Terrariawas lucky enough to get official modding support when TModLoader became DLC a few years ago, which has led to the release of over 8,000 mods.
You can easily get these through the in-game mod loader or the Steam Workshop, but finding the best mods out there is still a struggle.
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Sorting by popular usually barrages you with many different versions of the same mod, some questionable quality of life, and isn’t all too helpful.
That’s what this list is for, as I’ll list and rank the ten best Terraria mods I can vouch for being great additions to the base game or complete game-changers.
10Consolaria
Description
Consolaria
Adds in most previously exclusive and unobtainable content from the Mobile and Console versions of Terraria.
If you grew up with the mobile or console versions of Terraria as I did, you were probably pretty disappointed whenall of the console-exclusive contentgot pretty much removed.
While Ocram may have just been a weird version of the Mechanical Bosses with Eye of Cthulu’s AI, he was still a neat addition to the game that you can’t see anymore.
That said, Consolaria is an awesome mod for people like me who are nostalgic for the weird and wacky content of these versions, and it’s way better at incorporating it.
It improves on and imports Ocram, Turkor, and Lepus, adding cool exclusive items like Dragon Armor, a ton of vanity, and of course, the Holy Hand Grenade.
9Starlight River
Short and Sweet Revolution
Starlight River
Fully overhauls the Terraria experience with unique bosses, cutscenes, environments, and NPCs, but only goes to pre-hardmode.
Starlight River isn’t done yet, only extending to just before the end of pre-hard mode, but what’s there is an incredibly promising, polished experience.
Every boss feels completely alien from what you’d expect from a Terraria mod, having massive bullet patterns and boss arenas that are rendered beautifully.
It’s not just a glorified boss rush, though, as it adds a ton of really unique weapons and items for every class, as well as a bunch of RPG-esque items that make classes even more important.
It’s one of the best mods out there; I just wish it wasn’t so short, as an experienced Terraria player can burn through it all in an hour or so.
8Archipelago Mod
Co-Op and Co-Game Randomization
Archipelago Randomizer Mod
Randomizes Terraria, making achievements unlock items or major progression, and can be used to randomize the game with other games and other players.
Easily the most underrated way to experience around a hundred or so different games, the Archipelago Randomizer lets you randomize Terraria, in a much more sensible way than other randomizers.
It has progression locked behind achievements, meaning you could be forced to beat the Goblin invasion to unlock Hardmode and get Hermes Boots as a reward.
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If it were just that, it probably wouldn’t make it on this list, but Archipelago lets you randomize your pool of items with other people playing other games.
For example, you could kill the Eye of Cthulu, which would give your friend playing Minecraft the Iron Armor Recipe, and cutting a tree would give someone playing Kingdom Hearts 2 access to Halloween Town.
7Spirit Mod
Sweet Like Vanilla
Spirit Mod
Adds in 8 bosses, many new items, a quest system, and several biomes, with a focus on being vanilla-like.
Unlike most other content mods, the Spirit Mod doesn’t seek to diverge a ton from vanilla; instead, it keeps the same four classes intact, with new stuff added.
This new stuff extends to weapons for each class, biomes with banger music, and a few systems reworked here and there, namely in the Ocean biome.
The new bosses aren’t too much to write home about, but they fill in the gaps with vanilla progression quite nicely, and the massive amount of new enemies helps keep things fresh.
Overall, it’s a very quaint mod that does a lot more to enhance the vanilla experience, and I can appreciate that a lot.
6TerRougelike
Risk of ‘Rarria
TerRoguelike
Adds a new mode to the title screen, entirely seperate from the standard game, which allows you to play an entire roguelike built inside Terraria.
If you’re a big fan of Roguelikes, you might already try to play Terraria quickly enough to feel like a Roguelike, in which case, TerRoguelike is perfect for you.
It completely reworks the game mechanics, having you go through several dungeons with limited items, getting items that have unique effects with every encounter you beat.
It’s incredibly similar toRisk of Rain, but arguably feels even better to play than the 2D games in that series, as you get free aim, awesome movement, and some really fun bosses.
Just like Risk of Rain, every item is unique, stackable, and can synergize with other items you find, and it’s practically a whole new game built inside a Terraria mod.
5AlchemistNPC Lite
Who Liked Grinding Anyway?
AlchemistNPC Lite
Adds several town NPCs that focus on reducing grinding, namely by selling potion ingredients, boss drops, and accessories.
AlchemistNPC is a bit of a controversial one, as it’s arguably gone beyond simple Quality of Life additions and into the territory of just making the game easier.
That said, if you just absolutely hate refighting bosses, scavenging the world for accessories, or getting potions, this mod is a lifesaver.
I’d only really recommend it on modded playthroughs where you need that convenience to make some tasks more bearable since I think it’s pretty fun to do most things this mod discourages.
That said, I love the Alchemist himself, as getting just about anything he sells makes it much less of a slog to craft potions; the other NPCs are just a bit much.
4Fargo’s Mutant Mod
For Convenience’s Sake
Fargo’s Mutant Mod
Adds several quality-of-life NPCs, namely ones that sell boss summons, event starters, and summons for rare enemies.
Fargo has a ton of mods, and while the Souls mod can be a ton of fun, the Quality of Life additions in Fargo’s Mutant Mod make every playthrough better.
It has a bunch of really helpful NPCs spawning, namely a mutant that sells boss summons, making it way easier to refight any boss you’ve already bested.
On top of that, you get a bunch of other conveniences, like Infinite Ammo bags, massive explosives to help with Hellevators, tooltips that show you if an NPC is selling something, and more.
It’s easily one of the best quality-of-life mods, even if I would never recommend it to someone new to the game, as it can sometimes feel a little cheaty.
3Thorium Mod
Sick, Underrated Additions
Thorium Mod
Adds new classes, 11 bosses, 10 NPCs, and a ton of new items, all intended to match the Vanilla experience.
Thorium is similar to the Spirit Mod, in that it intends to iterate on the Vanilla experience rather than doing its own thing, but with quite a bit more content to it.
It’s got thousands of new items, once again changes the ocean, and has a handful of really well-designed boss fights that feel right at home in Terraria.
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My favorite part, though, is the two or three new classes that it adds, those being Healer, Bard, and the return of the Thrower class that used to only exist in pre-hard mode.
Healer is a great class if you want your friends to like playing with you, but Bard is even better, letting you shred a magic electric guitar that’ll buff you and everyone around you.
2Magic Storage
The Essential Add-on
Magic Storage
Adds storage containers that allow you to easily sort, manage, craft with and search through thousands of items.
For a quality-of-life mod to rank this high, it has to be pretty damn good, and Magic Storage is so good that it’s practically essential for any modded Terraria playthrough.
It’s a great storage solution, letting you make and upgrade boxes that you can stuff thousands of items into and easily browse through them for whatever you need.
It’s especially great with the crafting station, allowing you to use any crafting table from any mod, pooling all your resources you have stored and letting you craft anything you want.
It’s pretty much required if you’re doing more than one content mod at a time, and it’s so well integrated into the vanilla game that I’m shocked Re-Logic hasn’t taken notes.
1Calamity Mod
A Hardship Most Dire
Calamity Mod
Adds 27 bosses, 5 NPCs, a new class, and goes for incredibly unique content that is almost nothing like the vanilla game.
Finally, the most infamous mod, Calamity, is well known for branching off from vanilla and having a whopping 27 bosses, all with incredibly unique drops.
These bosses fill out the vanilla progression sometimes, but the bulk of them are placed after the end of the vanilla game, where Calamity comes into its own,and will kick your ass.
It’s like a whole new game, and with the incredible OST from DM Dokuro, some great sprite work, and bosses that blend bullet-hell gameplay incredibly well with the typical Terraria design, Calamity is awesome
. I’ll never forget my first time trying the Yharon boss fight, eventually hearing the vocal theme that goes way too hard for a mod of an indie game, and then getting decimated.
WHERE TO PLAY
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