Suffocation
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| Suffocation | ||
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| Statistics | ||
| Type | Debuff | |
| Effects | Player takes a lot of damage | |
| Tooltip | Losing life | |
| Internal Buff ID: 68 | ||
Suffocation is a debuff that is inflicted when the player is caught in falling Sand, Silt, or Slush, causing 5 damage per second. Drowning will not give you this debuff. Damage numbers bounce like other continuous damage debuffs.
Causes[edit | edit source]
From environment[edit | edit source]
| From | Duration | |
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Sand Block | Until you escape |
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Ebonsand Block | Until you escape |
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Pearlsand Block | Until you escape |
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Crimsand Block | Until you escape |
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Silt Block | Until you escape |
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Slush Block | Until you escape |
Other[edit | edit source]
| From | Duration | Chance | |
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Red Potion  
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60 / 120   minutes
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1/1 (100%) |
Notes[edit | edit source]
- Suffocation will only be caused by the blocks listed above; other blocks, such as Obsidian that forms over a player, will be completely harmless.
History[edit | edit source]
- Desktop 1.2.3: Running underwater no longer causes flashes of the Suffocation debuff.
- Desktop 1.2: Introduced.
- Console 1.02: Introduced.
- Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced.
| Status Effects: Buffs • Debuffs | |||||||||
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| Debuffs | |||||||||
| Damaging |  Burning •  Cursed Inferno •  Daybroken  •  Electrified •  Frostburn •  On Fire! •  Penetrated •  Poisoned •  Shadowflame •  Suffocation •  Venom
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| Combat |  Betsy's Curse •  Bleeding •  Broken Armor •  Ichor (debuff) •  Mana Sickness  • Oiled •  Tipsy •  Water Candle (debuff) •  Weak •  Withered Armor •  Withered Weapon
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| Movement |  Chilled •  Confused • Distorted •  Frozen •  Mighty Wind •  Oozed •  Slow •  Stoned •  Webbed
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| Abilities |  Blackout •  Chaos State •  Creative Shock •  Cursed •  Darkness •  Obstructed •  Potion Sickness •  Silenced
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| Visual |  Slime (debuff) •  Stinky •  Wet
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| Other |  Feral Bite •  Midas •  Moon Bite •  Horrified •  The Tongue
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| Cannot be Inflicted |  Dazed
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