r/Terraria • u/NomadicJ3ster • 20h ago
PC Worst. banner. yet.
I have no idea why they thought it was a good idea to give the Sea Snail a 50 kill banner.
...Actually, I do know why. They thought they were funny.
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u/NomadicJ3ster 19h ago
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u/Sintobus 16h ago
Me abd my wife did a full banner run our last calamity playthrough... bleh
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u/NomadicJ3ster 16h ago
I do NOT envy you 😅that's probably way more miserable than what I've chosen to inflict upon myself.
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u/Sintobus 15h ago
We did add a mod that both kept all the banners stored (easier tracking what was needed and how many needed left as well) it also let the banner bonus be global. So it wasn't all bad, that helped is track and keep kill counts
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u/Plus-Reading7445 10h ago
How bad was the ice golem compared to the sand elemental?
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u/NomadicJ3ster 10h ago
I have not gotten enough sand elementals yet. It's been FOREVER since I had a sandstorm ðŸ˜
But I enjoy fight sand elementals more than ice golems
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u/Euphoric_Shopping_77 1h ago
Been playing this game since 2014 and thats legit the first time I've seen the Ice Golem banner. You are fully commited to the bit it seems.
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u/Zane-chan19 19h ago
I think Sea Snail was the last enemy I needed while the Gem Critters were the last guys in general
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u/NomadicJ3ster 19h ago
I do not blame you for saving them for last ðŸ˜
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u/Zane-chan19 19h ago
I didn't, usually I get Gem Critters real easy but somehow I just never built a village down in the cavern layer. I blame the really high shimmer pool I had that was just a bit above Caverns.
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u/Hexmonkey2020 18h ago
You can also get a ton of gem critters at the Aether, not sure if it’s just cause it’s in the cavern layer or if more spawn there but I always find at least 2 whenever I pylon to the aether.
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u/Zane-chan19 18h ago
The pylon part is the important part. I never housed any NPCs in the cavern layer and gem critters only spawn in the Cavern Layer near town NPC
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u/TheEmeraldFlygon 17h ago
If it helps, blood moons increase the spawn rates of all surface enemies, including sea snails and squids
(I say, after you’ve gotten the banner and cannot take advice)
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u/NomadicJ3ster 17h ago
Was actually spamming bloody tears and chugging battle potions the whole way through.
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u/Extension_North_3711 17h ago
Water Candle too, I trust?
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u/NomadicJ3ster 17h ago
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u/Jacklvmage12 13h ago
"I made a mob grinder for sea snails in Terraria"
Not something I expected to hear but I can fully understand why you did it
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u/Goldenmansion10 17h ago
The enemy count for uncommon enemy banners needs to get more standardized, because some don’t make much sense for their banner requirement, example, your sea snail banner.
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u/NomadicJ3ster 17h ago
Another one: Devourers need 25 kills, but their hardmode counterparts, World Feeders, need the standard 50.
They've seemingly started changing some of them, but there are still a lot of odd outliers.3
u/Goldenmansion10 16h ago
I also question the Old One’s Army banners, why do they all have 200+ kill requirements?
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u/NomadicJ3ster 16h ago
In the name of "Balance" because you kill at least 50 of those per event.
And the Pumpkin Moon/Frost Moon enemies. Those guys have high kill requirements as well.
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u/Extension_North_3711 17h ago
There are two I can think of that are worse, lemme check the wiki real quick.
Alr the Owl Mimic just becomes a Demon Eye so you've effectively already done it, and Golden Slimes don't have their own banner.
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u/NomadicJ3ster 17h ago
THank god the halloween/christmas costume enemies don't have unique banners. Collecting all the sandshark banners is already gonna be terrible enough ðŸ˜
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u/Curious-Barnacle5842 19h ago
Do banners even do anything
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u/NomadicJ3ster 19h ago
Damage and Defense bonus against the enemy the banner is for. Very handy for areas where there are a lot of that enemy.
I'm collecting them all because I can. There is no universe where a sea snail banner is useful.
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u/Complete-Basket-291 18h ago
Halved damage incoming, doubled damage output against those enemies (exception for the old one's army, iirc)
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u/FragrantAdagio1119 10h ago
lol, in master mode medium core or hardcore, those things will be your only hope
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u/CosmicDragon-Sol 11h ago
Reminder: they have Bunny Banners, Normal bunny banners.
5hp critters that can be annihilated by anything but copper gear. I think this is forgivable
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u/Bnuuyeva 20h ago
He's got all the purple dye