Potion of Return

  

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Potion of Return

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Statistics

Type	Potion
Consumable	✔️
Use time	30 (Average)
Tooltip	Teleports you home and creates a portal Use portal to return when you are done 'Good for one round trip!'
Rarity	01*
Sell	2 SC
Research	20 required

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 4870 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Portal sprites

Entrance
Exit

Minimap icons

Entrance
Exit

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Shadow ChestShadow Chest	1–2	16.67*1/6 (16.67%)

The Potion of Return is a potion that teleports the player back to their spawn point, similar to the Recall Potion, and additionally creates a portal exit at the location where the potion was consumed. A portal entrance will be created at the spawn point, which can be used to teleport back to where the player consumed the potion. The portal can only be used once and will disappear afterwards. In addition to being crafted, the Potion of Return can be found in Shadow Chests and Pots in the Underworld.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Potion of Return(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Recall Potion Obsidifish	Placed Bottle or Alchemy Table(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Notes

The entrance (left) and exit (right) portals from another player.

• Only one portal can be active at any time in the world. If a second Potion of Return is used before using a portal, the first portal will disappear.
• The portal will vanish upon exiting the world, and so cannot be used across play sessions.
• The entrance and exit of the portal will be displayed on the minimap. Unlike pylons, however, the portal cannot be used from there.
• In multiplayer, each player will only be able to use their own portal. Other players' portal will be transparent.

Tips

• In general, the Potion of Return is useful in remote locations that cannot be easily accessed from the spawn point. For instance, it can be used during exploration to clear a full inventory at spawn or stock up on consumables.
• It can be particularly useful during boss fights not rooted to a specific biome, such as the Moon Lord: Consuming the potion to return to the Nurse for healing allows quickly returning back to the fight.
• If a player is surrounded by enemies and finds themselves in danger, it can be useful to use a Potion of Return to teleport away and come back a few seconds later. This is likely to cause the enemies to despawn before the player re-enters, and can be especially useful on harder difficulties where the player can very easily become overwhelmed.

Trivia

• The tooltip of this item, "'Good for one round trip!'", is a nod to many public transit systems, particularly bus, airplane, or train tickets, which often display text such as "round trip" when referring to the use of the ticket.
• The entrance and exit portal sprites are slightly different, with the exit portal sprite having a lighter outline and spiraling outward, whereas the entrance portal appears to be spiraling inward.
• The portals, more specifically the entrance, resembles the beta Void Bag portal sprite showcased in a old screenshot.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.0.5: Fixed a crash when sitting/sleeping in relation to the Potion of Return.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.4.0.5.4.1: Introduced with changes from Desktop 1.4.0.5.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.4.0.5.5: Introduced with changes from Desktop 1.4.0.5.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Introduced with changes from Desktop 1.4.0.5.