After nearly three years of development, Terraria 1.4.5 aptly named Bigger and Bolder is finally here, having launched on January 27. Re-Logic has once again called this the game’s “final update,” though longtime fans know that’s become something of a running joke.
Still, whether or not more tweaks come later, this update is massive, packed with new items, enemies, systems, and crossovers that meaningfully change how Terraria feels moment to moment.
Between crossovers with Dead Cells and Palworld, a massive crafting overhaul, dozens of new weapons and furniture sets, strange new boulder mechanics, and some delightfully weird mounts and pets, Terraria 1.4.5 feels less like a patch and more like a soft expansion.
This update doesn’t just add stuff it adds new ways to interact with the world. From systems that remix world seeds to tools that change how you build, explore, fight, and decorate, 1.4.5 feels designed for players who love Terraria not just as a combat game, but as a living sandbox.
Emmanuel Umahi
New Weapons, Gear, Pets, Mounts, and Items
Terraria 1.4.5 adds dozens of new items, spanning nearly every playstyle — melee, ranged, summoner, builder, collector, and pure chaos enjoyer.
On the combat side, summoners get especially spoiled with a huge batch of new whips themed after major bosses and biomes, including Moon Lord, Stardust, Corruption, Crimson, Duke Fishron, Plantera, Meteorite, Slime, and more. There’s also a Mushroom Staff that summons a friendly Mushroom Boi minion, along with new sentries, grenades, and power skills pulled from crossover content like Dead Cells.
Melee and ranged players aren’t left out either, with weapons like the Flint, Barrel Launcher, Killing Deck, Axearang (yes, it cuts trees when thrown), throwable mud balls, and several bomb upgrades adding new ways to fight and experiment.
Mounts and pets also get wonderfully weird. You can now ride a velociraptor, bat, rat, fairy, or even roller skates across your world. There’s a wood-harvesting Axe Fairy pet, a pufferfish pet, and a surprising number of novelty accessories like stress balls, silly balloons, frog-themed gear, and Tamagotchi-style companions that lean hard into Terraria’s playful side.
On the utility and sandbox front, you’ll find things like a Shimmer water gun that transforms NPCs into their Shimmered versions, infused fertilizer that grows massive trees, hoppers for item automation, a mirror, RC car, pan flute, pylons including a new Aether variant, and a potion literally topped with a crown because it is Terraria.
Even furniture fans get spoiled, with massive new themed sets including Moon, Gothic, Snow, Cloud, Pine, Harpy, Flinx, Fallen Star, Corruption, Crimson, Modern, Metal, Book, Aetherium, Feywood, and more plus Honey-coated furniture, music blocks, CRT TVs, arcade machines, film projectors, and water chest sets.
Basically, if you love collecting, decorating, or building themed bases, this update might quietly be one of Terraria’s best ever.
Emmanuel Umahi
The Boulder Update You Didn’t Know You Needed
Somehow, Terraria 1.4.5 turns boulders into a feature category.
There are now multiple new boulder types, including one that falls upward, one that rains from the sky during thunderstorms, and even a Rainbow Boulder that only appears in secret seed combinations and bounces harmlessly between ores and chests without damaging players. Yes, that’s real.
There’s also a magma-covered boulder, a boulder pet, and because Terraria a Poo Boulder.
These aren’t just jokes, either. Boulder mechanics now play into traps, exploration, environmental hazards, and secret seed chaos in ways that feel very on-brand for the game’s love of unpredictable sandbox moments.
Terraria 1.4.5 also introduces a new class of slime enemies that physically carry items, and those items directly affect how the slimes behave. For example, Cloud Slimes jump higher while holding cloud blocks, Dart Trap Slimes fire darts, and Moonglow Slimes emit light and plant herbs. These slimes are especially common in Skyblock-style worlds and add a subtle layer of environmental storytelling to exploration.
Other new enemies include returning creatures like Orcas from the 3DS version, new hostile pufferfish, and crossover creatures from Palworld including Digtoise, which players can summon to mine through blocks, along with Cattiva, Foxparks, and Pal Metal Armour.
The update also introduces a new Seeds menu, which lets players mix world seeds together to trigger unexpected effects. Some combinations can turn your character into a vampire, replace ocean water with Shimmer, or cause rainstorms that literally flood the world. It’s one of the more experimental systems Terraria has ever added and one that encourages players to break the game on purpose.
Emmanuel Umahi
Dead Cells and Palworld Crossovers
Two of the most talked-about additions in Terraria 1.4.5 are its crossover events with Dead Cells and Palworld.
From Dead Cells, players get iconic items, abilities, and movement tools like the Ram Rune, Wings of the Crow, Swarm grenade skill, and more, along with cosmetic outfits like the Beheaded costume. These aren’t just cosmetic they meaningfully alter movement, traversal, and combat flow.
From Palworld, Terraria adds creatures like Digtoise that can mine terrain, alongside Pal-inspired armour and enemies. It’s a crossover that feels surprisingly natural, especially considering Terraria’s long-standing love for automation, pets, and creature-driven gameplay systems.
Rather than feeling like shallow brand tie-ins, both crossovers integrate deeply into Terraria’s mechanics, which is exactly what longtime fans tend to appreciate.
Crafting, Building, and Quality-of-Life Improvements
One of the most impactful and possibly underrated changes in Terraria 1.4.5 is the crafting menu overhaul. The system is now faster, clearer, and easier to navigate, especially when dealing with large inventories, modded setups, or late-game crafting trees that previously felt overwhelming.
There are also numerous smaller quality-of-life improvements scattered throughout the update, including better automation tools, new storage objects, improved furniture behaviour, decorative options, and smoother interaction with world objects.
These changes don’t necessarily headline patch notes, but they significantly improve the long-term feel of the game, especially for builders, explorers, and players who enjoy sandbox optimization.
While Terraria 1.4.5 doesn’t introduce a new biome or final boss in the traditional sense, it radically expands how the sandbox behaves. The update leans hard into emergent gameplay, weird physics interactions, world manipulation, automation, crossover experimentation, and creative expression.
It makes Terraria feel less like a linear progression RPG and more like a living toybox one where absurdity, discovery, and experimentation are just as important as combat and loot.
And importantly, it does this without invalidating old playstyles. Whether you’re a hardcore boss-rusher, a casual builder, a collector, or someone who just likes watching the world do weird things, there’s something here that meaningfully enhances how the game feels.
The Takeaway
Terraria 1.4.5 “Bigger and Bolder” isn’t just another update it’s a celebration of everything Terraria has become over more than a decade. Between massive item additions, wild new boulder mechanics, experimental world seed systems, meaningful crossovers, and major crafting improvements, this update deepens the sandbox in ways that reward both new players and longtime veterans.
Emmanuel Umahi
