How To

How to Favorite (Save) Items in Terraria

HomeHow ToHow to Favorite (Save) Items in Terraria
Updated Read Time 2 min

Give items special priority so that you never get rid of them accidentally!

Game Hub

Terraria Guide Hub

More guides, locations, fixes, reviews, and updates for Terraria.

Open Terraria Hub
Terraria32 articles

Have you ever accidentally stashed away an important item in Terraria? The Quick Stash feature is extremely useful, as it automatically organizes your items into nearby chests, but it’s not perfect.

If you use quick stash without paying attention, you might have put away an item you needed. Then you probably had to spend a while going through all your chests to find it again!

Thankfully, there is a way to prevent this from ever happening again: favoriting items! Here’s how you can make use of this extremely helpful feature.

How to Set Items as Favorites in Terraria

Source: Terraria

Before we begin, note that this feature is only available on the PC version of the game.

More From This Game

Keep exploring Terraria

Open game hub

Sadly, the feature is not available on mobile and console versions. It’s currently unknown if the favorite feature will even be implemented on those platforms, as well.

To set an item as a favorite, open your inventory. Hover your mouse over the item you wish to favorite then hold the Alt key and Left Click on the item.

Source: krill_1

The item’s box should now have a border around it, signaling that it has been successfully set as favorite.

As mentioned in the introduction, this will prevent items from being quick stacked. It will also prevent them from being quick trashed, thrown, or deposited. You should never lose items again.

Do note, however, that equipping any piece of armor will remove its favorite status. Remember to favorite it again whenever you unequip it!

Also, favoriting an item won’t prevent your character from dropping it on death. Don’t think that you can cheat death’s punishment that easily in Terraria!

Now that you know how to make use of this mechanic, make sure to keep important items as favorites. Things like ammo, torches, tracking accessories, and the like.

ALSO READ: Conan Exiles: How to Learn and Cast Spells | Sorcery Guide

Reader feedback

Did this guide help?

Choose one option. You can change your vote later, but only one vote counts for this article.

Andrés
Written by

Andrés

Senior Game Guide Writer

Andrés is a veteran gaming writer with over twenty years of hands-on experience across a wide range of genres, including Action-RPGs, high-difficulty games, and narrative-driven titles. His work is based on direct gameplay, testing mechanics, progression systems, and strategies firsthand rather than relying on secondary sources. At GamesFuze, Andrés focuses on producing accurate, practical guides and walkthroughs that help players understand complex systems, avoid common mistakes, and make informed decisions throughout their playthroughs.

More articles by Andrés
Next guide to read

Terraria: How to get Magic Dagger

An infinite throwing knife, you say? Sounds great!

Read next
How To