Burning

Burning
Statistics
Type	Debuff
Effects	Movement speed is reduced -50 health per second
Tooltip	Losing life and slow movement
Internal IDs
Buff ID	67

Not to be confused with On Fire!.

Burning is a debuff inflicted when the player comes in contact with Hellstone, Hellstone Brick, or Meteorite. The player takes continuous damage and has their movement speed reduced until they step off the block. Damage is taken at a rate of approximately 50 points per second.

The debuff can be prevented by equipping the Obsidian Skull, Obsidian Shield, Obsidian Horseshoe, Obsidian Water Walking Boots, Lava Waders, or the Ankh Shield, allowing the player to step on any of the three blocks without taking damage.

Causes

From environment

From	Duration
Meteorite	While in contact
Hellstone	While in contact
Hellstone Brick	While in contact

Notes

• The debuff was created for the sole purpose of preventing Hellstone abuse, where the player would voluntarily take direct damage from Hellstone and use the invincibility frames as immunity from higher damage sources, such as lava or a Hardmode boss.
• Sloping a block that causes this debuff will cause it to stop inflicting the debuff and dealing damage to the player.

Trivia

• Prior to 1.3.0.1, all biomes that contained blocks that inflict this debuff had the same music as a Blood Moon.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.3.0.2: No longer caused by developer items on both world modes.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • No longer caused by developer items when worn in Expert mode.
  • Sloping Meteorite, Hellstone, and Hellstone Brick no longer prevents this debuff.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.