Every block, every boss, every recipe.
A fan-built compendium of Terraria — 6,195 items, 763 NPCs, 31 bosses cross-linked with sprites, drops, and the entire crafting graph.
Terra Codex
Pick your biome
// every entry, sorted by where you find it
BForest
Items
6,195weapons, armor, accessories, blocks, potions, materials
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Town
NPCs
691monsters, town folk, critters
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Boss Arena
Bosses
31composited multi-part renders
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Hallow
Buffs
388status effects with icons
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Cavern
Tiles
753placeable foreground blocks
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Dungeon
Walls
367background wall textures
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Underworld
Projectiles
1,111spells, bullets, arrows
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Ocean
Prefixes
97modifier names (Mythical, Legendary, …)
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Boss Codex
// 31 entries · composited sprites
XBoss Codex
// 12 entries · how to summon each
King Slime
PRE-HARDMODE
Slime Crown · or kill 150 slimes in a Slime Rain
Eye of Cthulhu
PRE-HARDMODE
Suspicious Looking Eye at night
Eater of Worlds
PRE-HARDMODE
Worm Food · or break 3 Shadow Orbs
Brain of Cthulhu
PRE-HARDMODE
Bloody Spine · or break 3 Crimson Hearts
Queen Bee
PRE-HARDMODE
Abeemination · or break a Larva
Skeletron
PRE-HARDMODE
Talk to the Old Man at the Dungeon at night
Wall of Flesh
PRE-HARDMODE
Drop a Guide Voodoo Doll into lava in Hell
Queen Slime
HARDMODE
Queen Slime Crystal
The Twins
HARDMODE
Mechanical Eye at night
The Destroyer
HARDMODE
Mechanical Worm at night
Skeletron Prime
HARDMODE
Mechanical Skull at night
Plantera
HARDMODE
Break a Plantera's Bulb after all mechs
Town folk
// 763 NPCs · unlock conditions tracked
NTown Folk
// 26 town NPCs · each with arrival conditions
Guide
Guide
Spawns at world start
Merchant
Merchant
Players hold 50 silver
Nurse
Nurse
After any boss kill
Arms Dealer
Arms Dealer
Any player has a gun + bullets
Dryad
Dryad
Defeat Eye, Eater, Brain or Skeletron
Demolitionist
Demolitionist
Carry an explosive (Bomb, Dynamite…)
Clothier
Clothier
Kill Skeletron with the Old Man
Goblin Tinkerer
Goblin Tinkerer
Beat Goblin Army, then rescue in caves
Wizard
Wizard
Free from underground bind (Hardmode)
Mechanic
Mechanic
Rescue inside the Dungeon
Santa Claus
Santa Claus
Frost Legion defeated, in winter
Truffle
Truffle
Surface Glowing Mushroom biome (Hardmode)
Steampunker
Steampunker
Defeat any Mech boss
Dye Trader
Witch Doctor
Defeat Queen Bee
Party Girl
Pirate
Defeat a Pirate Invasion
Cyborg
Stylist
Rescue in Web Covered Chamber
Painter
Painter
8+ NPCs already present
Witch Doctor
Cyborg
Defeat Plantera
Pirate
Tax Collector
Use Purification Powder on a Tortured Soul
Stylist
Traveling Merchant
Random daytime visit (2+ town NPCs)
Angler
Angler
Found sleeping on Ocean beach
Tax Collector
Tavernkeep
Rescue from Underground
Tavernkeep
Party Girl
1-in-40 chance once 14+ NPCs present
Golfer
Princess
All other Town NPCs alive
Zoologist
Zoologist
Complete 10% of the Bestiary
Princess
Golfer
Rescue in the Desert
Walk the recipe tree backwards.
Every recipe in Terraria, mapped end-to-end. Punch in any item and the codex traces every ore, bar, and station you'll touch on the way there.
Guides & tools
// strategies, class builds and calculators
GBeginners guide
First steps, early ores and pre-hardmode bosses
Boss & class guides
How to beat every boss + melee/ranged/magic/summon builds
Hardmode guide
Mech bosses, ore tiers and what to do after the WoF
Progression checklist
Every boss in tier order, King Slime to Moon Lord
Crafting recipes
Every recipe grouped by crafting station
Compare weapons
Side-by-side DPS and stats for weapon matchups
DPS calculator
Apply prefix, crit and buffs to any weapon
Drop calculator
Kills needed for 50/90/95% drop confidence
Events & secret seeds
Triggers, waves, rewards and world seeds
Achievements
Every milestone across four categories
Browse items by type
// curated item categories
TAbout Terra Codex
// frequently asked
?What is Terra Codex? +
Terra Codex is a free, fan-built reference for Terraria — a searchable compendium of 6,195 items, 691 NPCs, 31 bosses, buffs, tiles and crafting recipes, plus DPS and drop calculators and progression guides.
Is Terra Codex free, and is it official? +
Yes, Terra Codex is completely free. It is a fan-made project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Re-Logic, the makers of Terraria.
How current is the data on Terra Codex? +
All item stats, drops, recipes and bestiary data are verified against Terraria 1.4.4.
OPEN CODEX, NOT THE GAME
Don't own Terraria yet?
The codex is fan-built and free — but the game is the real thing. Grab a copy and every entry in here turns into something you can actually swing, mine, or summon.
// not affiliated with Re-Logic — just a place to look things up