History:Lore items

Main article: Lore items

• 2.0.3.007:
  • Fixed Dragonfolly lore item using the wrong apostrophe in its text.
  • Fixed typos in The Mechanical Trio and The Perforators and Their Hive lore items.

• 2.0.3.006:
  • Changed wording on a few lore items:
    • Changed the word “Greater” in The Devourer of Gods' lore item to be lowercase.
    • Changed a line in The Plaguebringer Goliath's lore item from “In my later days I was far from virtuous, though I would never shackle a creature to fight in my name.” to “In my later days I was far from virtuous. But I would never shackle a creature to fight in my name.”
    • Changed The Underworld's lore item to say “great cities” instead of “fantastic cities”.
  • Fixed the Astral Infection lore item using the text from Astrum Deus' lore item.

• 2.0.3.003: Fixed a missing pixel in The Corruption lore item.

• 2.0.2.002:
  • Changed Ceaseless Void (Lore)'s wording from "Even faced with such lies and eminent danger, I simply walked away, and did not return." to "Even when faced with blatant lies and harrowing danger, I simply walked away and did not return."
  • Fixed grammar errors in Awakening's tooltip.

• 2.0.2.001:
  • Introduced Awakening, Cynosure, Empress of Light, Prelude, Queen Slime, Requiem, Signus, and Storm Weaver lore items.
  • Renamed "Brimstone Crag (Lore)" to "Azafure (Lore)".
  • Renamed "Jungle Dragon, Yharon (Lore)" to "Yharon, Resplendent Phoenix (Lore)".
  • Renamed "The Ocean (Lore)" to "The Abyss (Lore)".
  • Renamed "The Red Moon (Lore)" to "Blood Moon (Lore)".
  • Renamed "The Sentinels of the Devourer (Lore)" to "Ceaseless Void (Lore)".
  • Dreadnautilus now drops the Blood Moon lore item instead of Lunatic Cultist.
  • All lore items no longer use Pearl Shards in their recipes.
  • Rewrote all lore items.
  • Resprited The Abyss (Lore) and Ceaseless Void (Lore).
  • Fixed Azafure (Lore) not dropping from Brimstone Elemental.
  • Removed Moon Lord's lore item.

• 1.5.0.002:
  • The Dragonfolly (Lore) and The Profaned Guardians (Lore) items now use the rarity instead of .
  • The Sentinels of the Devourer (Lore) now uses the rarity instead of .

• 1.5.0.001:
  • Introduced The Exo Mechanical Trio (Lore).
  • Renamed The Mechanical Bosses (lore) to The Mechanical Trio (lore).
  • All lore items no longer grant additional bonuses when favorited.
  • Resprited The Slime God (lore).

• 1.4.5.004: Buffed The Devourer of Gods (Lore), now decreases player's damage reduction by 5% instead of 10% while favorited.

• 1.4.5.003: The player now decelerates while sliding on blocks using the The Slime God (Lore) item but now receives 10% increased movement speed while sliding on blocks.

• 1.4.5.002: Fixed a tooltip error with King Slime lore item where it incorrectly listed how to activate its buffs.

• 1.4.5.001:
  • Renamed "Leviathan and Siren (Lore)" to "Leviathan and Anahita (Lore)".
  • Lore item effects can now be toggled by favoriting/unfavoriting the item.
  • Cryogen lore item now has an increased delay between dashes.
  • Nerfed The Devourer of Gods lore item true melee damage boost from 50% to 25%.
  • Slime God lore item speed is now slowed by 10% while a boss is alive.
  • The Underworld lore item now prevents Voodoo Demons from dropping Guide Voodoo Dolls instead of entirely preventing Voodoo Demons from spawning.
  • Resprited Leviathan and Anahita (Lore).
  • Fixed Cryogen lore item's penalty not applying to players.

• 1.4.4.003: Resprited The Dragonfolly (Lore).

• 1.4.4.002:
  • Renamed "The Bumblebirbs (Lore)" to "The Dragonfolly (Lore)".
  • All lore items can now be crafted with a respective boss trophy and 10 Victory Shards.

• 1.4.4.001:
  • The Corruption, The Crimson, The Ocean, and The Underworld lore items now prevent Hive Cysts, Perforator Cysts, ???, and Voodoo Demons from spawning respectively.
  • Resprited Cryogen (Lore).

• 1.4.3.002:
  • Decreased King Slime (Lore)'s defense penalty from 5 to 3.
  • Decreased Siren and Leviathan (Lore)'s defense penalty from 20 to 8, and damage reduction penalty from 10% to 5%.
  • Removed a line from The Perforators and their Hive (Lore)'s tooltip.

• 1.4.3.001:
  • King Slime (Lore) reduces defense by 5.
  • The Desert Scourge (Lore) reduces damage by 2.5% in the given biomes.
  • The Eye of Cthulhu (Lore) darkens the player's vision at day.
  • Crabulon (Lore) reduces movement speed by 10% in the given biomes.
  • The Eater of Worlds (Lore) halves life regen.
  • The Brain of Cthulhu (Lore) inflicts 2.5 seconds of Confused on usage.
  • The Hive Mind (Lore) reduces spawn rates in The Corruption.
  • The Perforators and their Hive (Lore) increases spawn rates in The Crimson.
  • Skeletron (Lore) reduces max health by 10% in the Dungeon.
  • The Slime God (Lore) makes dashing more difficult and does not work with mounts.
  • Aquatic Scourge (Lore) reduces critical strike chance by 1%, damage by 2.5%, defense by 1, melee speed by 2.5%, minion knockback by 25%, and movement speed by 10% without the Well Fed buff.
  • The Destroyer (Lore) reduces horizontal acceleration by 5%.
  • Skeletron Prime (Lore) reduces horizontal acceleration by 5%.
  • The Twins (Lore) reduces defense by 10 when above 50% health, and reduces horizontal acceleration by 5% when below 50% health.
  • Leviathan and Siren (Lore) reduces defense by 20 and damage reduction by 10% while not submerged in liquid.
  • Duke Fishron (Lore) reduces critical strike chance by 2%, damage by 2%, and movement speed by 4% while not submerged in liquid.
  • Lunatic Cultist (Lore) darkens the player's vision during the Lunar Events.
  • Moon Lord (Lore) grants the Featherfall Potion effect when not flipped in gravity.
  • Providence, the Profaned Goddess (Lore) reduces max health by 20%. Buffed its positive effect from a 1.05x damage multiplier to 1.1x.
  • The Devourer of Gods (Lore) causes the player to take 10% more damage from all sources.
  • Calamitas (Lore) now instantly kills the player while under the effects of Chaos State or Scarf Cooldown.
  • Decreased amount of dust generated from Providence, the Profaned Goddess (Lore) by 80% and dusts no longer generate light.
  • Resprited all lore items.
  • Now glow and float when dropped.
  • Fixed Cryogen (Lore)'s dash not benefitting from increased all-class damage.

• 1.4.2.109: Introduced King Slime (Lore).

• 1.4.2.107: The Twins (Lore) now grants specialized buffs to each rogue subclass.

• 1.4.2.105:
  • Jungle Dragon, Yharon (Lore) can now be used in Boss Rush.
  • The Slime God (Lore) now reduces dash momentum, and is disabled on mounts.

• 1.4.2.102:
  • Astral Biome (Lore) and Astrum Deus (Lore) now use the rarity instead of .
  • Calamitas (Lore)'s tooltip now mentions that it instantly kills the player.
  • Changed the first line of Cryogen (Lore)'s tooltip from "You managed to bring down what dozens of sorcerers long ago could not." to "The archmage's prison.".
  • Leviathan and Siren (Lore) now allows the Strange Orb's Young Siren pet to move normally while out of Water.
  • Rebalanced several Lore items:
    • Decreased the movement speed boost granted by Astrum Deus (Lore) by 33%.
    • The Brain of Cthulhu (Lore) now inflicts Chaos State for 8 seconds instead of 6.
    • Cryogen (Lore) now reduces defense by 10.
    • Nerfed The Desert Scourge (Lore)'s defense boost from 10 to 5.
    • Nerfed The Destroyer (Lore)'s mining speed boost from 10% to 5%.
    • Nerfed Duke Fishron (Lore)'s movement speed boost from 15% to 10%.
    • Nerfed The Eater of Worlds (Lore)'s damage from 20 to 10, knockback from 2 to 1, and its microbes now inflict Cursed Inferno for 1.5 seconds instead of 3.
    • The Eye of Cthulhu (Lore) now only works at night.
    • The Hive Mind (Lore) now causes the player to inflict Cursed Inferno for 1.5 seconds instead of 7.5.
    • Jungle Dragon, Yharon (Lore) is now disabled during Boss Rush.
    • The Perforators and their Hive (Lore) now causes the player to inflict Ichor for 1.5 seconds instead of 7.5.
    • Decreased the item grab range boosts for Plantera (Lore), Polterghast (Lore), and Wall of Flesh (Lore).
    • Providence, the Profaned Goddess (Lore) now causes the player to inflict Holy Flames for 7 seconds instead of 7.5.
    • Buffed Ravager (Lore)'s damage boost from 5% to 10%.
    • Nerfed Skeletron (Lore)'s defense boost from 10 to 5.
    • The Slime God (Lore) now reduces defense by 10.

• 1.4.2.101:
  • Introduced Astral Biome, Moon Lord, The Profaned Guardians, The Bumblebirbs, Providence, the Profaned Goddess, The Sentinels of the Devourer, Polterghast, The Devourer of Gods, Jungle Dragon, Yharon, and Calamitas.
  • Now drop for all players in multiplayer.
  • All boss lore items now have functional effects:
    • The Desert Scourge (Lore) now increases defense while in the Desert or Sunken Sea.
    • The Eye of Cthulhu (Lore) now increases vision at night.
    • Crabulon (Lore) now grants Mushy in the Mushroom biome.
    • The Brain of Cthulhu (Lore) can now be used to teleport to the cursor's location while in the Crimson.
    • The Eater of Worlds (Lore) now spawns deadly microbe projectiles around the player.
    • The Perforators and their Hive (Lore) now makes attacks inflict Ichor while in the Crimson.
    • The Hive Mind (Lore) now makes attacks inflict Cursed Inferno while in the Corruption.
    • Queen Bee (Lore) now makes bees and Hornets friendly.
    • Skeletron (Lore) now grants increased defense in the Dungeon.
    • The Slime God (Lore) now decreases friction.
    • Wall of Flesh (Lore) now increases item grab range.
    • Cryogen (Lore) now grants a dash.
    • The Twins (Lore) now makes the player invisible at night.
    • Brimstone Elemental (Lore) now improves the Inferno Potion's effects.
    • The Destroyer (Lore) now increases mining speed.
    • Aquatic Scourge (Lore) now grants immunity to the Sulphurous Sea's Water and gives the player increased stats with the Well Fed buff.
    • Skeletron Prime (Lore) now increases armor penetration.
    • Calamitas Doppelganger (Lore) now increases minion slots in exchange for health.
    • Plantera (Lore) now increases item grab range.
    • Leviathan and Siren (Lore) now increases health while wearing Siren's Heart and gives the Spelunker Potion effect with the Strange Orb's Young Siren pet active.
    • Astrum Aureus (Lore) now increases jump speed in space.
    • Astrum Deus (Lore) now increases speed in space.
    • Golem (Lore) now increases defense while standing still.
    • The Plaguebringer Goliath (Lore) now increases flight time at the cost of life regeneration.
    • Duke Fishron (Lore) now increases damage, critical strike chance, and movement speed while in liquid.
    • Ravager (Lore) now increases damage at the cost of flight time.
    • Lunatic Cultist (Lore) now increases stats during the Lunar Events.
  • Changed the tooltips of some lore items:
    • Changed Astrum Deus (Lore)'s tooltip from "God of the stars and spreader of the astral infection. Though it was not the progenitor of the infection, that scaleless beast is still out there, devouring celestial bodies by the dozens." to "God of the stars and largest vessel of the astral infection. Though struck down from its place among the stars its remnants have gathered strength, aiming to take its rightful place in the cosmos once more."
    • Changed Golem (Lore)'s tooltip from "To think my people once worshipped this thing as a god... We have come far since those ancient times." to "A primitive construct. I admire the lihzahrd race for their ingenuity, though finding faith in a such a flawed idol would invariably lead to their downfall."
    • Changed Ravager (Lore)'s tooltip from "One of many flesh golems crafted through forbidden necromancy to counter my unstoppable forces. Its creators were slaughtered by it moments after its conception. It's for the best that it has been destroyed." to "The flesh golem constructed using twisted necromancy during the time of my conquest to counter my unstoppable forces. Its creators were slaughtered by it moments after its conception. It is for the best that it has been destroyed."

• 1.4.2.004: Fixed a typo in The Plaguebringer Goliath's lore item text where "contained" was spelt as "containted".

• 1.4.2.002:
  • Changed The Eater of Worlds' tooltip from "Perhaps it was just a giant worm infected by the microbe. Seems likely given the origins of this place." to "Perhaps it was just a giant worm infected by the microbe, given centuries to feed and grow its festering body. Seems likely, given the origins of this place".
  • Changed The Mechanical Bosses' tooltip from "I see you have awakened Draedon's toys. Once useful tools turned into savage beasts when their AIs went rogue, a mistake that Draedon failed to rectify in time." to "I see you have awakened Draedon's old toys. Once useful tools turned into savage beasts when their AIs went rogue, a mistake that Draedon failed to rectify in time".
  • Changed The Plaguebringer Goliath's tooltip from "A beautiful amalgam of steel, flesh, and infection. Capable of destroying an entire civilization in just one onslaught. Its plague nuke barrage can leave an entire area uninhabitable for months...at least concerning certain species." to "A horrific amalgam of steel, flesh, and infection; capable of destroying an entire civilization in just one onslaught. Its plague nuke barrage can leave an entire area uninhabitable for months. A shame that it came to this but the plague must be containted".
  • Changed The Corruption's tooltip from "Ah, the rotten and forever-deteriorating landscape of infected life, brought upon by a deadly microbe long ago. It is rumored that this microbe was created by a race predating the Terrarians." to "Ah, the rotten and forever-deteriorating landscape of infected life, brought upon by a deadly microbe long ago. It is rumored that the microbe was created through experimentation by a long-dead race, predating the Terrarians".
  • Fixed a grammar error in the Leviathan and Siren lore item.
  • Removed extra spaces in Ravager and Skeletron Prime's lore item.

• 1.4.0.001:
  • Renamed Astrum Aureus' lore item from "Astrageldon Slime" to "Astrum Aureus".
  • Changed the word "slime" in Astrum Aureus' lore item's tooltip to "cyborg".

• 1.3.4.102: Renamed "Profaned Crag" lore item to "Brimstone Crag".

• 1.3.4.001:
  • Introduced Aquatic Scourge, Astrageldon Slime, Astrum Deus, Brimstone Elemental, Golem, The Plaguebringer Goliath, Ravager, The Red Moon, and Siren and Leviathan.
  • Reworked the Death of The Desert Scourge lore item into a Duke Fishron lore item.
    • Now uses the rarity instead of .
    • Changed tooltip from "I pitied its very existence. At least you put it out of its starvation-fueled misery." to "The mutant terror of the sea was once the trusted companion of an old king who tamed it using its favorite treat. Long ago, the creature flew in desperation from the raging bloody inferno consuming its home, ultimately finding its way to the ocean."
  • Reworked the Death of The Eye of Cthulhu lore item into a Lunatic Cultist lore item.
    • Now uses the rarity instead of .
    • Changed tooltip from "Must have been some poor monstrosity shunned by those more powerful than it. ...or perhaps it is just one of many that lurk in the night." to "The gifted one that terminated my grand summoning so long ago with his uncanny powers over the arcane. Someone I once held in such contempt for his actions is now...deceased, his sealing ritual undone...prepare for the end. Your impending doom approaches..."

• 1.3.2.001: Introduced Calamitas, The Destroyer, Plantera, Skeletron Prime, and The Twins.

• 1.2.2.001: Introduced The Desert Scourge, Death of the Desert Scourge, The Eye of Cthulhu, Death of The Eye of Cthulhu, Crabulon, Profaned Crag, The Underworld, The Crimson, The Corruption, The Ocean, The Brain of Cthulhu, The Eater of Worlds, The Perforators and their Hive, The Hive Mind, The Slime God, Queen Bee, Skeletron, Wall of Flesh, Cryogen, and The Mechanical Bosses.