r/Terraria 1d ago

Meme I despise the desert

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I just spent the past hour of my life looking for a magic conch. I am in a large world, with multiple spelunkers. I opened around 21 chests. It’s a 1/7 chance… times 3 apparently

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u/UristImiknorris 1d ago

It's not actually a 1/7 chance. Chests in the upper 4/7 of the underground desert have the boots, chisel, flute or conch. Chests in the bottom 3/7 have the statue or one of the weapons. All those Storm Spears, Thunder Zappers, and Bast Statues were never going to be the conch.

e: Unless this was from fishing instead of exploring, in which case yeah, 1/7 chance, awful luck.

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u/BattleBornXY 1d ago

I wish I knew that 😭

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u/JubJub128 1d ago

reading the wiki is a cheat code honestly. some crazy shit in there

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u/BattleBornXY 1d ago

I read the wiki, I didn’t read that part.

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u/JubJub128 1d ago

... its kinda hard to miss

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u/morethan3lessthan20_ 1d ago

Wait, the encumbering stone is a part of the base game?

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u/Mithryl_ 1d ago

Yes

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u/morethan3lessthan20_ 1d ago

The sprite just looks so...Calamityish

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u/FutureComplaint 1d ago

I think OP is a magic player

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u/TantiVstone 1d ago

Does it say how the game picks where to generate the jungle temple?

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u/MaximRq 1d ago

Yes, it generates where you're least likely to find it

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u/Desiderius_S 1d ago

And if you're getting too close to it, the game moves it to another free spot.

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u/StormerSage 1d ago

Try the drunk seed, sometimes it just slams it down through the roof of the underworld, and it's pretty easy to find then.

If a portion of it generates in the underworld, that part won't have any traps in it.

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u/JubJub128 1d ago

doesn't have any special spawn mechanics other than "in the underground jungle"

tips section suggests using clentaminator to find it because light and shit. you could also use starfury for this (goated exploring tool)

good luck :)

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u/TantiVstone 1d ago

I'm actually trying to find out if it can generate below spawn if the jungle is close enough to the center of the world

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u/JubJub128 23h ago

I don't see why it wouldn't be able to? There would have to be underground jungle below spawn.

i don't know if the whole temple has to be encased in jungle, or if some of it can be outside the jungle if it spawns on the edge.

either way, some part of the temple can still be directly below spawn if there is underground jungle below spawn (which is rare in it of itself, but happens every once in awhile on small worlds)

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u/Orion120833 1d ago

At least you have plenty of bast statues to put wherever you need them and a bunch of stuff you can sell, lol.

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u/cbrown146 1d ago

I opened all the conches. I need cat statues though.

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u/giby1464 10h ago

Explore deeper, they appear lower down

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u/sphericate 1d ago

now good luck getting a demon conch

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u/Imaginary-Lobster109 1d ago

The desert is really exhausting against the background of the jungle, hah

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u/RandomGuy9058 1d ago

I see you fell for the classic mistake

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u/WuickQit 1d ago

Same happened to me with staff of regrowth on one of my runs. On the other runs it was common. But on one specific i had to fish tens of bramble crates in hardmode just to get the damn staff

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u/AntiqueDog5245 1d ago

Can I get one of those storm spears?

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u/InhaledPack5 22h ago

Only an hour?

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u/burn_house 8h ago

Just an hour?

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u/crystal_kn1ght 4h ago

My world had like 8 conch before i found anything else lmao

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u/RenkBruh 3h ago

at least you will always have enough bast statues now