Status Effects

What are status effects?

Status effects are temporary conditions that can affect a target, either benefiting or hindering their abilities.

Buffs are effects that positively impact the player gameplay while debuffs are effects that have negative impact.

Types of Status Effects

Positive Status Effects (Buffs)

• Increase Stats: Enhance attributes such as strength, defense, etc....
  • Examples:
    • Strength Boost: Increases physical attack damage.
    • Resistence Boost: Enhances resistence to physical attacks.
• Healing Over Time (HoT): Gradually restores health over a specified period.

Negative Status Effects (Debuffs)

• Decrease Stats: Reduce attributes such as strength, defense, etc...
  • Examples:
    • Weakness: Lowers physical attack damage.
    • Slowness: Reduces movement and attack speed.
• Damage Over Time (DoT): Inflicts continuous damage over a specified period.
  • Examples:
    • Poison: Causes ongoing damage due to toxic effects.
    • Bleeding: Causes continuous damage due to an open wound inflicted by a sharp blade.
    • Burn: Inflicts fire damage over time.
• Crowd Control (CC): Limits or completely restricts a character’s actions.
  • Examples:
    • Stun: Temporarily disables movement and actions.
    • Freeze: Immobilizes the character.
    • Silence: Prevents the use of abilities or spells.

List of Status Effects

Note: Some status effects present in the list below might have not been implemented yet.

Application and Removal of Status Effects

• Triggers: Status effects can be triggered by various actions, such as using specific abilities, drinking potions, taking damage from certain enemies or weapons, or interacting with environmental elements.
• Duration: Each status effect has a defined duration, which can be influenced by character traits, abilities, or external factors. Duration can range from a few seconds to several minutes.
• Stacking: Some status effects can stack, either increasing their potency or prolonging their duration. For example, multiple applications of a poison effect might increase the damage per tick or extend the overall duration. Also, drinking two low tier potions might upgrade its effect to the upper tier, however this is applicable to a very few types of potions.
• Cleansing: Certain abilities or items can remove negative status effects, known as cleansing or purifying. Positive effects can also be dispelled by enemies using specific counter-abilities.

Visual Cues

To enhance the player experience and provide a clear view of currently applied effects, status effects are often represented as icons above the game HUD.

The duration is represented by a circular progress bar around the icon and can be displayed as a floating text upon clicking on each icon.

World Buffs

World buffs are powerful enhancements that benefit all players in the game for a set period, typically lasting 24 hours. These buffs are designed to encourage player activity, foster a sense of community, and add dynamic elements to the gameplay experience.

They are usually triggered by the system, often in response to specific actions occured by players, events, holidays, achievements, or developer interventions.

These buffs affect all players in the game world, regardless of their location, race, or level.

List of World Buffs