Status effects

In ARK Survival Evolved there are various Status Effects that can affect your character in various ways. See an entire list of Status Effects below.

Creatures

Debuffs

Enflamed
	Message: N/A HUD Text: You're burning up! A percentage of your Health will burn away! (Fire Breath) You're burning up! 25% of your Health will burn away! (Lava) Information: Caused by fire breath from Dragon and Fire Wyvern. Burns away 20-25% of max health over 10 seconds.

Gnashed
	Message: N/A HUD Text: You are Gnashed! You are losing 5% of your health over time! Information: Caused by attacks from Giganotosaurus, Allosaurus. Removes 1% of your max health per second for 5 seconds.

Leeched
	Message: Leeched! HUD Text: Your Health and Stamina is slowly being drained! Get it off!!! Information: A leech is currently attached to you or your creature. Remove it by standing in a fire or pressing E to remove it from your creatures.

Tranquilized
	Message: You've been tranquilized! You'll start losing torpor, fast! HUD Text: You are getting very sleepy... Information: This status effect can be caused by the attack of the Pulmonoscorpius, Spider, Beelzebufo, Titanboa, or a player's Tranquilizer Arrow.

Poisoned
	Message: You've been poisoned! Your stamina is decreasing! Information: This status effect can be caused by the attack of the Meganuera, Titanomyrma, or a Troodon attacking a non human..

Venom
	Message: N/A HUD Text: Your vision is impaired! Information: This status effect can be caused by the spit attack of the Dilophosaur or Plant Species X. Your vision is obscured and your movement speed is reduced by 50% for 10 seconds.

Webbed
	Message: You've been webbed! HUD Text: Your movement speed is decreased! Information: This status effect is inflicted by the Araneo and Broodmother's web attack. Reduces your Movement Speed by 50% for 10 seconds.

Mega Rabies
	Message: N/A HUD Text: Health and stamina rapidly decreasing! Information: This status effect is inflicted by the bite of a Megalania. It rapidly drains your health and stamina.

Buffs

Mystic Skin Oil
	Message: N/A HUD Text: Mystic Skin Oil Information: This status effect is inflicted by coming into contact with an allied Liopleurodon. It will decrease your oxygen consumption and changes the contents of nearby drops.

Environmental

Temperature

Cold
	Message: You're cold. You should find some warmth soon. HUD Text: Food decreases faster as the ambient temperature gets lower. Information: This is a Temperature status, and is affected by many different sources, including: Current Air Temp, Heat Sources (like fires), Swimming, Clothing, and Shelter.

Freezing

Message: You're freezing! Find some warmth, quickly! HUD Text: Food decreases much faster as the ambient temperature gets lower. Information: This is a Temperature status, and is affected by many different sources, including: Current Air Temp, Heat Sources (like fires), Swimming, Clothing, and Shelter. You will also slowly lose health while you are Freezing. Testing on hypothermia Temperature (°C) -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 Hypothermal Insulation 0 56 111 137 168 202 249 338 358 393 Time to lose 100 hp 2m25s 3m16s 5m09s 6m43s 11m07s cold effect only cold effect only cold effect only not cold not cold Notes: Fria Curry can give 56 hypothermal insulation for 15 minutes. When equipping a piece of armour the hypothermal and hyperthermal insulation value is slightly increased (approx. 1.15x stated value).

Hot
	Message: You're hot. You should find some place to cool down soon. HUD Text: Water decreases faster as the ambient temperature gets higher. Information: This is a Temperature status, and is affected by many different sources, including: Current Air Temp, Heat Sources (like fires), Swimming, Clothing, and Shelter.

Burning

Message: N/A HUD Text: Water decreases much faster as the ambient temperature gets higher. Information: This is a Temperature status, and is affected by many different sources, including: Current Air Temp, Heat Sources (like fires), Swimming, Clothing, and Shelter. To withstand 34° C (93° F) heat, at least 124 hyperthermal insulation is required (any armour other than cloth reduces the hyperthermal insulation so could be removed if working in a hot environment and no risk of danger. Notes: Calien Soup can give 56 hyperthermal insulation for 15 minutes.

Weather

Heat Stroke

Message: N/A HUD Text: (% of heatstroke effect) Information: This status occurs, on the Scorched Earth map, by being overheated, for too long, without resolving the issue. As heatstroke progresses, you will eventually (50%) be prevented from sprinting and (~80%) start to have cloudy vision and drunken swaying movement, and finally start taking health damage until you die. Notes: A tent can help to temporarily spare you from the heat and an Iced Water Jar can remove the effect.

Sandstorm
	Message: N/A Information: This status occurs, on the Scorched Earth map, by being outside while in a Sandstorm. It will severely limit your visibility, as well as drain your stamina and slowly add sand into your inventory. Notes: Entering a tent or going indoors will protect you from the sand and stamina drain. Wearing the  Desert Goggles and Hat  will save your visibility.

Other

Home
	Message: N/A HUD Text: N/A Information: Becomes active when in a house. It gives a buff of +112 hypo and +56 hyperthermic insulation.

Attributes

Debuffs

Crafting/Repairing
	Message: N/A HUD Text: Can't jump, can't run, and movement speed is slower. Information: Applied to players while crafting. Will not effect a mount if the player is crafting while mounted. See the Crafting Page for more information.

Encumbered

Message: You're encumbered! Drop some inventory weight in order to move again! HUD Text: Can't run and can't jump. Information: When mounted, remember that your weight is added to your mount's total weight limit; dropping items from your personal inventory will reduce weight for both you and the mount. This status appears when you are carrying at least 85% of your weight stat. Move speed begins to drop slightly before this status appears (e.g. at 75% weight, your speed is reduced to ~75%).

Exhausted
	Message: You're tired! Stop moving for a moment to regain your Stamina! HUD Text: Can't jump, can't run, and movement speed is slower. Information: This effect is applied to players who have no remaining Stamina. Attacking while Exhausted will raise your Torpor and potentially knock you unconscious.

Injured
	Message: You're injured! Recover some health in order to move properly again. HUD Text: Can't jump, run, recover stamina, slower movement, and Torpidity increases faster. Information: This effect is applied to players when their health falls below 30.

Knocked Out
	Message: You can't move, but Water and Food decrease more slowly, and Torpidity decreases rapidly. HUD Text: You're knocked out! Wait for your Torpidity to reduce in order to wake back up. Information: You can't move, open your inventory, or use any items. You will be able to faintly see what is happening in front of you.

Starving
	Message: You're starving! Find something to eat, fast! HUD Text: Health decreases over time, Torpidity increases over time, Torpidity increases faster. Information: You will slowly start to lose health, leading to eventual death unless you eat Food. You lose ~1hp/5secs.

Suffocating
	Message: You're suffocating! Get some air, immediately! HUD Text: Health decreases rapidly over time. Information: You are out of oxygen. If you do not get oxygen in a small matter of time you will die.

Buffs

Explorer Note Found
File:Explorer Note XP Buff.png	Message: N/A HUD Text: Double XP!. Information: Once an Explorer Note has been found, XP will be doubled for a specific time. The remaining time (in seconds) is shown in the status element.

Consumables

Debuffs

Food Poisoning

Message: You ate raw or rotten food! Your Health is decreasing slightly from it. HUD Text: You are losing Health due to bad food! Information: Instead of eating raw meat, cook it first, it doesn't only remove your food poisoning, but it also increases the amount of food you get from eating it! If you eat multiple raw or rotted meat the effect duration increases. One piece of raw meat will apply 5 points of damage and give 10 food. One piece of cooked meat will heal 5 points of health and give 20 food.

Buffs

Broth of Enlightenment
	Message: N/A HUD Text: You are currently gaining bonus exp! Information: This buff is given after eating a  Broth of Enlightenment. You gain 50% more Experience for 20 minutes.

Digesting
	Message: N/A HUD Text: You are regaining Food! Information: This appears after eating while your food meter is refilling.

Healing
	Message: N/A HUD Text: You're regaining Health! Information: Your health is regaining due to a consumable item. You naturally regain health slowly (less than 0.5 per second), but this status is significantly faster.

Iced Water
	Message: N/A HUD Text: Cooling you down! Information: This buff is given after consuming an  Iced Water Jar or  Iced Canteen. Your Hyperthermal insulation is increased by 84 and your Hypothermal insulation is decreased by the same amount.

Insulating Warmth

Message: N/A HUD Text: Well-protected against cold temperatures, & immune to contracting certain Lesser Diseases! Information: This buff is given after consuming  Wyvern Milk. Your Hypothermal insulation is increased by 787, and you are immune to contracting Diseases. It also makes you immune to the damage-over-time from the Enflamed debuff given from fire breath attacks (but not from lava); you still take damage from the impact of such attacks though.

Lesser Antidote
File:Lesser Antidote Buff.png	Message: N/A HUD Text: You're temporarily immune to contracting certain Lesser Diseases! Information: This buff is given after consuming a  Lesser Antidote. Currently, it is only used to cure Swamp Fever