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[Ora]

I can't seem to get an answer to this by just replying to threads that involve the December 19th update, so I decided I may have a better chance at a reply if I made my own topic. So then, is the December 19th update going to require me to commit suicide and create a new world if I want to play with the new content, or will it all take effect in my current world? I think I probably already know the answer, but I'd really like to avoid committing suicide if I can.

[Toaster Fu]

Oh sorry! I kept seeing your post but I forgot to reply. To answer your question, judging by the video, the only thing that should require a new world is the new terrain generation. The spider queen maybe but, when the trees guards were added the didn't need a new world and they seem to spawn the same way.

[Ora]

Thanks, but I was more hoping for a developer response. Let's be honest, the rest of us just don't know for sure.

[Toaster Fu]

Well, the only reason it would need a new worlds is if it was something that get generated at the start, like rocks and stuff.

Consider it an educated guess.

[Ora]

I'm wondering if the spider queen gets generated at the start though. Only the developers really know the nature of the new content at this point, so I kind of feel like only one of them can answer the question.

[JebusTheFrog]

I'm wondering if the spider queen gets generated at the start though. Only the developers really know the nature of the new content at this point, so I kind of feel like only one of them can answer the question.

Looking at the way it is, it seems exactly the same as the treeguards, a lvl 3 spider nest (possibly any size) has a chance of turning into a spider queen when agro'd so I don't think you will have to restart.

Thats just my 'educated guess'

[Toaster Fu]

Ora would just like to wait for a Devs opinion. Thanks for trying to help though.

[501105]

While we wait for a reaction from the devs it would be safe to say that your world wont hold all content that will eventually be added to the game. Wether it is new biomes or something else, it will be outdated at some point.

[Ora]

While we wait for a reaction from the devs it would be safe to say that your world wont hold all content that will eventually be added to the game. Wether it is new biomes or something else, it will be outdated at some point.

I'm aware of that. If they do something like add a new biome I will be rebooting my world without question. As it stands right now though, I'd like my first good run to end in a legitimate death and not a self-inflicted one. Dunno if that's realistic though, given the current ease of the game once you get yourself set up and how many meat effigies I have, and my habit of going out of my way to build at least two more meat effigies every time I do happen to die.