Announcement Box

  

Desktop/Console/Mobile-Only Content: This information applies only to the Desktop, Console, and Mobile versions of Terraria.

Announcement Box

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Statistics

Type	MechanismFurniture
Placeable	✔️ (2 wide × 2 high)
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Rarity	00*
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 3617 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Internal Tile ID: 425

The Announcement Box is a special sign that, when powered, will announce (in the chat) what was written on the sign. They support the usage of tags, allowing (for example) the display of messages in different colors.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Announcement Box(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Sign Any Iron Bar4 Wire4	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil

Notes

• The Announcement Box's functionality can be disabled by launching the game with a -disableannouncementbox command line parameter.
• If the Announcement Box is wired to a time sensor, any message that is tied to that time (for example the message for natural occurring Blood Moon: "The Blood Moon is rising...") will be displayed before the message from the Announcement Box.

Tips

A simple moon animation created using item tags, consisting of 14 frames (so 14 Announcement Boxes) running on a 1/4 Second Timer. Smooth Marble Walls and Starlit Heaven Wallpapers are used to make the effect.

• Since all item tags occupy the same width and height, coupled with the fact that there can only be 10 lines of text in the chat at one time means that one can in theory create a rudimentary animation using mechanisms. Walls are very good for this purpose as they are big squares. Be aware that by doing animations, the messages are spamming the chat which can lead to the annoyance of other players as they can not communicate via chat. It can also make one miss status messages.

Trivia

• The Announcement Box was a suggestion by Master Geass, a user on the Official Terraria Forums. The original post can be found here.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.3.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.1372.5: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.895.9: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced.