Terraria 1.4.5 Update: Everything New in Bigger & Boulder

Terraria 1.4.5, named Bigger & Boulder, came out on January 27, 2026 on PC, console and mobile at the same time. It added more than 650 items, bringing the game past 6,000, plus a new crafting menu, a world seed menu with the Skyblock seed, Dead Cells and Palworld crossover content, and boss music for every boss. The current version is 1.4.5.8, and the next update, 1.4.6, is all about crossplay.

Last checked: November 9, 2026. All dates and features come from Re-Logic's official update notes.

Terraria 1.4.5 at a glance

The new crafting menu

Crafting got the biggest overhaul. The Guide's recipe screen and crafting stations now use a menu similar to Journey Mode's research screen, sorted into tabs such as Weapons and Furniture and fully searchable.

Two more changes save a lot of walking:

• Crafting from nearby chests: the game can use materials from chests near you without you opening them or moving items to your inventory. You can switch this off in the crafting menu.
• Classic view is back: hotfix 1.4.5.5 restored the old crafting window as an option. Right-click the crafting window button to switch, and the game remembers your choice.

Inventory and housing changes

• Banner Menu: banners you earn go into a new menu, so you no longer have to carry them or store them in chests.
• Stacking: identical items now stack fully, including items with the same prefix.
• Villagers without houses: villagers can now arrive even when you have no free house. Only one arrives per day, and one still without a house by nightfall leaves for safety, so you cannot talk to them at night.
• Housing Query: the housing check now shows what it is scanning and marks where the required furniture is, along with the usual text message.

World seeds and Skyblock

Special world seeds used to be secret codes you had to look up. Now a seed menu next to the World Seed field at world creation lists the main special seeds, and you can combine them, for example Remix with Not the Bees!.

1.4.5 also added:

• Skyblock: you start on a tiny floating island with no ground below, and you have to build almost everything yourself.
• New secret seeds: Re-Logic named "royale with cheese" (each team spawns in its own area), "jingle all the way" (Christmas all year) and "hocus pocus" (Halloween all year). It also teased an endless rain seed, a seed full of jagged peaks and holes, and a seed with bigger and more numerous Dungeons, leaving players to find those phrases.
• Combinations: secret seeds can be combined too, and some combinations unlock extra effects. Re-Logic's own hint is that you might become a vampire.

Later hotfixes added a menu to toggle unlocked secret seeds on and off (1.4.5.4) and descriptions for them (1.4.5.5). Update 1.4.5.7 added two more secret seeds. Our Terraria secret seeds guide lists every code.

Crossovers: Dead Cells and Palworld

• Dead Cells: five weapons, a buff station, a vanity set, an accessory, a pet and a new way to display items, all from Motion Twin's game.
• Palworld: five Pals and a vanity outfit. The Pals are helpers rather than pets. Digtoise digs for you and Cattiva helps with chores like gathering wood. Update 1.4.5.7 added Kinship Peaches, which empower all Pals.

New gear and content

• Nine new whips and new summoner prefixes
• Four transformation mounts, plus transformations such as a bat and a rat, and a remote-control car
• Two new Pylons
• 22 furniture sets, 20 paintings and over 60 hairstyles
• New items such as the Lucky Clover, Roller Skates and Stress Ball
• The Heroicis vanity set, made with Make-A-Wish New Jersey for a fan named Frank, and a film noir visual filter

Atmosphere, music and languages

Bigger & Boulder put a lot of work into how the world looks and sounds:

• New biome backgrounds, an aurora, effects for the sun's phases, and fish you can see while fishing
• Thunderstorms with lightning strikes
• Eight new boss tracks, so every boss now has its own music
• Japanese, Korean and Traditional Chinese language support, and reviewed translations for other languages

Multiplayer changes

• Spectating: while waiting to respawn you can watch other players, and the new Scrying Orb also lets you spectate.
• Boss damage tracker: type /bossdamage in chat to see each player's damage in recent boss fights.
• Pylons in fights: Pylons now work during boss fights and invasions.

Console and mobile changes

Console and mobile got their own control improvements: a radial button that fits up to four actions in one spot, a rebuilt mobile controls editor with a test area, multi-touch buttons you can slide between, and Proximity Interact, which uses whatever is at your feet when your cursor isn't on anything else.

Hotfixes and the 1.4.5.7 balance update

Console and mobile received 1.4.5.7 and 1.4.5.8 together on September 3, 2026 (Switch: September 8), followed by 1.4.5.8.1.

Re-Logic called 1.4.5.7 the largest "hotfix" in Terraria's history. Highlights:

• Mana rework: no regeneration delay, slow regeneration while attacking, double regeneration when standing still, and casting without enough mana at reduced attack speed.
• Gem staves reworked: each gem adds its own effect, and matching gem robes boost the staff.
• Whip stacking: whips can stack with the right accessories.
• New items: dozens of weapons and accessories, among them the Arc Surge and Mystic Arts Sash.
• Guide to Old Style Parkour: an item that restores some movement techniques removed in 1.4.5.
• Quality of life: equipment can be shared between loadouts, and you can skip the respawn timer when no danger is nearby.

For how these changes affect each class, see our best class guide.

What comes after 1.4.5

Next is Terraria 1.4.6, Crossplay Phase One, which lets console players join PC, mobile and server games by IP address. As of the October 2026 State of the Game it was in final testing before submission to the console makers, with no release date. Our Terraria crossplay guide tracks it.

Re-Logic has also said updates will continue after 1.4.6. Mod players should note that tModLoader, the main mod loader, still runs on 1.4.4. Its team was working on the 1.4.5 version in October 2026, with a public test branch on Steam.

Frequently asked questions

When did Terraria 1.4.5 come out?

Terraria 1.4.5 Bigger & Boulder released on January 27, 2026 on PC, console and mobile at the same time. The separate China mobile version updated later.

What is the latest version of Terraria?

The latest PC version is 1.4.5.8, released on August 23, 2026. Console and mobile are on 1.4.5.8.1, released in September 2026.

Is 1.4.5 the last Terraria update?

No. The next update is 1.4.6, which brings Crossplay Phase One, and Re-Logic has confirmed that updates will continue after it.

How many items are in Terraria?

More than 6,000. Update 1.4.5 alone added over 650 items, and 1.4.5.7 added dozens more.

Does tModLoader work with Terraria 1.4.5?

Not yet. The stable tModLoader still runs on Terraria 1.4.4. As of October 2026 the tModLoader team was still working on the 1.4.5 version, which players can test on a beta branch on Steam.

Can I get the old crafting menu back in Terraria?

Yes. Since hotfix 1.4.5.5 you can right-click the crafting window button to switch to the classic crafting window, and the game saves your choice.