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At a glance
Difficulty8/10
MissableNone
Permadeath runNo
Difficulty-specificNo
GrindYes
NG+ requiredNo
Online requiredNo
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Timber!!✓ Unlocked
Chop down your first tree. · 87.0% of players
~1 minute
Chop down a tree.

Spawn with the Copper Axe. Walk to any tree, hold attack. Wood drops. First-minute achievement.

You Can Do It!✓ Unlocked
Survive your character's first full night. · 77.5% of players
~First night
Survive your first full night.

Build a tiny shelter or stand by the Guide. Don't die between sunset + sunrise. Auto-unlocks.

Ooo! Shiny!✓ Unlocked
Mine your first nugget of ore with a pickaxe. · 77.2% of players
~Early game
Mine any ore.

Dig down a few blocks with the Copper Pickaxe. Copper / tin nodes are everywhere on surface + just below. Hit any ore deposit.

No Hobo✓ Unlocked
Build a house suitable enough for your first town NPC, such as the guide, to move into. · 70.9% of players
~5 minutes
Build a valid NPC house.

House needs walls, light, table, chair, door, and minimum size. Use the Housing menu (♥ icon) to check validity. Guide will move in once built.

Matching Attire✓ Unlocked
Equip armor in all three armor slots: head, chest, and feet. · 68.1% of players
~Early game
Wear armor in all 3 slots.

Craft a full set (Wood helmet/breastplate/leggings — 50 wood total). Equip all 3.

Stop! Hammer Time!✓ Unlocked
Obtain your first hammer via crafting or otherwise. · 66.5% of players
~Early game
Get any hammer.

Copper Hammer = 8 copper bars + 3 wood at a work bench. Or loot one from a chest. Required to break background walls + alters.

I Am Loot!✓ Unlocked
Discover a golden chest underground and take a peek at its contents. · 65.1% of players
~Caving
Open a golden chest underground.

Gold chests spawn in caves with random loot. Walk up, interact. Common loot: Bands of Regeneration, Magic Mirror, Cloud in a Bottle.

Benched✓ Unlocked
Craft your first work bench. · 63.4% of players
~1 minute
Craft a Work Bench.

10 wood. Unmissable — required for everything else.

Heart Breaker✓ Unlocked
Discover and smash your first heart crystal underground. · 59.8% of players
~Early-mid game
Smash a heart crystal underground.

Heart crystals are red glowing gems on cave walls. Mine one with copper pickaxe or better. Smash with hammer / pickaxe to consume = +20 max HP.

Watch Your Step!✓ Unlocked
Become a victim to a nasty underground trap. · 59.0% of players
~Caving
Get killed by a cave trap.

Spike Ball / dart trap / boulder trap in caves. Just walk into one with low HP. Or get hit by a dart + don't heal.

Star Power✓ Unlocked
Craft a mana crystal out of fallen stars, and consume it. · 58.8% of players
~First night
Craft + use a mana crystal.

Fallen Stars drop at night. Collect 3, craft Mana Crystal at work bench, right-click to consume → +20 max mana.

Heavy Metal✓ Unlocked
Obtain an anvil made from iron or lead. · 54.1% of players
~First hour
Craft an iron/lead anvil.

Mine iron or lead, smelt at furnace (10 ore → 5 bars), then craft anvil at work bench. Unlocks tier-2 crafting.

Eye on You✓ Unlocked
Defeat the Eye of Cthulhu, an ocular menace who only appears at night. · 52.0% of players
~Early game
Defeat the Eye of Cthulhu.

Spawns when you have 200+ HP + 3 NPCs alive, or summon with Suspicious Looking Eye at night. Use ranged weapons + bouncy floor. Two phases — head charges in P2.

Like a Boss✓ Unlocked
Obtain a boss-summoning item. · 52.0% of players
~Early game
Obtain a boss-summon item.

Suspicious Looking Eye (eye), Worm Food (worm), Mechanical Eye/Worm/Skull (hardmode), Slime Crown, etc. Craft any one.

Bloodbath✓ Unlocked
Survive a blood moon, a nocturnal event where the rivers run red and monsters swarm aplenty. · 51.7% of players
~Random event
Survive a Blood Moon.

Random night event — water turns red, enemies spawn aggressively + zombies break doors. Just hide in a fortified base + survive until dawn. Wear iron armor minimum.

Hold on Tight!✓ Unlocked
Equip your first grappling hook. · 51.6% of players
~First day
Equip a grappling hook.

Get the basic Grappling Hook from skeletons (15% drop) or craft from 3 hooks + chain. Equip in accessory slot. Massive mobility upgrade.

Smashing, Poppet!✓ Unlocked
Using explosives or your trusty hammer, smash a Shadow Orb or Crimson Heart in the evil parts of your world. · 51.1% of players
~Early game
Smash a Shadow Orb or Crimson Heart.

Find Corruption (purple) or Crimson (red) biome. Shadow Orbs / Crimson Hearts hang in chambers. Hammer them. Drops weapons + spawns the Eater/Brain on the 3rd break.

Head in the Clouds✓ Unlocked
Equip a pair of wings. · 50.4% of players
~Mid hardmode
Equip wings.

Earliest wings: Demon/Angel Wings from Souls of Light + Souls of Night + 20 feathers. Or Fairy Wings from pixies. Or Sparkly Wings (1/10000 from Fairy).

It's Getting Hot in Here✓ Unlocked
Spelunk deep enough to reach the molten underworld. · 49.8% of players
~Mid game
Reach the Underworld.

Dig straight down to hell. The Underworld is the lava layer with brimstone + hellstone. Bring Obsidian Skin Potion + lava-walking accessory.

Pretty in Pink✓ Unlocked
Kill pinky. · 49.7% of players
~Rare spawn
Kill Pinky.

Pinky is a small pink slime (1/100 of slime spawns). Just kill any pink slime. He has 200 HP — Wooden Sword does it.

Vehicular Manslaughter✓ Unlocked
Defeat an enemy by running it over with a minecart. · 49.0% of players
~Setup
Kill an enemy by minecart-crashing into it.

Place minecart track. Get a minecart. Ride at an enemy on the track. Speed-collision damage = kill. Easiest on low-HP slime.

Jeepers Creepers✓ Unlocked
Stumble into a spider cavern in the underground. · 48.4% of players
~Caving
Find a Spider Nest.

Spider Nests are biomes of dark cobwebbed caves with wall crawlers + cocoons. Common in caverns. Just enter one.

Fashion Statement✓ Unlocked
Equip armor or vanity clothing in all three social slots. · 48.1% of players
~1 minute
Wear armor/vanity in all 3 social slots.

Three vanity slots (head/chest/legs) on the right of your armor panel. Drop a vanity item in each. Tuxedo set works.

Goblin Punter✓ Unlocked
Triumph over a goblin invasion, a ragtag regiment of crude, barbaric, pointy-eared warriors and their shadowflame sorcerers. · 46.3% of players
~Random event
Win a Goblin Army invasion.

Random event after 200 HP + 1 Shadow Orb broken. Or summon with Goblin Battle Standard. Wave-based. Bring AOE weapon — Star Cannon, Demon Scythe.

Throwing Lines✓ Unlocked
Throw a yoyo. · 46.2% of players
~Early game
Throw a yoyo.

Get any yoyo (Wooden, Rally, Malaise from corruption). Equip + use.

Hey! Listen!✓ Unlocked
Encounter a fairy. · 45.6% of players
~Hardmode
Encounter a Fairy.

Fairies are small glowing creatures in caverns post-hardmode. Just see one. They lead you to nearby treasure if followed.

Marathon Medalist✓ Unlocked
Travel a total of 26.2 miles on foot. · 45.2% of players
~Long-term
Travel 26.2 miles on foot.

Cumulative walking distance. ~150,000 blocks. Played normally hits this. Or AFK on a flat track.

Slippery Shinobi✓ Unlocked
Defeat King Slime, the lord of all things slimy. · 43.8% of players
~Early game
Defeat King Slime.

Summon with Slime Crown OR rare random spawn. Bouncy boss. Use ranged weapons + bouncy floor. Drops the Slimy Saddle + Ninja outfit.

Boned✓ Unlocked
Defeat Skeletron, the cursed guardian of the dungeon. · 43.5% of players
~Pre-hardmode
Defeat Skeletron.

Talk to the Old Man at the Dungeon entrance at NIGHT. Three-part boss: head + 2 hands. Kill the hands first to lower head defense. Don't fight till dawn — Skeletron one-shots.

Lucky Break✓ Unlocked
Survive a long fall with just a sliver of health remaining. · 42.6% of players
~Per attempt
Survive a fall with one HP sliver.

Drop from a great height without Lucky Horseshoe / featherfall / wings. Hit ground with <10 HP remaining. Don't die.

The Cavalry✓ Unlocked
Equip a mount. · 42.6% of players
~Pre-hardmode
Equip a mount.

Slime Mount from King Slime is easiest. Or buy Pigronata / find Unicorn from hallow. Equip mount item in mount slot.

Into Orbit✓ Unlocked
You can only go down from here! · 42.0% of players
~Building
Reach max altitude (space).

Build up with rope/blocks until your altitude indicator says 'Space'. ~1200 blocks up. Or use Bottomless Bucket cheese with hoverboard.

Where's My Honey?✓ Unlocked
Discover a large bee's hive deep in the jungle. · 41.5% of players
~Caving
Find a Bee Hive in the jungle.

Hives are large honey-filled chambers deep in jungle caves. Just walk into one. Be careful — breaking the larva spawns Queen Bee.

Quiet Neighborhood✓ Unlocked
Enter a misty graveyard filled with the surly dead. · 41.2% of players
~5 minutes
Create / find a Graveyard biome.

Place 7+ Tombstones in a small area. Surface fog + ghost spawns indicate the biome formed. Buy tombstones from Clothier or just die a few times.

Dungeon Heist✓ Unlocked
Steal a key from the dungeon's undead denizens, and unlock one of their precious golden chests. · 40.8% of players
~Post-Skeletron
Loot from a Dungeon chest.

After beating Skeletron, enter the dungeon. Golden Keys drop from skeletons there — unlock any locked dungeon chest. Cobalt Shield + Aqua Scepter are great drops.

Sting Operation✓ Unlocked
Defeat the Queen Bee, the matriarch of the jungle hives. · 39.9% of players
~Pre-hardmode
Defeat the Queen Bee.

Break the Larva inside any bee hive OR use Abeemination. She charges + spawns bees. Bring jester / hellfire arrows. Hive Pack accessory is a great drop.

Bulldozer✓ Unlocked
Destroy a total of 10,000 tiles. · 39.5% of players
~Long-term
Mine/destroy 10,000 tiles.

Every block you break counts. Cumulative. Just play normally — hit ~100 hours of mining/digging easily.

Still Hungry✓ Unlocked
Defeat the Wall of Flesh, the master and core of the world who arises after a great, burning sacrifice. · 39.4% of players
~Pre-hardmode finale
Defeat the Wall of Flesh.

Throw a Guide Voodoo Doll into Underworld lava — Guide dies + Wall spawns. Bring molten armor + minishark / phoenix blaster + spider build. Wall closes the world horizontally — run forward + shoot the eyes.

It's Hard!✓ Unlocked
Unleash the ancient spirits of light and darkness across your world, enabling much stronger foes and showering the world with dazzling treasures (and rainbows!). · 39.2% of players
~Wall kill
Enter Hardmode by defeating the Wall of Flesh.

Same as Still Hungry. Killing Wall of Flesh triggers Hardmode: Corruption/Crimson + Hallow spawn V-pattern across the world, new ores unlock.

Sticky Situation✓ Unlocked
Survive the slime rain, where gelatinous organisms fall from the sky in droves. · 37.9% of players
~Random event
Survive a Slime Rain.

Random event. Slimes fall from the sky. Just kill enough (~150) and a King Slime spawns. Survive till dawn.

Begone, Evil!✓ Unlocked
Smash a demon or crimson altar with a powerful, holy hammer. · 37.5% of players
~Early hardmode
Smash a Demon/Crimson Altar in Hardmode.

Once in hardmode, get the Pwnhammer (drops from Wall of Flesh). Hammer any altar — first smash spawns new ores world-wide.

Til Death...✓ Unlocked
Kill the groom. · 36.6% of players
~Rare event
Kill The Groom.

The Groom is a Blood Moon spawn (1/4 in hardmode). Just kill him during one. Drops Tuxedo.

Extra Shiny!✓ Unlocked
Mine a powerful ore that has been newly blessed upon your world. · 35.7% of players
~Early hardmode
Mine a Hardmode ore.

After smashing an altar, Cobalt / Palladium spawns. Find blue/orange ore. Mine with Molten Pickaxe or better.

Mastermind✓ Unlocked
Defeat the Brain of Cthulhu, an enourmous demon brain which haunts the creeping crimson. · 35.5% of players
~Early game
Defeat the Brain of Cthulhu.

Crimson world's pre-hardmode boss. Smash 3 Crimson Hearts OR craft Bloody Spine. Two phases: invincible until you kill all Creepers, then the Brain itself. Stay mobile in P2.

Worm Fodder✓ Unlocked
Defeat the Eater of Worlds, a massive worm whom dwells in the corruption. · 35.3% of players
~Early game
Defeat the Eater of Worlds.

Smash 3 Shadow Orbs OR craft Worm Food (rotten chunks + vile powder). Corruption-world boss. Splits into smaller worms when damaged — use piercing weapons (Vilethorn, spears).

Deceiver of Fools✓ Unlocked
Kill a nymph. · 34.6% of players
~Caving
Kill a Nymph.

Nymphs disguise as bound NPCs underground. Walk up — they transform into a fast attacker. Kill her. She drops the Metal Detector accessory.

There are Some Who Call Him...✓ Unlocked
Kill Tim. · 33.8% of players
~Caving
Kill Tim.

Tim is a rare wizard-hat-wearing enemy in caverns (1/200 spawn of Dark Caster). Kill any wizard-hat-wearer underground.

Get a Life✓ Unlocked
Consume a life fruit, which grows in the thick of subterranean jungle grass. · 32.6% of players
~Hardmode
Consume a Life Fruit.

Life Fruit grows on jungle grass underground in hardmode. Looks like a red bumpy plant. Right-click to eat: +5 max HP (up to 500).

Feeling Petty✓ Unlocked
Deliver headpats to the town pet. · 32.3% of players
~5 minutes
Pet the town pet (dog/cat/bunny).

Town Pet NPC is a free pet (cat license / dog license / bunny license from Zoologist). Approach + right-click to pet.

Walk the Plank✓ Unlocked
Triumph over a pirate invasion, a group of pillagers from the sea out for your booty... and your life! · 32.2% of players
~Hardmode event
Win a Pirate Invasion.

Hardmode event triggered by altar break OR Pirate Map (from ocean enemies). Pirates spawn until you kill the Flying Dutchman + crew. AOE + bouncy walls.

Robbing the Grave✓ Unlocked
Obtain a rare treasure from a difficult monster in the dungeon. · 31.2% of players
~Hardmode
Get a rare drop from a hardmode dungeon enemy.

Hardmode dungeon (post-Plantera) enemies drop rare items: Tactical Shotgun, Magnet Sphere, Sniper Rifle, Rocket Boots, Necromantic Scroll. Any one triggers it.

Buckets of Bolts✓ Unlocked
Defeat the three nocturnal mechanical menaces: the Twins, the Destroyer, and Skeletron Prime. · 31.0% of players
~Mid hardmode
Defeat the 3 mechanical bosses.

Twins, Destroyer, Skeletron Prime. Each summoned at night with their mechanical item. Megashark + holy arrows tear up Destroyer. Daedalus Stormbow for Twins/Prime. Mythril/Orichalcum armor min.

Completely Awesome✓ Unlocked
Obtain a minishark. · 31.0% of players
~Pre-hardmode
Obtain a Minishark.

Buy from Arms Dealer for 35 gold (after you have at least 1 musket / pistol unlocked). Premier pre-hardmode gun.

Kill the Sun✓ Unlocked
Survive a solar eclipse, a day darker than night filled with creatures of horror. · 30.8% of players
~Random event
Survive a Solar Eclipse.

Random hardmode day event after at least one mech boss. Dark sky + horror movie enemies (Mothron, Reaper). Build a flat arena + use Megashark.

Dead Men Tell No Tales✓ Unlocked
You were so preoccupied with whether or not you could open the chest that you didn't stop to think if you should. · 29.8% of players
~Caving
Die to a Dead Man's Chest trap.

Underground chests can be trap-rigged. Some have boulder/dart traps wired. Open one + take the lethal hit.

The Great Southern Plantkill✓ Unlocked
Defeat Plantera, the overgrown monstrosity of the jungle's depths. · 29.6% of players
~Hardmode mid
Defeat Plantera.

Find + break a Plantera Bulb (pink bulb in jungle underground). Must fight in jungle. Two phases: ranged hooks + bursts. Bring chlorophyte armor + Megashark or hardmode bow.

Photosynthesis✓ Unlocked
Mine chlorophyte, an organic ore found deep among the thickest of flora. · 28.9% of players
~Mid-late hardmode
Mine chlorophyte.

Chlorophyte spawns naturally in jungle mud. Mine with Drax/Pickaxe Axe. Caution: chlorophyte ore SPREADS — boxes it up to grow more if you need a farm.

Lihzahrdian Idol✓ Unlocked
Defeat Golem, the stone-faced ritualistic idol of the lihzahrd tribe. · 28.6% of players
~Post-Plantera
Defeat Golem.

In the Lihzahrd Temple's altar room. Summon with Lihzahrd Power Cell + altar. Two phases: head separates + flies. Stand on platforms above + spam ranged.

Miner for Fire✓ Unlocked
Craft a molten pickaxe using the hottest of materials. · 28.4% of players
~Late pre-hardmode
Craft a Molten Pickaxe.

Mine 60+ hellstone (Underworld) with Nightmare Pickaxe / Deathbringer. Smelt at hellforge (= 20 hellstone bars). Craft Molten Pickaxe at iron anvil. Required for hardmode.

The Frequent Flyer✓ Unlocked
Spend over 1 gold being treated by the nurse. · 28.3% of players
~Cumulative
Spend over 1 gold healing with the Nurse.

Talk to Nurse + pay for heals. Each heal scales with damage taken. Cumulative across all sessions. ~1g over a playthrough is automatic.

Heliophobia✓ Unlocked
Trick a gnome into turning into stone! · 28.2% of players
~Cave hunt
Turn a gnome to stone by exposing it to sunlight.

Find a Gnome (rare cave NPC look-alike). Force it to surface (place blocks around it / wait for night→day cycle). Daylight petrifies it.

Funkytown✓ Unlocked
Build or encounter a glowing mushroom field above the surface. · 27.7% of players
~Setup
Build a Glowing Mushroom biome above ground.

Place ≥80 Mushroom Grass Seeds on Mud above ground. Wait for them to grow + bloom. Surface mushroom biome enables Truffle NPC.

Topped Off✓ Unlocked
Attain maximum health and mana possible without accessories or buffs. · 26.7% of players
~Mid hardmode
Max HP + max Mana.

500 HP (consume 15 Life Crystals + 20 Life Fruits) + 200 Mana (9 Mana Crystals).

Temple Raider✓ Unlocked
Breach the impenetrable walls of the jungle temple. · 26.6% of players
~Post-Plantera
Enter the Jungle Temple.

Plantera drops Temple Key. Find the Jungle Temple (large stone structure with lihzahrd bricks) in the jungle. Use key on the main door.

Obsessive Devotion✓ Unlocked
Defeat the Ancient Cultist, fanatical leader of the dungeon coven. · 26.6% of players
~Post-Golem
Defeat the Lunatic Cultist.

After killing Golem, cultists spawn at the dungeon entrance. Kill all 4 to summon Lunatic. Multi-phase — ice/fire/lightning attacks + shadow clones. Bring beetle armor.

Jolly Jamboree✓ Unlocked
What you're celebrating doesn't matter, just throw a party already! · 26.6% of players
~Setup
Throw a party.

Buy Party Center from Party Girl OR random chance triggers a party if multiple NPCs are happy. Activate the center.

Rock Bottom✓ Unlocked
The only way is up! · 25.7% of players
~Mid-game
Reach the bottom of the underworld.

Dig to the lava lake floor of hell. Just keep going down past the cavern + ash layers.

Champion of Terraria✓ Unlocked
Defeat the Moon Lord. · 24.7% of players
~Endgame
Defeat the Moon Lord.

Spawns after all 4 pillars die OR Celestial Sigil. Three eyes (head + 2 hands) — kill each to reveal the heart, then DPS heart. Bring Solar Eruption / Last Prism / Vortex Beater + Stardust Dragon.

Tin-Foil Hatter✓ Unlocked
Triumph over a martian invasion, when beings from out of this world come to scramble your brains and probe you in uncomfortable places. · 24.7% of players
~Hardmode endgame
Win a Martian Madness invasion.

Trigger by activating a Martian Probe (rare flyer in sky). Once it scans you + escapes, Martian Madness starts. Defeat the Martian Saucer. Crystal Serpent or Razorblade Typhoon for the Saucer.

Sword of the Hero✓ Unlocked
Obtain a Terra Blade, forged from the finest blades of light and darkness. · 24.4% of players
~Hardmode mid
Craft a Terra Blade.

Excalibur (hallowed bars) + True Excalibur (broken hero sword from mech bosses) → True Excalibur. Same path for True Night's Edge. Combine both for Terra Blade. Heavy ore + mech grind.

Star Destroyer✓ Unlocked
Defeat the four celestial towers of the moon. · 23.2% of players
~Endgame
Defeat all 4 Celestial Pillars.

Beating Lunatic spawns Celestial Event. 4 pillars (Solar, Nebula, Vortex, Stardust) appear across the world. Each requires 100 enemies killed inside its zone to vulnerable, then DPS. Cycle them all.

Drax Attax✓ Unlocked
Craft a drax or pickaxe axe using hallowed bars, and the souls of the three mechanical bosses. · 22.8% of players
~Post-mech bosses
Craft a Drax or Pickaxe Axe.

Requires Hallowed Bars (from mech bosses) + Souls of Might/Sight/Fright (each soul = a mech boss). Craft at mythril anvil. Mines chlorophyte.

Fish Out of Water✓ Unlocked
Defeat Duke Fishron, mutant terror of the sea. · 22.5% of players
~End hardmode
Defeat Duke Fishron.

Summon with Truffle Worm (catches glowing mushrooms biome surface) on the ocean. Three phases: faster + faster. Use Razorblade Typhoon or megashark + holy arrows.

Big Booty✓ Unlocked
Unlock one of the dungeon's large, mysterious chests with a special key. · 21.6% of players
~Hardmode
Open a Dungeon biome chest.

Biome chests (Frozen, Crimson, Corruption, Sky, Jungle, Hallow) appear post-Plantera, unlocked with biome-specific keys (1/2500 monster drop in that biome). Sky chest is easiest if you have Sky Crate fishing.

Just Desserts✓ Unlocked
Defeat Queen Slime, giving the coup-de-grace to the sovereign of all that jiggles. · 21.6% of players
~Hardmode early
Defeat Queen Slime.

Summon with Gelatin Crystal (found in Hallow underground). Easier than mechs. Drops Volatile Gelatin + crowns.

Sick Throw✓ Unlocked
Obtain the Terrarian. · 21.1% of players
~Endgame
Obtain the Terrarian (endgame yoyo).

100% drop from Moon Lord. So you just need to kill Moon Lord. See CHAMPION_OF_TERRARIA.

Slayer of Worlds✓ Unlocked
Defeat every boss in Terraria. · 21.0% of players
~Endgame
Defeat every boss.

Every boss in vanilla — Eye of Cthulhu, Eater/Brain, Skeletron, Queen Bee, Wall of Flesh, all 3 mechs, Plantera, Golem, Duke Fishron, Cultist, Empress, Queen Slime, Deerclops, Moon Lord. Track via Bestiary.

Servant-in-Training✓ Unlocked
Complete your 1st quest for the angler. · 20.9% of players
~1 day
Complete 1 Angler quest.

Talk to the Angler NPC (rescued from ocean as boy). Accept quest. Fish in the indicated biome + return the item. Done.

It Can Talk?!✓ Unlocked
Build a house in a mushroom biome and have the Truffle move in. · 20.5% of players
~Hardmode
Get the Truffle NPC to move in.

Build a Glowing Mushroom biome above-ground (see Funkytown) + provide a valid house there in hardmode. Truffle moves in.

Archaeologist✓ Unlocked
Kill Doctor Bones. · 20.3% of players
~Jungle caving
Kill Doctor Bones.

Doctor Bones is a rare jungle daytime enemy variant of Hellbat. Kill him. Drops Archaeologist set.

A Shimmer In The Dark✓ Unlocked
Shimmer an item into another item. What other transmutations can you find? · 19.8% of players
~Mid game
Use Shimmer to transmute an item.

Find a Shimmer pool in the Aether mini-biome (rare cavern biome). Drop any transmutable item — gold becomes platinum, etc.

Baleful Harvest✓ Unlocked
Reach the 15th wave of a pumpkin moon, where evil lurks among the autumn harvest. · 19.7% of players
~Event
Reach wave 15 of a Pumpkin Moon.

Use Pumpkin Moon Medallion at night (hardmode). Wave 15 unlocks Pumpking. Bring chlorophyte armor + Daedalus Stormbow with Holy Arrows on platforms.

Leading Landlord✓ Unlocked
Meet with a tenant who's as happy as they possibly can be! · 19.1% of players
~Setup
Talk to a fully happy NPC.

Each NPC has biome + neighbour preferences. House them with their favourites + correct biome. When happiness hits max, talk for the achievement. The Princess has the simplest happiness setup.

Boots of the Hero✓ Unlocked
Obtain the Terraspark Boots, forged from the finest boots of fire and ice. · 18.5% of players
~Long-term
Craft Terraspark Boots.

Combine Frostspark Boots (Lightning Boots + Ice Skates) + Lava Waders. Each requires multiple component-merge layers — a tree of accessories ending in Hermes Boots, Aglet, Anklet, Obsidian Skull, Water Walking Boots, etc.

Infinity +1 Sword✓ Unlocked
Obtain the Zenith, the culmination of a journey forged into the ultimate sword. · 17.8% of players
~Endgame
Craft the Zenith.

Combine 9 swords: Copper Shortsword, Starfury, Enchanted Sword, Bee Keeper, Influx Waver, Star Wrath, Meowmere, Seedler, Terra Blade. Each takes its own grind.

Real Estate Agent✓ Unlocked
Have all possible town NPCs living in your world. · 16.3% of players
~Long-term
Have every town NPC living in your world.

25+ NPCs total. Each has a spawn condition: Tax Collector (golden gun on tortured soul in underworld), Princess (all NPCs alive + valid house), etc. Use a checklist guide.

An Eye For An Eye✓ Unlocked
Defeat Deerclops, the chilly one-eyed monstrosity from a foreign land. · 15.5% of players
~Pre-hardmode
Defeat Deerclops.

Summon with Deer Thing in a snow biome at midnight. Pre-hardmode boss — large arena, dodge ice spikes. Drops Eye Bone (pet).

Fae Flayer✓ Unlocked
Defeat the Empress of Light, responsible for all those flashy lights and glitter. · 15.4% of players
~Hardmode
Defeat the Empress of Light.

Kill a Prismatic Lacewing (rare hallow butterfly at dusk) — Empress spawns. Hardmode dance-attack boss with one-shots if you fight her in day for the rainbow sword (Terraprisma).

Gelatin World Tour✓ Unlocked
Defeat every type of slime there is! · 15.3% of players
~Long-term
Defeat every slime type.

~30 slime species across biomes/events/seeds: blue, green, purple, jungle, illuminant, lava, hopping, crimslime, etc. Special ones: Bunny Slime, Pinky, Hoplite Slime (Old One's Army).

A Rather Blustery Day✓ Unlocked
Fly a kite on a windy day. · 15.2% of players
~Random weather
Fly a kite on a windy day.

Buy a Kite from Skeleton Merchant (rare cave NPC). Or craft. Use it during high wind (windy day weather). Particles fly.

Dye Hard✓ Unlocked
Equip a dye in every possible dye slot. · 14.6% of players
~Cumulative
Equip dye in every dye slot.

10+ dye slots (3 armor + 6 accessory + pet/mount/etc). Buy dyes from the Dye Trader or craft from Strange Plants. Fill them all.

Do You Want to Slay a Snowman?✓ Unlocked
Triumph over the frost legion, a festive family of maniacal snowman mobsters. · 13.8% of players
~Event
Win a Frost Legion invasion.

Use Snow Globe (1/15 from Present opened in hardmode). Wave-based snowmen. AOE explosives work.

You and What Army?✓ Unlocked
Command nine summoned minions simultaneously. · 13.6% of players
~Hardmode
Have 9 minions out.

Stardust Armor (5 base minions) + Pygmy Necklace + Necromantic Scroll + Papyrus Scarab + Hercules Beetle + Summoning Potion + Bewitching Table = 9. Stack accessories + buffs.

Glorious Golden Pole✓ Unlocked
Obtain a golden fishing rod. · 13.4% of players
~Quests
Obtain a Golden Fishing Rod.

Reward from the Angler at quest 30+ (random). Or fish up a Golden Carp (Lava Charm?) — actually only the Angler gives it. Grind quests.

Mecha Mayhem✓ Unlocked
Do battle against the Twins, the Destroyer, and Skeletron Prime simultaneously and emerge victorious. · 13.2% of players
~Hardmode
Fight all 3 mech bosses at once.

Summon Mechanical Eye, Mechanical Worm, AND Mechanical Skull simultaneously. They appear together. Endgame DPS only — wait until you have Pickaxe Axe + Megashark + holy arrows.

Ice Scream✓ Unlocked
Reach the 15th wave of a frost moon, where the festive season quickly degrades into madness. · 13.0% of players
~Event
Reach wave 15 of a Frost Moon.

Use Naughty Present at night. Wave 15 = Ice Queen. Higher DPS than Pumpkin Moon. Spectre armor + Razorpine + Holy Arrow setup.

Good Little Slave✓ Unlocked
Complete your 10th quest for the angler. · 12.7% of players
~10 days
10 Angler quests.

Quest per day. Cumulative.

A Rare Realm✓ Unlocked
Some very special seeds can lead to unique and rewarding experiences. Can you find one? · 12.4% of players
~New world
Play on a secret world seed.

Create a world with one of the secret seeds: '05162020' (Don't Dig Up), 'not the bees', '12102001', 'for the worthy'. Each has unique mechanics.

Hero of Etheria✓ Unlocked
Repel the strongest forces the Old One's Army can muster. · 12.1% of players
~Post-Golem
Beat Old One's Army tier 3.

Old One's Army is a wave defense event (place Eternia Crystal Stand + Crystal). Tier 3 unlocks post-Golem. Build proper sentry/summoner setup with Tavernkeep weapons.

Prismancer✓ Unlocked
Obtain a rainbow rod. · 12.0% of players
~Hardmode
Obtain a Rainbow Rod.

Drops from hardmode dungeon caster enemies (Diabolist 1/50).

Ankhumulation Complete✓ Unlocked
Obtain the Ankh Shield, the finest protection from unpleasant maladies and ailments. · 11.8% of players
~Long-term
Craft the Ankh Shield.

Combine Ankh Charm + Obsidian Shield. Ankh Charm needs ~10 debuff-immunity accessories combined via Tinkerer's Workshop (Armor Polish, Trifold Map, Megaphone, etc.). Big grind.

Torch God✓ Unlocked
Invoked the wrath of the God of Torches, and survived long enough to earn its blessing. · 10.4% of players
~Event
Survive the Torch God event.

Place 100+ torches in a cave + activate the Torch God event from the menu / random trigger. Bullet-hell wave of flying torches. Survive. Reward: biome-matching torches.

Black Mirror✓ Unlocked
Obtain the Cell Phone. You'll never leave home without it again. · 10.1% of players
~Mid-hardmode
Craft the Cell Phone.

PDA + Magic Mirror at Tinkerer's Workshop. PDA needs GPS + Fish Finder + Goblin Tech + REK 3000. Layered accessory crafting tree.

Trout Monkey✓ Unlocked
Complete your 25th quest for the angler. · 9.7% of players
~25 days
25 Angler quests.

Stacks on the 10. Slow grind.

Don't Dread on Me✓ Unlocked
Defeat the Dreadnautilus, murderous mollusk lurking beneath the surface of the sanguine seas. · 9.6% of players
~Random hardmode
Defeat the Dreadnautilus.

Hardmode Blood Moon ocean event. Catch a Blood Eel / etc — eventually Dreadnautilus spawns. Bring high DPS — it has stages.

Going Oldschool✓ Unlocked
Bring back the original title screen. · 9.5% of players
~1 minute
Re-enable the classic title screen.

Settings > Video > 'Use Original Title' toggle. Or via a console command. Switch back the OG art.

Not the Bees!✓ Unlocked
Fire a Bee Gun while wearing a full set of Bee Armor. · 9.2% of players
~Post-Queen Bee
Fire a Bee Gun while wearing full Bee Armor.

Both drop from Queen Bee. Bee Armor (set of 3) + Bee Gun. Equip all + shoot.

Hot Reels!✓ Unlocked
Drop a lure in a pool of lava for a pre-fried haul! · 9.0% of players
~Mid game
Fish in lava.

Hotline Fishing Hook (post-Plantera angler quest) OR Lavaproof Hook + Magma Stone. Cast in any lava pool. Underworld preferred.

Rainbows and Unicorns✓ Unlocked
Fire a rainbow gun while riding on a unicorn. · 7.4% of players
~Hardmode
Fire a Rainbow Gun while riding a unicorn.

Rainbow Gun from hardmode dungeon. Unicorn Mount from Unicorns in Hallow (1% drop). Mount up + shoot.

Fast and Fishious✓ Unlocked
Complete your 50th quest for the angler. · 6.9% of players
~50 days
50 Angler quests.

Same loop. Use Fisherman Potion + Sonar + Crate buffs.

Fortune Favors the Bould✓ Unlocked
Discover a friendly boulder. · 6.6% of players
~Caving
Find a friendly boulder.

Rare boulder in caves that's animated/friendly. Approach + interact.

Feast of Midas✓ Unlocked
Obtain Golden Delight, the highest quality meal made from the highest quality . . . ingredients. · 5.9% of players
~Late game
Cook Golden Delight.

Cook at Cooking Pot with Golden Carp + Pumpkin (uncommon ingredient). Fish in a Golden world / use Lucky Coin.

The Great Slime Mitosis✓ Unlocked
Find all of the Slime Pets and have them move in! · 5.9% of players
~Long-term
Have every town slime pet.

Town Slimes spawn via specific actions: kill 25 of each colored slime variant in journey mode, etc. Each becomes a pet. Have all 8+ moved in.

To Infinity... and Beyond!✓ Unlocked
Fly a Kwad Racer into outer space. · 5.4% of players
~Setup
Fly a Kwad Racer to space.

Kwad Racer Drone (drone-mount). Activate, fly up to space altitude. Same vertical limit as Into Orbit.

Unusual Survival Strategies✓ Unlocked
Delay death from drowning by drinking water. It doesn't make much sense, but you did what you had to do. · 4.3% of players
~1 minute
Drink water bottle while drowning.

Dive underwater. When breath meter empties + you start drowning, drink a Bottled Water (filled at any water tile). Doesn't help, but unlocks.

Spicy Licks✓ Unlocked
Jam out on a six stringed instrument. · 3.6% of players
~Setup
Play a guitar instrument.

Craft / find Magical Conch / Electric Guitar (mob drop). Use it.

New Digs✓ Unlocked
Give any villager a new look. · 3.3% of players
~Mid game
Change an NPC's look via the Stylist.

Rescue Stylist (a cave NPC bound in spider web). Use her to change hair/style for any NPC.

Supreme Helper Minion!✓ Unlocked
Complete a grand total of 200 quests for the angler. · 3.0% of players
~200+ days
200 Angler quests.

The grind. ~7 months of in-game days at one quest per day. Skip days by sleeping in a bed. Reward: Golden Fishing Rod (if not already).

And Good Riddance!✓ Unlocked
Completely purify all Corruption, Crimson, and Hallow from your world, until the Dryad is satisfied! · 2.8% of players
~100+ hours
Purify all Corruption/Crimson/Hallow.

Use Clentaminator + Green Solution everywhere. Or Shimmer + Solutions for new biomes. Massive late-hardmode grind — usually achieved only by completionists.

Conservationist✓ Unlocked
Support sustainable logging by planting 100 acorns. · 2.7% of players
~Cumulative
Plant 100 Acorns.

Drops from chopping trees. Plant on dirt with grass — they grow into new trees. 100 cumulative — quick.

Training Day✓ Unlocked
Get your villagers fully combat ready. · 2.6% of players
~Setup
Get a villager combat-ready.

Special seed mechanic — give your villagers weapons/armor through a dialogue/equip system.

Organized Chaos✓ Unlocked
Find the ultra rare Rod of Discord. · 2.1% of players
~Long farm
Find the Rod of Discord.

Drops from Chaos Elementals in hardmode Underground Hallow (1/200 normal, 1/100 expert). One of the rarest drops. Patience.

Sea You Later✓ Unlocked
Craft the final upgrade to the Cell Phone. · 2.0% of players
~Endgame
Craft the final Cell Phone upgrade.

Likely refers to a Calamity/community-mod tier upgrade, or the final accessory mod chain combining Cell Phone with other endgame info accessories.

Interdimensional Recycling✓ Unlocked
Give the Dryad a can of Joja Cola. · 1.2% of players
~Setup
Give the Dryad a Joja Cola.

Joja Cola is the Stardew Valley crossover item dropped by Old One's Army or fishing. Right-click Dryad NPC with it in hand — she's pleased.

On Fleek✓ Unlocked
Spot the sun on a “cool” day. · 1.1% of players
~Random weather
See the sun during cool weather.

Wait for a 'Cool' day weather effect (sun visible + low temperature). Stand in sunlight.

Grave Mistake✓ Unlocked
“Accidentally” kill a friend with your tombstone. · 1.0% of players
~MP setup
Kill a friend with your tombstone in multiplayer.

Hardcore multiplayer — when you die, your tombstone spawns at the death spot. Drop tombstone on a friend with low HP. Multiplayer required.

Terrarist✓ Unlocked
Scare your villagers with a stink bug sword. · 1.0% of players
~Setup
Scare villagers with a Stink Bug Sword.

Special seed item. Equip it + swing near NPCs — they react with disgust.

Book Worm✓ Unlocked
Catalogue every creature in the world. · 0.9% of players
~Endgame
Fill the Bestiary.

Encounter every entity in the game (NPCs, mobs, bosses, critters, events). 670+ entries. Many are random spawns. Endgame collection achievement.

My People Need Me✓ Unlocked
Embark on a one way trip into outer space. · 0.8% of players
~Setup
Travel to space alone.

Equip wings, fly up to space altitude. Same as Into Orbit but solo.

Queen Machine✓ Unlocked
Defeated the combined form of the 3 mechanical giants. · 0.7% of players
~Special seed
Defeat all 3 mech bosses fused.

Triggered in 'Get Fixed Boi' / Master mode where the 3 mechs combine. Or stack-summon and survive. Insane DPS.

Rollin’ In Your Grave✓ Unlocked
Take a ride in your final resting place. · 0.7% of players
~Setup
Use a tombstone minecart.

Place a Tombstone Minecart on a track + ride it. Tombstone Minecart is a drop from Graveyard biome.

Boulder Lord✓ Unlocked
Prove your worth against the Moon Lord's worst. · 0.5% of players
~Endgame
Defeat the Moon Lord in a special seed (Don't dig up).

Beat Moon Lord on the 'Don't Dig Up' or 'Get Fixed Boi' seed (boulder-themed enemies). Special seed mechanics.

Fear The Sun✓ Unlocked
Dawn the garb of a vampire and get a sunburn. · 0.5% of players
~5 min
Get sunburned wearing vampire vanity.

Wear the Vampire vanity set (Halloween / Goodie Bag drops). Walk into sunlight during the day with the costume active.

It’s Shaling Outside✓ Unlocked
Survive the dreaded rain of boulders. · 0.5% of players
~Event
Survive a Shale Boulder rain.

Special seed / event where boulders rain from sky. Hide under solid blocks.

Extra Life✓ Unlocked
Die as a hardcore character and survive to tell the tale. · 0.5% of players
~Hardcore run
Survive a death on a Hardcore character.

Hardcore mode — die once normally would delete the character. Use a Demon Heart (consumed) + Hardcore Revival mechanism / Master Mode item that grants one revive.

Mini-Me✓ Unlocked
Become a Moon Lord impersonator. · 0.5% of players
~Setup
Wear Moon Lord vanity.

Craft / drop the Moon Lord Legs + Lunar Boots set. Wear all pieces — appears as mini Moon Lord. Drops from Moon Lord defeats.

Trash Compactor✓ Unlocked
Research 50% of all items in Journey Mode. · 0.5% of players
~Long-term
Research 50% of items in Journey Mode.

Journey Mode has Item Research — donate quantities of items to unlock spawning them. 50% of all items is hundreds of hours of resource collection.

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