Weapons & Equip "Sunflower Buddy" - A special pet that occasionally drop hearts and mana to you🌻

[_Noodle]

Since we have special pets like Chester, I thought it would be fun to add another one with a special ability. My idea is a Sunflower Buddy!

Spoiler: Example of Sunflower Buddy walking in-game (low resolution)

He follows you around and every 20 seconds he will start glowing before dropping 2 hearts and a mana star pickup. I think the buddy would be nice to have during boss fights and invasions, just making it a bit easier to survive.

You can summon Sunflower Buddy by using a Sunshine Seed. You can buy it from the Dryad for 10 gold coins, but ONLY when she's within range of 8 or more sunflowers. Just a small and fun way to get acquire it; but if you guys have another good idea on how to get it, share it below.

Edit: I was inspired by the sunflowers from PvZ. The pet doesn't act like normal sunflowers in Terraria

 

[Stellar Mastodon 267]

Sunflowers ingame aren’t used to acquire heart and mana pickups. They are used to increase movement speed and reduce enemy spawn rate.

 

[_Noodle]

Sunflowers ingame aren’t used to acquire heart and mana pickups. They are used to increase movement speed and reduce enemy spawn rate.

I know they don't drop anything. The mechanic was actually inspired by the sunflower from Plants vs Zombies, but in this case it just drops hearts and mana instead of sun.
In hindsight, I probably should've mentioned that in the post itself

 

[CerealSunny]

I would maybe change it to 1 heart instead of 2 of them along with the mana star, but other than that I love this pet's design! It's so cute
Would the item or buff tooltip also reference Plants vs. Zombies?

 

[_Noodle]

I would maybe change it to 1 heart instead of 2 of them along with the mana star, but other than that I love this pet's design! It's so cute
Would the item or buff tooltip also reference Plants vs. Zombies?

Yes, I could imagine it having a tooltip referencing the game. Maybe:

"Sunshine from the Backline"

or something along those lines

 

[LisanPaez05]

I know they don't drop anything. The mechanic was actually inspired by the sunflower from Plants vs Zombies, but in this case it just drops hearts and mana instead of sun.

In PvZ Garden Warfare, the Sunflower character's main ability is heal other players

And planted Sunflowers NPC heal near players

 

[Magicalterrarian]

A pet that gives the happy buff would be nice.
Happy is a 21% movement speed buff, very impactful.
Would make sense to buy the pet from Dryad as they sell sunflowers.

 

[LisanPaez05]

What if if the pet grows in a "weird little sunflower" near other Sunflowers (furniture)

 

[Shy Sorcerer]

"Sunshine from the backline"
Meanwhile me: places Sunflower in the middle column.

 

[LisanPaez05]

"Sunshine from the backline"
Meanwhile me: places Sunflower in the middle column.

"I'm walking on sunshine!"