Terraria State of the Game - October 2026

Greetings Terrarians!

It's spooky season once again - one of our favorite times of the year! We didn't quite get anything together in regards to a Halloween Contest this year, but we have a few contest ideas that might be coming your way soon - courtesy of our brand new Community Manager! More on that in a bit. On the development front, we have been putting the finishing touches on Crossplay Phase One. The Crossplay era of Terraria is drawing very close, and we will share some details on progress and timing in the development news section below. Beyond that, we are getting ready for the last few months of the year and setting plans in place for Crossplay Phase Two as well as what is to come after that. As always, you will want to stay tuned to State of the Game and all of our socials for all of the details as they arrive.

With all of that said... let's see what lies in wait on this year's trick or treat for Terraria news...





We put all of the finishing touches on Crossplay Phase One earlier this month and then dropped it into extensive testing. Given the scope of this update in regards to being a new feature that cuts across multiple platforms, we expect Terraria 1.4.6 will get tighter scrutiny during the submissions process. We had hoped to have the update in submission across all platforms earlier this week, but our latest round of tests uncovered a few things that will need to be addressed before we can do so. We do not expect this will take very long to address, but we do not have it ready as of the writing of this State of the Game. Most likely - and if all goes well - we should be back on track by next week.

Once in submission, we have no way to fully predict when it will be signed off by all of our first party partners. Once we have full signoff, we will push the big launch button and Terraria 1.4.6 - Crossplay Phase One will be in your hands at last!




The Terraria Community is legendary amongst video game communities. Your passion and creativity is second to none! So, when the opportunity arose to bring on board a new Community Manager for Terraria, we had to seek out only the very best. Without further ado, coming to us all the way from the world of vampires and more is none other than @Kerri the Rat Queen! Her reputation and past work speaks for itself, but rest assured that Team Terraria is beyond thrilled that she joined our crew.

We are turning the keys to the Community over into her very capable hands and we cannot wait to see what fun new ideas she will have in store. So, don't be shy and be sure that you take some time to welcome her to the Terraria Community! She went ahead and made a little intro thread (linked below), but we will let her say a few words here as well!

Hey Terrarians!
I’m Kerri (a.k.a. Rat Queen), the new Community Manager here at Re-Logic!

I'm over the moon to have joined the team here and I look forward to interacting with as many of you as humanly (ratly?) possible. For those that are curious, I will be handling social media posts and replies, helping on Terraria Community Forums, chatting in the Terraria Discord, helping with community events across the board, popping up on r/Terraria, appearing in Steam Forums, helping to report a few bugs, and anything else that I can assist with.
It has been such a pleasure interacting with everyone, watching how creative many people are in the community with builds, art work, videos, guides, memes, etc!

I’m a big fan of the Dryad, the Angler was not my friend until I handed in my 200th fishing quest (I'm still keeping my eye on him), and I think Terraria should have more rats!
Very much a mage build enjoyer, Arc Surge is now one of my favourite weapons because it's truly very satisfying to use.
I also do not so great drawings, so please look forward to those.

If you ever need help with something bug related, be sure to leave a bug report on TCF so we can log it for the devs. But if you ever need some technical assistance for Terraria, feel free to ping me on discord in terraria-help (as long as you don’t ping in a disruptive manner) and I’ll do my best to help!
And, if you ever make fan art, builds, or anything you'd like to share please tag me on TCF/Reddit, or the Terraria account on socials so I can give it some love.

KERRI'S INTRO THREAD ON TCF

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How did she become the Rat Queen? Why Rats? Why not? What other mysteries exist in the Ratdom?





Hello everyone!

On November 1st the regular monthly update release of tModLoader for 1.4.4 will go live. It contains more security hardening features and changes to how library mods are presented to the user. The preview for this month also contains long-awaited modded grass support hooks and examples.

Progress on the 1.4.5 update continues at a rapid pace. We know it has been a while, but there is much to do. We'd like to thank everyone for the huge amount of community participation and contributions for the 1.4.5 update and are extremely grateful for those willing to help with this process through code contributions, bug reporting, testing, and participating in the discussions that take place on Discord. The tModLoader team will continue to work with experienced modders to progress towards the tModLoader 1.4.5 release.

There are still many tasks to be done. If you are interested in contributing code for the 1.4.5 update, the 1.4.5 Update Information page[github.com] has information on how to contribute and what tasks remain to be done. That page also explains how to join the "1.4.5-dev" beta branch on Steam to test out the current state of the update. Users can join that beta branch to help identify and report remaining bugs.

Modders and users should also keep an eye out for our monthly Steam announcement on the 1st where a complete listing of bug fixes and API changes for this month's release will be listed. The in-game news button on the main menu will direct you directly to the announcement once it is live.

We look forward to seeing how mods make use of these new features. As always, if you are having issues of any sort, definitely don't hesitate to check out our FAQ on github[github.com] or reach out to us at our Discord[discord.com].



The TML Steam Workshop has over 10,000 mods for you to enjoy! Coupled with the in-game mod browser, the TML Steam Workshop is a great way to explore what modded Terraria has to offer - check it out today by clicking the banner above!



Greetings Terrarians!

Here's the latest and greatest happenings on the Community side of things. Thanks as always for being the most engaged and awesome gaming Community ever!



The Terraria merchandise hub is where you can find all of the latest and greatest Terraria merchandise all year round - with new stuff arriving all of the time! Check out the latest merch drops as well as some classics and pick up that epic Terraria gift for a friend (or yourself!).
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Click the banner above to head to http://terraria.org/store now!​





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As a lot of you already know, preorders for the Terraria 15th Anniversary Collector's Edition closed at the end of August. But we do still have some extras available which can still be ordered. Once those are sold, it's gone for good! If you're still debating about whether to grab one, we'd like to share some fresh teaser images which could help in your decision.

Here are some closeups of the Re-Game Cartridge, with a removable updated faceplate, to reveal your Terraria game token.
And, the Life Crystal... which now comes as a mini light, giving off a subtle glow!

(We are still having a think about how we might make some things - like the cartridge and the bunny pet, for example - available somehow more long term.)

Check out the details by clicking the images above!




The creative minds over at Eighty Sixed recently launched a couple of new items focused on everyone's favorite werefox, the Zoologist! Included are a new t-shirt where the Zoologist is selling Pet Licenses and more at the Critter Corner as well as a equally cute pin that would be at home in any Terrarian's collection.

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Check out the details by clicking either image above - and check out the entire Terraria Collection at Eighty Sixed!




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We're collaborating with FiGGYZ to bring you a numbered Collector's Box Set of the four most voted choices! You can read more information about FiGGYZ and the collaboration here, or by clicking on the banner above.

The Terraria community is filled with incredible fan media. We love to browse Terraria associated social pages and check out the creative minds sharing wonderful creations. We wanted to spotlight some of the trending media that caught our attention this month. Please let us know if any of the shared media has a different original creator.

(CLICK A GIVEN IMAGE TO HEAD OVER TO THE THREAD WHERE WE SAW IT)

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by Glass-Fox

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by Kerri the Rat Queen

To get into the spooky spirit, the Terraria Discord team held a Halloween themed building contest! Participants were tasked with creating spooky builds to match.


First Place: loku - earning 40,000 Prize Points and the Event Winner role!


Second Place: ponky - earning 30,000 Prize Points


Third Place: Andre117 - earning 20,000 Prize Points

Thanks to everyone who participated in this event




As part of the Halloween season, the Terraria Discord team invited some of the developers behind the Spooky Mod to come answer some community questions! Before this AMA took place though, the Spooky Mod team also released a crossover update with Team Spirit for Spirit Reforged!


Crossover Update Launch Trailer

You can also find a link to the Spooky Mod below.

Spooky Mod on Steam Workshop




Even with the Halloween festivities ongoing, the monthly Trivia Stage Contest is a constant! Here are October's winners!

• muffins11
  
• Toasty
  
• hellphin

The monthly trivia stage contest can always crown some new winners however. So be sure to join the official Terraria Discord to find the latest event details & join in next month!




The Terraria Discord team has put together a new activity for users to participate in! Here you can collect dozens of different pets to gear up and send out on adventures to earn Prize Points and other loot! Or, you can just relax and focus on customising your home while chatting with others.









To kick off the activity's release, an event was held to reach the top 3 placements on the Power Level leaderboard! A few factors go into determining this, such as the stats of the pet, or what gear they have equipped. Below, you can find the winners & their respective pets!

• First Place: Snowi - with Cupcake the Pit Bull. LV: 38 | PL: 957
  
• Second Place: Mirelude - with Stephen the Green Slime. LV: 39 | PL: 952
  
• Third Place: wynaut - with Diva Slime the Shimmer Slime. LV: 37 | PL: 933

If you want to participate in these future events, be sure to join the official Terraria Discord[www.discord.gg]!



Until next time, Terrarians - we hope you have an amazing month, and we look forward to bringing you the latest and greatest next time!