Nationopolis: Build a World, Grow a Nation. (Terraria)

a bit of farming!? it requires a significant amount of farming if your talking more than 1 person. plus the hook is by far the easiest part. I have 3 of them on me. not to mention if you want any of the other things great items the jungle gives

I generally go for blade of grass as well. Love the extended range on that beat, and you use it with a bunch of other things to craft the best melee weapon. phaseblade can carry you well into hard mode though. 

you dont have to fight the eater in cramped quarters. you can build a flat open area on the surface of the corruption to fight him on. you just need to get to the surface after destroying the orb. also if someone does have 200+ health then that also means the eye of cthulu could appear as well. 

you can pick up the hellforge with explosives. if you blow up the bricks underneath it. 

thats if you just want the ivy whip and your going to ignore everything else the jungle gets you. jungle armor, blade of grass, thorn chakram, and ivy whip. 1 person gathering enough stuff just for himself takes quite a bit of work. it is one of the most time consuming (and difficult) things to acquire. I'd also say the Underground Jungle should be attempted after eater. they are interchangeable, however if you dont have shadow armor from eater than your going to end up dying a lot in the underground. and sure the jungle will make killing the eater much easier, but considering the amount of time you spend in the underground jungle vs fighting the eater its probably better to have the better gear for surviving the underground, then having the better gear for fighting the eater. especially when you have a group. a group is far more effective at taking down the eater quickly, then helping each other in the underground.

jungle armor is about equivalent to gold in defense, but it also gives 60 extra mana, 9% extra chance of crit,and 16% reduced mana cost, plus it is arguably harder to find that much gold. find the gold can be inconsistent especially for so many people, while jungle is just a matter of time. that being said I find it best to skip gold armor all together, and instead jump from silver/jungle to shadow armor from the boss. usually the only gold items I make are a pickaxe, and sometimes a sword.

the chakram uses up no ammo, and bounces off things, making it amazing at dealing with enemies in closed spaces like the dungeon. and against an enemy like the eater you can throw it past him and on return it will hit him many times doing significant damage or you can get closer to him him and throw it at him and it will bounce right back to you, and you can spam it doing damage at a much faster rate than the musket. the chakram is one of my favorite weapons in the game. light disc obviously beats it out though because it is the upgraded version.

are you unfamilar with effective tactics for killing the eater? all you need are wooden planks, and some stone blocks. you build it at the top above the surface. he comes up into the air and loses his mobility since he isnt in the ground he cant turn very well.

I'm quite familiar. I find it easier to handle him underground because you can clear a small space (or expand on an already somewhat clear space) and put your platforms there. This is easier to set up because you can wall off any other creatures from spawning while you're building it. Yes, you can do the same to the surface, but it takes longer and requires more materials.
That said, one of the experienced players might want to set that up ahead of time because it is a little easier to deal with him up there once that's already built.

I agree the chakram is a better weapon in most situations. It can be thrown through 1 block walls if you're right up on them (great for Hornet hunting), and even poisons the enemy on occasion. I don't find it optimal for the Eater since you can just as easily stand in front of him with a Blade and let him shove his face into the grinder to keep him from splitting.

60 extra mana does you little good if you don't have spells to use it with. As I pointed out before, they're only two potentially available at the moment. It's not until we can really get into the Dungeon that spell books and rods will become more common. Otherwise 60 mana just means you can mirror back to base all day. Woo hoo. 8D
While I wouldn't suggest decking everyone out in full gold, we've already found more than enough to get everyone a piece or two and a weapon. In fact, the only armor I would suggest that we all load up on will be Moltan before we go to Hardmode, and before that Nightmare Pickaxes all around.

@j, Az also needs them, I believe. She's at around 140, I think.

Stuck a spare life crystal in the chest by itself on the first floor above ground as well as a few stars.
Here is a link to some screenshots of my own world's base.
I have absolutely no idea why all the commands appear to be in Norwegian. But you can still just click on the pictures and read the descriptions.

Very basic design. Nothing fancy, just functional.



Pretty big problem:
We apparently can't summon bosses via item, nor will the Eater of Worlds spawn like he should when you bust 3 orbs.
This will need to be changed somewhere in the server permissions.

Bosses can spawn naturally though, it seems. Jaded and I were accosted by the Eye of Cthulhu earlier this evening. He managed to hold its attention while I built an improvised arena in the middle of the fight. Got the bugger down to 124 HP and he flew off because it turned day.

CobaltMonkey that doesnt look like a very efficient layout. all your facilities are spread so thin, as opposed to having them all together.

@ryn0x the summoning thing is a very big issue. we can not progress past a certain point. We need to kill eater to make the nightmare pickaxe, which is required to mine the higher tier stuff and get better equipment. without it going down to hell is pointless since we cant mine anything, and we likely cant kill skeletron (the final boss of the game pre 1.1), which means we cant go into the dungeon, which also means we cant get the keys for the chests that have the real useful abilities, as well as get the last of the NPCs. and going down to hell is pointless.

Right now the best gear we can get is gold/jungle armor.

EDIT: nevermind I killed sketron with 140 health, jungle armor and the chakram. guess he isnt as hard as I thought. I just went to check to see if he would appear, and fought him when he did. 

I prefer limiting my crafting options through my inventory. have all my chests organized in 1 location I come by drop off stuff I picked up, then pick up stuff I want to use for crafting, then go to 1 area to take care of it all. takes a lot less time scrolling through a bit more than it does running all around the building.

Corrected some NPC locations today via demolition. I apologize to anyone who had their spawn set by the ocean or in the Dungeon entrance, but I had to make both locations not viable as housing in order to get the Tinkerer to move. I've left them as they are because there is one more NPC to be spawned yet, though not until we start Hardmode. I added another floor of NPC housing to the main tower, which should account for all NPCs.

I have purchased a piggy bank from the merchant and set it up in his quarters. It's an item storage thing like a chest, however it's contents are unique to whoever access it. Multiple players can use the same Piggy Banks without having access to each others items. Each player will only see their own items when accessing the same piggy bank.
You can also just buy one of your own to carry around. It's important to note that we're in a stage now where money actually becomes quite useful, so you'll actually care when half of what you're carrying when you die is dropped on the ground. The good news is that if you've stored money in a piggy bank, this does not happen. So, carrying one around with you and stopping to move your money to it sometimes is a good idea.

Also of note, the Tinkerer sells Rocket Boots for 5 Gold. These vastly increase your air time if you hold the jump button. Just be careful because their charge is limited. You can pseudo-fly for a couple of seconds while using these (instantly recharges when you land), and it's entirely possible to fly yourself so high you take serious falling damage. However, they can also be used to break a long fall if you wait until nearish the ground before using them all up.
Additionally, once we have a Tinkerer's Workshop (also purchased from the Tinkerer) you'll be able to combine them with Heremes boots if you can find any in chests. These let you run whenever you build up on a flat stretch, and combining them with the Rocket Boots will combine their functions as well. This very greatly reduces travel times.
However, the Workshop also costs 10 Gold, a fair sum for this stage. I suggest we pool money to get it.


I also found several chests while playing, and have stored a Band of Regeneration and a few other things in the community chests. nobody If you want to go full caster, I've also happened upon a Nature's Gift I can give to you when next you're on.

Just the NPC reassignment permission.