I took on the challenge of starting from Terraria 1.0, the very first update of Terraria (not including beta versions), and finishing on the newest and latest Terraria update, 1.4.4. This was super fun, and it was awesome to go back to the old updates and see how much the game has changed!
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A lot of people have asked me how to play the older versions of Terraria, and unfortunately Relogic does not make this task easy. There is no easy way to downgrade your game, unlike games like Minecraft where it's built into their launcher. You will need to use a tool called "TerrariaDepotDownloader". Use this guide here to know how to use it properly, and make sure you backup your Terraria files! - forums.terraria.org/index.php?threads/terrariadepotdownloader-downgrade-to-any-version.107519/ This is NOT a pirate tool, as it requires you to actually own your own copy of Terraria on Steam. This is what I used for the majority of the updates, but it will only go as far back as 1.1.2, as no manifests exist for prior updates from that point. So to get an update such as 1.0, the only way to play them is through backups. You may be able to find backups of these versions across the internet, such as on internetarchive, but I don't condone that as it is technically pirating. Hope this helps some of you :) Don't forgot to subscribe
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Damn half my comments are like this but Weren’t you just at 6k
CJ the way i got the oldest versions was by downloading 1.2.4 through the method that you also know used, but instead i also downloaded gamelauncher and installed it on the 1.2.4 terraria file and then the downgrade options worked properly.
This video was so cool! Also the tip about the jungle and the dungeon helped. while I was watching the video after the tip I’d beat Scellatron.
Honestly it wouldnt really matter. After all, its 1.0 who would even bother to unironically play in that 😂😂 unless you mean dont pirate in general because it isnt legal then i can agree on that.
I absolutely love the fact that the common mushroom literally hasn’t changed like *in the slightest* over the years
It is without flaw.
it doesnt need changes its perfect
it changed
The potion sickness was added, then reduced to 30 seconds.
@@pustota7254 wdym? it hasint
You really feel all the quality of life changes going back to older updates
oh yeah, I'm never going back
Trying to play Tmodloader before it had 1.4 felt so awkward when Journeys end came out
Too true!
turn from your sinful ways before it’s to late Jesus loves you and so do I God bless “for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you or forsake you” (Deuteronomy 31:6).✝️❤️.
@@Magic_Muffin nah I'm Jewish
"The game is almost over now" If I had a penny for every time I'd heard that. Can't wait for the next final update!
Sup nerds. I'm from 2030. We are currently at the 17th final update. Terraria 2 is out but it's just a final update to regular terraria.
@@glitchylol2546 we can uh.. tell you're not a time traveler
@@_select I think he’s making a joke …
@@TheSeedsAndStems I hope
Now time for the final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final final update
I unironically want old hornets back. I'm so sick of constantly getting interrupted in my pursuits of an early boomstick by a fuckin bullet hell of stingers from hornets I can't even see due to being offscreen.
I'd be fine with them if poison didn't last 30 seconds. Even in molten armor, they're dangerous.
Oh play the old console version, with stronger dragon hornets and man eaters with a camera that is at almost full zoom at all times that you can't change
@@fiddlestickjones *war flashbacks*
@@fiddlestickjones oh, *dont forget the dragon snatchers*
@@fiddlestickjones but old console version gave you the drax from shadow chests so fair compromise
Re-Digit said that if you die to a boss' attack while having also defeating said boss roughly at the same time, it counts as you, the player, winning.
So yes, CJ DEATHBOT, you won against the EoL. It wasn't a draw.
In the old DS version, you could wait in your inventory and potion sickness would keep going. You could pretty much cheese any boss.
bruh
Yeahhhhh a fellow 3DS player! Heart Arrow cheese, anyone?
Slimy saddle used to give you enough I-frames to be immortal from everything but the moon lord.
@@ferociousmaliciousghost good times
I waited so long for the 3ds port I was so excited
Since I started at 1.2, it’s amazing seeing all the progress before that. This is also a FANTASTIC creator and was surprised he had less than 100k subs
Yeah it was a great time :) thank you so much!!
uhh was it by chance console 1.2?
@@molotovcocktailuser yes, I did ps3 and Xbox 360 until I got a switch
@@cringeproductions7081xbox 360 1.2 was literally my childhood lmao, i remember having so much fun
@@molotovcocktailuser I started in console 1.1, and I consider 1.2 the turning point between classic terraria and modern terraria.
this was genuinely a huge nostalgia trip, been playing since 2012 and remember being excited for every update (no matter how delayed 90% of them were) surprised this channel isn't bigger
I failed to get into terraria when I first tried it, simply because it frustrated me how I knew nothing about it compared to Minecraft as an example. Now i want to play again even though I have watched so many playthroughs that some people would call it completely spoiled.... Eh. I'm just happy all these videos are bringing back what made me get the game in the first place. Thank you for contributing to that 💝
No amount of videos can spoil your first terraria playthrough.
@@beeftips1628 that's probably true. It has a lot more to it than mc has, given it's just two bosses and then you've kinda "done it", right... But I've seen several people replay terraria over and over again without getting bored, so I might as well dive into it
@@Sh1roNekoshi terrarias one of those games that are the most fun when you know what youre doing anyways :] even if u are playing completely blind ur just gonna end up going to the wiki... tbh playing terraria blind and alone with only the npc tutorial to guide you sounds boring as hell anyways
@@Sh1roNekoshi people used to say terraria is just 2D Minecraft. I told them it was Minecraft with content. Despite everything Minecraft has added in recent years, terraria has STILL blown them away. I love both games, but for VERY different reasons.
Actually you could have made an artificial snow biome for a 1.0 world. In fact that's the whole purpose of the frost legion. The enemies in the frost legion drop snow blocks so you could get snow enemy drops in prior worlds. It's also why it's the most pointless invasion event in the game as it's purpose is basically gone.
Yeah, I hope in the next "last update" they revisit some of the older events, enemies and items that just don't have a purpose anymore. Hell, if they just added a few new pre-hardmode drops to the frost legion, I'd be ok with that.
Yeah I didn’t think about it tbh. It also would’ve taken a long time to get the snow globe, collect the snow, make an artificial biome, and then wait for a snowstorm and for deerclops to spawn, all for one boss fight. All though tbh I’m kinda insane so its something I’d maybe do
the balla hat:
@@iami3rian394 O C R A M
@@ChaoticJester Ocram was cool and all, but if they brought him in, they'd have to give him actual attacks and an AI, rather than just reskinned EoC.
This game is the very definition of _"labour of love"._
No, that would be project zomboid by far
@@Just_Poncho literally who
and that's why it won the award
@@Just_Poncho project zomboid fan try not to put your game over every game because "hardcore zombie game" challenge [impossibly hard]
Going back to the old version of any game always feels super different. It's like the uncanny valley of gaming
It was insane how difficult Duke Fishron was, it was considered the final boss of 1.2 though so it’s kind of obvious
Yeah gotta love Terraria, I picked it up a long time ago for $2.50 and have been playing all the different versions. So much free content added throughout the years and QoL additions it really is amazing. I don't remember there only being wooden chests but I do remember sky island chests requiring gold keys to be unlocked so that used to be post dungeon content. And then ofcourse the BIG update when Wall of flesh was added and hard mode was introduced.
Huge bits of nostalgia for me, having started the game on launch and having one of the first clans fail when we realized we had no clue how to do multiplayer without tons of problems xD
I'm pretty sure the snow legion is still in the game (If I remember correctly the summon is dropped by a frost moon enemy), allowing you to get the snow, dropped by all the enemies in the event, that is needed to create an artificial snow biome, letting you fight deerclops on your 1.0 world. Probably not worth the effort but it is possible
Yeah that’s true, the snow globe is a drop from presents on a hardmode world though, which you can only get at Christmas time. So I would’ve had to change the time on my PC to December. But yeah, it is possible, didn’t think of that tbh
@@CJDEATHBOT I just looked into it a little bit more and remembered that the reason why I thought it dropped was because what it actually was, was that in a recent update finishing a frost of pumpkin moon makes the game act like Christmas or Halloween for a single in game day, letting you get the globe that way. Once again very impractical, but it is possible.
@@CJDEATHBOT the day after frost moon is considered christmas
The summon can also drop through presents. I think.
31:01 Snow biomes were actually introduced in 1.1, but they were rare and bare-bones, so 1.2 fleshed them out and guaranteed that a world would generate with one.
Yeah that’s true, I more meant it was fully released for all worlds with 1.2
Actually the Snow biome was introduced in 1.1.1, the Christmas update; 1.2 just changed it so it generated on all worlds, whereas before it was only guaranteed to generate in new worlds during the Christmas season, having a 1 in 3 chance of being generated otherwise :)
Also the snow biome in 1.1.1 was only on the surface, there weren’t even ice blocks or ice slimes or anything like that.
The keys from the dungeon in 1.2 was used to unlock the chests in the sky islands back then. It was so cool imo.
i remember when terraria came out and my dad showed me, had no idea how much of an impact it would have on me in the future :) still one of my faves to this day, and i love to see its progress!
Such a beautifully edited video, you deserve at least 100k subs
Thank you so much!
Seeing 1.2.4 will never not be nostalgic for me. I started on that update and had hundreds of hours of fun with it
Man, This video brings back a TON on nostalgia. I first played terraria in 1.1 on the Xbox 360. then my brother got into the game and we play 1.2 on the same console then 1.3 on a Xbox 1 S. I love this and I thank you for all the memories that are now back.
Look as great as modern Terraria is I’m always gonna have an affinity for 1.2.4 given that mobile was stuck on that update for like 3 whole years and that was the only version of Terraria that I played for a while lol. Great video bro!
Same, I’m always gonna be nostalgic for that version too, although I got hooked on Terraria a bit before mobile got the 1.2.4 update. I eventually migrated over to PC to experience 1.3, and the newest version of Terraria is stilly my favorite, but again, I still feel a lot of nostalgia for that mobile 1.2.3 version. This is why I really love the fact that they included the Space and Ocean themes from console/mobile and made it the day and night themes of the respective biomes
Try out featherfall potion, especially without dashing, its especially useful on EoL and bosses you can't run away. It's like a wings upgrade that allows gliding Pillars(Solar in particular) can become far easier when with decent terrain/arena If you prevent Solar enemies from rushing you, its far not a problem to stay near the ground and pick enemies
This is crazy, This brings me back to when Pbat was showing off the game 11 years ago. Damn
for a newer player like me, it's cool to see how the game I came to only about a year ago started out in its humble beginnings. For example, some weapons which are considered bad weapons now were actually top tier in older versions of the game because of less content and no difficulties above classic mode, while other weapons were great back then but still hold up as a great weapon even years later when the game has changed so dramatically. In a way, it's like being given a history lesson.
I got in on the original 1.0. It's kind of laughable how much stuff has changed. I also still have my OG world! One thing you didn't mention in what Terraria doesn't have is traps - they didn't exist in 1.0. So, at least mining underground was pretty easy! :)
Goddamn this takes me back to 2012 when the Yogscast first covered the game I bought it and played it ever since. Absolutely insane to think about
Watching you play original first phase Terraria before any updates was such a nostalgic moment for me. I played terraria since it first released so this was such a treat to watch.
shout out to the devs for sticking with this game and working with fans to make it into the perfectly balanced masterpiece it is today
I managed to get back into terraria in 1.4 a few years back, and watching this makes me remember why i play the game as if the QOL changes dont exist sometimes lmao
hey i just witnessed this upload. perfect for eating now
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Alright.
@@Klogeist warum bist du so mad klogeist sag es mir
@@therootingesttootingestcow8465 hey whats wrong? to good food you need a good video
@@rammus5113 okay
The furthest back I can remember is terraria on the 3ds. I never understood why enemies dropped a key mold instead of the key. I'm glad in later updates they changed that. I also remember the fact that you needed all the emblems to make the avenger emblem. Another thing I'm glad they changed. I love how much attention and patience the developers and the players had for this game :)
This is my first time watching your channel and I won't lie the moon lord fight probably had me the most confused I've ever been it was definitely unexpected
Huh, well I've never had much trouble with the Solar Pillar after my first few battles against it. Staying close to the ground when you don't want to fight Crawtipedes is the first thing, but just as long as I kept attacking everything and not letting anything get close to me, I was fine. For me, the Nebula Pillar was probably the hardest.
I first played Terraria in December 2011. Not for long tbh, but revisited in 1.4. Quite a masterpiece I grabbed in early development. I subscribed, let's see what challenges you can achieve.
i remember back when 1.3 came out i watched the trailer and got recommended a video of Red and Blue playing through 1.0 before the game released. pretty sure it's still on the terraria channel to this day, and it's super cool to see the vast progress that was made between then and now. plus it's fun to watch devs play their own games (especially if they're bad at it lol). Just neat to get the creator's perspective on the thing, ya know?
I remember back when I was a kid as a mobile player when 1.3 came out and I later was allowed to buy it on my PC I was so shocked by the new content from 1.2 to 1.3. It was such a massive feeling as I've been wanting to get the PC version for a long time at that point. Good times
this is a really cool video! i first played terraria a ton sometime before the 1.2 update and seeing the old sun graphic brought me back lol. i took a long hiatus from the game after that and returning to it in its 1.4 state is WILD!
every time you call something from v1.0 "old" i can feel a new hair turning grey 😂 this is basically the only version i know and one of the games i grew up on, feels so strange yet familiar to finally see gameplay of this first version after soooo many years! ❤
Some other weird things about early Terraria: - before 1.0.6 hooks didn't have a hotkey, you had to use them from hotbar. There were also only the OG and the Ivy Whip, the gem hooks are 1.2 IIRC. - damage classes were added in 1.1, as you can see in 1.0.4 your Vilethorn just does "8 damage" - before shadow chests the older hell weapons were enemy drops. The Sunfury and Flamelash were dropped by Bone Serpents for example. - while they got rid of block types and generalised the pickaxe to break all blocks, the hammer to break all walls and the axe to break trees in 1.1, using the hammer to break heart crystals and furniture remained for longer, and using it to break Shadow Orbs and Demon Altars remains even today.
I started terraria 1.0 on my xbox 360 I love seeing how much this game has evolved! This was a nice nostalgic moment in my terraria life. To watch the lifetime of terraria is so epic!
Same
Just discovered your channel. Solid content. I have been doing a semi challenge where I go full summoner using only Abigail (and whips). Pretty fun partly because I adore Don't Starve so much.
you are severely underrated my man, this was a huge nostalgia trip
as someone who's been with the game since launch week , it's so so cool to see a condensed version of how the game has progressed :D so much nostalgia
This video made me way more grateful for 1.4.4 lol. Really enjoyed this one. Idk how you found truffle worms without expanding your glowing mushroom biome tho, i wish i could have the same luck
I put a water candle down and just went in and out of their spawn area until they appeared. It took a while for each one but not as long as it has in the past so I’m not sure, maybe I got lucky
Personally I started playing in 2016 but seeing all of the previous version was something beautiful to be quite honest.
I started playing in 1.1, feels nostalgic seeing these old versions.
Your choice of music is my favorite part of your videos. Genuine nostalgia.
Loved hearing the mii music starting to play at the end
111th comment, part of the 1k likes too 😎
I liked the idea the commentary is engaging and entertaining. But what I liked most about this video is the nostalgia as a player who started whit 1.1 version it was a very big summery of my past 10+ gaming years whit terraria. I want to thank you for this comforting feeling you caused. You don't really know how much it means to me!
Thank you for saying that, it makes me so happy that I can have an impact on people through my content! :')
Really good video! I started playing Terraria in 1.3, so it is cool to see the older versions
3:02 "You can see the old sprite" **Proceeds to stand DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF SAID SPRITE**
3:09
also 3:13
dang all the quality of life improvements you went over at the start, thinking about it, I don't think I've ever played terraria after all those things were added. it's been a very long time since I've played it. auto opening doors and walking up blocks goes crazy I gotta try modern terraria
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Always enjoy these challenge vids 💥
Theres is no way you don't hit your end of the year sub goal! I started watching you a couple days ago starting with you all achievement vids and now im hooked. The quality of you videos deserves so much more attention and praise. Keep it up man❤
ive played every version of terraria and i still love the game, core part of my childhood 10/10 game
I used to play this game when it was first released. Completely forgot about it until I saw your video and had so many memories come back to me!
honestly, using purification powder to make it so you have to beat a boss before getting shadow orbs/crimson hearts... ...until the world gen inevitably breaks and spawns them outside the corruption/crimson hearts
You can get through ebonstone with explosives on 1.0 but needs to be dynamite
easily the best terraria youtuber. keep up the great content
Thank you❤️
This was a fun and beautiful video. Thanks for your work!
omfgg bro the mario and luigi partners in time music during the skeletron fight wow man i love you
How do you play the old versions? This has had me stumped for a while. Great vid btw really cool concept.
I also wonder this, I need my 1.1 world back lol
I used steam depots, there are some pages out there that go over how you can do it, but the TerrariaDepotDownloder tool is your best friend for it. But for versions before 1.1 you need backups
Perfect timing 👌
Death bot: it's crazy how you can't use item in your inventory in this update Console users: having to wait years before they can do that
I remember playing one of the earlier versions thanks to you. It brought back so much.
I started playing at 1.2, and then stopped at 1.3.4 and came back for labour of love. I'm amazed by how much I've missed just from that, it's actually bananas to look at how far the game has come!
Crazy to see how much this game has changed over 12 years
i commend you for placing the walls without smart cursor... truely a daunting task
I'm going to need therapy after that
understandable.
1.0.0 actually had a wrapper executable for it that would let you change the resolution until it was added officially, you can still find it online somewhere and I use it when I play old Terraria every once in a while
queen slime is crying rn
Would of been cool if you fought ocram
This is such a neat idea for a journey! I'm glad you shared your experience. Seeing how the game changed is super cool!
I was there from the beginning, and I didn't even remember some of this stuff. Lol, the furnace sprite, for example. The insane world gen was a pretty nice nostalgia hit, though.
Ok guys hear me out. Terraria with randomized key binds for maximum difficulty P.S: nice vid bro its nice to see a youtuber knowing they will get big in a few months
Nice vid
When he went over Key Moulds and stuff I really went “First time?” because I started on mobile where all this stuff was commonplace.
It’s pretty nostalgia to see all the previous updates upgraded little by little to what it had becomes today ngl
I used to play the legacy version on the ps3, this explains so much, like the king slime spawn which was also on ps4.
Ahhh, the nostalgia of Terraria 1.0. I don't miss it. Been with this game for the whole journey and boy I really would not go back.
As someone who used to play Terraria on Xbox 360, this brought back memories. Many memories.
I started with 1.0.4 and my brain still classifies things like the infinite timer on summons, the Hell backdrop etc as "those new additions". Human brains are weird.
Bonus points for using Hoenn music in the video (Using Kumu's remix is cool too)
You could get snow by farming the frost legion, and created an artificial snow biome to fight Deerclops.
Ah yeah, I would’ve never thought of that. That would’ve required me to change the time on my PC to Christmas but yeah, that’s true
@@CJDEATHBOT Alternatively, you could have also fought the frost moon, which turns your world into the Christmas event for 24 minutes if you reach Round 15. Though yeah, that would have been a LOT of grinding.
This is probably the best Terraria video on KZhead because it shows boss by boss how far the game went.
Naked gummy person: Ok that’s alright Same gummy person with slightly sexy clothes: GOD DAMN
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1:24 that sun gives me 1.2.1 nostalgia
awesome video, its nice seeing the old and new, i started at 1.2 and its been so long since!
Glad you enjoyed!
THX, this was pretty nostalgic for a terraria veteran such as myself who plays the game since 1.1
You fighting the Moonlord was complete *CHICANARY!* You orchestrated it! CJ!
its been awhile since i saw the keymolds.... thanks for the nostalgia
If you ever revisit this, I suggest you showcase the tricks on each version, for example: On 1.1 they created the gun FFF and forgot to nerf it, so you can shoot without bullets or On 1.3 they added boss ZZZ but it was almost impossible to beat because of X (later fixed), but you can cheese it with Y. or on 1.23 there was a bug where you could use guns with swords. --- all above are not real examples of course. And you should use all those strange things or showcase before the devs fixed/patched. It is nice to see the difference in visuals, but I imagine knowing that some weapon was OP and seeing you use it, would be more fun.
I remember when the Duke Fishron update first dropped (I started with Pumpkin Moon update). I had so much trouble with him to the point that I just built a bridge of wood platforms in the sky and I just attack him while I run away from him on the platform. If I got to the other edge of the world, I just fly over him and repeat the process. It wasn't until I return to the game after taking a break for several years because of school that I realized "Wait. I can just build an arena at the ocean biome instead of building this sky bridge." 😅😅
Seeing how much this game has changed since I last "played" is insane I mostly stopped playing around 1.1
You explaining how stuff used to work pre1.3 is nostalgic af
Very nostalgic seeing all the old terraria updates, i still have a lot of nostalgia for 1.1 from watching old KZhead playthroughs as a kid (I think the main one i watched was from toby games? Idk it's been over 10 years at this point lol). I didn't end up buying the game myself until 1.2 dropped, which is the reason im one of like 5 people who actually prefer the crimson to the corruption. Because all the playthroughs i saw before were on 1.1 i thought i got some sort of super rare biome LOL. Doesn't feel like it's been 10 years since i first played terraria, but here we are.
Crimson is better but worm scarfs too good
This video is enlightening the times I played Terraria with my brother as we experienced all this during when tutorial world was a thing
Bro the keymold popping up hit me smack in the face with a load of old memories
7:03 ahh the butter sword in the hotbar how nostalgic