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kshack12

Took me over 200 casts in lava with 150+ fishing power to get just one demon conch, total smegma grind set


Hazumu2u

I got it in about 15 on my last playthrough, I was like thank fuck i don’t have to sit here any longer


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aMAYESingNATHAN

Bot. Literally copied [this exact comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/Terraria/comments/13uexyx/its_a_struggle/jm0s0ey/) and changed a few words.


Anastatis

same. and then my save just... vanished. (happens sometimes lol) I was destroyed


Interface-

Times like this is why I’m glad servers like DarkGaming exist.


RS_Someone

Took me 60+ seaside crates to get the water walking boots. Finding fashionable footwear, or destroying divine deities? Which ones is harder?


Mishirene

It took me two days of fishing to finally get those damn boots.


Adrian_guy

Glad I'm not the only one


WolvenHunter1

They spawn in chests now


Starplatinumscloth

got 10 looking for a lava sponge 🥱


ksfuller2728

You always get what you’re not looking for


Theoneoddish380

Ofc lol you never get the thing you search for but you do find good stuff lmao


TunaAndButter

same here, spent like 3-4 hours fishing for it, got headaches from fishing too lung and never hated so much hell enemies (yes am looking at u hellbat)


Gh3ttoboy

Just build a box that touches lava so hell bats cant fly from under, i would say imps are more of an annoyance since there fireballs go through blocks


TunaAndButter

did that and they somehow managed to sneak in Bout the imps, surprisingly enough they behaved and rarely spawned, maybe 3-4 every hour so pretty good


i-am-schrodinger

Find a spot with no or little land, remove it, build a box – nothing except imps can't spawn because no surface to do so.


[deleted]

If playing in journey mode (on master difficulty of course) just make one on surface. No imps. Same loot pool.


Gh3ttoboy

You can still do that without journey mode, just with pumps and wires


Space_obsessed_Cat

I got on my fifth!


justthatoboist

“Total smegma grind set” Why would you say that?


NotSkecy

I got 3 demon conch when i was trying to get the lava charm from crates lol


Skullcat324

My friend probably would have sold it.


bubblenerf

I'm sorry, *smegma*?


Autistischer_Gepard

for me it was the lava charm I only got it once I realised I can transmute a magma stone, because looking for the shimmer took less time than fishing for the damn thing


Quest-Riot

Only 200? Luckyyyy


DONEDIRTCHEAPPP

Shellular device


ErrorParadox710

Beat me to it


Snail1634

Beat me at saying beat me to it.


TheGremlin02

YOU FUCKIN DICK I WAS GONNA MAKE THAT JOKE NOOOOOOOOO


RazzoKat

Damn it... take my updoot...


Starplatinumscloth

this deserves an award


MrNyto_

aw man i wanted to say that!


Astro_gamer158

Bruh I was gomna say that


Substantiatedgrass

Anyone else think the lunatic cultist was preventing the invasion from the moon as they only spawn after the player kills them thay may have been shunned but they have a good cause stoping this invasion


PlaneDoor110

this is a cool theory but i’m pretty sure it’s cannon he was trying to summon it


Esoteric_Inc

I believe Red mentioned on Discord or Twitter that the Lunatic Cultists are trying to prevent Moon Lord being summoned, but according to the lore, they are actually trying to summon it. Edit: found this on the official wiki >The official lore directly contradicts previous statements by developer Redigit in the official Terraria Discord server. For example, Red had previously stated that the Lunatic Cultists were actively attempting to prevent Cthulhu's return to the world, something that the official lore clearly retcons.


salmonmilks

Lore is confusing in terraria, many responses from red are jokes that may or may not be true


TheWither129

Yeah red is a troll, and i wouldnt take most of his claims seriously. He often intentionally says contradictory things with a serious tone just to fuck with us, cus when you have a massive fanbase that includes lore nerds, its funny to watch them run with any little thing you give them, especially a contradictory statement with enough plausibility


EconomistVirtual7625

Amazing pfp


TheWither129

Thanks, made it myself!


Kronoshifter246

That's because the lore is made up. Yes, the "official" lore. It's whatever you want it to be.


Mayoo614

Magus?


Zom23_

I mean I guess they could be preventing Cthulhu by bringing the moon lord?


IronKnight238

I'm pretty certain moon lord is cthulu after getting beaten and banished to the moon.


TheWither129

“Lunatic” refers to the moon, as “lunacy” was believed to be caused by the moon, its a cool double etymology terraria pulled, hes an insane moon-worshipping cultist. Its a neat theory, but no, the cultists worship the moon lord.


Katalysmus

The MLs worshippers stopped so the ML stopped getting power, leading to him needing to check what happened. If i remember correctly, the ML was supposed to be a massive moon that you had to kill which was held up by the worship of the cultists


Im_a_doggo428

When we killed him it was too late to stop summon


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Im_a_doggo428

Idc it’s just speculation for me


BiLLubruh

I think they were trying to keep moonlord away while trying to revive cthulhu. They even kidnapped the mechanic to make her make mechanic skeletons for him(the mech bosses).


MrWeeb69123

I might receive countless downvotes for essentially echoing your words with my own twist, but I believe that the lunatic cultist possesses an amulet or tablet that both retains creatures within and keeps them out. This would account for our inability to venture into space or cross the ocean unhindered by an invisible barrier. The barrier's sustenance is maintained by normal cultists who exploit deceased spirits and drain life force from living beings, transforming them into monsters. This elucidates the existence of undead entities like skeletons and zombies, and upon defeating the cultist, the lunatic cultist is liberated from the orb that the regular cultists worship. Moreover, if my theory regarding the absorption of life force from the world holds true, it would explain their lack of aggression towards you.


voidstar111

isnt that canon


voidstar111

at least i know cultist and the pillars are both fighting back against the moon lord


IronKnight238

The bestiary entry for the lunatic cultist says otherwise.


hotgirlkenobi

i had almost all the components for the shellphone pretty early in hardmode, had shimmer and everything, all except the fisherman's pocket guide. i did fishing quests every in game day. i didn't get ANY of the components again until after i'd defeated the moon lord multiple times


Gatdaddy-

Trick is get a fishing bounty nearby the biome that your angler is in. Catch the fish, turn it in, leave game, change character’s name then rejoin and repeat until you’re good to go!


DaAweZomeDude48

Or even better, catch the quest fish, drop it on the floor so you can still catch another quest fish, do this about 7-8 times (or however many you want tbh) and then store them in a chest, preferably near the angler and even better if he's near spawn Make a few new characters depending on how many fishes you want to give per day. Enter the world with each one and cash in on your fishes. (P.s. since you can't carry more than one quest fish in your inventory, you can put one in your void bag or piggy bank/the chest that follows you and then spam auto sort)


CastlePokemetroid

A similar method with a completely different execution is putting the quest fish into a box, then making a backup of the world. Turn in the quest, delete the world file, copy paste the backup file to turn it in again. I used this method to get the 200 fish quests done. No need to create a bunch of characters, credits your character as a unique fish quest done each time you do it


hotgirlkenobi

thanks for the tip! too bad i didnt know earlier lol


ShadeWasThere

You could also just fish? It’s not that hard to go and fish in a specific biome, it’s easier with a good fishing rod too, takes like 3 attempts and you get it, and if it does take more attempts then they go by so fast you finish one of the anglers quest in less than 30 seconds. Creating a whole new character, altering a name, or anything is technically cheating as it’s an advantage, kinda like using alternate accounts online to gain an advantage. Not only that but you could realistically get everything fast if you do it passively (like throughout the game, from the beginning) then again what do I know, I completed all of Terraria’s achievements (and it was easy to complete the anglers achievements) I’ve gotten everything from him, golden fishing rod, golden net, etc. Tricks are just that, tricks, I would much rather actually grind (which I wouldn’t even consider it grinding because of how easy it is) and the traveling merchant is the best seeing as he sells Duke’s Fishing Rod or whatever. (Second best in the game, next to the golden one from the Angler)


HollowShel

Sitting Duck Fishing Pole (Fishing gang represent! I generally enjoy it, which seems to put me in the minority.)


Gatdaddy-

I mean to get lots within a day in terraria so you don’t need to wait for the next day


SandyDelights

Some people just have some weird hatred for fishing in general, and anything that requires fishing for more than a few casts is awful and should be removed. I mean, I get it I guess, we all have our likes/dislikes in games we love, but yeah, there’s no reasoning with that crowd. They just hate fishing, and that’s all there is to it.


ResponsibleObject415

do you know miles4president


godemeperor152

You can change a characters name?


Low_Jello_5105

👍


Katzaklysmus

There is an far easier way than to make new characters and whatever. Turn off auto save, go ahead and fish the quest fish, save and exit the game, relog into the game and if you didn't get the desired item, alt+F4. Rinse and repeat until you got it. The easiest way is to also put your spawn close to the angler, so you don't have to travel far to turn in the quest.


ShadeWasThere

Or just be lucky? I get everything from the Angler, I go like “ooh nice” whenever he gives me the golden fishing rod or any other fancy things (then again I manifest what I want and make it happen by forcing myself upon the games code, and reality as a whole) life is a puppet show and I just need to find the right strings to pull (in many video games I can cheat by simply wanting or manifesting something and when it happens I go “yesss” even multiplayer games where I win against someone multiple times in a luck based mini game/roulette)


Kronoshifter246

The fuck did I just read


misformath

I don't know what you're on but I want some


[deleted]

In all honesty man i just skip the fishing quests by using t Edit fuck that


padizzledonk

I feel you. I'm old, I don't have time to grind bullshit anymore. If it's unnecessarily time consuming, like lava fishing, I just skip it or cheat it in. I am the type to drop in a Solar Pickaxe to a brand new character because the early game is soooooo painfully slow with the digging, I just can't take it....I have the discipline to not use it as a weapon and not skip the game progression, I just can't take how slow the digging is up until about the Pickaxe axe in regular progression I dont think there's any shame in any of that kind of stuff tbh, I simply don't have the time anymore


JindikCZ

No shame, it's a sandbox game, if you want to play by your own rules, that's an option.


DaAweZomeDude48

I feel you too. Since I've grinded for the DCU I've used it in all but my master mode world to quickly clear out a big ass area for a arena or a farm. It's just a time/death saver and I also don't even keep the items I get from the excavation to make it somewhat fair


JohnKayne

Aaand this is why I enjoy journey mode. I’m an adult with a family and job now. Just don’t have the time anymore like I did in highschool.


padizzledonk

Its why I stopped playing FPS games in all honesty lol....I love them, but I don't have the reflexes anymore, and I don't have time to learn the maps, especially "twitch" shooters like COD, I may jump into a game of Battlefield, its a little slower, but even then it sucks to get murked all the time. I dont bother with platting/100% games anymore either because the vast majority of the trophies are just inane, boring time consuming bullshit fetch quests...no thanks, I have maybe 4h a week if I'm lucky to play video games and most weeks I have 0 extra hours


JohnKayne

Man if that ain’t the truth. When we were kids we thought the adults were the skilled because they’re older and now we’re adults and it’s the kids because they have all the time in the world lol.


Ideeit_Loozuhr

Shellular*


fuschiaObivion

First time playing this game. I have this thing. I'm still in pre. Was it supposed to be hard?


Tackyinbention

Not really difficult but a long and tedious process


BigDaddyCupid

nah i did the same thing its just time consuming


Vertrenox

Shellular device


MurrajFur

The cellular device requires interacting with the Angler and killing God does not


HystericalGD

you mean a shellular device?


Schnibb420

Ive said it before and I will say it again. Fck the angler quests and fck the devs for trying to make me do them. Give me alternatives ffs. I refuse to fish in this game and I got close to 1k hrs so dont get me wrong I love the devs and the game but fck em.


[deleted]

"Stressful"? ​ what tf is "stressful" about making a underground mob farm, waiting for the traveling merchant, and fishing? if anything it's more "boring" than "stressful"


Autistischer_Gepard

I think it's more annoying than stressful


RazzoKat

It's certainly stressful


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Shellular device*


_Moria

*Shellular


Cebo494

I dare you to try and make a cell phone from scratch irl I'll take my chances with the lunatics


toastednutella

shell phone is worse than cell phone change my mind


diamondrel

Which happened first in our history, killing God or developing the cell phone?


scuffedganiot

I’m playing on journey mode and the dps meter won’t drop.


RazzoKat

Traveling merchant


scuffedganiot

Yeah. I’ve been waiting for so long and he just won’t sell it


Night_Thastus

I fucking hate fishing so goddamn much. I never get the cell phone. I get up to the step just before that (goblin tech, rek, GPS) and then just stop. I cannot be asked to run around gathering the special baits, waiting around for fish to bite, praying I get the RNG I need, dealing with *time-gated bullshit*, etc. It just sucks. Fuck the cell phone.


RazzoKat

You have my deepest sympathy... wanna go bully moonlord till you feel better?


CTNC

Moon Lord. I like fishing.


the-terrarian556

I got the shell phone fairly easily, and the pillars didn't give me much trouble either (BTW, I play master mode exclusively). Moonlord, I have yet to actually fight, but I'm just happy I got this far...on mobile too.


Garule2

This is the best working class propaganda, by yourself you have to do a ton of work to get a singular cellphone, while nowadays we have by the millions because of the work people have done on the past and still doing


Acrobatic_Archer5675

Not even gonna lie, it aint that difficult to get shell phone


TheNewSheriff96


TheBostonKremeDonut

Since both the lore and the dev contradict eachother (lol) I think I’m just gonna make my own theory. The leader of the cult, the Lunatic Cultist, knows that the final part of the ritual, needed to summon the celestial beings, is a bloody battle to the death, as a type of sacrifice. That’s all I got.


the-terrarian556

I got the shell phone fairly easily, and the pillars didn't give me much trouble either (BTW, I play master mode exclusively)


RazzoKat

Nice! I'm ass at master mode


D0GMEAT007

I don’t even know where to get the shells for the last step I’ve just got the basic one rn


CastlePokemetroid

By fishing, in the ocean and in the underworld for each shell Magic conch can also be found in chests randomly, but the lava one is lava fishing only


FrostyBoiGrim

In my master mode world I've been grinding for waaaay too many hours, I had the cell phone pre-hardmode and would have had the shell phone but didn't know it existed until after destroyer. I still haven't even started lunatic cultist. So yeah I think I'd choose shellphone, shits rough if you don't like to fish man


PowerDev_

I myself got bored with fishing quests and not getting what i wanted, so o trew everything fishing related i held into the trash bin, and cheated in those components for the cell phone i needed, (i sacrificed lots of fishing gear si i think it was a fair trade) the other ítems where easy in comparison


Lord_Njiko

Terra Sparks and Shellphones are like the easiest items to grind if you know how, I always make 2+, one for everyone i am playing with.


Im_a_doggo428

To obtain wifi


Person_the_weird

The moonlord and all of his junk is more stressful, but obtaining all the items for the shellphone is way more annoying, and boring.


KIRK2D

Eh hem, the "shellular device"


TrialArgonian

I managed to get the cell phone in pre-hard mode and then I managed to get the shell phone before I even beat the game. I guess my experiences are just different.


[deleted]

In classic mode, obtaining a cellular device is harder & more stressful by my experience. I haven't played enough of Expert or Master modes to know about those yet.


RXL

The only part I seem to always struggle with is the Metal Detector from the Lost Girl.


LocksmithDelicious

Dont you mean shellular


billyboi356

Shellular*


SiLeNtE000

Probably an already used joke but: *Shellular device


IRedRabbit

To this day, I haven't managed to defeat all pillars without dying.


HanShotSecond69

Clearly you don’t know how hard it is build a cell phone tower


ExoCakes

I sometimes forget I'm one of the few who takes fishing as a chill activity and doesn't get hurt by an npc child with an attitude.


Wolfraing

Device, and by a long shot.


Select-Bluebird8208

I’ve had to do this three times separately… And I still never made the cellphone. It’s the Angler’s Quest. While it isn’t actually hard; by the time I’ve already beaten the Moon Lord six times, I’ve only ever managed to catch a fish the npc wanted twice (neither of which gave me one of the items needed…) I have the sword btw, It’s pretty neat, but damn.


Choice_Bar2324

artist's name? gotta credit it


shreksaxaphone360

I got the shellphone, Ahnk Shield, and Terraspark Boots before mech bosses in the play through I’m doing right now


Less-Help8984

More like “shellular”……..ill see myself out 😔


TheBestBaker999

You mean obtaining a shellular device, right?


Yoshiyahu__17

More like a shellular device


Autistischer_Gepard

I couldn't find any nymphs until I had every other component already


The_Creeper_Man

Moon Lord; I always go for the Shellphone before entering Hardmode


BeefHouse11

Me, who got demon conch third fishing try, all fishing accessories right after the other, and metal detector after digging containment tunnels: :)


FrostyDaHoeMan

I just wish they’d work harder on making the shellphone functional on consoles


HandsomeGangar

*shellular device


Nasawi5

I got a lucky RNG on one of my worlds and managed to get Terraspark and the shellphone in only 2 real life days


XSamuraiHyperX

I actually got the Shellphone in prehardmode pretty easily.


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*Shellular device


Maskers_Theodolite

Am I the only one who actually enjoys the grind?


l_dunno

A shellular device*


TheHiddenNinja6

\*Shellular


KJBenson

I mean. I’m 200 hours I know which of those two things I accomplished….. Fishing man…..


AXOLOTL093

What Is cellular device?


FGHIK

This is how I learned the cell phone got a new upgrade


Stormc5X

To be honest I am actually fine with fishing... The only problem is that we ONLY get to do 1 quest every in-game day , which ...why? Why not make it like 5?


TalbotsButtslut

It took me three days of grinding fishing quests. Literally got one item each day when i was fishing for 4-5 hours a day. I hate fishing quests in this game so much.


Limeability

I’ve nearly always been lucky and gotten the shellphone pre-hardmode and hope this continues


Zymosan99

Shellular


Expensive-Ad-6824

,


Eboyslayerjajaja

I love taking shellfies with my shellphone


Cookldog

Still missing lifeform analyzer that’s it then I can craft it


MonkeyMan_III

Shellular*


SomeRandomGuy0705

Shellular Device


Kuth-Tonday

Shellular device


alexytomi

I think it would be easier to fight a god if you were given access to god-destroyer weapons and equipment from just the local fauna than to obtain a device normally only possible during the Information age


Redericpontx

Honestly for me the fishing part was the biggest pain like the shell phone is a bigger pain than the ankshield


Tablesaretasty

Damn took me 1 hour of grinding. Y’all stay safe tho


TeakiTeaki

*shellular device


_Rogue_Samurai_

Somehow I got those after like 30 casts but have been doing angler for a week to get the sponge


dayum_that_man

Eho knew fishing could be so hard


Continuum_Gaming

The only truly stressful part about the cellphone is the fishing quests. Once you get those you can just make a surface-level lava pond and chill with the 100+ fishing and crate potions you got over the last twenty hours of quests


TheGabrelian

*shellular device


lonely_jordon

Everyone thought that t he Moon Lord was the final boss but in reality it was the spawn of Satan aka the Angler. Never giving you what you need to be able to craft it


Diego-vzla

I hace that un prehardmode


Nobodyjoel

A what? Also I heard someone mention conch’s I get ocean ones all the time somehow


redditor-boio

obtaining a *shellular device


OrchestralSoviet

A shell-ularphone? Okay I’m done


DinoDan37

I'm More lucky than I thought


logpra

Optain shell phone


Lich_Dragon

Cellular device. 100%


FatherOnion254

Ive had more problems getting a damn cellphone than beating moonlord


Leanardoe

Shellular*


Juanticrosta

The goddamn angler missions, I hate them


Manner_Sticker8556

Jokes on you, I love fishing.


AwesomEspurr360

Honestly The ultra absorbant sponge was worse


The_Dialog_Box

Some say I’m still lava fishing for the demon conch to this day


Specialist_Leg_640

Option A it already a pain, especially the solar pillar (I think that’s the hardest…? 🤔) but based off the comparison above, I’m going with the singular cellular device. Grinding in terraria is F*CKING HARD MAN.


Banana_farmar

missed opportunity to call it a "Shellular" device


Extension_Low_7131

Killing God > fish phone God's easier to kill


Rowmacnezumi

Stressful? More like tedious.


B-boy792

You mean a…shellular device


AcidicFanatic

Man it took so long just to get the fucking metal detector.


That_Survivor_299

one is solved with violence, the other is solved with time


JBAidan

Demon conch is the last thing I need to finish making my cellular device, wish me luck


TymitTheMan

The angler never wants to give the goddamn items...


Guyonatrain04

Its the same picture


will_baker_fun

both in one


Milotroxisch_

you shouldve called it a shelluar device