Shadow Orb (item)

Shadow Orb

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Statistics

Type	Light pet
Use time	20 (Very fast)
Tooltip	Creates a magical shadow orb
Rarity	01*
Sell	150 / 20
Research	1 required

Grants Buff

Buff	Shadow Orb
Buff tooltip	A magical orb that provides light

Summons Light Pet

• Shadow Orb
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 115
• Internal Buff ID: 19
• Internal Projectile ID: 18

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Corrupt CrateCorrupt Crate	1	20%
Defiled CrateDefiled Crate	1	20%
Shadow Orb Shadow Orb	1	20%

This article is about the light pet summon item. For the environment object, see Shadow Orb.

The Shadow Orb's behavior when moving. Its height can be controlled using ▲ Up and ▼ Down.

The Shadow Orb is a light pet item that summons a slow-moving Shadow Orb which follows the player around and emits dim, purple light. The orb can move through solid objects and liquids unhindered, but moves very slowly, causing it to fall behind when the player is moving quickly. If it falls far enough behind, it will teleport to the player's location. It has a 20*1/5 (20%) chance of dropping from destroyed Shadow Orbs, but it can also be acquired by looting Corrupt Crates, which are obtained by fishing in the Corruption.

The Crimson counterpart to the Shadow Orb is the Crimson Heart.

Notes

• The orb's position can be somewhat controlled using the ▲ Up and ▼ Down keys, allowing the player to reorient the orb directly above or below them respectively.
  • This will cause the orb to catch up slightly faster, if it is lagging behind.
• The orb will emit purple light even if dyed.

Tips

• When paired with Acid Dye of any color, the orb will have stripes in the color but it will be buggy, as parts of, or even the whole orb itself, can disappear.
• It can be paired with Reflective Gold Dye to make the Shadow Orb appear similarly to how it looked prior to 1.2.
• Twilight Dye can render the orb almost completely invisible.

History

The Shadow Orb when it was still an Orb of Light.

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Aligned sell value with all other Shadow Orb/Crimson Heart loot, increasing it from 20 to 150.

• Desktop 1.2.3.1: Fixed bug where one could have Fairy Bell and other light pets up simultaneously.

• Desktop 1.2.0.2: No longer states "5 minute duration" in its tooltip.

• Desktop 1.2:
  • Renamed from Orb of Light to Shadow Orb.
  • Item sprite updated from to .
  • Buff sprite updated from to .
  • Projectile sprite updated from to .
  • No longer requires mana to use (previously needed 40).
  • Buff no longer expires.

• Desktop 1.0.6:
  • Movement speed of Orb was reduced.
  • Light intensity was reduced from 100% to 65%.
  • Using the item now gives the player a buff instead of treating it like a spell.
    • Consequently, this causes the item to be automatically used when pressing the quick buff hotkey.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced as Orb of Light.