If you're hitting the dreaded "3D models appear as black silhouettes" bug on Windows 11, it's not your GPU—it's Paint 3D's ancient DirectX 12 calls conflicting with newer driver APIs. The community fix is counterintuitive: lower your monitor's refresh rate to 60Hz before launching the app, because the rendering pipeline syncs to display timing and freaks out at high refresh rates. Another workaround is disabling Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling in Windows Settings > System > Display > Graphics, which forces Paint 3D to use legacy rendering paths that actually respect your models' material data instead of dumping them to black voids.  Microsoft official Paint Software

Early weapon progression is about efficiency, not aesthetics. Start with Wooden Sword (skip it), rush Cactus Sword (19 damage, easy desert farm), then grab Ice Boomerang from underground Ice chests (21 damage, pierces). First major upgrade: Reaver Shark from Ocean fishing (40% pickaxe power, mines Hellstone pre-Hardmode) or Vilethorn from Corruption orbs (pierces, wrecks early bosses). Minishark (35 gold from Arms Dealer) is the best pre-Hardmode ranged weapon—pair with Meteor Shot for piercing. Space Gun with Meteor Armor (0 mana cost) is mage meta until Hardmode. Bee Gun from Queen Bee is summoner starter. Don't waste time on the Fiery Greatsword—it's slow and outclassed by Night's Edge (craftable). Pro tip: shurikens from pots are free, pierce, and kill Eye of Cthulhu in 2 minutes. My first expert run, I beat every pre-Hardmode boss with shurikens and a rope coil. Gear is secondary to strategy. Terraria

Building for function beats aesthetics until post-Moon Lord. Your base needs: NPC storage (minimum 3x10 rooms with table/chair/torch), crafting hub (anvil, furnace, hellforge, tinkerer, piggy bank, safe), and arena access (teleporter or quick travel). Build your crafting hub underground near spawn—falling enemies can't reach you, and you can add traps for invasions. Use platforms for floors; they let light through and prevent mob spawns inside. Actuators on background walls let you hide wiring and create secret rooms. My base is a 5-story tower with the bottom floor as a trap-filled invasion farm, middle floors for NPCs, and top floor as a skybridge-connected arena. Function first: if your base can't survive a Blood Moon, it's not a base, it's a death trap. Aesthetics come after you have the Steampunker selling her furniture. Terraria game