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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.


Positive Buffs


Battle Tartare

Positive Buff
Battle Tartare

Message: Battle Tartare enabled

HUD Text: Massive boost to melee damage and runspeed, and stamina regen. Consuming extra food and water, and losing health.

Information: This buff is given after eating a Battle Tartare Battle Tartare. Increase melee damage by 60%, movement speed by 50%, damage resistance by 15% and increased stamina regeneration for 180 seconds, at the cost of increased food and water consumption by 50% and a constant health loss of 0.45 per seconds. Negated with Enduro Stew buff effect.

Broth of Enlightenment

Positive Buff
Broth of Enlightenment Buff

HUD Text: You are currently gaining bonus exp!

Information: This buff is given after eating a Broth of Enlightenment Broth of Enlightenment. You gain 50% more Experience for 20 minutes.

Buzzed

Positive Buff
Drunk

HUD Text: Extra insulation, reduced water consumption, reduced stamina, increased damage and resistance.

Information: This buff is given after consuming a Beer Jar Beer Jar. Increased Insulation, damage and resistance with reduced water consumption, at the cost of constantly losing stamina. Moreover, brown bubble starts appearing out of the survivor.

Cactus Brew

Positive Buff
Cactus Broth

Message: Cactus Broth enabled

HUD Text: You feel less thirsty, and better able to beat the heat!

Information: This buff is given after eating a Cactus Broth Cactus Broth. Reduces water consumption and partially hide from wild aggressive dino for 600 seconds.

Calien Soup

Positive Buff
Calien Soup

Message: Calien Soup enabled

HUD Text: Hyperthermic insulation, reduced water consumption

Information: This buff is given after eating a Calien Soup Calien Soup. Increase Hyperthermal insulation by 50 and reduces water consumption by 25% for 900 seconds.

Charged Light

Positive Buff
In Charged Light

HUD Text: You're within the effects of a Charge radius, protecting you from the Nameless!

Information: This status occurs on Aberration map by being around Charge Light Dino or objects during night time or at absence of open light. Deters Nameless ambush, but attracts nearby Seekers. This status is also inflicted to both Nameless and Reaper when too close to a charge light source, which removes their natural armor protection and high health regeneration instead.

Courage

Positive Buff
Brave

Message: Your dino feels energized.

HUD Text: +25% Damage output, and increased resistance!

Information: This status effect is inflicted by the courage roar of a Yutyrannus. It decreases damage taken by 20% and increases damage done by up to 25%.

Digesting

Positive Buff
Eating

HUD Text: You are regaining Food!

Information: This appears after eating while your food meter is refilling.

Enduro Stew

Positive Buff
Enduro Stew

Message: Enduro Stew enabled

HUD Text: Stamina recovery, bonus melee damage

Information: This buff is given after eating a Enduro Stew Enduro Stew. Regenerate 1.2 addition health per second for 900 seconds. Negated with Battle Tartare buff effect.

Enlightened

Positive Buff
Enlightened

HUD Text: +10% XP!

Information: Once a Golden Hesperornis Egg Golden Hesperornis Egg is consumed, an additional +10% XP will be received for all actions.

Explorer Note Found

Positive Buff
Broth of Enlightenment Buff

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.

Fast Learner

Positive Buff
Broth of Enlightenment Buff

Information: This status effect is inflicted to nearby dinos by standing next to a recently petted Lystrosaurus. XP will be doubled for a specific time until it requires petting again.

Focal Chili

Positive Buff
Focal Chili

Message: Focal Chili enabled

HUD Text: Increased movement speed, increased crafting speed

Information: This buff is given after eating a Focal Chili Focal Chili. Improve movement speed by 25% and crafting speed by 100% for 900 seconds.

Fria Curry

Positive Buff
Fria Curry

Message: Fria Curry enabled

HUD Text: Hypothermic insulation, reduced food consumption

Information: This buff is given after eating a Fria Curry Fria Curry. Increase Hypothermal insulation by 50 and reduces food consumption by 25% for 900 seconds.

Gas Mask

Positive Buff
Gas Mask

HUD Text: Protects the wearer against various airborn poisons.

Information: This status occurs after equipping a Gas Mask Gas Mask. Protects the survivor against gases in the Swamp Cave and from Poison Grenade Poison Grenade.

Healing

Positive Buff
Healing

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.

Hidden

Positive Buff
ConditionCamo

Information: This status effect is inflicted to/by a Pachyrhinosaurus when active. Temporarily pacifies surrounding aggressive dinosaur with its Camo cloud. Does not work on large/huge predators and humans however.

Iced Water

Positive Buff
Iced Water Jar

HUD Text: Cooling you down!

Information: This buff is given after consuming an Iced Water Jar Iced Water Jar or Iced Canteen Iced Canteen. Your Hyperthermal insulation is increased by 84 and your Hypothermal insulation is decreased by the same amount.

Imprinted

Positive Buff
Imprinted

HUD Text: Rider Imprinted <Imprint>%, Damage +<Damage>%, Resistance +<Resistance>%

Information: This status effect is inflicted by imprinting a creature during breeding and mounting on it after it has fully matured. It decreases damage taken and increases damage done by up to 30% for a 100% imprinted creature.

Insect Killer

Positive Buff
Sap

Information: This status effect is active when a Megatherium Megatherium kills an Insect. Increases damage.

Insulating Warmth

Positive Buff
Insulating Warmth

HUD Text: Well-protected against cold temperatures, & immune to contracting certain Lesser Diseases!

Information: This buff is given after consuming Wyvern Milk 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.

Insulation

Positive Buff
Tek Insulation

HUD Text: Increases both hyperthermic and hypothermic insulation

Information: This status occurs when riding a Basilosaurus Basilosaurus. Increases hyperthermic and hypothermic insulation.

Insulation Stats Up

Positive Buff
Tek Insulation

HUD Text: You get increased insulation stats

Information: This status occurs when inside a Tent (Scorched Earth) Tent. Increases insulation stats.

Lazarus Chowder

Positive Buff
Lazarus Chowder

Message: Lazarus Chowder enabled

HUD Text: Stamina recovery & reduced oxygen consumption

Information: This buff is given after eating a Lazarus Chowder Lazarus Chowder. Increases stamina recovery and reduces oxygen consumption for 600 seconds.

Lesser Antidote

Positive Buff
Lesser Antidote

HUD Text: You're temporarily immune to contracting certain Lesser Diseases!

Information: This buff is given after consuming a Lesser Antidote Lesser Antidote. Currently, it is only used to cure Swamp Fever

Mystic Skin Oil

Positive Buff
Mystic Skin Oil

HUD Text: Mystic Skin Oil (You're feeling lucky!)

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.

Night Vision Goggles

Positive Buff
Night Vision Goggles

HUD Text: Effortlessly see in the dark, beware bright light sources!

Information: This status occurs after equipping Night Vision Goggles Night Vision Goggles. Increases visibility in the dark.

Pig's hunger

Positive Buff
Starving

Message: Your Daeodon is consuming extra food to heal your allies!

HUD Text: Daeodon consumes extra food after a healing attack.

Information: This status occurs after activating the Daeodon Daeodon heal. Increases food consumption severely.

Poison Immunity Biolum

Positive Buff
Condition ColdSpore Immune

Information: This status effect is inflicted when eating Aquatic Mushroom. Effect stacks with each consumption. Renders user immune to Freezing Spores debuff.

Poison Immunity Element

Positive Buff
Condition ChargeSpore Immune

Information: This status effect is inflicted when eating Ascerbic Mushroom. Effect stacks with each consumption. Renders user immune to Fertile Spores debuff. (or reduce countdown if already in effect).

Poison Immunity Fertile

Positive Buff
Condition DizzySpore Immune

Information: This status effect is inflicted when eating Aggeravic Mushroom. Effect stacks with each consumption. Also heals 0.05% health at a time, and renders user immune to Dizzy Spores debuff. (or reduce countdown if already in effect)

Reaper Queen Pheromone

Positive Buff
Reaper Pheromone Gland (Aberration)

HUD Text: The smell reminds you of deep caves and death. Perhaps their young find it soothing.

Information: This status effect is inflicted when consuming Reaper Pheromone Gland (Aberration) Reaper Pheromone Gland (Aberration). Effect stacks with each consumption. This makes it so Reaper Reaper offspring does not attack the player or creature ingesting it.

Refreshed!

Positive Buff
Refreshed

HUD Text: +33% XP!

Information: Once a survivor poops in a Toilet Toilet, an additional +33% XP will be received for all actions.

SCUBA Flippers

Positive Buff
SCUBA Flippers

HUD Text: Your speed on land is slowed, but is increased when swimming!

Information: This status occurs when equipped with SCUBA Flippers SCUBA Flippers. Allows the survivor to swim faster while slowing speed on land.

SCUBA Goggles

Positive Buff
SCUBA Mask

HUD Text: Obscures your field of vision, but helps you see underwater!

Information: This status occurs when equipped with SCUBA Mask SCUBA Mask. Allows the survivor to see underwater while obscuring the FoV.

SCUBA Tank

Positive Buff
Oxygen Tank

HUD Text: You gain Oxygen when submerged from the SCUBA Tank, while depleting its durability!

Information: This status occurs when equipped with a SCUBA Tank SCUBA Tank. Provides the survivor with unlimited Oxygen while depleting the durability of the SCUBA Tank SCUBA Tank.

Shadow Steak Saute

Positive Buff
Shadow Steak Saute

Message: Shadow Steak Saute enabled

HUD Text: Improved night-vision, insulation, and steady aim.

Information: This buff is given after eating a Shadow Steak Saute Shadow Steak Saute. Increase Hypothermal and Hyperthermal insulation by 50, reduce weapon recoil by 80% and allows better vision in dark for 180 seconds.

Special Explorer Note Found

Positive Buff
Special Explorer Note XP Buff

HUD Text: Quadruple XP!.

Information: Once a Special Explorer Note has been found, XP will be quadrupled for a specific time.
The remaining time (in seconds) is shown in the status element.

Tek Bed Recovery

Positive Buff
Broth of Enlightenment Buff

HUD Text: You are recovering vitals and XP!

Information: You get this effect when sleeping in a powered Tek Sleeping Pod Tek Sleeping Pod. Regenerates health rapidly, and Experience at 1 per second, even when offline.

Tek Insulation

Positive Buff
Tek Insulation

HUD Text: Full set with Element increases hyper & hypothermic insulation

Information: This status occurs when equipped with a full set of powered Tek Armor. Provides the survivor with hypothermic and hyperthermic insulation, and keeping them immune to Radiation and floating spores at certain parts of Aberration.

Neutral Buffs


Bee Protection

Neutral Buff
Bee Protection

HUD Text: You have some protection from bees!

Information: This status occurs when mounting on Direbear. Prevents Giant Bee Giant Bee from attacking and dismounting survivors on it, and causes them to target it instead when aggravated.

Breaking Equus

Neutral Buff
Breaking Equus

Text: Effectiveness:
#% (+# Lvl)

Taming #%

Information: This status occurs when mounting on a wild Equus Equus. Informs the survivor of the taming effectiveness, additional tame levels, and the taming percentage.

Breaking Equus

Neutral Buff
Breaking Equus 2

Text: USE to feed and soothe the Equus!

Effectiveness:
#% (+# Lvl)

Taming #%

Information: This status occurs when a wild Equus Equus is ready to be fed. Informs the survivor to use food to soothe the Equus Equus.

Camouflaged

Neutral Buff
ConditionCamo

Information: This status effect is inflicted to/by a Rock Drake when active. Blends in with the surroundings, making both the dino itself and any survivors sitting on it invisible and preventing aggression from some of the dinos. Does not stop aggravated dinos or Nameless Nameless from attacking however.

Candy Effect

Neutral Buff
Festive Dino Candy

Information: This status effect is inflicted for 24 hours when a Creature is fed Festive Dino Candy Festive Dino Candy or Valentines Dino Candy Valentines Dino Candy. Effect changes the Creature's color and increases their Movement Speed Movement Speed.

Climbing

Neutral Buff
Climbing

Information: This status effect is active when activated by the player/survivor on Megalania Megalania, Rock Drake Rock Drake, Deinonychus Deinonychus, or Enforcer Enforcer. Allows climbing on climbable walls simply by walking towards it and wait for a few seconds, but prevents stamina regeneration whilst riding on walls/ceilings. May be worth noting the head of the said dino will look up while this is active.

Cold

Neutral Buff
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.

Crafting/Repairing

Neutral Buff
Crafting Light

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.

Note:

  • This now shows the item the player is crafting rather than this image.

Creative Mode

Neutral Buff
Admin Blink Rifle

Information: Becomes active when creative mode is activated. Enables all items to be crafted in the Inventory, flying, and infinite stats.

Cryo Cooldown

Neutral Buff
Cryo Cooldown

HUD Text: Causes Cryo Sickness to dinos summoned.

Information: Becomes active for 300 seconds after throwing out a Cryopod (Extinction) Cryopod. Any dinos summoned during the duration of the Cryo Cooldown will have Cryo Sickness, which results in them being unconscious for a long time. Constantly using it will further prolong their unconscious state.

Defending

Neutral Buff
Wooden Shield

Information: This status occurs when the Forest Titan Forest Titan uses its shield attack. Reduces the damage taken.

Encapsulated

Neutral Buff
Hypothermia

HUD Text: Protected!

Information: This status occurs while activating Snow Owl Snow Owl freeze ability. Protects nearby creatures and itself but prevents them from moving. This also cause massive temperature drop on the rider often resulting in Hypothermia long as this is active.

Encumbered

Neutral Buff
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%).

Enemy Detect

Neutral Buff
Condition DetectEnemy

Message: Enemy Player Detected

HUD Text: Careful, there are enemy players nearby!

Information: This status occurs by carrying a Charge Light dino set to active with said effect enabled. Triggered when a non-tribe survivor/tamed creature is/are nearby.

Exited Mek Shield

Neutral Buff
Exited Mek Shield

Information: This status occurs when leaving a shield deployed from an M.D.S.M. (Extinction) M.D.S.M.

Flashbang'd

Neutral Buff
Flashbanged

HUD Text: You have been blinded and your ears are ringing!

Information: This Status Effect is applied if Plant Species Z Fruit is thrown and exploded within your vicinity, and will knock you off the mount when the effect is applied to them. This also applies "Charged!" debuff towards Nameless and any Reapers for at least a second.

Freeze Immunity (No official name)

Neutral Buff
Freeze Immunity

Information: This status occurs after being frozen by a Managarmr Managarmr or Ice Titan Ice Titan. Prevents the Managarmr Managarmr or Ice Titan Ice Titan from freezing the Creatures or Human Human a second time.

Frozen!

Neutral Buff
Hypothermia

HUD Text: Your movement speed is decreased!

Information: This effect is applied for 10 seconds when frozen by an Ice Wyvern Ice Wyvern. Decreases Movement Speed Movement Speed.

Frozen Solid

Neutral Buff
Hypothermia

HUD Text: You're Frozen!

Information: Becomes active after a Ice Titan Ice Titan or Managarmr Managarmr freezes the survivor or tames. Prevents movement and must be thawed to escape.

Geyser Launch!

Neutral Buff
Water

Information: Becomes active for 20 seconds after being launched into the air by a Geyser.

Hazard Protection

Neutral Buff
Hazard Suit Hat (Aberration)

HUD Text: Full Hazard Protection

Information: You get this effect when wearing a full Hazard Suit, keeping you immune to Radiation and floating spores at certain parts of Aberration, but does not protect from Swamp Gas.

Hot

Neutral Buff
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.

Hovering

Neutral Buff
Enflamed

Information: This status occurs when a Mek Mek is hovering. Causes the heat to rise on the Mek Mek.

Howl Cooldown

Neutral Buff
Howl Cooldown

Information: This status occurs after the Pack Leader buff wears out. Prevents Direwolf Direwolves from howling.

Hydrated

Neutral Buff
Condition SpinoWaterBuff

HUD Text: Your dino's Speed, Health Regeneration, and Damage are boosted!

Information: This status occurs when stepping (or swimming) on water for Spino. Greatly bolster stats (S indefinitely as long as the Spino is still within the water, and persist for 30 seconds upon leaving the water flooring.

Ice Bomb!

Neutral Buff
Iced Water Jar

Information: This status occurs when a Snow Owl Snow Owl encapsulates itself while flying. Once it hits the ground, all creatures in range of its AOE will be Encapsulated.

Increased Food Consumption

Neutral Buff
Extra Starving

Message: Harsh conditions cause increased food consumption in the Wasteland.

Information: This Status Effect is applied when the survivor enter the Wasteland. Food Food gauge decreases more rapidly, forcing them to eat more food whilst within the environment.

Inside Mek Shield

Neutral Buff
Inside Mek Shield

Information: This status occurs when inside a shield deployed from an M.D.S.M. (Extinction) M.D.S.M.

Insufficient Stamina (No official name)

Neutral Buff
Hot

Message: Insufficient stamina to continue attack.

Information: If a Velonasaur Velonasaur is Winded and continues to use a projectile attack, this debuff will become active for 5 seconds, preventing the Velonasaur Velonasaur from using any projectile attacks.

Knocked Out

Neutral Buff
Knockedout

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.

Note:

  • This can't be seen as every icon save for your own health/water/food/torpidity/weight vanishes while you are unconscious.
    • If you wake up fast, you may see the message, but the icon immediately vanish once you wake up.

Mek Cockpit

Neutral Buff
Mek Cockpit

Information: This status occurs while riding on a Mek Mek.

Mushroom Brew

Neutral Buff
Mushroom Brew (Aberration)

HUD Text: An effective anti-radiation solution for home and hearth.

Information: This buff is given after force-feeding a dino with a Mushroom Brew (Aberration) Mushroom Brew (Aberration). Gives temporary protection from Radiation Sickness for 300 seconds.

Pack Leader

Neutral Buff
PackLeader

Information: This status effect is inflicted towards current highest-leveled pack-affected dino nearby (Allosaurus, Compy, Kentrosaurus, Ravager, Deinonychus) or triggered by the dino's call (Direwolf and Raptor)

Pack Mate

Neutral Buff
PackLeader

Information: This status occurs when a Deinonychus Deinonychus with the Pack Leader buff uses its call.

Parachuting

Neutral Buff
Parachute

Message: Parachute Enabled!

HUD Text: You've got a parachute on!

Information: This status occurs when a Parachute Parachute has been activated. Slows down falling.

Predator Vision

Neutral Buff
Predator Sense

Information: This status occurs while activating Snow Owl Snow Owl ability and riding on it. Turns all vision into infrared, allowing the survivor to see living (and mechanical) creatures and survivors nearby.

Rapid Regeneration

Neutral Buff
Rapid Regeneration

HUD Text: Rapid Regeneration

Information: This status occurs when biting/devouring on a corpse with Argentavis Argentavis. Rapidly recovers Health Health and Stamina Stamina at an alarming rate for 20 seconds.

Reaper Gestation

Neutral Buff
Impregnate

HUD Text: What to expect when you're expecting...

Information: You have a Reaper offspring inside you, inflicted by Reaper Queen's tail impregnation attack. No XP can be earned; they are absorbed within the baby until it has 75 additional levels. Disappears if standing in radioactive area or dying to radiation, ascending or transferring character, or when time runs out; dying by other means will not remove this status effect. (Check on Reaper for more details)
The remaining time (in hours:minutes:seconds) is shown in the status element alongside with the amount of experience absorbed and its maximum extra level.

Relaxing

Neutral Buff
Buff Hotsprings

HUD Text: Relaxing at the pond

Information: Grants you a healing over time for 60 seconds after entering a hot spring. You are visually steaming while the Buff lasts.

Note:

  • this Buff can only be found on Ragnarok.

Rivalry!

Neutral Buff
Rivalry

Information: This status occurs when a Trike is near large carnivores. Increases the Trike's health by 10%, as well as slightly increasing damage dealt and slightly decreasing damage taken.

Rooted

Neutral Buff
Rooted

HUD Text: You're Rooted!

Information: Becomes active for 10 seconds when a Forest Titan Forest Titan roots the survivor. Prevents movement and dismounts the survivor.

RUN

Neutral Buff
RUN

Information: This status is inflicted to a Tusoteuthis Tusoteuthis when it creates an ink cloud. Provides an opportunity for the Tusoteuthis Tusoteuthis to flee a battle.

Scout Remote (No official name)

Neutral Buff
Scout Remote (Extinction)

Information: Becomes active for 50 seconds after exiting the interface of a Scout Scout. Prevents the survivor from mounting creatures. Once the Scout Scout returns to the survivor's inventory either through waiting out the cooldown or calling the Scout Scout back, the effect will wear away.

Standing on Desert Titan

Neutral Buff
Desert Titan Gravity

Message: Under Desert Titan's Gravity

Information: This status occurs when standing on a Desert Titan Desert Titan.

Taffy Effect

Neutral Buff
Summer Swirl Taffy

Information: This status effect is inflicted for 24 hours when a Creature is fed Summer Swirl Taffy Summer Swirl Taffy. Effect changes the Creature's color and increases their Movement Speed Movement Speed.

Tek Helmet

Neutral Buff
Tek IconHUD

HUD Text: Toggle to Shoot Lasers!

Information: This status occurs when activating (Ctrl) Tek Saddle's Plasma turret on the head of the dino with the Saddle equipped (Tapejara Tapejara, Rex Rex, Mosasaur Mosasaur, Megalodon Megalodon and Rock Drake Rock Drake all have their own Tek Saddle). The percentage shows how much element is left within the saddle before another is required for uses.

Trustworthy (No official name)

Neutral Buff
PackLeader

Message: You have earned the dinosaurs' trust for a brief period of time!

Information: This status effect occurs for 60 seconds after recruiting Carnotaurus Carnotaurus with a Yutyrannus Yutyrannus. Allows the Yutyrannus Yutyrannus to command the Carnotaurus Carnotaurus.

Wild Detect

Neutral Buff
Condition DetectWild

Message: Max Level Wild Dino Detected

HUD Text: Careful, there are high level creatures nearby!

Information: This status occurs by carrying a Charge Light dino set to active with said effect enabled. Triggered when a highest-level (150+) Wild Dino is/are nearby.

Winded

Neutral Buff
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/ridden dino who have no remaining Stamina Stamina. Attacking while Exhausted will raise the Torpidity Torpidity and potentially knock you or your riding dino unconscious.

Zip Gas

Neutral Buff
Gasoline

Information: You get this effect when on a zip line with Zip-Line Motor Attachment (Aberration) Zip-Line Motor Attachment (Aberration) attached to the worn leg-slot armor piece. The percentage shows how much gas is left within the attachment before another gasoline is required for moving across zip lines.

Negative Buffs


Acidic Blood!

Negative Buff
Condition CorrosiveAcid

Message: Acid Burn!

HUD Text: Your health and stamina is slowly being drained! Get it off!

Information: This status effect is applied for 2 second as long as the player and tamed dino stands next to acid cloud generated from a recently deceased Reaper body. Impairs vision and reduce both health and stamina over time.

BEES!

Negative Buff
Swarmed

HUD Text: BEEEEEEEESSSSS!

Information: When accessing a Bee Hive without Ghillie Armor or a Hazard Suit this effect is applied for 10 seconds. It decreases the speed by a third and health by 10%.

BEES!

Negative Buff
Stung

HUD Text: You have been stung by BEES!

Information: This effect is applied for 10 seconds when stung by a Giant Bee. It decreases the speed by a third and health by 2%.

Bleeding!

Negative Buff
Injured

Message: You've been impaled!

HUD Text: You're bleeding! 10% of your Health will be drained!

Information: This effect is applied by Kentrosaurus Kentrosaurus and drains Health Health.

Blood Drain!

Negative Buff
Blood Drain

HUD Text: You're Blood is Being Drained! 15% of your Stamina is being Drained!

Information: This effect is applied by Sabertooth Salmon Sabertooth Salmon and drains Stamina Stamina.

Bola!

Negative Buff
Bola

HUD Text: You have been caught in a Bola, and are immobilized

Information: This status occurs when a Human Human or Creature has been snared by a Bola Bola. Prevents movement for 30 seconds on Human Humans and 20 second on Creatures and forces Human Humans to Prone.

Burning

Negative Buff
Burning

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 or ghillie 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.

Cocooned

Negative Buff
Cocoon

HUD Text: Your movement speed is decreased!

Information: This status effect is inflicted by Reaper King's projectile. Reduces your Movement Speed by 75% for 10 seconds.

Crippling

Negative Buff
StatusIcon Crippling

HUD Text: Can't move!

Information: This status occurs after being struck by Trike Trike's ramming ability. Prevents movement for 10 seconds.

Dehydration

Negative Buff
Dehydrated

Message: You're dehydrated! Find something to drink, fast!

HUD Text: Stamina doesn't regenerate, Health decreases over time, Torpditiy increases over time, Torpidity increases faster.

Information: You will slowly start to lose health, leading to eventual death unless you drink water. You lose ~1hp/5secs.

Dizzy Spore

Negative Buff
Condition DizzySpore

Message: Hallucinating!

HUD Text: You are choking on poisonous spores!

Information: This Status Effect is applied when you enter the radius of a red mushroom (with red root) spores on Aberration. You start to trip out with rainbow lines waving around you. Side effect includes constant defecation, irregular movement, and asphyxiation (unaffected by higher oxygen stats). It can be counteracted by consuming an Aggeravic Mushroom, or negated (if not affected) by wearing a full Hazard Suit Hazard Suit or Tek Armor Tek Armor

Electrocuted

Negative Buff
Sleep Deprived

HUD Text: Shocking!

Information: This status effect is inflicted by Cnidaria's and Electrophorus's shock. Prevents you from moving for 10 seconds or mounting on any mountable tamed dinosaurs.

Enflamed

Negative Buff
Enflamed

HUD Text: You're burning up! A percentage of your Health will burn away! (Fire Breath/Fire Arrow)
You're burning up! 25% of your Health will burn away! (Lava)

Information: Caused by fire breath from Dragon and Fire Wyvern, shot by a player's Fire Arrow (Scorched Earth), or by stepping on either Lava from environment or King Titan King Titan meteor. Burns away 20-25% of max health over 10 seconds.

Fear

Negative Buff
Cowardice

Message: Your dino feels uneasy

HUD Text: Reduced damage resistance and damage power!

Information: This status effect is inflicted by the fear roar of a Yutyrannus. It increases damage taken and decreases damage done by up to 50%.

Fertile Spores

Negative Buff
Condition ChargeSpore

Message: Hallucinating!

HUD Text: You are choking on poisonous spores!

Information: This Status Effect is applied when you enter the radius of a branched mushroom spores on Aberration. You start to defecate at rapid pace, rapidly losing hunger. It can be counteracted by consuming an Ascerbic Mushroom, but consuming it preemptively prevents the spores from taking effect. Alternatively, it can be negated (if not affected) by wearing a full Hazard Suit Hazard Suit or Tek Armor Tek Armor

Food Poisoning

Negative Buff
PoisonFood

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.

Freezing

Negative Buff
Hypothermia

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).

Freezing Spores

Negative Buff
Condition ColdSpore

Message: Freezing Spores!

HUD Text: You are choking on poisonous spores!

Information: This Status Effect is applied when you enter the radius of a blue mushroom spores on Aberration, instantly applying "Freezing" debuff regardless of Hypothermia resistance. It can be counteracted by consuming an Aquatic Mushroom, but consuming it preemptively prevents the spores from taking effect. Alternatively, it can be negated (if not affected) by wearing a full Hazard Suit Hazard Suit or Tek Armor Tek Armor

Gas Bursts

Negative Buff
NoxiousGas

Message: Poisoned!

HUD Text: Applied damage over time.

Information: This Status Effect is applied when you attempt to pick up a Congealed Gas Ball off Gas Vein or standing close to it when the vein is releasing gas without a complete Hazard Suit protection. Loses health over time, and also immediately apply "Suffocating" debuff.

Gashed

Negative Buff
Gnashed

HUD Text: You are Gashed! You are losing 5% of your health over time and are slowed!

Information: Caused by attacks from Giganotosaurus, Allosaurus, Ravager and Deinonychus. Removes 1% of your max health per second for 5 seconds.

Gassed

Negative Buff
NoxiousGas

Information: This status occurs after either being blown on Gasbags Gasbags or standing too close to it when it blast upwards. The effect causes the player to be immune to fall damage or disappears the next time the player touches the ground.


Heat Stroke

Negative Buff

HUD Text: (% of heatstroke effect)
Other Info: This status occurs on the Scorched Earth and Ragnarok 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.

Notes:

  • A Tent (Scorched Earth) Tent (Scorched Earth) can help to temporarily spare you from the heat and an Iced Water Jar Iced Water Jar can remove the effect.


Groggy

Negative Buff
Groggy

HUD Text: Groggy

Information: This status effect is inflicted to a Megalosaurus when woken up during daytime. It decreases movement speed and increases stamina consumption.

Hallucinogenic Spores

Negative Buff
Rare Mushroom

HUD Text: Whoa, trippy!

Information: This debuff is inflicted after eating a Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom. It will lower your visibility for 10 seconds.

Hangover

Negative Buff
Hangover

HUD Text: Stews have no effect. Reduced water, insulation, and stamina, decreased damage and resistance.

Information: This buff is given from the aftereffects of buff "Buzzed" after consuming a Beer Jar Beer Jar. Reduces Insulation, damage and resistance with reduced water consumption. Stamina does not regenerate during this effect, and Stews do not give any buff effect.

Hoarse

Negative Buff
StatusIcon ParasaurMute

Information: This status occurs after using Parasaur Parasaur honk ability. Prevents usage of such ability for 120 seconds.

Injured

Negative Buff
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.

Implant Unstable

Negative Buff
Specimen Implant

Message: Your implant is unstable, turn back now!

Information: This status occurs after entering a killzone on Extinction. It causes the player to lose enough health to die and the screen becomes blurry in a similar manner to Heat Stroke.

Lamprey Charge

Negative Buff
Lamprey Poison

Message: Charged!

HUD Text: A Lamprey is draining your Health, but you are charged. Get it off!!!

Information: A lamprey is currently attached to you or your creature and is both giving out charge light and immunity to radiation for 300 seconds. Remove it by standing in a fire or pressing E to remove it from your creatures.

Leeched

Negative Buff
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.

Marked for Lightning

Negative Buff
Flashbanged

HUD Text: You're about to be Zapped!

Information: Becomes active for 4.5 seconds when a Desert Titan Desert Titan targets the survivor for lightning. After the effect has worn away, an AOE will become present and a few seconds later, lightning will strike.

Moth Poison

Negative Buff
Lymantria Spores

HUD Text: Your Speed & Stamina are decreasing

Information: This status effect is inflicted by the spore cloud of a Lymantria. It will slow down players and creatures by 90% as well as drain their stamina.

Poisoned

Negative Buff
Tranquilized

Message: You've been poisoned! Your stamina is decreasing!

HUD Text: You are getting very sleepy...

Information: This status effect can be caused by the attack of the Meganeura, Titanomyrma, or a Troodon attacking a non human..

Poop Hit

Negative Buff
PoisonFood

HUD Text: You feel really sick!

Information: Caused by the poop attack of the Chalicotherium Chalicotherium and Mesopithecus Mesopithecus. Increases Torpidity Torpidity.

Radiation

Negative Buff
Radiation

HUD Text: Irradiated area

Information: This status occurs on Aberration map by being around radioactive parts of the map, and constantly damaging the whole Hazard Suit or Tek Armor Tek Armor if worn at 1-3 per second. Neither wearing it whole nor having a Lamprey Lamprey attached on while venturing into radiation zones will contract Radiation Sickness. Can also be counteracted with Mushroom Brew (note: only usable on tames).

Rage

Negative Buff
Rage

HUD Text: Provokes aggression from nearby dinosaurs.

Information: This debuff is inflicted after being shot by a Pheromone Dart Pheromone Dart or by attacking a Ammonite Ammonite. It causes nearby creatures to attack you, regardless of that creature's usual aggression level.

Rare Flower Pheromones

Negative Buff
Rage

HUD Text: Provokes aggression from nearby dinosaurs.

Information: This debuff is inflicted after eating a Rare Flower Rare Flower. It causes nearby creatures to attack you, regardless of that creature's usual aggression level.

Sandstorm

Negative Buff
Sandstorm

Message: Go inside and protect yourself from the Sandstorm!

Information: This status occurs on the Scorched Earth and Ragnarok map by being outside within any part of desert while in a Sandstorm. It will severely limit your visibility, as well as prevent sprinting and drain stamina and slowly add sand into your inventory. Anything you may be riding is also prevented from sprinting and loses stamina.

Notes:

  • Entering a Tent (Scorched Earth) Tent (Scorched Earth) or going indoors will protect you from the sand and stamina drain. Wearing the Desert Goggles and Hat (Scorched Earth) Desert Goggles and Hat (Scorched Earth) will save your visibility.

Sleep Deprived

Negative Buff
Sleep Deprived

HUD Text: Sleep Deprived

Information: This status effect is inflicted to a Megalosaurus if awake too long during daytime. It increases torpidity while decreasing stamina and food.

Squid Hug

Negative Buff
Squid Hug

Information: This status is inflicted when a Tusoteuthis Tusoteuthis grabs a Creature or a Human Human with its tentacles. Inflicts Torpor Torpor and prevents escape.

Squid Ink

Negative Buff
Dilo Venom

Message: Blinded by the ink

HUD Text: You have been blinded and slowed by ink

Information: This status is inflicted when a Tusoteuthis Tusoteuthis creates an ink cloud. Prevents the survivor from seeing and slows them down.

Starving

Negative Buff
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.

Stunned!

Negative Buff
Sleep Deprived

HUD Text: In a daze

Information: This status effect is inflicted by certain attacks such as Microraptor's and Purlovia's ambush. Prevents you from moving for 10 seconds or mounting on any mountable tamed dinosaurs.

Stunned!

Negative Buff
Webbed

Information: This status occurs for 4 seconds after an Enforcer Enforcer performs its shock burst attack. Slows the survivor and creatures down.

Stunned!

Negative Buff
Knockedout

Information: This status effect is inflicted by the King Titan King Titan. Immobilizes all survivors and Creatures for 5 seconds.

Suffocating

Negative Buff
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.

Sulfur Pool

Negative Buff
Hot

Message: The water is toxic!

HUD Text: The water is toxic!

Information: Becomes active for 4 seconds after entering a Sulfur Pool on Extinction. Causes the player to constantly lose Health Health until they have left the Sulfur Pool.

Sunlight

Negative Buff
Sunlight

Message: The sun is scorching you! Get underground!

HUD Text: Applied sunlight damage while exposed

Information: This status occurs on the Aberration map by being on the surface during the day time. It drastically reduces health, leading to nearly instant death.

Notes:

  • Stay away from the surface during daytime, and only head out during night time. There is no method of avoiding this debuff during daytime, and if you are at surface and dawn is breaking, immediately hightail out of the surface and back underground.

SuperHeat

Negative Buff
Enflamed

Message: Get underground, as its hot out there!

Information: This status occurs on the Scorched Earth map by being above the map during a SuperHeat.

Notes:

  • Hiding under the caves prevents this effect from severely affecting you, but caves bear aggressive dinos.
  • If it's a must to stay outside during this weather event, ensure to watch your water as you will most likely be overheated.
  • This is the only weather event where Phoenix Phoenix will spawn in the Scorched Earth Map; it will not be around outside of this weather event.

Terror

Negative Buff
Cowardice

Message: Your dino is scared and out of control!

HUD Text: Reduced damage resistance and lack of control!

Information: This status effect is inflicted by the fear roar of a Yutyrannus. It increases damage taken and decreases damage done by up to 50%. Your creature will not respond to commands and run away from the Yutyrannus.

Tranquilized

Negative Buff
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, Reaper Queen, Basilisk, or a player's Tranquilizer Arrow.

Troodon Paralysis Poison

Negative Buff
Paralysis

HUD Text: Increases torpor on humans over time

Information: This status effect is inflicted by the bite of a Troodon. It rapidly increases your torpidity.

Venom

Negative Buff
Dilo Venom

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

Negative Buff
Slow

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.

Other Buffs


Full (No official name)

MaxInvIcon

HUD Text: Can't add in anymore items into inventory.

Information: When inventory is fully filled up, this icon will appear on status bar, on portrait (for dinos), and on upper left inventory panel. Freeing at least one item slot removes this effect. It is worth to note that Survivor's status icon for it is two times larger than any other status effect (dino's icon remains the same as any other status effect icon).

Home

Home

Information: Becomes active when in a house. It gives a buff of +112 hypo and +56 hyperthermic insulation.


Wind Storm

Other Info: This status occurs only on the Ragnarok map by being outside of the desert region while in a Sandstorm. Does not visually affect you unlike Sandstorm, but entering the desert region triggers Sandstorm debuff.

Notes:

  • Refrain from entering desert region during a Sand storm. If it is a must, quickly reach to the nearest indoor and wait for the weather to subside.


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