I want to play Terraria with some friends on console, but the newest Steam version is four updates away from the newest console version. I assume this makes us incompatible, how should I go about this? Should I downgrade my client version, or is 1.4.3.2 compatible with 1.4.3.6?
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From what I can tell, Android/iOS are the only cross platform the game supports. There also seems to be conflicting results about whether PC and Mobile can play together (see below).
We have this post about PS4 (console) and PC playing together, and the answer is no.
The Wiki for Terraria says
Mobile and Desktop players can cross-play together if both downgrade to 1.4.0.5.
But this isn't verified. The wiki then also states:
Users of different platforms (Desktop version / PlayStation / Xbox One / Xbox 360 / Mobile version / Windows Phone) cannot play multiplayer games together. Only Android and iOS users can play cross-platform with each other.
I then found this site that lists all the cross platform support, and everything is a no except for Mobile and PC and Android/iOS. For mobile and PC, it states that they need to be running the same game version.
To summarize:
- Desktop might be able to play with Mobile players (conflicting sources)
- Android and iOS can play with one another
- Consoles are not cross platform enabled
- A exception to this is PS4 and PS5 being "cross generational"
