

They incur no mana nor any other cost, and remain indefinitely until the player cancels the buff, summons a replacement light pet or dies. Light Pets are summoned secondary characters that float alongside players to provide a traveling light source. These pets can only be acquired in Master Mode, but can be used anywhere.


Some of the "advanced" dyes can make certain pets look very strange, or even render them invisible. Each pet slot has a matching dye slot, which can be used to recolor the pet.At any time, the player can have at most one pet of each type active. Light pets behave similarly to ordinary pets, but provide more consistent lighting around the player. On the Desktop version, Console version, Mobile version, Nintendo Switch version, and tModLoader version, the inventory offers two dedicated slots, offering more complex behavior: One slot is for "regular" pets, the other is for light pets. There are also 10 light pets on the Desktop version, Console version, Mobile version, and Nintendo Switch version, 3 of which are master-exclusive, 7 on the tModLoader version, and 4 on the Old-gen console version and Nintendo 3DS version.ĭesktop/ Console/ Mobile/ Switch/ tModLoader-Only Content: This section's information applies only to the Desktop, Console, Mobile, Switch, and tModLoader versions of Terraria. There are 48 on the Desktop version, 43 on the Console version, Mobile version, and Nintendo Switch version, 26 on the tModLoader version, 27 on the Old-gen console version, and 31 on the Nintendo 3DS version. Pets do not count against a player's current minion limit. Summoned minions operate similarly, but are primarily intended to aid combat rather than being cosmetic. A few pets emit small amounts of light, but on Desktop version, Console version, Mobile version, Nintendo Switch version, and tModLoader version, there are special Light Pets available with their own dedicated slot. Most pets are purely cosmetic, but some of the Old-gen console and 3DS -exclusive pets can do minimal damage to enemies. A pet will follow the player until they die, summon a different pet, leave the world or cancel the associated buff. When summoned, they will give the player a buff with the same name as the pet.
They are completely invincible and have no set duration. Pets are creatures that follow the player around. Not to be confused with Town pets, the animal NPCs obtainable via the Zoologist.
