Wisp in a Bottle

Wisp in a Bottle

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Statistics

Type	Light pet
Use time	20 (Very fast)
Tooltip	Summons a Wisp to provide light
Rarity	08*
Sell	550
Research	1 required

Grants Buff

Buff	Wisp
Buff tooltip	A wisp is following you

Summons Light Pet

• Wisp
  

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 1183
• Internal Buff ID: 57
• Internal Projectile ID: 211

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Blue Armored Bones Blue Armored Bones	1	0.25%0.5%
Hell Armored Bones Hell Armored Bones	1	0.25%0.5%
Rusty Armored Bones Rusty Armored Bones	1	0.25%0.5%

The Wisp can be controlled using the movement keys.

The Wisp in a Bottle is a Hardmode, post-Plantera Light Pet item used to summon a light-providing Wisp that follows the player. While active, it is similar to the Flickerwick. The Wisp is brighter and keeps better pace with the player than other Light Pets, except the Suspicious Looking Tentacle and Jewel of Light which have the same light radius. It moves in accordance with the direction keys the player is pressing. The Wisps' movement range appears to be about 7 tiles to the left, right, and below the player's hitbox and 7 tiles above the Wisp's normal starting position.

The Wisp in a Bottle has a 0.25*1/400 (0.25%) / 0.5*799/160000 (0.5%) chance to drop from Blue Armored Bones, Hell Armored Bones, and Rusty Armored Bones.

Notes

• The Wisp will often remain deep within the blocks ahead, causing the immediate area around your character to remain dark. To negate this effect, stand still and the Wisp should return.
• Using ↷ Jump will not direct the Wisp upward, and falling will not direct it downward. You must use the ▲ Up or ▼ Down keys, respectively.
• When the player is far ahead, the Wisp will spin to catch up to the player, giving off less light.
• The Wisp moves at 26 mph when not spinning, and 61 mph when spinning. The latter is equal to the Unicorn Mount's top speed.
  • If the player's speed exceeds 61 mph, the wisp will teleport to the player when too far away.
• On the  Console version and  Mobile version, the Wisp is controlled with the right joystick and left joystick, respectively
• Dye applied to the Wisp does not change the amount or color of light emitted, even if the Wisp is made invisible.

Achievements

Robbing the Grave • “Obtain a rare treasure from a difficult monster in the dungeon.”

Obtain a rare item from an enemy in the post-Plantera Dungeon.

Tips

• Grappling a block will allow the player to freely direct the Wisp.
• Applying Twilight Dye, Living Ocean Dye or Living Flame Dye seemingly turns the Wisp completely invisible while still providing light, should players wish for such a thing for cosmetic reasons or when fighting Dungeon Spirits. Some other dyes can achieve this effect as well, such as Shadow Dye, Grim Dye, and Reflective Metal Dye, although to a lesser degree.^Verify
• When directing the Wisp into a Cloud Block, it will glow significantly brighter, unlike most light sources.

Trivia

• The Wisp appears to be a flaming skull.
• Wisp refers to Will-o'-the-wisps, mythological ghost lights reported to lead travelers to their death in swamps.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Item and buff sprites updated.

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

• Desktop 1.2.3: Fixed bug where the wisp spazzes in water.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.