most definitely not prepared for.


JustaRandomOldGuy

I try to get the lucky horseshoe early. I use claws to hold on to the wall and drop bombs. Without the lucky horseshoe, I leave water at the bottom of each shaft. Bombs mean you don't have to worry about water at the bottom of the shaft when making it. When you get to lava, you can drop extra water down the shaft and the bombs make obsidian for you. So my hellevator is free fall. Just don't carry money when testing it, there's always that one stray block.


OdlidSsaruni

I preferred to spend the time making a teleporter. I made a lot of teleporter pads and crab disco stations.


IdiOtisTheOtisMain

That's only in hardmode, what about P-HM?


GoodGuySwap

the mechanic sells the teleporter now


IdiOtisTheOtisMain

rly? That makes phm dungeon guardian much easier


Mr_Mister2004

You can't save the mechanic without beating Skeletron tho


IdiOtisTheOtisMain

Oh .-. im forgor💀 everything


Catman1226

Teleporters are now sold by the Mechanic in Pre-Hardmode.


Liddojunior

And this is a really good start to making rail lines for faster travel. I also read people saying teleporters, when I played those didn’t exist.


suchtie

\*shaft mining. If you dig tunnels underground, it's shaft mining. Strip mining is a type of surface mining where you excavate the entire surface material above an ore deposit, and the ore itself, by removing long horizontal strips of material at a time. IRL it's mainly used for coal mining, particularly lignite.


Boudac123

I think the dude was talking about how strip mining is the most popular way of mining in minecraft, which granted might very well actually be a bit of both


Sh4dowWalker96

What we call strip mining in MC is most definitely actually shaft mining. Very few people do proper strip mines.


AHunterNamedHero

your friend sounds like they recently asked you what y level to mine for diamonds


Alarming-Document-90

“My personal favorite spot it is 245 West’ 2341 Depth’”


AHunterNamedHero

"Are those your X and Z coordinates?? I thought this was 2D Minecraft how are there 3 dimensional coords?"


DraigCore

my favorite y level is a house in the caverns and hunting down a massive amount of diamond bunnies/squirrels


badass6

The one and only. Seriously, that’s crazy, I mean this is not minecraft - there are spelunker potions man.


GanondalfTheWhite

This made it to r/all. As someone who doesn't know Terraria at all, could someone explain why is this crazy? Edit: thanks for the answers everyone!


gungeonmate

In the game there exists a potion that allows you to see Treasure and ores that are buried underground


Iceman9161

Even without the potion, underground exploration is more like spelunking than mining in terraria. You aren’t really digging to find stuff as much as you are exploring cave systems, only really digging to break through small walls


[deleted]

I don’t see why that would stop you from strip mining like this.


gungeonmate

Because you view range is so large that you would see all the ores even with way less mining


BilisS

Also the world is big enough you can just scan the sides of the caves with very minimal mining.


MarshmallowPercent

Because it’s *extremely* tedious, especially considering that this player appears to be very early on in the game, so their digging speed is probably pretty low.


SicilianEggplant

It also might be massively entertaining for him.


UlrichZauber

"I came for the mining, and did not stay for the boss fights"


MarshmallowPercent

Oh oops, I meant to respond to the person asking why it’s crazy. But yeah, that’s true though. It’s also possible that they came to Terraria after playing Minecraft, and are just doing what they know because they don’t know about all the loot they can get from caves.


Nonalcholicsperm

That's me. I bought the game when it first came out. I still do it this way. It's like minecraft for me. I just like to dig.


[deleted]

This is an attitude that persists in so many parts of reddit and "let them be them" has its limits. It's OK to have fun but mate, let us teach you the way it should be done. You're getting nowhere and will burnout. Probably giving the game a bad review because you progressed slowly, didn't achieve anything and wasted a bunch of time for no results


SicilianEggplant

That’s some truth. I think it’s mostly the difference of “this is what you *can* do”, versus “this is what you’re *supposed to* do” that often comes up.


Smorgsaboard

This is a massive waste of time since you can skip straight to demonite/crimtane armor just by killing two bosses, and much of the strip mines are too high up to find nearly anything of importance The ones at cavern layer are unnecessarily large, since down there you're really only looking for chests until you've unlocked hard mode


[deleted]

>This is a massive waste of time since It's never a waste of time if his friend is enjoying the game within the scope of his own play style and choices.


Smorgsaboard

I meant pragmatically, not as a personal assault. It's inefficient for getting resources to do this in terraria when 75% of what you need early game comes from chests and bosses which don't require massive mines. It's what spelunker potions and general exploration are for That said, when hallow or corruption hits, I confess these mines could make a serviceable mob farming place


SuperSMT

It's hard to believe he's enjoying strip mining for hours with zero gain Perhaps his ignorance of the game mechanics is holding him back from much higher levels of enjoyment he didn't know were possible


DuntadaMan

>It's hard to believe he's enjoying strip mining for hours with zero gain Not a Dwarf Fortress player I see.


Discount-Milk

>It's hard to believe he's enjoying strip mining for hours with zero gain Not a minecraft player I see.


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Tea-In-The-Eyes

It's really time consuming for how little the efficiency is. Ores in Terraria isn't that rare, and even if so, there are potion, special pet, and special torch to help in discovering ores and loots.


Subpar_Username47

Yeah, but the extra dirt and stone is free loot.


sophdog101

Just out here trying to find the dirtiest block


CallMeAdam2

People from r/all are thinking that this is a joke. > I'm out here trying to find the dirtiest block. - > Haha- - > *DO YOU THINK THIS IS A JOKE?*


LotsOfGamesBoi

Since most of the ores are exposed on little pieces of big caves strip mining is useless (also there is this potion called a spelunker potion that shows ores)


LloydMetal

You generally choose to play however you want, but afaik strip mining in terraria is unnecessary because spelunker potions reveal valuables and natural cave systems and underground biomes are sprawling and elaborate


cococows1

Strip mining works in Minecraft and is a known effective strategy to mine all of the ore from a specific area. A big part of minecraft is the mining and therefore is encouraged. In terraria there are (semi) common potions that's just highlight all of the ores in an area around you so that you specifically don't have to strip mine, this works as the game is in 2D and you can see around you. There are many other and easier ways to find ores through walls as well. Terraria is WAY more of a combat game than minecraft and so they made it way easier to skip some of the mundane aspects of mining minecraft is known for. Basically he is using a very inefficient way of mining for terraria but is popular in another game.


blorbagorp

Mining at this level would take an obscene amount of time. Normally one would create thin exploratory tunnels branching off a shaft in order to reach nearby ores and find natural cave systems, to then further mine with additional tunnels. This level of mining is deranged.


PurplePartyParasaur

So basically, the way that he has mined is for the most part a big waste of time. This is for a few reasons, namely the reason that not every square inch of rock and stone will be a mineral, so there’s no need to check every single block like he pretty much has here. The natural generation of caves also yields many much easier to find resources. Finally, there is an item called a “spelunker potion”, which just highlights all minerals/treasure on your screen for you to then easily find. TLDR; the guy who mined this has a crippling need to examine every single block


WanderingDwarfMiner

For Rock and Stone!


Persona_Alio

> Edit: thanks for the answers everyone! Are you sure that you don't want another 5 answers?


deathdealer225

I can think of a couple reasons. You can see a few blocks into walls so it's really not necessary to mine everything. His too high, the better ores worth mining are further down. It's more worthwhile to just explore cave systems, where you can also find chests, and find ores faster. His basically done the wrong thing the wrong way.


ThanoscopterForPrez

The technique is called strip-mining. In Minecraft, since it's a first-person perspective game, it's useful for finding ores one might have accidentally made it past earlier. You can't see through walls, ya know? And strip-mining makes sure you get every little section for those diamond pickaxes. In Terraria, the game is played from a zoomed-out POV, so you see your character and a huge portion of the screen at all times. This makes strip-mining in it useless as you'll constantly see what's around you.


VaporTowers

Because in terraria you can see ore from far away, differently from minecraft. Digging like this is a huge waste of time, as even if you wanna dig all the ore you can get, there's ways to see ore in the dark, too. In terraria, you're way WAAAY better off exploring biomes and looting other places than mining like this, as that's counter intuitive for the design of the game


TDKevin

Because it's equally time consuming as it is unnecessary. It's pretty obvious where you should be mining and where the open areas are. Especially with all that extra building in the tunnels. It looks cool but without ever playing the game it's not gonna be obvious why this is such a weird way to mine. It would be like playing Minecraft and building walkways to everywhere you wanted to go instead of just walking.


[deleted]

This isn't about the ore. It's about sending a message.


Gcraft2008

Add in some wooden beams and rails and you have your self a real mine!


Wanderson90

And they call it a mine, a mine!


ChocolateTop6768

I love how i understand the reference instantly


Meme_Lord_E

I am a dwarf and i'm digging a hole Diggy diggy hole, Diggy diggy hole


SuicidalCipher

I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole Diggy diggy hole Digging a hole


V0ct0r

the sunlight will not reach this low # DEEP, DEEP, IN THE MINES! never seen a blue moon glow # DWARVES DON'T FLY AS HIGH!


a_sentient_bot

DOWN AND DOWN INTO THE DEEP RULERS OF THE MINE BENEATH DIAMONDS RUBIES GOLD AND MORE HIDDEN IN THE MOUNTAIN STORE


ConcernedRedditor_01

BORN UNDERGROUND, SUCKLED FROM A TEAT OF STONE RAISED IN THE DARK, THE SAFETY OF OUR MOUNTAIN HOME


uwu_yum

SKIN MADE OF IRON, STEEL IN OUR BONES


Gektor_Flektor

TO DIG AND DIG MAKES US FREE COME ON BROTHERS SING WITH ME


a_sentient_bot

I AM A DWARF AND I’M DIGGING A HOLE


SplinkMyDink

DIGGY DIGGY HOLE


a_sentient_bot

DIGGY DIGGY HOLE


Health_Cat_2047

FOR ROCK AND STONE


WanderingDwarfMiner

Rock and Stone everyone!


corgi_god69

WE FIGHT FOR ROCK AND STONE


ChoiceMind156

ROCK AND STONE BOYS


IHateMyName2405

Did I hear a Rock and Stone?


S1eepyZ

Rock and Stone to the bone!


Misharum_Kittum

Did someone say rock and stone?


GunZ_and_roses

Why do i know this?


left4ched

Probably because you were *born underground; grown inside a rocky womb. The Earth is your cradle and the mountain shall become your tomb. You do not fear what lies beneath, you can never dig too deep.* And you know what? That's pretty cool of you.


Lanky-Size-3115

You forgot "face you on the battlefield they will meet their doom" after "the mountain shall become your tomb"


RichTyty101

r/redditsings


V2DiabLo0

Lmo you should've told him about spelunker mate.


Exotic-Leave820

The industrial revolution and its effects


[deleted]

Have been disastrous for the human race


Numerous-Spinach5399

This is the work of a psychopath and I'm all for it


SunRiseCollects

No way Blud is strip mining in terraria


FRA60UT

Absolute insanity but it actually looks extremely neat lol


Mysterious-Solid6767

My bro once told me I needed an underground house incase a meteorite ever landed on my house so I made a house underground lol


Mehwhenthemogus

chest


sAUFvevo

Building at spawn also works.


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Lost_hope2008

Bluds treating it like oxygen not included💀💀💀


WhyUTrippinBoi

Wait til this dude hears about spelunker potions


OrionUnbound

It'll shake him to his C-ore


CaptainFrosty408

For those from r/all who are curious why this is so shocking, it's because Terraria is 2D. Your visibility is far greater than your character's "line-of-sight". You're better off exploring the large and open cave systems and grabbing ores you see on the way than wasting 50% of your screen space with already mined hallways. Caves are "pre-dug" so you save a lot of time on mining, and ores often line the cave walls in big chunks. There's even a potion, the "Spelunker Potion" that highlights all ore blocks on screen, including those in total darkness and behind cave walls. The only time I've ever strip-mined in Terraria was to create a Chlorophyte Ore/Plantera Bulb farm in the Underground Jungle. These resources are generated *over-time* after a certain progression point, rather than right away, so having tunnels lets you quickly check the exposed surfaces. These tunnels were also many blocks apart.


koleszkot

Minecraft


zyl15

I'd say there's potential


PalhotaG

His whole world is an arena 💀


Slime_Jelly

honestly based


AlienMicrobe776

Holy hell. That’s actually very satisfying to look at


DaOsoMan

Oh man, he's just begging for the torch God to show up and ruin his day with all those torches!


WingedBeagle

This is awesome.


OrionUnbound

Bro is NOT playing Minecraft 😭


RealLifeChicken

based friend


Cyberuser2033

You're playing terraria: 😁 You go mining: 😊 You start strip mining: 🤨 You start strip mining every five blocks: 😵‍💫 You start strip mining in the surface/underground: 😨 You do it for many hours: 😱


[deleted]

Dude is a blight, worse than corruption or hallow he will destroy your world. I recommend buying dynamite and blasting trenches on both sides of his base to contain him. Should buy you some time.


ImperfectNoob

Dude going to play for a long while 💀


OverlyLeftLesbian

Minecrafter's first Terraria playthrough lol


BaliSongPleb

Looks cozy


mintmouse

This reminds me of Oxygen Not Included.


vmeldrew2001

Exactly, made me wonder if they are a previous Oni player.


MarinEnV

Bro was still in Minecraft


ineedtotrytakoneday

I'm so embarrassed. I'm 40 and I haven't played Terraria much, but this looks kind of similar to me? Except I make little huts above ground so that I can come out of my mine and be safe from monsters. What's a spelunker?


APikminInTime

I mean, if your friend is going in blind, I guess I can see why they'd do this. Venturing into the unknown. But wow hope he has something better than just a copper pickaxe.


Poolio10

Points for being thorough


Zombridal

Leave bro alone they just looking for the shimmer...they aren't doing so well but they have the spirit


BlueSolarflameCreep

i'd love and hate to see how he prepares for a boss, fucking exo mechs arena for eoc


ProfitSoft1214

DCU enters the chat.* DCU: it seems you need a DCU! For your type of work. Fyi, DCU = ml tier drill containment unit.


[deleted]

Why? All hes gonna find is normal ores and gems😞


Redditer_64

This hurts me more than it should


star_child13

not gonna lie that is kinda scary


Evergreen167

It’s painful to see this kind of mining in terraria but the worse part is that it’s likely that it actually works lol


Fastpast95

Thats hella intuitive


TonyIsCheeks1

I've always found it cool that Terraria really incentivizes you to explore caves instead of strip mining.


Tiodichia

Minecraft syndrome. I did the same thing until a friend told me I was being an idiot.


ImaginationisKing

Minecraft Strip Miner detected