Acid Venom

Type	Debuff
Effects	-30 / -15 / -6 health per second; No health regeneration
Tooltip	Losing life

Not to be confused with Vial of Venom.

Acid Venom (Venom on Console, Old-gen console, Mobile, and 3DS ) is a debuff that prevents health regeneration and causes the afflicted to lose 30 / 15 / 6 health per second. It is a stronger version of Poisoned.

Enemies immune to Venom are also immune to Poisoned.

Causes[edit | edit source]

From player[edit | edit source]

	Duration	Total damage	Chance
Venom Bullet	1-8 seconds	30-240 / 6-48	100*1/1 (100%)
Venom Arrow	10 / 1-8 seconds	300 / 6-48	100*1/1 (100%)
Venom Staff	30 seconds	900 / 180	100*1/1 (100%)
Spider Staff	2-5 seconds	60-150 / 12-30	100*1/1 (100%)
Queen Spider Staff	4-7 seconds	120-210 / 24-42	100*1/1 (100%)
Flask of Venom	5-10 seconds	150-300 / 30-60	100*1/1 (100%)
Pygmy Staff	10-21 seconds	300-630 / 60-126	33.33*1/3 (33.33%)

From enemy[edit | edit source]

	Duration	Total damage	Chance
Black Recluse	8 / 16 seconds	48 / 96	10*1/10 (10%)
Jungle Creeper	8 / 16 seconds	48 / 96	10*1/10 (10%)
Sand Poacher	4-8 / 8-16 seconds	24-48 / 48-96	100*1/1 (100%)

Immune NPCs[edit | edit source]

Trivia[edit | edit source]

After the buffs of 1.4.1, a single Venom Arrow can now kill Derplings, Possessed Armors, and other early hardmode enemies by itself.

History[edit | edit source]

Desktop version

Desktop 1.4.1:
- Damage per second doubled from 15 to 30 on the enemy version of the debuff.
- Venom was renamed to Acid Venom and now affects several metal, stone, undead and poisonous enemies.

Desktop 1.4.0.1:
- Damage per second increased from 6 to 15 on both player and enemy versions of the debuff.
- Pygmy and Queen Spider Staff Venom duration decreased to mitigate the increased potency.
- Black Recluse and Sand Poacher Venom duration decreased somewhat to mitigate the increased danger to the player.