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Terraria 1.4.5: A Complete Overview of Shimmer and Its Capabilities
This video details all aspects of Shimmer in Terraria 1.4.5, including its generation, interaction with the player, NPCs, mobs, animals, and items. Special attention is paid to item transmutations, especially accessories, decorative elements, and items that improve the character.
1. 🌌 What is Shimmer and where to find it?
- ✅ Shimmer is a biome, usually generated on the jungle side, at the edge of the map.
- ✅ The main function of Shimmer is the transmutation of objects.
- ⚠️ The player, while in Shimmer, receives the "shimmering" debuff, which causes them to fall through blocks.
00:00 - 00:39
1. 🌌 What is Shimmer and where to find it?
- ✅ Shimmer is a biome, usually generated on the jungle side, at the edge of the map.
- ✅ The main function of Shimmer is the transmutation of objects.
- ⚠️ The player, while in Shimmer, receives the "shimmering" debuff, which causes them to fall through blocks.
00:40 - 01:24
2. 👾 The effect of Shimmer on NPCs, mobs, and animals
- ✅ NPCs change their appearance, possibly transforming into their "past versions".
- ✅ Most mobs become temporarily invisible. Zombies turn into skeletons, and slimes turn into shimmering slimes.
- ✅ Animals turn into shimmering fireflies, except for precious critters.
01:25 - 02:58
3. ✨ Transmutation of accessories in Shimmer: Disassembly, replacement, and new possibilities
- ✅ Accessories are disassembled into components or replaced with alternative versions.
- ✅ Useful replacements: class emblems, components for the phone and Ankh Shield, magma stone for lava charm.
- ✅ New accessory - Star Cloak, allowing you to swim in Shimmer without a debuff.
02:59 - 04:52
4. 🧱 Transformation of decorative items: Torches, blocks, walls, and more
- ✅ Created items are disassembled into components.
- ✅ Blocks of one type can change between themselves (soil, wood, ore, etc.).
- ✅ A regular torch with a campfire changes to an ethereal version.
- ✅ Solar blocks turn into lunar blocks.
- ✅ Luminite brick turns into one of seven varieties depending on the phase of the moon.
- ✅ Glowing moss becomes neon.
- ✅ Some decorative walls transform into cursed versions, spawning mobs of their biome.
- ✅ The angel statue turns into an ethereal monolith, changing screen effects.
- ✅ The sundial turns into a lunar dial.
04:53 - 06:32
5. ⚔️ Transformation of other items: Armor, arrows, weapons, and tools
- ✅ Some armor turns into an ancient counterpart.
- ✅ Wooden arrows become shimmering with opposite gravity.
- ✅ A flare becomes shimmering.
- ✅ The lucky clover turns into a withered clover, reducing luck.
- ✅ Fertilizer transforms into infused fertilizer, increasing the height of trees.
- ✅ The Slime Gun turns into the Seedler.
- ✅ The Axe of Regrowth transforms into the Thrown Axe.
- ✅ Zenith turns into the True Copper Shortsword.
- ✅ The Clentaminator transforms into the Terraformer after the Moon Lord.
- ✅ The Bottomless Bucket turns into the Shimmer Bucket after the Moon Lord.
06:33 - 09:03
6. 💪 Items that permanently improve the character: Crystals, fruits, and more
- ✅ Life Crystals turn into Vitality Crystals, increasing regeneration rate.
- ✅ Mana Crystals turn into Arcane Crystals, increasing mana regeneration rate.
- ✅ Fruits from trees turn into Ambrosia to increase digging speed.
- ✅ The Gold Worm turns into the Gummy Worm, increasing fishing skill.
- ✅ The Pink Pearl turns into the Galaxy Pearl, increasing luck.
- ✅ The Merchant's Hat turns into a bag, increasing the amount of goods from the Traveling Merchant.
- ✅ Life Fruits transform into Gysahl Greens for defense boost.
- ✅ The Spell Book transforms into the Combat Training Manual, enhancing damage and defense for NPCs.