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Featherfall Potion
Gills Potion
Gravitation Potion
Greater Healing Potion
Greater Mana Potion
Healing Potion
Hunter Potion
Invisibility Potion
Ironskin Potion
Lesser Healing Potion
Lesser Mana Potion
Lesser Restoration Potion
Magic Power Potion
Mana Potion
Mana Regeneration Potion
Night Owl Potion
Restoration Potion
Obsidian Skin Potion
Regeneration Potion
Shine Potion
Spelunker Potion
Swiftness Potion
Thorns Potion
Water Walking Potion
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Potions

A staple of Terraria, Potions are consumable items that can be found or crafted at an alchemy station or atop a table. The index below provides links to the wiki pages for all Potions currently available in Terraria, as well as how they can be made or found and their effect on the player character.

Potions can be found via chests and breakable urns scattered throughout the biomes; they can also be dropped by various enemy mobs. To craft Potions, you will either need an alchemy table or, barring that, simply placing an empty bottle on top of a table with no other items yields a location for the player character to mix Potion ingredients.

Health and Mana Potions in Terraria

The table below lists all potions that affect your health or mana pools in Terraria, as well as where they can generally be found. Note that for the items listed below, there is a 1-minute cooldown, during which time you will be unable to consume any other healing items.

Sprite Name Effect How to Get
Lesser Healing Potion Restores 50 health Craft:
Mushroom
2 Gel
2 Bottles
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table

Find:
Chests
Pots
Dungeon platforms

Buy:
Merchant
Healing Potion Restores 100 health Craft:
2 Lesser Healing Potion
Glowing Mushroom
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Greater Healing Potion Restores 150 health Craft:
3 Bottled Water
3 Pixie Dust
Crystal Shard
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Super Healing Potion Restores 200 health Craft:
4 Greater Healing Potion
Nebula Fragment
Solar Fragment
Stardust Fragment
Vortex Fragment
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Lesser Mana Potion Restores 50 mana Buy:
Merchant
Mana Potion Restores 100 mana Find:
Pots (Hardmode only)

Craft:
2 Lesser Mana Potion
Glowing Mushroom
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Greater Mana Potion Restores 200 mana Buy:
Wizard
Super Mana Potion Restores 300 mana Craft:
15 Greater Mana Potions
Fallen Star
3 Crystal Shards
Unicorn Horn
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Lesser Restoration Potion Restores 50 health
Restores 50 mana
Craft:
Lesser Healing Potion
Lesser Mana Potion
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Restoration Potion Restores 90 health
Restores 80 mana
Craft:
Mushroom
Pink Gel
Bottle
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Strange Brew Restores 80 health
Restores 400 mana
Buy:
Skeleton Merchant

Buffing Potions in Terraria

The table below lists all potions that affect various gameplay mechanics in Terraria, as well as their effect/duration and where they can be found or the materials required to craft them. Note that up to 22 buffs may be stacked at once.

Sprite Name Effect and Duration How to Get
Ammo Reservation Potion Chance that ammo will not be consumed increased by 20%
8 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Double Cod
Moonglow
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Archery Potion Arrow speed and damage increased by 20%
8 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Daybloom
Lens
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Battle Potion Increases rate at which enemies spawn
7 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Deathweed
Rotten Chunk or Vertebra
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Builder Potion Increases speed and range of block placing
45 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Blinkroot
Shiverthorn
Moonglow
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Calming Potion Decreases rate at which enemies spawn
8 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Damselfish
Daybloom
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Crate Potion Increases drop rate for crates when fishing
3 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Amber
Moonglow
Deathweed
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Dangersense Potion Allows you to see sources of danger nearby
10 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Shiverthorn
10 Cobwebs
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Endurance Potion 10% reduction in damage received
4 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Armored Cavefish
Blinkroot
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Featherfall Potion Slows your fall speed
10 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Daybloom
Blinkroot
Feather
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Fishing Potion Increases your Fishing Power
8 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Crispy Honey Block
Waterleaf
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Flipper Potion Increases movement speed in liquids
8 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Shiverthorn
Waterleaf
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Gills Potion Allows you to breathe underwater
4 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Waterleaf
Coral
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Gravitation Potion Allows you to control gravity
3 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Fireblossom
Deathweed
Blinkroot
Feather
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Greater Luck Potion Temporarily increases your luck
10 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Waterleaf
Ladybug
Pink Pearl
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Heartreach Potion Increases range of pickup for life hearts
8 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Crimson Tigerfish
Daybloom
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Hunter Potion Reveals location of nearby enemies
8 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Daybloom
Blinkroot
Shark Fin
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Inferno Potion Lights nearby enemies on fire
4 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Flarefin Koi
2 Obsidifish
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Invisibility Potion Lowers spawn rate of hostile mobs and grants invisibility
3 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Blinkroot
Moonglow
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Ironskin Potion +8 defense
8 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Daybloom
Iron or Lead Ore
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Lesser Luck Potion Temporarily increases your luck
3 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Waterleaf
Ladybug
White Pearl
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Lifeforce Potion +20% maximum life
8 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Prismite Fish
Moonglow
Shiverthorn
Waterleaf
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Love Potion Makes another player or NPC fall in love with you
30 seconds
Craft:
Bottled Water
Princess Fish
Shiverthorn
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Luck Potion Temporarily increases your lick
5 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Waterleaf
Ladybug
Black Pearl
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Magic Power Potion +20% magic damage
4 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Moonglow
Deathweed
Fallen Star
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Mana Regeneration Potion Temporarily increases rate of mana regeneration
8 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Moonglow
Daybloom
Fallen Star
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Mining Potion 25% increase to mining speed
10 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Antlion Mandible
Blinkroot
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Night Owl Potion Temporarily increases night vision
10 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Daybloom
Blinkroot
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Obsidian Skin Potion Immunity to lava
6 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Fireblossom
Waterleaf
Obsidian
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Rage Potion 10% increased chance for critical hit
4 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Hemopiranha
Deathweed
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Regeneration Potion Provides steady life regeneration
8 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Daybloom
Mushroom
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Shine Potion Causes you to emit an aura of light
10 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Daybloom
Glowing Mushroom
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Sonar Potion Reveals the type of fish hooked on your fishing pole
8 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Water Leaf
Coral
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Spelunker Potion Reveals location of nearby treasure or ore
5 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Blinkroot
Moonglow
Gold or Platinum Ore
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Stink Potion Make another player or NPC smell bad
30 seconds
Craft:
Bottled Water
Stinkfish
Deathweed
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Summoning Potion +1 to total number of summoned minions
8 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Variegated Lardfish
Moonglow
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Swiftness Potion 25% movement speed increase
8 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Blinkroot
Cactus
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Thorns Potion Enemies that hit you also take damage
8 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Deathweed
Cactus
Worm Tooth
Stinger
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Titan Potion Increases your knockback power
8 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Bone
Deathweed
Shiverthorn
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Warmth Potion Reduces cold damage
15 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Frost Minnow
Shiverthorn
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Water Walking Potion Allows you to walk on water
10 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Waterleaf
Shark Fin
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Wrath Potion 10% increase in damage output
4 minutes
Craft:
Bottled Water
Ebonkoi
Deathweed
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table

Miscellaneous Potions in Terraria

The table below lists all potions that do not fit in the Health and Mana or Buffing categories in Terraria, as well as where they can be found or the materials required to craft them.

Sprite Name Effect How to Get
Gender Change Potion Changes your character's gender. Bottled Water
Daybloom
Moonglow
Blinkroot
Waterleaf
Deathweed
Shiverthorn
Fireblossom
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Potion of Return Teleports you to your spawn point, but keeps a portal open so you can return to where you were. Recall Potion
Obsidifish
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Recall Potion Teleports you back to your spawn point with no portal to return to where you were. Bottled Water
Specular Fish
Daybloom
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Teleportation Potion Teleports you to a random place in the world. Bottled Water
Chaos Fish
Blinkroot
Fireblossom
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table
Wormhole Potion Teleports you to the location of another player in the world. Bottled Water
Specular Fish
Blinkroot
Alchemy Table or Bottle placed on Table

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