1.4

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Terraria 1.4 was originally going to be a successor to 1.3.5.3 known as 1.3.6,¹ which eventually turned into 1.4.

Journey's End Trailer#

The 1.4 Journey's End trailer ² shows pre-release gameplay of the 1.4 update.

Dreadnautilus#

Dreadnautilus has an early and generic name, "Blood Nautilus."

World Creation#

Terraria is still using its pre 1.4 logo, and Journey and Master difficulties are not yet present.

Minor Differences#

The Demonic Hellcart doesn't emit purple particles from its eye.
Regular underground and surface decorations are present on the desert surface and underground.
Dunerider Boots don't have their flavor text yet.
The Underground background used in the Bestiary is a rough graphic.

Dreadnautilus Trophy#

Re-Logic had trouble when considering what the Dreadnautilus was going to be. They considered making it either an event miniboss, or an outright boss ³ as shown with this trophy.⁴ The trophy would be replaced by the associated banner in the release of the 1.4 update.

1.4 Early Gameplay#

The 1.4 Early Gameplay ⁵ video by ChippyGaming, posted on May 6th, 2020, shows several minor differences compared to the final version.

The version number says v1.4.0 r021.
For some reason, the rarity of the Spiked Fledgling Wings is Red, compared to the final's Blue.

Baby Zombie Pet#

In a message from Leinfors⁶, there were plans to add a Baby Zombie pet alongside the Baby Werewolf.

Sprite Concepts#

Concept sprites for the resprited Hallowed Armor. Interestingly, it appears the Hallowed Hood was drawn in the old style before the resprites, which could be why the Ancient Hallowed Hood exists despite being introduced in 1.4.0.1.

The Zoologist also had concept sprites made, which were later used as inspiration for her shimmered form in update 1.4.4

Void Bag and Void Vault#

The Void Bag and Vault were originally both more purple than pink.

Screenshot Sprite	Release Sprite

The Void Bag's portal would go on to be reused as the entrance portal for Potion of Return.

Additional Changes#

Golf ball "Prediction Lines" were planned to be toggleable in settings. ⁷
The arrow above a regular Golf Ball when shot far from the player is gray instead of red.