Probably Missing Something Basic *Spoilers

[picardismyhomie]

I'm trying to make the 3* enlargement, 2* rage potion for the sun salt ingredient. I don't see how I can do that on any map. Am I just blind?

[HandyVac]

The Water map has Enlargement as well as Rage. You'll need to use Moon Salt to rotate it up to 3,

[picardismyhomie]

I didn't realize how moon salt worked. Thanks!

[Doctor Teo]

Originally posted by picardismyhomie:

I didn't realize how moon salt worked. Thanks!

Allow me to add on: salt not just rotates the potion, it also rotates the path of ingredients. If you stick a Terraria root in and add so much salt that it flips the bottle 180 degrees, that Terraria root is now going northwards.

This can have a lot of implications. For instance, on the Wine map, the Necromancy node is hard to get to, and it's also completely flipped, so it's going to need at least 500 moon or sun salt. But you don't have to get to the node then flip it, you can get there in 3 Mudshrooms if you tilt them with sun salt as you go.

As someone just starting to use salts, you probably won't end up using this until you start optimizing, but you should consider it when you see some paths that are just slightly off and can be fixed with a quick tilt.

[pickupsticks]

Another thing to keep in mind when working with salts is that a salted potion will rotate back towards the upright position when you add base to it. So you can plan to adjust your path in that way as well, whilst travelling. Or even if you are not using this to navigate, still keep it in mind so as to avoid getting caught out.