Terraria is an action and adventure game developed in a sandbox environment. The game features several crafting stations and recipes that can be used to progress along with the game. According to Terraria, crafting is defined as combining one or more materials in the game, to a completely different item, with the help of Crafting Stations along with the use of Recipes. Although crafting is a little different across various versions of Terraria, but the fundamentals are entirely the same. This guide will help the players of Terraria to with all the crafting stations along with recipes.
Now, talking about the gameplay, as it is an action-adventure game in a sandbox environment, the game is two dimensional. Still, the players find the game addictive to continue playing. You get several in-game fun like combats, crafting, mining, and recipes, which you can use while you progress the game. As we discuss this guide in favor of Crafting Stations and Recipes, we will discuss everything we know. So if you are one of those users who want to know everything about crafting and recipes, you are in the right place. Without wasting any more time, let’s get started.
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Crafting Basics
You have to access the crafting menu in the game by clicking on the “inventory” key. That will bring up a pop-up menu that will show the inventory and equipment in different slots. It will, however, include other unnecessary options as well. You can see the crafting menu located in the bottom left of the screen.
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On desktop computers, you can click on the inventory button using your mouse to do the same. Moreover, you will also be guided by the proximity of the nearby crafting stations as well. Now when you select an item from the list, you can see the crafting recipe appear. To navigate through this menu, use your mouse scroll wheel. You can also click on the Hammer-like icon below crafting. To select an item, just click on that and click on it again to start crafting. Whenever you craft an item, your cursor will change its icon to the crafted item. However, there are modifiers with random availability that can alter the quality. Let us now move on to understand crafting stations.
Crafting Stations
Crafting Stations allows the players to craft various items in the game. When you enter the inventory screen, you will see the crafting window in the bottom left corner of the screen. Moreover, when your player is in close proximity to any crafting station with the right ingredients, the bar on the bottom gets expanded with all the available item choices. The player should be standing within three tiles horizontally and vertically upwards along with 2 tiles vertically downwards to get this feature activated. Currently, there are 33 crafting stations available in total.
We are about to discuss all the Crafting Stations in detail and make tabular data for easy understanding. There are a total of three types of crafting stations with two subtypes, including a Hard mode and a Pre-Hardmode.
- Basic: This consists of the Pre-Hardmode and Hardmode crafting stations with essential items.
- They are specialized: With limited craftable items, although most of them are useless.
- Themes Furniture: They are used to craft various furniture items in the game.
Basic Craft Station
Here we will discuss two stations, the first one being the Pre-Hard Mode and the second one, Hard Mode. Let’s begin with the first one.
Pre-Hard Mode Craft Stations
| Station | About |
| By hand | When no craft stations are nearby, but you have the essential items that can be crafted by hands. |
| Word Bench | Used to craft Wooden basic weapons and sometimes armor. It also crafts basic furniture along with building materials |
| Furnace and Hellforge | Used to craft Bars from raw mined ores and building materials like bridges |
| Iron Anvil and Lead Anvil | Used to craft tools, weapons, and armor. Both Iron and Lead Anvils are identical |
| Placed Bottle and Alchemy Table | These are used to craft potions. To use them, you need a flat furniture item. |
| Sawmill | Crafts furniture. Along with that used to craft loom station. |
| Loom | Crafts silk from Cobwebs and some other vanity items |
| Table and Chair | All Table and Chair crafting stations are used for crafting watches. |
| Work Bench and Chair | Used to craft Goggles and Sunglasses |
| Cooking Pot and Cauldron | It is used to craft a few food items. The cauldron is identical visually but themed in Halloween. |
| Tinkerer’s Workshop | Used to combine accessory items together into new compact accessories. Basically used for combined functionality |
| Imbuing Station | Used to craft Flasks |
| Dye Vat | As the name suggests, used to craft Dyes and Paints. |
| Demon and Crimson Altair | They are used to craft some boss making items. In this mode, it is used to make the Night’s Edge. These stations spawn on their own world creation in corruption and crimson areas only. |
Hard Mode Craft Stations
| Station | About |
| Mythril and Orichalcum Anvil | Upgrade from Iron/Lead Anvil, and this adds the ability to craft hard mode weapons and armors. |
| Adamantite and Titanium Forge | Upgrade from Hellforge and adds the ability to craft bars out of Late-Hard Mode ores: Adamantite Ore, Titanium Ore, and Chlorophyte. |
| Bookcase | Used to craft Magic Weapons in Hard Mode. |
| Crystal Ball | It is used to craft Endless Quiver and Endless Musket Pouch. |
| Autohammer | Used to Craft Shroomite Bars |
| Ancient Manipulator | Used to craft a variety of end-game items from Lunar-Fragments and Luminite |
Specialized
Here we will discuss the Specialized crafting stations that will include both the Pre-Hard Mode and Hard Mode craft stations.
Pre-Hard Mode Craft Stations
| Station | About |
| Keg | Used only to craft Ale |
| Heavy Work Bench | Used to craft Text Statues and some building blocks |
| Sink | Used to craft items that require Water near them |
Hard Mode Craft Stations
| Station | About |
| Blend-O-Matic | Only crafts Asphalt Blocks |
| Mear Grinder | Used to craft only Fresh Blocks |
Themed Furniture
The following craft stations are available here under Pre-Hard Mode and Hard Mode. These are used to craft furnishing items with themes
Pre-Hard Mode Craft Stations
| Station | Furniture Themes |
| Bone Welder | Bones |
| Glass Kin | Glass |
| Honey Dispenser | Honey |
| Ice Machine | Ice |
| Living Room | Living Tree |
| Sky Mill | Sky |
| Solidifier | Slime |
Hard Mode Craft Stations
| Station | Furniture Themes |
| Steampunk Boiler | Steampunk |
| Flesh Cloning Vat | Crimson |
| Lihzahrd Furnace | Jungle Temple |
This was the complete list of Craft stations available along with their pre and post counterparts. Although there is one more kind of Craft Station and they are Liquids. We will discuss them below.
Liquids
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A few items require standing beside liquids to appear in the crafting menu section. After that, they produce unique blocks when colliding with each other. A list of Liquids and their crafting capabilities are discussed below.
| Liquids | Description |
| Water | Used to craft Water Bottles and Mud Blocks. They also craft Waterfall blocks and Rain Clouds |
| Lava | They are used to craft Lavafall Blocks only when the Crystal Ball is near. |
| Honey | It is used to craft Bottled Honey and Honeyfall Blocks. |
Now we hope you have got a clear understanding of all different types of Crafting stations and their Abilities. We will now proceed to discuss the recipes.
Recipes
Here we discuss the recipes that will help you craft out items in the craft stations that are discussed above. Moreover, recipes include Furnishings, Weapons, Tools, and Potions.
Furnishings
| Items | Materials Required |
| Torch |
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| Ice Torch |
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| Blue Torch |
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| Green Torch |
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| Orange Torch |
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| Purple Torch |
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| White Torch |
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| Campfire |
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| Sticky Glowstick |
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| Active Stone Block |
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| Inactive Stone Block |
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| Explosives |
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| Work Bench |
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| Wood Platform |
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| Boreal Wood Platform |
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| Rich Mahogany Platform |
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| Glass Platform |
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| Mushroom Platform |
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| Star in a Bottle |
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| Firefly in a Bottle |
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| Lightning Bug in a Bottle |
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| Heart Lantern |
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| Fish Bowl |
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| Glowing Snail Cage |
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| Grasshopper Cage |
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| Mallard Duck Cage |
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| Mouse Cage |
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| Penguin Cage |
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| Julia Butterfly Jar |
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| Red Admiral Butterfly Jar |
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| Tree Nymph Butterfly Jar |
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Tools
| Items | Materials Required |
| Sticky Bomb |
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Weapons
| Items | Materials Required |
| Snowball |
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| Poisoned Knife |
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| Flaming Arrow |
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| Frostburn Arrow |
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| Jester’s Arrow |
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| Poison Dart |
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| Sticky Grenade |
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Potions
| Items | Materials Required |
| Mana Crystal |
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| Holy Water |
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| Unholy Water |
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These were the recipes that you can use to craft various objects in the game with the help of Craft Stations.
This guide was to help the players of Terraria to find and identify the Craft Stations as well as the recipes to craft different items. After reading our guide, the players will have a better understanding of the whole crafting process. We hope you find this guide helpful. If you have any queries or feedback, feel free to comment down below with your Name and E-mail ID. Likewise, check out our iPhone Tips and Tricks, PC tips and tricks, and Android Tips and Tricks for more such tips and tricks. We urge you to participate in the $150 giveaway by subscribing to our YouTube Channel. Happy Gaming!