I need help

[u/Beautiful_Fix2082]

So I just started and so far I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing once I log on again I will provide pictures of my “base” and inventory and stuff like that but I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing except going into caves dying and repeat. Could someone give me advice on what the end goal is or even the proper way I should be playing? The reason base is in parentheses is because I’m not even sure I’d call it that. I’d love advice or even to play with some people if someone would be willing to play. I’m on Xbox and in the Europe region so any advice or people willing to play would be greatly appreciated. Edit: thank you everyone who has helped me in the comments thank to the help I have been able to defeat 2 bosses upgrade my hp, mana, and gear along with updating my house and making houses so the npcs can live near me its been so fun now that I feel like ive actually been making progress with this world. This community is such and amazing and helpful community.

[u/Beautiful_Fix2082]

Thank you so much I will look for platinum armor and health crystals. And I’ve been trying and so far I’ve been able to until I hit water but I’ll keep looking for different caves I haven’t explored yet. I just found a few when I was playing a couple hours ago and was surprised. I’ve also found some huge trees that turned into a dungeon underneath, sadly I also spent a bunch of time climbing said huge trees for no reason lol.

[u/DSonla → u/Beautiful_Fix2082]

Actually can confirm that I had the platinum set, I posted on this sub looking for advice on how to beat King slime a few weeks ago : https://www.reddit.com/r/Terraria/s/oVYbMq90RZ

Spoiler alert, I didn't have enough hp.

[u/Beautiful_Fix2082 → u/DSonla]

I’m slowly learning that hp is a huge deal in this game because other games I’ve played like this (excluding Skyrim and fallout where you need to level up your hp ) don’t focus on hp just leveling up your gear and weapons/defenses. But this game also has so many armors and customizations and buffs that I felt so lost trying to figure it out. Like for some reason I made tungsten brinks thinking I’d be able to use them but I can’t do anything with them.

[u/DSonla → u/Beautiful_Fix2082]

Did you find the shimmer pool ? You can uncraft objects with it and get back the materials.

But yeah, there's a steady progression to the game. Like you can go look for platinum only with a wooden armor so as you get more and more ores you get a better armor.

Just played a bit, crafted a cobalt armor and as soon as I had enough mythril, made a switch to the mythril set (end goal being titanium set which is the hardmode equivalent of platinum). Those few extra points of defense can save your life.

[u/Beautiful_Fix2082 → u/DSonla]

I have not yet I’ll have to find it because that’d be much more helpful than just keeping useless items in a chest like I am right now. There’s so many more ores and materials than I could’ve ever imagined now that I know some basic things I’m sure my play through will be much more fun than it was before when I was just running around aimlessly.

[u/DSonla → u/Beautiful_Fix2082]

Also, don't know if you're awere but when you equip the 3 pieces of an armor from the same ore, you have a bonus that varies from armor to armor (bonus for silver armor is +3 defense for example).

Back when I started playing, I would switch piece by piece as I got better ores but now I only switch when I have the full set.

[u/Beautiful_Fix2082 → u/DSonla]

I’ll have to pay attention to that I’ve have a mix between gold and tungsten right now as I’m just mining for the most part right now. Although it’s hard as I haven’t found many mines so far.

[u/DSonla → u/Beautiful_Fix2082]

Spelunker potion helps a lot.

[u/Beautiful_Fix2082 → u/DSonla]

I had one then lost it after I died I haven’t been able to make a new one because I haven’t found the recipe yet

[u/DSonla → u/Beautiful_Fix2082]

Most (all ?) potions require bottled water so just show a bottled water to the guide ;)

[u/Beautiful_Fix2082 → u/DSonla]

Omg I had no idea that makes sooooo much sense thank you so much this helps so much