Buffs

**Buffs** are positive status effects 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 (44 as of the 1.4.4 update ) ( 10) active buffs and debuffs at any one point, and the leftmost buff 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 3DSversion.

## Consumables

These buffs are provided from sources and consumed upon use, such as potions, flasks, and food.

## Equipment

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

## Activated Furniture

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

## Environmental

These buffs are provided by being in range of particular placed furniture, blocks, or NPCs. Banners, as well as static effects from objects like Peace Candle and Happy!, have a 170×125  / 100×84  tile area of effect centered on the object. Since they cannot be canceled by right clicking them, the only way to remove the buff is to leave the area (with the exception of honey).

## Summons

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

## Notes

* There is a known issue with the timers of buffs and debuffs. A buff/debuff's timer will usually round down to the next full minute, until there is less than 1 minute remaining. If a buff has a remaining duration of 4:35, it will display a duration of 4 minutes. However, when the duration has between 1:59 and 1:00 remaining, the timer will display there are still 2 minutes left, instead of the expected rounded result of 1 minute. When the timer reaches 0:59, it will visually jump from 2 minutes to 59 seconds.
	+ The total duration of a buff is not affected. This has no major impact on gameplay & is purely visual.

## Achievements

 **Be Prepared** • *“You are ready for battle!”*Have 5 buffs active at once.
 **The Cavalry** • *“Equip a mount.”*Equip your first Mount. Category:  Collector
 **You and What Army?** • *“Command nine summoned minions simultaneously.”*Have nine minions summoned at the same time. Category:  Challenger
## See also

* Debuffs
* Pets

## History

PC version
* Desktop 1.4.0.5:
	+ Buff effects should now properly follow enemies affected by NPC smoothing.
	+ Fixed a bug where buff order wasn't recalculated properly under certain circumstances, leaving empty spaces.
	+ Fixed some buff icons having white space on them instead of transparency.

* Desktop 1.4.0.1: Sugar Rush buff added.

* Desktop 1.3.2: Fixed extremely long-timed buffs not updating properly in Multiplayer.

* 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: Fairy, Clairvoyance, Merfolk, and Werewolf buffs are 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.

Nintendo Switch version
* Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

Mobile version
* Mobile 1.3.0.7: Maximum active buffs increased from 10 to 22.

* Mobile-Release: Introduced including Pet Slime, Pet Guinea Pig, Pet Bat, Pet Zombie, Pet Tiphia, and Pet Werewolf buffs.

Nintendo 3DSversion
* 3DS-Release: Introduced including Pet Slime, Pet Guinea Pig, Pet Bat, Pet Zombie, Pet Tiphia, and Pet Werewolf buffs.

## Footnotes

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