Guide:Class setups/Pre-Hardmode

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Start as you normally would - gather materials for building, build a couple of houses, increase your maximum health, make a trip to the Corruption/Crimson for your first ranged weapon, farm Cnidrions for Victory Shards and make Victide Bars out of them. Make sure to look for Hermes Boots or Flurry Boots. If you have a Gravitation Potion, look for floating islands and Planetoids.

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At this point you should've already killed a few bosses, including Brain of Cthulhu/Eater of Worlds, and should be getting ready for a trip to The Underworld. You should've fought the Goblin Army by now and have obtained a Level Meter from the Goblin Tinkerer.

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At this point you should've killed The Perforators/Hive Mind and mined plenty of Aerialite to craft new gear to help prepare you for Skeletron.

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At this point you should make a trip to the Abyss with a Shadow Key and haul everything you can get out of there, said gear may be handy for defeating The Slime God and obtaining more useful gear. At this point Potions can be made with Blood Orbs at an Alchemy Table, so there are more potions to be used at your disposal, such as Lifeforce Potions or Fabsol's Vodka.