Acid Venom

Not to be confused with Vial of Venom.

Acid Venom (Venom on Console, Old-gen console, Mobile, 3DS , Switch, and tModLoader) 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[]

	Duration	Total damage	Chance
Venom Bullet	10 seconds	300 / 150 / 60	100*1/1 (100%)
Venom Arrow	10 seconds	300 / 150 / 60	100*1/1 (100%)
Venom Staff	30 seconds	900 / 450 / 180	100*1/1 (100%)
Spider Staff	2–4 seconds	60–120 / 30–60 / 12–24	100*1/1 (100%)
Queen Spider Staff	2–4 / 4–6 seconds	60–120 / 30–60 / 24–36	100*1/1 (100%)
Flask of Venom	5–9 seconds	150–285 / 75–135 / 30–54	100*1/1 (100%)
Pygmy Staff	5–10 seconds	150–300 / 75–150	33.33*1/3 (33.33%)

	Duration	Total damage	Chance
Black Recluse	4 / 8 / 10 / 8 seconds	120 / 240 / 300 60 / 120 / 150 48	10*1/10 (10%)
Jungle Creeper	4 / 8 / 10 seconds	120 / 240 / 300	10*1/10 (10%)
Sand Poacher	4 / 8 / 10 seconds	120 / 240 / 300 60 / 120 / 150	100*1/1 (100%)

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.