Red Potion

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Red Potion

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Statistics

Type	Potion
Consumable
Use time	17 (Very fast)
Tooltip	'Only for those who are worthy'
Rarity	04*
Research	10 required

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 678

The Red Potion is a potion which can be found in Chests in drunk worlds (3.33*1/30 (3.33%) chance) and "For the worthy" worlds (10*1/10 (10%) chance).

It inflicts the following debuffs for 1 hour / 2 hours / 3 hours on the player who consumed it:

• Poisoned
• Darkness
• Cursed
• On Fire!
• Bleeding
• Confused
• Slow
• Weak
• Silenced
• Broken Armor
• Suffocation

Consuming a Red Potion in a "For the worthy" world will instead grant up to three of the following buffs (a random one is chosen for each checking, so one effect may be chosen multiple times, which results in fewer effects) for 30 minutes each.

• Obsidian Skin
• Regeneration
• Swiftness
• Ironskin
• Mana Regeneration
• Magic Power
• Featherfall
• Spelunker
• Archery
• Heartreach
• Hunter
• Endurance
• Lifeforce
• Inferno
• Mining
• Rage
• Wrath
• Dangersense

Tips

• Drinking Red Potions next to the Nurse can be an easy way to get the Frequent Flyer achievement, as the large number of debuffs is rather costly to remove.
  • As of 1.4.0.1, the rapidly increasing costs of the Nurse's services make this unnecessary.
• With the Ankh Charm or Ankh Shield, and Molten armor, it is possible to remove most of the debuffs. Although Suffocation is not removed by any of the three items, healing at the Nurse will remove it.

Trivia

• The Red Potion is a testing item which was changed before the release of the 1.2.2 update to test giving ordinary players debuffs instead of buffs.
• It replaced the Soul Scythe in the game's code when it was introduced.
• Apart from the Flask of Gold, the Red Potion is the only potion with a golden lid.
• It is the only potion that inflicts more than two debuffs.
• The reason the Red Potion gives buffs in the "For the worthy" seed is because of its description, which reads 'Only for those who are worthy'
• The Red Potion directly references Redigit, Terraria's lead developer.
  • Red's set inflicted a similar set of debuffs prior to 1.3.0.1.
  • Red's set does not give immunity to debuffs from this potion or other effects.
  • The "R" on the potion's lid is a reference to its name.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.0.4: Can now be researched.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Can now be found in Chests in the unique world seeds 05162020 (at a 3.33*1/30 (3.33%) chance) and For the worthy (at a 10*1/10 (10%) chance).
    • Drinking the potion on the latter seed will not inflict the normal debuffs and will instead grant up to 3 random beneficial buffs to the player, each lasting 30 minutes.
  • The debuffs inflicted will now last for 3 hours on Master Mode.

• Desktop 1.3.1: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: The debuffs inflicted will now last for 2 hours in Expert Mode.

• Desktop 1.2.2: Introduced, replacing the Soul Scythe.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: No longer turns into a resprited Angel Statue.

• Mobile 1.2.11212: Introduced, but turns into a resprited Angel Statue when edited in.