Wings

Wings

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Type	Accessory
Tooltip	Allows flight and slow fall
Sell	8

“

Be it what it would, a jetpack would suit you nicely!

— The Steampunker

Wings are Hardmode (with the exception of Fledgling Wings) accessories that can allow the player to fly temporarily by pressing and holding the ↷ Jump key. Flight time is reset when the player rests on solid objects, including both standing on blocks and using climbing items like Ropes, Hooks, Shoe Spikes, Climbing Claws, and Tiger Climbing Gear/Master Ninja Gear. Certain wings also allow the player to hover at fixed heights by holding the ▼ Down key during flight, and/or accelerate their ascent speed by holding the ▲ Up key.

After flight time has been exhausted, a player can continue holding the ↷ Jump key to glide. Gliding fall speed can be accelerated by holding the ▼ Down key in addition.

Wings additionally grant immunity from fall damage (except when overridden by the Stoned debuff, which nullifies fall damage protection items like the Lucky Horseshoe.)

Flight is much more controlled with wings than with Rocket Boots, Spectre Boots, etc. alone, and they allow for much greater flight range. Equipping wings generally replaces jumps entirely with flight, rather than requiring a double-jump to activate. However, the wings stack with the flight of Rocket Boots and its upgrades. Double-jump accessories like the Cloud in a Bottle will still grant an additional jump, which is used after all flight time.

There are currently 47 unique wing types in total: 45 are available on  PC,  Console,  Mobile, and  tModLoader, 39 on  tModLoader Legacy, and 21 on  Old-gen console,  Windows Phone, and 3DS. Flight time and speed can vary by the version.

Types

Wings have a variety of origins: Some can be crafted, a few can be purchased outright, one is an Angler reward, a few are dropped directly from bosses, and Fledgling Wings are gifted to every new Journey Mode character or found in Skyware Chests and Sky Crates/Azure Crates

In Expert Mode, more wings can come as part of Treasure Bags: Each Hardmode Treasure Bag has a 5*1/20 (5%) chance to drop a random set of developer items, and all sets include wings (with the exception of Aaron's set).

Most craftable wings are crafted at a Hardmode Anvil: Most require 20 Souls of Flight and a core item determining the wing type. This core item can be a rare enemy drop with no other use (Such as the Giant Harpy Feather for the Harpy Wings), or a quantity of material representing a new stage of the game(Such as Shroomite Bars for the Hoverboard).

The four lunar wings (Solar Wings, Vortex Booster, Nebula Mantle, and Stardust Wings) are instead crafted like other endgame equipment: At the Ancient Manipulator from Luminite Bars and Lunar Fragments; they do not require Souls of Flight.

All wings can be sold for 8, except for the Leaf Wings (30 / 20 ), Steampunk Wings (60 / 20 ) and Fledgling Wings (4).

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Notes

For the concrete flight heights achievable with wings stacked with other equipment, see Jump Height Comparison.

Flight height comparison between different wings as of 1.4.2 (Created by u/zacyquack on r/terraria).

Stacked accessories		Boost
	All balloon accessories	+30% ascent speed
	All Rocket Boot derivatives	+0.7 seconds of flight time
	Werewolf (buff)	+4% ascent speed
	Frog Leg and its upgrades	+32% ascent speed
	Soaring Insignia	Infinite flight time +36% ascent speed Increased flight agility

All wings

• The player cannot equip more than one wing at a time.
• All wings work in water (but doing so gives the same movement speed penalty).
• Some jump-boost accessories stack with wings to boost flight (see chart above).
• When a wing is placed in a social slot and another is placed in an accessory slot, the full animation of the vanity wings are shown, along with any lighting and particle effects. Flight duration and other functional characteristics follow those in the non main accessory slot.
• Wings can be hidden when equipped and will be hidden while not in the air, otherwise they are always visible (except when using other equipment that adds graphics to the player's back, like the Leaf Blower or Turtle Scale Mail). They fold into a low-profile image when not used.
• The horizontal speed of any midair jumps (such as the Cloud in a Bottle) are greatly decreased when the player wears wings alongside them.
• The fall-damage-negating effect is carried over even if the wings are placed in the sixth accessory slot in an expert or master world and then the player enters a normal world.

Specific wings

• Even when dyed, the Jetpack's particle effect will give off orange light, though the particles will change color according to the dye. This also applies to the Vortex Booster (which gives off teal light). As of 1.4, wings in vanity slots no longer give off light, so invisibility based characters can use this to their advantage.
• Fishron Wings work in liquids, just as they do on land (including lava and honey), with the same speed, unlike other wings. This makes them very useful for more aquatic situations like building in the Ocean.
• Ghost Wings and Spectre Wings will only change color with the use of Black Dye, which makes them appear dark gray.

The paths produced by jumping with a Sandstorm in a Balloon with the player not wearing wings at all (left) and the player wearing wings on vanity (right). Notice the difference in the angles when the player ascends.
The player is jumping from the sand into the water.

Achievements

Head in the Clouds • “Equip a pair of wings.”

Have a pair of Wings equipped.

Category: Collector

Airtime! • “Enjoy the view.”

Stay in the air for enough time.

Tips

• Crafted wings can be thrown into shimmer to extract the Souls of Flight, which can be used to craft better wings.
• An Ice Rod can be used to lay blocks of ice to land on midair, making it possible to remain in the air indefinitely.
• The slow-fall effect of Featherfall Potion or an Umbrella stacks with wing glide, allowing for very long glides after flight time has been exhausted.
• Maximum flight distance of about 1400 tiles can be achieved using the Bundle of Balloons, Frog Leg, Solar Wings, Hermes Boots or derivatives, Flying Carpet, Featherfall Potion and holding the Umbrella.
  • In Expert Mode, it is possible to fly indefinitely with Soaring Insignia equipped.
  • The Soaring Insignia negates the low flight time of the Jetpack, allowing the player to take full advantage of its quick vertical acceleration.
• Flame Wings have the best stats of all pre-Plantera wings, except Fishron Wings.
• Fledgling Wings are the only wings that can be obtained pre-Hardmode.
• Obtaining wings in early Hardmode:
  • Harpy Wings require a bit of luck when farming Harpies. Fortunately, Wyverns spawn at the same altitude, so when a Giant Harpy Feather drops, the odds are good that 20 Souls of Flight will already have been collected. The Giant Harpy Feather can also be collected before activating Hardmode.
  • Angel and Demon Wings require 15 or 25 (depending on version) Soul of Light or Soul of Night, respectively. The souls can easily be acquired by staying long enough in Underground Hallow or Underground Corruption/Underground Crimson, since all enemies killed in the biome have a 20% chance to drop the respective biome's soul.
• Fishron Wings can be obtained anytime in Hardmode with a 1/10 chance to drop from Duke Fishron. While they may be difficult to obtain, they have the best stats before endgame.

Trivia

Dye can make some wings look like other wings. For an example, Mothron Wings with dye look like Butterfly Wings.

• Dyeing Red's Wings in combination with Hermes Boots or any of its upgrades will change the color of the smoke below the player.
• Prior to 1.3.0.1, Red's Wings would allow the wearer to fly infinitely and faster than any other wings.
•   On old-gen console and mobile, Red's Wings and some other developer wings can only be obtained through inventory editing.
  •   When Red's Wings are obtained in the Xbox 360 or Wii U editions, they don't disappear and can be used without any problems. The other developer wings can also be obtained, but they will not give infinite flight. When other wings are used over Red's Wings as an appearance, the ascent speed bonus disappears.
  • It is confirmed that the wings can be obtained on PS3 consoles.
  • The wings disappear as soon as the world is left, if they were previously equipped or stowed in a chest.
• Ghostar's Infinity Eight's name comes from the Infinity Eight in the series of single-player action role-playing games .hack//G.U.. Their appearance resembles the sword-wings of the Avatar Skeith in its Xth Form. Its tooltip, "I am right here," is used throughout the .hack//G.U. games.
• Despite being non-moving constructs of technology, Ghostar's Infinity Eight and Arkhalis' Lightwings both produce flapping noises.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Fledgling Wings has been removed as primary drop from Skyware Chests and Sky Crates, and has a 1/40 chance of being secondary loot.
  • Leaf Wings are now sold by Witch Doctor after Plantera has been defeated, but otherwise under the same conditions.
    • Wing Power has been increased to be the same as uncommon pre-Plantera Wings (Flame, Butterfly, Bee and Bat).
    • Cost has been increased to 1.5 Platinum.
  • Angel & Demon Wing Souls of Light/Night cost reduced from 25 to 15.

• Desktop 1.4.3.3: Fairy Wings only requires 99 Pixie Dust to craft instead of 100 (as 99 is the max stack for Pixie Dust).

• Desktop 1.4.1: Fledgling Wings can now be found in Skyware Chests, Sky Crates, and Azure Crates instead of Lucky Horseshoes.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Introduced Fledgling, Empress, FoodBarbarian's Tattered Dragon, Grox the Great's Wings, Celestial Starboard, Ghostar's Infinity Eight, and Safeman's Blanket Cape.
  • All wings now have infinite flight time if the player has the Soaring Insignia equipped.
  • Rebalanced most wings, with emphasis on progression. Most wings obtainable at the same stage now have the same or similar stats.
  • Steampunk Wings' cost increased from 1 to 3.
  • Renamed Arkhalis's Lightwings to Arkhalis' Lightwings.

• Desktop 1.3.5: Introduced Arkhalis' Lightwings and Leinfors' Prehensile Cloak.

• Desktop 1.3.4.3: Fixed bug where Betsy's Wings emitted faint amounts of light when descending, which was never intended.

• Desktop 1.3.4: Introduced Betsy's Wings.

• Desktop 1.3.2: Red's Wings sprites updated.

• Desktop 1.3.0.4:
  • Mothron Wings are now obtainable, dropped by Mothron, after Plantera has been defeated.
  • Red's Wings no longer let you "noclip" (fly through blocks).

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Introduced Solar and Stardust Wings, Nebula Mantle, and Vortex Booster.
  • Introduced Mothron Wings, but unobtainable.
  • All previously unobtainable Wings are now obtainable:
    • Steampunk Wings are now sold by the Steampunker.
    • Developer Wings are now obtained from Treasure Bags, and no longer inflict debuffs.
  • Red's Wings no longer have infinite flight time.
  • Ghost Wings now require Spectre Bars to craft, instead of Ectoplasm, are now called Spectre Wings, and have increased in rarity.

• Desktop 1.2.4.1: Fixed bug where Wing time would go into infinity if you held the ↷ Jump button while standing and having Rocket Boots equipped.

• Desktop 1.2.4:
  • Introduced Fin and Fishron Wings.
  • Fixed bug where wings wouldn't work after getting out of water with Merman accessories equipped.

• Desktop 1.2.3.1: You can now only equip one pair of Wings at once.

• Desktop 1.2.3:
  • Introduced Beetle Wings.
  • Increased the base rarity of Ghost Wings from Pink (5) to Lime (7).
  • Wings can now be worn in Vanity slots and dyed.
  • Fixed bug where wings appear too high when on a mount, made hoverboard not appear on a mount.
  • Fixed bug where wing items showed on player's back when in merman form.

• Desktop 1.2.2: Introduced Festive Wings.

• Desktop 1.2.1.2:
  • Introduced the Hoverboard.
  • Flame and Frozen Wings now fade when the player is stealthed from Shroomite armor.

• Desktop 1.2.1:
  • Introduced Spooky Wings and Tattered Fairy Wings.
  • Ghost Wings now require 10 Ectoplasm to craft.

• Desktop 1.2:
  • Introduced Jetpack, Fairy, Butterfly, Bee, Bat, Bone, Harpy, Ghost, Flame, Frozen, and Leaf Wings.
  • Introduced Steampunk and developer-only wings, but as unobtainable.

• Desktop 1.1: Introduced Angel and Demon Wings.

 Console version

• Console 1.17: Introduced Betsy's Wings, Arkhalis' Lightwings, and Leinfors' Prehensile Cloak.

• Console 1.0.933.1: Made changes from PS4's 1.0.750.0 update. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: ()
  • Introduced Mothron, Solar, and Stardust Wings, Nebula Mantle, and Vortex Booster.
  • All previously unobtainable Wings are now obtainable:
    • Steampunk Wings are now sold by the Steampunker.
    • Developer Wings are now obtained from Treasure Bags, and no longer inflict debuffs.
  • Red's Wings no longer have infinite flight time, and have updated sprites from Desktop 1.3.2.
  • Ghost Wings now require Spectre Bars to craft instead of Ectoplasm, are now called Spectre Wings, and have increased in rarity.

• Console 1.08:
  • Wings can now be worn in Vanity slots and dyed.
  • Wings now prevent fall damage if the player is in a minecart.
  • Cape graphics no longer appear with wings when standing and flying.

• Console 1.07: Introduced Fin and Fishron Wings.

• Console 1.06:
  • Introduced Beetle Wings.
  • Increased the base rarity of Ghost Wings from Pink (5) to Lime (7).
  • You can now only equip one pair of Wings at once.

• Console 1.04: Introduced Festive Wings.

• Console 1.02:
  • Introduced Hoverboard, Jetpack, and Spooky, Tattered Fairy, Fairy, Butterfly, Bee, Bat, Bone, Harpy, Ghost, Flame, Frozen, and Leaf Wings.
  • Introduced Steampunk and developer-only wings, but unobtainable.
  • Ghost Wings now require 10 Ectoplasm to craft.
  • Flame and Frozen Wings now fade when a player is stealthed from Shroomite armor.

• Console-Release: Introduced Angel and Demon Wings.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.1096.2:
  • Introduced Betsy's Wings, Arkhalis' Lightwings, and Leinfors' Prehensile Cloak.
  • Updated Red's Wings sprites to match Desktop 1.3.2.

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced with changes up to Desktop 1.3.0.1

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0:
  • Introduced Fledgling, Empress, Betsy's, FoodBarbarian's Tattered Dragon, and Grox the Great's Wings, Celestial Starboard, Ghostar's Infinity Eight, and Safeman's Blanket Cape.
  • Updated Red's Wings sprites to match Desktop 1.3.2.
  • All wings now have infinite flight time if the player has the Soaring Insignia equipped.
  • Rebalanced most wings, with emphasis on progression. Most wings obtainable at the same stage now have the same or similar stats.

• Mobile 1.3.0.7:
  • Introduced Mothron, Solar, and Stardust Wings, Nebula Mantle, and Vortex Booster.
  • All previously unobtainable Wings are now obtainable:
    • Steampunk Wings are now sold by the Steampunker.
    • Developer Wings are now obtained from Treasure Bags, and no longer inflict debuffs.
  • Red's Wings no longer have infinite flight time.
  • Ghost Wings now require Spectre Bars to craft instead of Ectoplasm, are now called Spectre Wings, and have increased in rarity.

• Mobile 1.2.11212:
  • Introduced Festive, Beetle, Fin, and Fishron Wings.
  • Increased the base rarity of Ghost Wings from Pink (5) to Lime (7).
  • Wings can now be worn in Vanity slots and dyed.
  • You can now only equip one pair of Wings at once.

• Mobile 1.2.6508:
  • Introduced Hoverboard, Jetpack, and Spooky, Tattered Fairy, Fairy, Butterfly, Bee, Bat, Bone, Harpy, Ghost, Flame, Frozen, and Leaf Wings.
  • Introduced Steampunk and developer-only wings, but unobtainable.
  • Ghost Wings now require 10 Ectoplasm to craft.
  • Flame and Frozen Wings now fade when a player is stealthed from Shroomite armor.

• Mobile 1.1.5536: Introduced Angel and Demon Wings.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced the Hoverboard and Angel, Demon, Spooky, Tattered Fairy, Fairy, Butterfly, Bee, Bat, Bone, Harpy, Ghost, Flame, Frozen, and Leaf Wings with changes up to Desktop 1.2, and Fishron Wings.