Strange Brew

  

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Strange Brew

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Statistics

Type	Potion
Consumable	✔️
Heals Health	70–120
Use time	17 (Very fast)
Tooltip	Side Effects May Include: -Unpredictable Healing -Inconsistent Potion Sickness -Brief Periods of Inexplicable Invulnerability 'It looks and smells terrible'
Rarity	01*
Buy	5 SC
Sell	1 SC
Research	30 required

Inflicts Debuff

Debuff	Potion Sickness
Debuff tooltip	Cannot consume anymore healing items
Duration	40–70 seconds

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 3001 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Internal Buff ID: 21

   

The Strange Brew is only available during moon phases 1 (Full Moon), 3 (Third Quarter), 5 (New Moon), and 7 (First Quarter).

The Strange Brew is a pre-Hardmode recovery potion that can be purchased from the Skeleton Merchant during certain moon phases for 5 SC. When used, it restores 70–120 health, inflicts 40–70 seconds of Potion Sickness, and has a 3/5 (60%) chance to grant up to 4 seconds of invincibility. The duration of Potion Sickness can be reduced via the Philosopher's Stone or Charm of Myths.

Notes

• The duration of Potion Sickness can range between 40 seconds and 1 minute 10 seconds. This duration is unrelated to the amount of health restored.^[1] For instance, a Strange Brew could only restore 70 health but inflict 70 seconds of Potion Sickness, or it could restore 120 health but only inflict 40 seconds of Potion Sickness.
• The Strange Brew's chance of granting invincibility frames upon consumption is as follows:^[2]

Duration	Chance
4 seconds	10%
2 seconds	20%
1 second	30%
No invincibility	40%

Tips

• The Strange Brew heals an average of 95 health per potion, with an average Potion Sickness duration of 55 seconds. This means that on average, it gives slightly higher^[a] (though very similar) healing to a Healing Potion, while having a chance to grant invincibility. However, the Strange Brew is much less consistent than a Healing Potion.^[b]

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Stack limit increased from 30 to 9999.
  • Now heals randomly between 70 and 120 health, instead of a fixed 80 health.
  • Duration of Potion Sickness is now random, between 40 and 70 seconds, instead of a fixed 60 seconds.
  • Now may give a randomized period of invincibility frames, with longer durations being rarer than shorter ones.
  • No longer restores mana or inflicts Mana Sickness. Previously, it restored 400 mana.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Introduced. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Introduced. ()

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: Introduced.

References