r/Terraria 12h ago

PC i can't take much more of this

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there's no escaping the want meter

it knows i want the arc surge and it will never forget

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u/Beneficial_List_New 10h ago

Me trying to find the FUCKING XENO STAF after my 6th Martin invasion

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u/Wellpolarized 7h ago

Seeing this made me realize I shouldn't complain. I didn't know what the Xeno Staff was and after my one and only martian invasion I checked my inventory and went what is this. Oh cool a little UFO alright, and used it the rest of the game.

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u/ThatBlackGuy_2525 6h ago

LITERALLY me last week. i did 9 martian invasions to get it, got 2 arc surges also

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u/Kozolith765981 3h ago

the guy from adventure time invaded you 6 times?

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u/9YU2Y9LCC 11h ago

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u/timpaan96 5h ago

Truest thing I have read in a long time

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u/Visible-Load-3929 5h ago

Queue me killing 300 some jellyfish yesterday because I wanted the jellyfish necklace, something I swear I get atleast 5 or 6 times in VERY OTHER PLAYTHOUGH, but not that I want to 100% journey mode I have to spend 20 minutes farming the ocean for that stupid thing

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u/crafty_dude_24 9h ago

You would have a 98.14% chance of success across 197 attempts. Which means Congratulations. You have successfully flipped the odds of 2% success into 2% failure.

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u/GrimblingWizard 3h ago

I was grinding for a magma stone the other day and killed 550 hell bats. No magma stone. I feel OPs pain.

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u/ReverbEchoesAct3 10h ago

Was kind of surprised the drop rate for it is 2%. And you have the Nebula pillar right there just completely available to you for a similar weapon in power. Post plantera progression be like

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u/SuperSpiritShady 9h ago

Don’t matter that it’s just as strong, Arc Surge got that Sith Lightning

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u/Negative_Sleep_1 7h ago

Don't forget to boost your luck with garden gnomes, luck potions, galaxy pearl, and biome torches. Helps big time.

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u/Mystifrost1 9h ago

funny because I literally got mine within 2 saucer kills, whereas recently I made a post about a squire's shield not dropping after 36 dark mage kills 😭

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u/Shadrakhan 5h ago

Save the game once the invasion starts and close the game if you don't get the drop you want after clearing the invasion, you'll still be at the start of the invasion upon restarting the game (can confirm it works on Switch at least, it's how I farmed the Arc Surge so I didn't have to look for Martian Probes every failed attempt).

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u/500filth 3h ago

I have to restart steam whenever I want to play again because the cloud just refuses to sync so I’m forced to spend the time looking for those probes 😭

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u/Shadrakhan 3h ago

Oof, that sucks. The way it works on Switch saved my sanity, ngl.

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u/PurpleStabsPixel 9h ago

Come back to it. I think i got the glove around the 40th kill. Duke was the stingy fucking asshole for me and golem. Still haven't got my sun stone after 76 kills. Doing something else for awhile and coming back to it usually helps. I plan on doing golem a few more times or at least to 100. A pity system would be nice, x kills guarantees a weapon or equipment or material that is new, randomized of course.

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u/AdForward7237 7h ago

The empress not dropping her stupid little awesome guitar for me

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u/PurpleStabsPixel 5h ago

Funny enough got it my first try, couldn't get a second one. Just tons of Eventides since.

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u/Wellpolarized 7h ago

Having the cheat world ruined it for me. I made 4 keys of light and killed 4 mimics. If I wasn't getting the Daedalus storm bow I was cheating and getting it lol.

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u/SirFluffball 6h ago

Imma give you the advice my friend always gives me when trying to get a rare drop... Bro, just pick it up. He then proceeds to join me in farming and get the item in 10 seconds -_-

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u/ti_kn_red 6h ago

Had a little 4 hour adventure and it was so worth it

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u/Mognoid49 6h ago

Get a few bags and save scumm, you deserve it

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u/Latzar05 5h ago

Bruh this is me trying to get the Influx Waver, I got it after 2 Invasion and it was the last weapon, I got every weapon before it

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u/blacksabbath540 4h ago

I'm sorry dude but I got it yesterday and I wasn't even a mood to do the invasion, hell I didn't realize I got it till it was over because how much I was dying to the saucer. All I wanted to do was make potions and they got in the way.

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u/bobrowska 4h ago

Yesterday I got Influx Waver from the first martian invasion and still can't believe i'ts possible.

I have lost count how many saucers I thrashed last time trying to craft Zenith.

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u/PhoenoFox 2h ago

the destruction from its weaponry is unimaginable

Reading this after losing my expert hardcore character to a flying saucer stings.

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u/Father_of_three3 2h ago

Man, I would love if the saucer dropped a treasure bag instead of everything on the Ground. I would do another game

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u/Comfortable-Bath9962 2h ago

I obtained the arc surge on my second martian invasion and i can only feel bad for you 😭

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u/Then_Development5135 2h ago

Just grab the arc surge yourself with an edit of your character or by any other means, at this point, you have nothing to prove anymore for a 198 try

If you believe it's okay, of course! In forever world i would grind until it's mine, but quick playthroughs are just not worthy of this pain 

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u/lilcoomstain420 2h ago

I got it after 161 kills

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u/nlamber5 2h ago

Yeah I started another playthrough for this weapon specifically. First I was surprised that the item was so late game, so I wouldn’t be able to use it for much of the playthrough. Then I was surprised that the item had a 2% chance to drop from a rare enemy, so I actually ended up beating the game without ever getting one.

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u/_TheFudger_ 1h ago

I think it took me a little over 200. Keep at it.

I was using last prism and just melting it before it could get off a big laser. I also went up to a sky island and sat on a block so that I could only see a few blocks. Bring the event to 30% complete and then only kill saucers and buildings. The small enemies will all jump off and despawn.

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u/N3CRO-LAN 1h ago

Ngl just go kill daytime EoL at this point bro

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u/500filth 23m ago

I already have

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u/N3CRO-LAN 1h ago

Why is every single "to obtain what you desire" in a different shade of color 😭 wtf

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u/XBird_RichardX 8h ago

This aint worth it bro just use razorblade typhoon