How to Compare Effect Levels and Durations Across Items

Inspecting Potency and Timer Details

Many status effects can be applied by multiple different foods, potions, or tipped arrows, and not every source gives you the same strength or active time. You can compare these exact details right from the effect's guide screen before spending resources.

1. Open your inventory and pull up the EMI guide screen for the status effect you want to use.

2. Find the list of foods, potions, tipped arrows, and blocks displayed on that effect's page.

3. Move your cursor and hover directly over each source item one at a time.

4. Read the tooltip information to see both the effect level (potency) and the duration that specific item provides.

Choosing the Best Source

Hovering over different sources makes it easy to decide which item fits your situation. For example, if both a food item and a brewed potion grant the same beneficial effect, hovering over both lets you quickly verify whether the food only provides a brief low-level boost while the potion offers a higher level or a much longer timer. You can use the same check on harmful items to see how severe or long-lasting a debuff will be before eating an unfamiliar modded food.