The modding community is always coming up with brilliant ways to change the way a game is normally played. This is especially true for sandbox games that already allow players to use the game in any way they want. One of the more fun games to play with mods installed is Terraria.
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The 2D action-adventure game puts players in a procedurally generated world where they will need to explore, mine, craft, and fight in order to survive. Because of the sheer volume of content in the game already, players may feel satisfied to enjoy what is there. However, there are many mods that could either change the way the game is played or enhance the current experience.
Updated June 6, 2020, by Chris Birsner: The Terraria community continues to thrive despite the game finishing development over a year ago. This is especially true regarding the modding community, as new tools continue to be added for players to try out. With new mods constantly being created, it only seemed appropriate to update this list with a few new fantastic entries.
12 Wing Slot
How To Install: Mod by abluescarab
Let's start with a simple quality-of-life improvement mod for the game. It is very easy to get a cluttered inventory when playing Terraria, so any relief on the front can go a long way. One mod that helps with this is the Wing Slot mod.
This basically gives players an extra slot in the armor and accessories menu to put their wings, instead of taking up extra inventory space on the normal menu. The mod also adds a few wing-related commands and a couple of button inputs that make using the wings a lot easier than usual.
11 Fargo's Mutant Mod
How To Install: Mod by Fargowilta.
While modders sometimes look to create a whole new story or setting using a pre-existing game, some decide just to make things easier for the player in the base game. In Fargo's Mutant Mod, players are given a quality-of-life boost that can help them finish the game faster, while also having more control over things.
Four new NPCs are introduced, including a mutant who sells boss summons and a lumberjack that sells all types of wood. New items include infinite ammo, renewals, explosives, and tiles.
10 Dragon Ball Terraria
How To Install: Mod by NuovaPrime
When it comes to sandbox games, it's always fun to see what it's like to bring a different franchise into the game. That is the purpose of the Dragon Ball Terraria, a mod that brings the classic Japanese franchise into the pixel world of Terraria.
One of the big implementations is Ki, an energy system that can be used to power both weapons and the ability to fly around in a bunch of different directions. There are also seven Dragon Balls, a Super Saiyan transformation, and a chargeable beam weapon.
9 Boss Checklist
How To Install: Mod by jopojelly
There are a lot of bosses in the world of Terraria. Because the world is rather open and the bosses can be fought out of order, sometimes it's hard to remember exactly which bosses have been fought and which have not.
The Boss Checklist mod allows players to have a list they can open in-game and see a checked box next to the boss they just beat. While this is useful in normal Terraria, it is also compatible and recommended for modded Terraria if players have trouble remembering bosses that are in the mods themselves.
8 Extensible Inventory
How To Install: Mod by hamstar
This is another self-explanatory mod, but it can go a long way as to making life in Terraria much simpler. The Extensible Inventory mod allows the player to store as many items that they would like to carry. The unique element of this mod is that the inventory does not have a permanent number.
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This means that players can keep putting things in their inventory and watch as their pockets expand. This goes a long way, as it stops the player from having to make dire decisions as to what to keep in their backpack.
7 Recipe Browser
How To Install: Mod by jopojelly.
Crafting in the game can be a bit of a hassle, especially when the player doesn't know crafting recipes by heart. The Guide can serve useful, but they certainly can be more helpful than they are. That is where the Recipe Browser mod comes in.
Players can easily search the browser menu for items that they would like to craft or what can be crafted using a specific item in their inventory or in nearby chests. On top of this, there is a craft tool that allows players to speed through the process of multi-step crafting. The survival element of the game becomes a lot easier with this.
6 Veinminer
How To Install: Mod by NanobotZ.
The grind of Terraria is in full force when players are mining out an area for materials. While this part of the game could be chill for some, it also can feel boring and tedious to mine one block at a time. Veinminer can be incredibly useful to making mining adventures quick and easy.
The mod allows players to mine an entire vein of ores by holding the Veinminer hotkey and clicking just once. Players can also expand upon what items can be mined in this fashion, including dirt.
5 Super Terraria World
How To Install: Mod by Flippi.
For those looking for a complete overhaul of Terraria, one of the first mods that are worth checking out is Super Terraria World. This mod is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game set in the Terraria universe.
The mod connects multiple world files, allowing players to feel like they are going on a massive adventure through a single world. The game does not have the main element of mining in it as much of the world can't be destroyed, but the mod allows for some exception to this in order to solve puzzles or progress.
4 N Terraria
How To Install: Mod by Nakano15.
Those that still enjoy the base game but would like a new spin on it could enjoy the elements implemented in the N Terraria mod. There are two modes in this version: RPG and Action mode. Action mode keeps many of the add-ons the mod provides while sticking with Terraria's regular gameplay.
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RPG mode implements leveling and classes, which can help make players stronger while enhancing their skills in a specific category. Other elements of the mod include additions like races, new monsters, quests, and more.
3 Calamity
How To Install: Mod by Fabsol.
A mod that is the perfect embodiment of "more," the Calamity mod feels like a massive Terraria update that changes the way the game is played. Among the aspects added with installing this mod are more than 1,880 new items, more than 275 new enemies, 24 bosses, six new biomes, and five new difficulty modes.
There is also post-game content for those who still want more to do after defeating the Moon Lord. Other tweaks in the game include recipes for non-craftable items in the vanilla version and general tweaking of other items in the game.
2 Thorium
How To Install: Mod by DivermanSam.
In a similar vein to Calamity, Thorium is a mod pack that adds a plethora of new things into the game. It fundamentally changes the way the game is played. The mod pack includes 2,300 new items, 250 new tiles, 180 new enemies, and 55 armor sets.
There are also 11 new boss encounters and 10 new town NPCs to interact with. Players can also explore the waters of the Aquatic Depths, a new biome implemented in the mod. The modders also take on balancing the vanilla gameplay out for players.
1 Terraria Overhaul
How To Install: Mod by Mirsario.
True to its name, Terraria Overhaul completely reimagines the experience of the game without moving away from what makes it Terraria. There is a lot to unpack in this mod, but some of its key elements include redoing the combat of the game so it's a lot easier to hit enemies.
Weapons such as guns got overhauls as well. Player movement now includes dodge rolls, wall jumping, and block climbing. Aesthetically, the game now features seasons that change every 12 in-game days and there are many more natural sounds in the game as well.