Suffocation

Suffocation
Statistics
Type	Debuff
Effects	-20 life per second
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. Drowning will not give you this debuff. Damage numbers bounce like other continuous damage debuffs.

Causes

From environment

From		Duration
	Sand Block	Until you escape
	Ebonsand Block	Until you escape
	Pearlsand Block	Until you escape
	Crimsand Block	Until you escape
	Silt Block	Until you escape
	Slush Block	Until you escape

Other

From		Duration	Chance
	Red Potion	60 / 120 minutes	1/1 (100%)

Notes

• Suffocation will only be caused by the blocks listed above; other blocks, such as Obsidian that forms over a player, will be completely harmless.
  • Suffocation can occur if any part of the player is trapped by a block.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.2.3: Running underwater no longer causes flashes of the Suffocation debuff.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

 DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.