Terraria

Terraria Potions: Effects And Recipes [A Definitive Guide]

Posted on Mar 26, 2023 by justin

In Terraria, there are dozens of different kinds of potions that players can use for a broad range of effects. Players can buy, loot, and craft potions to fulfill all kinds of needs like restoring health, decreasing enemy spawn rates, or increasing gathering speed. These potions can be the difference between winning and losing fights or could even be the gateway to the next step of progress for your adventure. Players shouldn’t confuse Terraria's potions with its flasks. Although flasks are still consumables, these items mainly apply buffs to weapons while potions apply them to the player directly. Also, crafting potions in Terraria requires players to interact with Placed Bottles or Alchemy Tables, unlike flasks which require Imbuing Stations. Potions thus fall under three major categories: recovery, buff, and food and drink items. Keep in mind that the availability, effect, and duration of certain potions may differ depending on the console or platform used to play the game. With that, here are all of the Terraria potions, how to make them, and what they offer.

All Terraria Potions, Effects, And Recipes

Recovery Potions

In Terraria, recovery potions can restore health, mana, or both. Potion efficacy halves if a player has either the Potion Sickness or Mana Sickness debuff.

Potion Name	Effect	Where To Buy	Crafting Recipe	Where To Craft
Lesser Healing Potion	Restores 50 health	Merchant	Mushroom 2 Gel 2 Bottles	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Healing Potion	Restores 100 health	N/A	2 Lesser Healing Potions Glowing Mushroom	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Greater Healing Potion	Restores 150 health	N/A	3 Bottled Water 3 Pixie Dust Crystal Shard	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Super Healing Potion	Restores 200 health	N/A	4 Greater Healing Potion Nebula Fragment Solar Fragment Stardust Fragment Vortex Fragment	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Lesser Mana Potion	Restores 50 mana	Merchant	N/A	N/A
Mana Potion	Restores 100 mana		2 Lesser Mana Potion Glowing Mushroom Note: Can also appear in pots in Hardmode	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Greater Mana Potion	Restores 200 mana	Wizard	N/A	N/A
Super Mana Potion	Restores 300 mana	N/A	15 Greater Mana Potions 3 Crystal Shards Fallen Star Unicorn Horn	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Lesser Restoration Potion	Restores 50 health and 50 mana	N/A	Lesser Healing Potion Lesser Mana Potion	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Restoration Potion	Restores 90 health and 80 mana	N/A	Bottle Mushroom Pink Gel	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Strange Brew	Restores 80 health and 400 mana	Skeleton Merchant	N/A	N/A
Mushroom	Restores 15 health (Has a cooldown of 30 seconds)	N/A	Note: Can find growing in grass naturally	N/A
Bottled Honey	Restores 80 health	N/A	Bottle	Honey
Bottled Water	Restores 20 health	N/A	Bottle	Water or sink
Eggnog	Restores 80 health	N/A	Note: Obtainable from Presents	N/A
Honeyfin	Restores 120 health	N/A	Note: Obtainable by fishing in Honey	N/A
Horn o’ plenty	Restores 120 health and has unlimited uses	N/A	Noted: Obtainable by beating Turkor The Ungrateful	N/A

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Buff Potions in Terraria

Players can stack up to 22 buff potions at once in Terraria, as each buff period counts down individually. Also, most buff potions are craftable, though many of them aren’t purchasable.

Potion Name	Effect	Where To Buy	Crafting Recipe	Where To Craft
Ammo Reservation Potion	20% chance for the player not to consume ammo upon use Lasts for 8 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Double Cod Moonglow	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Archery Potion	20% chance to increase arrow speed and damage Lasts for 8 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Daybloom Lens	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Battle Potion	Increase enemy spawn rate Lasts for 7 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Deathweed Vertebra or Rotten Chunk	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Biome Sight Potion	Shows the location of infected blocks Lasts for 5 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water 5 Grass Seeds Blinkroot Fireblossom Moonglow	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Builder Potion	Increase block placing range and speed Lasts for 45 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Blinkroot Moonglow Shiverthorn	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Calming Potion	Decreases enemy spawn rate Lasts for 8 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Damselfish Daybloom	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Crate Potion	Increases crate drop rate during fishing Lasts for 3 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Amber Deathweed Moonglow	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Dangersense Potion	Allows the player to see nearby danger sources Lasts for 10 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water 10 Cobwebs Shiverthorn	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Endurance Potion	10% reduction from received damage Lasts for 4 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Blinkroot Armored Cavefish	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Featherfall Potion	Slows fall speed Lasts for 10 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Blinkroot Daybloom Feather	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Fishing Potion	Enhances Fishing Power Lasts for 8 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Waterleaf Crispy Honey Block	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Flipper Potion	Increases movement speed while traversing in liquids Lasts for 8 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Shiverthorn Waterleaf	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Gills Potion	Gains the ability to breathe underwater Lasts for 4 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Coral Waterleaf	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Gravitation Potion	Allows the player to control gravity Lasts for 3 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Blinkroot Deathweed Fireblossom Feather	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Greater Lock Potion	Enhances luck temporarily Lasts for 10 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Waterleaf Ladybug Pink Pearl	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Heartreach Potion	Increases gather range of picking up life hearts Lasts for 8 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Crimson Tigerfish Daybloom	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Hunter Potion	Reveals the location of nearby enemies Lasts for 8 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Blinkroot Daybloom Shark Fin	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Inferno Potion	Ignite nearby enemies Lasts 4 minutes		Bottled Water 2 Obsidifish Flarefin Koi	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Invisibility Potion	Grants invisibility Reduces hostile mob spawn rate Lasts for 3 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Blinkroot Moonglow	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Ironskin Potion	+8 defense Lasts for 8 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Darbloom Iron or Lead Ore	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Lesser Luck Potion	Enhances luck temporarily Lasts for 3 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Ladybug Waterleaf White Pearl	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Lifeforce Potion	Increases maximum life by 20% Lasts for 8 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Moonglow Shiverthorn Waterleaf Prismite Fish	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Love Potion	Makes an NPC or another player fall in love with the user Lasts for 30 seconds	N/A	Bottled Water Shiverthorn Princess Fish	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Luck Potion	Enhances luck temporarily Lasts for 5 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Ladybug Waterleaf Black Pearl	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Magic Power Potion	Increases user’s magic damage by 20% Lasts for 4 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Deathweed Moonglow Fallen Star	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Mana Regeneration Potion	Increases mana regeneration rate Lasts for 8 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Daybloom Moonglow Fallen Star	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Mining Potion	Increases mining speed by 25% Lasts for 10 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Blinkroot Antlion Mandible	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Night Owl Potion	Increases night vision Lasts for 10 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Blinkroot Daybloom	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Obsidian Skin Potion	Grants the user immunity to damage from lava Lasts for 6 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Fireblossom Obsidian Waterleaf	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Rage Potion	Increases critical hit chance by 10% Lasts for 4 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Deathweed Hemopiranha	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Regeneration Potion	Grants the user steady life regeneration Lasts for 8 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Daybloom Mushroom	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Shine Potion	Causes the user to emit a light aura Lasts for 10 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Daybloom Glowing Mushroom	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Sonar Potion	Reveals the fish hooked on the fishing pole Lasts for 8 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Coral Water Leaf	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Spelunker Potion	Reveals the locations of nearby ores or treasures Lasts for 5 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Blinkroot Moonglow Gold or Platinum Ore	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Stink Potion	Make an NPC or another player smell bad Lasts for 30 seconds	N/A	Bottled Water Deathweed Stinkfish	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Summoning Potion	Grants the user to summon an additional minion Lasts for 8 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Moonglow Variegated Lardfish	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Swiftness Potion	Increases the user’s movement speed by 25% Lasts for 8 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Blinkroot Cactus	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Thorns Potion	Enemies take damage when they hit the user Lasts for 8 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Deathweed Cactus Stinger Worm Tooth	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Titan Potion	Increases the user’s knockback power Lasts for 8 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Bone Deathweed Shiverthorn	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Warmth Potion	Increases the user’s cold resistance Lasts for 15 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Shiverthorn Frost Minnow	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Water Walking Potion	Grants the user the ability to walk on water Lasts for 10 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Waterleaf Shark Fin	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Wrath Potion	Increases the user’s damage output by 10% Lasts for 4 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water Deathweed Ebonkoi	Alchemy Table Placed bottle
Wiesnbräu	Deal and receive half damage Lasts for 30 seconds	Merchant during Oktoberfest	N/A	N/A

Food And Drink Items in Terraria

Food and drink items come in two different categories: craftable and non-craftable. The latter class typically drops from enemies or in-world items like trees. While a bit different than other potions in Terraria, food and drink items grant users a different level of satiety, which bounces between three tiers with accompanying buffs:

Well Fed: Appears as an icon with a chicken leg and 1 star. Grants the user with +2 defense, +2% critical hit chance, +5% melee and mining speed, +5% damage, +0.5 knockback, and +20% movement speed.
Plenty Satisfied: Appears as a buff icon with a crab and 2 stars. Grants the user +3 defense, +3% critical hit chance, +7.5% melee speed, +10% mining speed, +7.5% damage, +0.75 knockback, and +30% movement speed.
Exquisitely Stuffed: Appears as a buff icon with a whole chicken and 3 stars. Grants the user 42 defense, +4% critical hit chance, +10% melee speed, +15% mining speed, +10% damage, +1 knockback, and +40% movement speed

Craftable Food And Drink Items

Unlike the uncraftable food and drink items, these can come with recipes as complex as any of the potions in Terraria.

Potion Name	Effect	Where To Buy	Crafting Recipe	Where To Craft
Apple Juice	Well Fed Lasts for 10 minutes	N/A	Apple Bottle	Campfire
Bloody Moscato	Well Fed Lasts for 20 minutes	N/A	Rambutan Blood Orange Bottle	Cooking Pot Cauldron
Bowl of Soup	Plenty Satisfied Lasts for 8 minutes Or Well Fed Lasts for 10 minutes Note: Effect and duration depend on the platform	N/A	Goldfish Mushroom Or Bowl Goldfish Mushroom Note: Crafting ingredients depend on the platform	Cooking Pot Cauldron
Bunny Stew	Well Fed Lasts for 10 minutes	N/A	Bunny	Cooking Pot Cauldron
Cooked Fish	Well Fed Lasts for 3 or 8 minutes	N/A	Atlantic Cod, Bass, Trout, Salmon, Tuna, or Red Snapper	Cooking Pot Cauldron
Cooked Shrimp	Plenty Satisfied Lasts for 10 minutes Or Well Fed Lasts for 3 minutes Note: Effect and duration depend on the platform	N/A	Shrimp	Cooking Pot Cauldron
Escargot	Plenty Satisfied Lasts for 10 minutes	N/A	Snail	Cooking Pot Cauldron
Froggle Bunwich	Plenty Satisfied Lasts for 6 minutes	N/A	2 Frogs	Cooking Pot Cauldron
Frozen Banana Daiquiri	Well Fed Lasts for 15 minutes	N/A	Banana Bottle Snow Block	Cooking Pot Cauldron
Fruit Juice	Well Fed Lasts for 15 minutes	N/A	2 of any fruit Bottle	Cooking Pot Cauldron
Fruit Salad	Well Fed Lasts for 25 minutes	N/A	3 of any fruit Bottle	Cooking Pot Cauldron
Golden Delight	Exquisitely Stuffed Lasts for 48 minutes	N/A	1 of any golden critter	Cooking Pot Cauldron
Grape Juice	Exquisitely Stuffed Lasts for 16 minutes	N/A	2 Grapes Bottle	Cooking Pot Cauldron
Grilled Squirrel	Well Fed Lasts for 10 minutes	N/A	Squirrel or Red Squirrel	Cooking Pot Cauldron
Grub Soup	Plenty Satisfied Lasts for 14 minutes	N/A	Buggy Grubby Sluggy	Cooking Pot Cauldron
Lemonade	Well Fed Lasts for 10 minutes	N/A	Lemon Bottle	Cooking Pot Cauldron
Lobster Tail	Plenty Satisfied Lasts for 10 minutes	N/A	Rock Lobster	Cooking Pot Cauldron
Monster Lasagna	Plenty Satisfied Lasts for 8 minutes	N/A	8 Rotten Chunks 8 Vertebrae	Cooking Pot Cauldron
Peach Sangria	Well Fed Lasts for 10 minutes	N/A	Peach Bottle	Cooking Pot Cauldron
Piña Colada	Well Fed Lasts for 20 minutes	N/A	Coconut Pineapple Bottle	Cooking Pot Cauldron
Prismatic Punch	Plenty Satisfied Lasts for 20 minutes	N/A	Dragon Fruit Star Fruit Bottle	Cooking Pot Cauldron
Roasted Bird	Well Fed Lasts for 10 minutes	N/A	Bird, Blue Jay, Cardinal, Penguin, or Seagull	Cooking Pot Cauldron
Roasted Duck	Plenty Satisfied Lasts for 10 minutes	N/A	Duck, Grebe, or Mallard Duck	Cooking Pot Cauldron
Sauteed Frog Legs	Well Fed Lasts for 10 minutes	N/A	Frog	Cooking Pot Cauldron
Seafood Dinner	Plenty Satisfied Lasts for 14 minutes	N/A	2 Armored Cavefish, Chaos Fish, Crimson Tigerfish, Damselfish, Double Cod, Ebonkoi, Flarefin Koi, Frost Minnow, Hemopiranha, Honeyfin, Neon Tetra, Obsidifish, Princess Fish, Prismite, Specular Fish, Stinkfish, or Variegated Lardfish	Cooking Pot Cauldron
Smoothie of Darkness	Well Fed Lasts for 20 minutes	N/A	Blackcurrant Elderberry Bottle	Cooking Pot Cauldron
Tropical Smoothie	Well Fed Lasts for 20 minutes	N/A	Mango Pineapple Bottle	Cooking Pot Cauldron
Pumpkin Pie	Plenty Satisfied Lasts for 8 minutes Or Well Fed Lasts for 15 minutes Note: Effect and duration depend on the platform	N/A	10 Pumpkins	Furnace
Teacup	Well Fed Lasts for 5 minutes	N/A	Bottled Water	Teacup
Sashimi	Plenty Satisfied Lasts for 8 minutes Or Well Fed Lasts for 3 minutes Note: Effect and duration depend on the platform	N/A	Flounder, Red Snapper, Salmon, or Tuna	Work Bench

Non-Craftable Food And Drink Items

While among the weakest of the potions in Terraria, non-craftable food can be an important lifeline in a pinch.

Potion Name	Effect	Where To Buy	Drops From
Apple	Well Fed Lasts for 5 minutes	N/A	Shaking Forest trees
Apricot	Well Fed Lasts for 5 minutes	N/A	Shaking Forest trees
Banana	Well Fed Lasts for 5 minutes	N/A	Shaking Palm trees in the Ocean biome
Blackcurrant	Well Fed Lasts for 5 minutes	N/A	Shaking Corrupt and Corrupt Palm trees
Blood Orange	Well Fed Lasts for 5 minutes	N/A	Shaking Crimson and Crimson Palm trees
Cherry	Well Fed Lasts for 5 minutes	N/A	Shaking Boreal trees
Coconut	Well Fed Lasts for 5 minutes	N/A	Shaking Palm trees in the Ocean biome
Dragon Fruit	Plenty Satisfied Lasts for 5 minutes	N/A	Shaking Hallowed and Hallowed Palm trees
Elderberry	Well Fed Lasts for 5 minutes	N/A	Shaking Corrupt and Corrupt Palm trees
Grapefruit	Well Fed Lasts for 5 minutes	N/A	Shaking Forest trees
Lemon	Well Fed Lasts for 5 minutes	N/A	Shaking Forest trees
Mango	Well Fed Lasts for 5 minutes	N/A	Shaking Jungle trees
Peach	Well Fed Lasts for 5 minutes	N/A	Shaking Forest trees
Pineapple	Well Fed Lasts for 5 minutes	N/A	Shaking Jungle trees
Plum	Well Fed Lasts for 5 minutes	N/A	Shaking Boreal trees
Pomegranate	Well Fed Lasts for 5 minutes	N/A	Shaking Ash trees
Rambutan	Well Fed Lasts for 5 minutes	N/A	Shaking Crimson and Crimson Palm trees
Star Fruit	Plenty Satisfied Lasts for 5 minutes	N/A	Shaking Hallowed and Hallowed Palm trees
Spicy Pepper	Well Fed Lasts for 5 minutes	N/A	Shaking Ash trees
Apple Pie	Exquisitely Stuffed Lasts for 16 minutes	N/A	Low chance of dropping after beating Chaos Elementals, Illuminant Bats, and Illuminant Slimes
Bacon	Exquisitely Stuffed Lasts for 24 minutes	N/A	Low chance of dropping after beating Pigrons and Pigronata
Banana Split	Plenty Satisfied Lasts for 10 minutes	N/A	Low chance of dropping after beating Antlion, Antlion Chargers, Antlion Swarmers, Giant Antlion Chargers, and Giant Antlion Swarmers
BBQ Ribs	Exquisitely Stuffed Lasts for 24 minutes	N/A	Low chance of dropping after beating Skeleton Commando, Skeleton Sniper, and Tactical Skeletons A better chance of receiving this item from Paladins
Burger	Exquisitely Stuffed Lasts for 8 minutes	N/A	Low chance of dropping after beating Crimera and Eaters of Souls
Carton of Milk	Well Fed Lasts for 20 minutes	N/A	Low chance of dropping after beating Skeleton variants
Chicken Nugget	Plenty Satisfied Lasts for 14 minutes	N/A	Low chance of dropping from Harpies
Chocolate Chip Cookie	Plenty Satisfied Lasts for 20 minutes	N/A	Low chance of dropping from Gastropods
Coffee	Plenty Satisfied Lasts for 10 minutes	N/A	Low chance of dropping from Man Eaters, Snatchers, and Angry Tappers A better chance of receiving this item from Bone Lee
Cream Soda	Plenty Satisfied Lasts for 16 minutes	N/A	Low chance of dropping after beating Cursed and Giant Cursed Skulls
Fried Egg	Plenty Satisfied Lasts for 14 minutes	N/A	Low chance of dropping from Black Recluses, Sand Poachers, and Wall Creepers
Fries	Plenty Satisfied Lasts for 10 minutes	N/A	Low chance of dropping from Flying Fish
Grapes	Plenty Satisfied Lasts for 16 minutes	N/A	Low chance of dropping from Derplings and Giant Flying Foxes
Hotdog	Exquisitely Stuffed Lasts for 12 minutes	N/A	Low chance of dropping from Bone Serpents and Red Devils
Ice Cream	Plenty Satisfied Lasts for 14 minutes	N/A	Low chance of dropping from Ice Bats, Ice Slimes, and Spiked Ice Slimes
Milkshake	Exquisitely Stuffed Lasts for 16 minutes	N/A	Low chance of dropping from Icy Mermen and Ice Tortoises
Nachos	Plenty Satisfied Lasts for 16 minutes	N/A	Low chance of dropping from Angry Tumblers and all Sand Shark variants
Pizza	Exquisitely Stuffed Lasts for 8 minutes	N/A	Low chance of dropping from Hoplites and Medusas
Potato Chips	Well Fed Lasts for 25 minutes	N/A	Low chance of dropping from Crawdads, Salamanders, and Giant Shellys
Shrimp Po’ Boy	Plenty Satisfied Lasts for 18 minutes	N/A	Low chance of dropping from Crabs and Sharks
Shucked Oyster	Well Fed Lasts for 5 minutes	N/A	Low chance of obtaining from a fished Oyster
Spaghetti	Exquisitely Stuffed Lasts for 8 minutes	N/A	Low chance of dropping from Granite Golems and Granite Elementals
Steak	Exquisitely Stuffed Lasts for 16 minutes	N/A	Chance to drop from Undead Miners Low chance of dropping from The Possessed
Christmas Pudding	Exquisitely Stuffed Lasts for 4 minutes Or Well Fed Lasts for 15 minutes Note: Effect and duration depend on the platform	N/A	Low chance of obtaining from Presents
Gingerbread Cookie	Exquisitely Stuffed Lasts for 4 minutes Or Well Fed Lasts for 15 minutes Note: Effect and duration depend on the platform	N/A	Low chance of obtaining from Presents
Sugar Cookie	Exquisitely Stuffed Lasts for 4 minutes Or Well Fed Lasts for 15 minutes Note: Effect and duration depend on the platform	N/A	Low chance of obtaining from Presents
Marshmallow	Well Fed Lasts for 1 minute	Bought from Merchant in the Snow biome	N/A
Pad Thai	Plenty Satisfied Lasts for 8 minutes Or Well Fed Lasts for 4 minutes Note: Effect and duration depend on the platform	Can buy from the Traveling Merchant if it’s available	N/A
Pho	Plenty Satisfied Lasts for 10 minutes Or Well Fed Lasts for 7 minutes Note: Effect and duration depend on the platform	Can buy from the Traveling Merchant if it’s available	N/A

Miscellaneous Potions in Terraria

The following options don’t fit any of the main Terraria potions categories, but they still serve niche uses.

Potion Name	Effect	Crafting Recipe	Where To Craft
Gender Change Potion	Change the character’s gender	Bottled Water Blinkroot Daybloom Deathweed Fireblossom Moonglow Shiverthorn Waterleaf	Alchemy Table Placed Bottle
Potion of Return	Teleports the user to the spawn point The Portal remains open to allow the user to return to the previous area	Recall Potion Obsidifish	Alchemy Table Placed Bottle
Recall Potion	Teleports the user to the spawn point but the portal disappears immediately upon use	Bottled Water Daybloom Specular Fish	Alchemy Table Placed Bottle
Teleportation Potion	Teleports the user to a random place in the world	Bottled Water Blinkroot Fireblossom Chaos Fish	Alchemy Table Placed Bottle
Wormhole Potion	Teleports the user to the location of another player in the same world	Bottled Water Blinkroot Specular Fish	Alchemy Table Placed Bottle