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Played Terraria with Zero Research

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First time playing Terraria with absolutley no research

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I probably should have researched more before jumping into today's game, Terraria. It's been about 15 years since I last played. And while I do remember some things, that equates to about 5% of what this game is capable of. But I decided to jump in. No practice, no skills, just seeing what I'm capable to do. And I had some fun. But in the process, I did kind of put myself [music] between a rock and a hard place. But before we get there, we always have to start at the beginning. All right. What up, y'all? We are here in some Terrari.

Terraria. My bad. Look, I have been very excited about this title and here we are playing it as we can. Um, today we're just really exploring the world. We're going to see what's really good. What's going on, my friend? Um, greetings, Sam. Is there something I can help you with? Um, let's nah, we're just going to explore, right? Let's see what this row has. So, let's switch to our axe real quick. We'll chop down a little bit of trees. And essentially, we are just going to be exploring and seeing what this world has to offer. And yeah, that's it. So, let's chop down some trees. We'll probably talk to him again when when we got to figure out what else we have to build. We got our map in the top left. All right, let's chuck down a little bit more trees. Oh, look. There's a rabbit. Bunny. Bunny rabbit. Let's attack it.

Hey, let's go. I got I don't know how you get copper from that, but that's that's what we got. All right, let's have down one more tree.

All right. And now let's look and see.

So we can make a workbench. Let's uh We got it. All right. Let's put our workbench here. Uh here. There we go. All right. Now we got our workbench. Let us start making things. There we go. All right. Um, we can craft. I should probably try to build the [music] house first. Hold on. Hold on. I got some I got some Wait, where did my

Where did my uh wood walls go? There we go. We just going We just going to make a lot because the idea is Let's make a house.

Oh.

This is a This is a a a funk. Oh, wait, y'all. I'm silly. All right. Wait. We got We got to We got to break this down.

Can I All right. Abandon it. Abandon it completely. [laughter] As you see, I've done absolutely no research on this. I will tell you what.

There we go. Boom. Ladies and gentlemen, we made some walls. All right, I am going to need a [music] door. So, let's let's create a door. Oh, I got to go back to my workbench.

Oh, wait.

I'm sorry if you're if you're a avid player of of this. I apologize because you are about to see some things that are probably going to piss you off. Actually, what am I doing? Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. We got these wood walls here. Why wouldn't I just build, right? Hold on. Hold on. Let me cut. Let me cut. Let me cut.

Yeah, there we go. Mhm. All right. cuz now there's a there's a whole bunch of monsters coming. So if we just go to the right slowly, we go down slowly. Hold on. Boom. Ladies and gentlemen, we are now safeish.

And then what we do, we just put this all around us. Haha. Now we're safe on all sides. Um I need to figure out how do I break this? Nope, that's not how. Pickaxe, maybe. There you go. There you go. Perfect. All right. I don't have the right drink behind that, so let's be safe. And [music] then what I also need is a door. All right. I'm breaking a lot more than I probably am supposed to be, but that's okay. A door. Door. No.

All right. Let's set our door somewhere where we'll let us set our door and then we'll we'll build our life around that.

Oh, wait. Ah, it's a monster. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Get out of here, beast.

Hold on. Does my door need to be on like a surface? Hold on.

Oh no. They're trying to destroy my house. Okay, wait. Hold on. Jump up here. Oh, wait. Nope. Terrible idea. Actually, genius idea. Exactly what I wanted.

All right, we got some copper. I I can't pick up whatever this is. Um I assume it's a dragon's foot. All right, let's attack this thing. I mean, look, we're we're surviving. Am I thriving? No. I never said that I was going to be thriving. I'm I'm basically [music] trying to live. All right, if I put this down, can I put the door on top of that?

I cannot. So, the question is, what can I build the door on, right? Hi, friend. I should probably be asking you questions, but

that requires me to ask questions, y'all. Hold on. Hold on. Hey, cut it out. Cut it out. All of you, stop it. Stop it right now.

I need proper material. Let's go. Let's go get some stone. Hold on. There's got to be some stone around here that we could um that we could dig up, right? Like is this stone

in the stone? What's that? Nothing. All right. Oh, wait. There's some stone. Hold on. Hold on. I see it. It's in the ground.

All right, here we go. You ready? We're going to dig down. We're going to get this stone block. We're going to put the stone down. And then I think we can build our house, our door on that, right? Leave me alone, monster. Dang, Lochess monster. All right, let's climb out.

We got to get rid of this. So far, we're we're doing pretty good. I mean, we're by pretty good. I am the bar is very very low. I just want to be very clear. I do understand the the ridiculousness of me learning to play a game that's been out for I don't even know how long. Oh, wait. Where's my door go? Oh, look. It's my door. [laughter]

Okay. All right. We We somehow we placed the door. That's good. Um let's put this block here. So that way that's safe. Um I do want to pick up my uh table. But for now, let's I could get a bow. I can make some flares. Yeah, we we we're [music] going to need some torches. Um, and I think that's all we're going to build for now, right? Cuz I I could I just got to figure out how do I go in [music] and out my house. Oh, there you go. Okay. All right. I know where safety is.

And I'm pretty sure I just need a place for when it becomes [music] nighttime, right? Um, all right. Let's Let's dig a little bit around my house. Like, let's let's knock out these trees. Hold on.

Now, if you're wondering what is my expertise on this game, and this was

maybe about 15 years ago, I would I would tell you I've fought a boss or or so. I've I've I've done that. There was like a giant skeleton. Um,

and I'm sure if I really wanted to, I could probably just dig down and and find it, but would I win? Nah. So, this video is basically just like a little chill. Let's play some Terraria. No goal in mind. We're just going to learn realistically the basics and the Hold on.

That music change was fire. All right, we're going to learn the basics. We're going to build a house. Uh, I can't hold. I can get it. I can get it. Hold on.

Hold on. That's a trap. Wait, what's what's this? Is it a monument? Nah. All right, let's let's stay in the grass place for now. Uh, we have a

I wouldn't call it a house, but I am going to try and build like a um not necessarily a moat, but like something so that way monsters and animals and other things that attack can't necessarily get to me. Um,

at least not from every side, right? I don't know. Hold on. It's getting night. Uh, it's not. It's not night yet. Hold on. We're still good. All right. I think this theoretically should be good. At least from this side, right? Unless [music] something can jump. It can't get there. Um, speaking of jumping,

I kind of Yeah, thank you for moving. cuz I I really wanted to build something on this side, too. And then as we begin.

All right. Hold on. I do need to figure out how do I pick up Is this going to break my work my workbench? It didn't. Okay. All right. Look, we're inside. It's safe. Now, here is the I need the torch. Can a tortoise burn my house? Only one way to find out, right? Um, while we wait for daytime, let's actually dig down and we're going to build like a um a secret base underground. [music]

You see that? That animal can't get to our house. So, theoretically, our house is safe. Um,

oh, look, it's a person. Can I talk to that person? All right, let's let's let's dig out. Oh, hold on. No, you're going to get trapped. There's a monster. Oh. Oh, my guy. I got to put down Oh, it's raining stars. Hold on. That's a good thing, right?

Wait, don't get my star. I think he's trying to get to me. Okay, hold on. And then we put we put one right here. So now we can climb out.

Yeah, I got a fallen star. Wait, is this guy my friend? Wait, is he not? Oh. Oh, wait. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Oh, he's not my friend. But there's another fallen star. Okay, hold on. Hold on. We could be smart. [music] We could be smart. Let's Let's dig. So, I'm about to die. I also [music] don't have any food. And I think he's trying to break down my house. So, we [music] are going to dig this direction. Yo, why are there so many people? They really trying to break into my house.

That's what we going to do. You ready? We're going to dig under. Go, go, go, go. Get the fallen star. Get the fallen star.

I don't exactly know what it does, but I mean, it fell [music] from the sky. All right, hold on. Oh, wait, there's another one. Hold on. Build, build, build, build, build, build, build, build, build, build. I think I did it. I think I did it right.

I'm not going to lie to you, I'm a little lost for words. Um, my house is under attack, but I have a couple of fallen stars. Let me put one more torch so you all can [music] see what I see. Um, I am not safe from this direction. So, let's actually build over. All right. And now we will actually [music] build down one more time. Right. Cuz

I'm like, is it are are they not friends? I mean, cuz they they are at my door. Oh, wait. My is dead. The fallen star killed them. All right, go go go go go go go. All right, we got another fallen star.

All right, hold on. Jump, jump. I think I can take them, I think. Right, cuz they can't jump.

Hold on. Watch this. Watch this. Oh, no. No. Bad idea. Very bad idea. They can jump. They can jump. They can jump. They could 100%ly jump.

There we go.

I don't know how I switched. Wait, I need I need like I I need to figure out what's going on. Um it's like, why can't you jump, my guy? Wait, is that my sword? There is my sword. Oh,

wait. And then I come back and then they just want to throw hands again. All right, we defeated them, which was good. We got a couple of stars. That's good for trapping because I don't think we can come out and they can't jump over that, right? Can I just stay here? Hold on. Ready.

All right. I [music] need a bow. I can Oh, stop. Very unnecessary.

All right. I think I think we managed to survive one day. Oh my god. Please. I did kind of trap myself. Oh, cuz I wasn't putting down actual walls. I was putting down [gasps] what's that called when they put it in the kitchen? Uh shipling. Ship shiplack. Shiplack. I was out here putting down shiplack thinking it was going to stop monsters. H what's that?

Sam had their head removed by Oh, that's my that's my tombstone. Can I break it?

I can. Ah, now no one will know. All right. Look, you you you just not going to square up on my man like that. Yeah. Take that. Oh, wait. No, he's still alive. Oh, what did I do? It's like, wait. All right. All right. We got some more torches. You can't make that jump. Oh, you can make that jump. Okay. Wait. What if I What if I just keep stabbing y'all? Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Hold on. Hold on. Watch me move. Watch this. Watch this. You in the house. We stay right here. How is it not? I mean, the fact that I've been able to survive one I didn't really survive one day. Let's be very clear. I died. I died very bad and very easily. But based on the changing of the clouds and the moving of the tides,

I think it is safe to say that I managed to make it through. I still have another door. No, I don't. Um. Yo. Hey, let's go. Falling star for the dub. That's what I'm talking about. I don't know what I can use these falling stars for, but we're going to use them for something. [music] All right. Um, these friends are trapped. Yo, I don't know what this is, but hold on, hold on, hold on. I need to put down my workbench. Uh, we go like this. We go to [music] my workbench, and we put it right here. Okay. Wait, did I do it? I didn't. Hold on. Workbench.

Hold on y'all.

We'll go that route. Boom. All right. Now, since we got this, let's build a bow.

Let's build a bow. And then let's build a couple of arrows, right?

All right. So now

o somehow here we go. Here we go. Watch this. If we break this.

There you go.

[laughter] Hey, look. It may it may not be the uh most sophisticated way of doing things, but if it gets the job done, I'm here for it.

Also, I don't think I get any experience or anything for doing this. But I'm like, yo, make it daytime, please. Maybe that's a a setting thing [music] that I need to I need to fix. But I mean, look, um, [snorts] we got through one day. Hold on. Hold on. I think I could break this and I'll still be safe, right? Yeah, because now I could just farm.

Man, I got full health. I think once I get rid of that one, I just go in, right? Oh, wait. Hold on. And I just go in. Hold on. We got him. We got him. We got him. There you go. Boom. Look at that. All right. So we we got the wild thing is that this isn't even the basics. This is like yay. You can do it. I can. But at what cost, right? All right. So technically that means that we have survived one day. And y'all I I am I'm not doing good to be honest. Um

luckily Miles is right here. Look, as someone who would who would love to uh speedrun this game, I I'm nowhere even close. I'm I'm not even touching speedrun time. Let me grab my stuff real quick. Get out. Get out. Get out. Here we go. All right. So, look, I'm going to take a pause. I don't think I would do research, per se, but I am just going to kind of figure out the real basics. And once I figure that out, we'll we'll see what I can do to get to [music] one of the skeleton bosses, cuz it's a challenge. It's doable. Comment down below if you want to see that sooner rather than later. But I think um I still got some more work to do. So, thank you very much for watching. I appreciate your support as always. Uh subscribe if you can and I will catch you next time. Have a wonderful day. Peace.

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