In Terraria, boots are crucial in enhancing your movement abilities and expanding your exploration capabilities. The game has two main categories of boots: running/jumping boots and walking liquids boots. Let’s explore each family of boots in detail.
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Early-Game Terraria Boots
The first family of boots consists of those that improve your running speed and jumping abilities.
Hermes Boots
The most common boots in this category are the Hermes Boots. These can be found in chests located in the underground, underground desert, and underground jungle areas.
Equipping Hermes Boots increases your running speed by a significant amount, allowing you to traverse the world more swiftly.
Flurry Boots
Another variant of the running boots is the Flurry Boots, which can be found in ice chests in the underground snow biome. Similar to Hermes Boots, these boots grant a running speed boost and leave behind a distinctive particle effect when running. Lastly, there are the Sailfish Boots, exclusive to updated platforms.
These boots can be obtained by opening wooden and iron crates through fishing. Although they look different, they offer the same functionality as the other running boots.
Ice Skates
It’s worth noting that the Ice Skates, although not technically boots are essential for boot progression. These boots improve movement on ice and prevent breaking the thin ice tiles found in the underground snow biome.
With Ice Skates equipped, you can accelerate more quickly on ice and maintain better control over your movements. They can be found in ice chests within the underground snow biome.
Terraria Boots Crafting Tree
For those seeking even greater mobility, combining different boots at the Tinkerer’s Workshop is possible. One must first defeat a Goblin Army and acquire the Tinkerer’s Workshop from the Goblin Tinkerer. The following combinations are possible:
Spectre Boots
These boots combine the effects of the Rocket Boots (allowing short bursts of flight) with Hermes Boots, Flurry Boots, or Sailfish Boots. The choice of the original boots used doesn’t affect the result. Crafting Specter Boots offers increased mobility and the ability to fly for a limited time.
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Lightning Boots
Building upon the Specter Boots, the Lightning Boots provide an additional 8% speed bonus. They are crafted by combining Specter Boots with an Aglet and an Anklet of the Wind. The Aglet can be found in chests near the surface, while the Anklet of the Wind is obtained from chests in the underground jungle.
With Lightning Boots equipped, your running speed significantly increases, allowing you to cover more ground in less time.
Frostspark Boots
Taking mobility to new heights, Frostspark Boots combine the benefits of Lightning Boots with the ability to move faster on ice and immunity to breaking the thin ice tiles.
The Frostspark Boots are crafted by combining Lightning Boots with Ice Skates at the Tinkerer’s Workshop. With Frostspark Boots, you can achieve incredible speed on land and ice, making them invaluable during boss fights and exploration.
Walking on Liquids
The second family of boots focuses on walking on various liquids. The findable boot in this category is the Water Walking Boots, which allow you to walk on water and honey. These boots can be found in water chests submerged in water. However, they are rare, so not every world will have them.
To expand their functionality, craftable versions of the boots are available. The first upgrade is the Obsidian Water Walking Boots. These combine the effects of Water Walking Boots with the Obsidian Skull, allowing you to walk on water and touch fire blocks such as Hellstone, Obsidian, and Meteorite.