Enchanted Sundial



The Enchanted Sundial is a Hardmode furniture item that can be placed. Pressing the button on it will advance time to sunrise (4:30AM) the following day. It has a 7-day cooldown period, so once used, it will not be usable again until 7 in-game days (2 hours and 48 minutes in real time) have passed normally. On the, the Enchanted Sundial is obtained from fished Pearlwood ( chance), Mythril, ( chance), and Titanium Crates ( chance), while on the , it is obtained from Wooden ( chance), Iron ( chance), and Golden Crates ( chance) during Hardmode.

The Enchanted Sundial does not turn the time to the next day immediately. It instead "fast-forwards" time, causing it to pass 60 times faster than usual (1 hour of in-game time, which would usually take 1 minute of real-life time, takes only 1 second while while the Enchanted Sundial is active). Sleeping in a Bed won't make time pass faster while the Enchanted Sundial is active.

Tips

 * The Enchanted Sundial has a few noteworthy uses:
 * Increasing the speed of the Tax Collector collection
 * Skipping the cooldown for Angler quests
 * Skipping a Blood Moon or Solar Eclipse
 * Skipping a boss for one night, after it is announced such as The Twins, etc.
 * Entering another Moon Phase
 * On the, it is also possible to speed up time by sleeping in a Bed and in Journey mode there is an option to speed up time as well.

Trivia

 * The Enchanted Sundial shares its color palette and architectural theme with much of the Skyware furniture set, though there is no direct correlation between the two.