Confused

Confused is a debuff which causes sideways controls to reverse: ◀ Left will move right, and ▶ Right will move left. Additionally, ▲ Up will also act as ▼ Down, and ▼ Down will do nothing. When applied to enemies, a question mark appears above them, and causes them to move away from the player rather than towards them. Enemies with ranged attacks will be unable to use that attack. The debuff can be prevented with the Trifold Map (and by extension, anything crafted from it), which is dropped by most enemies that cause the debuff.

About 70% of enemies and the entirety of bosses in Terraria are immune to the Confused debuff. Many of the vulnerable enemies include slimes, bats, and most fighters.

Causes[]

From player[]

	Duration	Chance
Brain of Confusion	1.5 seconds at minimum; depends on damage taken, see notes	60%–100%
Dao of Pow	2–4 seconds	80%
Bee Keeper	2 seconds	90%
Nano Bullet	1-3 seconds	100%
Flask of Nanites	1–3 seconds	100%

From enemy[]

	Duration	Chance
Giant Bat	5 / 10 seconds	7.14*1/14 (7.14%)
Light Mummy	5 / 10 seconds	7.14*1/14 (7.14%)
Clown	5 / 10 seconds	7.14*1/14 (7.14%)
Brain Scrambler (ranged attack)	5 / 10 seconds	60*3/5 (60%)
Brain of Cthulhu	0.75–1.5 seconds	0.82*2/243 (0.82%)
Creeper	0.75–1.5 seconds	2.47*2/81 (2.47%)
Dreamer Ghoul	14 / 28 seconds	100*1/1 (100%)

From debuff[]

From		Duration	Chance
	Feral Bite	0.9–1.5 seconds	16.671/6 (16.67%), 51/20 (5%) every second

Other[]

From		Duration	Chance
	Red Potion	1 / 2 / 3 hours	100*1/1 (100%)

Immune NPCs[]

Enemies immune to Confused

Notes[]

On the Console version, Players inflicted with Confused have reversed movement, but not reversed aiming.

History[]

PC version

Desktop 1.1: Introduced.

Console version

Console-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo Switch version

Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

Mobile version

Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo

version

3DS-Release: Introduced.

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