Buffs

Buffs are positive status effects granted to a player upon consuming, equipping, or otherwise activating various items. Active buffs are shown as icons below the hotbar, along with their remaining duration. Buffs are almost universally positive or at least benign effects, in contrast with Debuffs, over which the player has much less control.

Buffs can be easily activated with the buff hotkey (default B on PC), which activates all the buff-granting consumables in the player's inventory (starting from the top-left) that are not currently activated. A player is limited to 22 (44 as of the 1.4.4 update ) ( 10) active buffs and debuffs at any one point, and the leftmost buff in the bar will be deactivated if another is applied after this limit is reached. Most Buffs can be deactivated prematurely by right-clicking their icon, though those that are granted by proximity to an item will only deactivate when the player is no longer in range (see Environmental below).

Activated buffs are bound to a character, and persist as that character moves from server to server and from world to world. With the exception of those granted by Flasks, buffs are always deactivated on the player's death, though even Flasks are terminated along with the player in the  Old-gen console version,  Windows Phone version, and Nintendo 3DS version.

Consumables

These buffs are provided from sources and consumed upon use, such as potions, flasks, and food.

Icon	Name	Source	Effect	Tooltip	Duration
	Ammo Reservation	Ammo Reservation Potion	Reduces the chance of consuming any ammunition by 20%.	20% chance to save ammo	8 minutes
	Archery	Archery Potion	Increases arrow damage and firing speed by 20%.	10% increased bow damage and 20% increased arrow speed	8 minutes
	Battle	Battle Potion	Increases the spawn rate of enemies and critters by 50%.	Increased enemy spawn rate	7 minutes
	Builder	Builder Potion	Increases placement speed by 25% and extends placement range by one tile.	Increased placement speed and range	45 minutes
	Calm	Calming Potion	Reduces enemy spawn rate by 17%.	Decreased enemy spawn rate	12 minutes
	Crate	Crate Potion	Doubles the chance of catching a Crate.	Greater chance of fishing up a crate	4 minutes
	Dangersense	Dangersense Potion	Highlights hazardous blocks and objects like traps.	You can see nearby hazards	10 minutes
	Endurance	Endurance Potion	Reduces all damage taken by 10%.	10% reduced damage	4 minutes
	Exquisitely Stuffed	Numerous food items	Grants several major improvements of base stats, e.g. damage, defense. etc.	Major improvements to all stats Major improvements to all stats and increased life regeneration	4-48 minutes (depending on the food item)
	Featherfall	Featherfall Potion	Grants control over the player's falling speed and negates fall damage.	Press UP or DOWN to control speed of descent	10 minutes
	Fishing	Fishing Potion	Increases Fishing Power.	Increased fishing power	8 minutes
	Flipper	Flipper Potion	Liquids do not impede movement speed.	Move like normal in water	8 minutes
	Gills	Gills Potion	Allows the player to breathe underwater, preventing drowning.	Breathe water instead of air	4 minutes
	Gravitation	Gravitation Potion	Allows the player to invert gravity with ▲ Up.	Press UP to reverse gravity	3 minutes
	Heartreach	Heartreach Potion	Increases heart pickup range.	Increased heart pickup range	8 minutes
	Hunter	Hunter Potion	Highlights all enemies on-screen.	Shows the location of enemies	8 minutes
	Drunk	Wiesnbräu	Halves all damage taken and dealt.	Numbs the user from damage taken but also reduces damage inflicted	30 seconds
	Inferno	Inferno Potion	Casts a damaging ring of fire around the player.	Nearby enemies are ignited	4 minutes
	Invisibility	Invisibility Potion	Turns the player invisible.	Grants invisibility	3 minutes
	Ironskin	Ironskin Potion	Increases defense by 8.	Increase defense by 8	8 minutes
	Lifeforce	Lifeforce Potion	Increases max health by 20%.	20% increased max life	8 minutes
	Lucky	Lesser Luck Potion Luck Potion Greater Luck Potion	Increases Player Luck.	You are feeling pretty lucky	5 minutes 10 minutes 15 minutes
	Magic Power	Magic Power Potion	Increases Magic damage by 20%.	20% increased magic damage	4 minutes
	Mana Regeneration	Mana Regeneration Potion	Increases Mana regeneration.	Increased mana regeneration	8 minutes 2 minutes
	Mining	Mining Potion	Increases mining speed.	25% increased mining speed	10 minutes
	Night Owl	Night Owl Potion	Improves the player's night vision and increases the radius of any available light source.	Increased night vision	10 minutes
	Obsidian Skin	Obsidian Skin Potion	Grants invulnerability to damage from lava.	Immune to lava	6 minutes
	Plenty Satisfied	Numerous food items	Grants several medium improvements of base stats, e.g. damage, defense. etc.	Medium improvements to all stats Medium improvements to all stats and increased life regeneration	5-20 minutes (depending on the food item)
	Rage	Rage Potion	Increases critical strike chance by 10%.	10% increased critical chance	4 minutes
	Regeneration	Regeneration Potion	Increases life regeneration by 2 health per second.	Provides life regeneration	8 minutes
	Shine	Shine Potion	Causes the player to glow brightly.	Emitting light	10 minutes
	Sonar	Sonar Potion	Reveals the name of the catch while fishing	You can see what's biting your hook	8 minutes
	Spelunker	Spelunker Potion	Highlights ore, chests, and other treasure.	Shows the location of treasure and ore	5 minutes
	Summoning	Summoning Potion	Increases number of maximum minions by +1.	Increased max number of minions	8 minutes
	Swiftness	Swiftness Potion	Increases movement speed by 25%.	25% increased movement speed	8 minutes
	Thorns	Thorns Potion	Melee attackers take a small amount of damage upon harming the player.	Attackers also take damage	8 minutes
	Tipsy	Ale Sake	Inflicts -4 defense, grants +2% critical hit on melee attacks, +10% melee attack speed and damage.	Increased melee abilities, lowered defense	2 minutes 4 minutes
	Titan	Titan Potion	Increases knockback of all weapons.	Increased knockback	8 minutes
	Warmth	Warmth Potion	Reduces damage from cold-themed enemies.	Reduced damage from cold sources	15 minutes
	Water Walking	Water Walking Potion	Allows the player to walk on liquids. ▼ Down key allows the player to fall in liquids.	Press DOWN to enter water	10 minutes
	Wrath	Wrath Potion	Increases damage dealt with weapons by 10%.	10% increased damage	4 minutes
	Well Fed	Numerous food items	Grants several minor improvements of base stats, e.g. damage, defense. etc.	Minor improvements to all stats Minor improvements to all stats and increased life regeneration	10-45 minutes (depending on the food item)
	Weapon Imbue: Confetti	Flask of Party	Melee attacks cause bursts of confetti.	Melee attacks cause confetti to appear	20 minutes
	Weapon Imbue: Cursed Flames	Flask of Cursed Flames	Melee attacks inflict Cursed Inferno debuff on enemies.	Melee attacks inflict enemies with cursed flames	20 minutes
	Weapon Imbue: Fire	Flask of Fire	Melee attacks inflict On Fire! debuff on enemies.	Melee attacks set enemies on fire	20 minutes
	Weapon Imbue: Gold	Flask of Gold	Melee attacks inflict Midas debuff on enemies.	Melee attacks make enemies drop more gold	20 minutes
	Weapon Imbue: Ichor	Flask of Ichor	Melee attacks inflict Ichor debuff on enemies.	Melee attacks decrease enemies defense	20 minutes
	Weapon Imbue: Nanites	Flask of Nanites	Melee attacks inflict Confused on enemies.	Melee attacks confuse enemies	20 minutes
	Weapon Imbue: Poison	Flask of Poison	Melee attacks inflict Poisoned on enemies.	Melee attacks poison enemies	20 minutes
	Weapon Imbue: Venom	Flask of Venom	Melee attacks inflict Venom debuff on enemies.	Melee attacks inflict acid venom on your targets	20 minutes

Equipment

These buffs are provided naturally by equipment, either permanently or under certain circumstances.

Icon	Name	Source	Effect	Tooltip	Duration
	Beetle Endurance	Wearing full Beetle armor with Beetle Shell	Reduces all damage taken by 15%/30%/45%.	Damage taken reduced by 15% Damage taken reduced by 30% Damage taken reduced by 45%	While not receiving damage
	Beetle Might	Damaging an enemy while wearing Beetle armor with Beetle Scale Mail	10%/20%/30% increased melee damage and speed.	Melee damage and speed increase by 10% Melee damage and speed increase by 20% Melee damage and speed increase by 30%	While in combat
	Damage Nebula	Striking an enemy while wearing full Nebula armor	Increases damage by 15%/30%/45%.	15% increased damage 30% increased damage 45% increased damage	8 seconds
	Durendal's Blessing	Striking an enemy with Durendal	Increases melee speed by 35%.	Whip speed is increased	3 seconds
	Harvest Time	Striking an enemy with Dark Harvest	Increases melee speed by 50%.	Whip speed is increased	3 seconds
	Holy Protection	Striking an enemy while wearing full Hallowed armor	Allows the player to dodge the next attack dealt by an enemy.	You will dodge the next attack	30 seconds (or until striking a target)
	Ice Barrier	Frozen Turtle Shell	Grants 25% damage reduction / 30 defense .	Damage taken is reduced by 25%	While below 50% / 25% health
	Jungle's Fury	Striking an enemy with the Snapthorn	Increases melee speed by 20%.	Whip speed is increased	3 seconds
	Leaf Crystal	Wearing full Chlorophyte armor	Summons a leaf crystal above the player that shoots at enemies.	Shoots crystal leaves at nearby enemies	infinite
	Life Drain	Life Drain	Increases life regeneration.	Increased life regeneration	While attacking an enemy that is not immune to its debuff
	Life Nebula	Striking an enemy while wearing full Nebula armor	Increases health regeneration by 5/10/15 per second.	Increased life regeneration Increased life regeneration Increased life regeneration	8 seconds
	Mana Nebula	Striking an enemy while wearing full Nebula armor	Increases mana regeneration.	Increased mana regeneration Increased mana regeneration Increased mana regeneration	8 seconds
	Merfolk	Neptune's Shell / Moon Shell / Celestial Shell	Turns the player into a merfolk upon entering water, allowing infinite breathing and improved swimming.	Can breathe and move easily underwater	While underwater
	Panic!	When hit while having Panic Necklace / Sweetheart Necklace equipped.	Increases movement speed by 50%.	Movement speed is increased	5 seconds
	Rapid Healing	After striking an enemy while wearing full Palladium armor	Heals 15 health over time.	Life regeneration is greatly increased	5 seconds
	Titanium Barrier	After striking an enemy while wearing full Titanium armor.	Titanium shards spawn and rotate around the player, dealing damage to enemies that come into contact with them.	Defensive shards surround you	10 seconds
	Solar Blaze	Not taking damage while wearing full Solar Flare armor, up to 3 "charges"	Reduces all damage taken by 30%. Grants the ability to dash for consuming a charge. Taking damage depletes one charge.	Damage taken reduced by 30%, repel enemies when taking damage	Infinite, until damaged 3 times
	Stardust Guardian	Wearing full Stardust armor	Causes a unique Stardust Guardian minion to follow the player.	The stardust guardian will protect you	infinite
	Striking Moment	Using Brand of the Inferno with a shield or using Sergeant United Shield	Damage multiplied by 5 for next melee attack landed.	400% increased damage for next melee strike	5 seconds (or until melee strike hits target)
	Werewolf	Moon Charm / Moon Shell / Celestial Shell	Gives improvements to physical abilities, as well as giving the player a cosmetic werewolf skin.	Physical abilities are increased	During the night

Activated Furniture

These buffs are provided upon right-clicking particular placed furniture.

Icon	Name	Source	Effect	Tooltip	Duration
	Ammo Box	Ammo Box	Grants a 20% chance not to consume ammo.	20% chance to save ammo	Infinite
	Bewitched	Bewitching Table	Increases number of maximum minions by +1.	Increased max number of minions	Infinite
	Clairvoyance	Crystal Ball	Grants the following magic boosts: +20 maximum Mana, +5% Magic damage, +2% Magic critical strike chance, -2% Mana usage.	Magic powers are increased	Infinite
	Sharpened	Sharpening Station	Increases melee weapons armor penetration by 12.	Melee weapons have armor penetration	Infinite
	Sugar Rush	Slice of Cake	Increases the player's movement and mining speed by 20%.	20% increased movement and mining speed	2 minutes
	Strategist	War Table	Increases number of maximum sentries by +1.	Increased max number of sentries	Infinite

Environmental

These buffs are provided by being in range of particular placed furniture, blocks, or NPCs. Banners, as well as static effects from objects like Peace Candle and Happy!, have a 170×125 / 100×84 tile area of effect centered on the object. Since they cannot be canceled by right clicking them, the only way to remove the buff is to leave the area (with the exception of honey).

Icon	Name	Source	Effect	Tooltip	Duration
	Cozy Fire	Campfire or Fireplace	Increases life regeneration by 0.5 HP/s, and multiplies current healing rate by 1.1.	Life regen is slightly increased	Infinite while in the vicinity of a Campfire or Fireplace
	Dryad's Blessing	Dryad	Increases the player's defense by 8 and increases life regeneration by 3 HP/s.	The power of nature protects you	Infinite while inside the Dryad's leaf barrier
	Happy!	Sunflower	Increases movement speed by 10% and reduces enemy spawns by 17%. Cancels upon entering a graveyard.	Movement speed increased and monster spawns reduced	Infinite while in the vicinity of a Sunflower
	Heart Lamp	Heart Lantern	Increases life regeneration by 1 HP/s.	Life regen is increased	Infinite while in the vicinity of a Heart Lantern
	Honey	Honey	Increases life regeneration by 1 HP/s and multiplies natural regeneration by 3.	Life regeneration is increased	Infinite while in honey, 30 seconds after stepping out of the honey
	Peace Candle	Peace Candle	Decreases enemy spawn rate by 23%, and maximum enemies on-screen by 30%.	Decreased monster spawn rate	Infinite while in the vicinity of a Peace Candle
	Star in a Bottle	Star in a Bottle	Increases mana regeneration by about 2 MP/s.	Increased mana regeneration	Infinite while in the vicinity of a Star in a Bottle
	The Bast Defense	Bast Statue	Defense is increased by 5.	Defense is increased by 5	Infinite while in the vicinity of a Bast Statue

Summons

Aside from the normal buffs, some buffs provide you with a minion. Unlike other buffs, they last until the player dies, cancels the buff, or leaves the current world.

Icon	Name	Source	Item Tooltip	Buff Tooltip	Duration
	Baby Slime	Slime Staff	Summons a baby slime to fight for you	The baby slime will fight for you	infinite
	Baby Finch	Finch Staff	Summons a baby finch to fight for you	The baby finch will fight for you	infinite
	Hornet	Hornet Staff	Summons a hornet to fight for you	The hornet will fight for you	infinite
	Imp	Imp Staff	Summons an imp to fight for you	The imp will fight for you	infinite
	Spider	Spider Staff	Summons spiders to fight for you	The spider will fight for you	infinite
	Twins	Optic Staff	Summons twins to fight for you	The twins will fight for you	infinite
	Pirate	Pirate Staff	Summons pirates to fight for you	The pirate will fight for you	infinite
	Pygmies	Pygmy Staff	Summons a Pygmy to fight for you	The pygmies will fight for you	infinite
	UFO	Xeno Staff	Summons a UFO to fight for you	The UFO will fight for you	infinite
	Ravens	Raven Staff	Summons a raven to fight for you	The ravens will attack your enemies	infinite
	Sharknado	Tempest Staff	Summons sharknados to fight for you	The sharknado will fight for you	infinite
	Terraprisma	Terraprisma	Summons an Enchanted Sword to fight for you	The Blades of the Empress will fight for you	infinite
	Deadly Sphere	Deadly Sphere Staff	Summons a deadly sphere to fight for you	The Deadly Sphere will fight for you	infinite
	Stardust Dragon	Stardust Dragon Staff	Summons a stardust dragon to fight for you 'Who needs a horde of minions when you have a giant dragon?'	The stardust dragon will protect you	infinite
	Stardust Cell	Stardust Cell Staff	Summons a stardust cell to fight for you 'Cultivate the most beautiful cellular infection'	The stardust cell will fight for you	infinite

Mounts

Icon	Name	Source	Item Tooltip	Buff Tooltip	Duration
	Slime Mount	Slimy Saddle	Summons a rideable Slime mount	BOOOIIINNNG!	infinite
	Bee Mount	Honeyed Goggles	Summons a rideable Bee mount	BzzzBzzBZZZZBzzz	infinite
	Turtle Mount	Hardy Saddle	Summons a rideable Turtle mount	Slow if by land, zoom if by sea	infinite
	Bunny Mount	Fuzzy Carrot	Summons a rideable Bunny mount	You are craving carrots	infinite
	Pogo Stick Mount	Pogo Stick	Summons a rideable pogo stick mount Press Jump again in mid-air to do tricks!	Kss-shik! Kss-shik! Kss-shik!	infinite
	Golf Cart	Golf Cart Keys	Summons a rideable Golf Cart mount	A fair way to cross the fairway	infinite
	Flamingo	Mollusk Whistle	Summons a rideable flamingo mount	Flamingogogo	infinite
	Painted Horse Mount	Dusty Rawhide Saddle	Summons a rideable painted horse mount	Riding a Painted Horse	infinite
	Majestic Horse Mount	Royal Gilded Saddle	Summons a rideable white horse mount	Riding a Majestic Horse	infinite
	Dark Horse Mount	Black Studded Saddle	Summons a rideable dark horse mount	Riding a Dark Horse	infinite
	Book Mount	Dark Mage's Tome	Summons a magic tome mount 'A book said to be at its holder's behest.'	The Book is now helping in your guidance	infinite
	Lava Shark Mount	Superheated Blood	Summons a rideable lava shark mount 'Bloody hell!'	Surfing the molten seas!	infinite
	Goat Mount	Goat Skull	Summons a rideable death goat mount 'Brutal!'	This ride is totally metal!	infinite
	Basilisk Mount	Ancient Horn	Summons a rideable basilisk mount	Crash into anyone... and EVERYONE!	infinite
	Unicorn Mount	Blessed Apple	Summons a rideable unicorn mount	Charge ahead... fabulously!	infinite
	Pigron Mount	Scaly Truffle	Summons a rideable Pigron mount	Now you see me...	infinite
	Pirate Ship Mount	The Black Spot	Summons the Black Spot mount 'Arrr! This be mutiny!'	You're the captain now	infinite
	Winged Slime Mount	Gelatinous Pillion	Summons a rideable Winged Slime mount	BOING FLAP BOING!	infinite
	Tree Mount	Hexxed Branch	Summons a rideable tree mount 'A wand crafted from the branch of a cursed tree.'	Run, forest, run!	infinite
	Santank Mount	Toy Tank	Summons a rideable Santank mount 'For the REALLY naughty ones.'	Crossing off the naughty list...	infinite
	Rudolph	Reindeer Bells	Summons a rideable reindeer	Riding the red nosed reindeer	infinite
	Scutlix Mount	Brain Scrambler (item)	Summons a rideable Scutlix mount	Pew Pew	infinite
	UFO Mount	Cosmic Car Key	Summons a rideable UFO mount	It's a good thing you had a MAC	infinite
	Witch's Broom	Witch's Broom	'Grants a witching spark of inspiration!'	It flies! WITCHCRAFT!	infinite
	Cute Fishron Mount	Shrimpy Truffle	Attracts a legendary creature which flourishes in water & combat	Just don't make it crawl.	infinite
	Drill Mount	Drill Containment Unit	Summons a rideable Drill mount <left> to mine blocks, Right click to mine walls	Riding in a flying drill	infinite

Notes

• There is a known issue with the timers of buffs and debuffs. A buff/debuff's timer will usually round down to the next full minute, until there is less than 1 minute remaining. If a buff has a remaining duration of 4:35, it will display a duration of 4 minutes. However, when the duration has between 1:59 and 1:00 remaining, the timer will display there are still 2 minutes left, instead of the expected rounded result of 1 minute. When the timer reaches 0:59, it will visually jump from 2 minutes to 59 seconds.
  • The total duration of a buff is not affected. This has no major impact on gameplay & is purely visual.

Achievements

Be Prepared • “You are ready for battle!”

Have 5 buffs active at once.

The Cavalry • “Equip a mount.”

Equip your first Mount.

Category: Collector

You and What Army? • “Command nine summoned minions simultaneously.”

Have nine minions summoned at the same time.

Category: Challenger

See also

• Debuffs
• Pets

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.0.5:
  • Buff effects should now properly follow enemies affected by NPC smoothing.
  • Fixed a bug where buff order wasn't recalculated properly under certain circumstances, leaving empty spaces.
  • Fixed some buff icons having white space on them instead of transparency.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Sugar Rush buff added.

• Desktop 1.3.2: Fixed extremely long-timed buffs not updating properly in Multiplayer.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Happy!, Star in a Bottle, Peace Candle buffs introduced.
  • The Dryad can now cast a defensive buff.
  • Weapon Imbues now last 20 minutes and persist through death.

• Desktop 1.2.4.1: Fixed bug where upon loading the player might sometimes have empty spaces between their buffs.

• Desktop 1.2.1.2: Heart Lamp (buff) introduced.

• Desktop 1.2.1.1: Campfire (buff) introduced.

• Desktop 1.2.1: Pumpkin Pie also grants Well Fed.

• Desktop 1.2:
  • Honey, Panic!, Shadow Dodge and Rapid Healing introduced.
  • Orb of Light and corresponding item renamed Shadow Orb.
  • Fairy, Shadow Orb (buff) now have infinite duration.

• Desktop 1.1: Fairy, Clairvoyance, Merfolk, and Werewolf buffs are introduced.

• Desktop 1.0.6:
  • Orb of Light buff introduced to replace the Orb of Light spell.
  • Well Fed buff added.
  • Many buff durations adjusted.

• Desktop 1.0.5: Introduced. 18 buffs added.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced including Pet Slime, Pet Guinea Pig, Pet Bat, Pet Zombie, Pet Tiphia, and Pet Werewolf buffs.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: Maximum active buffs increased from 10 to 22.

• Mobile-Release: Introduced including Pet Slime, Pet Guinea Pig, Pet Bat, Pet Zombie, Pet Tiphia, and Pet Werewolf buffs.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced including Pet Slime, Pet Guinea Pig, Pet Bat, Pet Zombie, Pet Tiphia, and Pet Werewolf buffs.