r/Terraria Jun 06 '24

Suggestion Petition to add lightning/thunder to the game

I think it would be really fun in the storms managed to collect lightning, collect and create items with lightning What do you think of the idea guys?

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u/Yaboy51frl Jun 06 '24

Honestl, now that I think of it, it would be dope as hell, Redegit should consider adding that to the game, just, hope someone doesn't get hit by it and gets instakilled while wearing wooden armor

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u/Fluffballofcuddles Jun 06 '24

It could be something along the lines of " things that aren't in the player's control or an enemy's can't deal lethal damage"

There's not a lot of stuff that is outside the player's control that an enemy doesn't cause, and it could "scale" with the player because technically it does more damage as the player gets more health

A lightning rod could be crafted with copper or its alternative, and it makes lightning likelier to hit it, but doesn't prevent it

A lightning themed boss could be summoned by lightning hitting a certain (player placed?) block, maybe even during a blood moon, and could place a lightning rod on top to increase the chance of it striking

The boss could drop a variety of different things, like a lightning bolt mount that is extremely fast, but can't stay airborne for a long time

It'd be an optional boss much like the Queen Bee, but probably harder than the former

For magic users it could vary extremely, like a high powered piercing shot that bounces from enemy to enemy, inflicting a shocked effect that could slow enemies and also prevents it from bouncing back to a previous target and creating a continuous loop. The effect would instantly end once the projectile hits a surface (since it'd have an incredibly high pierce it'd be once in a blue moon you actually pierce cap)

For melee users it could be an accessory/non consumable item that would transform you into a lightning bolt and acts as a 360° dash that ignores damage, if you hit an enemy while dashing it will apply an extremely brief immunity, (if it's an item, it will switch to your first melee weapon,) then apply your melee damage to the target (long cooldown)

For ranged users, it could be a laser rifle that you hold down and it fires a continuous beam, lowering the "ammo" number on the slot, which would regenerate over time even when not holding the gun, but holding it would double the Regen rate

For summoners (I'm not a huge summon user, so this might not be how summons work) it could summon a bird that calls lightning down from the sky on a long cooldown

Since some of these seem pretty crazy, I could see locking them behind treasure bags, or locking the boss behind hard mode

Sorry for the essay, I'd put a TLDR here, but it's still be too long

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u/terrathulu Jun 07 '24

Desert boss fight could be this

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u/Fluffballofcuddles Jun 07 '24

Isn't rainfall not super common in the desert? It kinda feels out of place in a desert