Temporal stability/es

La Estabilidad Temporal es una mecánica del juego que mide lo cerca que está el jugador del Mundo Óxidado. Se representa a través de un icono de engranaje azul encima de la barra de acceso rápido del jugador, y cuanta menos área azul haya, más inestable temporalmente es el jugador. A medida que disminuye gradualmente, el jugador sufre diferentes efectos, y la aparición de monstruos se hace más frecuente. Si se agota por completo, el jugador entra en el Mundo Óxidado, que provoca distorsiones visuales y daña continuamente la salud del jugador hasta que recupera cierta estabilidad temporal.

Las primeras señales de advertencia de zonas temporalmente inestables son una música ominosa y el engranaje azul de la barra de tareas del jugador girando en sentido contrario a las agujas del reloj. Cuanto más rápido gire el engranaje, más rápido caerá la estabilidad del jugador. Si la estabilidad es baja, los demás jugadores y los monstruos empezarán a parpadear y se volverán transparentes.

Recuperar la estabilidad temporal

La Estabilidad Temporal puede restaurarse mediante el uso de un engranaje temporal. Estos se adquieren matando herrantes o mediante el comercio.

Para recuperar la estabilidad temporal, equipa un engranaje temporal en tu mano libre y un cuchillo en tu barra de acceso rápido. Con el cuchillo activo, mantén pulsado el botón derecho del ratón. El jugador realizará un movimiento de corte con el cuchillo, incluyendo un sonido de daño. Mantén pulsado el botón derecho del ratón hasta que aparezca la animación de seguimiento del engranaje presionado contra tu cuerpo, y aparezca un efecto temporal de partículas azules en la pantalla. De lo contrario, el jugador resultará herido pero no usará el engranaje ni recibirá el efecto.

Por favor, ten en cuenta que usar un engranaje temporal de esta manera destruirá el engranaje temporal, dañará al jugador durante 2 HP y sólo recuperará alrededor del 28% de tu estabilidad temporal.

Otra forma de recuperar la estabilidad temporal es simplemente matando herrantes. Los herrantes más fuertes restauran más la estabilidad temporal. Sin embargo, esto es sólo una medida temporal, similar a sacrificar un engranaje temporal.

Temporal storms

Temporal storms are a weather pattern that by default occurs roughly every 10 days. During these storms, it is treated as though the player has low temporal stability, with creatures able to spawn anywhere around the player as long as there is a spawnable surface (i.e. slabs will prevent spawns).

Players will get an early warning about an oncoming temporal storm through the chatbox. This warning will be issued in two phases:

• "A light/medium/heavy temporal storm is approaching" - once this warning is issued, the temporal storm is 8h24min ingame time away - or 0.35% of a full day.
• "A light/medium/heavy temporal storm is imminent" - once this warning is issued, the temporal storm is 43min ingame time away - or 0.02% of a full day.

The duration of temporal storms will increase in time, by default it can last between 2.4h and 4.8h maximum. The differentiation between light, medium or heavy temporal storms does not influence the duration, but rather the feeling of the storm, meaning specifically the visual and audio aspects of this mechanic.

Protip: Keep in mind that all time related information is offered as they would be in a default world. Changing the length of days or the frequency of temporal storms will affect the numbers presented above.

Surviving a temporal storm

There are a few different ways to survive a temporal storm if you are not ready to fight your way through one.

Hiding

Hiding in a box, such as your cellar, is a good way to survive, as long as you ensure there is not enough space for enemies to spawn inside with you. Alternatively, you can use bottom slabs on the floor, as drifters can not spawn on these.

Pillaring

Stacking on a lot of blocks and pillaring high prevents drifters from being able to reach you. The pillar should be high enough to be outside of rock-throwing range.

Drifter Trap

This tactic is an extension of the above mentioned pillar solution.

Digging a moat around yourself that is at least 2 blocks deep and wide so you are left standing on a pillar allows you to trap drifters for easy killing later on. Keep in mind that more vicious foes might have a higher reach, so you should consider how high above your trapped enemies you want to be. With the new drifter pathfinding, they might not fall into your trap readily however. To trick their senses, try lining the edge of your trap and your pillar with trapdoors. The drifters will interpret the trapdoors as a path they could take towards you, even when said doors are opened, leaving an unbridgeable hole.

For a detailed look such an advanced drifter trap, check out the video posted farther down.

Sleeping

If temporalStormSleeping in the World Config is enabled, you can easily sleep your way through a temporal storm. Just wait until the 'temporal storm is imminent' message appears, and then go to sleep. When you wake up the storm should either be completely gone or nearly over.

This option defaults to false, so you usually will not be able to sleep through temporal storms unless you know the option has been enabled.

Unstable regions

In the world there exists regions which are more temporally unstable than the surroundings. In these areas, a player's temporal stability will drain much faster, and they will be subject to more dangers. These are a lot more common underground, the deeper the player is, the more temporally unstable the underground is likely to be.

Video tutorials

Detailed explanation of a drifter trap, version 1.13	Temporal stability explained in English	Temporal stability explained in German