Terraria’s ultimate replace, Journey’s End, arrived in May 2020—besides its precise ultimate replace got here out a number of months later, in October 2020. Ah, however then “unfinished enterprise” resulted within the Labor of Love replace in 2022, one thing developer Re-Logic stated “we would have liked to do earlier than we might really feel absolutely comfy shifting on.” But then as an alternative of shifting on, one other “undoubtedly ultimate replace” was introduced in 2022.
That replace, 1.4.5, is at present holding because the ultimate ultimate Terraria replace, however solely as a result of it is not really completed but. It was imagined to be out in 2023 however that did not work, and neither did 2024. It’s getting there, however the selection was to crunch to make a 2024 launch, or to only let it go and get it out someday in ’25, which the studio ultimately opted to do.
“We are certain that won’t be welcome information for a lot of—however we stay dedicated to being a quality-first studio, so we are going to take the time essential for every replace to really feel ‘good’… and we predict that after the replace is out, everybody will admire that point and care,” Re-Logic’s Ted “Loki” Murphy wrote on the time. “Apologies for this one taking so lengthy for certain, however will probably be properly price it.”
Ah, however there’s one other, secret motive Re-Logic will not cease engaged on Terraria: Life itself. “Terraria won’t ever die so long as there may be one final ultimate replace,” lead developer Andrew ‘Redigit’ Spinks stated on Bluesky (through GamesRadar).
He additionally revealed his final long-term plan for Terraria, which is not simply to make a extremely nice, unforgettable videogame, however to attain immortality: “Before I die, I’ll add my consciousness to Terraria, there I can troll the gamers for the remainder of eternity.”
Hey, it is good to have a aim, though I reasonably strongly suspect Spinks is not being fully severe right here. He does, nevertheless, have a historical past of trolling Terraria followers: In 2022, as an example, 9 years after asserting Terraria 2, Spinks modified the situation on his Twitter bio to “Terraria 2 – A New Age,” which prompted an enormous stir amongst followers till Re-Logic confirmed that he (and a bunch of different individuals on the studio) have been simply having some “good enjoyable” with followers.
Re-Logic will get away with it as a result of it is all good enjoyable, for one factor (Spinks additionally just lately introduced a brand new refund coverage for Terraria: No questions requested so long as you’ll be able to defeat him in single fight), but additionally as a result of Terraria is a genuinely nice sport, holding an “overwhelmingly optimistic” score throughout greater than 1.3 million person critiques on Steam. That’s a staggering quantity, and the truth that it continues to attract in 1000’s of concurrent gamers day by day, 14 years after its preliminary launch, is equally spectacular.
The scenario has turn out to be one thing of a working joke among the many Terraria neighborhood over time—Re-Logic simply cannot stop engaged on it—however I do not suppose that is an inherently dangerous factor, both. It’s rather a lot like Eric Barone and Stardew Valley, actually: We’d like to see them do one thing new, but when they wish to preserve hammering away on the outdated stuff till the solar goes chilly and the mountains crumble to the ocean, that’d be nice too.
Unfortunately, Spinks supplied no indication as to when Terraria’s 1.4.5 replace will go reside. He did, nevertheless, decide to getting it carried out: “We are again to work tomorrow and I’ve bought one single mission: releasing the ultimate replace. My sport face is on.”
