Tooltips

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:

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):

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

List of tooltips
Below is a listing of all additional tooltips (the added text actually listed on this wiki as "tooltips"). See Paintings, Buffs, and Debuffs for those items' tooltips.

History
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