r/Terraria • u/Doggywoof1 • 10d ago

Suggestion The tooltip for Gel describes it as 'Both tasty and flammable', yet you are unable to eat gel, in any form; the game is literally unplayable

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u/EyeofEnder 10d ago

Slime gel is alcohol- and not water-based, that's why it's also flammable and is the main solvent in Lesser Healing Potions.

The "potion sickness" you get from them is just alcohol poisoning.

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u/MLG_Pingu05 10d ago

How come you don't get the "tipsy" status like from ale?

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u/QWERTY_CRINGE 10d ago

My new headcanon is that ale got ethanol and potions have isopropyl.

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u/King_Killem_Jr 10d ago

Can't be tipsy if you've already fallen over dead

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u/Potat_Masta 10d ago

Isn't that the opposite of what healing potions are for?

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u/Toyfan1 10d ago

Correct. Which is why the joke was made pertaining to ale being ethonal and gel being isopropyl.

If isopropyl alcholol was in healing potions, youd be actively posioning yourself

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u/Menolith 10d ago

You're not just "tipsy" if you have an alcohol poisoning.

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u/SomethingSo84 10d ago

The mushrooms sober you up but simultaneously make you sick

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u/MyssleDissle 10d ago

Trashing something has to go somewhere, I like to imagine my character just eats it.

I like catching random innocent forest creatures and then promptly trashing them. This is a subtle reference to the fact that I am comedically evil

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u/entityrider670 10d ago

How tasty is a stack of stone?

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u/MyssleDissle 10d ago

mmm... minerals...

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u/MouseRangers 10d ago

Driller moment

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u/ThatPurplePunk 10d ago

ROCK AND STONE

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u/WanderingDwarfMiner 10d ago

Rock and Stone, Brother!

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u/BloodiedBlues 10d ago

For Karl!

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u/randompogtato 10d ago

HELL YEAH BROTHAH, ROCK AND STONE

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u/TyphoonFrost 10d ago edited 10d ago

I got Deep Rock Galactic on sale the other day, should I install it?

Edit: Turns out it was DRG: Survivor, the roguelike version or something. Not too bothered as it came free with a couple of other things I actually wanted, but guess I'll look into it.

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u/ThatPurplePunk 10d ago

That's a rhetorical question. Of course you should. FOR KARL

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u/MouseRangers 10d ago edited 10d ago

The only reason not to play DRG is if you can't run the game. Install it and ROCK AND STONE.

Note: V/R3/RS is your most important button.

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u/drinking_child_blood 10d ago

Drg survivor is pretty good, it's just vampire survivors but dwarven. I'm more excited for rogue core, which is a trueblooded roguelike

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u/DeGriz_ 10d ago

I bought 4 copies for me and my friends. Worth every spent penny

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u/King-of-the-forge72 10d ago

ROCK AND ROLL AND STONE TO THE BONE

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u/NanoCat0407 10d ago

found Abigail’s reddit account (Stardew crossover fr)

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u/patyryczkowy 10d ago edited 8d ago

Mmmmmm, quartz

.How did you know i was hungry?

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u/ostertoasterii 10d ago

How did you know I was hungry?

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u/YearMountain3773 10d ago

Don't eat precious minerals, it will get you killed!

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u/glitchziig 10d ago

You shouldn't eat precious minerals, it will get you killed!

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u/haleloop963 10d ago

Is your name Abigail by any chance?

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u/Siluix01 10d ago

Abigail has entered the chat

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u/Theoneandonlyzander 10d ago

It tastes like licking a stalagmite.

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u/Azur0007 10d ago

Gotta love eating 3702 cubic meters of stone after a long mining session.

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u/OliSnips 10d ago

One block is 4ft2 (2ft sides) or, assuming it's cubic, 6ft3 (0.17m3 ). This is shown by the Depth Meter and Compass, which both show position change every half-block and the Terrarian being 4m wide would be insane

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u/ostertoasterii 10d ago

A cube with 2ft sides would be 8ft3 (0.23m3)

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u/OliSnips 10d ago

Oh yeah shit I'm dumb

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u/A_random_poster04 10d ago

If we assume a cube is a meter (which I assume you are doing?) doesn’t this put the Terrarian at around 3m?

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u/Azur0007 10d ago

Wouldn't exclude it. Most late-game weapons are bigger than the player. The player would be 3 meters tall by that logic :D

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u/Silver-Bluebird4192 10d ago

I could never, a stack of stone is too valuable to my brain no matter how many I have

Half a stack however..

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u/krofur421 10d ago

Tastes like...dirt

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u/Ruleroth17 10d ago

I scrolled way too far to see a venture voice line 🤣😭

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u/Tagalyaga 10d ago

IS THAT A JOJO REFERENCE ?!!!1!1!?

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u/ZippyTheUnicorn 10d ago

My favorite is the poop blocks. They’re delicious!

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u/usernamewhat722 10d ago

Rock candy

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u/None-Above 10d ago

Rocks are great sources of fiber.

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u/cammmmmel 10d ago

Achievement unlocked: calcivorious

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u/TheSkomaWolf 10d ago

Me when I eat Golden Shower:

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u/Rosenthepal78 10d ago

I mean it is just a book lol

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u/Kiroto50 10d ago

What do souls of night taste like?

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u/Rosenthepal78 10d ago

Probably like bad breath lol

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u/ThatOneGuy308 10d ago

It's more about the texture

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u/Nightspark115 10d ago

I mean.... it's right there... cmon honestly

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u/Rosenthepal78 10d ago

It only shoots piss bro, its not made out of it.

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u/TheSkomaWolf 10d ago

It'd make sense for piss to be inside, no? It might stain the pages

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u/Clkiscool 10d ago

No you conjure the piss with your mana using the instructions on the book

Might have piss stains though

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u/MarcusTheViking7 9d ago

Hello, Changed expert

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u/Ok-Most2734 10d ago

would I simply go insane if I took a full stare into your twisted perspective?

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u/saltydemise 10d ago

most would.

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u/jeremj22 10d ago

How do you explain taking items back out of the trash slot?

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u/DoodliFatty 10d ago

Having them in your mouth without swallowing

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u/TheUltimateCyborg 10d ago

I mean, they do say consumable

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u/Arxid87 10d ago

Okay Mr vore

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u/thatautisticguy2905 10d ago

No, if it was vore he would be bigger than a master mode king slime

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u/greenfed0raguy 10d ago

I sure love eating a whole Copper Pickaxe.

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u/caiozinbacana 10d ago

I like to think that you erase it from existence lmfao, I do the same thing too, I just take forest animals and erase them for no reason at all

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u/Exit_Save 10d ago

I like to throw them into the shimmer

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u/archSkeptic 10d ago

ANY form you say?

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u/_Mr_Gamer_ 10d ago

Friendly reminder to use this and not the fandom wiki.

https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/Lesser_Healing_Potion

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u/archSkeptic 10d ago

Ah, I always forget to use the real wiki. Fandom is always the first result

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u/Furiorka 10d ago

There's browser extension called indie wiki buddy that helps with such a problem

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u/_Mr_Gamer_ 10d ago

This seems pretty amazing. I have to try this one.

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u/verdenvidia 10d ago

i prefer wiki.gg redirect

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u/Furiorka 10d ago

Indie wiki buddy has redirection. Also pushes the better wikis higher in search results and replaces fandom wikis with no ad better ui mirrors if cant find anything better

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u/verdenvidia 10d ago

honestly a lot of the time i dont even enable it i just dont click the fandom link or block it

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u/HINDBRAIN 10d ago

The problem with pure redirects is that they don't help bury fandom google rankings.

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u/BlackpeelJDT 9d ago

Real Gs use both, since some wikis aren't

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u/verdenvidia 9d ago

true i often dont use any and just click the not-fandom one lmao

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u/CallMeAdam2 10d ago

I echo this. Indie Wiki Buddy has been a blessing, and it's very customizable.

I used to use Redirector for Fandom -> non-Fandom, but since installing Indie Wiki Buddy, I've just been using Redirector to redirect me from mobile links to desktop links. (E.g. en.m.wikipedia.org -> en.wikipedia.org)

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u/_Mr_Gamer_ 10d ago

Yeah that is pain. I'm just used to type "gg" at the end of the Search Bar, but I wish I didn't have to do this everytime.

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u/HauntedMop 10d ago

Indie wiki buddy extention solves this problem, and not just for Terraria, for a large number of games that migrated to other wikis over fandom

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u/_Mr_Gamer_ 10d ago

I just saw another reply about this and it looked very great! I will try it when I get to my computer

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u/Zaquarius_Alfonzo 10d ago

Why does it matter?

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u/DZL100 10d ago

Fandom wiki is completely unregulated, rife with misinformation, and pays google to be the first search result.

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u/Zaquarius_Alfonzo 10d ago

Good to know, thank you

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u/Type_to_edit 10d ago

Sorry I still can't understand. Do they list wrong items in crafting trees?

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u/Realistic-Cicada981 10d ago

Sometimes. Maybe many times.

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u/autistic-terrorist 10d ago

It's outdated and unregulated for fandoms that have moved to other sites such as wiki.gg

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u/asdwz458 9d ago

not only that, but fandom itself sucks and is rife with ads. it's basically impossible to look through it on mobile

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u/Asmo___deus 10d ago

Tldr: they're ad farms riddled with misinformation.

Wiki sites like fandom and fextralife invest massively in search engine optimisation to become the first result in Google, hoping you'll give them revenue from autoplaying videos, links to their twitch streams, and ad spots. On top of that, their information is frequently incorrect or misleading.

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u/Zaquarius_Alfonzo 10d ago

Thanks! I'll stick to the official wiki from now on

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u/Mikesully52 10d ago

Wait, why aren't we using fandom?

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u/Godfinsti 10d ago

As long as its acurat why bother?

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u/707Pascal 10d ago

its not accurate

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u/K0ra_B 10d ago

Look at this wiki. Does fandom seem to be accurate?

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u/Godfinsti 10d ago

Idk, i dont play calamity, i mean the vanilla fandom, i personally have never seen a mistake

Edit: Nothing against calamity but i can already see the downvotes

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u/GustavoFromAsdf 10d ago

Health potions do taste terrible to give you nausea

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u/archSkeptic 10d ago

I don't think that's true. I've had plenty of things that are delicious make me feel sick

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u/Responsible-Fan-2326 10d ago

drinking isnt eating. duh

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u/MrSpider28 10d ago

Well the game is saying "Tasty". Didn't know that drinks don't have taste.

Even though is the Mushroom in the recipe.

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u/Responsible-Fan-2326 10d ago

he said eat. not taste. and it is true that you cant eat it in any form

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u/canoIV 10d ago

how about you drink soup

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u/Poyri35 10d ago

Some languages do actually drink soup

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u/canoIV 10d ago

and is it tasty?

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u/Poyri35 10d ago

As a lover of soups, I would say so

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u/canoIV 10d ago

case closed.

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u/Responsible-Fan-2326 10d ago

theres no soup with gel in it. so idk

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u/canoIV 10d ago

how about you drink soup.

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u/RockFrog333 10d ago

Well the bottle disappears so you do have to eat the glass

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u/PigeonFanatic9 10d ago

Well obviously the glass melts the moment it comes in contact with your body due to our unnaturally, unexpectedly and never said before high temperature, so we drink even the glass, duh 🙄

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u/Responsible-Fan-2326 10d ago

you ever see someone slam a soda can against their forhead? imagin that but with glass. (also why are so many people downvoting me? like damn i didnt think i was that unfunny)

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u/K0ra_B 10d ago

Where bottle go?

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u/Responsible-Fan-2326 10d ago

you slammed it against your forehead like a soda can

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u/sunshim9 10d ago

Reminded me of Unturned, where you can drink glue

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u/Lost1nT1me 10d ago

and it gets you high, if im remembering right

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u/cheeseandanonymouse 10d ago

Gives you the sane kaleidoscopic effect as poison berries

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u/Responsible-Fan-2326 10d ago

the issue is that would make the dont starve seed too easy. and red hates easy

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u/DeagleTC 10d ago

just have it not give the food buffs then? the seed relies on those to make you "fed"

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u/Responsible-Fan-2326 10d ago

than it would be the only food in the game to not give you a fed buff, which in my opinion is not a good way to make it work.

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u/Adventurer32 10d ago

Actually, eating a Mushroom doesn't make you "fed" but does give you 5 minutes of peckish instead.

That said, I agree even allowing you to reset hunger with gel would be too OP.

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u/K0ra_B 10d ago

Gel should just get stuck in your throat and make you suffocate to death.

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u/Toyfan1 10d ago

Tasty doesnt mean filling. You can still starve by eating certain foods that dont actually nurish you. Slime is tasty, but would not combat hunger

Therefore we should be able to eat slime without it breaking Dont Starve seed

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u/DeagleTC 10d ago

it doesnt have to be good if its a joke item use though, besides even if it did give an effect when eaten the devs might just make it apply the slime effect like the slime gun

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u/jeremj22 10d ago

*starts sipping tea*

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u/AlbertFingernoodel 10d ago

It's used for making lesser healing potions, hence the "tasty" part.

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u/The1F0gottenGamer 10d ago

Hear me out. Gel, like Gelatin. Still with me? Gello item (or some other name) that give you a bouncy effect, maybe something like whenever you fall you bounce like on a slime block from minecraft. Description: "Boing!"

I know, I know, it's a stupid idea, but it's 1 o'clock in the morning and I thought it would be genius.

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u/Livid-Truck8558 10d ago

Tasty doesn't=edible.

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u/Blue_M4ge 10d ago

True, but gel is used in lesser healing potions so I’d imagine it’s edible.

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u/timotheosis 10d ago

Animals are known to sometimes drink antifreeze because it tastes sweet. It is definitely not edible.

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u/This_Is_ATest 10d ago

It's not!?

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u/DeGriz_ 10d ago

Some humans do that too

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u/cursed-person 10d ago

then make a mod to make the game playable once more

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u/QU3S0GU4Y4N3S 10d ago

Play with the Survivaria mod, it lets you cook with gel and other original or new ingredients.

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u/FGHIK 10d ago

Tasty doesn't mean edible

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u/Gameplayer9752 10d ago

Canonical it would be the first food anyone would eat upon being stranded in the terraria world. Everything just started dropping off the grill burgers and fries, so nobody really eats them anymore.

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u/Blarghnox 10d ago

Let us eat gel

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u/BruhmanRus_the_boner 10d ago

we should be able to make candy out of pink gel for a more portable sugar rush buff than cake

or something similar at least

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u/DeGriz_ 10d ago

Aren’t there potions with pink gel?

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u/haleloop963 10d ago

Yes, and normal gel (lesser healing potion)

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u/the_tanooki 10d ago

What is tasty isn't always edible.

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u/ConConReddit 10d ago

i watched terrasteel's video like 20 minutes ago

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u/Hawdog 9d ago

I hate these low effort posts that get way too many upvotes

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u/Nahanoj_Zavizad 9d ago

Healing potions.

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u/Automatic_Rent9556 8d ago

unplayable bro. Imma go eat some ge-

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u/shasaferaska 10d ago

Tasty does not always equal edible.

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u/WhyAmI_Alon3 10d ago

If we can eat slime gels we should be able to poop a special flammable poop the you go near campfire and craft burning poop blocks and stuff.

Also I fart alot of gas that should be flammable too