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'''Status effects''' are temporary enhancements and ailments that both you and the inhabitants of [[the Dungeon]] can benefit or suffer from. Unlike [[mutation]]s, status effects will run their course after enough time has passed or after you escape whatever's inflicting the effect. Many status effects can be cured or prevented in a variety of ways; see their individual pages for details. There are also in-game descriptions of statuses available (hit '''?''', then '''/''', then '''t''' for sTatus, then type in the indicator text you see).

Most status effects will display a coloured (often abbreviated) word in your character information for as long as they last. Status effects that have a limited duration will often turn a darker colour as the effect nears its end, whereas other status effects use a darker colour to indicate increasing severity of the effect.

==Beneficial Status Effects==
===Agile===
{{LightBlue|Agil}}

[[Demonspawn]] with [[Powered by Pain]] may give you agility, which boosts [[dexterity]], [[stealth]], and [[evasion]].

===Alive===
{{Green|Alive}}

Alive [[Vampire]]s have fast [[Regeneration rate]], can use [[Transformation]]s, and can go [[berserk]].

===Augmentation===
{{Blue|Aug}} {{LightBlue|Aug}} {{White|Aug}}

[[Demonspawn]] with the Augmentation [[demonspawn mutation]] gain [[slaying]] and [[spell power]] bonuses as their HP rises. The brighter the colour of the effect, the larger the bonus.

===Berserk===
{{LightBlue|Berserk}}

You have gone [[berserk]], gaining a huge boost to [[HP]], [[Might|melee damage]], and [[Haste|speed]]. Just watch out for the crash afterward.

===Black Mark===
Creatures with the [[black mark]] status apply [[draining]], [[slow]]ness, or [[antimagic]] to creatures they hit in melee. The player version from the [[demonspawn]] [[Black Mark (mutation)|mutation]] only activates on 20% of hits.

===Bloodless===
{{LightRed|Bloodless}}

Bloodless [[Vampire]]s have less maximum health and don't regenerate when monsters are visible. Instead they get a [[Stealth]] boost, [[vampiric]] bite, the full set of [[undead]] resistances, and an ability to turn into a bat.

===Brilliant===
{{LightBlue|Brill}}

Quaffing a [[potion of brilliance]] will give you a bonus to [[spell power]] and halve the MP cost of spells.

===Charging===
{{LightBlue|Charge-|}}

You're casting [[Maxwell's Capacitive Coupling]]; press '''.''' to keep it coming. The - cycles between (-, /, |, \) in a counterclockwise motion, though where you start with is random.

===Confusing Touch===
{{LightBlue|Touch}}

Casting [[Confusing Touch]] will imbue your hands with strange energy, causing your melee attacks to [[confusion|confuse]] the enemy.

===Death Channel===
{{LightMagenta|DChan}}

Any living creature you kill while under the effect of [[Death Channel]] will rise as a [[spectral thing]] to serve you.

===Death's Door===
{{White|DDoor}}

Casting [[Death's Door]] will render you temporarily invulnerable, but reduces your [[HP]] to almost nothing and leaves you unable to cast again for a short period.

===Disjunction===
{{LightBlue|Disjoin}}

Casting [[Disjunction]] causes all enemies around you to [[blink]] away, with a success rate that rises as they approach you.

===Divine Protection===
{{White|Prot}}

[[Elyvilon]]'s Divine Protection ability will render you invulnerable to any attack that would otherwise kill you, though at a significant cost to [[piety]] each time it triggers.

===Divine Shield===
[[The Shining One]] is protecting you from attacks, boosting your [[Shield (stat)|blocking defense]] for a brief time.

===Finesse===
{{LightBlue|Finesse}}

[[Okawaru]]'s Finesse ability doubles the speed of all of your physical attacks.

===Flight===
{{LightBlue|Fly}}

You're airborne! You can travel over impassable terrain, take less damage from [[Shatter]], and take more damage from [[Airstrike]].

{{Blue|Fly}}

Your flight is nearly over. Get to solid ground, or drink another [[potion of flight]] to keep going.

{{LightRed|Fly}}

Your flight should have ended, but that would've dropped you in some sort of deep liquid and killed you. The strain of staying airborne will keep [[draining]] you until you reach land, so do that pronto!

{{White|Fly}}

Your flight is limitless! End it whenever you want.

===Haste===
{{LightBlue|Fast}}

All actions performed by a [[haste]]d creature take 66% as long as normal to complete.

===Heavenly Storm===
{{White|Storm (X)}}

Using [[Wu Jian]]'s Heavenly Storm ability gives you a huge [[slaying]] bonus (indicated by the number represented by X) and constantly generates opaque [[cloud]]s around you. Using your martial attacks increases your slaying bonus, but doing anything else decreases the bonus until it reaches 0, at which point the storm expires.

===Heroism===
{{LightBlue|Hero}}

[[Okawaru]]'s Heroism ability gives you a +5 bonus to all non-magical skills.

===Invisibility===
{{LightBlue|Invis}}

[[Invisible]] characters are given bonuses in combat when fighting monsters that can't [[see invisible]]. Invisible monsters are difficult to detect and gain similar bonuses when attacking you.

{{LightMagenta|Invis}}

You turned invisible using a piece of magical equipment. This equipment is reusable, though inflicts [[drain]] in the process.

{{DarkGrey|Invis}}

You're technically still invisible, but monsters can still see you because you're [[glowing]] or standing in [[shallow water]] or [[cloud]]s.

===Leda's Liquefaction===
{{LightBlue|Liquid}}

Casting [[Leda's Liquefaction]] will convert the ground all around you into a soupy mess. This reduces the movement rate and melee attack success rate of anything stuck in it (including you!)

===Might===
{{LightBlue|Might}}

Quaffing a [[potion of might]] will give you a 1d10 bonus to melee damage.

===Olgreb's Toxic Radiance===
{{LightMagenta|Toxic}}

Casting [[Olgreb's Toxic Radiance]] [[poison]]s everything in your [[LOS]] each turn for a few turns.

===Ozocubu's Armour===
Casting [[Ozocubu's Armour]] will cover you in a sheet of protective ice, boosting [[AC]]. It breaks if you move, though.

===Powered by Death===
{{LightMagenta|Regen (X)}}

[[Demonspawn]] with the Powered by Death [[demonspawn mutation]] will recover [[HP]] faster after killing monsters. The number (marked by the 'X') indicates how much faster you heal.

===Quad Damage===
{{LightBlue|Quad}}

Using a [[quad damage]] will multiply your damage output by 4. Only found in [[Dungeon Sprint]].

===Recall===
{{White|Recall}}

Using a [[Recall]] ability will cause allied units to [[teleport]] to your location over time.

===Repel Missiles===
{{LightBlue|RMsl}}

Creatures that [[repel missiles]] are harder to hit with ranged attacks. Players don't see the temporary status effect anymore, but monsters can still have it.

{{White|RMsl}}

This effect is permanent, usually due to wearing a [[scarf]] of repulsion or following [[Qazlal]].

===Resistance===
{{LightBlue|Resist}}

Quaffing a [[potion of resistance]] will grant you resistance to [[fire]], [[cold]], [[electricity]], [[poison]], and [[acid]] for a short time.

===Ring of Flames===
{{LightBlue|RoF}}

Wearing the [[salamander hide armour]] will surround you with [[fire]] [[cloud]]s, boost your fire resistance, and enhance the [[spell power]] of your [[Fire Magic]], but renders you very vulnerable to [[cold]].

===Searing Ray===
{{White|Ray}} {{White|Ray+}} {{White|Ray++}}

You're casting [[Searing Ray]] and still have more turns of laser to dish out. Press '''.''' to keep it coming.

====Flame Wave====
{{White|Wave}} {{White|Wave+}} {{White|Wave++}}
[[Flame Wave]] uses the same casting mechanic as Searing Ray.

===Serpent's Lash===
{{White|Lash (X)}}

Using [[Wu Jian]]'s Serpent's Lash ability gives you two turns of free movement (the X represents how many turns you have left). Your martial attacks are much stronger during this period, but you become [[exhausted]] after the ability ends.

===Silence===
While you are emitting a [[silence]] [[aura]], most creatures (including you) caught in its effect will be unable to cast spells, read [[scroll]]s, or use divine abilities. Certain abilities can't be silenced, and [[demon]]s ignore the effects of silence.

===Slimify===
{{LightGreen|Slime}}

[[Jiyva]]'s Slimify ability will make your next melee attack that hits turn your target into a [[list of jellies|jelly]].

===Swiftness===
{{LightBlue|Swift}}

The [[Swiftness]] spell increases your movement speed for a while, but then makes you [[#Sluggish|sluggish]] for a while.

{{Blue|Swift}}

Your increased speed is nearly over and you'll start moving slowly soon.

{{DarkGrey|Swift}}

You are knee deep in water and slow down to normal wading speed.

===Teleport===
{{LightBlue|Tele}}

You are going to [[teleport]] in the next few turns. Generate another teleport before this one goes off to negate it. Or wear an artefact that negates all teleporting.

===Transmutations===
There are a number of useful alternative forms you can assume, many of which are from [[Transmutations]] spells:

{{LightGreen|App}}

[[Beastly Appendage]]

{{LightGreen|Blade}}

[[Blade Hands]]

{{LightGreen|Spider}}

[[Spider Form]]

{{LightGreen|Ice}}

[[Ice Form]]

{{LightGreen|Statue}}

[[Statue Form]]

{{LightBlue|Storm}}

[[Storm Form]]

{{LightGreen|Dragon}}

[[Dragon Form]]

{{LightGreen|Lich}}

[[Necromutation]]

{{LightGreen|Bat}}

[[Bat Form]]

{{LightGreen|Tree}}

[[Tree Form]]

{{LightGreen|Shadow}}

[[Shadow Form]]

===Vitalisation===
{{White|Vit}}

[[Zin]] is filling you with divine health, boosting your [[stat]]s and protecting you from [[stat]] damage and many negative status effects.

===Polar Vortex===
{{White|Vortex}}

Casting [[Polar Vortex]] will create a raging storm around you, granting you [[flight]] and brutalizing everything within its reach, damaging them and tossing them around.

==Detrimental Status Effects==
===Antimagic===
As monsters are struck by [[antimagic]] weapons, they become more likely to fail to cast their spells. Players simply lose MP.

===Bad Forms===
Getting hit by an enemy's [[Polymorph]] spell will temporarily force you into one of several less-than-ideal forms:

{{LightGreen|Pig}}

[[Pig Form]]

{{LightGreen|Fungus}}

[[Fungus Form]]

{{LightGreen|Porc}}

[[Porcupine Form]]

{{LightGreen|Wisp}}

[[Wisp Form]]

===Blind===
[[Blind]] monsters will treat your character as though it were [[invisible]]. This negates any [[see invisible]] it may have.

===Charm===
[[Charm]]ed monsters will ally with you and fight on your side... for a while.

===Confusion===
{{Red|Conf}}

[[Confusion|Confused]] creatures can't choose which direction to move or attack in and many actions are disabled.

===Constriction===
{{Yellow|Constr}}

Being [[constricted]] means that an enemy is crushing you each turn, dealing damage, reducing [[evasion]] and preventing you from moving. Kill it or break free by attempting to move away!

===Cooldowns===
Several abilities can't be used right after you've used them; most of these will wear off given enough time.

{{Yellow|-Berserk}}

You're too tired to go [[berserk]] right now.

{{Yellow|-Blink}}

You are still too unstable to [[blink]].

{{Yellow|Breath}}

You can't use any [[draconian breath attacks]] or [[Spit Poison|naga poison spit]] for a while.

{{Yellow|DDoor}}

You're too tired to cast [[Death's Door]] right now. Be extra careful -- your HP is probably still extremely low!

{{Yellow|Exh}}

You are too tired to use any of [[Ru]]'s abilities or [[Wu Jian]]'s Serpent's Lash right now.

{{Yellow|-Hop}}

You're too tired to [[Barachi|Hop]] again at the moment; spend some time without moving to recover.

{{Yellow|-Recite}}

You can't use [[Zin]]'s Recite ability now.

{{Yellow|-Vortex}}

You can't start another [[Polar Vortex]] right now.

===Corona===
{{Yellow|Corona}}

The [[Corona]] spell will render its target much easier to hit, reducing [[evasion]] and negating [[invisibility]].

===Corrosion===
{{Red|Corr -X}}

[[Corrosion]] is a temporary status effect which gives a stackable -4 to [[slaying]] and [[AC]] (the number represented by X indicates how much these have been reduced) for as long as it lasts. Corrosion will be repaired after enough turns have passed. Corroded monsters simply get a temporary -8 to their AC.

===Dazed===
Monsters may become [[dazed]] after you recite the word of [[Zin]] at them, causing them to waste their turns as they recover their senses.

===Diminished Spells===
{{Red|Dim}}

The power of your spells have been temporarily diminished.

===Doom Howl===
{{Red|Howl}}

A [[doom hound]]'s [[Doom Howl|howl]] has called nightmarish creatures to hunt you. Dangerous enemies will spawn near you every few turns until the howl fades.

===Drain===
{{LightGrey|Drain}} {{Yellow|Drain}} {{LightRed|Drain}} {{Red|Drain}}

[[Negative energy]] has [[draining|withered]] you, reducing your maximum [[HP]], with darker colours indicating worse effects. Gaining XP gradually restores your health. Monsters who get drained have their [[HD]] lowered instead, reducing their strength and [[willpower]].

{{DarkGrey|Engulf}}

You're being engulfed, but you [[unbreathing|don't need to breathe]], so it has no effect.

===Fast+Slow===
{{Magenta|Fast+Slow}}

You are both magically [[slow]]ed and [[haste]]ned, and thus act at normal speed.

===Fear===
{{Red|Fear}}

Characters suffering from [[fear]] are unable to move toward the source of their terror (they can still attack it, but may flinch away if attacking in melee) and are unable to go [[berserk]]. Monsters suffering from fear will flee from you until they hit a dead end, until you attack them, or until enough time passes.

===Fire Vulnerable===
{{Red|rF-}}

You're down one rank of [[fire resistance]]. Watch out for sources of fire damage!

===Flayed===
{{Red|Flay}}

You're suffering from the illusory wounds of a [[flayed ghost]]. You'll still die if you hit 0 HP, but you can kill the ghost or escape from its [[line of sight]] for a while to get your HP back.
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===Flooded===
{{Red|Flooded}}

You're being flooded by a [[water elemental]] or other monster and can't breathe. You'll take ongoing [[asphyxiation]] damage and are functionally [[silence]]d until the status wears off.

===Frozen===
{{Red|Frozen}}

[[Frozen]] characters are partially encased in ice, increasing their [[movement delay]] by 4 [[actions|auts]] for the duration of the effect.

===Held===
{{Yellow|Held}}

Similar to constriction, being [[held]] prevents creatures from moving but doesn't do any damage. Attempt to move or [[blink]] to break free.

{{Red|Held}}

Creatures stuck in a [[web]] or a [[throwing net]] can't move or attack and are vulnerable to stabbing. They may still cast spells.

===Horrified===
{{Yellow|Horr-X}} {{Red|Horr-X}}

Followers of [[Ru]] who have sacrificed their courage gain penalties to accuracy, damage, and spellpower when in the presence of dangerous foes.

===Inner Flame===
Casting [[Inner Flame]] on an enemy will cause it to explode violently upon death.

===Lava===
{{Red|Lava}}

You're flying over [[lava]]. Try not to fall in.

===Leda's Liquefaction===
{{Brown|SlowM}}

Creatures stuck in the liquid ground from [[Leda's Liquefaction]] move slowly and have difficulty attacking in melee.

===Magic Contamination===
{{DarkGrey|Contam}} {{LightGrey|Contam}} {{Yellow|Contam}} {{LightRed|Contam}} {{Red|Contam}}

Using certain beneficial status effects, miscasting spells, standing in [[cloud|mutagenic fog]], or stepping in [[Zot trap]]s can induce [[magic contamination]]. While a low (dark or light grey) dose of this is harmless, higher amounts make you [[glow]] and can inflict dangerous [[miscast effect]]s and [[bad mutations]] on you. See the [[magic contamination]] page for more details.

===Mark===
{{LightMagenta|Mark}}

All conscious monsters on the floor know your location and have an easier time getting to you until the [[Sentinel's Mark|mark]] wears off. This can be very dangerous on unexplored floors or floors with powerful bosses. You can get this effect from [[alarm trap]]s and [[vault sentinel]]s.

===Mesmerised===
{{Red|Mesm}}

When [[mesmerise]]d, you will be unable to move away from the source of your mesmerisation, until you've killed it, lost sight of it, or broken the effect some other way.

===No Move===
{{Red|-Move}}

You cannot move for several turns. This status is acquired after being attacked with spells such as [[Grave Claw]] or [[Throw Bolas]], as a [[Yredelemnul]]'s punishment, being hit with electricy while having [[Bane of Electrospasm]] or after casting [[Momentum Strike]].

===No Potions===
{{Red|-Potion}}

You cannot drink potions for the duration. It is gained from the [[Ru]] sacrifice, being in [[Cocytus]], a [[Throw Klown Pie|pie]] from a [[Killer Klown]], or casting [[Ozocubu's Refrigeration]].

===No Scrolls===
{{Red|-Scroll}}

You cannot use scrolls for several turns. This status mostly comes from a [[mutation]], after taking heavy damage or being hurt while at low HP. The smoke of [[Gehenna]] also inflicts -Scroll.

===Orb===
{{LightMagenta|Orb}}

You're in the [[Realm of Zot]], or perhaps even carrying the [[Orb of Zot]] itself. Your [[teleport]]s are delayed, and [[Passage of Golubria]] will function wildly.

===Paralysis===
{{Red|Para}}

Anything suffering from [[paralysis]] will be unable to act for several turns, loses almost all ability to [[Evasion|dodge]] attacks, and is vulnerable to [[stab]]bing.

===Petrifying/Petrified===
{{LightRed|Petr}} {{Red|Stone}}

[[Petrification]] is a two-stage status effect. While petrifying, the victim is [[slow]]ed. Once fully petrified, the target is rendered incapable of acting or [[Evasion|dodging]] attacks, gains large bonuses to [[AC]] and [[GDR]], stops [[fly]]ing, and becomes vulnerable to [[Lee's Rapid Deconstruction]] and [[stabbing]] for several turns.

===Poison===
{{Yellow|Pois}} {{LightRed|Pois}} {{Red|Pois}}

[[Poison]] causes you to take damage as time progresses. The darker the colour, the more rapidly you'll take damage and the more you'll take overall.

{{DarkGrey|Pois}}

Characters who enter [[Necromutation|Lich Form]], [[Statue Form]], or [[vampire]]s who become [[#Starving|bloodless]] while poisoned will delay the progress of the poison until the transformation ends.

===Sapped Magic===
{{Red|Sap}}

You've had your magic disrupted by a [[warmonger]]; each time you try casting a spell, there's a chance your spell failure rate will increase.

{{Yellow|-Wiz}} {{LightRed|-Wiz}} {{Red|-Wiz}}

Your spells have grown harder to cast.

===Sickness===
{{Yellow|Sick}} {{LightRed|Sick}} {{Red|Sick}}

Sickness causes you to stop regenerating [[HP]].

===Silence===
{{LightMagenta|Sil}}

Being under an enemy's [[silence]] [[aura]] renders you unable to cast spells, read [[scrolls]], or use divine abilities.

===Sleep===
[[Sleep]]ing creatures are unable to act, are almost incapable of [[Evasion|dodging]] attacks, and are vulnerable to [[stab]]bing. However, they will eventually wake up on their own, and may wake up early if they hear loud [[noise]]s or get injured. Having high [[stealth]] makes you less likely to wake up sleeping monsters.

===Slow===
{{Red|Slow}}

Slow creatures take 150% as long as normal to perform actions.

===Sluggish===
{{Red|-Swift}}

Your [[Swiftness]] wore off, and now you have to spend several turns moving slower than normal.

===Stat Zero===
{{Red|Collapse}} {{Red|Clumsy}} {{Red|Brainless}}

At least one of your [[stats]] has hit [[stat zero|zero]] or less. This immediately causes 2-5 turns of [[paralysis]] and inflicts you with an array of debilitating effects dependent on the stat involved. Try to get it above zero as soon as possible!

===Sticky Flame===
{{Red|Fire}}

Casting [[Sticky Flame]] will cover the target in napalm, causing them to take [[fire]] damage each turn and making them [[glow]]. Standing in [[shallow water]] can put the flames out.

===Still Winds===
{{Brown|-Clouds}}

A [[servant of whispers]] has cast [[Still Winds|a spell]] that prevents [[cloud]]s from forming for the duration.

===Teleport Prevention===
{{Red|-Tele}}

Certain monsters can cast [[Dimension Anchor]], which will prevent you from [[blink]]ing or [[teleport]]ing for a few turns. Rare [[artefact]] weapons also give this effect. This can also occur from high level [[Translocation]] miscasts.

===Umbra===
[[Profane servitor]]s, followers of [[Dithmenos]], and the [[ring of Shadows]] emit an [[Aura#Umbra|umbra]] which increases stealth and reduces the accuracy of all attacks except from demons, undead, and followers of Dithmenos or [[Yredelemnul]].

===Vulnerable===
{{Red|Will/2}}

Reading a [[scroll of vulnerability]] will reduce the [[willpower]] of everything in your [[line of sight]] (including you) by half. [[Phantasmal warrior]]s can attack to make their targets vulnerable.

===Water===
{{LightBlue|Water}} {{Blue|Water}}

You're either standing in, or flying over [[shallow water]] or [[deep water]].

===Weak===
{{Red|Weak}}

Physical weakness reduces the damage of your melee attacks by 25% (or 33% for monsters).

==History==
*[[Yred]]'s pain mirror was removed in [[0.28]].
*In [[0.27]], [[Ashenzari]]'s active scry was removed, a new cast status for [[Maxwell's Capacitive Coupling]] was added, and [[Tornado]] / -Tornado was replaced with [[Polar Vortex]].
*Prior to [[0.26]], various [[Charms]] spells would give statuses; [[Darkness]], [[Deflect Missiles]] (DMsl), [[Regeneration]], and [[Shroud of Golubria]]. The [[food]] system also had several different hunger states on the status bar.
*Prior to [[0.20]], casting [[Delayed Fireball]] gave you the Delayed Fireball status.
*Prior to [[0.19]], there was a Telepathy status, granted by the [[Dowsing card]], and a Stealthy status, bestowed by a high-level [[Shadow card]]. Followers of [[Jiyva]] could gain the Pray status to stop their jellies from consuming items.
*In [[0.18]], a s(T)atus effect lookup has been added to ?/. Prior to 0.18, there were also [[Stoneskin]], [[Condensation Shield]], and [[Phase Shift]].
*Prior to [[0.17]], the [[teleport control]] status existed, conferred through either a [[Control Teleport|spell]] or a [[ring of teleport control|ring]]. There were also areas which would prevent controlled teleports. In addition, there was a Sure Blade status, granted by the [[Sure Blade]] spell, and [[Bleeding]], an HP-sapping status inflicted by attacking with [[claws]].
*[[Corrosion]] was added in [[0.15]].
*Prior to [[0.12]], there was a Rot status, which inflicted an ongoing reduction to maximum HP.

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