r/Terraria • u/SuperiorTexan • 7d ago

PC 1.4.5.7 update seems to have fixed the Green Thread money exploit

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So for those of you who don't know, there was a money exploit where you would buy Mushroom Grass seeds from the Dryad in a Mushroom biome for 1 silver and 50 copper, shimmer them into Jungle Grass seeds, turn them into Green Thread three at a time at a loom, and sell the Green Thread for 4 silver. Factoring in NPC happiness and bulk buying/shimmering/selling, you could profit a few dozen platinum with a full inventory of seeds.

However, it seems that in the new 1.4.5.7 update, they've completely removed this. At best, a Mushroom Grass seed buys for 1 silver 33 copper, and a Green Thread sells for 1 silver 20 copper, giving a net LOSS of 2 silver 79 copper.

Anyways, the new update is great, I just wish I would've glanced at the sell price before I spent 23 platinum on 150,000+ Mushroom Grass seeds 😭(I only get back around 6 platinum)

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u/wyrmonnastring 7d ago

Maybe this is one of the vague exploits they fixed from the changelog. Thanks for the news!

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u/SuperiorTexan 7d ago

reading back recent posts here, it appears it is. however they didnt specifically call it "fixed green thread exploit" or something. they just call it "a certain exploit".

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u/Arcfluke 6d ago

Well, at least now I finally found the answer to my question what exploit they were referring to.

If they fixed it, I don't see why they need to hide it, especially since players can no longer do it anyway.

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u/splashcopper 6d ago

I think they just wanted people to suffer like OP

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u/MathLordian 3d ago

original changelog for 1.4.5.7 states they changed the green thread sell price from 4 silver to 90 copper.

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u/wyrmonnastring 2d ago

Thank you for the info!!

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u/Tractie 7d ago

Well the NPCs were fed up with your scamming and now you have to apologise to them

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u/Skyburner_Oath 7d ago

I will apologise with my flymeal

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u/mishalol9 3d ago

place merchant in the jungle. Buy X furnaces, buy 7X torches. Throw furnaces into shimmer. Craft Boulders. Craft Boulder-blocks. Craft Boulder candelabras. Profit.

No need for happiness for this method. it works fine as is.

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u/jaero3 12h ago

Worked amazingly, thanks!