Terraria - GOLD !!

Finally after nearly 20+ hours of mining I have struck gold, albeit a very small amount. You have to mine quite far down (I don't have a depth meter yet to confirm how much) before you get to find the rare meals like gold & silver.

By going further down you encounter more dangers like falling boulders, water filled caverns & tougher enemies like worms.

Terraria - Mine Shaft

I'm sure there are lots of different tactics to mine but I like the mine shaft approach. I build a shaft straight down & then mine either left or right when I see something interesting.

It also handy to have a supply of wooden planks & torches which I keep in a storage chest at the top of the shaft.

Terraria - My House

My first house in Terraria, i's a work in progress & is constantly evolving but it has a few essential tools for helping me craft equipment & chest for me to store any valuable loot or ore. But more importantly it protects me from the  zombies & flying eye balls that come out at night. You also need to build houses for any NPC characters but I only built him a basic hut.

New Game - Terraria

Mine Craft (is i two words or one, I could google and find out but hey ho), "You must get it". "It's the best game ever" & so- on ...

It probably is & I know one individual who certainly lives, eats & dreams Mine Craft. Not mentioning any names Luffers :)

Anyhow the recent steam sale (my first I may add) had me of course spending some money & one of the games purchased for a tiny sum of £1.49 was Terraria.

It's a block mining game similar to Mine Craft but in 2D & I blame wikipedia for making me buy it. The first line "Terraria is noted for its similarity to Minecraft and classic exploration-adventure titles such as Metroid."

Metroid !! ... click, buy & install.

You start off with basic tools allowing you to mine, attack & chop. The first task is to build yourself a house, you need this because at night & yes you guessed it ZOMBIES !!

Once you have survived the first night you can then set off on your mining adventure hoping to find rare metals to then return home & craft into a sword, pickaxe or armour.