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  1. I have a very hard time believing the claim it was one of the most interesting biomes around 1.2. Id argue it was the most boring biome in 1.2 besides maybe the ocean. There was no undergound desert in 1.2, that was added in 1.3. The "main" biomes were Forest, Snow, Desert, Jungle, Ocean, Underworld, Evil biomes, Hallow, maybe the ocean.
    Literally all the desert had before 1.3 was the surface desert, so no fossils, no amber, no underground, only vultures and antlions, as well as mummies in hardmode, cacti and waterleaf, and pyarmids. Pyramids are not even a gaurantee anyways, and even more so iffy with the loot youd get from them, being pharoah set, sandstorm in a bottle, or a flying carpet. Thats the only treasure Desert had. The snow biome had an underground with its own mobs and treasure to find, ice cannon, ice mirror, blizzard in a bottle, ice sword.
    It changes the least from pre hardmode to hardmode out of all the biomes, the only addition being the aforementioned mummy.
    So I do not know out of the 3 features it had in 1.2 made it so much more interesting than the others which had many more lmao
    Id argue it was most interesting in 1.3, when it got its major overhaul, and basically got everything we connect with the desert today. Sandstorms, underground, fossils, amber, more unique treasures. A boss could maybe fix some of the issues it has, but these days the desert suffers from a lack of interesting gear and equipment in hardmode (and a boss overall) compared to every other biome.

  2. It has a lot of stuff it's just very early game, which makes no sense because why would you visit the underground desert early game? And then it has only light and dark shards and forbidden fragments for hard mode which is just like why would you do this

  3. Literally WHAT are you talking about? It has CACTUS ARMOR AND TOOLS, the Oasis biome, Dunerider boots (the best hermes boots varient), Sandstorm in a bottle (the best cloud in a bottle varient), bast statue (absolutely worth it), scarab bombs, ancient chisel, spirit flame, desert tiger staff, Digtoise!!! Who doesnt want an automated hellevator!!!, flying carpet, oysters, the magic conch (you know, neccessary for the shellphone?!), spear of the storm, thunderzapper, pyramids, fossils, oh im sorry, is this still not enough? How about an entire EVENT all to itself that is way more fleshed out than the ice equivalent, featuring its own MINIBOSS, and supplying you with forbidden fragments which I NEVER skip if im playing summoner or mage. WHAT IS BRO SMOKING??? The Desert is LITERALLY one of the most FLESHED OUT biomes in the entire GAME. If any biome actually needs love, its the freaking OCEAN.

  4. Ancient chisel and magic conch are life savers
    Also sturdy fossil for rangers
    Thunder zapper is great for mage early game
    Bast statues are great too
    In hardmode, forbidden fragments are good for mages and summoners