Mods / Developer's Choice

• CCheat Sheetby javidpackCheat Sheet is a tool for developers and those who just want to play around with any vanilla or mod item, recipe, or NPC. There are also tools to "paint" tiles to make building easier and faster. Press K (or whatever hotkey you've assigned to "Toggle Cheat Sheet Hotbar") or click the button at th...2.9M downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• SStructure Helperby ScalarVector1The famous world generation library, now better, faster, and more efficient than ever! StructureHelper 3.0 has arrived, with slimmer files, faster generation, and an easier to use API! You can find porting instructions here if you're a developer: About StructureHelper is a simple tool which allow...2.7M downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
• HHigh FPS Supportby StellarAllows rendering the game at above 60FPS without affecting the speed of world simulation. This mod is entirely client-side. In singleplayer there are config settings to speed up or slow down the game for fun. This mod also contains a few optimizations that can help with reaching higher frame rate...2.2M downloadsupdated 17 mo ago
• BBetter Zoomby NotLe0nBetter Zoom This mod allows you to zoom in and out much further than what's possible in Vanilla. Very useful to people who play in lower resolutions or who want to have high resolution sprites. Comment on the forum post or join my discord if you have any problems: link This mod is open source on...1.8M downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
• DDialogue Panel Reworkby 76561198805079871This mod completely reworks NPC dialogue panel and sign editing panel. Inspired by the mobile version. Text scrolling is added. You can hold left to make it scroll faster. Mods that also modified NPC dialogue panel might not work with this mod. If issues happend, please leave a comment on this mo...1.4M downloadsupdated 7 mo ago
• HHP Awarenessby CoreThis is a simple client-side mod that contains: Hurt and low HP/Health overlays Player HP bar Audio and visual indicator above you whenever potion sickness wears off Debuff indicators above you whenever you obtain a debuff Extra, optional features such as audio indicators, gray vision, and more E...1.2M downloadsupdated 1 mo ago
• BBetter Blendingby OrionBetter Blending simply modifies which tiles blend together, primarily blending environmental tiles to make the world look less disconnected, such as ores blending with stone, ice, or other ores. Sandstone, granite, and marble also blend with stone, dirt, and grass to increase the ease of blending...1.2M downloadsupdated 20 mo ago
• GGravitation Don't Flip the Screenby 76561198805079871This mod makes the gravity inversion effect not flip your screen, only the player flips. Github:1.2M downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
• SSmarter Cursorby QuandraticSmarter Cursor is a fairly simple mod that tweaks the way smart cursor works with platforms, allowing it to better reflect your intentions when building. No more constantly making stairs when you just want to make a flat bridge, as this mod fixes that issue entirely (while still allowing you to b...1.1M downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• AAtmospheric Torchesby OrionThis mod simply adds an orange tint to normal torches and tiki torches, with their placed tiles and biome torches getting a slight flicker for atmosphere. The flicker can be disabled and brightness edited in the mod's config. Unfortunately, due to complicated code stuff the flicker can't be added...1.0M downloadsupdated 18 mo ago
• FFancy Lightingby RexFancy Lighting improves the game's lighting and graphics! Features Smooth lighting Ambient occlusion Accurate shadows Improved sky rendering Simulated normal maps HDR rendering (tone mapped to SDR) Bloom and depth of field Camera mode compatibility Troubleshooting If you are running other mods al...904.5k downloadsupdated 2 d ago
• SShared World Mapby JakeShared World Map is a mod that allows players to share what they've explored on any world. Features: Share previously explored sections of your map by selecting the desired region on your fullscreen map. Share all map data currently revealed with the press of a button. Request map data from other...876.7k downloadsupdated 3 mo ago
• CColored Damage Typesby FudgepantsColored damage types changes the tooltip and damage text of weapons to be colored, so that it's easier to quickly tell what kind of damage the weapon deals at a glance. Now has cross-mod support! For instructions on how to add your mod's damage type, check out the github: v1.8.5 -Ported to Tmodlo...779.3k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• WWikithisby 76561198861838629Github Wikithis allows you to check wiki of selected item/npc in game! Works for every vanilla item, npc! Also will work with most modded items/NPCs. Supports multiple different languages. If you want to add support for this mod, then check lower! Adding cross-mod support It's fairly simple to ad...621.3k downloadsupdated 11 mo ago
• IInfraSonicby 76561198805079871The InfraSonic mod allows you and your friends to chat via voice directly in Terraria, with no need for any third-party software! Some of this mod's features: - Background Music Ducking, which automatically lowers the volume of the game's background music when someone is speaking. - Proximity Cha...172.7k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• CChat Sourceby Vlidmir PutanFor those who need to know which mod writes stuff to the chat! Shows the source of messages in the chat. Clientside, toggleable via config Example: Before: "Your world has been blessed with Cobalt!" "Player got 10 tier 1 Reversivity coins and now has 70 in total." After: "Your world has been bles...170.6k downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• UUltraSonicby 76561198405220527UltraSonic is designed to be the last music mod you'll ever need in terraria. Featuring a beautiful and easy to use GUI that can be toggled with a keybind, the user can input a YouTube link to download its audio into the ingame library. From there, the user can play these songs ingame. It goes fu...92.6k downloadsupdated 17 mo ago
• PPlayer Swapby 76561198397304528Now updated to tModLoader v2023.x (1.4.4.x)! Player Swap allows you to swap between player saves without the need of rejoining your world! Swapping can be done through the menu that can be brought up with a keybind or through two different keybinds to iterate over all available player saves. You...70.7k downloadsupdated 3 y ago
• LLiquid Slopes Patchby tomatTHIS IS DEPRECATED AS OF Stable 2025.09; THIS HAS BEEN MERGED INTO tModLoader. Experimental mod that partially rewrites some rendering routines to make liquids render nicely when touching tiles. This is testing a pull request we have also submitted directly to tModLoader; report any and all issue...35.8k downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
• EExample Modby 76561199192597745Version Summary 2026.9.2.1:2026.9.2.1;2022.9.48.2:2022.9.48.2;2026.6.3.6:2026.6.3.6;2026.7.3.0:2026.7.3.0;2026.8.3.0:2026.8.3.0Learn how to mod with tModLoader by exploring the source code for this mod. You can find the source code at You can interpolate these values into a mod description: - Mod...27.7k downloadsupdated 28 d ago

20 developer's choice mods, most downloaded first. Each one has its own page here with what it needs to run and where its author publishes it; the files themselves stay with the author and are never re-hosted on this site.