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The History of Terraria's Update Termination Declarations
This video looks at several points where the Terraria development team announced they would stop updating the game, and analyzes the background and subsequent situation. From 1.1.2 to Journey's End, we highlight the history of Terraria's continuous updates through cases where the declaration of development cessation was reversed.
But after starting updates again after only a year, people stopped believing the development team's words of 'final'.
Terraria cannot be updated forever, but people no longer trust the development team's words.
1. 🛑 2012: First Development Cessation Announcement After 1.1.2 Update
- ✅ 2012, Development cessation announced after the 1.1.2 update (added new boss)
- ⚠️ Red mentioned stepping down from development for family time and new projects
- ✅ Amidst fans' disappointment, it was announced that the 1.2 update would be released in October 2013 through console porting
| Update | Key Content |
|---|---|
| 1.1.2 | Added new boss, Frost Legion event |
| 1.2 | Console porting, large-scale content addition |
00:01 - 01:26
1. 🛑 2012: First Development Cessation Announcement After 1.1.2 Update
- ✅ 2012, Development cessation announced after the 1.1.2 update (added new boss)
- ⚠️ Red mentioned stepping down from development for family time and new projects
- ✅ Amidst fans' disappointment, it was announced that the 1.2 update would be released in October 2013 through console porting
| Update | Key Content |
|---|---|
| 1.1.2 | Added new boss, Frost Legion event |
| 1.2 | Console porting, large-scale content addition |
01:27 - 02:36
2. 🧑💻 2015: 1.3 Update and Red's Personal Development Cessation
- ✅ 2015, After the 1.3 update, Red announced that he would personally step away from Terraria development
- ⚠️ Entrusted the future of Terraria to the development team and focused on developing the Terraria spin-off, Otherworld
- ✅ Otherworld was canceled in 2018, and Red rejoined Terraria development
| Update | Red's Role |
|---|---|
| 1.3 | Red's last personal development update |
| Otherworld | Focused on development, project canceled |
02:37 - 03:33
3. ⚔️ Journey's End: The Most Famous 'Final' Update
- ✅ The Journey's End update announced the official end of Terraria development
- ⚠️ Added the final boss and the largest content update in the game
- ✅ Recorded the highest number of concurrent users, and many users commemorated the final update
- ⚠️ The development team announced that they no longer planned to update Terraria
But after starting updates again after only a year, people stopped believing the development team's words of 'final'.
03:34 - 04:03
4. 🔄 Never-Ending Updates: What is the Future of Terraria?
- ✅ Continued updates even after Journey's End, such as 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.5, etc.
- ⚠️ It is unknown how long the development team will continue to update
- ✅ Encourages viewers to watch other videos about the end point of Terraria updates
Terraria cannot be updated forever, but people no longer trust the development team's words.