Tooltips

An example of average hover text. The yellow highlighted item is the "tooltip" as labeled on this wiki.

Tooltips are bits of "hover text" displayed when hovering over items or selecting them in the inventory.

The complete text shown for an item usually contains the item's statistics.

An added bit of text also appears on many items, which is what is referred to on this wiki as the item's "tooltip" (they are referred to this way in Terraria's game code as well). They usually describe the item further, often in fun or humorous ways.

The statistics portion of the hover text may contain any of the following:

Type
Damage
Critical strike chance
Use time
Knockback
Mana usage
Pickaxe power, axe power, hammer power, fishing power, bait power
Health healed
Defense
Set bonus (when a full armor set is worn)
Modifier effects
Bonus effects

Modifier effects, if applicable, always appear at the bottom of the tooltip, colored green (for good effects) or red (for negative effects).

Item type

Below is a chart of what will appear at the top of the hover text depending on the item type (weapons show no type indication):

Type	Indication
Can be placed	Found on blocks, walls, and furniture. Indicates the item is able to be placed.
Consumable	Found on most consumable ranged weapons and critters when caught. Indicates the item will be "consumed" upon use.
Material	Found on crafting materials. Indicates this item is used in the crafting recipe of another.
Equipable	Found on armor, accessories, pets, light pets, and mounts. Indicates said item can be equipped in its respective slot in the Equipment Inventory.
Ammo	Found on items used by other items as ammunition, like Gel, arrows, Wire, and bait items. Indicates this item can be placed in the ammo slots of the player's inventory.
Vanity Item	Appears on vanity items. Indicates that the item will not provide any stat boosts when equipped as armor.
Right Click to open^[1]	Indicates the item is a grab bag. Appears on Treasure Bags, Presents, and Goodie Bags, etc. Note does not apply to the Console version and Mobile version. They have separate controls.
Nearby players get a bonus against: <enemy name(s)>	Appears exclusively on enemy banners. Indicates that the banner will give a damage boost against that enemy when the player is in range of it.

Slot type

The following may additionally be displayed depending on the type or state of the item's inventory slot:

Message	Indication
Marked as favorite Quick trash, stacking, and selling will be blocked	Indicates the item is favorited.
Equipped in social slot No stats will be gained	When any item is used in the social slots.

List of tooltips

Below is a listing of all tooltips.


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History

Desktop version

Desktop 1.4.0.4:
- Fixed a couple of tooltip typos.
- Fixed some consistency issues with Ninja gear tooltips.
- Updated Invisibility Potion's tooltip.