Debuffs
Debuffs are negative status effects inflicted on a player or enemy during combat or through various items or the environment. Active debuffs are shown as icons below the hotbar, along with their remaining duration. Debuffs are almost universally negative or at least malign effects, in contrast with buffs, over which the player has much more control.
In general, damaging debuffs will stack: If a player is both Poisoned and On Fire!, they will take damage from both debuffs. Death always cancels any active debuffs.
Unlike buffs, debuffs cannot be canceled by right-clicking their icons. The Nurse can cancel debuffs at a cost that varies from 2 SC50 CC to 3 GC per active debuff, depending on some factors (see Nurse § Price increases for more details). This does not apply to the Potion Sickness debuff, which cannot be canceled.
From enemies
Icon | Name | Effect | Tooltip | Duration |
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BleedingInternal Buff ID: 30 | Prevents the player from regenerating life naturally. (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) Since enemies cannot regenerate life naturally, they will lose life instead when they have the debuff. |
Cannot regenerate life | 5–45 seconds 6–90 seconds 7.5–112.5 seconds |
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PoisonedInternal Buff ID: 20 | Players turn green, slowly lose life over time, and cannot regenerate life. | Slowly losing life | 2–20 seconds 2–40 seconds 2.5–50 seconds |
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On Fire!Internal Buff ID: 24 | Players are engulfed with flames, lose life over time, and cannot regenerate life. | Slowly losing life | 0.5–15 seconds 1–30 seconds 1.25–37.5 seconds |
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Acid VenomInternal Buff ID: 70 | Players turn purple, lose life over time, and cannot regenerate life. | Losing life | 4 seconds 8 seconds 10 seconds |
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DarknessInternal Buff ID: 22 | Players turn blue, and light brightness is lowered. | Decreased light vision | 15 seconds 3–30 seconds 3.75–37.5 seconds |
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BlackoutInternal Buff ID: 80 | Severely lowers the brightness of light, making it nearly impossible to see. | Light vision severely reduced | 2–6 seconds 4–12 seconds 5–15 seconds |
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SilencedInternal Buff ID: 35 | Prevents the player from using anything that requires mana. | Cannot use items that require mana | 7 seconds 1.5–14 seconds 1.87–17.5 seconds |
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CursedInternal Buff ID: 23 | Prevents the player from using anything. | Cannot use any items | 4 seconds 0.73–8 seconds 0.92–10 seconds |
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ConfusedInternal Buff ID: 31 | Game controls are switched. | Movement is reversed | 5–14 seconds 1.5–28 seconds 1.87–35 seconds |
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SlowInternal Buff ID: 32 | Slows down the player's speed. | Movement speed is reduced | 5–16 seconds 0.5–32 seconds 0.63–40 seconds |
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Oozed(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 197 | Player speed is severely reduced. | Movement is significantly reduced | 15 seconds 15 seconds 15 seconds |
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WeakInternal Buff ID: 33 | Causes the player's physical abilities to decrease. | Physical abilities are decreased | 60–300 seconds 11.23–600 seconds 14.03–750 seconds |
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Broken ArmorInternal Buff ID: 36 | Halves the player's defense. | Defense is cut in half | 2–10 seconds 4–20 seconds 5–25 seconds |
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Withered Armor(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 195 | Halves the player's defense. | Your armor is lowered! | While within 25 tiles of a Wither Beast |
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Withered Weapon(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 196 | Reduces all player–inflicted damage by 50%. | Your attacks are weaker! | 5 seconds 5 seconds 5 seconds |
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HorrifiedInternal Buff ID: 37 | Causes the player to die if they escape the Underworld. | You have seen something nasty, there is no escape. | While fighting Wall of Flesh |
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The TongueInternal Buff ID: 38 | Pulls the player, through tiles, directly in front of the Wall of Flesh. | You are being sucked into the mouth | While in contact with The Tongue |
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Cursed InfernoInternal Buff ID: 39 | Ignites the player with cursed flames that deal damage over time. Cursed flames can not be extinguished by water. | Losing life | 2–7 seconds 4–14 seconds 5–17.5 seconds |
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IchorInternal Buff ID: 69 | Causes the player to glow yellow along with the loss of (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) 15 / (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) 20 defense. | Reduced defense | 7–15 seconds 14–30 seconds 17.5–37.5 seconds |
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FrostburnInternal Buff ID: 44 | Affected entities lose life over time and cannot regenerate life. | It's either really hot or really cold. Either way it REALLY hurts | 6 seconds 12 seconds 15 seconds |
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ChilledInternal Buff ID: 46 | Slows down the player's speed. | Your movement speed has been reduced | 5–45 seconds 10–90 seconds 12.5–112.5 seconds |
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FrozenInternal Buff ID: 47 | Prevents the player from moving or using any item. | You can't move! | 0.33–2 seconds 0.67–4 seconds 0.83–5 seconds |
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Webbed(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 149 | Causes the player to be stuck in the spot where they were hit. Players are still allowed to use items while this effect is ongoing. | You are stuck | 0.5–2.5 seconds 0.5–2.5 seconds |
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Stoned(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 156 | Prevents the player from moving horizontally or using any item. The player will take increased fall damage, which will not be negated by wings or the Lucky Horseshoe. | You are completely petrified! | 1–4 seconds 1–4 seconds 1–4 seconds |
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Distorted(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 164 | Causes the player to float upwards and downwards based on their position. | Gravity around you is distorted | 6–12 seconds 5–9 seconds 5–9 seconds |
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Obstructed(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 163 | Darkens the screen almost completely, except for a small area around the player and causes the player to bleed. | You can't see! | While being attacked by a Brain Suckler |
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Electrified(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 144 | Causes the player to take significant damage when moving and a smaller amount of damage when not moving. | Moving hurts! | 4–8 seconds 4–8 seconds 4–8 seconds |
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Feral Bite(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 148 | Increases player damage but decreases health regeneration and applies other random debuffs. | Increased damage, Decreased life regen, Causes status effects | 3–90 seconds 3–90 seconds |
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Moon Bite(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 145 | Prevents the player from healing via Vampire Knives or Spectre Hood. | You are unable to absorb healing effects | 14 seconds 16 seconds 16 seconds |
From items and environment
Icon | Name | Effect | Tooltip | Duration |
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Mana Sickness(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 94 | Magic damage is reduced by 25%, the amount of damage reduced is reduced by 1% every 1/5 second. | Magic damage reduced by | 5–10 seconds |
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Potion SicknessInternal Buff ID: 21 | Prevents the player from drinking healing potions and restoration potions. | Cannot consume anymore healing items | 1 minute (45 seconds with a Philosopher's Stone/Charm of Myths) |
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Chaos StateInternal Buff ID: 88 | Causes the player to lose health equal to (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) 1/7th / (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) 1/6th of their maximum health if they use the Rod of Discord again while the debuff is active. | Using the Rod of Discord will take life | 6 seconds |
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SuffocationInternal Buff ID: 68 | Players lose life over time while buried in Sand, Slush, or Silt. | Losing life | While in contact with falling Silt/Sand/Slush |
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BurningInternal Buff ID: 67 | Players burn, losing life, life regeneration speed, and movement speed. | Losing life and slowed movement | While in contact with Meteorite, Hellstone, or Hellstone Brick |
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TipsyInternal Buff ID: 25 | Decreases defense, increases melee stats. | Increased melee abilities, lowered defense | 2 minutes |
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Lovestruck(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 119 | Affected entities emit cosmetic red hearts. | You are in love! | 30 seconds |
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StinkyInternal Buff ID: 120 | Green fumes appear around the player, a purely visual effect. | You smell terrible | 30 seconds |
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Water CandleInternal Buff ID: 86 | Increases the spawn rate and max number of enemies on screen. | Increased monster spawn rate | When near a placed Water Candle |
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Shadow Candle(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 350 | Nullifies the enemy spawn reduction benefits of towns in the area. | Dispels the peace of towns | When near a placed Shadow Candle |
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Mighty Wind(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 194 | Pushed based on wind direction. | The wind moves you around! | Infinite while in a Sandstorm |
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Creative Shock(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 199 | Cannot build or break blocks. | You have lost the power of creation! | Infinite during the Old One's Army event |
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Peckish(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 332 | No actual effect. | You could eat, but it's not so bad. | While in the first stage of Hunger, for 5 minutes. |
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Hungry(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 333 | Decrease the player's stats. | You are quite hungry and feeling weak. | While in the second stage of Hunger, for 5 minutes. |
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Starving(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 334 | Decrease the player's stats. Health is lost equal to 2% of the player's maximum health every second. | You are starving to death! Eat immediately! | While in the third stage of Hunger, until food is eaten or the player dies. |
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Cerebral Mindtrick(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 321 | Increases the player's critical strike chance and summon damage by 10%. Cannot use Brain of Confusion to dodge. | Increased critical chance | 4 seconds |
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Shimmering(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 353 | Causes the player to phase through all blocks until they reach an opening. | You've gone insubstantial! | Lasts until the player has reached an opening or when ▲ Up, ◀ Left, ▼ Down, or ▶ Right is pressed after 20 seconds have passed. |
Other debuffs
Icon | Name | Effect | Tooltip | Duration |
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MidasInternal Buff ID: 72 | Causes affected enemies to drop more coins than usual on death. | Drop more money on death | 2 seconds |
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Oiled(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 204 | Fires are more effective. | Taking more damage from being on fire | 4–9 seconds |
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Stunned(3DS version)Internal Buff ID: m200 | Completely immobilizes affected enemies. | Paralyzed by love | 5–7 seconds |
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Wet(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 103 | Player drips water, a purely visual effect. | You are dripping water | 30 seconds |
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SlimeInternal Buff ID: 137 | Player drips blue goo and gains a blue tint, a purely visual effect. | You are slimy and sticky | 30 seconds |
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Sparkle Slime(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 320 | Player drips pink goo and sparkles, a purely visual effect. | You are slimy and sparkly | 30 seconds |
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Shadowflame(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 153 | Deals 15 damage per second to the target. | Losing life | 5–8 seconds |
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Betsy's Curse(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 203 | Defense reduced by 40. | Defense is lowered | 5 seconds |
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Penetrated(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 169 | Causes affected enemies lasting damage for up to 15 seconds. | Bleeding Out | 15 seconds |
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Daybroken(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 189 | Causes affected enemies lasting damage for up to 5 seconds. | Incinerated by solar rays | 5 seconds |
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Celled(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 183 | Causes affected enemies lasting damage. | being eaten by cells | 6–9 seconds |
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Dryad's Bane(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 186 | Causes affected enemies lasting damage. | The power of nature compells you | While in Dryad's leaf shield. |
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Blood Butchered(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 344 | Causes affected enemies lasting damage for up to 9 seconds. | Bleeding out rapidly | 9 seconds |
Unobtainable debuffs
Icon | Name | Effect | Tooltip | Notes |
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Dazed(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Internal Buff ID: 160 | Move at one third speed horizontally. Reduced jump height. | Movement is greatly slowed | Unobtainable during normal gameplay |
Notes
- The duration of the following debuffs, if inflicted on players, is increased by 100% in Expert Mode(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) (i.e. doubled) and by 150% in Master Mode(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions):[1]
- Furthermore, players in Expert worlds are inflicted with the Chilled debuff when they enter water or shimmer in a Snow biome. The Chilled debuff lasts for as long as the player is in the liquid plus 5 seconds after getting out.
- Enemies can be inflicted with (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) 20 / (Old-gen console and 3DS versions) 5 active debuffs at the same time at most.
- Most whips inflict a special debuff on struck enemies, "tagging" them. Minions and sentries deal increased damage to tagged enemies and may have additional effects, depending on the whip. For instance, enemies tagged by the Firecracker cause a small explosion when taking damage from minions or sentries.
- Players can inflict the Acid Venom, Betsy's Curse, Blood Butchered, Celled, Confused, Cursed Inferno, Daybroken, Frostbite, Frostburn, Hellfire, Ichor, Lovestruck, Midas, Oiled, On Fire!, Penetrated, Poisoned, Shadowflame, Slime, Sparkle Slime, Stinky, and Wet debuffs on most enemies. The following items inflict these debuffs:
Item Debuff Flask of Venom
Acid Venom
Pygmy Staff
Acid Venom
Queen Spider Staff(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
Acid Venom
Spider Staff(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
Acid Venom
Venom Arrow
Acid Venom
Venom Bullet
Acid Venom
Venom Staff(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
Acid Venom
Betsy's Wrath(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Betsy's Curse(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Blood Butcherer
Blood Butchered(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Stardust Cell Staff(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Celled(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Bee Keeper
Confused
Dao of Pow
Confused
Flask of Nanites
Confused
Nano Bullet
Confused
Clinger Staff(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Cursed Inferno
Cursed Arrow
Cursed Inferno
Cursed Bullet
Cursed Inferno
Cursed Dart(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Cursed Inferno
Cursed Flames
Cursed Inferno
Cursed Flare(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Cursed Inferno
Flask of Cursed Flames
Cursed Inferno
Daybreak(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Daybroken(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Solar Eruption(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Daybroken(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Amarok(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Frostbite(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Cool Whip(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Frostbite(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Elf Melter
Frostbite(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Flower of Frost
Frostbite(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Frost Staff
Frostbite(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Frost armor
Frostbite(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Frostbrand
Frostbite(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Staff of the Frost Hydra
Frostbite(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Frostburn Arrow
Frostburn
Ice Boomerang
Frostburn
Wand of Frosting(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Frostburn
Brand of the Inferno(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Hellfire(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Butcher's Chainsaw(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Hellfire(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Fire Gauntlet
Hellfire(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Firecracker(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Hellfire(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Flameburst Cane(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Hellfire(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Flameburst Staff(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Hellfire(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Flamethrower
Hellfire(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Hel-Fire(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Hellfire(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Inferno Fork
Hellfire(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Inferno Potion
Hellfire(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Magma Stone
Hellfire(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Phantom Phoenix(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Hellfire(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Waffle's Iron(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Hellfire(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Bladetongue(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Ichor
Flask of Ichor
Ichor
Golden Shower
Ichor
Ichor Arrow
Ichor
Ichor Bullet
Ichor
Ichor Dart(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Ichor
Love Potion(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
Lovestruck(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
Flask of Gold
Midas
Golden Bullet
Midas
Explosive Trap sentry summons(Huntress armor / Red Riding armor)
Oiled(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Blue Flare
On Fire!
Cascade(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
On Fire!
Flamarang
On Fire!
Flameburst Rod(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
On Fire!
Flamelash
On Fire!
Flaming Arrow
On Fire!
Flaming Mace(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
On Fire!
Flare
On Fire!
Flask of Fire
On Fire!
Flower of Fire
On Fire!
Imp Staff(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
On Fire!
Molotov Cocktail(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
On Fire!
Molten Hamaxe
On Fire!
Molten Pickaxe
On Fire!
Rainbow Flare(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
On Fire!
Shimmer Flare(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
On Fire!
Spelunker Flare(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
On Fire!
Sunfury
On Fire!
Volcano
On Fire!
Wand of Sparking(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
On Fire!
Bone Javelin(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Penetrated(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Blade of Grass
Poisoned
Flask of Poison
Poisoned
Gas Trap(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Poisoned
Hornet Staff(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
Poisoned
Poison Dart
Poisoned
Poison Staff
Poisoned
Poisoned Knife
Poisoned
Snapthorn(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Poisoned
Spore Sac(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Poisoned
Thorn Chakram
Poisoned
Toxikarp(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Poisoned
Dark Lance
Shadowflame(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Shadowflame Bow(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Shadowflame(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Shadowflame Hex Doll(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Shadowflame(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Shadowflame Knife(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Shadowflame(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Slime Gun(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
Slime
Sparkle Slime Balloon(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Sparkle Slime(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Flymeal(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Stinky
Stink Potion
Stinky
Water Gun(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
Wet(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
Trivia
- Internally, the Tentacle Spike inflicts a debuff on enemies, which inflicts the weapon's damage over time. Because it cannot be inflicted on players, it does not have a name nor tooltip and uses the icon of
Distorted as a placeholder. Its buff ID is 337.
- (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) The maximum possible DPS that can be inflicted on an enemy with damaging debuffs is 1217. This can be achieved by consuming a Flask of Cursed Flames, wearing Huntress armor/Red Riding armor and a Magma Stone, firing a Venom Dart Trap, and using the Daybreak, Shadowflame Hex Doll, Blood Butcherer, Ice Boomerang, Bone Javelins and Tentacle Spike,while having an Imp Staff and a Stardust Cell Staff minion, and an Explosive Trap and Frost Hydra active, against a target that has been Oiled (due to the Explosive Trap), and within the range of the Dryad's aura in a Master Mode world with all bosses defeated. [2]
History
- Desktop 1.4.4:
- Player buff/debuff maximum increased from 22 to 44.
- Enemy debuff maximum increased from 5 to 20.
- Shadow Candle introduced.
- Desktop 1.4.1: Hellfire and Frostbite introduced.
- Desktop 1.3.4: Betsy's Curse, Creative Shock, Withered Weapon, and Withered Armor introduced.
- Desktop 1.3.3: Mighty Wind introduced.
- Desktop 1.3.0.5: Fixed bug that caused Distorted to freeze players instead of changing their movement pattern.
- Desktop 1.3.0.1: Stoned, Shadowflame, Distorted, and Feral Bite introduced.
- Desktop 1.2.3.1: Mana Sickness introduced.
- Desktop 1.2.1.2:
- Added Chaos State and Water Candle debuffs.
- Fixed a bug that was causing monsters to only show one debuff on multiplayer.
- Monsters that transform now correctly keep their debuffs.
- Desktop 1.2: Burning, Blackout, Chilled, Frozen, Venom, Frostburn, Ichor Debuff and Suffocation debuffs introduced.
- Desktop 1.1: Bleeding, Broken Armor, Confused, Cursed Inferno, Horrified, Silenced, Slow, The Tongue, and Weak debuffs introduced.
- Desktop 1.0.6: Introduced.
- Console-Release: Introduced.
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced with changes up to Desktop 1.3.0.1.
- Mobile 1.3.0.7: Damaging debuffs no longer deal percentage-based damage.
- Mobile-Release: Introduced.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced.
References
- ↑ Information taken from the
Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, method
AddBuff_DetermineBuffTimeToAdd()
inTerraria.Player.cs
. - ↑ Total DPS calculation includes 24 from Cursed Inferno, 15 from Hellfire, 30 from Acid Venom, 800 from Daybroken, 15 from Shadowflame, 20 from Blood Butchered, 8 from Frostburn, 18 from Penetrated, 15 from TentacleSpike, 4 from On Fire!, 200 from Celled, 25 from Frostbite, 25 from Oiled, 18 from Dryad's Bane on Master Mode with all bosses defeated.