Confused

Confused is a debuff which causes sideways controls to reverse: ◀ Left will move right, and ▶ Right will move left. Additionally, ◀ Left will also act as ▲ Up and ▼ Down will do nothing. When applied to enemies, a question mark appears above them, and causes them to move away from the player rather than towards. Enemies with ranged attacks will be unable to use that attack. The debuff can be prevented with the Trifold Map (and by extension, anything crafted from it), which is dropped by most enemies that cause the debuff.

About 70% of enemies and the entirety of bosses in Terraria are immune to the Confused debuff. Many of the vulnerable enemies include Slimes, Bats and most Fighter AI enemies.

Causes

From player

	Duration	Chance
Brain of Confusion	3-5 seconds	3/5-5/5 (60%-100%)
Dao of Pow	2-5 seconds	4/5 (80%)
Bee Keeper	2 seconds	1/10 (10%)
Nano Bullet	1 second (2/3 chance) or 3 seconds (1/3 chance)	1/1 (100%)
Flask of Nanites	1-4 seconds	1/1 (100%)

Self-induced

From		Duration	Chance
	Red Potion	1 / 2 hours	100% chance

From Debuff

From		Duration	Chance
	Feral Bite	0.9-1.5 seconds	Random

From enemy

	Duration	Chance
Giant Bat	7 / 14 seconds	1/12 (8.33%)
Light Mummy	7 / 14 seconds	1/12 (8.33%)
Clown	7 / 14 seconds	1/12 (8.33%)
Brain Scrambler	5 / 10 seconds	3/5 (60%)
Brain of Cthulhu	2.5-5 seconds	1/16 (6.25%)
Creeper	2.5-5 seconds	1/48 (2.08%)

Immune NPCs

Enemies immune to Confused

History

PC version

Desktop 1.1: Introduced.

Console version

Console-Release: Introduced.

Mobile version

Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo

version

3DS-Release: Introduced.

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Confused

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Causes

From player

Self-induced

From Debuff

From enemy

Immune NPCs

History

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