Terraria Echo Coating is perfect for making mischief

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The new Terraria Echo Coating is one of the most exciting new features introduced in the Terraria 1.4.4 update Labor of Love. While Echo Blocks – a unique type of block that is completely invisible to the eye unless special glasses are equipped – were introduced in the sandbox game’s 1.4 update, the introduction of Echo Coating has dramatically increased the potential for mischief making and tricky traps – and the community is wasting no time in getting to work.

One of two Terraria coatings introduced in Labor of Love, Echo Coating can be applied to any block or item to turn it invisible. This means that you can now turn entire structures, housing, and even objects such as chests, traps, and pylons invisible should you so wish. The coated items can also now be caused to appear by activating a new 1.4.4 item called the Echo Chamber, which will cause any blocks within its area of effect to appear.

Players were quick to spot a simple way to abuse this new functionality for nefarious means, realising that a combination of Echo Coating and Actuators allows for blocks to essentially be turned completely on and off, both visually and functionally. There are, of course, plenty of fun and friendly tricks you can do with this – but this is Terraria, so where would we be without a little trolling?

As demonstrated by the innocently named CuteFoxNoises on Reddit, who is clearly much less innocent that their name suggests, the combination allows for the creation of a simple trap where a ‘player above’ logic sensor placed underground recognises when someone is passing over it and activates the Actuators placed in a series of blocks along with a nearby Echo Chamber to cause a large chamber to appear around the person in question.

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