Thorns Potion

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Thorns Potion
  • Thorns Potion item sprite
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Statistics
Type
Potion
Consumable✔️
Use time17 (Very fast)
TooltipAttackers also take damage
RarityRarity level: 1
Sell2 SC
Research20 required
Grants Buff
BuffThornsThorns
Buff tooltipAttackers also take damage
Duration8 minutes
Sounds
Use
"Thorns" redirects here. For the plant, see Thorny bushes. For the magic weapon obtained during a Blood Moon, see Blood Thorn.

The Thorns Potion is a buff potion which grants the Thorns buff when consumed. The buff inflicts a knockback of 10 (Extremely strong) on enemies that come into contact with the player, and deals 100% of their damage to them.[1] 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), or by double-tapping the buff icon (Mobile version).

Crafting

Recipes

ResultIngredientsCrafting station
Desktop version Console version Mobile version only:
Thorns PotionThorns Potion		Placed BottlePlaced Bottle
or
Alchemy TableAlchemy Table(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Notes

  • The buff stacks with the Cactus armor's thorns set bonus, but not with the thorns effect from the Turtle armor set bonus, which overrides it.
  • The reflected damage will be decreased by banners (25% in Classic or lower, 50% in Expert or above), rerolled inversely by luck (having negative luck will give a chance to increase incoming damage, and thus increasing thorns damage as a result) and capped at 1000 damage.

Tips

  • This potion can be useful in fights where contact damage is likely, such as the Creepers spawned by the Brain of Cthulhu or the final portion of the Queen Bee fight. It should never be relied on for primary damage, though, as enemies and bosses commonly have much more health than the player.

Trivia

History

  • Desktop 1.4.1: The Thorns effect has been increased from 33% of damage taken to 100%.

References

  1. ↑ Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.3.6 source code, method Update_NPCCollision() in Terraria.Player.cs. There may be inaccuracies, as the current Desktop version Desktop version is 1.4.4.9.
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