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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 Silver Coin 50 Copper Coin 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 [1] 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[2] 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[3]
Various weapons[4]
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 [5]
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[6]
Slowly losing life 7-10 seconds 2 health lost per second.

Prevents natural health regeneration.

Bezoar
21 Potion Sickness Consuming certain healing items [7] 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 [1] 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.[8] None
196 Wither Weapon Etherian Lightning Bug Your attacks are weaker! 5 seconds Reduces all damage inflicted by half. None
  1. 1.0 1.1 Debuff nullified by running
  2. This debuff works identically to the Oozed Debuff, therefore it is possible that Dazed was planned to be added in the place of Oozed, but was cut by unknown reasons.
  3. The following monsters can inflict the On Fire! debuff: Fire Imp (Burning Sphere), Lava Slime, Meteor Head, Skeleton Archer (Flaming Arrows)
  4. The following weapons can inflict the On Fire! debuff: Fiery Greatsword, Flamarang, Flamelash, Flamethrower, Flaming Arrow, Flower of Fire, Molten Fury, Molten Hamaxe, Molten Pickaxe, Sunfury
  5. These items will only give protection against the On Fire! debuff inflicted by Lava, as well as lava damage. They will not protect against the debuff from other sources.
  6. The following weapons can inflict the Poisoned debuff: Blade of Grass, Poisoned Knife, Thorn Chakram, Tonbogiri.
  7. The following healing items will inflict the Potion Sickness debuff: Bottled Water, Glowing Mushroom, Goldfish, Greater Healing Potion, Healing Potion, Lesser Healing Potion, Lesser Restoration Potion, Mushroom, Restoration Potion
  8. Withered armor can stack with Broken Armor. However, instead of completely removing the player's defense (50+50=100% Armor reduction) it will instead lower the defense by 75%. This is because they won't trigger on the same time, so first it will inflict a 50% armor reduction, then another 50% on the remaining defense value. (i.e: 50 Defense - 50% = 25 - 50% = 12.5 (Rounded down to 12)).

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

v1.3.0.1

v1.2.4.1

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

v1.0.6

  • Added to the game.

See Also[]

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