Terraria 1.4.5.4 patch notes
Released · update · summarized from Re-Logic's changelog
This update adds a menu for switching unlocked Secret Seeds on and off, and lets players buy and craft items in batches of 10 with Left Shift. Several weapons get balance changes, and a long list of crashes, exploits and visual bugs is fixed.
New features and content
- A new menu behind the Secret Seed button lets players toggle unlocked Secret Seeds on and off.
- Holding Left Shift allows bulk buying and crafting in batches of 10.
- Pine Platforms can now be crafted from Pine Wood as well as Pine Tree blocks.
- Leashed kites and placed critters no longer break when they have no anchor.
- Toybreaker Bricks now break Release Lanterns.
- The This is Canon Now painting is renamed Brasilian Skies.
- Worlds from the Constant + Skyblock seed no longer show the Radio Thing's effect by default.
- The old versions of the resprited sand piles from 1.4.5 were added to the Rubblemaker.
- Bad luck no longer breaks watches.
- The special rules for worlds with few blocks now apply only to worlds generated with the Skyblock seed, including existing ones.
Balance
- The Whip's hitbox is restored to match 1.4.4, and the backswing visuals were adjusted to fit. The swing now always collides as if it goes up to down.
- Mushroom Staff damage rises from 5 to 8.
- Thunder Zapper damage rises from 20 to 24.
- Flinx Fur Staff now costs 6 Flinx Fur instead of 10, the same as before 1.4.5.
- Clouds can now be mined twice as fast.
Crashes, loading and multiplayer
- Spore Sac code was optimized in multiplayer.
- Worlds that failed to load because of a bug with placed critters now load successfully.
- A crash caused by the Book Worm achievement is fixed.
- A crash involving chests and dressers on certain platform setups is fixed.
- Quick stacking items to nearby chests in multiplayer now makes them available to other players who have craft from nearby chests enabled.
- Several multiplayer issues on Skyblock worlds are fixed.
- Several Linux issues are fixed.
Exploits
- An item duplication exploit involving transformation mounts is fixed.
- An exploit involving Roller Skates and wings is fixed.
- An exploit involving high mining speeds and certain melee weapons is fixed.
- A bug with minecart tracks that let players slide on air is fixed.
- Roller Skates no longer wrongly grant immunity to fire blocks.
Items, drops and NPCs
- Villagers no longer refuse to arrive when Truffle is homeless.
- The Chain Knife now drops in pre-Hardmode.
- The Empress of Light's Treasure Bag drops 3 Prismatic Dye instead of 1.
- The Reindeer Bells can be quick-equipped again.
- Chillet mounts can no longer move through solid blocks.
- Digtoise now disappears during the Old One's Army event.
- The Tavernkeep no longer sells Town Pylons, to fit his fully unlocked shop.
- The Skyblock seed now grants the A Rare Realm achievement.
World generation and visuals
- The Dungeon entrance no longer ends up on a Floating Island in several cases.
- Sandstorm visuals now appear in Crimson and Hallow Deserts.
- Pine Wood blocks no longer turn invisible at times.
- Several fences had no map colors and now have them, and some existing fence colors were improved.
- The Snow biome's Aurora effect now fades out when returning to the title screen.
- The Hallowed biome's background rainbow no longer flickers when moving.
- Placing Hallowed blocks in certain biomes no longer breaks the background in some cases.
- A missing pixel in Master Mode's defense counter is fixed.
Interface and other fixes
- Inputs are no longer missed at low framerates in some cases.
- The Screen Shake option now keeps its value between sessions.
- The inventory no longer becomes unresponsive when autopause is on and the inventory is opened while using an item.
- Craft buttons no longer overlap the chest inventory at certain UI scales on gamepad.
- The Snowball Launcher regains its Wireable tooltip.
- A typo in the Logic Gate (XOR) tooltip is fixed.
- Wrong messages no longer appear on the Endless Christmas secret seed.
- Several localization errors are fixed.
Questions
How do I turn Secret Seeds on and off?
Use the Secret Seed button, which now opens a menu where unlocked Secret Seeds can be toggled on and off.
How can I buy or craft items faster?
Hold Left Shift to buy and craft items in batches of 10.
Which weapons were changed in balance?
Mushroom Staff damage goes from 5 to 8 and Thunder Zapper damage from 20 to 24. Flinx Fur Staff now costs 6 Flinx Fur instead of 10, and the Whip's hitbox is restored to match 1.4.4.
What happens to worlds that would not load because of placed critters?
The bug is fixed, and the affected worlds are fine and will now load successfully.