Feral Bite

Fortune & Glory, Kid. Expert Mode-Only Content: This information applies only to Expert mode and Expert mode worlds.

   Desktop/Console/Mobile-Only Content: This information applies only to the Desktop, Console, and Mobile versions of Terraria.

Feral Bite

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Statistics

Type	Debuff
Effects	Increases damage, but decreases life regeneration and randomly inflicts other debuffs
Tooltip	Increased damage, Decreased life regen, Causes status effects

• Internal Buff ID: 148   

Feral Bite is a debuff that may be inflicted when a player is hit by a bat (10% chance) or Duke Fishron (33% chance) in Expert mode. It increases player damage by 20%, but lowers player health regeneration and may randomly inflict Darkness, Cursed, Confused, Slow, Weak, or Silenced debuffs.

Causes

From enemy

From		Duration	Chance
	Cave Bat	30-90 seconds	1/10 (10%)
	Jungle Bat	30-90 seconds	1/10 (10%)
	Giant Bat	30-90 seconds	1/10 (10%)
	Giant Flying Fox	30-90 seconds	1/10 (10%)
	Duke Fishron	3-10 seconds	1/3 (33.3%)

Debuffs

When the player is afflicted with Feral Bite, there is a 1/1200 chance per frame for one of six debuffs to inflict the player. When the game is running at the target 60 frames per second, the effective chance is 1/20 every second (approximately 1-20 seconds).

Debuff		Duration	Chance
	Darkness	1.8-3 seconds	1/6 (16.7%)
	Cursed	0.45-0.75 seconds	1/6 (16.7%)
	Confused	0.9-1.5 seconds	1/6 (16.7%)
	Slow	2.1-3.5 seconds	1/6 (16.7%)
	Weak	3-5 seconds	1/6 (16.7%)
	Silenced	0.6-1 seconds	1/6 (16.7%)

Tips

• While at the first look seeming like a rather weak debuff, the randomly occurring debuffs can cause major damage to a player. The Confused and Weak debuffs can easily catch players on the wrong foot, especially when they are not aware of being under the influence of Feral Bite.
• Having an Ankh Charm or Ankh Shield eliminates all the debuffs (which technically makes this a pseudo buff like the Tipsy effect).

Trivia

• Internally, Feral Bite is named "Rabies", a real disease which affects animals and humans.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Introduced. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Introduced. ()

 Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: Introduced.