These are gameplay hotkeys and can be re-bound by going to Settings → Controls. The keys listed here are the defaults. Show
The following are mostly undocumented and hardcoded (i.e., can't be changed):
And, last but not least:
Current as of Terraria 1.3 1Chests can quickly become disorganized in Minecraft. This is especially true in the early going as many players make one or two chests and drop everything they have into them until they have more permanent storage. This can make it difficult to find items as they get lost in the shuffle of a full double chest. One thing that can alleviate that issue is organizing chests. Many set up entire storage rooms with chests designated for food, weapons, tools, blocks and other items. This helps them keep track of where things are and where they need to go. Getting to that point, especially from a disorganized beginning, can be a big challenge. Moving the items around can be tedious and take a long time. Items can be moved a little bit quicker, though. Here's how to do it. Moving items around quickly in Minecraft chestsOne way to get all of the items out of a chest and into a player's inventory is to break the chest. This will only work if players have an empty inventory and nothing in their hands. It will also only work if it's a single chest because a double chest has too many items for one player. It can be done with a double chest, it will just require Minecraft gamers to briefly leave half of the items floating on the ground or in the leftover chest since it needs to be broken twice. Havnt slept yet. Got super addicted to Minecraft and i've been playing all night and day. Decided to fix my house so i destroyed my chests to move them then started fixing the house before i put my items back in the chest and they all disappeared. Never playing MC again. gn Havnt slept yet. Got super addicted to Minecraft and i've been playing all night and day. Decided to fix my house so i destroyed my chests to move them then started fixing the house before i put my items back in the chest and they all disappeared. Never playing MC again. gn Alternatively, there are ways to move items quickly without breaking the chest. If players have multiple items, they can move them all simultaneously. Click and hold the shift key (on a PC) and then left-click on one item in the inventory. Next, drag and hover it on another similar item in the inventory, and click on it. All the items will be moved to the chest at the moment. There is yet another method, as one Minecraft Redditor pointed out.
Finally, there is one more way to move things quickly in a chest. This method is very useful when finding loot chests, especially in desert temples. To quickly select all of the same items in a chest, double click on one of them. For Xbox users, this will involve double tapping the A button. This brings all the items from the chest into one stack. After that, whatever button is used to quickly move an item from a Minecraft chest to inventory or back will work. This can be done very quickly and will facilitate shifting the bulk of that item somewhere else.
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The default game controls are listed below. These can be changed from the Controls menu in settings on the title screen. While in-game, they can be accessed by opening the inventory, selecting "Settings", and navigating to "Controls". Desktop / Console Versions[]Gameplay Controls[]
Map Controls[]
Hotbar Controls[]
Others[]PC-Only Content: This section's information applies only to the PC version of Terraria.
Inventory[]
NPC[]
Equipment[]
Miscellaneous[]
Nintendo Switch Version[]Touch controls[]The Nintendo Switch version of the game utilizes the touch screen in handheld mode to make playing easier. Most of the controls are very similar to controls from the Mobile version of the game, but some are entirely new. Some of these controls include:
Unlike the mobile version, however, pinching the screen to zoom in and out uses the selected item. Mobile Version[]It has been suggested that this page/section be rewritten. [discuss]
iOS, Android, and Amazon versions[]As of Mobile 1.3, the user interface has been updated to more closely reflect that of the desktop version. However, as mobile users typically will be dealing with touch controls and/or smaller screens, there are a few small differences between the two to make gameplay flow smoothly. The inventory is primarily split up into 5 sections: The Inventory and Housing Menu on the left, and Chat, Equipment Menu, and Crafting on the right. Like many other UI elements, they can be moved around and altered in the settings. Inventory[]Akin to the desktop version, The inventory consists of 50 slots. The player can set whether the 10 left most slots or the top row serves as the hotbar. Some inventory functions have been moved to below the inventory for easy access. These include the tools, research, and a split function. The tools button opens a small window consisting of the various toggles, such as those given by the Paint Sprayer and the Torch God's Favor. Researching is also accessible here, separately from the Journey Mode tools accessible in the pause menu. The split button opens a small slider which splits a stack in two based on its position. []It is identical to the housing menu on desktop, save for an aesthetic change where each NPC fills in a placeholder slot as they move in. Chat[]The player can type messages and view status messages in the Chat menu. This window also has a button which allows access to Emotes. It functions identically to the chat on the PC version.Equipment[]Consists of all the equipment the player has equipped. Visibility can be toggled by tapping the show/hide button, but not by double tapping the accessory as seen in the Nintendo Switch version. Crafting[]Consists of a list of craftable items with a Craft button below. The materials needed will be listed next to the button. The player can access all duplicated items here by pressing the duplication button in Journey mode. There are filters for Weapons, Blocks, Accessories, Materials, All (which disables the active filter), Armor, Misc, and Consumables, accessible even outside of Journey mode. Windows Phone version[]Inventory / Storage Tab[]
Equipment Tab[]
Crafting Tab[]
NPC Shop Tab[]
3DS Version[]
3DS Inventory[]Quick Inventory[]
The touch screen features the players hotbar, housing menu, map, and other utilities. This is referred to by the game as the "Quick Inventory". The quick inventory shows the first ten slots in the players inventory, similarly to the mobile version of the game. The top left button under the hotbar allows the player to Quick Stack to Nearby Chests, which will be greyed out if the player is not near any chest. The middle button allows the player to drop an item they've tapped and held onto, greyed out if there is no item to drop. The top right button is the housing menu, which will be greyed out unless the player is in a house. The bottom three buttons are the World Map, Building/Precision Mode, and the player's Inventory from left to right.
Inventory[]The Inventory on the 3DS version is very similar to the inventory on the Mobile version. Items appear on the bottom screen, while an item's statistics will appear on the top. The top ten slots of the inventory will be brightened, indicating items in these slots will appear in the Quick Inventory. Items can be thrown away with , and stacks of items can be split with . Below both the trash and split icon is a drop icon. Armor can be equipped with when selected, but even if that armor is a vanity item, it will be equipped in the armor slots and be swapped with any item currently filling the slot. Also similar to the Mobile version, items can be dragged between slots opposed to just using button inputs. However, button inputs are still required when equipping or depositing items, as there is no way to drag items between tabs. On the top of the inventory screen are four/five buttons. The first, being a back arrow, causes the player to exit the inventory. The rest toggle the crafting menu, the inventory, the chest's inventory (if applicable), and the player's armor/accessory screen.Chest Inventory[]When a chest is opened, controls differ greatly from the regular inventory. To take an item out of a chest, is used, and will loot all of the items from the chest. Items cannot be split or trashed from the chest directly. When the player's inventory is accessed when a chest is available, a quick stack button appears at the bottom left corner of the screen. A deposit button will also appear if an item is selected, but does not share the button shortcut of X with the take button. Thus, the player should be careful they don't trash an item they wish to put back into a chest.[]The crafting menu splits up crafting recipes into multiple sections. These sections are: can be used to switch between categories, and or the button on the touch screen can be used to craft the selected item. Items can be selected with the D-Pad, Circle Pad, or touch screen. Items that can be crafted will be listed before items that cannot, and will have a blue background. Attempting to craft an uncraftable item show the reason it is uncraftable next to the craft button. Similar to items with long tooltips, an item with a long name as an ingredient will have it's name scroll back and forth.Player Inventory[]The player's armor and accessories are on the last tab of the inventory. Pressing will remove that armor or accessory and place it in the player's inventory. The five eyes below the player image show and hide the player's accessories, so long as they aren't wings. can be pressed to view the player's current buffs and debuffs as well as their durations. Buffs can be canceled with when on the screen.Shop Inventory[]When interacting with a NPC that sells items, the NPC will appear in place of where a chest would appear. Items can be bought from an NPC with , so long as the player has sufficient funds. Items can also be from the player's inventory with . When an item is sold to an NPC, that item goes to the Re-Buy slots, a section of 5 slots where items sold recently can be rebought. Unlike shops in the PC version, exiting the NPC's shop inventory will not erase items in the Re-Buy slots, instead, items in said slots will only be erased if the player saves and exits the game.History[]
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