Kites

  

Desktop/Console/Mobile-Only Content: This information applies only to the Desktop, Console, and Mobile versions of Terraria.

Kites

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Statistics

Type	Miscellaneous
Placeable	✔️
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Velocity	8
Tooltip	Kites can be flown on windy days Reel it in with Right click
Rarity	01*
Sell	40 SC
Research	1 required

Grants Buff

Buff	High Spirits(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Buff tooltip	Slightly increased movement speed, mining speed, and placement speed

• Internal Item ID: 4367–4371, 4379, 4610–4613, 4648–4651, 4669–4671, 4674–4677, 4681, 4683, 4684 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Internal Tile ID: 723
• Internal Buff ID: 383 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Kites are miscellaneous items that can be held by the player. A kite can be flown during Windy Days or if the player runs fast enough while holding it. It can be raised higher with ⚒ Use / Attack and lowered with ⚷ Open / Activate. Lowering a kite back to the player will make them put it away. As long as the kite is airborne, the player will get the High Spirits buff which will increase in duration until it maxes out at 12 minutes and 1 second. The buff has the following effects:

• +25% movement speed
• +15% mining speed
• +15% placement speed when placing blocks and walls
• Up to +0.1 luck, depending on the remaining buff duration:
  • +0.1 with at least 9 minutes remaining
  • +0.067 with less than 9 minutes but at least 6 minutes remaining
  • +0.033 with less than 6 minutes but at least 3 minutes remaining
  • 0 with less than 3 minutes remaining

A kite can be placed on the ground from the hotbar with ⚷ Open / Activate if the player is not currently flying the kite. The kite initially has some upwards momentum that carries it several blocks above the stake into the air, even on a calm day.

Types

There are 24 different types of kites, either dropped by certain enemies or purchased from NPCs. Kites obtained from enemies can only be dropped on Windy Days, or when the wind speed is over 20 mph.

Kite		Held image	Source
	Blue KiteInternal Item ID: 4367		Slime that spawns attached to a Windy Balloon(1.39%)
	Blue and Yellow KiteInternal Item ID: 4368		Slime that spawns attached to a Windy Balloon(1.39%)
	Red KiteInternal Item ID: 4369		Slime that spawns attached to a Windy Balloon(1.39%)
	Red and Yellow KiteInternal Item ID: 4370		Slime that spawns attached to a Windy Balloon(1.39%)
	Yellow KiteInternal Item ID: 4371		Slime that spawns attached to a Windy Balloon(1.39%)
	Goldfish KiteInternal Item ID: 4674		Slime that spawns attached to a Windy Balloon(1.39%)
	Bunny KiteInternal Item ID: 4612		Slime that spawns attached to a Windy Balloon(1.39%)
	Corrupt Bunny KiteInternal Item ID: 4670		Corrupt Bunny(4%)
	Vicious Bunny KiteInternal Item ID: 4671		Vicious Bunny(4%)
	Man Eater KiteInternal Item ID: 4648		Man Eater(4%)
	Blue Jellyfish KiteInternal Item ID: 4649		Blue Jellyfish(2%)
	Pink Jellyfish KiteInternal Item ID: 4650		Pink Jellyfish(2%)
	Shark KiteInternal Item ID: 4651		Shark(4%)
	Bone Serpent KiteInternal Item ID: 4610		Bone Serpent(6.67%)
	Wandering Eye KiteInternal Item ID: 4683		Wandering Eye(4%)
	Unicorn KiteInternal Item ID: 4684		Unicorn(4%)
	World Feeder KiteInternal Item ID: 4611		World Feeder(4%)
	Sand Shark KiteInternal Item ID: 4669		Sand Sharks(4%)
	Wyvern KiteInternal Item ID: 4379		Wyvern(4%)
	Pigron KiteInternal Item ID: 4613		Pigron(4%)
	Angry Trapper KiteInternal Item ID: 4675		Angry Trapper(4%)
	Koi KiteInternal Item ID: 4676		Zoologist(2 GC)
	Crawltipede KiteInternal Item ID: 4677		Zoologist(2 GC, only after defeating the Solar Pillar)
	Spectrum KiteInternal Item ID: 4681		Party Girl(2 GC)

Notes

• Kites can pass through solid blocks.
• Kites can be used on non-Windy Days if the user maintains enough speed, but are more difficult to keep afloat.
• Kites can be used while riding a mount, or while flying. However, the player will appear backwards while the kite is in use.
• The color of the Pigron Kite is picked randomly each time it is used.
• Kites can be used in reversed gravity, but will retain their normal orientation.
• If a player is AFK for more than 1 minute and has a kite in their inventory, their character will automatically equip the kite.

Achievements

A Rather Blustery Day • “Fly a kite on a windy day.”

Fly a kite on a Windy Day. (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Category: Challenger

Trivia

• The three Hardmode jellyfish (Green Jellyfish, Blood Jelly, and Fungo Fish) do not have kite variants, unlike the pre-Hardmode Blue and Pink Jellyfish.

Gallery

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  A Crawltipede Kite being used.
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  A Wyvern Kite being used.
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  A Pink Jellyfish Kite being held up in the air on a Slime Mount.
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  A Pink Jellyfish Kite that is on the ground.
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  A background object that may randomly appear from time to time.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.5.4: Leashed kites no longer break if they lack an anchor.

• Desktop 1.4.5.0:
  • Can now be placed in the world as persistent background objects.
  • Kites are automatically taken out when the player is AFK for more than 3 minutes.
  • Kites now give the High Spirits buff.
  • Added a reel sound to kites.
  • Renamed "Crimson Bunny Kite" to "Vicious Bunny Kite" to match the NPC.

• Desktop 1.4.1:
  • Increased drop rates for the Goldfish and Bunny Kites as well as the plain colored kites (kites that drop from slimes that spawn attached to a Windy Balloon) from 1/260 (0.38%) to 1/72 (1.39%) each.
  • Increased drop rate for the Bone Serpent Kite from 1/25 (4%) to 1/15 (6.67%).

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.4.0.5.4.1: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.4.0.5.5: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced.

References

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Usable novelty items

Items which can be used for fun and do not cause functional effects. Decorative furniture is not included.

From Party Girl

• Beach Ball
• Bubble Machine
• Bubble Wand
• Confetti Cannon(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Confetti Gun
• Firework Fountain(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
• Fireworks Box(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
• Fog Machine(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Football(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Party Center(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Release Doves(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Release Lantern(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Silly Balloon Machine(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Smoke Bomb

Other

• Drum Set(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Drumstick(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Ivy(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Kites(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Kwad Racer Drone(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Love Potion(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
• Pin Wheel(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Rain Song(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Sandcastle Bucket(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Slime Gun(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
• Sparkle Slime Balloon(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Stink Potion
• Unicorn on a Stick
• Water Gun(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
• Whoopie Cushion