Poison Damage

There are some vague or non-exact figures and information on this page. Some spading is required. What exactly determines how much poison damage weapons do? Does pufferfish spine belong here? Does poison from various sources stack?

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Poison damage is a special, decaying form of passive damage that can result from the use of certain combat items, familiars, spells and weapons. Some items do poison damage on their own, while others give a chance to inflict poison damage with weapon attacks.

Poison damage recurs in subsequent rounds of combat, decreasing in each round by 50% rounded down until there is no inflicted damage. Poison damage is treated as physical damage and can be decreased by the enemy's physical resistance.

Source	Source Type	Initial Damage	Duration	Cost	Prereq	Notes
adder	Combat Item	30-40	Instant	Item Loss	None
Attacking with a poisoned weapon	Skill	?	Instant		None	Attacking with a weapon and a chance to poison enchantment may result in poison damage being inflicted
Baby Mutant Rattlesnake	Familiar	80% of familiar attack	Instant	None	None	Can also poison from the Crown of Thrones
clutch of dodecapede eggs	Combat Item	20-25	Instant	Item Loss	None	Also delevels
Fire a poison arrow	Skill	80% of skill damage	Instant	None	Obtuse Angel as your current familiar	Limited to 10 uses per day
Mutant Cactus Bud	Familiar	80% of familiar attack	Instant	None	None	Can also poison from the Crown of Thrones
Mutant Fire Ant	Familiar	80% of familiar attack	Instant	None	None	Can also poison from the Crown of Thrones
Mutant Gila Monster	Familiar	80% of familiar attack	Instant	None	None	Can also poison from the Crown of Thrones
noxious gas grenade	Combat Item	100-120	Instant	Item Loss	None	Also deals 200-300 damage, calculated separately
pygmy blowgun	Combat Item	20-30	Instant	Item Loss	None	Poison can stack.
Spider Plant	Florist Friar plant	10-15	Instant	None	Access to The Florist Friar's Cottage	Poisons at start of combat. Can only be planted in indoor zones.
Stringozzi Serpent	P spell	50% of skill damage	Instant	13 MP	None	Mys is buffed Mysticality, capped at 120
Vermincelli	Pasta Thrall	Varies	Instant	None	Vermincelli of level 5 or higher

Chance to Poison

Specific weapons and effects have a weapon poison enchantment, which grants a chance to deal poison damage to your opponent each time you strike with your weapon.

• Buggy Flavor, effect: 25%
• trout fang, weapon: 25%
• cheap plastic blowgun, weapon: 50%
• elephant stinger, weapon: 50%
• goblin autoblowgun, weapon: 50%
• scorpion whip, weapon: 50%
• poison pen, weapon: 75%
• Deadly Lampblade, effect: 100%

Initial poison damage appears to be 15%-25% of the damage done by the attack, at least in some cases, although not all of these have been thoroughly tested.

Other

Pufferfish spines and candycaine powder also poison one's opponent, but damage is listed separately, and increases rather than decreases. Poisons that affect the player are negative status effects and use an entirely different mechanic. See Poison for list of other poison effects.

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