Pot

Naturally generated
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Pot

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Type	Background object

• Internal Tile ID: 28

Coin Portal in the Underworld

This article is about the naturally-generated pots, broken upon contact with weapons. For the craftable pots, see Clay Pot and Cooking Pot.

Pots are common items generated at world creation in random areas. When broken with any weapon or tool, they will drop coins and/or random common items. Pots cannot be picked up, never respawn, and cannot be crafted, even with Ecto Mist.

Upon breaking

 PC version,  Console version,  Mobile version, and  tModLoader version

Upon breaking a Pot, the game follows the process below to decide what happens:

• There is a small chance that a Coin Portal will spawn in place of the Pot's normal drops. A Coin Portal displays briefly as a floating circular effect, dispensing 5-15 , one at a time, before disappearing. The chance of a portal spawning is based on the pot type and the closest player's luck.

Image	Pot Type	Chance of coin portal spawning
	Forest Pots	1/500
	Tundra Pots	1/461
	Jungle Pots	1/400
	Dungeon Pots	1/384
	Underworld Pots	1/365
	Corruption/Crimson Pots	1/365
	Spider Cave Pots	1/272
	Pyramid Pots	1/125
	Lihzahrd Pots	1/250 (hardmode) / 1/500 (Pre-hardmode)
	Marble Cave Pots	1/375
	Underground Desert Pots	1/461

• If it is in front of natural dungeon walls and below the surface level, there is a 1/35 (2.85%) to drop a Golden Key. If it drops, the process ends.
• If the player is playing on the secret world seed for the worthy, there is a 1/4 chance the pot will drop a lit bomb. If this happens, the process ends.
• 1/45 (2/45) chance to drop a potion. If a potion drops, the process ends. The possible types of potions vary with depth:

Surface	Underground	Cavern	Underworld
Ironskin Potion (1/10) Shine Potion (1/10) Night Owl Potion (1/10) Swiftness Potion (1/10) Mining Potion (1/10) Calming Potion (1/10) Builder Potion (1/10) Recall Potion (1/3.33)	Regeneration Potion (1/11) Shine Potion (1/11) Night Owl Potion (1/11) Swiftness Potion (1/11) Archery Potion (1/11) Gills Potion (1/11) Hunter Potion (1/11) Mining Potion (1/11) Dangersense Potion (1/11) Recall Potion (1/5.66)	Spelunker Potion (1/15) Featherfall Potion (1/15) Night Owl Potion (1/15) Water Walking Potion (2/15) Archery Potion (1/15) Gravitation Potion (1/15) Hunter Potion (1/15) Invisibility Potion (1/15) Thorns Potion (1/15) Mining Potion (1/15) Heartreach Potion (1/15) Flipper Potion (1/15) Dangersense Potion (1/15) Recall Potion (1/15)	Spelunker Potion (1/14) Featherfall Potion (1/14) Mana Regeneration Potion (1/14) Obsidian Skin Potion (1/14) Magic Power Potion (1/14) Invisibility Potion (1/14) Hunter Potion (1/14) Gravitation Potion (1/14) Thorns Potion (1/14) Water Walking Potion (1/14) Battle Potion (1/14) Heartreach Potion (1/14) Titan Potion (1/14) Potion of Return (1/5) (May drop along with any of the potions above)

• In multiplayer, there is 1/30 chance to drop 1 Wormhole Potion. If it drops, the process ends.
• Generate a random number S from 0 to 6 (inclusive), then:
  • If S is 0: if the player closest to the pot is not full of health, drops 1 Heart, and then 50% chance to drop 1 more. In Expert Mode, there will be 2 additional 50% chance of dropping 1 Heart. So in Expert mode, there is 1/8 chance to drop 1 Heart, 3/8 chance to drop 2 Hearts, 3/8 chance to drop 3 Hearts, and 1/8 chance to drop 4 Hearts.
    • If the closest player is at full health, but has less than 20 torches of any kind: drop torches.
    • Otherwise, drop money, as below.
  • If S is 1: drop torches, as per the table below. Note that if the pot is in a liquid, the torches will instead be replaced with Glowsticks. If the pot is a Tundra Pot, it will drop Sticky Glowsticks instead.

Pot Type / Pot Location	Torch Type	Amount
n/a / Hallow	Hallowed Torch	4-12 (5-18)
/ Corruption	Corrupt Torch	4-12 (5-18)
/ Crimson	Crimson Torch	4-12 (5-18)
/ n/a	Jungle Torch	4-12 (5-18)
/ n/a	Ice Torch	2-6 (3-12)
/ n/a	Desert Torch	4-12 (5-18)

• • If S is 2: Drops 10-20 ammo. The default type is Wooden Arrow. If in Surface layer or Underground layer, there is a 50% chance it will be replaced by Shuriken(Pre-hardmode) / Grenade(hardmode). Then, if in Underworld, it will be replaced by Hellfire Arrow, otherwise, in Hardmode, it will be replaced by Unholy Arrow or Silver Bullet (in worlds with silver) / Tungsten Bullet (in worlds with tungsten) (50% chance for either Arrow or Bullet).
  • If S is 3: Drops 1 Lesser Healing Potion or Healing Potion (when in Underworld or in Hardmode). In expert mode, there will be 1/3 chance to drop 1 more.
  • If S is 4: if the pot is a Desert Pot, drop 1-4 (1-7) Scarab Bombs.
    • Otherwise, if the pot is in Underground layer or below, drop 1-4 (1-7) ordinary Bombs.
    • Otherwise, try dropping ropes.
  • If S is 5: if not in Underworld layer and not in Hardmode, drops 20-40 Ropes.
    • Otherwise, drop money.
  • If all else fails, the pot drops money. The value is heavily influenced by location and the kind of pot broken. All pots start off dropping 80 to 360, and the game applies the bonuses below to get the total money dropped.

Criteria	Money Modifier
Pot is on the surface	50%
Pot is above the cavern layer	75%
Pot is in the bottom 250 tiles of the world.	125%
25% chance	105% - 110%
12.5% chance	110% - 120%
8.33% chance	120% - 140%
6.25% chance	140% - 180%
5% chance	150% - 200%
Expert Mode	250%
Expert Mode and 25% chance	125%
Expert Mode and 33.33% chance	150%
Expert Mode and 25% chance	175%
Repeat this step for each of the following defeated: Eye of Cthulhu, Eater of Worlds / Brain of Cthulhu, Skeletron, The Destroyer, The Twins, Skeletron Prime, Plantera, Queen Bee, Golem, Pirate Invasion, Goblin Invasion, Frost Legion	110%

Image	Pot Type	Money Modifier
	Forest Pots	100%
	Tundra Pots	125%
	Jungle Pots	175%
	Dungeon Pots	190%
	Underworld Pots	210%
	Corruption/Crimson Pots	160%
	Spider Cave Pots	350%
	Pyramid Pots	1000%
	Lihzahrd Pots	400% (hardmode) / 100% (Pre-hardmode)
	Marble Cave Pots	200%
	Underground Desert Pots	125%

 Old Chinese version and  tModLoader 1.3-Legacy version

Upon breaking a Pot, the game follows the process below to decide what happens:

1. There is a small chance that a Coin Portal will spawn in place of the Pot's normal drops. A Coin Portal displays briefly as a floating circular effect, dispensing either 5 , 10 , or 15 , one coin at a time, before disappearing. There is an equal 1/3 chance for each of the three possible coin amounts. The chance of a portal appearing from a pot ranges, depending on the location and type of pot, between 0.4% and 1.6% (1/250 and 1/62.5). If the Coin Portal spawns, the process ends.
2. If it is in front of natural dungeon walls and below the surface level, there is a 1/40 (2.5%) to drop a Golden Key. If it drops, the process ends.
3. 1/45 (2/45) chance to drop a bottle of potion. If potion drops, the process ends. The possible types of potions vary with depth:

Surface	Underground	Cavern	Underworld
Ironskin Potion (1/10) Shine Potion (1/10) Night Owl Potion (1/10) Swiftness Potion (1/10) Mining Potion (1/10) Calming Potion (1/10) Builder Potion (1/10) Recall Potion (3/10)	Regeneration Potion (1/11) Shine Potion (1/11) Night Owl Potion (1/11) Swiftness Potion (1/11) Archery Potion (1/11) Gills Potion (1/11) Hunter Potion (1/11) Mining Potion (1/11) Dangersense Potion (1/11) Recall Potion (2/11)	Spelunker Potion (1/15) Featherfall Potion (1/15) Night Owl Potion (1/15) Water Walking Potion (1/15) Archery Potion (1/15) Gravitation Potion (1/15) Thorns Potion (1/15) Water Walking Potion (1/15) Invisibility Potion (1/15) Hunter Potion (1/15) Mining Potion (1/15) Heartreach Potion (1/15) Flipper Potion (1/15) Dangersense Potion (1/15) Recall Potion (1/15)	Spelunker Potion (1/15) Featherfall Potion (1/15) Mana Regeneration Potion (1/15) Obsidian Skin Potion (1/15) Magic Power Potion (1/15) Invisibility Potion (1/15) Hunter Potion (1/15) Gravitation Potion (1/15) Thorns Potion (1/15) Water Walking Potion (1/15) Battle Potion (1/15) Heartreach Potion (1/15) Titan Potion (1/15) Potion of Return (1/15)

4. If it's multiplayer, there is 1/30 chance to drop 1 Wormhole Potion. If it drops, the process ends.
5. Generate a random number S from 1 to 8 (inclusive), then:
   1. If S is 1 and the player closest to the pot is not full of health: drops 1 Heart, and then 50% chance to drop 1 more. In Expert Mode, there will be 2 additional 50% chance of dropping 1 Heart. So in Expert mode, there is 1/8 chance to drop 1 Heart, 3/8 chance to drop 2 Hearts, 3/8 chance to drop 3 Hearts, and 1/8 chance to drop 4 Hearts.
   2. If S is 2 and the player closest to the pot is not full of mana: drops 1 Star.
   3. If S is 3: Drops Torch or Glowstick (if in liquid). The amount is 2-5, and in Expert mode, there will be an additional 1-6.
   4. If S is 4: Drops a stack of ammo. The default type is Wooden Arrow. If in Surface layer or Underground layer, there is a 50% chance being replaced by Shuriken(Pre-hardmode)/Grenade(hardmode). Then, if in Underworld, it will be replaced by Hellfire Arrow, else if in hardmode, it will be replaced by Unholy Arrow or Silver Bullet. The amount of dropped ammo is 20-40.
   5. If S is 5: Drops 1 Lesser Healing Potion or Healing Potion (when in Underworld or in Hardmode). In expert mode, there will be 1/3 chance to drop 1 more.
   6. If S is 6 and in Cavern layer or Underworld layer, drops 1-4 Bombs. In expert mode, will drops additional 0-3 Bombs. The process ends.
   7. If S is 6 or 7 and not in Underworld layer and not in Hardmode, drops 20-40 Ropes. The process ends.
   8. Drops money.

Notes

• The amount of items dropped is higher in Expert Mode.
• Wormhole Potions drop only in multiplayer.
• Pots' distribution in the different layers is about the following: Surface 4%, Underground 20%, Cavern 62% and Underworld 14%.

Trivia

• The absolute least a pot can drop is 40.
• With all bosses and events defeated, an Expert Jungle Temple Pot in the Underworld layer can drop up to 231222. This is the highest amount of money a Pot can drop.
• With the same conditions on the  PC version,  Console version,  Mobile version, and  tModLoader version, this value has been increased to 28269.

Gallery

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  (Click to enlarge) All pot variants.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1: Reduced the chance of coin portals by half.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Introduced Coin Portals.
  • Pots now drop more money based on the type of Pot and drop an additional 10% more money for every boss and invasion you defeat.

• Desktop 1.2.4: Fixed bug: pots wouldn't drop life or mana if you had boosts in effect.

• Desktop 1.2.3.1: Fixed bug: altars/pots/chests spawned in bugged conditions.

• Desktop 1.2: Appearance and break sound now vary between biomes.

• Desktop 1.0.5:
  • Graphic brightened for better visibility.
  • Loot now varies based on layer.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Made changes from PS4's 1.0.750.0 update. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: ()
  • Introduced Coin Portals.
  • Pots now drop more money based on the type of Pot and drop an additional 10% more money for every boss and invasion you defeat.

• Console 1.02: Appearance and break sound now vary between biomes.

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced with changes up to Desktop 1.3.0.1.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Reduced the chance of coin portals by half.

• Mobile 1.3.0.7:
  • Introduced Coin Portals.
  • Pots now drop more money based on the type of Pot and drop an additional 10% more money for every boss and invasion you defeat.

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Appearance and break sound now vary between biomes.

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.