Debuffs

Debuffs are a feature first introduced in patch 1.0.6. Debuffs bestow negative effects upon their bearers, and unlike Buffs, cannot be removed by right-clicking on their icons. There are several accessories which provide immunity to a single Debuff, which build into the Ankh Charm, giving immunity to many debuffs. Some Monsters can be infected with certain debuffs, including Confused, Cursed Inferno, On Fire! and Poisoned.

Debuffs will naturally wear off after a short period of time, though some may last up to a few minutes. The Nurse can cure debuffs at the cost of 7  50  per debuff.

In 1.2, many new accessories were added which prevent one specific debuff each, and can be combined at a Tinkerer's Workshop to create versions that give immunity to all the debuffs of their components.

Table

ID	Icon	Name	Inflicted By	Tooltip	Duration	Effect	Prevented by
203		Betsy's Curse	Betsy's Wrath	Defense is lowered	5 seconds	All enemies struck will have defense lowered by 40. Can't be inflicted on player	None
80		Blackout	Ragged Caster Red Potion	Light vision severely reduced	4 seconds	Screen is reduced to almost complete darkness	None
30		Bleeding	Angler Fish Brain of Cthulhu Duke Fishron Red Potion Rusty Armored Bones Skeletron Tizona Vampire Werewolf	Cannot regenerate life	45 seconds	Prevents natural health regeneration	Adhesive Bandage and anything crafted from it
36		Broken Armor	Armored Skeleton Heavy Skeleton Red Potion	Defense is cut in half	2 minutes	Defense is reduced by half	Armor Polish and anything crafted from it
67		Burning	Hellstone Hellstone Brick Meteorite Ore	Losing life and slowed movement	Until losing contact	Movement speed halved 50 health lost per second	Obsidian Skull and anything crafted from it
183		Celled	Star Cell	Being eaten by cells	6-9 seconds	10 health lost per second for every attached mini-cell, up to 100 health per second. Can't be inflicted to players.	None
88		Chaos State	Rod of Discord	Using the Rod of Discord will take life	6 seconds (since 1.3.0.1)	Using the Rod of Discord deals damage equal to 14.29% of the player's maximum health (or 16.67%). Resets debuff duration.	None
46		Chilled	Ice Bat Ice Golem Ice Queen Ice Slime Spiked Ice Slime Icy Merman	Your movement speed has been reduced	10-20 seconds 45 seconds (Ice Golem)	Movement speed halved	Hand Warmer and Ankh Shield.
31		Confused	Bee Keeper Brain of Confusion Clown Dao of Pow Giant Bat Light MummyBrain Scrambler Scutlix Gunner Nano Bullet Red Potion	Movement is reversed	7 seconds	Player movement is temporarily reversed Confused enemies will flee.	Trifold Map
199		Creative Shock	Old One's Army	You Lost the power of creation	During the whole Old One's Army event.	The player cannot place or destroy blocks. (Certain exceptions, such as Sandgun and Actuators, are extempt from this debuff)	Automatically removed when the event ends or if the player is out of range.
23		Cursed	Cursed Hammer Cursed Skull Dragon Skull (console) Enchanted Sword Red Potion	Cannot use any items	4 seconds	Prevents the player from using items (Accesories are usable)	Nazar and anything crafted from it
39		Cursed Inferno	Clinger Cursed Bullet Cursed Flames Cursed Arrow Spazmatism Spectral Arrow	Losing life fast	7 seconds	6 health lost per second. Prevents natural health regeneration and the effect cannot be removed by water.	None
22		Darkness	Black Slime Corrupt Slime Dark Mummy Red Potion Scythes from Demons, Voodoo Demons, and Arch Demons (console) Slimer	Decreased light vision	15 seconds	Decreases the player's vision	Blindfold and anything crafted from it
189		Daybroken	Daybreak Solar Eruption	Incenerated by solar rays	15 Seconds	Deals 100 damage per second; the Daybreak can stack this up to eight times, up to 800 damage per second. Can't be inflicted to players	None
160		Dazed	None	Movement speed is greatly reduced	N/A	Horizontal movement reduced by roughly 75%.	None
164		Distorted	Alien Hornet Alien Queen	Gravity around you is distorted	6-12 seconds 5-9 seconds	Causes the player to randomly float up and down. The effect cannot be countered.	None
186		Dryad's Bane	Dryad	The power of nature protects you	While within the Dryad's leaf shield	-2 health per second; damage increases for every boss defeated, as well as if playing in Expert Mode. Can't be inflicted to players.	None
144		Electrified	Gigazapper Tesla Turret	You cannot move	4-8 seconds	Causes constant health loss and prevents natural health regeneration. -4/s when standing still -16/s when moving	None
148		Feral Bite	Bats Duke Fishron	Increased damage, Decreased life regen, Causes other debuffs effects	5-8 seconds	Increases player damage but decreases health regeneration and applies random debuffs	Most of the debuffs it can lead to are easily negated with relevant accesories such as Ankh Shield
44		Frostburn	Amarok Flower of Frost Frostburn Arrow Melee and Ranged damage with Frost Armor	It's either really hot or really cold. Either way it REALLY hurts	4 seconds 1-8 seconds 10 seconds	8 health lost per second. Prevents natural health regeneration	Hand Warmer
47		Frozen	Ice Bat Ice Golem Ice Queen Spiked Ice Slime Icy Merman	Frozen in place	2 seconds	Encases the player in ice, rendering them helpless	Hand Warmer
37		Horrified	Wall of Flesh	You have seen something nasty, there is no escape	Being in the underworld when Wall of Flesh spawns.	Causes the player to die if they leave the underworld.	Defeat the boss, or get killed by it will remove the debuff.
69		Ichor	Bladetongue Golden Shower Ichor Arrow Ichor Bullet Ichor Sticker (Ichor Stream)	Reduced defense	15 seconds	Reduces defense by 20	None
94		Mana Sickness	Consuming any Mana Potion	Magic damage reduced by x%	5 seconds	Magic damage is reduced by 5% per seconds left; max 50% at 10 seconds	None
72		Midas	Flask of Gold Golden Bullet	Drop more money on death	15 minutes	More money is dropped by affected players and enemies	None
194		Mighty Wind	Sandstorm	The wind moves you around!	Only while in the Desert during a Sandstorm	Slows or speeds up player movement depending on direction	None
145		Moon Bite	Moon Lord	You are unable to absorb any healing effects	14 / 16 seconds	Prevents players from healing with Vampire Knives or Spectre Hood Does not stop health-regen, so relevant items, such as Life Drain, can be used	Getting too far from Moon Lord
163		Obstructed	Contact with Brain Sucklers	You can't see!	Infinite, until the brain suckler is defeated	Darkens most of the screen except for a small area around the player.	None
24		On Fire!	Lava Red Potion Various monsters Various weapons	Slowly losing life.	3-7 seconds	4 health lost per second; 6 health lost per second. Halts natural health regeneration.	Honey Water Lava Charm Lava Waders Obsidian Skin Potion
197		Oozed	Ogre	Player can barely move during the duration of the debuff.	14 seconds	Player's horizontal movement speed is greatly reduced. Does not affect wings and flying mounts.	None
169		Penetrated	Bone Javelins	Bleeding Out	15 seconds	Deals 3 damage per second for every Javelin stuck in the target, up to 18 DPS at 6 Javelins. Can't be inflicted to players.	None
20		Poisoned	Dart Trap Hornet (Stinger) Toxic Sludge Various weapons	Slowly losing life	7-10 seconds	2 health lost per second. Prevents natural health regeneration.	Bezoar
21		Potion Sickness	Consuming certain healing items	Cannot consume anymore healing items	60 seconds	Prevents the player from consuming healing items	Philosopher's Stone and Charm of Myths (reduces time to 45, effect doesn't stack)
153		Shadowflame	Shadowflame Bow Shadowflame Hex Doll Shadowflame Knife	Losing life	5-8 seconds	Deals 15 damage per second. Prevents natural health regeneration. Players can't be affected.	None
35		Silenced	Dark Mummy Green Jellyfish Pixie Red Potion	Cannot use items that require mana	7 seconds	Prevents the player from casting any spells	Megaphone and anything crafted from it.
137		Slime	Slime Gun	You are dripping slime	30 seconds	Affected entity drips slime (Cosmetic).	None
32		Slow	Mummy Pixie Red Potion Wraith	Movement speed is reduced	15 seconds	Horizontal movement speed halved	Fast Clock, anything crafted from it
120		Stinky	Stink Potion	You smell terrible	30 seconds	Green fumes appear around you (Cosmetic).	None
156		Stoned	Medusa	You are completely petrified!	1-4 seconds	Player can't do anything. Increases fall damage and reduces minimum distance for fall damage to occur.	Avoid looking at Medusa while in attack state Pocket Mirror
200		Stunned	Heart Arrows	N/A	5-7 seconds	Completely stuns affected enemies	None
68		Suffocation	Being encased in a falling block (Sand, Silt, Slush) Red Potion	Losing life	Until free from gravity-affected (sand, silt etc.) blocks Red Potion expires	10 health lost per second. Red Potion lasts for an hour.	None
38		The Tongue	Wall of Flesh	You are being sucked into the mouth	While being dragged by the Wall of Flesh	Unable to move or use items. Wall of Flesh pulls the player in front of itself, dealing 50 damage per second in Expert Mode.	Stay ahead of it
25		Tipsy	Ale Sake	Increased melee abilities, lowered defense	2 minutes	2% increased melee critical hit chance 10% increased melee attack speed 10% increased melee damage -4 Defense	None
70		Venom	Black Recluse Sand Poacher Venom Arrow Venom Bullet	Losing life	8 seconds	6 health lost per second. Prevents natural health regeneration.	None
86		Water Candle	Water Candle	Increased Monster Spawn Rate	Until out of range of Candle	Enemy Spawn rate increased	Remove the Candle
33		Weak	Corruptor (Vile Spit) Floaty Gross Red Potion	Physical abilities are decreased	5 minutes	-4 defense -5% melee damage -5% melee attack speed -10% movement speed	Vitamins
149		Webbed	Black Recluse in Expert Mode	You are stuck	1 second	Disables player movement.	None
103		Wet	Water Gun	You are dripping water	25 seconds	Affected entity drips water (Cosmetic). Can trigger Cute Fishron's speed boost.	None
195		Wither Armor	Wither Beast	Your armor is lowered!	While inside the circle. 5 / 10 Seconds otherwise.	Reduces defense by half.	None
196		Wither Weapon	Etherian Lightning Bug	Your attacks are weaker!	5 seconds	Reduces all damage inflicted by half.	None

Bugs

• When curing the Potion Sickness debuff via the Nurse, the icon disappears but the actual effects of the debuff are not removed.
• The Bleeding effect can be overridden by the Campfire effect and various accessories.
• On the 3DS version, the Mana Sickness Debuff does not occur when the player drinks a mana potion, allowing for unlimited mana.
• On the 3DS version, the Broken Armor Debuff can last to over 10 minutes.

Update Info

v1.3.0.5

• Fixed a bug that caused Distorted to freeze players instead of changing their movement pattern.

v1.3.0.3

• Moon Bite added.

v1.3.0.1

• Added Distorted, Dryad's Bane, Feral Bite, Obstructed, Penetrated, Shadowflame, Stoned, and Webbed.

v1.2.4.1

• Added Slime and Stinky.

v1.2.3

• Added Mana Sickness and Wet.
• On fire! debuff now causes the player's hair to fade to crisp black, depending on how low their health is.

v1.2.1.2

• Added Chaos State
• Debuffs now properly stack on monsters in multiplayer.
• Water Candle now provides a visible debuff.

v1.2

• Added Chilled, Frozen, Ichor, Venom and Blackout debuffs.
• Broken Armor debuff now lasts for 2 minutes, down from 5.

v1.0.6

• Added to the game.

See Also

• Buffs