How do classes work in Terraria – Class setups and build guide

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Before you start chopping down trees and slaying slimes in Terraria, it’s a good idea to pick a class. In Terraria, world-eating bosses and even lowly zombies are unconquerable without the right gear. So choosing a class early on will give you more time to collect the class-specific gear and accessories you need. There are four main classes in Terraria. There’s Melee, Ranged, Mage, and Summoner. Each of these classes has a unique playstyle. This guide will help you decide which class to pick while also giving you a list of each class’s best gear.

The Melee class is the most basic in Terraria. Melee classes are characterized by their use of swords, spears, yoyos, or boomerangs. With this class, you will want to equip yourself with mobility items such as grappling hooks to allow you to get into melee range of enemies. Melee classes won’t need to focus on Mana, making them an easy beginner class. 

This is the gear recommended before you fight your first major boss.

Melee attack speed is boosted by the Ancient Shadow Armor Set, and the Enchanted Sword is a fantastic early combo option with ranged and melee abilities.

This is before you fight the Plantera boss. Focus on farming the jungle biomes as they give you great loot. 

All defense stats are buffed by the Turtle Armor Set, and True Knight’s Edge is the perfect combo weapon with a bit of ranged ability thrown in.

This will be your ideal setup. This gear is acquired from