Sonar Potion

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Sonar Potion
  • Sonar Potion item spriteold Sonar Potion item sprite
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Statistics
Type
Consumable✔️
Use time17 (Very fast)
TooltipDetects hooked fish
RarityRarity level: 1
Sell2 SC
Research20 required
Grants Buff
BuffSonarSonar
Buff tooltipYou can see what's biting your hook
Duration8 minutes

The Sonar Potion is a buff potion which grants the Sonar buff when consumed. This lasts for 8 minutes, but can be canceled at any time by right-clicking the icon (Desktop version), by selecting the icon using Cycle Next/Previous Buff and then pressing Remove Buff (Console version), by selecting the icon and canceling it in the equipment menu (Old-gen console version), by double-tapping the buff icon (Mobile version), or by canceling the buff from the buffs screen (Nintendo 3DS version).

The Sonar Potion can be obtained both from crafting and as a reward from the Angler for completing fishing quests.

The Sonar buff displays the name of a fishing catch above a fishing pole's bobber when it receives a bite while fishing. In addition of displaying the regular item name text (with rarity color), the Sonar Potion adds a semi-transparent color mask onto the text shown.

Crafting

Recipes

ResultIngredientsCrafting station
Sonar PotionSonar PotionPlaced BottlePlaced Bottle
or
Alchemy TableAlchemy Table(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Notes

Color of Sonar Potion text
Type Base color Mask[1] Description
Item Rarity color of the item  rgb(0, 0, 102) Applies to all items (e.g. fish, crates, etc.)
Entity  rgb(237, 137, 157)[2]  rgb(102, 0, 0) Applies to Blood Moon enemies and the Surly Slime.[3]
  • The Sonar Potion does not display any text when Duke Fishron is caught.
  • If Pickup Text is disabled in the game settings, the Sonar Potion will not display any text.

Tips

  • The Sonar Potion is especially useful, allowing the player to choose what to reel in, and not waste bait on unnecessary fish as the cast can be left in the water until another fish bites at the line. This can be useful for angler quests as well as for fishing crates.

Trivia

  • The Sonar Potion has the same crafting recipe as the Gills Potion.

History

  • Desktop 1.4.0.3: Fixed a bug where having pickup text on and fishing with the Sonar Potion would delete the item caught.

References

  1. Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, method DrawItemTextPopups() in Terraria.Main.cs.
  2. Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, method NewText() in Terraria.PopupText.cs.
  3. Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, method FishingCheck() in Terraria.Projectile.cs.