Honey

Not to be confused with Honey Block.

Some honey in a Bee Hive.

Honey is a liquid found at the bottom of Bee Hives, as well as in small patches along with Honey Blocks in the Underground Jungle near Bee Hives. It is also sometimes created when destroying Hive blocks. Honey flows even more slowly than lava, and it also greatly slows the movement speed of most entities and projectiles (with the exception of the Old One's Army enemies and Bosses). Like other liquids, honey can be transported with buckets or pumps. Like water, the player can drown in honey, and any item which allows breathing, walking on, or swimming in water will do likewise for honey.

Honey has the unique effect of granting players the Honey life regeneration buff, which lasts for as long as they remain standing or swimming in the honey, plus 30 seconds after leaving. The player does not need to be submerged, but the honey pool must be at least two tiles wide, and at least 5/8 of a tile deep. The buff increases the rate at which player health regenerates by 1 HP/s per second and increases natural heal rate acceleration by a factor of three. In addition, it reduces the damage from life-losing debuffs like Acid Venom by 2 HP per second.

Crafting

An example of honey (together with water and lava) placed to be used as a crafting station. Notice the Crystal Ball above them.

The Honey crafting station icon.

Like water and lava, honey can be used as a minor crafting station. Similarly to other liquids, the player only has to stand nearby to use it. Crafting of items from a body of honey does not use it up.

Used to craft

Honey
Result	Ingredients
Bottled Honey	Bottle
Flymeal(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Platinum Broadsword Stinkbug(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)5
Flymeal(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Gold Broadsword Stinkbug(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)5
only: Honey Block	Crispy Honey Block
Honey Bomb(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Dry Bomb(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Honey Rocket(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Dry Rocket(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Crystal Ball **and** Honey
Result	Ingredients
Honeyfall Block(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Glass
Magic Honey Dropper(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Empty Dropper(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Honey can also be used to make the following items, though not as a crafting station:

Item	When combined with
Honey Block	Water
Crispy Honey Block	Lava
Aetherium Block(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Shimmer(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Fishing

Catches from Honey
Honeyfin	Restores 120 Health when used.
Bumblebee Tuna	Quest item for the Angler NPC, hence can only be fished when its particular quest is active.

Notes

By default, players are slowed down drastically when walking through honey.

Unlike water, honey can exist in The Underworld.
Honey greatly reduces visibility compared to water, even when lit with multiple Torches.
Rain will not turn honey to Honey Blocks.

Tips

Honey is subject to all the infinite replication methods.
Since honey does not evaporate in The Underworld, a player could use an infinite replication method to flood The Underworld and provide safe (albeit slow without water-walking or something like Fishron Wings) passage without having to worry about falling into lava or spending extra time and effort building bridges over lava pools. This also makes a pool of honey a viable solution for a permanent safe landing zone at the bottom of a Hellevator.
Honey can be valuable while fighting any boss as the regeneration boost can protect weaker players. In conjunction with Heart Lanterns and campfires, the resulting regeneration boost can negate the need for the Band of Regeneration, freeing up an accessory slot.
Using the Lava Shark Mount(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) makes it possible to continually receive the regeneration boost while retaining or even improving mobility.
By creating a circle of Bubbles and putting a bucket of honey in, the player can quickly run through to get the health regeneration boost without much loss in speed.
By using Flipper Potions, the player can reduce the effect of moving through honey even further.
Traps such as boulders can be slowed down to allow for more damage output that would otherwise have been lost to invincibility frames.

History

Desktop version

Desktop 1.3.4: Honey is dynamic and has a setting to be more or less dynamic.

Desktop 1.3.0.1: Now spawns naturally along with Honey Blocks in small amounts as a sign that a Bee Hive is close by.

Desktop 1.2.3:
- Fixed a bug with leaving honey having water sound and particles.
- Teleporting from honey to water will no longer leave the player moving slowly, as if they are still in honey.