By offering so many materials and resources to use at your own discretion,Terrariasucceeded in creating a system and world that offers an incredible amount of creative freedom for practically any of your building desires. Oftentimes though, it’s easy to fall into routines and habits that become all too familiar.
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Maybe you’re looking for ways to become a better, more dynamic builder. Maybe you’re just sick and tired of making boxy houses or towers for yourself and NPCs. Whatever the case may be, these building ideas will bring you one step closer to a more vibrant, aesthetically pleasing world.
8Biome Restrictions
Sometimes, restricting yourself and narrowing the scope of a new building project can yield the most creative results. It sounds paradoxical, sure, but if it works for you then why not? One restrictive option is to limit yourself to resources only found in a specific biome.
So, if you wanted to build in a forest, you’d be limited to things like regular wood, pumpkins and sunflowers, bunnies and other critters if you like using terrariums, copper, iron, or lead ore, and anything else you can find or craft.
7Quantity Restrictions
Restricting quantity can go a few different ways, depending on how you like to look at it. You could, for example, try a build that uses a set number of pieces, such as a house that can only use up to 300 blocks. On the other hand, you could restrict yourself to specific blocks or resource types.
For fun, you could imagine sticking these two restrictions together, building something with only a handful of specific blocks, such as Sandstone Brick, cactuses, and Gray Brick walls, without occupying an area larger than 400 blocks.
6Stick To A Color Palette
Sticking to a color palette is a tried and true method for any visual art, whether you’re painting, drawing, or building something in Terraria. The best part is, while knowing color theory can help and speed things up, there are plenty of free, online color palette generators you can use.
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If you’ve flicked through over 100 iterations of unique color palettes and nothing is resonating with you, maybe you can bug your artsy friend, or your cousin that went to college for graphic design. If all else fails, you can always just wing it.
5Incorporate Wiring And Mechanisms
Similar to Redstone inMinecraft, there’s an entire world of knowledge and capabilities hidden within wires, levers, and other mechanisms in the game. From circuits and logic systems, to mob farms, traps, teleporters, triggers, and more, there’s a lot you’re able to do.
By placing Actuators on some blocks, for example, you could wire them all together and link them to a pressure plate or a lever. Once activated, the affected blocks will toggle between solid and immaterial, allowing you to create hidden rooms, entrances, and exits.
4Use Real-World Cultural Or Historical Influences
If it feels difficult to build something novel and unique, or you haven’t figured out your own building style yet, you can always copy or get some inspiration from architectural styles found across the world. Whether Egyptian, Nordic, European, Japanese, Chinese, or something else, there’s a lot to choose from.
If you want to build a castle, you could get some ideas from, say, Warwick Castle in the United Kingdom, or Himeji Castle in Japan. If you wanted to develop more interesting roof styles, you could look at Mukden Palace in China, and learn a thing or two about bilateral symmetry.
3Get Creative With Friends
Oftentimes, it’s easier to feel stuck in a creative rut or overwhelmed if you’re on your own. If you’re having trouble trying to think of a cool, new build idea for your world, invite some of your friends to play on it. Two heads are oftentimes better than one, as they say.
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While there are a lot of ways you and your friends could get creative and generate ideas, one path you could take is to build one large structure. Then, let yourself and each friend design one room or one floor, and see what the end result is.
2Pick A Theme Or Building Style
The word “theme” can be a bit broad, but one example of themes being used in Terraria include festive or holiday-related builds. If you’ve just done a few Pumpkin Moon events, why not try and build a spooky structure, like a graveyard or a necromancer’s tower?
Picking a building style is a bit like choosing a tattoo style. If no darts are landing on your thematic idea board, you could always take a peak around YouTube, Reddit, or Steam’s Terraria Community page to draw inspiration from building styles that catch your eye.
1Break The Cycle Of Symmetry
While there’s nothing inherently wrong with symmetry, sometimes builders end up making completely symmetrical structures simply for the sake of it. The main principle here is: don’t be afraid to change things up and create new builds that achieve structural and aesthetic balance.
If you’re taking the courageous step to break the cycle, even when your brain is trying to convince you this is a cardinal sin for builders, it can help to simply start making shapes out of blocks and putting them together. Play around with things, you might be surprised with the end result.
