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Hunter Potion

Hunter Potion in Terraria

Potion or food Blue Consumable

Shows the location of enemies

Numbers read from Terraria 1.4.5.8 itself.

Stats

TypePotion or food
RarityBlue
Buy price10 silver
Sell price2 silver

Crafted from

MakesIngredientsAt
Hunter Potion1 × Bottled Water, 1 × Daybloom, 1 × Blinkroot, 1 × Shark FinBottle

Detecting subterranean hostiles through dark cavern walls

Hunter Potion grants the Hunter buff for 8 minutes upon consumption, highlighting nearby creatures through solid terrain and pitch darkness. Hostile monsters, bosses, and aggressive projectiles glow with an orange-red silhouette, while passive critters and town NPCs appear in bright green, allowing players to spot approaching threats well before entering unlit caverns.

Combining ocean materials for subterranean scouting

Crafting the elixir requires Bottled Water, Daybloom, Blinkroot, and a Shark Fin harvested from ocean Shark enemies at a placed Bottle or Alchemy Table. The heightened visual clarity proves advantageous when farming specific enemy drops underground or tracking burrowing worm bosses through solid rock layers.

Trivia

  • Submerged enemies illuminated by a Hunter Potion display their outlines even in pitch-black water.

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