Acid Venom

Acid Venom
Statistics
Type	Debuff
Effects	−30 / −15 / −6 health per second No health regeneration
Tooltip	Losing life
Internal IDs
Buff ID	70
Internal name	Venom

Not to be confused with Vial of Venom.

Acid Venom (Venom on  Old-gen console, 3DS, 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

From player

From		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%)

From enemy

From		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%)

Immune NPCs

Enemies immune to Acid Venom

• Ancient Cultist
• Ancient Vision
• Bubble Shield
• Desert Spirit
• Dungeon Guardian
• Dungeon Spirit
• Flying Dutchman
• Ghost
• Martian Saucer
• Mysterious Portal
• Mysterious Tablet
• Phantasm Dragon
• Pirate's Curse
• Poltergeist
• Probe
• Reaper
• Solar Pillar
• The Destroyer
• Toxic Sludge
• Wraith

History

 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.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: No longer deals percentage-based damage^Verify.

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.