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. 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.

TableEdit

Icon	Name	Inflicted By	Tooltip	Duration	Effect
	Bleeding	Angler Fish Werewolf	Cannot regenerate life	45 seconds	Cuts natural health regeneration
	Broken Armor	Armored Skeleton Heavy Skeleton	Defense is cut in half	5 minutes	-50% defense
	Confused	Clown Dao of Pow Giant Bat Light Mummy	Movement is reversed	7 seconds	Player movement is temporarily reversed Confused monsters will flee (probably because they will try to attack the player but head in the other way of the player)
	Cursed	Cursed Hammer Cursed Skull Enchanted Sword Dragon Skull (Console Only)	Cannot use any items	4 seconds	Prevents the player from using items
	Cursed Inferno	Clinger Cursed Arrow Cursed Bullet Cursed Flames Spazmatism	Losing life	7 seconds	-4 health per second Debuff works underwater
	Darkness	Black Slime Corrupt Slime Dark Mummy Slimer Demon (Scythe) Voodoo Demon (Scythe)	Decreased light vision	15 seconds	Drastically decreases the player's vision
	Horrified	Wall of Flesh	You have seen something nasty, there is no escape.	While fighting Wall of Flesh	Prevents the player from leaving the Underworld Using a Magic Mirror results in instant death
	On Fire!	Lava various monsters1 various weapons2	Slowly losing life	3-7 seconds	-4 health per second Debuff nullified by water
	Poisoned	Dart Trap Hornet (Stinger) Toxic Sludge various weapons3	Slowly losing life	7-10 seconds	-2 health per second
	Potion Sickness	Consuming certain healing items4	Cannot consume anymore healing items	60 seconds (45 s with Philosopher's Stone)	Prevents the player from consuming healing items
	Silenced	Dark Mummy Green Jellyfish Pixie	Cannot use items that require mana	7 seconds	Prevents the player from casting any spells
	Slow	Mummy Pixie Wraith	Movement speed is reduced	15 seconds	-50% horizontal movement speed Debuff nullified by running
	The Tongue	Wall of Flesh	You are being sucked into the mouth	While being dragged by the Wall of Flesh	Wall of Flesh pulls the player in front of itself Unable to move or use items
	Tipsy	Ale	Increased melee abilities, lowered defense	2 minutes	-2 defense +2% melee critical hit chance +10% melee attack speed +10% melee damage
	Weak	Corruptor (Vile Spit)	Physical abilities are decreased	5 minutes	-4 defense -5% melee damage -5% melee attack speed -10% movement speed

¹The following monsters can inflict the On Fire! debuff: Fire Imp (Burning Sphere), Lava Slime, Meteor Head, Skeleton Archer (Flaming Arrows)

²The 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

³The following weapons can inflict the Poisoned debuff: Blade of Grass, Poisoned Knife, Thorn Chakram

⁴The 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

BugsEdit

• When curing the Potion Sickness debuff via the Nurse, the icon disappears but the actual effects of the debuff are not removed.
• When you get the Cursed debuff and you are shooting with an automatic gun (such as a Minishark), you continue shooting until you release the mouse button.

See AlsoEdit

• Buffs