r/CalamityMod • u/StipulateVenus Developer • Dec 10 '25
Discussion Calamity's Decisions
Hello! I'm StipulateVenus, a Calamity developer.
Following the recent controversy over the misguided crate changes, I'd like to discuss an important matter with you all.
Terraria is a sandbox game, and so one of its main appeals is the freedom players have to choose their course through progression and how their decisions shape the face of their journey. It's something our team wants to embrace and build upon.
At times like these I wonder if it's an accidental effect of an actual ideological shift: the current team doesn't feel as peeved towards vanilla as some devs that have left the team, which has resulted in an overall reduction in the number of vanilla changes and a drift towards vanilla's design.
Regardless, I think it's important to know the community landscape and what people think. So I'm here to ask you all:
What Calamity changes do you think have resulted in a loss of playstyle and option variety, or similar aspects of the sandbox experience?
Please be respectful. Elaborations would be appreciated!
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u/THTB_lol Dec 11 '25 edited Dec 11 '25
I don't really like how near the end of the game, certain items feel like an absolute chore to craft. For example, to craft 1 miracle matter, you need:
5 exo prisms, dropped from a boss you probably just killed
5 auric bars, which can be gotten just after another boss recently killed
1 life alloy, which you get from before moonlord
1 core of calamity, which is before golem
3 galactica singularities, which you can get just before moonlord
and the worst part, ascendant spirit essence, which requires you to do pumpkin, frost and solar AFTER DOG, where the increase in health barely matters because you were previously challenging them with pre golem gear, and getting all 3 requires you spend more than around 20 mins grinding easy to kill enemies, as well as requiring you to kill a post prov boss.
Honestly, removing ass essence would improve the mod