Alchemy basics, fast access to potion recipies.
 
 

Introduction

Potions in Terraria can be crafted from your inventory. You just need some ingredients and a propper crafting station:
 

•    Placed bottle( just put bottle, any kind of cup or mug on a shelf or table).
   
   
   
     
•    Alchemy table( it can be find in dungeon after defeating skeletron, also when you craft potions, using alchemy table, you have 33,33% chance for each ingredient to not be consumed).

 
 
I created this guide based on Terraria wiki(http:// https://terraria.fandom.com/wiki/Terraria_Wiki – [] ) Most important recipies, ingredients and buff effects are listed bellow.
 
Thank you for checking my guide. I hope it will be helpful.
 
 
 

Recovery potions

Potion	Name	Ingredients	Other source	Health/mana restored
	Lesser Healing Potion	x2   x2	Found in chests and pots, dropped by early-game Bosses, Found placed on Platforms in the Dungeon,Purchased from the Merchant	50 HP
	Healing potion		Found in pots during Hardmode, Found in pots in the Underworld, dropped by the Wall of Flesh	100 HP
	Greater Healing Potion x3	x3   x3	Drops from most of hardmode bosses and biome mimics	150 HP
	Lesser Mana Potion	Can’t be crafted	Purchased from Merchant, found placed on Platforms in the Dungeon	50 MP
	Mana Potion		Found in pots during Hardmode	100 MP
	Greater Mana Potion	Can’t be crafted	Purchased from Wizard, dropped by Biome Mimics, found in fishing crates	200 MP

There are also Super Healing Potion and Super Mana Potion, but I personally think Greater versions of these potions are good enough.
 
 
 

Buff potions: combat

These 3 potions are the most important among all buff potions. You should always have some of them in your inventory. They are also a rare drop from killing slimes.
 

Potion	Name	Ingredients	Effect	Duration
	Ironskin Potion	or	Increase defense by 8	8 min
	Regeneration Potion		Provides life regeneration	8 min
	Swiftness Potion		25% increased movement speed	8 min

 
   
 
The following potions are very useful during boss fights. If you have hard time defeating bosses try using these potions. The fight should be a lot easier. 
 

Potion	Name	Ingredients	Effect	Duration
	Ammo Reservation Potion		20% chance to not consume ammo	8 min
	Archery Potion		20% increased arrow speed and damage	8 min
	Endurance Potion		Reduces damage taken by 10%	4 min
	Inferno Potion	x2	Ignites nearby enemies	4 min
	Lifeforce Potion		Increases max life by 20%	8 min
	Magic Power Potion		20% increased magic damage	4 min
	Heartreach Potion		Increases pickup range for life hearts	8 min
	Rage Potion		Increases critical chance by 10%	4 min
	Summoning Potion		Increases your max number of minions by 1	8 min
	Thorns Potion		Attackers also take damage	8 min
	Wrath Potion		Increases damage by 10%	4 min

 
 
 

Buff potions: open world

There you have potions that will help you explore world, mine, build, obtain resources, etc.
 

Potion	Name	Ingredients	Effect	Duration
	Battle Potion	or	Increases enemy spawn rate (+100%)	7 min
	Builder Potion		Increases placement speed (+25%) and range (+1 tile)	45 min
	Gills Potion		Lets you breathe underwater	4 min
	Featherfall Potion		Slows falling speed	10 min
	Gravitation Potion		Allows the control of gravity(W on keyboard)	3 min
	Mining Potion		Increases mining speed (+25%)	10 min
	Spelunker Potion	or	Shows the location of treasure and ore	5 min
	Obsidian Skin Potion		Provides immunity to lava	6 min
	Hunter Potion		Shows the location of enemies	8 min
	Dangersense Potion		Allows you to see nearby danger sources	10 min
	Recall Potion		Teleports the player to their spawn point.	—-
	Wormhole Potion		Teleports the player to a teammate when they click their icon on the map.	—-
	Potion of Return		Teleports the player to their spawn point, and creates a portal to return to their previous location.	—-
	Teleportation Potion		Teleports the player to a random location within the world.	—-

 
 
 

Buff potions: Fishing

Potions listed bellow are essential if you want to catch better fish or focus mostly on getting crates.
 

Potion	Name	Ingredients	Effect	Duration
	Crate Potion		Increases chance to get a crate (from 10% to 20%)	3 min
	Fishing Potion		Increases fishing power by 15	8 min
	Sonar Potion		Detects hooked fish	8 min

 
 
 

Basic ingredients

Appearance	Name	Where to find
	Bottled water	Crafted at a sink or near water block
	Daybloom	Found in forest, blooms in day
	Moonglow	Found in jungle, blooms at night
	Waterleaf	Found in desert, blooms during rain or when submerged in water
	Blinkroot	Found underground, blooms randomly
	Deathweed	Found in corruption/crimson, blooms during full moon or blood moon
	Shiverthorn	Found in snow, blooms over time
	Fireblossom	Found in underworld, blooms during sunset unless raining
	Mushroom	Found on grass and hallowed grass on the surface
	Glowing mushroom	Found underground, on mushroom grass in the glowing mushroom biome
	Cactus	Found in desert, on the surface

 
 
 

Ingredients from enemies

Appearance	Name	Where to find
	Lens	Drops from Demon Eyes and Wandering Eyes
	Rotten Chunk	Drops from Corruptor, Devourer and Eater of Souls (Corruption biome)
	Vertebra	Drops from Blood Crawler, Crimera, Face monster, and Floaty Gross (Crimson biome)
	Feather	Drops from Harpy (high altitudes)
	Shark fin	Drops from Shark (Ocean biome)
	Antlion Mandible	Drops from Antlions, Antlion Larvae, Antlion Chargers, Giant Antlion Chargers, Antlion Swarmers, and Giant Antlion Swarmers
	worm tooth	Drops from Devourer (Corruption biome)
	Stinger	Drops from Hornet and Spiked Jungle Slime
	Bone	Drops from Skeleton, Angry Bone, Dark Caster, and Cursed Skull

 
 
 

Ingredients from fishing

Appearance	Name	Where to find
	Armored Cavefish	Fishing in the Underground, Cavern, and Underworld layers, in any biome except the Desert.
	Chaos fish	Fishing in the Underground Hallow
	Crimson Tigerfish	Fishing in the Crimson
	Damselfish	Fishing in any biome in the Space layer, with the exception of the Corruption, the Crimson, the Hallow, the Snow biome, the Desert, or the Jungle
	Double Cod	Fishing in the Sky or Surface layers of the Jungle
	Ebonkoi	Fishing in the Corruption in any layer
	Flarefin Koi	Fishing in any biome in any layer, but only in lava
	Frost Minnows	Fishing in a Snow biome in any layer
	Hemopiranha	Fishing in the Crimson in any layer
	Obsidifish	Fishing in any biome in any layer, but only in lava
	Princess Fish	Fishing in the Hallow in any layer
	Prismites	Fishing in the Hallow in any layer
	Specular Fish	Fishing in a Forest, Jungle or Snow biome in the Underground, Cavern, and Underworld layers
	Variegated Lardfish	Fishing in the Underground Jungle

 
 
 

Different ingredients

Appearance	Name	Where to find
	Amber	Acquired by placing Silt, Slush, or Desert Fossil into an Extractinator, by finding an Amber Gem Tree, or by searching through Underground Deserts
	Cobweb	Found in underground areas
	Crispy Honey Block	Formed when liquid honey comes into contact with lava, it can also be crafted using Honey Block at a furnace
	Coral	Found in the Ocean
	Iron/lead ore	Found on the Surface, Underground and Cavern layers
	White/Black/Pink Pearl	Acquired from opening Oyster (It is acquired by fishing in an Oasis biome)
	Ladybug	Found in Forests with a town (2 or more NPCs’ houses) during the Windy Day event (not at night). It can be caught with a Bug Net
	Fallen Star	Randomly falls from the sky at night and disappears at dawn (4:30 AM)
	Obsidian	Created when Water and Lava collide, at which point it forms placed blocks of Obsidian which can be mined and collected
	Gold/platinum ore	Found in the Underground and Cavern layers, as well as on Floating Islands

 
 

 
 
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