While Terraria is a two-dimensional game and thus only allows for left, right, up, and down movement, the map itself is still huge and therefore it’s easy for players to get confused. lose. To remedy this problem, items like Terraria’s compass are a must for traversing the world. However, getting one is another story entirely.
Where can I find a compass in Terraria?
The good news about finding a compass is that a lot of mobs drop compasses. However, the bad news is that the drop rates of Compasses are very low on said mobs. The mobs that you need to hunt if you are looking for a compass are the following:
- Salamander, giant shell, River crab: They are all found in the cavern cloak and each have a 1.2% chance to drop a compass.
- Piranha– Found in the Jungle, Underground Jungle, and Cavern layers and has a 1.33% chance to drop a Compass.
- mother slime: Found in the cavern cloak and has a 2% chance to drop a compass.
- snow flint, armored viking, viking undead: They are all located in the ice biome and each have a 2% chance to drop a compass.
- Note that piranhas and undead vikings that spawn from statues can also drop compasses and will do so at their normal 2% rate.
- If you are playing in the Old version of the console of Terraria, imitates you can also drop Compasses and do so at the very high rate of 14.29%.
As you can see, the best and only way to farm a compass is to find the mobs above and kill them until they drop one, although with the low drop rates it could take a while.
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How useful is the Compass in Terraria?
The reason you’ll want to get a compass is because of how useful it is in determining not only your position, but also the position of notable places in the world. When you have a compass, whether equipped or in your inventory, it will display your current position relative to the center of the map. It shows this as a number, in feet and direction on the right hand side of the screen. In Terraria, one foot equals half a tile, and the displayed direction will be East or West depending on your position and the center of the map position.
All of this information is useful for locating things, especially in multiplayer scenarios like Terraria’s survival servers. Being able to shout your directions to your teammates in a simple way allows everyone to know your position and find you if they want to. However, the compass can also be useful on its own, as you can take notes on notable structures and locations and come back to them later.
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