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After announcing on 21 February 2012^{[blog 1]} that Terraria development had ceased, Redigit hinted on 23 January 2013^{[blog 2]} at a possible update. Since then, the developers have spoken openly about various details of a 1.2 update. They have stated that the 1.2 update will be larger than the 1.1 update (the one that introduced Hardmode).^{[other 1]} 1.2 has been confirmed to be released on October 1st at Midnight. ^{[blog 3]}.

The following information is mainly based on various statements and screenshots released on the Terraria forums, IRC channel, and Redigit's official Twitter account. It is preliminary information and might not be completely accurate.

Items in italics are unconfirmed.

New Additions (1400+)
Confirmed individual items
Clentaminator^{[blog 4]}^{[blog 5]} Confetti Gun, shoots confetti Ammo^{[blog 6]} Fireworks^{[blog 6]} Water Fountains themed off of other biomes such as the Hallowed that change the color of surrounding Water^[1]^{[blog 5]} Hammush, a Mushroom-themed hammer^{[blog 5]} Ice Bow^{[blog 5]} Paint Brush, Roller, and several Paints, that can change the color of any solid tile, including Blocks, placed Items, Trees/branches, etc. Pickaxe Axe Rainbow Dye for clothing, to be placed in new Dye Slots.^{[blog 5]} Rocket Launcher, a Ranged Weapon with 4 Ammo types, including types that can destroy blocks.^{[blog 5]} Rainbow Bricks that cycle colors; when halved next to water, they cause waterfalls that cycle colors^{[blog 5]} Tactical Shotgun^{[blog 5]} Terra Blade, a Sword/Magic Weapon that fires sword-shaped projectiles.^{[blog 5]} True Night's Edge^{[blog 7]} Ice Boomerang^{[blog 8]} Rainbow Gun Beenades Uzi Golden Shower The Undertaker Crimson Rod Blood Butcherer The Meatball Sniper rifle Shadowbeam staff Deathbringer pickaxe Jetpack Flare gun, shoots flares Ice blade
General item additions
Multiple Wire colors for overlapping circuits (Blue, Yellow, Green)^{[other 1]} More Traps (Template:Uc) More Statues (including functional ones)^{[other 1]} More Chests (including Ice/Blue) More Doors, Tables, Chairs, Banners^{[blog 9]} More Pots (Biome-themed)^{[blog 9]} More Bricks (including Glowing)^{[other 2]} More Ore type(s) (including Platinum, Tungsten, Lead, Crimtane Template:Uc) More Wood types (blue/grey, from different Biomes' Trees) More Guns (5+, including a Sniper Rifle)^{[blog 9]}^{[other 1]}^{[blog 5]} More Wings (10-20)^{[blog 8]} More Tinkerer's Workshop Accessory combinations^{[other 2]} More Armors (Template:Uc, Cactus, Dragon, Crimson, Wood, Platinum...)^{[other 2]} More Vanity sets (20+, including Pharaoh, Eskimo, Steampunk, Pirate) Dyes for clothing (including Rainbow Dye), some found/crafted/bought, to be placed in new Dye Slots.^{[blog 5]} Some previously removed sets, including the old version of Cobalt Armor, are back as rarely-dropped Vanity sets A new Hook^{[other 1]} Cloud and Rain Cloud Blocks^{[blog 9]} Alchemy Plants^{[blog 9]} Mushroom Furniture, Blocks and tools^{[blog 5]} Living tree (not dead wood) blocks and furniture^{[blog 8]} Leaf blocks and background walls^{[blog 8]} Rope blocks which can form rope ladders^{[blog 8]} Cactus Furniture and Blocks Sandstone Bricks and Walls Ice Bricks and Walls Snowflower Snowballs^{[other 2]} Icicles/Stalactites^{[other 2]} Campfire^{[other 2]}^{[blog 8]} Landmines Cooking Stove Unicorn Head (Template:Uc)^{[other 2]} Unicorn Mount (hobby horse Template:Uc)^{[other 2]} Mage Robes^{[blog 9]} Lightning boots Fire/Lava anklet^{[blog 8]} PvP Cannons Beam Sword^{[blog 9]} Piranha Gun^{[other 1]} Bunny Cannon^{[tweet 1]} Teleporters Template:Uc Template:Uc Template:Uc^{[other 1]}^{[blog 9]} Biome-changing objects Template:Uc^{[other 1]} Template:Uc^{[other 2]}
Enemies
New Bosses (4) A new 'rare' monster^{[other 1]} Turtle (drops a "scale")^{[blog 9]} Ice Slimes Penguin Viking Skeleton Eskimo Zombies and Slime Zombies More demon eye variants^{[blog 8]} Template:Uc^{[other 1]} Template:Uc Template:Uc Spiders, called "Crawlers" ingame. Found in various locations Plantera, a hardmode jungle boss. It can be taken out of the jungle but that is ill advised. The Brain of Cthulhu Queen Bee
New Features
Items
Hammers can now turn foreground Blocks into Half-Blocks, including diagonal halves for true sloped surfaces, but lose their ability to break most of the tiles they were previously assigned^{[other 1]}^{[blog 9]}^{[blog 5]} Pickaxes gain the ability to break blocks and background objects that would have before been broken by a hammer or an axe before More uses for Gems^{[other 1]} Better use for Silt^{[other 1]} The Hamdrax is just a Drax now, the hammer functionality has been removed.
NPCs
More Pets (Turtle, Frog, Penguin, Eater of Souls)^{[other 1]}^{[blog 9]}^{[video 1]} NPC vendor for Cannon items (Template:Uc) Template:Uc^{[other 1]} Template:Uc^{[other 1]} Snow Flinx NPC^{[blog 5]} Template:Uc^{[other 1]} Template:Uc Steam Punker NPC Painter NPC Party Girl NPC Dye Trader NPC
World
Different water color certain biomes^{[blog 9]} Jungle Waterfalls, other Water/Lavafalls as decoration^{[other 1]} Additional Tree types^{[blog 5]} Worlds generate with some sloped surfaces via diagonal half-blocks Weather effects^{[other 1]} Moss that spreads over Stone^{[other 1]} Hallow & Corruption changes^{[other 1]} More decoration/changed decoration textures^{[blog 9]} Giant mineable and craftable Trees, Mushrooms, and Cacti made of Blocks^{[other 1]}^{[other 2]} An Ice/Frost Biome (or expanded Snow Biome with underground version) Mushroom Biome (with NPC) Changed Gold Brick texture on Floating Islands^{[blog 9]} Hellevator-helping features^{[other 2]} Pyramids Crimson Biome, Similar to the Corruption Biome^{[blog 10]}^{[other 1]}
Interface
Character/World quantity limits increased (>5)^{[other 1]} Revamped Character Menu^{[other 1]} Mobs have health bars^{[blog 9]} Minimap: Can be toggled, zoomed, panned, made full-screen, and overlayed onto normal gameplay screen. Shows discovered terrain at max brightness it was discovered^{[blog 5]} Dye Slots added alongside Social and Armor slots to set clothing color.
Gameplay
All Blocks can become active/inactive (not just Active Stone Blocks)^{[other 2]} Solar eclipses: A daytime Blood Moon-like event Auto-walk up single and half-blocks, less jumping when traversing Worlds^{[other 1]} Waterfalls via placing a Half-Block next to a liquid pool; graphical only, does not create liquid tiles Improved team-based gaming^{[other 1]} Revamped Hardmode^{[other 1]} Over 60 aesthetic changes^{[other 1]} More options for Alchemy (Template:Uc)^{[other 1]} New music (including for the Snow Biome)^{[other 1]}^{[blog 11]}^{[blog 5]} New characters start with base Mana Bloodmoon changes the water color to red Any single piece of armor/vanity can be dyed. Currently 70 different color options. PvP Mechanism changed^{[other 1]} Template:Uc^{[other 1]} Template:Uc^{[other 1]} Template:Uc
Confirmed Not Happening
Space Biome^{[other 1]} Leveling system^{[other 2]} Boss with the size of the game world

References

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↑ Terraria 1.2 Gameplay Trailer 15th september 2013

[myfellowterrarians-1] My Fellow Terrarians (Pt. 2) 28th February 2012

[possibleupdate-2] Something about a possible PC update. 23th January 2013

[releasedate-4] Official Release Date11th September 2013

[redworking-5] Picture of Red working.. 23th March 2013

[12preview-6] 5.00 ^5.01 ^5.02 ^5.03 ^5.04 ^5.05 ^5.06 ^5.07 ^5.08 ^5.09 ^5.10 ^5.11 ^5.12 ^5.13 ^5.14 ^5.15 ^5.16 1.2 Preview 22th May 2013

[1000items-7] 6.0 ^6.1 1,000 items! 4th May 2013

[terrariaception-9] TerrariaCeption 7th April 2013

[treehouse-10] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 ^8.3 ^8.4 ^8.5 ^8.6 ^8.7 Treehouse Shenanigans2nd July 2013

[beenawhile-11] 9.00 ^9.01 ^9.02 ^9.03 ^9.04 ^9.05 ^9.06 ^9.07 ^9.08 ^9.09 ^9.10 ^9.11 ^9.12 ^9.13 ^9.14 It's been a while since I posted a spoiler... 3th April 2013

[stcards-15] Steam Trading Cards15th July 2013

[plugdjmusic-16] Terrarian Plug.DJ Music Contest Winners!!!5th May 2013

[bunnycannon-13] Twitter / Cennxx: I am pleased to present you ... 14th August 2013

[1000items-14] '1000th item 4th May 2013

[ircposts-3] 1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 ^1.14 ^1.15 ^1.16 ^1.17 ^1.18 ^1.19 ^1.20 ^1.21 ^1.22 ^1.23 ^1.24 ^1.25 ^1.26 ^1.27 ^1.28 ^1.29 ^1.30 ^1.31 ^1.32 ^1.33 ^1.34 Official Terraria IRC & PlugDJ Spoilers Thread2013

[googleDoc-12] 2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 ^2.11 ^2.12 Terraria Spoilers2013

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[1.2_gameplay_trailer-30] Terraria 1.2 Gameplay Trailer 15th september 2013

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