"The heart of sufficiently advanced technology is nature, the nature of hearts is sufficiently advanced technology" - Sufficiently technologically advanced doctor
That's a known artifact of using the Basts in multiplayer, and is purely visual- You can continue as if they're still there. It can help to place a torch, attached to the same wire you're using to activate the Bast Statues, so you can track if they're on / off- as knowing this is important to go the right direction when transmuting. (Think of the torch like an indicator light- The statues might be invisible, but the torch will stay visible.) Hope this helps^^! @@jujunon655
@@cyr0_gd There’s always that one person saying they have seen better and its not that big of a deal, we get it dude. It’s still very impressive when someone finds any glitch in any game
@@harxist I'm not saying it isn't impressive, I'm saying it's isn't surprising and stuff like this happens all the time. i myself used to bughunt and seen bugs that obliterated economy and leaderboards for months in other games.
If only Edward and Alphonse Elric saw this video, they would've had a much easier time finding the philosopher's stone and transmuting their mother back to life
The introduction is where you realize how much of a spaghetticode nightmare this game is. That's an odd and inefficient way of coding. Yet the game still runs beautifully.
it's still so incredible to me that this one guy just randomly discovered the most insane glitch imaginable after like a decade of the game being out and still has less than 20k subscribers
To be fair, the statue on which this glitch relies was only patched into the game nine years after launch. To be fair to "this one guy" though, the game has been out for twelve years, not ten. ;)
One thing is that glitches exists.. but how the hell someone discovered this one.. and finally.. How someone manage to explain how it actualy works in nutshell like you are watching tv channel about universe.. thats really impressive.
Thank you! Discovering this glitch and actually getting it to a state where it was useful took about two years, and I had plenty of help along the way. Seeing how much people enjoy learning about it means alot to me, and there's still tons more I need to share.
i had a glitch back on the ps3 terraria where i had a bunny statue placed next to a door and a molten hamaxe, i somehow broke the door and the bunny statue at the same time and i never got bunny statue nor the door but when i swung the hamaxe it would spawn a bunny no matter when or where i swung, it was absolutely crazy and one of my greatest memories in terraria
You could do some crazy stuff in pre-1.2 console. I remember when there was a bug that let you get any item in the game, including bugged items that didn't actually exist and did crazy stuff, by throwing specific amounts of dirt in a piggy bank and corrupting it's inventory. I don't remember any of the specifics, but it was the only way to get Red's wings without modifying game files back when they still gave infinite flight.
Yeah highly technical minecraft can already obtain bedrock with a pickaxe and command blocks in pure survival, only in the process of nearly crashing the world.
“Here at Aperture Science we don’t use just any magic. We use science. Aperture science! We are proud to announce a new invention: the philosophers stone! It allows you to get any item* you want!” “* item must be from terraria”
I love the references because this is LITERAL alchemy. I remember thinking I was so clever for figuring out the bin glitch years ago when it flipped the quantity and item ID, but that was basic counting compared to this being full on advanced algebra.
watching this made me realize that the key to success - even in real life - is not by merely following the system. But to recognize its inner workings and find loopholes that you can exploit.
@@xxGreenRoblox It trully shows how terraria glitch is far better than minecraft transmutation, I think however the minecraft glitch was patched or smt?
afaik you can research some otherwise unobtainable items like bone blocks (1.3 legacy item, unobtainable since journey characters can't access non-journey worlds that could have them) and the boring bow (never obtainable in the first place) so 101% journey character when?
I'm not so sure. First of all, they still haven't patched hoiks, so this could fall into "it's a feature, not a bug". Second, it requires a rather intensive set up; basically, this isn't happening by accident, so this bug only affects players deliberately seeking it out. Third, it's entirely possible that they can't fix it without breaking something else.
@@Greywander87I mean hoik at most is a movement bug, but transmutation would literally change the entire progression of the game, so I doubt they would leave it alone
Ever since watching Bismuth and Pannenkoek I’ve always had a fascination with glitches in games, and it’s quite wonderful to have something similar with Terraria as well - there’s something special about pushing games beyond the developers intentions, elevated by your stellar explanations ^^
I’ve always loved watching channels like that- A few scrapped drafts of this video were more in their style, but I eventually realized I should just do my own thing. Thanks a ton for the kind words! I’m glad you enjoyed the video- The visuals were definitely one of the hardest parts, but one of the most rewarding for sure.
@@EthyrielY It really is almost depressing how much content we are missing out on regarding other games insane glitches. Not that I would know anything of this depth but there is most definitly way more "fun-to-get-a-grasp-of" game knowledge in games either abondoned by all players and never really popular (like the countless ones on the NES) or just ones where people have the knowledge among speedrunners yet nobody really bothers to make a video about it.
I like how minecraft players need complex planning and expolts to get mass amounts of items. Meanwhile terraria players just yell “its wizard time” then get anything in 20 seconds.
Thank you! The comprehensive guide has all of the older guides consolidated into one place, and also some technical information on how everything works.
@@EthyrielY Yeah! I knew roughly how everything was performed, but after watching the video I have a much greater understanding of everything, and more tools in my arsenal, thanks for the detailed explanations! you're awesome :)
Of course! It's something I've been wanting to share for the longest time, since I've always enjoyed seeing those sorts of videos for other games. So, why not make one for Terraria?
Honestly, I want to know how the devs reacted when they first saw this series of glitches pop up. They put over a decade of work into this game and then get confronted with this garbage fire :D
I have no idea how you’re channel hasn’t blown up, I subbed the instant I heard about the glitch. I really hope that this stays in the game, it is just so interesting and powerful I never want it to go away. Thanks for the simple guides, when I found this glitch I had to piece it together from the sheet and speed-running guide. I can’t wait for a vid on black hole (I tried to figure it out myself and ended up with many broken statues and dreams).
Thanks a bunch^^! Proper documentation is long overdue, so it's nice to finally have everything in one place. The Black Hole Glitch really does deserve its own video both due to what it can due for transmuting items, and the other strange things it can do. As a bit of a spoiler, you can make black holes out of _more than just doors_. That's one of the main reasons it's getting its own content piece.
i remember discovering a glitch to duplicate objects while playing in the mobile version in multiplayer with another person. That it wasn´t pure randomnes and there where some kind of steps to follow to get it always gived me curiosity. Now that i can see this video and can comprend better how a multiplayer server works now i can make me an idea of what was happening and it´s kind of awesome. The magic behind the glitches is incredible and i think it´s pretty cool that you have made this video to explain the transmutation. Pretty good work buddy
Hello, @EthyrielY ! I found another way to make fuelless CGO: Doors, even invalid, if open or closed from its valid door block, that block will expand into whole door, repairing it. Also, doors may be used as CGO fuel. I propose following scheme: Modified 2-statue setup, with second Bast statue and CGO interacting with same right door's upper left corner, with space between two statues wider for 1 block, cycling in such way: After one press to broken campfire upper right block, upper statue must switch, repairing campfire, then intact block of left door used as a fuel must switch twice, opening door left, and repairing the door, then Bast statue must switch again, breaking campfire again.
I’m probably never going to use this since I don’t play terraria much anymore, but this could be my favourite terraria video ever. You make completely breaking the game seem so easy, make is extremely easy to understand, and make it very entertaining at the same time. *1 sub ☺️
@@EthyrielYI Rage Quit I broke it with a crystal Crusher from Calamity mod I don't like that pickaxe it's 2:08 I just wanted to obtain The Infinity Gauntlet without using that cheat sheet mod
I really hope that if/when Relogic fixes this they go into detail about how they fixed this glitch. I feel like the process of fixing something as complex as this would be just as interesting as the glitch itself. Assuming of course, that this can even *be* fixed without irreversibly changing the game's code, like how hoiks would be fixed.
Excellent guide! Glad you included some important stuff that wasn't already in a video such as the stabilized bast statue. It'll be much easier to refer to this video than combing through a bunch of shorter ones.
I'm so glad you made this, I watch your other 30 min video on repeat, you and your friends in the other video are hilarious, would love to see more of you guys! Ima binge watch this video for months
this makes me want a game where the idea is to mess with the code of the game, but the character is the one doing it, so it looks like magic. and no one in universe knows how because they dont realise they are in a simulation.
24:22 "MCGO is so powerful that inventory management becomes a problem because of how many items you're generating, so either you delete the items or need a lot of chests" *Sir, All I See Is Platinum Coins For Free*
Thank you kindly^^! The hilarious part is, I don't think I've _ever_ actually used the old duplication bugs. Despite discovering all of this crazy stuff.
Dont even play this game anymore ever since getting my plat trophy for it but i subbed and liked just because this in uncanny that someone actually discovered this. Like out of all the glitches i’ve seen people find this is the most coolest and one that was easily explained!
that smash 64 training music came outta nowhere and slapped my face with nostalgia man, good video overall and thank you for helping me meme my next terraria playthrough without having to install the workshop map lmao
I was always confused about how this glitch works, but thanks to this explanation it seems actually quite easy. Great work Ethyriel, and i hope you can cover more broken terraria shenanigans in the future!
sad im no longer up to date on terraria stuff, but coming back to the game and seeing things like this is really heartwarming. absolutely unhinged, horrendously insane/inconceivably random steps that make absolutely no sense, but end up literally changing the code of the game, while playing the game. we've come a long way from dirt in a piggy bank, super glad to see people are still putting this much love and effort into finding cool things in the game. this video was an absolute masterpiece as well, hearing the first explanation hurt my brain, but after watching such an in depth tutorial i feel like i could make this in my sleep, and write a college essay on what it does/how it works. keep up the amazing work ethyriel :)
As a programmer it’s extremely interesting that this is how the game processes items. I wish you would have gone over the INTENDED behavior and the arrangement of items internally first, because then the glitches would not seem so arbitrary. It’s a little frustrating as a programmer because it’s eventually in the video that there is a clear rhyme and reason behind why this works, and it would help to contextualize the glitch with this first. Other than that great video and crazy stuff! Edit: I don’t mean to come off as condescending. I find glitches fascinating because from my experience in making games the designers have to make decisions about how to store and arrange things in the game engine, and don’t anticipate players breaking these systems later. It’s more interesting to me to find out how these systems are set up (and WHY they might be done this way) from a design perspective first, and use that as a foundation for how to then break them. It’s a great way to learn how you might set up similar things in your own games one day! And how to maybe avoid the design oversights that lead to these glitches ;)
D'aawh, this comment actually means alot. Thanks a ton! If nothing else, knowing I was able to inform people in an entertaining way is satisfaction in it of itself.
Zenith: (Basic philo method) Use steampunk door, 123 cycles (you should see snow pylon right before) (just taken from the excel sheet and simplified it)
Just got this recommended and i just got to say that this video gave me the same sense of both of curiosity and dread that both pannenkoek and bismuth vids give
I haven't been super in the loop with Terraria lately and thought transmutation was simply referring to the shimmer stuff... This is definitely a little bit crazier
It's worth keeping in mind that, due to hardcoded restrictions, items like the First Fractal can only be _viewed_, hence the "First Fractal Door". They delete themselves the exact same frame they spawn. However, there's a bunch of stuff you're not meant to have you can still get- like the Boring Bow, unobtainable boss bags, white cultist gear, and I think the Color Only Dye (though not sure about that one)
It still blows my mind that this bug has been lurking in the code ever since Multiplayer has existed- so, that'd be 2013, or a decade at this point. 10 years. Whew.
i remember back in the day when i played on like 1.2.9 mobile there was a glitch where you would put a stack of dirt blocks, the number of blocks in the stack being the id number to whatever item you wanted. and i dont remember the specifics but you basically could put dirt blocks in a chest, close the game, and open it back up to a terrablade or whatever you wanted. oh the good old days
When I played 1.2 on mobile,sometimes when I tried placing dirt blocks over a huge hole between two mountains, I'd get them to turn into bunnies(them being the dirt blocks)
really glad you made this! i had a sort of vague understanding of how it worked, but this really cleared up any confusion. hope this doesn't become immediately irrelevant after all the work you put into it lol
Honestly, 1.4.5 is very liable to break things, but that's why I am hellbent on breaking the new version. Transmutation will stick around, one way or another! Thank you again for the kind words^^! Cheers!
"Hey we found a way to go faster than the speed of sounds by using this new block hammering function" "Uhhhh yeah that's actually planned... probably" "Oh and we also found a way to rip apart reality" "Uhhhhhhhhhh" Relogic won't get away with that
This glitch reminds me of The Binding of Isaac. In the Repentance DLC they added the "Spindown Dice" item which lets you decrease an item's ID by one. It would be cool if Re-Logic implemented this feature in an official capacity in a similar manner, an end game item of sorts, though Journey mode fills the same role.
That would be a crazy addition, and quite a fun one at that. though, I haven't seen much direct acknowledgment from the Devs other than saying it'll be fixed maybe I need to break the game harder lol Binding of Issac is a super fun game, so seeing a reference to it is very welcome heh
You are great at explaining these wild glitches, thanks for the Guide! I sometimes wonder how people discover this stuff, can't imagine how complicated the process is
Well, it all started with trying to do some trolling with floating boulders... then I discovered you could make glitched chests... then I started trying to lockpick biome chests... Then I realized you could possibly get Zenith with it. One thing led to another, and now it's possible to kill God in under 7 minutes in this game.
14:12 good pick for background music :) also as someone who's interested in coding, this glitch and the code responsible for it is super interesting to me! thank you for this explanation, very cool
Are you on PC or console^^? If on PC, verify that you are in Multiplayer. (Host and Play works just fine. If on Console (i.e. Mobile, PS5, etc.) - you'll need to either a.) Join a server, and set it up there or b.) Have a friend join when you’re hosting, and have them set it up for you. This is due to version differences with how hosting works. On PC, hosting actually makes you a client to a server hosted in the background. On console, you are the host, meaning de-syncing doesn’t work. Hence why you need to connect to the server or have someone else connect- being the Host when using Host and Play won’t work, unfortunately. Once the setup is complete, the glitch should function identical to PC. Hope this helps^^!
@@EthyrielYi take it the host leaves and joins in order to make the bast statues visible? And also can the rest be done on a single player world? (Ps4)
This seems to be patched, at least on console. Probably not the whole thing, but an integral glitch in setup is patched. From my attempts, I think this is because you can no longer force a desync between the server and client anymore. You always see what the server sees, this means that you still see the trap door when you break the first bast statue and the sand falls, and you also still see a floating bast statue when you use the torch to update the sand and trapdoor. Because the bast statue is still there both on client and server side, you can no longer place the sandstone block because that space is being blocked by the bast statue, and the statue just breaks when another block updates somewhere
It works on console, but only if you join someone else's world- i.e., you're a client to their server. The host on console is _actually_ the server, hence why de-sync don't work- just as you observed.
I kind of get what you’re saying, but don’t truly understand a lot of it. But that deficiency is solely on my end. The video was interesting and entertaining enough that my son and I kept watching until the end. (He understood it better.)
I really loved this glitch man. As soon as i learned it hardcore, i immediately know how it works (kinda forget on the step by step creation tho). This really gives us 🔥 power and a power of immortality! (Of course, by getting post-Moonlord gears and any items like Rod of Harmony or the Zenith).
Genuine question. Does this mod work on a modded world? If so, does the item array include modded items? Could I perform this glitch in Calamity and obtain any Calamity item? Or would I only be able to access Vanilla items with this glitch? How do mods like calamity store item info?
It _absolutely_ does. The modded items are appended after the Vanilla items, although the order isn’t known. MCGO, Philo, etc. all work though. If / when 1.4.5 breaks Transmutation, I plan to pivot to breaking mods.
@@EthyrielY just tested to make sure, it does work with mods on 1.4.3! Don’t know how this would work with multiple mods, though. Maybe alphabetical order since that’s the order it’s loaded in?
@@codenamec.a.t2480 Hrrm, possibly! Honestly I’ve yet to dive deeper than confirming it works since there’s still so much I need to cover in Vanilla heh But, MCGO seems like the perfect glitch for just getting _loads_ of modded items. Start towards the end, and just MCGO for as long as you’d like (refreshing fuel) to just keep getting items. Since, it doesn’t matter if you don’t know where anything is, if everything drops anyways lol
I’ve found a consistent way to find mod IDs in correlation to door IDs. Simply use recipe browser, then expand the recipe browser to be 18 items long. From there, find the item you’re currently on and work from there, moving 2 rows every time. This should work with every modded item in any modpack, but the order isn’t going to be the same every time, so always use it carefully
ShareX! I use it to take screenshots, and record MP4's on-screen as well. Has auto copy-to-clipboard and auto-uplaod to. Super handy bit of kit, just takes some setup.
Hey, you might remember me, but I figured out the setup for multiplayer only and I accidentally made a stable bast in only multiplayer. Basically, you transmute a door into banners, then break it, causing the bast head to split and have the "bee."
Are you on PC or console^^? If on PC, verify that you are in Multiplayer. (Host and Play works just fine. If on Console (i.e. Mobile, PS5, etc.) - you'll need to either a.) Join a server, and set it up there or b.) Have a friend join when you’re hosting, and have them set it up for you. This is due to version differences with how hosting works. On PC, hosting actually makes you a client to a server hosted in the background. On console, you are the host, meaning de-syncing doesn’t work. Hence why you need to connect to the server or have someone else connect- being the Host when using Host and Play won’t work, unfortunately. Once the setup is complete, the glitch should function identical to PC. Hope this helps^^!
Holy crap, I just realized your outro is either a smooth jazz or muzak version of the Smash Bros Brawl theme... Hilarious. Edit: no, I never previously looked at the description of the video; I mostly watch YT on mobile, so I have to manually interact with those to get info out of them
honestly I think this glitch would have been way cooler if the campfire glitch didn't exist, because then you'd have to collect different doors, potentially from the glitch itself, and it would be a wacky crafting system of sorts
"so, now we created a star, but if you wanna create a white dwarf star, its a bit tricky, you will just need to use thee FBH tecnique, 'Fusing Black Holes' in which you need to make two black holes come together but instead of in a normal way, you will need to fuse them from top to bottom and it will revert the ID of one of the black hole in reality, making it go to his previous state, a white dwarf, easy glitch to do, right?" THATS HOW YOU SOUND RN- Bro's ripping the fabric of the universe, and alterating reality, while also getting endgame stuff like if he could do that while sleeping- and on top of that hes putting it cosmic names, WDYM "the black hole glitch"
Never thought I'd hear parallel universe in another game but this is actually such a cool glitch and I've never seen any major game glitch thst works like it
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"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magick."
"The heart of sufficiently advanced technology is nature, the nature of hearts is sufficiently advanced technology" - Sufficiently technologically advanced doctor
Science and Magic are twins. that why any story who explains alot about how magic works in the worldbuilding doesn't seem magical
Ah, I see you recognize Arthur C. Clarke
"Any technology, no matter how advanced, is magic to those who don't understand it."
@@arcticbanana66 I understand it, and it still feels like magic
I love how the language around a glitch makes it feel like an actual magic system that you can actually learn and study
All you'd need is a spellbook, a robe, and a staff!
@@EthyrielY when i follow your tutorial and I step on the pressure plate my bast head just disappears
That's a known artifact of using the Basts in multiplayer, and is purely visual- You can continue as if they're still there.
It can help to place a torch, attached to the same wire you're using to activate the Bast Statues, so you can track if they're on / off- as knowing this is important to go the right direction when transmuting. (Think of the torch like an indicator light- The statues might be invisible, but the torch will stay visible.)
Hope this helps^^!
@@jujunon655
@@EthyrielY Thanks! now its working like a miracle xD
@@EthyrielY You need to also learn the bast and statue magic type
The devs can’t even be mad that people figured this out it’s pure insanity that anyone somehow stumbled onto this and realized it is all connected.
eh not really surprising, this happens with most games, it just takes a person who knows what they're doing and a lot of tinkering.
@@cyr0_gdStill amazing work
@@cyr0_gd There’s always that one person saying they have seen better and its not that big of a deal, we get it dude. It’s still very impressive when someone finds any glitch in any game
@@harxist I'm not saying it isn't impressive, I'm saying it's isn't surprising and stuff like this happens all the time.
i myself used to bughunt and seen bugs that obliterated economy and leaderboards for months in other games.
Reminds me of people who pull new math formulas and concepts out of their asses
If only Edward and Alphonse Elric saw this video, they would've had a much easier time finding the philosopher's stone and transmuting their mother back to life
I never understood why they didn't just kill a mimic 🤦♂️
The introduction is where you realize how much of a spaghetticode nightmare this game is.
That's an odd and inefficient way of coding.
Yet the game still runs beautifully.
Minecraft Java is the same, code spaghetti.
Any sufficiently old game is bound to be code spaghetti with enough update, there is no way to escape it
@@thunnus_albacaresany sufficient code is indistinguishable from efficiency
More spaghetti than tf2
it's still so incredible to me that this one guy just randomly discovered the most insane glitch imaginable after like a decade of the game being out and still has less than 20k subscribers
To be fair, the statue on which this glitch relies was only patched into the game nine years after launch. To be fair to "this one guy" though, the game has been out for twelve years, not ten. ;)
plus it is not completely his idea he's just a messenger as well as part of it
This guy didn't discover it...
he also posted the video of it on april 1st. I honestly thought it was just stupid joke at first.
remember someone had to exspose it so i bet more than one found it before it spread
Terraria Veterans on their way to break the entire game after transmutation is patched
Its patched?
Is it patched tho because I want to do the glitch but I'm just watching this to build it
@@MasonCommitedArsonas of 1.4.4.9, it still works
red confirmed its patched in 1.4.5
Lol
Been a wild ride to see the birth of transmutation literally first hand, and then this. Amazing.
Crazy how it all started with one Solar Chest.
hey its the robocraft guy!
@@EthyrielYWhat’s the full story on it being discovered? Is it in a video?
@@veryyes8561one will come out soon probably in a documentary-like format
Hopefully. I’d love to watch that.
One thing is that glitches exists.. but how the hell someone discovered this one.. and finally.. How someone manage to explain how it actualy works in nutshell like you are watching tv channel about universe.. thats really impressive.
Thank you! Discovering this glitch and actually getting it to a state where it was useful took about two years, and I had plenty of help along the way. Seeing how much people enjoy learning about it means alot to me, and there's still tons more I need to share.
I now perfectly understand an assortment of glitches for a game I've never even beaten. Extremely informative video.
Thank you kindly! Glad to hear you enjoyed it^^
same I understand it but I have barely ever touched terraria (and haven't moved on from copper gear)
i had a glitch back on the ps3 terraria where i had a bunny statue placed next to a door and a molten hamaxe, i somehow broke the door and the bunny statue at the same time and i never got bunny statue nor the door but when i swung the hamaxe it would spawn a bunny no matter when or where i swung, it was absolutely crazy and one of my greatest memories in terraria
You could do some crazy stuff in pre-1.2 console. I remember when there was a bug that let you get any item in the game, including bugged items that didn't actually exist and did crazy stuff, by throwing specific amounts of dirt in a piggy bank and corrupting it's inventory.
I don't remember any of the specifics, but it was the only way to get Red's wings without modifying game files back when they still gave infinite flight.
I remember i had a similar bug but idk how i caused it. But whenever i swung my pickaxe it spawned a worm
Did this with truffle worms once except it stuck to all my weapons (xbox360) if i used the picksaw it would spawn a bunch quickly
haha had this kind of glitch on my PS4, whenever I used my wood hammer on a wood fence it spawned ducks with every click
On the PS4, 2015~ I had 7 ducks, I let them go, and they multiplied to 24
steve: Ive built a working 4 kilobyte computer, fear me.
Terrarian: *tears apart the fabric of reality*
Transmutation is an old invention
Ilegal items in minecraft already exist
As a minecrafter im proud of the terrarian
One day terrarian will invent a mob switch of their own and im waiting for that
I once got sdmg in 1.2 by accident
Yeah highly technical minecraft can already obtain bedrock with a pickaxe and command blocks in pure survival, only in the process of nearly crashing the world.
@@colasevenseas5652 wdym, terraria players have made "mob switches" a bunch of times, the most reliable i suppose would be the old duck glitch
“Here at Aperture Science we don’t use just any magic. We use science. Aperture science! We are proud to announce a new invention: the philosophers stone! It allows you to get any item* you want!”
“* item must be from terraria”
Portal.exe?
@@xxGreenRoblox technically, hl2.exe is the executable for portal
I imagine a professor yelling at someone after attempting to find their ID and therefore duplicate themselves.
You also need a specific type of door and if you don't have it make sure you do have a campfire which has it's top left corner on it's right
I love the references because this is LITERAL alchemy.
I remember thinking I was so clever for figuring out the bin glitch years ago when it flipped the quantity and item ID, but that was basic counting compared to this being full on advanced algebra.
I'd argue that this is next level mathematical physics
watching this made me realize that the key to success - even in real life - is not by merely following the system. But to recognize its inner workings and find loopholes that you can exploit.
First, we had Block Transmutation in Minecraft, and now we have *this* in Terraria. Incredible.
changing metadata in minecraft is not able to create an elytra however changing item ids in terraria can make a zenith, meowmere, rod of harmony, etc
@@xxGreenRoblox It trully shows how terraria glitch is far better than minecraft transmutation, I think however the minecraft glitch was patched or smt?
wow bugs and glitches exists in some computer programs, incredible
There's no way this ISN'T getting patched. That said, stock up for the winter, guys, get them 100% Journey characters!
afaik you can research some otherwise unobtainable items like bone blocks (1.3 legacy item, unobtainable since journey characters can't access non-journey worlds that could have them) and the boring bow (never obtainable in the first place) so 101% journey character when?
I'm not so sure. First of all, they still haven't patched hoiks, so this could fall into "it's a feature, not a bug". Second, it requires a rather intensive set up; basically, this isn't happening by accident, so this bug only affects players deliberately seeking it out. Third, it's entirely possible that they can't fix it without breaking something else.
@@Greywander87I mean hoik at most is a movement bug, but transmutation would literally change the entire progression of the game, so I doubt they would leave it alone
@@Greywander87 they already patched it
or its just me using a shroomite digging claw
I don't see them being too focused on patching it as you have to go pretty far out of your way to get this
Ever since watching Bismuth and Pannenkoek I’ve always had a fascination with glitches in games, and it’s quite wonderful to have something similar with Terraria as well - there’s something special about pushing games beyond the developers intentions, elevated by your stellar explanations ^^
And the visuals, not to forget!
I’ve always loved watching channels like that- A few scrapped drafts of this video were more in their style, but I eventually realized I should just do my own thing.
Thanks a ton for the kind words! I’m glad you enjoyed the video- The visuals were definitely one of the hardest parts, but one of the most rewarding for sure.
@@EthyrielY It really is almost depressing how much content we are missing out on regarding other games insane glitches. Not that I would know anything of this depth but there is most definitly way more "fun-to-get-a-grasp-of" game knowledge in games either abondoned by all players and never really popular (like the countless ones on the NES) or just ones where people have the knowledge among speedrunners yet nobody really bothers to make a video about it.
I COMPLETELY understand this felling. It's just so amazing how some little stuff in the code can brake the hole game, like with blj's.
I like how minecraft players need complex planning and expolts to get mass amounts of items. Meanwhile terraria players just yell “its wizard time” then get anything in 20 seconds.
well most people are just gonna say ima go get x and get it in 8 picoseconds compared to the intended method
the fact that I watched Fullmetal alchemist 2 days ago and now I get to see a "philosopher's stone" in terraria is absolutely mental
just learnt this from all of the other videos, but having a comprehensive guide is really nice aswell!
Thank you! The comprehensive guide has all of the older guides consolidated into one place, and also some technical information on how everything works.
@@EthyrielY Yeah! I knew roughly how everything was performed, but after watching the video I have a much greater understanding of everything, and more tools in my arsenal, thanks for the detailed explanations! you're awesome :)
@@EthyrielY I found a glitch that hard-crashes the game that utilizes philo
Edit: I did it too many times and now my terraria won't run
My brain has been fried.
Thankfully, I can use MCGO to cycle through various body parts until I get a new brain to use.
Thank you for making a full on explanation video on this, I've been super curious as to how it *actually* works!
Of course! It's something I've been wanting to share for the longest time, since I've always enjoyed seeing those sorts of videos for other games. So, why not make one for Terraria?
I'd love to see an "all items researched" journey mode playthrough/speedrun using transmutation
Honestly, I want to know how the devs reacted when they first saw this series of glitches pop up. They put over a decade of work into this game and then get confronted with this garbage fire :D
I'm honestly curious as well.
There's a seven-minute speedrun using this tech.. the sort of "devs watching speedruns" thing.
@@EthyrielYand its still not patched?? do you think theyre gonna leave it then, since theyd have to do a full sprite coding rework?
@@MartianCandiesred's patched it for 1.4.5 so it will die when that drops
@@vaelophisnyx9873 what will die? the player or the transmute farm?
20:53 as soon as he said "two pixels", i immediately thought of fireflies. And lo and behold!
This is now my favourite yt video TT_TT
rip fireflies, never stood a chance
Glad to hear you liked the video^^! I'm quite proud of that little edit hahaha
I have no idea how you’re channel hasn’t blown up, I subbed the instant I heard about the glitch. I really hope that this stays in the game, it is just so interesting and powerful I never want it to go away. Thanks for the simple guides, when I found this glitch I had to piece it together from the sheet and speed-running guide. I can’t wait for a vid on black hole (I tried to figure it out myself and ended up with many broken statues and dreams).
Thanks a bunch^^! Proper documentation is long overdue, so it's nice to finally have everything in one place.
The Black Hole Glitch really does deserve its own video both due to what it can due for transmuting items, and the other strange things it can do.
As a bit of a spoiler, you can make black holes out of _more than just doors_. That's one of the main reasons it's getting its own content piece.
The sheer complexity of this we feel makes it worthy of being considered a mainstay feature like liquid duplication and hoiking.
great video! really loving the transmutation glitch, can't wait to see what this 'black hole' glitch is all about, too...
i remember discovering a glitch to duplicate objects while playing in the mobile version in multiplayer with another person. That it wasn´t pure randomnes and there where some kind of steps to follow to get it always gived me curiosity.
Now that i can see this video and can comprend better how a multiplayer server works now i can make me an idea of what was happening and it´s kind of awesome.
The magic behind the glitches is incredible and i think it´s pretty cool that you have made this video to explain the transmutation. Pretty good work buddy
How were you able to do it on mobile?
Hello, @EthyrielY ! I found another way to make fuelless CGO: Doors, even invalid, if open or closed from its valid door block, that block will expand into whole door, repairing it. Also, doors may be used as CGO fuel. I propose following scheme: Modified 2-statue setup, with second Bast statue and CGO interacting with same right door's upper left corner, with space between two statues wider for 1 block, cycling in such way: After one press to broken campfire upper right block, upper statue must switch, repairing campfire, then intact block of left door used as a fuel must switch twice, opening door left, and repairing the door, then Bast statue must switch again, breaking campfire again.
This was so well put together, the graphic was so helpful in illustrating how it works. Amazing job!
Thanks a ton! Glad the graphics helped- They were one of the most difficult parts of the video, so happy to know the effort was worth it!
I’m probably never going to use this since I don’t play terraria much anymore, but this could be my favourite terraria video ever.
You make completely breaking the game seem so easy, make is extremely easy to understand, and make it very entertaining at the same time.
*1 sub ☺️
Glad you enjoyed it! Hearing that my descriptions are easy to understand really means alot.
Plenty more game breaking will be coming in the future.
@@EthyrielYI Rage Quit I broke it with a crystal Crusher from Calamity mod I don't like that pickaxe it's 2:08 I just wanted to obtain The Infinity Gauntlet without using that cheat sheet mod
@@NatetheNintendofan I understand not
@@EthyrielY+1sub
The person who discovered this must’ve felt like a god
I really hope that if/when Relogic fixes this they go into detail about how they fixed this glitch. I feel like the process of fixing something as complex as this would be just as interesting as the glitch itself.
Assuming of course, that this can even *be* fixed without irreversibly changing the game's code, like how hoiks would be fixed.
It is probably just a matter of bounds checking the x and y for certain items like doors
Excellent guide! Glad you included some important stuff that wasn't already in a video such as the stabilized bast statue. It'll be much easier to refer to this video than combing through a bunch of shorter ones.
Glad it was helpful! Having everything in one place has been a common request so I'm glad to finally be able to fulfill that.
I'm so glad you made this, I watch your other 30 min video on repeat, you and your friends in the other video are hilarious, would love to see more of you guys! Ima binge watch this video for months
this makes me want a game where the idea is to mess with the code of the game, but the character is the one doing it, so it looks like magic. and no one in universe knows how because they dont realise they are in a simulation.
That’s brilliant
I'm not great at coding, but I'll see what I can do
24:22
"MCGO is so powerful that inventory management becomes a problem because of how many items you're generating, so either you delete the items or need a lot of chests"
*Sir, All I See Is Platinum Coins For Free*
One thing I'd like to add to the supermarket analogy: in the supermarket you still have to pay. But here, you don't
This guy is the NileRed of terraria
Im extremely impressed by this glitch and all the people involved, great work! Back in my days we placed a chest ontop of 4 ingots
Thank you kindly^^!
The hilarious part is, I don't think I've _ever_ actually used the old duplication bugs. Despite discovering all of this crazy stuff.
This reminds me of the VERY old minecraft transmutation in 1.7
Dont even play this game anymore ever since getting my plat trophy for it but i subbed and liked just because this in uncanny that someone actually discovered this. Like out of all the glitches i’ve seen people find this is the most coolest and one that was easily explained!
Thanks a ton! There's still a ton more to Transmutation I've yet to have time to publish, but I promise it'll be worth the wait.
that smash 64 training music came outta nowhere and slapped my face with nostalgia man, good video overall and thank you for helping me meme my next terraria playthrough without having to install the workshop map lmao
0:19 seems balanced,i think copper shortsword should get a nerf
I was always confused about how this glitch works, but thanks to this explanation it seems actually quite easy. Great work Ethyriel, and i hope you can cover more broken terraria shenanigans in the future!
same
Thank you very much!
I've still got loads more Transmutation content to cover- This is only item Transmutation, after all.
As someone who has a bast statue on their desk irl,
I know what I must do
I've been very tempted to 3D-print or otherwise create a Bast Statue IRL, purely as a memento.
sad im no longer up to date on terraria stuff, but coming back to the game and seeing things like this is really heartwarming. absolutely unhinged, horrendously insane/inconceivably random steps that make absolutely no sense, but end up literally changing the code of the game, while playing the game. we've come a long way from dirt in a piggy bank, super glad to see people are still putting this much love and effort into finding cool things in the game. this video was an absolute masterpiece as well, hearing the first explanation hurt my brain, but after watching such an in depth tutorial i feel like i could make this in my sleep, and write a college essay on what it does/how it works. keep up the amazing work ethyriel :)
As a programmer it’s extremely interesting that this is how the game processes items. I wish you would have gone over the INTENDED behavior and the arrangement of items internally first, because then the glitches would not seem so arbitrary. It’s a little frustrating as a programmer because it’s eventually in the video that there is a clear rhyme and reason behind why this works, and it would help to contextualize the glitch with this first. Other than that great video and crazy stuff!
Edit: I don’t mean to come off as condescending. I find glitches fascinating because from my experience in making games the designers have to make decisions about how to store and arrange things in the game engine, and don’t anticipate players breaking these systems later. It’s more interesting to me to find out how these systems are set up (and WHY they might be done this way) from a design perspective first, and use that as a foundation for how to then break them. It’s a great way to learn how you might set up similar things in your own games one day! And how to maybe avoid the design oversights that lead to these glitches ;)
Love how you used Portal 2 music. That's how you know serious science is being done here.
"Science isn't about why, it's about why not!"
How did you get so good at explaining things?
D'aawh, this comment actually means alot. Thanks a ton!
If nothing else, knowing I was able to inform people in an entertaining way is satisfaction in it of itself.
@EthyrielY, the best parts were the jokes and memes sneakily inserted into the video. Well done, I can't wait for the blackhole explanation!
I train by explaining things just to myself and it really improves it. Also, it helps in finding errors in thought process e.g. in code.
2:07 best portal 2 soundtrack
Was about to comment portal music goes hard
Zenith: (Basic philo method)
Use steampunk door, 123 cycles (you should see snow pylon right before) (just taken from the excel sheet and simplified it)
thanks
Just got this recommended and i just got to say that this video gave me the same sense of both of curiosity and dread that both pannenkoek and bismuth vids give
I haven't been super in the loop with Terraria lately and thought transmutation was simply referring to the shimmer stuff... This is definitely a little bit crazier
I'm going to be using this only once while I still can just to get certain otherwise unobtainable items.
It's worth keeping in mind that, due to hardcoded restrictions, items like the First Fractal can only be _viewed_, hence the "First Fractal Door". They delete themselves the exact same frame they spawn.
However, there's a bunch of stuff you're not meant to have you can still get- like the Boring Bow, unobtainable boss bags, white cultist gear, and I think the Color Only Dye (though not sure about that one)
Minecraft creative mode: "Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power"
This breaks the law of equivalent exchange.
the law of equivalent exchange is merely a suggestion of equivalent exchange
Absolutely fascinating. It blows my mind that things like this get discovered in older games.
It still blows my mind that this bug has been lurking in the code ever since Multiplayer has existed- so, that'd be 2013, or a decade at this point.
10 years. Whew.
i remember back in the day when i played on like 1.2.9 mobile there was a glitch where you would put a stack of dirt blocks, the number of blocks in the stack being the id number to whatever item you wanted. and i dont remember the specifics but you basically could put dirt blocks in a chest, close the game, and open it back up to a terrablade or whatever you wanted. oh the good old days
When I played 1.2 on mobile,sometimes when I tried placing dirt blocks over a huge hole between two mountains, I'd get them to turn into bunnies(them being the dirt blocks)
That's fascinating! I've heard a few reports now of people on Console versions (such as mobile) having glitches where items turn into mobs. Weird.
torches on trees for me on 360
@@EthyrielY
Red: *trying to patch this bug *
Spiderman 2099: “Wait, this bug is a canon event to keep all the universes in tact”
The real magic was the FrameX we found along the way.
I love this comment.
really glad you made this! i had a sort of vague understanding of how it worked, but this really cleared up any confusion. hope this doesn't become immediately irrelevant after all the work you put into it lol
Honestly, 1.4.5 is very liable to break things, but that's why I am hellbent on breaking the new version. Transmutation will stick around, one way or another!
Thank you again for the kind words^^! Cheers!
Don’t forget to align the scuttlebug
it is important to ensure the QPU's are properly aligned
29:36, I didn’t catch the lesson…. could you repeat that?
I earnestly hope they never patch this and it becomes a feature like hoiking
If 1.4.5 breaks Transmutation...
I plan to break 1.4.5.
_...well, I'm going to break the new version anyways, but don't tell the devs that._
"Hey we found a way to go faster than the speed of sounds by using this new block hammering function"
"Uhhhh yeah that's actually planned... probably"
"Oh and we also found a way to rip apart reality"
"Uhhhhhhhhhh"
Relogic won't get away with that
This glitch reminds me of The Binding of Isaac. In the Repentance DLC they added the "Spindown Dice" item which lets you decrease an item's ID by one.
It would be cool if Re-Logic implemented this feature in an official capacity in a similar manner, an end game item of sorts, though Journey mode fills the same role.
That would be a crazy addition, and quite a fun one at that.
though, I haven't seen much direct acknowledgment from the Devs other than saying it'll be fixed
maybe I need to break the game harder lol
Binding of Issac is a super fun game, so seeing a reference to it is very welcome heh
You are great at explaining these wild glitches, thanks for the Guide! I sometimes wonder how people discover this stuff, can't imagine how complicated the process is
It started with educated guesswork, that rather quickly got out of hand heh
Instructions unclear, my bast statue is now floating. I am dead serious about this, it's actually floating.
Respectfully; what kind of deranged psychopath do you have to be to be able to figure something like this out?
how the f- did that guy manage to find this, and what the f- did he was trying to do???????/
Well, it all started with trying to do some trolling with floating boulders... then I discovered you could make glitched chests... then I started trying to lockpick biome chests...
Then I realized you could possibly get Zenith with it.
One thing led to another, and now it's possible to kill God in under 7 minutes in this game.
@@EthyrielY resonable
14:12 good pick for background music :)
also as someone who's interested in coding, this glitch and the code responsible for it is super interesting to me! thank you for this explanation, very cool
Happy to share! The technical aspects of why things break really is fascinating, so I'm glad I was able to provide a comprehensive run-down!
a quarter of this I didn’t understand, a quarter of this I could probably never set up, but half of it is actually absorbed into my tiny brain.
Spaghetti code at it's finest.
They fixed it
Are you on PC or console^^?
If on PC, verify that you are in Multiplayer. (Host and Play works just fine.
If on Console (i.e. Mobile, PS5, etc.) - you'll need to either a.) Join a server, and set it up there or b.) Have a friend join when you’re hosting, and have them set it up for you.
This is due to version differences with how hosting works. On PC, hosting actually makes you a client to a server hosted in the background. On console, you are the host, meaning de-syncing doesn’t work. Hence why you need to connect to the server or have someone else connect- being the Host when using Host and Play won’t work, unfortunately.
Once the setup is complete, the glitch should function identical to PC.
Hope this helps^^!
@@EthyrielYi take it the host leaves and joins in order to make the bast statues visible? And also can the rest be done on a single player world? (Ps4)
This seems to be patched, at least on console. Probably not the whole thing, but an integral glitch in setup is patched. From my attempts, I think this is because you can no longer force a desync between the server and client anymore. You always see what the server sees, this means that you still see the trap door when you break the first bast statue and the sand falls, and you also still see a floating bast statue when you use the torch to update the sand and trapdoor. Because the bast statue is still there both on client and server side, you can no longer place the sandstone block because that space is being blocked by the bast statue, and the statue just breaks when another block updates somewhere
Any way around this?
i just did it on console
It works on console, but only if you join someone else's world- i.e., you're a client to their server.
The host on console is _actually_ the server, hence why de-sync don't work- just as you observed.
I kind of get what you’re saying, but don’t truly understand a lot of it. But that deficiency is solely on my end. The video was interesting and entertaining enough that my son and I kept watching until the end. (He understood it better.)
I really loved this glitch man. As soon as i learned it hardcore, i immediately know how it works (kinda forget on the step by step creation tho). This really gives us 🔥 power and a power of immortality! (Of course, by getting post-Moonlord gears and any items like Rod of Harmony or the Zenith).
Genuine question. Does this mod work on a modded world? If so, does the item array include modded items? Could I perform this glitch in Calamity and obtain any Calamity item? Or would I only be able to access Vanilla items with this glitch? How do mods like calamity store item info?
Absolutely incredible stuff. Do you know how this would work for modded items? I’m interested in trying it for a calamity speedrun
It _absolutely_ does. The modded items are appended after the Vanilla items, although the order isn’t known. MCGO, Philo, etc. all work though.
If / when 1.4.5 breaks Transmutation, I plan to pivot to breaking mods.
@@EthyrielY just tested to make sure, it does work with mods on 1.4.3! Don’t know how this would work with multiple mods, though. Maybe alphabetical order since that’s the order it’s loaded in?
@@codenamec.a.t2480 Hrrm, possibly! Honestly I’ve yet to dive deeper than confirming it works since there’s still so much I need to cover in Vanilla heh
But, MCGO seems like the perfect glitch for just getting _loads_ of modded items. Start towards the end, and just MCGO for as long as you’d like (refreshing fuel) to just keep getting items. Since, it doesn’t matter if you don’t know where anything is, if everything drops anyways lol
I’ve found a consistent way to find mod IDs in correlation to door IDs. Simply use recipe browser, then expand the recipe browser to be 18 items long. From there, find the item you’re currently on and work from there, moving 2 rows every time. This should work with every modded item in any modpack, but the order isn’t going to be the same every time, so always use it carefully
@@codenamec.a.t2480 Saving this and definitely going to give it a try down the road- Cheers and thanks for info^^!
What software is being used at 25:00 for the annotation, pixel zoom, and measurement?
ShareX! I use it to take screenshots, and record MP4's on-screen as well. Has auto copy-to-clipboard and auto-uplaod to. Super handy bit of kit, just takes some setup.
@@EthyrielY Great, thank you!
Ah yes, a door made out of wood can turn into a wepon that you can only get after the moon lord.
You made me happy when you said it can be done by naturally generated wires... Thank you
Hey, you might remember me, but I figured out the setup for multiplayer only and I accidentally made a stable bast in only multiplayer. Basically, you transmute a door into banners, then break it, causing the bast head to split and have the "bee."
Note, the door must be open and it also breaks some of the wood, and it stays on rejoin.
If you do credit me if you include it in a video, please credit this account that I am sending the message with as this is my active account.
Just to clarify which account, I mean this account, @thedaggybaggy
Does it just not work on console
Wondering dose this still work cause I’m trying and it dose not work I’m breaking the cat and the trap door isn’t disappearing
Same
Are you on PC or console^^?
If on PC, verify that you are in Multiplayer. (Host and Play works just fine.
If on Console (i.e. Mobile, PS5, etc.) - you'll need to either a.) Join a server, and set it up there or b.) Have a friend join when you’re hosting, and have them set it up for you.
This is due to version differences with how hosting works. On PC, hosting actually makes you a client to a server hosted in the background. On console, you are the host, meaning de-syncing doesn’t work. Hence why you need to connect to the server or have someone else connect- being the Host when using Host and Play won’t work, unfortunately.
Once the setup is complete, the glitch should function identical to PC.
Hope this helps^^!
See above comment. @@godmaster808
I just learned about the glitch yesterday and that office meme made my life better
Holy crap, I just realized your outro is either a smooth jazz or muzak version of the Smash Bros Brawl theme... Hilarious.
Edit: no, I never previously looked at the description of the video; I mostly watch YT on mobile, so I have to manually interact with those to get info out of them
its patched Ive tried everything multiple times
Yeah makes sense that it is fixed tho it is cool but if it was to easy then getting these items isn’t worth anything
@@Bruhxxhi It isn't patched and may never be patched
tested today november 11th, no it's not patched.
I think it depends on what device you use
@@Bruhxxhi Isn't patched on any device just works differently as all supports other than pc require a second player/device for it to work
Is this patched?
I dont think so
this was explained pretty poorly
honestly I think this glitch would have been way cooler if the campfire glitch didn't exist, because then you'd have to collect different doors, potentially from the glitch itself, and it would be a wacky crafting system of sorts
I'm not even gonna use this but this is still really cool
"so, now we created a star, but if you wanna create a white dwarf star, its a bit tricky, you will just need to use thee FBH tecnique, 'Fusing Black Holes' in which you need to make two black holes come together but instead of in a normal way, you will need to fuse them from top to bottom and it will revert the ID of one of the black hole in reality, making it go to his previous state, a white dwarf, easy glitch to do, right?"
THATS HOW YOU SOUND RN-
Bro's ripping the fabric of the universe, and alterating reality, while also getting endgame stuff like if he could do that while sleeping-
and on top of that hes putting it cosmic names, WDYM "the black hole glitch"
It's a glitch, which can eat anything you put below it.
Orrr you can decompress the black hole and get several hundred items per-second.
@@EthyrielY undertandable, now stop playing with the powers of cosmic entities please- my boi moonlord its crying on the corner
@@OrdanKarris Hrrrm…
I’ll consider it.
Never thought I'd hear parallel universe in another game but this is actually such a cool glitch and I've never seen any major game glitch thst works like it
Man, this feels like theoretical physics put into practice
you have finished the greatwork of alchemy.
This is so smart, I feel like all people in game design should give this video a watch
I had no idea I could break Terraria.