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Poison


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Not to be confused with Toxic.

Effect

Once the Poison meter is full, HP will begin to drain at a steady rate depending on the method of infliction. Duration is always 3 minutes and is not affected by Poison Resist.

Inflict

These Enemies are capable of poisoning the player by dealing the listed poison buildup, which when triggered drain HP at the corresponding rates listed. The rate at which these poison status effects apply damage was altered with the Remaster, differentiated here from PTDE. For example, in the Remaster with enemy inflicted poison, damage is applied once per 0.927 seconds, but the amount of damage dealt per tick and duration for which it lasts is unaltered , leading to higher damage rates and total damage:

Cause of PoisonPTDE Rate of HP lossPTDE Total HP lossRemaster tick RateRemaster Rate of HP lossRemaster Total HP lossBuildup per hit
Tree Lizard10 HP per second1800 HP0.927 seconds10.79 HP per second1943 HP60
Sanctuary Guardian10 HP per second1800 HP0.927 seconds10.79 HP per second1943 HP60
Giant Mosquito9 HP per second1620 HP0.927 seconds9.71 HP per second1748 HP45
Small Undead Rat9 HP per second1620 HP0.927 seconds9.71 HP per second1748 HP45
Infested Barbarian7 HP per second1260 HP0.927 seconds7.55 HP per second1359 HP55
Large Undead Rat4 HP per second720 HP0.927 seconds4.31 HP per second777 HP12
Giant Undead Rat4 HP per second720 HP0.927 seconds4.31 HP per second777 HP12
Blighttown Lake4 HP per second720 HP1.02 seconds3.92 HP per second706 HP3
Lost Izalith Pit4 HP per second720 HP1.02 seconds3.92 HP per second706 HP3
Poison Throwing Knife4 HP per second720 HP1.02 seconds3.92 HP per second706 HP55
Dark Fog4 HP per second720 HP1.02 seconds3.92 HP per second706 HP8
Poison Mist3.75 HP per second675 HP0.8 seconds3.75 HP per second675 HP10
Large Club3 HP per second540 HP0.9 seconds3.33 HP per second600 HP30
Oolacile Catalyst3 HP per second540 HP0.9 seconds3.33 HP per second600 HP30
Poison Arrow3 HP per second540 HP1 second3 HP per second540 HP60
Guardian Tail3 HP per second540 HP1.02 seconds2.94 HP per second529 HP40
Rotten Pine Resin3 HP per second540 HP1.02 seconds2.94 HP per second529 HP30

Poison Mist is the only one of these which in PTDE deviated from 1 per second with its Damage tick Rate.

Recover

  • Consume a Purple Moss Clump
  • Consume a Blooming Purple Moss Clump
  • Consume a Divine Blessing
  • Cast Remedy
  • Rest at a Bonfire

Resisting and Avoiding Poison

  • Increase Resistance stat
  • Equip the Poisonbite Ring (multiplies base Poison resist by 5)
  • Equip various Poison Resistant armors
  • Equip Gargoyle's Halberd (increases Poison resistance by 25)
  • Equip Bloodshield (just equipping Bloodshield increases Poison resistance by 50)
  • Block with shields that have 100% Poison resist to prevent enemy attack's Poison buildup. Note that status effect buildup is not decreased by blocking in PvP:
    • Spider Shield
    • Crystal Shield
    • Greatshield of Artorias

Enemies Immune to Poison

The following enemies cannot be poisoned:

Regular Enemies

  • Bounding Demon of Izalith (can be inflicted with Toxic, but has high resistance)
  • Crystal Golem / Golden Crystal Golem
  • Crystal Lizard
  • Demonic Statue
  • Giant Stone Knight
  • Hellkite Dragon
  • Humanity Phantom
  • Hydra
  • Slime
  • Stone Guardian
  • Titanite Demon
  • Undead Dragon (can be inflicted with Toxic, but has high resistance)
  • All skeleton types (Skeleton, Giant Skeleton, Skeleton Beast, Bone Tower, Skeleton Baby & Skeleton Wheel)

Bosses

  • Bed of Chaos
  • Black Dragon Kalameet
  • Ceaseless Discharge
  • Four Kings
  • Gaping Dragon
  • Gravelord Nito
  • Gwyn, Lord of Cinder
  • Iron Golem
  • Knight Artorias
  • Manus
  • Moonlight Butterfly
  • Seath the Scaleless
  • Quelaag (can be inflicted with Toxic)

NPCs

Most non-hostile NPCs are immune to cloud forms of poison (Poison Mist, Dark Fog), though they can be poisoned or toxified with other attacks. The following are fully-immune:

  • Lord's Blade Ciaran
  • Vamos

Note - This list does not include NPCs that cannot be killed.

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