Buffs

Buffs are status boosts 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 (10 on mobile) active buffs at any one point, and the leftmost 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	From	Effect	Tooltip	Duration
	Ammo Reservation	Ammo Reservation Potion and Ammo Box	Gives the player 20% chance to not consume ammo.	Gives 20% chance to not consume ammo	10 minutes
	Archery	Archery Potion	Arrow speed and damage from bows and repeaters is increased by 20%.	20% increased arrow damage and speed	4 minutes
	Battle	Battle Potion	Enemy spawn rate increases.	Increased enemy spawn rate	7 minutes
	Builder	Builder Potion	Increases block and wall placement speed and range (+1 range)	Increases block and wall placement speed and range	15 minutes
	Calm	Calming Potion	Enemy NPC spawn rate decreases.	Reduced enemy aggression	5 minutes
	Crate	Crate Potion	Higher chance to fish up a crate	Increases chance to get a crate	3 minutes
	Dangersense	Dangersense Potion	Highlights traps	You can see nearby hazards	10 minutes
	Endurance	Endurance Potion	Every source of damage is reduced	10% reduced damage	4 minutes
	Featherfall	Featherfall Potion	Slows the players falling speed. DOWN key lets the player fall normally. UP key lets the player fall more slowly. Provides immunity to fall damage and Stoned debuff.	Press UP or DOWN to control speed of descent	5 minutes
	Fishing	Fishing Potion	Fishing power increased	Increased fishing level	8 minutes
	Flipper	Flipper Potion	Movement speed won't be affected by liquids	Move like normal in water	8 minutes
	Gills	Gills Potion	Allows the player to breathe underwater.	Breathe water instead of air	2 minutes
	Gravitation	Gravitation Potion	Players gravity can be reversed by pressing the UP key and DOWN to normal.	Press UP or DOWN to reverse gravity	3 minutes
	Heartreach	Heartreach Potion	Improved heart pickup range	Increased heart pickup range	8 minutes
	Hunter	Hunter Potion	Allows the player to find enemy NPCs easily.	Shows the location of enemies	5 minutes
	Immune	Wiesnbräu	Player takes reduced damage, but also reduces the damage dealt.	Numbs the user from damage taken but also reduces damage inflicted	30 seconds
	Inferno	Inferno Potion	Summons a fire barrier around the player	Nearby enemies are ignited	4 minutes
	Invisibility	Invisibility Potion	Make the player invisible.	Grants invisibility	2 minutes
	Ironskin	Ironskin Potion	Causes the defense of the player to increase by 8.	Increase defense by 8	5 minutes
	Lifeforce	Lifeforce Potion	Increased max health	20% increased max life	5 minutes
	Lovestruck	Love Potion	Floating hearts appear around you	You are in love!	30 seconds
	Magic Power	Magic Power Potion	Magic damage is increased by 20%.	20% increased magic damage	2 minutes
	Mana Regeneration	Mana Regeneration Potion	Mana regenerates quicker.	Increased mana regeneration	2 minutes
	Mining	Mining Potion	Increases mining speed	25% increased mining speed	8 minutes
	Night Owl	Night Owl Potion	Allows to see light better.	Increased night vision	4 minutes
	Obsidian Skin	Obsidian Skin Potion	Causes the player to become invulnerable to lava.	Immune to lava	4 minutes
	Rage	Rage Potion	Increases critical strike chance by 10%.	10% increased critical strike chance.	4 minutes
	Regeneration	Regeneration Potion	Player's life regeneration speed is increased.	Provides life regeneration	5 minutes
	Shine	Shine Potion	Makes the player shine to see properly.	Emitting light	5 minutes
	Sonar	Sonar Potion	See the name of your catch while fishing	You can see what's biting your hook	4 minutes
	Spelunker	Spelunker Potion	Allows the player to see ores and chests more clearly.	Shows the location of treasure and ore	5 minutes
	Summoning	Summoning Potion	+1 Minion capacity	Increased max number of minions	6 minutes
	Swiftness	Swiftness Potion	Increases the players speed by 25%.	25% increased movement speed	4 minutes
	Thorns	Thorns Potion	Melee attackers take a small amount of damage upon harming the player.	Attackers also take damage	2 minutes
	Tipsy1	Ale or Sake	Inflicts -4 defense, grants +2% critical hit on melee attacks, +10% melee attack speed and damage.	Increased melee abilities, lowered defense	2 / 4 minutes
	Titan	Titan Potion	Increases knockback of all weapons	Increased knockback	4 minutes
	Warmth	Warmth Potion	Reduces damage from cold themed enemies.	Reduced damage from cold sources	25 minutes
	Water Walking	Water Walking Potion	Allows the player to walk on water, honey and lava. DOWN key allows the player to fall in liquids.	Press DOWN to enter water	5 minutes
	Wrath	Wrath Potion	Increases weapon damage by 10%.	10% increased damage.	4 minutes
	Well Fed	Numerous Food Items.	Consuming food items gives the player a few improvements such as damage, defense, swing rate, etc.	Minor improvements to all stats	10-45 minutes depending on what food is used
	Weapon Imbue: Confetti	Flask of Party	Melee attacks cause bursts of confetti	Melee attacks causes 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 Venom on enemies	20 minutes

¹While the effects of "Tipsy" are mostly beneficial, it is classified as a debuff, and therefore cannot be removed by right-clicking the icon. It is included in this list because it seems to satisfy the role of both a debuff and a buff.

Equipment

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

Icon	Name	From	Effect	Tooltip	Duration
	Beetle Endurance	From wearing Beetle armor with Beetle Shell	15% reduced damage taken for each beetle (up to 45%). Each hit received removes a beetle.	Damage taken reduced by 15%/30%/45%	While not receiving damage
	Beetle Might	Damaging an enemy while wearing Beetle armor with Beetle Scale Mail	10% increased melee damage and speed for each beetle (up to 30%)	Melee damage and speed increase by 10%/20%/30%	While in combat
	Damage Nebula	Striking an enemy while wearing Nebula armor	15% increased damage for 8 seconds	+15% damage for 8 seconds	8 seconds
	Ice Barrier1	Frozen Turtle Shell	Grants 25% damage reduction / 30 Defense	Damage taken is reduced by 25%	While under 50% health () / 25% health ()
	Life Drain	Life Drain (weapon)	Gives improved life regeneration	Increased life regeneration	While attacking
	Life Nebula	Striking an enemy while wearing Nebula armor	Increased health regeneration by 4 per second for 8 seconds	Increased health regeneration by 4 per second for 8 seconds	8 seconds
	Mana Nebula	Striking an enemy while wearing Nebula armor	Increased mana regeneration for 8 seconds	Increased mana regeneration for 8 seconds	8 seconds
	Merfolk1	Neptune's Shell/Moon Shell/Celestial Shell	Turns the player into a merfolk when the player enters water, allowing infinite breathing and better swimming.	Can breathe and move easily underwater	While underwater
	Panic!	When hit with the Panic Necklace / Sweetheart Necklace	Causes the player to move more quickly after taking damage.	Movement speed is increased	5 seconds
	Rapid Healing	After striking an enemy while wearing Palladium armor	Gives improved life regeneration	Life regeneration is greatly increased	5 seconds
	Shadow Dodge	After striking an enemy while wearing Titanium armor. The effect will not trigger within 30 seconds of last RECEIVING (not triggering) the buff.	The player will not be affected by the next attack, and becomes invulnerable for two seconds afterwards. Two clones of the player will appear, mimicking the player's movements while active (this is purely visual).	You will dodge the next attack	30 seconds until damaged
	Solar Blaze	The player avoids damage from wearing Solar Flare armor, up to 3 "charges"	Solar shields generate over time protecting you, consume the shield power to dash, damaging enemies	Damage taken reduced by 30%, repel enemies when taking damage	Anytime, until damaged 3 times
	Stardust Guardian	From wearing Stardust armor	Summons a stardust guardian to fight for you	The stardust guardian will protect you	infinite
	Striking Moment	From using Brand of the Inferno with a shield	Melee damage increased after blocking an enemy's attack	500% increased damage for next melee strike	Next melee attack
	Werewolf1	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

¹ These buffs are automatically applied by an equipped accessory under specific conditions. They cannot be cancelled by right-click, but by removing the accessory.

Activated Furniture

These buffs are provided for 10 minutes upon right-clicking particular placed furniture.

Icon	Name	From	Effect	Tooltip	Duration
	Ammo Box	Ammo Box	Right clicking on a placed Ammo Box gives the player a 20% chance not to consume ammo.	20% not to consume ammo	10 minutes
	Bewitched	Bewitching Table	Right clicking on a placed Bewitching Table increases number of maximum minions by +1	Increased max number of minions	10 minutes
	Clairvoyance	Crystal Ball	Right clicking on a placed Crystal Ball increases the player's magic power.	Magic powers are increased	10 minutes
	Sharpened	Sharpening Station	Right clicking on a placed Sharpening Station increases melee weapons armor penetration by 4	Melee weapons have armor penetration	10 minutes

Environmental

These buffs are provided by being in range of particular placed furniture, blocks, or NPCs. Static effects from objects like Peace Candle and Happy! have range of 50 blocks (100*100 square).

Icon	Name	From	Effect	Tooltip	Duration
	Cozy Fire	Campfire or Fireplace	Gives improved life regeneration to nearby players.	Life regeneration is slightly increased	When standing in range of a campfire.
	Dryad's Blessing	Dryad	Increases your defense by 8	The power of nature protects you	When standing inside the Dryad's leaf barrier.
	Happy!	Sunflower	Movement speed increased(18%) and enemy spawns reduced	Movement speed increased(18%) and enemy spawns reduced	When standing in range of a sunflower.
	Heart Lamp	Heart Lantern	Gives improved life regeneration to nearby players.	Life regeneration is increased	When standing in range of a heart lantern.
	Honey	Honey	Player's life regenerates while standing in honey and for 30 seconds after exiting it	Life regeneration is increased	30 seconds
	Peace Candle	Peace Candle	Enemy NPC spawn rate decreases.	Decreases enemy spawn rate	When standing in range of a peace candle.
	Star in a Bottle	Star in a Bottle	Gives improved mana regeneration to nearby players.	Increased mana regeneration	When standing in range of a star in a bottle.

Summons

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

Icon	Name	From	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
	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 an spider 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 pirates 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
	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	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

Achievement

Be Prepared • “You are ready for battle!”

Have 5 buffs active at once.

See also

• Debuffs
• Pets

History

 PC version

• 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 1.1.2: Bunny Buff introduced.

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

 Mobile version

• 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.