Terraria is a popular 2D sandbox game with strong emphasis on exploration, building, and combat. When your character dies in Terraria, you respawn at your set respawn point. By default, this is the world spawn point that you first started the game from. However, you can change your respawn point to a bed or other furniture in a home that you build. This allows you to respawn much closer to your base and activities when you die.
Here is a step-by-step guide on how to set a home respawn point in Terraria using a bed:
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Gather Materials to Craft Stations and a Bed
In order to craft a bed to set your respawn point, you first need to create several crafting stations:
- Work Bench – 10 wood
- Furnace – 20 stone, 3 torches, 5 wood
- Anvil – 15 iron bars
- Sawmill – 10 wood, 2 iron bars, 1 chain
- Loom – 12 wood
Once you have your crafting stations set up, gather the following to craft a basic bed:
- 15 wood
- 5 silk (made from 7 cobwebs at a loom)
Build a House for the Bed
Beds will only set your spawn point if placed in a valid room that meets the following housing criteria:
- Room size of at least 7 blocks wide by 5 blocks tall
- Must have player-made background walls
- Must be fully enclosed with a door
- Must not contain light sources that could spawn enemies (torches are OK)
- Must contain the bed plus at least one other comfort item (chair, table, etc)
Interact with the Bed to Set Spawn Point
Once your bed is placed in a valid room, interact with the foot of the bed (not the head/pillow) by right-clicking or pressing ⚷ Use / Interact. This will set your respawn point to that bed.
A message will confirm that your spawn point was set successfully. Now when you die, you will respawn at that bed rather than the world spawn point.
Removing a Bed Spawn Point
If you ever want to remove a bed spawn point and return to the world spawn point, just right-click or press ⚷ Use / Interact on the head of the bed you had previously set.
Tips for Effective Home Bases and Respawn Points
Here are some useful tips when building a home base with a respawn point bed in Terraria:
- Build near important areas you frequent like mining zones or boss arenas
- Make your base defendable with traps and barriers
- Include shelter from events like Blood Moons and Goblin Armies
- Place life-saving items like potions nearby
- Set up Teleporters to quickly return home
- Build multiple beds in strategic positions if desired
Using Beds to Skip Night Time
An added bonus to beds in Terraria is that you can use them to skip ahead to day time. Just interact with the head/pillow of the bed and your character will sleep through the night.
This can be very useful when you want to quickly resume day time activities or skip enemies that only spawn at night.
Finding Other Respawn Point Items
While beds are the easiest respawn point item to obtain early on, there are a few other furniture pieces that can set your spawn:
- Chair – Any placed chair
- Work Bench – More convenient, but takes up space
- Dressers – Require a heavy workbench to craft first
So if you don’t want to use a bed, look into crafting one of these other items instead.
Mastering Respawn Points for Better Gameplay
Learning to effectively utilize respawn points is an important skill in Terraria. A well-placed respawn point bed early on will make your gameplay much smoother when death happens.
Take the time to carefully plan the location of your home base and set up a bed to avoid tedious treks back after dying. This allows you to spend more time exploring, building, and battling!
With the steps above, you now know exactly how to quickly and easily set a respawn point bed in Terraria to improve your sandbox gameplay experience.
