Terraria Potions: Definitive Healing & Buffs [Our Tips]

Terraria’s Potions are consumables that give players a way to recover health and maybe even gain a bunch of other buffs on top of that. They give you an edge in situations that might otherwise be too challenging or daunting. But unlike most games, Terraria gives you an overwhelming amount of choice when it comes to the types of potions you can create. The effects they bestow upon your character are extremely varied, and most players won’t even try more than a few different types.

First of all, I would like to mention that this is not a guide about all recovery items in the game. That would be an extremely lengthy article. In this, I will only cover items with ‘Potion’ or ‘Flask’ in their name.

Most of these items can be crafted at either the Placed Bottle or Alchemy Table crafting stations. Those that give players damage buffs can be made only at the Imbuing Station. Some of these can also only be found worldwide or bought from merchants.

Here’s the complete information on Portions in Terraria: 

Health/Mana Recovery Potions

The following are all Terraria’s Potions that let you restore your Health and Mana.

• Lesser Healing Potion: 1x Mushroom, 2x Bottles, and 2x Gel.
• Healing Potion:  2x Lesser Healing Potions and 1x Glowing Mushroom.
• Greater Healing Potion: 3x Bottled Water, 3x Pixie Dust, and 1x Crystal Shard.
• Super Healing Potion: 4x Greater Healing Potions, 1x Nebula Fragment, 1x Solar Fragment, 1x Stardust Fragment, and 1x Vortex Fragment.
• Lesser Mana Potion: Can only be purchased from the Merchant or found in Chests and Platforms in the Dungeon.
• Mana Potion: 2x Lesser Mana Potions and 1x Glowing Mushroom.
• Greater Mana Potion: These can only be purchased from the Wizard, found in Fishing Crates or dropped from Biome Mimics.
• Super Mana Potion: 15x Greater Mana Potions, 1x Fallen Star, 3x Crystal Shard and 1x Unicorn Horn.
• Restoration Potion: 1x Mushrooms, 1x Glowing Mushroom, 1x Pink Gel and 1x Bottle.

Temporary Buff Potions

The following Potions give players temporary buffs. All of these require the Placed Bottle or the Alchemy Table.

• Ammo Reservation Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Double Cod and 1x Moonglow.
• Archery Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Daybloom and 1x Lens.
• Battle Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Deathweed and 1x Rotten Chunk or 1x Vertebra.
• Builder Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Blinkroot, 1x Shiverthorn and 1x Moonglow.
• Calming Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Damselfish and 1x Daybloom.
• Crate Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Amber, 1x Moonglow, 1x Shiverthorn and 1x Waterleaf.
• Dangersense Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Shiverthorn and 10x Cobwebs.
• Endurance Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Armored Cavefish and 1x Blinkroot.
• Featherfall Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Daybloom, 1x Blinkroot and 1x Feather.
• Fishing Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Crispy Honey Block and 1x Waterleaf.
• Flipper Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Shiverthorn and 1x Waterleaf.
• Gills Potion 1x Bottled Water, 1x Waterleaf and 1x Coral.
• Gravitation Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Fireblossom, 1x Deathweed, 1x Blinkroot and 1x Feather.
• Lesser Luck Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Waterleaf, 1x Ladybug and 1x White Pearl.
• Luck Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Waterleaf, 1x Ladybug and 1x Black Pearl.
• Greater Luck Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Waterleaf, 1x Ladybug and 1x Pink Pearl.
• Heartreach Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Crimson Tigerfish and 1x Daybloom and 1x Moonglow.
• Hunter Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Daybloom, 1x Blinkroot and 1x Shark Fin.
• Inferno Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Flarefin Koi, 2x Obsidifish and 1x Fireblossom.
• Invisibility Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Blinkroot and 1x Moonglow.
• Ironskin Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Daybloom and 1x Iron Ore or 1x Lead Ore.
• Lifeforce Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Prismite, 1x Moonglow, 1x Shiverthorn and 1x Waterleaf.
• Love Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Princess Fish and 1x Shiverthorn.
• Magic Power Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Moonglow, 1x Deathweed and 1x Fallen Star.
• Mana Regeneration Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Moonglow, 1x Daybloom and 1x Fallen Star.
• Mining Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Antlion Mandible and 1x Blinkroot.
• Night Owl Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Daybloom and 1x Blinkroot.
• Obsidian Skin Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Fireblossom, 1x Waterleaf and 1x Obsidian.
• Rage Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Hemopiranha and 1x Deathweed.
• Regeneration Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Daybloom and 1x Mushroom.
• Shine Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Daybloom and 1x Glowing Mushroom.
• Sonar Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Waterleaf and 1x Coral.
• Spelunker Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Blinkroot, 1x Moonglow and 1x Gold Ore or 1x Platinum Ore.
• Stink Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Stinkfish and 1x Deathweed.
• Summoning Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Variegated Lardfish and 1x Moonglow.
• Swiftness Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Blinkroot and 1x Cactus.
• Thorns Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Deathweed, 1x Cactus, 1x Worm Tooth and 1x Stinger.
• Titan Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Bone, 1x Deathweed and 1x Shiverthorn.
• Warmth Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Frost Minnow and 1x Shiverthorn.
• Water Walking Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Waterleaf and 1x Shark Fin.
• Wrath Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Ebonkoi and 1x Deathweed.

Miscellaneous Potions

These are Terraria’s Potions that provide an assortment of random effects that cannot be classified as Restoration or Buffs.

• Gender Change Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Daybloom, 1x Moonglow, 1x Blinkroot, 1x Waterleaf, 1x Deathweed, 1x Shiverthorn and 1x Fireblossom.
• Recall Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Specular Fish and 1x Daybloom.
• Potion of Return: 1x Recall Potion and 1x Obsidifish.
• Teleportation Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Chaos Fish, 1x Blinkroot and 1x Fireblossom.
• Wormhole Potion: 1x Bottled Water, 1x Specular Fish and 1x Blinkroot.
• Red Potion: This is a unique potion that can only be found in chests in ‘Drunk Worlds’ and ‘For The Worthy’ seeds.

Flasks

Now finally, I arrive at Terraria’s Potions that allow players to deal damage.

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These can only be crafted at the Imbuing Station.

• Flask of Cursed Flames: 1x Bottled Water and 2x Cursed Flame.
• Flask of Fire: 1x Bottled Water and 3x Hellstone.
• Flask of Gold: 1x Bottled Water and 5x Gold Dust.
• Flask of Ichor: 1x Bottled Water and 2x Ichor.
• Flask of Nanites: 1x Bottled Water and 5x Nanites.
• Flask of Party: 1x Bottled Water and 5x Confetti.
• Flask of Poison: 1x Bottled Water and 5x Stinger.
• Flask of Venom: 1x Bottled Water and 5x Vial of Venom.

This has been eXputer’s Terraria’s Potions guide.