Minecraft or Terraria?

Do you know the differences between these popular block games?

This quiz was made as of Minecraft Java 1.21.4(survival mode, no cheats, no glitches) and Terraria PC & Console 1.4.4.

Every question refers to the vanilla games(no mods). Anything in quotations mean that that is it’s exact name.

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1. Has a grass/dirt block in its logo/icon

Both games have a grass block in their logo.

Minecraft

Terraria

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2. Has a dragon boss

Ender Dragon & Betsy

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Terraria

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3. Has more than 100 unique creatures(Includes bosses, hostile, and passive creatures).

Terraria has over 500 unique creatures.

Minecraft

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4. Released in 2011

Both were released in 2011.

Minecraft

Terraria

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5. Has a skeleton/undead boss

The Wither & Skeletron

Minecraft

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6. Weapons, Armour, & Tools have durability

Minecraft has items that break after enough use; Terraria does not.

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7. Naturally generates villages

Minecraft has Villages, but Terraria doesn't.

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8. Contains a Traveling Merchant

Minecraft has a Wandering Trader, and Terraria has a Traveling Merchant.

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9. Has over 50 unique biomes

Minecraft has over 50 biomes, Terraria doesn’t.

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10. Has a biome called "Hell"/"The Underworld"

Terraria has the Underworld or Hell biome; Minecraft has the Nether.

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11. A full day cycle takes 24 minutes

A Terraria day cycle is 24 minutes, while a Minecraft day cycle is 20.

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12. Has a singleplayer and multiplayer button in the menu

Both have these.

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13. Has more downloads

Minecraft has over 300M downloads; Terraria has about 50M.

Minecraft

Terraria

14. Has iron, gold, diamonds, emeralds, and rubies as ores/gems.

Minecraft removed rubies and replaced them with emeralds. Terraria has all of the above ores & gems.

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15. There is an item that can resurrect you on death.

Minecraft has Totems of Undying, but Terraria has no items that revive the player when they die.

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16. Has multiple dimensions

Terraria doesn’t have several dimensions, and the Aether isn’t a dimension.

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17. Contains a "Jungle Temple" and a "Dungeon"

Both have Jungle Temples and Dungeons.

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18. The world is randomly generated unless a seed is inserted.

Both have a seed system.

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19. The player can travel infinitely (Vanilla, cheats off)

Terraria has the edges of the world; Minecraft generates infinitely, but has a border at 30M.

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20. Contains the “Aether” (Vanilla only, no mods)

Minecraft’s Aether is a mod; Terraria’s Aether is the biome with the Shimmer lake.

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21. Contains an item called the "Mace"

Minecraft has a mace that does damage based on height fallen from, while the mace in Terraria is swung and thrown like a flail.

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22. Has more than 10 unique bosses.

Minecraft has 2 official bosses, while Terraria has 19 bosses, and several more minibosses.

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23. Players can brew potions.

Brewing stands in Minecraft, and Alchemy Stations in Terraria.

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24. Has more achievements.

Minecraft has 122 as of 1.21, while Terraria has 115 on Steam.

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25. There is a "Hardcore" setting that makes players have one life, and spectate the world after they die.

Both games have Hardcore mode; however, I had to word the question carefully as Minecraft's Hardcore is a gamemode, while Terraria's gamemode is a player difficulty.

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35 Comments

Level 55

Jun 4, 2025

Terraria is not 2D Minecraft. If you've only played one of them, I would recommend trying the other too. They're both incredible.

Thank you for 1,000 takes!

Level 74

Feb 29, 2024

Great quiz, would argue the nether wastes should be called a "Hell/Underworld" biome though, making the answer for that one both, weapon modifier Vs enchantments seems a bit of a technicality and I don't know if you'd class minecraft villagers as NPCs. Great idea though, really enjoyed playing.

Level 55

Feb 29, 2024

Thanks for the feedback, is there any specific way you think I should reword it? I'd like to hear your opinion before editing it.

Level 55

Feb 29, 2024

Also, I added in the caveat that anything in quotations would be its exact name, but I was worried about that because I don't think people read the caveats most of the time, so I changed the first question to have a mention of it.

Level 61

Jun 4, 2025

I have heard many YouTubers call the Nether H-E-Double Hockeysticks

Level 55

Jun 4, 2025

Yes, the official name of the Nether biome was "Hell".

Level 82

Feb 29, 2024

I disagree with some of your definitions but overall interesting quiz!

I might be misremembering but I thought the Nether used to officially also be called Hell in the alpha.

I would also consider Minecraft villagers to be NPC's but it could be argued that they are not. The wiki doesn't call them NPC's. However, Minecraft does officially have NPC's in the bedrock edition. So maybe add a disclaimer in the description about which minecraft edition(s) the quiz is about.

Also, Minecraft does have random events that happen at the start of night, Zombie Sieges: https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Zombie_siege.

I would also say that the player can travel infinitely in Minecraft because even if the world no longer generates past 30m blocks, you can still move around past the border (to my knowledge).

Still enjoyed the quiz! Just wanted to give some feedback :)

Level 55

Feb 29, 2024

As stated in the caveat, this is as of Java edition, 1.20.1, so the first 2 questions you mentioned (NPCs in bedrock edition and the nether being called hell in Alpha) remain correct. However, the zombie siege is indeed an event, but it is so little known and might not be considered by most people as an event that I may have to replace that question due to confusion. If you'd like to suggest a question to replace it with, feel free to. Additionally, your last statement is correct, but the player cannot travel infinitely without creative mode or cheats enabled, so I'll have to mention in the caveat that it is talking about the vanilla game with cheats off & in survival mode. Thanks for the feedback!

Level 55

Apr 1, 2024

Additionally, I just did some research and found that zombie sieges are no longer in the game, meaning that they aren't valid for 1.20.1.

Level 79

Mar 3, 2024

although you say things in "quotes" need to be the thing's exact name, Minecraft doesn't have a "travelling merchant", it's called the Wandering Trader

Level 55

Mar 3, 2024

Oh, you're right...

I didn't originally have it like that but I put it in the first question so people would look at the caveat, my bad. I'll fix that.

Thanks for telling me

Level 45

Apr 1, 2024

I think that being able to be killed even with max gear is both because in Terraria we have the dungeon guardian and in Minecraft you have various things like the void, arrow railgun or kinetic energy (from elytra)

Level 55

Apr 1, 2024

In Terraria, there are quite a few ways you can die in 1 hit (Dungeon Guardian, some bosses during the daytime, fall damage etc).

In Minecraft, totems make every death (except for the void)take at least 2 hits for death. The void does 2 hearts every damage tick, meaning that it can't kill you in one hit.

Your comment made me realize that I should mention that you must be on full health, thanks for the feedback.

Level 61

Jun 4, 2025

Also there is the Minecraft Warden which can kill you in one hit

Level 55

Jun 4, 2025

Not with a Totem of Undying.

Level 61

Jun 4, 2025

So apparently after doing some research, there is a way for a player to die in one shot even with a totem

Level 55

Jun 4, 2025

How? Explain or send evidence, please.

Level 61

Jun 4, 2025

Additionally, getting the right angle with a multi-shot crossbow and harming two arrows can also kill someone in one shot, even with protection 4 Netherite and a totem of undying

Level 61

Jun 4, 2025

Not exactly how great it is because this was found by a redditer. I am sure there are many ways to glitch the game so the Totem Of Undying is rendered useless. As another redditer expirienced

Level 55

Jun 4, 2025

I believe that if it's multishot, then it is considered more than 1 damage source.

Level 61

Jun 4, 2025

Even tho there are 3 arrows, only one does the damage

Level 55

Jun 4, 2025

That makes sense if it's in the same damage tick, but then what's the purpose of the multishot? I may just change this question because of the technicalities.

Level 61

Jun 4, 2025

The multishot enchantment triples the damage of one arrow and adding two that do nothing

Level 55

Jun 4, 2025

But that applies the damage all at once, right? Wouldn't a totem prevent that?

Level 61

Jun 4, 2025

yes. I dont know, the things that you need is the multishot bow/crossbow and harming 2 arrows and the correct angle. I cant test this but you could

Level 61

Jun 4, 2025

I dont have a way to verify that cause i have no minecraft buddies. this is what i found and am reporting to you