Today's duel is a battle two rival sandbox franchises. Minecraft, the 2011 3D sandbox game released by Mojang Studios. And Terraria, the 2011 2D sandbox game released by Re-Logic games. And because these two have player customizable features I shall use them at their best. No mods or tools made from 3rd party developers will be added. It's my job to test their weapons, armor, strength and skills to see who would win a death battle.
Minecraft
Background: Imagine awakening in a strange world with nothing but your bare hands and creative mind. No contact or help. There's only one thing to do in a situation like this. Crawl into a ball and hope for the best. But not for the adventurer in Minecraft. Steve.
Abilities: So not the most menacing name in the world but Steve has it pretty easy for him. He is strong enough to break any material given to him, carry hundreds of blocks, and punch enemies to death. He can carry about 2304 sandstone blocks to make a pyramid. One sandstone block is roughly 2.5 tons which is about 2000 pounds. Given the inventory space of 4x9, about 36 blocks. And seeing how you can carry 64 blocks per square, we have the 2304 sandstone blocks. That's about 11,520,000 pounds. And he can still run at top speed. Speaking of which he can run at about 12 mph. But his bread and butter is his crafting skill. With his imagination he can create tools to help him survive the dangerous life he lives in and the crafting table makes him able to create almost anything. Some tools include the pickaxe to dig stone materials faster, the plain axe to chop down trees, and the shovel to dig dirt and sand. He has other tools like the ladder to escalate higher, the lava bucket to somehow carry lava, the water bucket to carry water to soften his fall, slime blocks to jump higher, and my personal favorite, TNT. Which when detonated along with its friends it can spread the explosions everywhere, resulting in a dangerous blast. He also has red stone which can make machines operate and set off the TNT. The bow and arrow provides good long range combat as long as he has the arrows to spare. But the best tool is the one specifically for killing. The sword. With it he can slash through pretty much anything made from flesh and bone. But the power and duration of the tool all depends on what it's made of. The best one of all of the materials is diamond. It naturally being one of the toughest materials in our real world it is very durable. Although in our real world diamond armor is a horrible idea seeing how it would be too expensive and cutting the diamond makes it weaker along with a serious lack of mobility. And when a diamond sword is crafted it makes 7.0 points of damage. But he doesn't just dish out the pain but he can take it as well. With the diamond armor he can resist most attacks. That's not all though as Steve has some experience in alchemy and magic. Splash potions are long range throwing items that can give similar but weaker effects. But they are more useful for things like the splash potion of poison to poison foes, weakness to harm them, and slowness to slow them down. But a regular potion has more variety and last longer for better use. Like the potion of night vision, water breathing, strength, swiftness, invisibility(which is useless with armor on although your clothes disappear), fire resistance, leaping, healing, and regeneration. He can enchant his weapons for bonus effects. Like greater duration, sharper, become blast proof, fire resistant, infinite arrows, fire arrows, fire touch, feather falling, and increased knockback. He can also eat food to recover his health faster and with the golden apple he increases the number of hearts he has, makes himself very durable, and has regenerative abilities.
Accomplishments:
Steve is a tough little fighter and survived on this land for a long time. He has slain zombies, giant spiders, survived point blank explosions, falling in lava. He was tough enough to survive the bottom of the ocean whose pressure should have crushed him. The outrageous heat of the underworld. And huge falls which are fatal to a normal man. But his greatest accomplishment is being able to slay the ender dragon who is capable of taking out entire armies.
Weaknesses:
While he is tough it is only because of his gear. Which can break eventually, which the only thing he can do about that is delay the inevitable with enchanting. He can easily starve without food and it does slowly kill him. The more he fights the more his food meter drains. He can be easily cornered resulting in him taking hard pot shots.
But still he is one of gaming's greatest survivalists ever made. When maxed out very few can stand in his way.
Terraria
Background: If you are in the middle of a strange land wanting to extend your property you realize you need a way to defend your area. And so you need the right tools for the job. Well in Terraria that part is already handled by the crafting skill of...some guy. No seriously he's nameless.
Abilities:
But it doesn't matter because he does seriously have some awesome equipment. While he physically isn't capable at all, he can't even punch, he has tools to make up for it. He has the pickaxe to dig through stone materials, the axe to chop down trees, and the shovel to dig dirt. And a sword to deal with incoming threats. But the power of the weapon doesn't come from its material, but the weapon's design in all. He has the night's edge which is a combination of several weapons that can cut down just about anything. The phoenix blaster is a small handgun that shoots so fast that you can't even see it. The water volt summons slow moving multi hit projectiles. The demon scythe spell summons a demonic scythe to chop foes down. He has a wrecking ball that functions like a yo yo. He also has some accessories. Like the obsidian shield that protects him from all knockback and fire. The Frostspark boots increase his running speed. The shield of cthulhu himself which grants him dashing abilities and short lived invincibility. The fashionable warm scarf to decrease damage done to him. The brain of confusion which confuses targets. The Spooky armor to increase attack power but less defense and tiki armor to do the opposite. The Terra Blade is a blade that was crafted from dark and light energy. He can throw the vampire knives swiftly for some long range attacks. Shoot homing bubbles with flairon. Summon a storm of sharp blades with the razorblade typhoon. The star wrath sword can summon stars to fall from the sky. The meowmere can shoot cat like projectiles. The Terrarian yo yo shoots green projectiles. Nebula blaze and arcanine shoot homing projectiles and mini galaxies. He has an anti gravity hook which he can combine with a second for a duel grappling hook. Some anti gravity rocket shoes. Has bombs for explosive results. And can heal himself with his potions. But his strongest weapon is the lunar hook that is so strong...it can pull the moon out of orbit. Our moon.
Achievements:
OK so the terraria dude is one powerful motherfucker. He is tough enough to survive lava, being turned to stone, point blank explosions, being impaled, and sitting on a cactus chair without being pricked. But his greatest accomplishment is his victory over the moon lord. Who could pull the moon to the earth.
Weaknesses:
While he is powerful he is absolutely a joke in physical combat. He can't even throw a punch. He is unable to swim so he can drown easily. He is also nearsighted meaning he can't see very well. And his inventory is limited.
But still these weaknesses aside he is one of the most powerful characters in all of video gaming history.
The fight:
This fight will take place in a cave with the fighters equipment nearby when they need them. And they have NO prep time or knowledge of each other. With that said...it is time FOR A DEATH BATTLE!
In a cave the terraria guy is mining some materials when he stumbles across a collection of emeralds. He sees an opportunity in making a profit off of them so he goes over and begins to collect them. However soon Steve comes by and sees his stash being taken away. He throws and egg at the guy and he drops the emeralds. "Hey! What's the big idea dude?" the terraria guy asks. Steve tells him,"Those are my emeralds you are taking, now I want them back."
"These. Well finders keepers, losers weepers!" he snaps back with a smug. This ticks off Steve and he grabs his gear and equips himself for a battle. Terraria guy sees this and gears up as well. They draw their swords and Steve says,"Fine then...if you won't give them to me I will just have to take them."
The two dash forward and begins clashing swords. Steve leads him to a dead end where he uses the ladders there to climb up. Terraria soon follows and Steve begins dropping some lit TNT which he blocks with his obsidian shield. He collapses on the ground which Steve takes advantage of and begins slashing him. Terraria gets back in the game and uses his grappling hook to get in closer to Steve. He begins to attack and Steve forces him back with a splash potion of weakness. He then poisons him with the splash potion of poisoning and knocks him to the ground. The effects wear off and Terraria uses a potion to heal himself. He summons the water volt which misses but bounces back and hits Steve. He then begins to beat the shit out of Steve and kicks off the edge. But feather falling prevents steve from dying to it. He begins to climb the ladder out of the cave. Terraria soons follows and begins to climb up with the anti gravity shoes and grappling hook. They clash some more and Steve slows him down with the splash potion of slowness. Terraria begins to shoot him with the pheonix blaster. But a missed shot hits some TNT that blows up with gravel falling down. Steve begins to dig with his pickaxe and Terraria does so as well. Steve looks upon the rubble thinking he is buried. But then Terraria silently places a bomb behind him and it blows up. They begin to have a long range battle with the bow and arrow and pheonix blaster. Steve runs out of arrows however and is shot. Steve eats an apple to heal himself. He sees an area near a lot of water. He climbs up it with Terraria trying to get a good shot. Steve gets up there and pours some water at the top to keep Terraria busy. He then breaks the dam releasing the water. It gets Terraria caught in it. He struggles to swim when Steve gets in. he takes a potion of waterbreathing and night vision to see where he was going. He then takes out his sword and again beats him down when Terraria can't see well. But then he finds a wall and digs out of it. Releasing the water and getting them out of the cave. He gains his footing once again and uses the demon scythe which Steve blocks with his sword and Terraria then uses the dash attack of the shield of Cthulhu to push him following with the razorblade typhoon. Steve tries to get up but is hit with the Terrarian yo yo and builds a wall to block the meowmere shots. Terraria gets behind the wall and attacks Steve with an onslaught of vampire knives. And hits him into the forest with the Nebula blaze and arcanine. Steve is knocked into a witches hut where begins to enchant and create potions to beef him up. Terraria finds the hut he's in and uses the star wrath sword to wipe it out. But Steve gets back up and with his upgraded gear shoots infinate arrows at lightning speed which Terraria blocks with the obsidian shield. But Steve gets up to higher ground with his improved jumping abilities. He then pours lava to drip down the hill which hits Terraria. He gets up and heals himself again. He uses the lunar hook to grab something up in the sky. He grabs Steve and activates the hook. They go into space and land on the moon. Terraria pulls out the Terra blade and begins to strike back at Steve. Steve punches him in the gut and gets an opportunity to strike. He uses it and drastically hurts his foe. But before he could finish the fight Terraria uses the brain of confusion to confuse Steve. He sits there wondering what the heck he's doing on the moon and is frightened by that fact. Terraria then moves forward and strikes Steve a lot. Steve regains his thought and tries to attack them. But the next slash resulted in a sword breaking. The two slowly land on the moon. When they turn around they raise their arms with the weapon but Steve's is broken. Terraria then grabs his lunar hook. He fires it at Steve and obliterates him. Breaking his armor and pulls his remains closer. He kicks Steve's leftovers out into space and proceeds to use the stardust dragon to get back.
Reasoning:
Steve had the upper hand in crafting capabilities and physical combat. And his potions and enchanting spells could allow him to keep up with Terraria. But that doesn't matter since Terraria destroys him in everything else. His defences have blocked more powerful foes and attacks than Steve could ever manage. Steve could break almost anything. Almost. The items that is impossible to break in Minecraft are obsidian(without tools) and bedrock. The same material one of Terraria's shields is made of. The only thing that could break it is the diamond pickaxe but what would give Steve the idea to use the pickaxe. So Steve upgrading his sharpness wasn't gonna cut it. "Uuuuh...but couldn't Terraria's weapons break eventually as well, leaving him without any gear making him useless?" That could be true...but his gear doesn't break. Unlike Steve's. And it is already bad enough that his gear destroys him in every way. How do I know. Well compare their greatest tool. The Diamond sword is powerful and durable...but Terraria has greater variety and more powerful ones to choose from. Hell...his lunar hook could obliterate him...armor and all. You see seeing how it can pull the moon which ways about 73,510,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg. In order to pull off such an amazing feat you would need at least 370,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 joules of energy. A feat which can be achieved with about 70,000,000,000,000 megatons of TNT. That's 10 billion times stronger than the strongest nuke on earth. A force Steve has never been hit with. So with a force like that it would break Steve into bits. So there was no doubt that Terraria could break Steve's defences.
The Winner is Terraria.
Tune in next time for when put another Marvel VS DC battle. The Lizard VS Killer Croc.