Sonar Potion

Sonar Potion

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Statistics

Type	Potion
Consumable	✔️
Use time	17 (Very fast)
Tooltip	Detects hooked fish
Rarity	01*
Sell	2 SC
Research	20 required

Grants Buff

Buff	Sonar
Buff tooltip	You can see what's biting your hook
Duration	8 minutes

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 2355
• Internal Buff ID: 122

The Sonar Potion is a buff potion which grants the Sonar buff when consumed. The buff displays the name of a fishing catch above a fishing pole's bobber when it receives a bite while fishing. This lasts for 8 minutes, but can be canceled at any time by right-clicking the icon (), by selecting the icon using Cycle Next/Previous Buff and then pressing Remove Buff (), by selecting the icon and canceling it in the equipment menu (), by double-tapping the buff icon (), or by canceling the buff from the buffs screen ().

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

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Sonar Potion	Bottled Water Waterleaf Coral	Placed Bottle or Alchemy Table(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Notes

• In addition to displaying the regular item name text (with rarity color), the buff adds a semi-transparent color mask onto the text shown:

Color of Sonar Potion text

Type	Base color	Mask	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)	rgb(102, 0, 0)	Applies to Blood Moon enemies and the Surly Slime.

• 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 when fishing crates.

Trivia

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

History

 Desktop version

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

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.2.4: Introduced.