Am I the only one who hates stealth archers and never does them? I guess I have an IQ of 2 and end up having all heavy armor two handed builds, rushing at people like a madman.
@@hmmm.74 I usually do Stealth Mage. Specifically Stealth Necromancer. Basically, summon an flame or ice atronach(?), use illusion spells to bend the battle, then reanimate the strongest body you can after giving it a steel Warhammer. It's fun, but impractical until you master illusion, sneak, conjuration, and optionally alteration and destruction.
Personal comment for leaving notes to myself, but feel free to take a look: 1:42 - Adjust room size for a rectangular look. Consider having the roof lower than max build height more often in my case. 2:19 - False foundation for greater detail under house. 5:20 - Increase wall and roof thickness for bigger houses. Can add more detail this way. 6:50 - Vanity rooms that serve no purpose other than to improve the build. 7:14 - Vary roof heights for floors and rooms. 10:12 - Vary block surfaces beyond just floor/wall and ceiling. Have a different block for different walls that serve as passages that lead to the next room versus walls that see the outside of the building, or ceilings versus the roof or second story floor. Vary walls per room rather than the whole building being two or three types of walls. 14:20 - Large bamboo and brown paint makes great wood alternative for walls and tiles. Used as supports here, but later used as a ceiling tile at 27:41. 19:13 - Adjust roof thickness based on the type of roof you desire. Thatched roof example included. 21:00 - Use walls to create the illusion of accessible rooms. Not mentioned in video, but can use invisible teleporter trick here to make the pseudo room accessible. 21:53 - Use fence for 1 tile walls that don't bleed out from where the structure should end. 26:58 - Use thrice hammered platforms to add to roof detail, or leave it as normal along a ceiling for a nice rim detail pictured at 41:40. 28:30 - Modern supports example. Also a reminder to give actuators a try. 30:20 - White paint and titanstone looks like concrete. 30:40 - Allow indoors to be more boxy for modern designs by not having corner accents. 31:10 - Consider alternative methods for defined rooms outside of placing a clear doorway. 34:08 - White painted snow wall for plaster. 34:49 - Beams and pillars to accent walls. Also features, asymmetrical symmetry for modern builds. More clearly said, you want things to align well with each other but not be entirely symmetrical. 37:20 - Accent walls aligned with gaps between pillars/beams work well together. 38:03 - Consider breaking walls for detail. Cracks can serve to be more than what's supposed to be broken and instead look like window framing or gaps where things can slide in and out. 39:32 - Builders hate him! This advanced trick invalidates broken wall gaps by using the invisible "echo" block. Click the timestamp to learn more! 40:00 - Sometimes accent wall tops and bottoms instead of floor and sides like I normally do. 40:20 - Use platforms and furniture to hide the broken wall gaps that leave ugly overhang.
@@KamisatoElias Heh! Yeah, it added at least 10 more minutes to the video. Also, I only got the idea to take notes halfway through and started skipping through the half I already watched to find the timestamps for the ones I wanted.
25:15 is a good spot for a summary But in conclusion: • Foundation / false foundation • 2 thick wall and roof (at least) • Bigger rooms (6/7 high and longer) • A bit more realistic (support beams) • Make rooms not blocky • VARIETY in blocks, walls and rooms • Choose a theme and test out some blocks (trial and error is the way to go) • Use accents and contrasts
I can't explain how much more engaging this video is compared to all others where they just talk about the advice rather than applying it. Really well done!
I've seen very few with your building skills. This far, I consider you the master Terrarian architect. Every time someone asks for building tips or inspiration, I direct them to you. You've inspired me so much and I thank you for the awesome videos.
Easy summary of Khaios pro tips on building houses 1. Create a larger space 2:18 2. Creating a foundation 3:23 -adds blocks underground as it adds texture and details rather than placing your house on top of the soil. -false foundation. Creating a gap between your floor and the ground 3. Basic Exterior tips 4:59 -add a block at the both sides of the floor -add thickness on to your house atleast on the sides and ceiling. -don't make your floor longer than your ceiling 4. Orientation 6:19 -Plan your house -make sure only 2-3 NPC are the only people living there for their happiness will be affected. -it is okay if your floor don't have the same height. Word of Khaios: 7:47 If you are not happy to what it looks, change it until you are happy with it. 5. Make it semi-realistic 7:55 -there should be a balance between too much and too little realism -add more foundation like pillars and beam to hold floating or attached structures -add foundation inside your house too! Like in the corner of the ceiling, which you put classy 3 blocks hammered into an art making your house more realistic and having more details! 6. Add some variety of blocks! 9:39 -add different blocks to each of the part of your house like roof, floor, wall, etc rathee than having one plain boring block. -add more contrast becausw it's important for more diverse texture. -paints count as a different variety of block. It is great as well, and it also widen the possiblity of more creative structures and stuff. It also adds or blend in the theme of the room where the unpainted blocks and related blocks can't do. Another word of Khaois: 12:18 The sky is the limit, your imagination is the only limitation to a big extent 7. Rooms can be different depend on what you want 13:32 the primary material in it's room can be different -blending other wall as a wall support is great too, acts like a foundation and realism. -adding more details to the specific room makes it standout to other one, it's great for telling which room is the main one -windows, and fence is highly recommended, adding like a glass or wooden fences variety fitting to the theme of the house makes it more realistic. -your roof varied depending on your style and the theme of the house. 16:25 Khaios style on roofs 16:55 medieval theme -add stone related block accent -add slit (hammered miscellaneous added stone) as it adds details -medieval roof can be made by adding slabs and other varieties that don't blend together. Forming them into a medieval castle. -have a medieval theme for sides depends on your choice. -having a thin roof is great preceeded that the upper object on top of it will sustain the thickness. Khaios puts a brown leaf as an added roof details -adding layers to the outside pillars as shows in no. 5 (pillars, beam and supports). Adding walls behind looks like there's a room unable to be access which makes it weird but feels 3d. -filling the remaining unwall gaps on the door by fence makes it complete. Walls can be added too but some may prefer beams instead or fence for they allign to the structure more. 22:29 and that's it. i gave up.
I know that only playing one game can become monotonous. But for some reason I can watch you for hours and hours and hours and never get bored or tired of your content. Thank you for sharing you passion and talent. (Also, I’m not going to claim that I’m a veteran of your channel but I’ve been around for a while and it’s an honor to watch you grow. Oh and your a wonderful streamer) thank you for your time. -Jack
Step 3: Watch as your creation gets destroyed by skeletron prime because you thought it was a good idea to build this in for the worthy. Step 4: cry Step 5: Repeat back to step one but make it in a different world and skip steps 3-5, making them obsolete, just like your build as it gets infected by corruption. And you can't buy an contaminator, so basically you have to start again. Step 6: You accidentally delete the world and lose everything oof stinks to be you.
This video also made me realize how paint isn’t just colors and custom biomes, it also allows you to change colors to certain textures and I love how it works like that 🎨 🖌
I know you said this wasn't intended to be a beginner's guide but this helped me more with the basics than any other beginner's build video I've seen yet! And now I can make my builds look nice too.
This showed up in my recommended and I do not regret clicking in the slightest. Listening to you talk about how to do art in terraria for about 43 minutes is the comfiest I've found myself in a long time.
5:43 There's actually an added bonus to doing this; most humanoid enemies will walk away from a door instead of trying to bust it down if there is an overhang. (Might be something to do with path-finding I think)
@@dashw Exactly, I made that comment to indicate the Struggle of People playing Terraria on Console, Because all of the Things in 1.4 doesnt exist there.
Step one: Deal with wooden/dirt/stone shoe box houses at the beginning until you get at least your respective evil's gear, and maybe the mining set for efficiencies sake. Step 2: Go on a resource gathering rampage, and compile every block you can. Step 3: Lay the blocks that interest you most in a 3x3 cube suspended in the air next to each other to compare, mix and match them to find ones that blend well. Step 4: look at your shoebox, no matter how high, or wide you've stacked it to put the NPCs in, and make it work. Take the external walls, and branch them out in all kinds of wacky shapes, and tie them all together with a decent roof, then, once the shape is acceptably unique, put the blocks you've chosen into the build by replacing the wooden walls, outer blocks, etcetera. Step 5: Understand that you're not making the Mona Lisa. Perfection is for nerds. Don't fall into the pit of "it's not good enough" because it'll make you stop building altogether. Step 6: Hit that grind, gamers. Do this process over and over in Journey mode so you have infinite resources to work with. Every step is a step forward towards your improvement. Step 7: You look very nice today, did you do something different with your look? It looks good on you. Have a good one, and go for broke!
Hi Khaios, I'm late to the Terraria party, just started playing a few months ago. (Yes, I was basically living under a rock for the last decade.) I just wanted to say that I deeply appreciate your skill, your demeanor, and that you share so much with your community. I hope you are not insulted by this, but I think of you as the Bob Ross of Terraria and I sometimes watch or rewatch videos just to relax. Thanks for being you.
@@YeyazWyrd it's a weird thing but there are a lot of artists I met who dislike Bob Ross for not being a "true" artist. Just trying to express my feelings with respect and admiration without offending anyone.
41:45 as soon as you added that white trim, it made the room look 3D. The floor looks like grey carpet, and the white trim looks like drywall ceiling, so it looks like you could walk "up" across the floor towards the glass doors, like whatever the Maniac Mansion perspective is called. Really cool technique.
This is a perfect video, i have finally built my medieval town, each NPC has their own house and it is themed accordingly for them, thanks Khaios very cool.
I really like to use wrought iron fences as windows in medieval builds, and also as a spike to top a curved roof. Another favorite is using rich mahogany/ ebonwood fence painted brown as support beams, but I think that large bamboo walls are a new favorite. Rich mahogany walls painted brown are also a great horizontal wood beam, and I really like using blue and green tiled walls painted brown. I use these interspersed randomly as a stone backwall, and they look great
Wicked tutorial man! Definitely opened my mind; I made an all glass “art gallery” to display every painting I find in the game. Thanks for the inspirational push!
This video has single handedly improved my building in Terraria. I've been able to create my own builds with stunning visual appeal and mixing and matching different materials to create truly unique structures. It's comforting and just feels better when you log in and see well furnished and built homes for all your NPCs in their preferred environments, and friends who visit don't want to leave.
I’ve been going back to terraria after playing for a few hundred hours. but this time on my play through i’m trying to add buildings to the world.. and man your videos are helpful. Thanks for making me get into building and thanks for helping me with it! Keep up work! Cuz i subed :)
23:30 actually, putting the dryad in a graveyard biome lets her sell seeds for the opposite world evil to yours. I love getting the worm scarf early in the game and then setting up an underground crimson later in the game for ichor in a corruption world
This is such a fantastic guide. For a pretty long time I was very unhappy with my Terraria builds because I felt like they were incredibly basic and boring. I eventually got better but after watching this video I never realized that I'm still lackluster in building homes. I would definitely like to see you making a build tips video for furniture and possibly one for natural (or unnatural) terrain.
My world looks like a multiplayer world after this video it’s insane, massive wooden box hotel with random chests everywhere right next to neat and tidy well decorated houses for single NPCs
Thank you, Khaios, for inspiring me to build. I have put over 1000+ hours in Terreria, and most of the time, I cannot be arsed to do more than make a wooden condominium for all of my NPCs at the start of the game. Now that the "happiness" mechanic has been introduced, I find myself actually having fun with my builds, inspired by watching your videos.
A couple of years ago, I didn’t know how to build proper houses in Terraria on the WiiU. Now, I’ve become quite good at building, and that’s all because of this gifted man. Thank you, Khaios, for teaching me. I owe you for showing me the ways of building.
Just a little tip: You can use fences as beams, just stack a fence on another and it'll pass through the block and look like a beam! Except it'll be thinner. Edit: Also, because it's a background item, you can place a beam over it, and it'll look like an extra layer, for more detail, you can place a full-beam over it, break a few, and it'll look like support for the beams!
You always manage to make me smile, my builds often start off as a great imagination, however as i slowly delve deeper into the build i start to lose passion, however when i watch you you really help me to push myself toward my goal, and you helped me to finish my NPC pylon network which took a few months to construct, i have been playing for years but im having the most fun since i discovered you
I remember like a year or 2 back I came to this video wanting to upgrade my houses as I couldn’t stand how bad it looks. Double layering the rooms is perfect for being able to change each room without it looking weird. Hammering blocks to change the looks also helps as I mainly struggle with the outside layers in order to make the place look good. It’s good to be able to learn these things as I have great imagination but I never know where to start so now I always build the shape first before finishing the inside details incase of any mistakes. Thanks for this video man. I really don’t wanna watch tutorials just to build something that isn’t even my own idea
Dayum! You're the man! Auto sub from me! I'ma go through alot of your vids now. Just recently got into Terraria so I'm trying to learn how to build cool stuff. I made a newbie level castle on one of my worlds after watching a tip video. However, after seeing even just half of this video I've got new knowledge and ideas to make some super cool stuff. I paused the vid like 1/3rd the way through and added those 3 blocks to the corners of the rooms and used the hammer on em and it instantly made my rooms 2x nicer looking. The tips you give in this video are top notch man! Kudos to you! You're the man! I don't see the need to look to anybody else for terraria-related content. Keep it up! 👍
You have definitely shown me the potential of what builders in this game can do, and watching your videos help me unlock that potential. Keep up the good work and videos, you are helping a lot of people with these.
I just returned on terraria after like a 7 month break, It is sad to see that even Khaios isn't uploading anymore. It was nice to have you around, buddy. You are my inspiration on building on terraria.
My friends and I continuously make new worlds to cooperate on, and we've completed the game many times. I am the worst builder of the bunch by far, but I've started trying to improve. Making houses on top of lakes, built into hills and such, little town decor, I'm always trying to make new things. This video really helped me get better, even though I might've started improving before watching this, it'll still help in the long run. Thank you!
My house actually has a guide killing system installed. It involves lava, actuators and yellow pressure plates on the left side and an unused, definitely maintained and supervised, totally safe, kill-box that definitely don't unleash a horde of zombies, among other hardmode terrors, in the very room the guide is in. (with the help of ""hoiked"" platforms against a wall) - Let's just say it's an experience knowing the guide, being the instrument of his own doom, may or may not unintentionally summon the wall of flesh in the random, unforeseen event he triggers the lava trap or an oopsie woopsie happens with the kill-box while a friend is busy in the underworld. ;D
I don't care if it's 40+ mins HAHAHAHAHA. Building tips is really helpful. I been watching all the build tips of yours and really good. It improves my building alot. Thank you so much for that. I hope this channel grows more and more to the future. Can't wait for the next building tips. I actually watched the WHOLE video without SKIPPING. HAHAHAHAH
For me the big impovement tip here is doing double layer wall and roofs, looks so simple to make modifications afterwards. So can start with all wood but replaceing it with a different floot due to the double layer it does not break the other "cells"
this video really helped me learn quite a few building tips, such as the bamboo strategy, letting me learn how important paint really is Infact, I used this video to build a cozy, winter shack embedded into a mountain, with snow on the top that also has trees
I love your tips, but one part of building that always scares me is paint. You should make a build tips on paint, talking about how they work and common uses to make blocks match. That would be so useful!
Omg I got anxiety at all the different choices and had to take a break. It’s like looking over Frank Lloyd Wright’s shoulder and saying, “Uh huh, I think I get it. Yup, I can totally do that.” When irl I am thinking, “What? And then we paint it too?” I can’t decorate irl but maybe this will teach me! Edit: okay, I came back. I stopped the video after a few minutes to tell my husband I wasn’t watching a home improvement show, that he shouldn’t get his hopes up irl. But now I see all the possibilities for a beautiful house. Most underrated tool in my box is the hammer. I’ve found out a lot more uses than just using it for homes, like you can cleverly change how blocks work to get into the pyramid without keys. Who knew? Also, you can make murder holes without letting the zombies/goblins in. I am going to rewatch your video because I put it in my nighttime watch list and fell asleep to your relaxing voice for some of it, sorry! But what a great video!
Khaios is Terraria’s architect... soon he’ll make a much better golem temple or dungeon or even floating islands... imagine the possibilities... also love these types of videos... keep up the great work ☺️
I have watched this video before but never tried to build something with the knowledge given in the video...until now. After watching this video I have made one out of many houses for the first time, where I really try to make it look nice. It was way better then I thought it would be. I know this video is old and this comment may not mean much but for the first time, I have made a really nice looking house, so thank you
Yeaa when i just start playing Terraria i was so confused when i see other build with different variations of blocks that i don't even know how to get or craft it , but the more and more i played it i finally know how to get it , but it really is confusing for new players since Terraria doesn't have creative mode like Minecraft
Hey man really loving the uploads lately, leaving a comment for youtube and cuz i just wanna say that you are one of my favourite youtubers! Keep it up!
So I finally finished watching this video and started building more better looking houses in Terraria. I've seen some others build houses, but nothing I could really keep up with. Your advice has helped a lot, I am still learning and want to keep improving. I play on the Switch version. Thank you.
He did with the leaf roof what bob ross does with his paintings man. looks like nothing interesting but suddenly transforms it into something that looks super well thought out, even if it wasn't
After watching this I was like, "Oh! I could make like specific styled houses for the NPCs to match the kind of stuff they do too!" Then I check your channel and see you already made that lmao xD
Pro tip. Use ebon wood walls for support beams and paint them brown. Normal support beams you cant place anything in front of or on. Ebon wood walls can
bro I'm only half way through this video and its already so good this man def deserves more than 300k he's so easy to understand and he makes sure of that and he doesn't over complicate things i truly wish the best for him and hope that he can make a career out of TH-cam bc it would fit him.
You can just use ebonstone, it does look more cracked and jagged IMO but it might go better for certain builds, of course you can just go and make a new world and get some crimson stuff but it depends on the type of person ( you can also use Demonite blocks but I think they look too far from being a stone-ish block IMO)
I’ve semi done these in my world. Using beam supports and foundations (usually not as fancy as yours though, I just put cobblestone under the floor) It’s really cool to see some more ways to improve my builds since I wasn’t focusing as much on looks. I just wanted to build a house at each biome and get the pylon placed ASAP before doing anything major but I’ve needed to go back and add more decor and truly upgrade my house and these tips will vastly improve it
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I don’t know Khaios, it’s hard to improve on something that’s already perfect 🤷♀️
At least add the empty false foundation! ;)
Chippy and khaios has the same first name
OMGGGGG CHIPPY! MAKE A VIDEO TRYING A KHAIOS BUILD! PLIIIS 🙏
@@lucasvictorcferreira I want khaios to make a video on how to build a chippy house
khaios, do you use texture in this video?
"Why else would you be here?"
I don't even play terraria anymore, I just enjoy your videos dude
Totally fair, haha >.
lol me neither
@@ben7445 same :)
Ben if your Ben and im Ben than whos the real Ben?
@@zj9173 both
A wooden box in Terraria is like a stealth archer build in Skyrim. No matter how hard you try to avoid doing it, you always end up doing it anyway
basically yeah. i tried making a pumkpin house, it ended up a pumpkin box, with wooden boxes encasing it all around.
Am I the only one who hates stealth archers and never does them? I guess I have an IQ of 2 and end up having all heavy armor two handed builds, rushing at people like a madman.
@@hmmm.74 my mom has been doing for years on three different versions of Skyrim (360, One, and Series X) so dw
@@hmmm.74 I usually do Stealth Mage. Specifically Stealth Necromancer. Basically, summon an flame or ice atronach(?), use illusion spells to bend the battle, then reanimate the strongest body you can after giving it a steel Warhammer. It's fun, but impractical until you master illusion, sneak, conjuration, and optionally alteration and destruction.
Something something ultimate weapon rule
This even helps someone who acctually knows how to build
I already knew how to build...
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This comment even helps someone who knows how to spell
@@lantern-music exactly
idk, man. I prefer my stone boxes over wood boxes. ;D
At least it's better than platform boxes, amiright?
Personal comment for leaving notes to myself, but feel free to take a look:
1:42 - Adjust room size for a rectangular look. Consider having the roof lower than max build height more often in my case.
2:19 - False foundation for greater detail under house.
5:20 - Increase wall and roof thickness for bigger houses. Can add more detail this way.
6:50 - Vanity rooms that serve no purpose other than to improve the build.
7:14 - Vary roof heights for floors and rooms.
10:12 - Vary block surfaces beyond just floor/wall and ceiling. Have a different block for different walls that serve as passages that lead to the next room versus walls that see the outside of the building, or ceilings versus the roof or second story floor. Vary walls per room rather than the whole building being two or three types of walls.
14:20 - Large bamboo and brown paint makes great wood alternative for walls and tiles. Used as supports here, but later used as a ceiling tile at 27:41.
19:13 - Adjust roof thickness based on the type of roof you desire. Thatched roof example included.
21:00 - Use walls to create the illusion of accessible rooms. Not mentioned in video, but can use invisible teleporter trick here to make the pseudo room accessible.
21:53 - Use fence for 1 tile walls that don't bleed out from where the structure should end.
26:58 - Use thrice hammered platforms to add to roof detail, or leave it as normal along a ceiling for a nice rim detail pictured at 41:40.
28:30 - Modern supports example. Also a reminder to give actuators a try.
30:20 - White paint and titanstone looks like concrete.
30:40 - Allow indoors to be more boxy for modern designs by not having corner accents.
31:10 - Consider alternative methods for defined rooms outside of placing a clear doorway.
34:08 - White painted snow wall for plaster.
34:49 - Beams and pillars to accent walls. Also features, asymmetrical symmetry for modern builds. More clearly said, you want things to align well with each other but not be entirely symmetrical.
37:20 - Accent walls aligned with gaps between pillars/beams work well together.
38:03 - Consider breaking walls for detail. Cracks can serve to be more than what's supposed to be broken and instead look like window framing or gaps where things can slide in and out.
39:32 - Builders hate him! This advanced trick invalidates broken wall gaps by using the invisible "echo" block. Click the timestamp to learn more!
40:00 - Sometimes accent wall tops and bottoms instead of floor and sides like I normally do.
40:20 - Use platforms and furniture to hide the broken wall gaps that leave ugly overhang.
I feel like this took you ages to write lol
@@KamisatoElias Heh! Yeah, it added at least 10 more minutes to the video. Also, I only got the idea to take notes halfway through and started skipping through the half I already watched to find the timestamps for the ones I wanted.
This is awesome! This is gonna help a lot thank you!
@@moonlord86 I thought i already beat you
Helpful person go brrrrrrr
25:15 is a good spot for a summary
But in conclusion:
• Foundation / false foundation
• 2 thick wall and roof (at least)
• Bigger rooms (6/7 high and longer)
• A bit more realistic (support beams)
• Make rooms not blocky
• VARIETY in blocks, walls and rooms
• Choose a theme and test out some blocks (trial and error is the way to go)
• Use accents and contrasts
Thanks
my savior love you man
Noice
Thanks for the summary dude!
Thx :))
Khaios: why would you be watching the video unless you want to build better terraria houses.
Me: I don't know supporting you
Hahaha, fair ^.^
The weird thing is you said it to basically.
I don't remember when in this vid tho
@@Khaios love your vids, you should definitely do a tutorial on making a sci-fi themed house or something
Using fences for the outer door gaps so that there isn't overhang, is GENIUS.
21:54 for people wondering
Doesn’t look very good. Why is it genius?
@@cajunking5987so it doesn’t overhang
I can't explain how much more engaging this video is compared to all others where they just talk about the advice rather than applying it. Really well done!
I've seen very few with your building skills. This far, I consider you the master Terrarian architect.
Every time someone asks for building tips or inspiration, I direct them to you.
You've inspired me so much and I thank you for the awesome videos.
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Khaios: how to upgrade your wooden box
My brain: Stone house take it or leave it
Lol
dump
99999999 iq
Wow, different colors!
i got you to 420 likes lmao
Easy summary of Khaios pro tips on building houses
1. Create a larger space 2:18
2. Creating a foundation 3:23
-adds blocks underground as it adds texture and details rather than placing your house on top of the soil.
-false foundation. Creating a gap between your floor and the ground
3. Basic Exterior tips 4:59
-add a block at the both sides of the floor
-add thickness on to your house atleast on the sides and ceiling.
-don't make your floor longer than your ceiling
4. Orientation 6:19
-Plan your house
-make sure only 2-3 NPC are the only people living there for their happiness will be affected.
-it is okay if your floor don't have the same height.
Word of Khaios: 7:47
If you are not happy to what it looks, change it until you are happy with it.
5. Make it semi-realistic 7:55
-there should be a balance between too much and too little realism
-add more foundation like pillars and beam to hold floating or attached structures
-add foundation inside your house too! Like in the corner of the ceiling, which you put classy 3 blocks hammered into an art making your house more realistic and having more details!
6. Add some variety of blocks! 9:39
-add different blocks to each of the part of your house like roof, floor, wall, etc rathee than having one plain boring block.
-add more contrast becausw it's important for more diverse texture.
-paints count as a different variety of block. It is great as well, and it also widen the possiblity of more creative structures and stuff. It also adds or blend in the theme of the room where the unpainted blocks and related blocks can't do.
Another word of Khaois: 12:18
The sky is the limit, your imagination is the only limitation to a big extent
7. Rooms can be different depend on what you want 13:32
the primary material in it's room can be different
-blending other wall as a wall support is great too, acts like a foundation and realism.
-adding more details to the specific room makes it standout to other one, it's great for telling which room is the main one
-windows, and fence is highly recommended, adding like a glass or wooden fences variety fitting to the theme of the house makes it more realistic.
-your roof varied depending on your style and the theme of the house.
16:25 Khaios style on roofs
16:55 medieval theme
-add stone related block accent
-add slit (hammered miscellaneous added stone) as it adds details
-medieval roof can be made by adding slabs and other varieties that don't blend together. Forming them into a medieval castle.
-have a medieval theme for sides depends on your choice.
-having a thin roof is great preceeded that the upper object on top of it will sustain the thickness. Khaios puts a brown leaf as an added roof details
-adding layers to the outside pillars as shows in no. 5 (pillars, beam and supports). Adding walls behind looks like there's a room unable to be access which makes it weird but feels 3d.
-filling the remaining unwall gaps on the door by fence makes it complete. Walls can be added too but some may prefer beams instead or fence for they allign to the structure more.
22:29 and that's it. i gave up.
Thanks!
becausw
Jesus dude. You're either bored or unemployed to do a recap of a TH-cam video.
...
🛐
Bro thinks he’s getting extra credit
“Adjust your wooden boxes”
Im sorry, Khaios. Its too late. Its already a wooden box hotel.
Me too
better to just start a new world
@@chasecaylor5124 oh yeah
Anyway i started building a shoe box
Wooden
Same
I know that only playing one game can become monotonous. But for some reason I can watch you for hours and hours and hours and never get bored or tired of your content. Thank you for sharing you passion and talent. (Also, I’m not going to claim that I’m a veteran of your channel but I’ve been around for a while and it’s an honor to watch you grow. Oh and your a wonderful streamer) thank you for your time. -Jack
This tutorial in a nutshell:
Step 1 build a box house
Step 2 destroy it and build a house
Thask
That is my pfp on my alt account
Step 3: Watch as your creation gets destroyed by skeletron prime because you thought it was a good idea to build this in for the worthy. Step 4: cry Step 5: Repeat back to step one but make it in a different world and skip steps 3-5, making them obsolete, just like your build as it gets infected by corruption. And you can't buy an contaminator, so basically you have to start again.
Step 6: You accidentally delete the world and lose everything oof stinks to be you.
ez
@@lazersharx2799 Just change step 6 to:
Your world gets corrupted and you can't recover it
That would be me
Maybe the real wooden box house was the friends we made along the way
@the astig gamer always has been
(Pulls trigger)
*So this was the end to Hamilton...*
Hits a blunt*
Yes it probably was.
A 40 minute video on improving my box houses? Count me in.
This video also made me realize how paint isn’t just colors and custom biomes, it also allows you to change colors to certain textures and I love how it works like that 🎨 🖌
I know you said this wasn't intended to be a beginner's guide but this helped me more with the basics than any other beginner's build video I've seen yet! And now I can make my builds look nice too.
This showed up in my recommended and I do not regret clicking in the slightest. Listening to you talk about how to do art in terraria for about 43 minutes is the comfiest I've found myself in a long time.
Bob Ross of terraria
It amaze me how you turn a simple box into a beautiful build while giving out tips, definately coming back again to this channel.
5:43
There's actually an added bonus to doing this; most humanoid enemies will walk away from a door instead of trying to bust it down if there is an overhang.
(Might be something to do with path-finding I think)
"variety, don't use just wood"
*paints wood gray* there we go
Bruh. I Play Terraria on Xbox Series S
@@Mattno.777 i cranked my render distance to 128 and still sadly cannot find who asked
@@dashw Exactly, I made that comment to indicate the Struggle of People playing Terraria on Console, Because all of the Things in 1.4 doesnt exist there.
@@Mattno.777 I'm pretty sure paint is a pre-1.4 feature, my dude.
@@voltscreamratty what
I like putting flower planters under windows as a window seal, i think it helps add contrast and detail
"im running out of time"
proceeds to build another house
132 likes and no comments? Wow -.-
@@Crown865 Oh huh that is weird. Well time to do a politician move.
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"here's your standard shoebox"
I feel so called out
Same
Step one: Deal with wooden/dirt/stone shoe box houses at the beginning until you get at least your respective evil's gear, and maybe the mining set for efficiencies sake.
Step 2: Go on a resource gathering rampage, and compile every block you can.
Step 3: Lay the blocks that interest you most in a 3x3 cube suspended in the air next to each other to compare, mix and match them to find ones that blend well.
Step 4: look at your shoebox, no matter how high, or wide you've stacked it to put the NPCs in, and make it work. Take the external walls, and branch them out in all kinds of wacky shapes, and tie them all together with a decent roof, then, once the shape is acceptably unique, put the blocks you've chosen into the build by replacing the wooden walls, outer blocks, etcetera.
Step 5: Understand that you're not making the Mona Lisa. Perfection is for nerds. Don't fall into the pit of "it's not good enough" because it'll make you stop building altogether.
Step 6: Hit that grind, gamers. Do this process over and over in Journey mode so you have infinite resources to work with. Every step is a step forward towards your improvement.
Step 7: You look very nice today, did you do something different with your look? It looks good on you.
Have a good one, and go for broke!
for resources i buy a ton of dynamite and make a new world and just blow everything up makes it very easy and fun
"How to upgrade your wooden box"
Me, look at a row of chest and crafting stations lying around in open air: *Sweat nervously*
me_irl
I just dug a hole and expanded too much.
My friends built a 400 foot tall skyscraper and hardly half of the rooms have npcs.
ITZ PHE just put table and chair
Hi Khaios, I'm late to the Terraria party, just started playing a few months ago. (Yes, I was basically living under a rock for the last decade.) I just wanted to say that I deeply appreciate your skill, your demeanor, and that you share so much with your community. I hope you are not insulted by this, but I think of you as the Bob Ross of Terraria and I sometimes watch or rewatch videos just to relax. Thanks for being you.
Nothing offensive about being compared to Bob Ross! He was amazing!
Omg you pretty much just said "No offense, but you're amazing and I love your work!" And I honestly love that! :)
@@YeyazWyrd it's a weird thing but there are a lot of artists I met who dislike Bob Ross for not being a "true" artist. Just trying to express my feelings with respect and admiration without offending anyone.
@@ReadyPlayerPiano I understand, I just really appreciate how nicely you put it!
@@YeyazWyrd well, thank you very much. And I like your profile pick enough to forgive you for getting a song stuck in my head for days.
41:45 as soon as you added that white trim, it made the room look 3D. The floor looks like grey carpet, and the white trim looks like drywall ceiling, so it looks like you could walk "up" across the floor towards the glass doors, like whatever the Maniac Mansion perspective is called. Really cool technique.
This is a perfect video, i have finally built my medieval town, each NPC has their own house and it is themed accordingly for them, thanks Khaios very cool.
When your problem is that you don't have imagination
I feel called out by this comment
Yeah, that's my problem. It's so hard to come up with good designs or decide what to build. I mostly settle for treehouses.
I Always have one style or colour in a game and I almost never change it
IT NEEDS MORE BLUE
@@kimberlyray3161 i mostly settle for..
literally an abomination of me trying with my (lack of) imagination
I really like to use wrought iron fences as windows in medieval builds, and also as a spike to top a curved roof. Another favorite is using rich mahogany/ ebonwood fence painted brown as support beams, but I think that large bamboo walls are a new favorite. Rich mahogany walls painted brown are also a great horizontal wood beam, and I really like using blue and green tiled walls painted brown. I use these interspersed randomly as a stone backwall, and they look great
Wicked tutorial man! Definitely opened my mind; I made an all glass “art gallery” to display every painting I find in the game.
Thanks for the inspirational push!
"Why else would you be here?"
Don't judge me. I just like green spiders/trees
Godlyhax *green spiders*
but hes a t r e e
Why do you think he is a spider.... Sorry for judging you
@@living2red channel logo
I guess so that is true
This video has single handedly improved my building in Terraria. I've been able to create my own builds with stunning visual appeal and mixing and matching different materials to create truly unique structures. It's comforting and just feels better when you log in and see well furnished and built homes for all your NPCs in their preferred environments, and friends who visit don't want to leave.
I’ve been going back to terraria after playing for a few hundred hours. but this time on my play through i’m trying to add buildings to the world.. and man your videos are helpful. Thanks for making me get into building and thanks for helping me with it! Keep up work! Cuz i subed :)
23:30 actually, putting the dryad in a graveyard biome lets her sell seeds for the opposite world evil to yours. I love getting the worm scarf early in the game and then setting up an underground crimson later in the game for ichor in a corruption world
She only does that in hardmode though and he said unless your in hardmode.
@@trailhead8133 no, the dryad can do it at any point in progression
Try it out it's only for hardmode.
@@trailhead8133 You can grab the seeds pre-hardmode during a blood moon btw
@@Hijink5 what
I love how calm this video is
i love it when he said "the important part of building a house is.... *eats fruit* orientation"
This is such a fantastic guide. For a pretty long time I was very unhappy with my Terraria builds because I felt like they were incredibly basic and boring. I eventually got better but after watching this video I never realized that I'm still lackluster in building homes. I would definitely like to see you making a build tips video for furniture and possibly one for natural (or unnatural) terrain.
My world looks like a multiplayer world after this video it’s insane, massive wooden box hotel with random chests everywhere right next to neat and tidy well decorated houses for single NPCs
Thank you, Khaios, for inspiring me to build. I have put over 1000+ hours in Terreria, and most of the time, I cannot be arsed to do more than make a wooden condominium for all of my NPCs at the start of the game. Now that the "happiness" mechanic has been introduced, I find myself actually having fun with my builds, inspired by watching your videos.
The excitement I felt when I saw it was uploaded 37 seconds ago...
A couple of years ago, I didn’t know how to build proper houses in Terraria on the WiiU. Now, I’ve become quite good at building, and that’s all because of this gifted man. Thank you, Khaios, for teaching me. I owe you for showing me the ways of building.
Just a little tip: You can use fences as beams, just stack a fence on another and it'll pass through the block and look like a beam! Except it'll be thinner.
Edit: Also, because it's a background item, you can place a beam over it, and it'll look like an extra layer, for more detail, you can place a full-beam over it, break a few, and it'll look like support for the beams!
everyone has known that since the beginning almost kinda basic plus khaios already knows most terraria facts so :P
imagine giving tips to a veteran moment
jk
@@JohnSmith-jp6pk It's a tip for other people too man
@@JohnSmith-jp6pk Khaios isn't the only one in this comment section lmao
You always manage to make me smile, my builds often start off as a great imagination, however as i slowly delve deeper into the build i start to lose passion, however when i watch you you really help me to push myself toward my goal, and you helped me to finish my NPC pylon network which took a few months to construct, i have been playing for years but im having the most fun since i discovered you
i've been building in minecraft for years, and i've come to realize that building in terraria is about 10x harder. this video really helped! :)
Forget a wooden house, my terraria house is a dirt hole
Don't forget to accent your Dirt hole with brown painted Clay and add grass on top!
Seehron haha ok
Mine is an international space box
your probably joshing us but keep in mind dirt doesnt make a functional house :P
@@marionamewontwork2681 portable ;)
"it's your build, do what you want"
Okay, I'll upgrade my wooden NPC tower to dirt :)
LoL
@@sammymc789 kinda cringe actually, I don't remember typing this
@@NastyWalkThroughs no its actually funny😂😂
@@cewla3348 LOL why isn't anyone supervising me?
@@NastyWalkThroughs you did a full 180
I remember like a year or 2 back I came to this video wanting to upgrade my houses as I couldn’t stand how bad it looks. Double layering the rooms is perfect for being able to change each room without it looking weird. Hammering blocks to change the looks also helps as I mainly struggle with the outside layers in order to make the place look good. It’s good to be able to learn these things as I have great imagination but I never know where to start so now I always build the shape first before finishing the inside details incase of any mistakes. Thanks for this video man. I really don’t wanna watch tutorials just to build something that isn’t even my own idea
The way he interacts while building more detailed feels like am listening to a professional architec,are you sir?
“Why else would you be here?”
I got tired of waiting for 1.4 on console so I just purchased the PC version and now I’m getting back into terraria
big brain
Xavi is there a release date in rumour?
I like how mobile got it first
@@JimmothyCloud bruh have you even checked the app store
@@JimmothyCloud i know you're baiting now lmao
Dayum! You're the man! Auto sub from me! I'ma go through alot of your vids now. Just recently got into Terraria so I'm trying to learn how to build cool stuff. I made a newbie level castle on one of my worlds after watching a tip video. However, after seeing even just half of this video I've got new knowledge and ideas to make some super cool stuff. I paused the vid like 1/3rd the way through and added those 3 blocks to the corners of the rooms and used the hammer on em and it instantly made my rooms 2x nicer looking. The tips you give in this video are top notch man! Kudos to you! You're the man! I don't see the need to look to anybody else for terraria-related content. Keep it up! 👍
You have definitely shown me the potential of what builders in this game can do, and watching your videos help me unlock that potential. Keep up the good work and videos, you are helping a lot of people with these.
I just returned on terraria after like a 7 month break, It is sad to see that even Khaios isn't uploading anymore. It was nice to have you around, buddy. You are my inspiration on building on terraria.
My man, check the community tab. Hes just busy.
My friends and I continuously make new worlds to cooperate on, and we've completed the game many times. I am the worst builder of the bunch by far, but I've started trying to improve. Making houses on top of lakes, built into hills and such, little town decor, I'm always trying to make new things. This video really helped me get better, even though I might've started improving before watching this, it'll still help in the long run. Thank you!
wow this is crazy! thank you so much for help khaios! i build too many boxes it needs to stop...
Needs more guide killing systems installed
Agreed
This is highly recommended
The guide must be punished
My house actually has a guide killing system installed.
It involves lava, actuators and yellow pressure plates on the left side and an unused, definitely maintained and supervised, totally safe, kill-box that definitely don't unleash a horde of zombies, among other hardmode terrors, in the very room the guide is in. (with the help of ""hoiked"" platforms against a wall)
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Let's just say it's an experience knowing the guide, being the instrument of his own doom, may or may not unintentionally summon the wall of flesh in the random, unforeseen event he triggers the lava trap or an oopsie woopsie happens with the kill-box while a friend is busy in the underworld. ;D
this takes the phrase "then add some details" to a whole nother level
My lovely wooden boxes are going to look so much better! Thank you sir! 🙏
I don't care if it's 40+ mins HAHAHAHAHA. Building tips is really helpful. I been watching all the build tips of yours and really good. It improves my building alot. Thank you so much for that. I hope this channel grows more and more to the future. Can't wait for the next building tips.
I actually watched the WHOLE video without SKIPPING. HAHAHAHAH
For me the big impovement tip here is doing double layer wall and roofs, looks so simple to make modifications afterwards. So can start with all wood but replaceing it with a different floot due to the double layer it does not break the other "cells"
Yes, another build tips video! Awesome! Love it!
40 minutes of wonderful content! Great job, keep it up!
this video really helped me learn quite a few building tips, such as the bamboo strategy, letting me learn how important paint really is
Infact, I used this video to build a cozy, winter shack embedded into a mountain, with snow on the top that also has trees
I only realized how long the video was 18 minutes in. It didn't even feel that long.
Me to m8
Next up: how to turn wooden box into giant terra toilet
he MUST make that
I would But, as a console player, unfortunately I don’t get the update :(
@@TitanChromeE same:( but we can still play so sold not that bad
Now I’ll try on 1.3 to make terraria toilet
Best choice
As someone who just returned to Terraria after 10 years and with a slight lisp, this video was really helpful!
"your only limit is your creativity"
my creativity: 3 shoe boxes. take it or leave it
Quick Tip: If you don't want to use wooden beams cuz they give less space for furniture you can add brown painted ebonwood walls.
All I do is hammer the top corners and say it’s perfect
"So, here we have a standard shoebox"
Lmao
The original shoe box , excuse you
Lol that sounded like he was trashtalking my apartment
I love your tips, but one part of building that always scares me is paint. You should make a build tips on paint, talking about how they work and common uses to make blocks match. That would be so useful!
Omg I got anxiety at all the different choices and had to take a break. It’s like looking over Frank Lloyd Wright’s shoulder and saying, “Uh huh, I think I get it. Yup, I can totally do that.” When irl I am thinking, “What? And then we paint it too?” I can’t decorate irl but maybe this will teach me!
Edit: okay, I came back. I stopped the video after a few minutes to tell my husband I wasn’t watching a home improvement show, that he shouldn’t get his hopes up irl. But now I see all the possibilities for a beautiful house. Most underrated tool in my box is the hammer. I’ve found out a lot more uses than just using it for homes, like you can cleverly change how blocks work to get into the pyramid without keys. Who knew? Also, you can make murder holes without letting the zombies/goblins in. I am going to rewatch your video because I put it in my nighttime watch list and fell asleep to your relaxing voice for some of it, sorry! But what a great video!
Khaios is Terraria’s architect... soon he’ll make a much better golem temple or dungeon or even floating islands... imagine the possibilities... also love these types of videos... keep up the great work ☺️
Protip: If you're using the medieval style, it's best to use the boreal furniture with it.
I have watched this video before but never tried to build something with the knowledge given in the video...until now. After watching this video I have made one out of many houses for the first time, where I really try to make it look nice. It was way better then I thought it would be. I know this video is old and this comment may not mean much but for the first time, I have made a really nice looking house, so thank you
Thanks khaios These series are so helpful!
Yeaa when i just start playing Terraria i was so confused when i see other build with different variations of blocks that i don't even know how to get or craft it , but the more and more i played it i finally know how to get it , but it really is confusing for new players since Terraria doesn't have creative mode like Minecraft
Very true
that's why I'm waiting for 1.4 to come on mobile
this man really be out here just giving solid art tips in general
Hey man really loving the uploads lately, leaving a comment for youtube and cuz i just wanna say that you are one of my favourite youtubers! Keep it up!
2:10 I'm here because I have a friend who wants to die whenever he sees my box houses, and forced me to make them better.
i'm here bc i've been playing terraria for 2 years and i still make a shoebox as a main house
So your friend is toxic?
Like your profile picture. Accelerator?
@@mihaleben6051 no... they want to help them improve
I love shoe boxes
Thank you, my nephew loves this game and we live far apart, so we spend time together in this game building and exploring together.
me with my 4 story shoebox that is made out of both wood and stone:
*Nah, I'm good.*
Well.........this is a surprise
Mines better, it’s 5 story and has a fish bowl
@@mannyondamand Fool, mine has a basement, and a terrarium
@@Remington_Halmington mine has a golden squirrel 🤑🤑
This was an amazing video! I am so exited to start upgrading my world
I havent been able to stay so engaged with a 40 min video in so long. Ill definitely be using some of these tips for my builds!
FINALLY! been wanting a build video for so long
I'll finally be able to make modern buildings in terraria :D
Even though this is really good I'm still garbage so ya
So I finally finished watching this video and started building more better looking houses in Terraria. I've seen some others build houses, but nothing I could really keep up with. Your advice has helped a lot, I am still learning and want to keep improving. I play on the Switch version. Thank you.
He did with the leaf roof what bob ross does with his paintings man. looks like nothing interesting but suddenly transforms it into something that looks super well thought out, even if it wasn't
I can actually build good but O still watched the whole video. It still helps even if you can build!
Wow. This is giving me lots of inspiration! Great job. Now I realize that just 1 different kind of block can change the entire house!
After watching this I was like, "Oh! I could make like specific styled houses for the NPCs to match the kind of stuff they do too!"
Then I check your channel and see you already made that lmao xD
Pro tip. Use ebon wood walls for support beams and paint them brown.
Normal support beams you cant place anything in front of or on. Ebon wood walls can
bro I'm only half way through this video and its already so good this man def deserves more than 300k he's so easy to understand and he makes sure of that and he doesn't over complicate things i truly wish the best for him and hope that he can make a career out of TH-cam bc it would fit him.
i just can say, thanks.
18:30 people who play on a corruption world : *PAIN*
You can just use ebonstone, it does look more cracked and jagged IMO but it might go better for certain builds, of course you can just go and make a new world and get some crimson stuff but it depends on the type of person ( you can also use Demonite blocks but I think they look too far from being a stone-ish block IMO)
@@deep-seapansexual8271 i know about all of this i was just making a joke
@@zweihander00 you can grow the second evil artificially tho (graveyard dryad)
I’ve semi done these in my world. Using beam supports and foundations (usually not as fancy as yours though, I just put cobblestone under the floor) It’s really cool to see some more ways to improve my builds since I wasn’t focusing as much on looks. I just wanted to build a house at each biome and get the pylon placed ASAP before doing anything major but I’ve needed to go back and add more decor and truly upgrade my house and these tips will vastly improve it
love this series
@dumbcrap TV congrats on first comment
Without these videos I bet half of us would be stuck with sad box houses, I know I would.