Cursed Inferno

Cursed Inferno
Statistics
Type	Debuff
Effects	-24 (to enemy) / -12 (to player) (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) / -6 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) health per second No health regeneration Takes 10% more knockback
Tooltip	Losing life
Internal IDs
Buff ID	39
Internal name	CursedInferno

Cursed Inferno is a Hardmode debuff that prevents health regeneration and causes the afflicted NPC or player to take damage each second for the duration of the debuff. The damage varies by platform:

• (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) 24 damage per second is inflicted to enemies, and 12 damage per second is inflicted to players. Affected enemies also take 10% more knockback.
• (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) Enemies and players alike take 6 damage per second.

If the afflicted target is Oiled(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), they will take 25 additional damage per second, totaling 49 damage per second to enemies or 37 damage per second to players.

Causes

From player

From		Duration	Chance	Total damage
	Cursed Arrow	7 seconds	100%	168 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) 42 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
	Cursed Bullet	7 seconds	100%	168 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) 42 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
	Cursed Dart(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	3–6 seconds	100%	72-144
	Cursed Flames	7 seconds	100%	168 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) 42 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
	Cursed Flare(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	10 seconds	100%	240
	Clinger Staff(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	7 seconds	100%	168
	Spectral Arrow(Old-gen console and 3DS versions)	7 seconds	100%	42
	Flask of Cursed Flames	3–6 seconds	100%	72-144 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) 18-36 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)

From enemy

From		Duration	Chance	Total damage
	Clinger (Cursed Flame)	2-3 / 4-6 / 5-7.5 seconds (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) 3-8 seconds (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)	1/3 (33.33%)	24-36 / 48-72 / 60-90 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) 18-48 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)
	Vile Ghoul(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	7 / 14 / 17.5 seconds	1/1 (100%)	84 / 168 / 210
	Spazmatism (Cursed Flames Attack)	2-3 / 4-6 / 5-7.5 seconds (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) 3-8 seconds (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)	1/3 (33.33%)	24-36 / 48-60 / 48-72 (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) 18-48 (Old-gen console and 3DS versions)

Immune NPCs

Enemies immune to Cursed Inferno

• Ancient Vision(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Bubble Shield(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Clinger
• Clumsy Balloon Slime(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Desert Spirit(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Dungeon Guardian
• Dungeon Spirit
• Dutchman Cannon(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Flying Dutchman(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Ghost
• Lunatic Cultist(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Martian Saucer(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Martian Saucer Cannon(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Martian Saucer Turret(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Mysterious Portal(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Mysterious Tablet(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Nebula Pillar(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Phantasm Dragon(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Pirate's Curse(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Poltergeist
• Probe
• Reaper
• Solar Pillar(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Stardust Pillar(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• The Destroyer
• Vortex Pillar(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
• Wraith

Notes

• Unlike On Fire! or Hellfire, entering water or honey will not cancel the debuff.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.1:
  • Damage per second increased again from 12 to 24 on the enemy version of the debuff.
  • Significantly more enemies are now susceptible to Cursed Inferno.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Damage per second doubled from 6 to 12 for both players and enemies.
  • Cursed Inferno duration from Ghoul, Clinger, and Spazmatism decreased somewhat to mitigate the increased damage to the player.

• Desktop 1.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: No longer deals percentage-based damage.

• Mobile 1.1.5536: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.