Status Effect

Status effects refer to any condition that can either hinder or improve the character's stats for a period of time. There are two main types of status effects: beneficial and detrimental, or buff and debuff, with some status effects giving both beneficial and detrimental changes to the player. Buffs or debuffs can be gained from the food, drinks, or medicinal items your character consumes, from entering specific buildings, taking part in an Outpost Attack, or automtaically applied to all players globally for the duration of a global game event (such as a weekend boost). All buffs effects only last for a certain period of time, from minutes (from certain foods and drinks) to multiple days (global event buffs), while certain debuffs are indefinite until rectified by the player. Players cannot stack up the effect that an item can give, but they can refresh the duration every time they consume the same item.

## Items that Apply or Change Statuses

### Status Changing Food

* Coffee Granules - Causes: Stimulated (10m) and Cures: Intoxicated
* Pete's Energizing Brew - Causes: Stimulated (1d)
* Foie Gras - Causes: Gluten Remorse (5m)
* Beluga Caviar - Causes: Gluten Remorse (5m)
* White Truffles - Causes: Gluten Remorse (5m)
* New York Sour Cocktail - Causes: Intoxicated (1d)
* Last Birthday Cake - Causes: Well Nourished (9m)
* Survivor's Stew - Causes: Wel Nourished (30m)
* Halloween Candy - Causes: Holiday High (10m)
* Christmas Candy - Causes: Holiday High (10m)
* Egg Nogg - Causes: Holiday High (10m), Intoxicated (5m)
* Chocolate Egg - Causes: Holiday High (10m)
* Easter Egg - Causes: Easter High (13m)
* Easter Cake - Causes: Easter Feast (30m)

### Status Changing Drinks

* Iced Coffee - Causes: Stimulated (10m)
* Energy Drink - Causes: Stimulated (10m)
* Whiskey - Causes: Intoxicated (5m)
* Wine - Causes: Intoxicated (5m)
* Champagne - Causes: Intoxicated (5m)
* Single Malt Scotch - Causes: Intoxicated (5m)
* Vintage Wine - Causes: Intoxicated (5m)
* Cranberry Juice - Causes: Juicy High (20m)
* Apple Juicy - Causes: Juicy High (1d)
* Orangizer - Causes: Orangized (10m)

### Status Changing Medication

* Iodine Tablets - Causes: Radiation Resistance (5m) and Cures: Radiation Poisoning
* Burns Kit - Causes: Burn Resistance (5m) and Cures: Severe Burns
* Antibiotics - Causes: Infection Resistance (5m) and Cures: Bacterial Infection
* Bandages - Causes: Bleeding Resistance (5m) and Cures: Bleeding
* Anti-Anxiety Medication - Causes: Panic Resistance (5m) and Cures: Panic
* Paramedic's Bag - Cures: Bleeding, Severe Burns, Bacterial Infection
* Nerotonin-2 - Causes: Cutting Edge Medicine (10m) and Cures: Bleeding, Severe Burns, Bacterial Infection, Radiation Poisoning

## Effects from Consumables

### Effects from Food

Stimulated (10m or 1d)

* +5% Movement Speed
* +5% Aim Speed
* +5% Attack Speed

Well Nourished (9m or 30m)

* -8% Energy Needs
* -8% Hydration Needs
* +5% Movement Speed
* +5% Body Damage
* +5% Headshot Damage
* +20% EXP Gained

Juicy High (20m or 1d)

* -100% Hydration needs
* -100% Energy Needs

Orangized (10m)

* +25% Movement speed
* +25% Incoming Damage
* +20% EXP Gained

Holiday High (10m)

* +10% Movement Speed
* +10% Attack Speed

Easter High (13m)

* +10% Movement Speed
* +10% Attack Speed
* +20% EXP Gained

Easter Feast (30m)

* -13% Energy Needs
* -13% Hydration Needs
* +8% Movement Speed
* +10% Body Damage
* +10% Headshot Damage
* +30% EXP Gained

Glutton's Remorse (5m)

* -1% Movement Speed

Intoxicated (5m or 1d)

* -5% Incoming Damage
* -20% Minimum Accuracy
* -20% Maximum Accuracy

### Effects from Medicine

Infection Resistance (5m)

* Extra -300% (max -100%) Bacterial Infection chance

Bleeding Resistance (5m)

* Extra -300% (max -100%) Bleeding chance

Radiation Resistance (5m)

* Extra -300% (max -100%) Radiation Poisoning chance

Burn Resistance (5m)

Extra -300% (max -100%) Severe Burns chance

Panic Resistance (5m)

* -5% Search Speed
* -5% EXP Gained
* +10% Maximum Accuracy
* +10% Minimum Accuracy
* Extra -300% (max -100%) Panic Chance

Cutting Edge Medicine (10m)

* +3% Health per minute

## Effects from Enemies

Bacterial Infection (indefinite, from any vomiting projectile, Twin's projectile, or any Diseased enemy's attack, including touching Diseased aura)

* -10% Movement Speed
* -10% Aim Speed
* -10% Attack Speed
* -3% Health Per Minute

Bleeding (indefinite, from any Scythed enemy's swipe attack, or any Bloody enemy's attack)

* -6% Health per minute

Radiation Poisoning (indefinite, from any Irradiated enemy's attack or from Creep's gas cloud)

* +25% Incoming Damage
* -20% Minimum Accuracy
* -20% Maximum Accuracy
* -3% Health per Minute

Severe Burns (indefinite, from Spitter's projectile, or any Burnt enemy's attack, including touching Burnt aura)

* +50% Incoming Damage

Panic (5m, from Choir's scream, or looking for too long at a Finger Head's face)

* +5% Movement Speed
* -40% Maximum Accuracy
* -40% Minumum Accuracy
* +5% Incoming Damage

Brood Poison (5m, from Brood Mother's Worm bite)

* -20% Movement Speed
* -1% Health Per Minute

Halloween Fright (5m, from Pumpkin Tendril's scream from Halloween Event)

* +15% Movement Speed
* -50% Maximum Accuracy
* -50% Minimum Accuracy
* +50% Incoming Damage

Sugar Craving (5m, from Undead Helper's attack from Christmas Event)

* +15% Movement Speed
* +20% Search Speed
* -10% Headshot Damage
* -10% Body Damage
* -1% Health Per Minute

Frostbite (5m, from Wicked Snowman's gas cloud or any attack from Christmas Event)

* -30% Movement Speed
* -15% Attack Speed
* -5% Incoming Damage

## Effects from Poor Survivor Management

All these debuffs are indefinite until addressed by the player.

Starvation (indefinite, occurs when Energy drops to 0)

* -5% Movement Speed
* -5% Attack Speed
* -10% Aim Speed
* -1% Health Per Minute

Dehydration (indefinite, occurs when Hydration drops to 0)

* -5% Body Damage
* -10% Minimum Accuracy
* -10% Maximum Accuracy
* -1% Health Per Minute

Dying (indefinite, occurs when Health drops to 25 or less)

* -10% Movement Speed
* -10% Aim Speed
* -10% Attack Speed
* Game screen flashing red, then if Health decreases to 15 or less - screen turns black and white.
* Should Health reach 0, the character gets teleported inside the last visited Outpost, loses all non-event status effects and 50% EXP gained since last Outpost visit, and gains 25 Health.

Over-Encumbered (indefinite, occurs when going over Inventory capacity by unequipping a piece of gear that gives Inventory Capacity bonus):

* -50% Movement Speed

## Effects from Location

These status effects are active only while the player is inside certain buildings.

Curse Of Comer's (indefinite, applied while inside Palehaven City's Archives (Raid Building))

* +75% EXP Gained
* +100% Find Elite Item Chance
* +100% Find Unique Item Chance
* +100% Find Backpack Chance
* +100% Find Upgrade Chance
* +50% Incoming Damage
* +50% Zombie Health
* +50% Mutated Health
* +100% Infection Chance
* +100% Burns Chance
* +100% Radiation Chance
* +100% Bleeding Chance
* +30% Footstep Noise Radius
* +30% Sneak Visibility Range
* +60% Visibility Range

Curse Of Comer's (indefinite, applied while inside Comer and Son Inc (Raid Building))

* +100% EXP Gained
* +100% Find Elite Item Chance
* +100% Find Unique Item Chance
* +100% Find Backpack Chance
* +100% Find Upgrade Chance
* +100% Incoming Damage
* +100% Zombie Health
* +100% Mutated Health
* +100% Infection Chance
* +100% Burns Chance
* +100% Radiation Chance
* +100% Bleeding Chance
* +30% Footstep Noise Radius
* +30% Sneak Visibility Range
* +60% Visibility Range

Accursed Presence (indefinite, applied while inside Ravenwall Heights Community Hospital)

* +200% EXP Gained
* +150% Find Elite Item Chance
* +150% Find Unique Item Chance
* +100% Find Upgrade Chance
* +50% Incoming Damage
* -30% Movement Speed
* +50% Mutated Health
* +200% Infection Chance
* +200% Burns Chance
* +200% Radiation Chance
* +200% Bleeding Chance
* +30% Footstep Noise Radius
* +40% Sneak Visibility Range
* +75% Visibility Range
* -50% Dodge Duration

Fading Hope (indefinite, applied while inside DF2 5th anniversary raid building Autumn's Haven)

* +100% EXP Gained
* +100% Find Elite Item Chance
* +100% Find Unique Item Chance
* +100% Find Backpack Chance
* +100% Find Upgrade Chance
* +13% Incoming Damage
* +200% Infection Chance
* +200% Burns Chance
* +200% Radiation Chance
* +200% Bleeding Chance
* +30% Footstep Noise Radius
* +30% Sneak Visibility Range
* +60% Visibility Range

Police Deparment's Blessing (indefinite, not shown in Inventory view, applied while inside any Police Department building)

* +100% Find Ammo Chance
* +100% Find Weapon Chance

Hospital's Blessing (indefinite, not shown in Inventory view, applied while inside any Hospital building)

* +100% Find Medical Chance

Catering Blessing (indefinite, not shown in Inventory view, applied while inside any Catering (Store or Restaurant) building)

* +50% Find Food Chance
* +50% Find Drink Chance

Industrial Blessing (indefinite, not shown in Inventory view, applied while inside any Industrial building)

* +100% Find Fuel Chance
* +100% Find Vehicle Part Chance

**Hotels and Residential buildings** have no loot bonuses.

## Effects from Events

These status effects are shown in orange in the Inventory view. They keep running together with the wall clock regardless if the character is logged in or not, and thus will expire even if the character is not currently playing the game.

### Effects from Outpost Attack

**January 1, 2023 20:20:00 UTCOutpost Guardian/Defender may be awarded in
 Outpost Guardian/Defender expires in
   240m-12hhh mm ssfull**
Outpost Guardian (2h, from killing a large number of infected)

* +40% EXP Gained
* +40% Find Ammo Quantity
* +40% Find Fuel Quantity
* +40% Find Elite Item Chance
* +40% Find Unique Item Chance

Outpost Defender (2h, from killing a moderate number of infected)

* +20% EXP Gained
* +20% Find Ammo Quantity
* +20% Find Fuel Quantity
* +20% Find Elite Item Chance
* +20% Find Unique Item Chance

Additional seasonal global event effects exist, such as weekend boosts or summer event boost etc., which give bonuses that differ from event to event, and may include EXP Gained, Find Unique Item Chance, Find Ammo Quantity and others.