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11 Status Effects are temporary combat states applied to the player or an enemy. They fall into two broad categories: self-buffs that the player maintains on themselves (through resting, weapon specials, or consumables), and enemy debuffs that the player applies through specific weapons and talents.
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77 EffectSourceMechanicRestedBonfire at your baseBoosts stamina regeneration. Scales with Comfort Level.Plague EchoesArboris Saber, Plague Halberd, Plague PistolStacks on kill/hit. 5 stacks enables a 35% heal special [F].RageExecutioner Halberd+10% crit chance per stack on kill; caps at 3 (+30% total).WindedOut of staminaDisables sprint and dodge until recovered.
88 Enemy Debuffs
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1010 EffectSourceMechanicBleedingRapier of a Thousand CutsStacks up to 5. 25 damage per second per stack (125 DPS max).Plague MarksRapier of Devastation, Plague HalberdLight attacks stack up to 8 marks. Heavy consumes all marks for bonus damage; 6+ marks heals the wielder.VulnerabilityEpic Drake's Double-Barreled PistolTarget takes 15% more damage from all sources.Fire (Fire Damage)Dragon's Breath BlunderbussApplied on hit; scales damage-over-time. Epic tier has a 60% chance to trigger a fire explosion around the target.DistortionSwamp Creature's Tooth (on crit)AoE burst to nearby enemies, scaling higher the lower the wielder's HP.
1111 Environmental and Naval States
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1313 Not every state comes from a melee or ranged weapon. A couple of important ones are tied to where you are and what you are doing rather than a hit landing.
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1515 EffectSourceMechanicWood PlagueTainted forest zones in the Cursed SwampsAn environmental hazard. A meter fills while you stand in the corrupted zone and kills you at the cap. Reduced by sun rings: the Major Sun Ring cuts build-up by roughly 45 percent. See Corruption for the full breakdown.Broken RhythmNaval Tactics V: Silence the GunsA naval debuff applied to an enemy ship. Reduces the target's reload speed and damage by 20 percent, a strong sustain tool in outnumbered sea fights. Part of the Naval Tactics system.
1616 Exact figures for these can move with balance patches during Early Access, so read the percentages as current values rather than fixed constants.
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1818 How Status Effects Work
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2222 Most status effects are applied on hit by a weapon with the matching mechanic. A few (Rested, Winded) are driven by environmental or resource conditions rather than a specific weapon. Stack caps and duration rules are per-effect; most effects communicated in the game's UI show a stack counter or a timer.
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2424 The most common build-defining interaction is between a weapon's stack mechanic and the talents that reward it. Rapier of a Thousand Cuts builds want Bleeding on the target as the baseline DPS loop. Plague weapon builds layer Plague Marks on the enemy and Plague Echoes on the wielder simultaneously. Marksman builds prioritize Vulnerability setups for a 15% incoming-damage multiplier on boss targets.
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2626 Wielder-side plague stacking is documented in depth on the Corruption page, which covers the 5-stack heal release and the weapons that feed it. For the talent trees that turn these effects into damage, see the Talent System and the wider Combat systems overview.
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2828 Related Talents
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3030 Deadly Finale - scales damage per consecutive hit, strongest with bleed rotationsBulletstorm - scales damage per consecutive ranged hit; benefits from Vulnerability windowsRetribution - converts Temporal Health to Health more effectively; central to Plague Echoes sustainYou Will Answer for This - more Temporal Health on damage taken; central to Plague sustain
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3232 See Also
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3434 Bleeding - the signature Rapier of a Thousand Cuts DoTPlague Echoes - wielder stacks from plague weaponsPlague Marks - enemy debuff from Rapier of Devastation / Plague HalberdWinded - out-of-stamina stateRested - stamina-regen buff from bonfiresVulnerability - Epic Drake's Double-Barreled Pistol debuffCombat - overall combat systemsCorruption: the wielder plague resource and the Wood Plague environmental hazardNaval Tactics: ship buffs and debuffs, including Broken Rhythm