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Mining+

Tired of the mundane early game mining in Terraria?
The Mining Plus mod enhances early game struggles by introducing changes and features that make mining more engaging and enjoyable. This mod aims to reduce just digging down and gives a sense of direction when mining.

Here's what you get:
• Craft the vanilla mining armour early on to increase mining speed by 30%
• Access spelunker glow sticks allowing you to explore explore new areas
• Craft the Ultra Bright Helmet applying a permanent spelunker effect
• Buy the Metal Detector from the Demolitionist at an affordable price


Remember the Metal Detector work like this:
170×125 Cantered On Player
25 Blocks of Screen Horizontal
30 Blocks of Screen Vertical

Use this information to find Gold Chests and Life Crystals Underground. Life Crystals have a higher priority then Chests!

The mining armour and spelunker glow sticks are both craft-able. Your first priority should be acquiring spelunker glow sticks from the Demolitionist or crafting with a star and glow stick. I would get the glow stick from a pot under some water or buying from the merchant at night.

While not advertised in the mod name I have made adjustments to the summoner class:
• Craft the Finch Staff with wood at a Work Bench
• Craft the Slime Staff with wood and gel at an Anvil
• Craft the Flinx Staff and Robe as Normal
I might add an earlier game whip as the birds AI is weak.
This could help against slime's for that gel. Let me know if this interests anyone!

The Eye of Cthulhu will always drop the Binoculars. This pairs really well with spelunker potions when you get them.
So make a moon glow farm sooner rather then later. Remember clay pots exist.

Finally convert a evil biome fishing crate at a Demon/Crimson altar to pick an Evil Item.
This allows a less luck dependant method to get the Rotted Fork or Ball O' Hurt.
It's a very good option early game option for melee against the evil boss and before.

Here's a quick tip I like to use early game:
We all love Hermes boots, however it should stay as an accomplishment to find in a gold chest underground.
However you don't actually need Hermes boots for the first few bosses. You can honestly wait for Hermes boots until Skeletron and Wall of Flesh.

The strategy:
• get a blinkroot farm for swiftness potions (Clay Pots)
• Get a cooking pot and bug net for cooked bass, rabbits, birds and squirrels
• Use Ninja Armour from king slime for its speed bonus
• Use a Sunflower for the king slime battle
The whole plan is to get movement speed buffs and this will allow a fair fight against king slime and enough speed to outrun Eye of Cthulhu without Hermes Boots.
You can also aim for the Golf Cart or bunny mount from angler.

My goal is to make early game Terraria more enjoyable by adding goals for the player rather then feeling sluggish and board tempted to just skipping to boss rushing.
I have 1500 hours and too many new worlds to begin. Please let me know if I could do anything else to help out,
I have basic Terraria modding skills and some free time here and their to add small changes.
* Also ignore the Pink Slime Staff as making modded minions is a lot harder then I thought.

Originally posted by tModLoader:

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