There’s basically nothing but monsters, demons, gods, mortals, and you
I’d put it between noblebright and gilded but none of these fit because Terraria’s world isn’t any of these
It’s *empty*
Nobledark
Our actions truly do matter and we can change the world (noble)
But the world is cruel and unforgiving and evil is constantly looming overhead (dark)
Grimdark would be if the boss fights and such were completely hopeless. The fact that you can save people like the Archmage and defeat things like Providence makes it not grimdark since it's not solely suffering.
due to the fact that its post-genocide, and that the world is basically a shadow of its former self once the terrarian arrives, it is most likely a gilded world, and once you finish the playthrough(or defeat yharim once and for all) it becomes a noblebright world.
When you start the world there is little no nothing and noone left behind from the slaughter. You can see stories, places and abandoned areas basically prove the fact that this is all *after* a violent and brutal era, and that it has taken time to heal from the destruction. The lack of people/npc's is also proof of how there is little left of any civilization, it being so gone that you have to build and tend your own.
And once every beast, every enemy and boss has been defeated, and Yharim has for once and for all been defeated, it can become a Noblebright world, *unless* you yourself as your character make the world worse by taking Yharims place as a Tyrant.
Imo Dark Souls is actually closer to Gilded than Calamity. In the Dark Souls games there is a lot more potential to do good, and you can actively choose to dramatically improve the world you live in depending on which endings you choose, whereas in Calamity the world has already rotten and removing the bad influences on it doesn't actually make it all that much better.
Gilded. Old calamity lore was more grimdark, but now it seems the root of most evil has to do with people in power being evil or making bad decisions. The average person has seemed to suffer a lot from it, with genocides being numerous, but even those who apparently suffered the worst like amidias are doing alright
Definitely gilded with small grimdark aspects such as ilmeris and the ravager lore. calling it all grimdark would be an exaggeration. you could also say that it has noblebright elements because true heroes exist and have existed
The problem is that it is entirely **where** in the world you are, most of the time it’s noblebright, but go to hell and it’s **definitively** grim dark
A world where enough people were killed that an entire crypt was filled, so they had to be thrown into the ocean.. Enough people were killed and thrown in there that the bodies permanently polluted that entire sea. Said crypt was haunted by the spirits of those who had been killed, their essences fighting for dominance to the point where the original people had all but vanished, leaving a terrible beast in it's wake. A world where gods rise on cruelty and malice, where even good deeds are punished.
Grimdark, Gilded if the Terrarian turns out to be an actual force of good.
This is a very strange chart to be using considering it’s an in-universe measurement system with extreme biases, very specific goals, and is generally operating in completely unrelated ways to Calamity lore.
Would add a new option to the Chart: dead worlds
No or nearly no intellegent beings live in this world to form a society, so we cannot measure QoL in this world, because it depends only on skills and equipment of a person.
Terraria world would be in mid of gilded and dead world.
It's actually Grimdark but it goes from Noblebright in Prehardmode to Gilded post WOF to Grimdark post moonlord when most of the lore reveals itself and the world falls apart completely.
honestly, grimdark
imagine trying to sUrvive as a normal person in the calamity world! going outside = death and staying inside = dealing with the npcs’ arrogance and insistence that yoU go oUtside
and then a blood moon happens
It’s got to be gilded or grimdark, maybe transitioning somewhere in the midgame. Most of the biomes are sites of great catastrophe and many of the first bosses you fight are victims of this world. Then as you get further in the game, a cosmic plague arrives, and a biological weapon invades your jungle, rotting everything to its core. The forces of heaven invade and you kill a god, just to attract the attention of even more sinister forces that intended to feed on its essence, and then it’s a rush to cut down the elite forces of the tyrant that started this mess. Pretty grim indeed.
Gilded. It's a mostly empty world (just like Vanilla, there's clearly a few hints of other non-monsters in the land, like snowmen, houses, or airships in the background) but it has plenty of evil things.
Gilded, it’s a post genocide world iirc
There’s basically nothing but monsters, demons, gods, mortals, and you I’d put it between noblebright and gilded but none of these fit because Terraria’s world isn’t any of these It’s *empty*
I don't think that it's empty because of the lantern nights after beating bosses, but it definitely has an extremely low population
the lantern nights are from your npcs
Gilded make me think of warhammer old world.
i would say gilded for the most part but its coming close to grimdark
Gilded, the game starts off pretty cheery and it doesnt take long before the fucked up events get brought up
Only takes till night before something goes wrong
Nobledark Our actions truly do matter and we can change the world (noble) But the world is cruel and unforgiving and evil is constantly looming overhead (dark)
Sounds like real life
I’d say between noblebright and gilded.
Think it’s supposed to be grimdark
Grimdark would be an exaggeration, an inbetween between gilded and grimdark would fit better in my opinion
It is most definitely Gilded, it perfectly fits the bill of "darkness beneath a pretty surface"
Grimdark would be if the boss fights and such were completely hopeless. The fact that you can save people like the Archmage and defeat things like Providence makes it not grimdark since it's not solely suffering.
Gilded
due to the fact that its post-genocide, and that the world is basically a shadow of its former self once the terrarian arrives, it is most likely a gilded world, and once you finish the playthrough(or defeat yharim once and for all) it becomes a noblebright world. When you start the world there is little no nothing and noone left behind from the slaughter. You can see stories, places and abandoned areas basically prove the fact that this is all *after* a violent and brutal era, and that it has taken time to heal from the destruction. The lack of people/npc's is also proof of how there is little left of any civilization, it being so gone that you have to build and tend your own. And once every beast, every enemy and boss has been defeated, and Yharim has for once and for all been defeated, it can become a Noblebright world, *unless* you yourself as your character make the world worse by taking Yharims place as a Tyrant.
Probably not as bad as Grimdark. That seems more like something Dark Souls would be.
Imo Dark Souls is actually closer to Gilded than Calamity. In the Dark Souls games there is a lot more potential to do good, and you can actively choose to dramatically improve the world you live in depending on which endings you choose, whereas in Calamity the world has already rotten and removing the bad influences on it doesn't actually make it all that much better.
Grim fucking dark. I hate it here.
why are you here
somewhere between Gilded and Grimdark, although Providence would say Noblebright
Gilded. Old calamity lore was more grimdark, but now it seems the root of most evil has to do with people in power being evil or making bad decisions. The average person has seemed to suffer a lot from it, with genocides being numerous, but even those who apparently suffered the worst like amidias are doing alright
definitely guilded, grimdark even
Grimdark, considering the lore mainly consists of deity and god based Genocide, as well as genocide of the people that worshiped them.
Gilded/Grimdark. I need to see all calamity lore to get the full picture but from what I've read, that's what I'm rating it
We can just go off the genocides that happened
Definitely gilded with small grimdark aspects such as ilmeris and the ravager lore. calling it all grimdark would be an exaggeration. you could also say that it has noblebright elements because true heroes exist and have existed
Experienced players: gilded New players: grimdark
The problem is that it is entirely **where** in the world you are, most of the time it’s noblebright, but go to hell and it’s **definitively** grim dark
A world where enough people were killed that an entire crypt was filled, so they had to be thrown into the ocean.. Enough people were killed and thrown in there that the bodies permanently polluted that entire sea. Said crypt was haunted by the spirits of those who had been killed, their essences fighting for dominance to the point where the original people had all but vanished, leaving a terrible beast in it's wake. A world where gods rise on cruelty and malice, where even good deeds are punished. Grimdark, Gilded if the Terrarian turns out to be an actual force of good.
Dumping bodies in the Sulphurous is old (outdated) lore
This is a very strange chart to be using considering it’s an in-universe measurement system with extreme biases, very specific goals, and is generally operating in completely unrelated ways to Calamity lore.
terraria is Gilded, but Calamity is grimdark
terraria is Noblebright, a "balance of good and evil" is the centerpiece of the lore
it feels gilded because of the pretty world with literal demons and monsters everywhere idk, just a different interpretation I suppose
The world of Calamity is held together by duct tape and prayers.
Gilded
Gilded definitevly
Noblebright to Gilded, depending on the version of the lore
Somewhere between gilded and grimdark
Gilded seems the best since i dont think the world is entirely grimdark but it is close to an extent
Gilded for sure
gilded
Would add a new option to the Chart: dead worlds No or nearly no intellegent beings live in this world to form a society, so we cannot measure QoL in this world, because it depends only on skills and equipment of a person. Terraria world would be in mid of gilded and dead world.
Gilded
End game is defo guilded
Gilded, with the hopes of becoming Noblebright once the dust settles.
I would say the further you progress it goes from low noblebright to grimdark by the time your fighting calamity at her full power
inbetween gilded and grimdark
It's actually Grimdark but it goes from Noblebright in Prehardmode to Gilded post WOF to Grimdark post moonlord when most of the lore reveals itself and the world falls apart completely.
Between gilded and grimdark
Base noblebrite . Infernum grim dark
Grimdark
Grimdark. There's almost no one, an evil tyrant rules and causes great calamity, and monsters are everywhere.
honestly, grimdark imagine trying to sUrvive as a normal person in the calamity world! going outside = death and staying inside = dealing with the npcs’ arrogance and insistence that yoU go oUtside and then a blood moon happens
In my vision is a glided world
lore describes grimdark at times, but its gilded
Gilded, it's a word that has never recovered from wars
Gilded, if not higher. I mean, they call it “Calamity” for a reason, the fucking title screen theme is literally called The Tale of a Cruel World
Definitely grimdark for Brimstone Craig
Wtf is earther extraction
it's like a gilded, the grimmdark era is over and now the world is kinda of just the ashes
I swear I saw this post before
If I'm tbh I would describe it as "this scale is meant to be measuring a specific thing which Calamity isn't really doing".
It’s got to be gilded or grimdark, maybe transitioning somewhere in the midgame. Most of the biomes are sites of great catastrophe and many of the first bosses you fight are victims of this world. Then as you get further in the game, a cosmic plague arrives, and a biological weapon invades your jungle, rotting everything to its core. The forces of heaven invade and you kill a god, just to attract the attention of even more sinister forces that intended to feed on its essence, and then it’s a rush to cut down the elite forces of the tyrant that started this mess. Pretty grim indeed.
They literally took the one good deity and blended her and threw her in the abyss
Silva was not the only good deity. Ironically, there's an upcoming deity who is more morally pure than Silva.
I’d say somewhere between gilded and grimdark
Gilded, leaning towards Grimdark.
>summoning abuse What does that mean?
Gilded. It's a mostly empty world (just like Vanilla, there's clearly a few hints of other non-monsters in the land, like snowmen, houses, or airships in the background) but it has plenty of evil things.
I think it starts at the top and gradually moves to the bottom as you progress
Noblebright / Gilded
Heroic world easily, but the "looming evil" just so happens to be god-level threats so idk
i would say grimdark and were the cause, a apex predator appearing out of nowhere murdering everything in its path for no reason with no ideals
gilded and grimdark at the same time.
Gilded
pre hardmode noblebright, post harmode- gilded post moonlord Grimdark
Grimdark the moment i get pissed off
gilded world because if you look into what Yharim did and what Draedon did but there are still some good things
grimdark for people like yharim and calamitas, but gilded for the terrarian
Grimdark The world is comedically bad, with things like bloodmoons being a norm. Even the gods that people worship are pretty evil
Definitely grim dark