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This page is in reference to the Damage 2.0 system.
The chance that a hit will apply a Status Effect based on the types of damage the weapon inflicts.
—In-game Description

A Status Effect, or commonly called a Proc, is an additional effect which may be triggered at random by a hit from a weapon or Warframe ability. Status Chance is the probability that a hit will inflict a status effect. The base duration of the Proc will depend on its type, and whether the target is an enemy or another Tenno. Warframe abilities usually have a high chance to proc, or in some cases, greater than or equal to 100% chance to inflict their status effect (e.g. FrostIcon272 Frost's IceWave130xWhite Ice Wave ability).

Each damage type is associated with a status effect. Weapons that deal multiple damage types will have a separate chance to inflict its associated status effect on a target, and only one damage type can proc per hit, unless status chance is over 100%.

For example, a weapon such as an unmodified Staticor Staticor deals solely DmgRadiationSmall64 Radiation damage. In addition to its damage, the Staticor also has a 28% status chance on each shot to cause a proc. On a successful proc, the enemy will receive the Radiation status effect, which causes Confusion over the duration of the effect.

Enemies also possess the ability to inflict status effects on Tenno. For example, a Grineer Scorch has a chance to inflict the Ignited status effect with the DmgFireSmall64 Heat damage from his Ignis Ignis. Similarly, enemies are also able to inflict physical procs such as Bleeding (associated with DmgSlashSmall64 Slash damage) bypassing the player's armor.

Status Effects[]

General[]

Damage Type Status Effect Internal Name Status Effects
DmgImpactSmall64 Impact PT_KNOCKBACK Knockback
On Enemy: Causes target to flinch and staggers movement for 1 second and increases the health threshold at which they can be Parazon Mercy Killed by 8% per proc. Stacks up to 5 times.
On Player: No effect.
DmgPunctureSmall64 Puncture PT_FRAILTY Weakened
On Enemy: Reduces any damage dealt by 40% for 6 seconds. Stacks up to 5 times, with subsequent procs reducing damage by 10% to a total of 80%. The victim receives 5% increased weapon Critical Chance per proc up to 25% at max stacks. This bonus is additive after mods, but does not apply to area of effect damage or Warframe abilities.
On Player: Reduces any damage dealt to 30% for 6 seconds.
DmgSlashSmall64 Slash PT_BLEEDING Bleed
On Enemy: Deals 35% of the base damage per second over 6 seconds (bypasses Armor).
On Player: Deals 10% of the base damage per second over 6 seconds (bypasses Armor).
DmgTrueSmall64 True N/A No status effect.
DmgFireSmall64 Heat PT_IMMOLATION Ignite
On Enemy: Deals 50% of the base damage as DmgFireSmall64 Heat damage per second over 6 seconds (increase by Heat mods, can be refreshed) while causing the target to panic for 4 seconds and stripping up to 50% Armor.
On Player: Deals 50% base DmgFireSmall64 Heat damage over 6 seconds and strips up to 50% Armor.
DmgColdSmall64 Cold PT_CHILLED Freeze
On Enemy: Reduces Movement Speed, Fire Rate, and Attack Speed by 50% for 6 seconds. Stacks up to 9 times, with subsequent procs increasing slow by 5% to a total of 90%. The target receives +0.1 increased Critical Multiplier on initial proc and +0.05 per subsequent proc to a maximum of +0.5, additive after mods.
On Player: Reduces Movement Speed, Fire Rate, and Attack Speed by 25% for 6 seconds.
DmgElectricitySmall64 Electricity PT_ELECTROCUTION Tesla Chain
On Enemy: Deals 50% of the base damage asDmgElectricitySmall64 Electricity damage per second over 6 seconds to enemies within 3 meters of the target and stuns the affected target for 3 seconds.
On Player: Deals 50% base DmgElectricitySmall64 Electricity damage to allies within 3 meters of the target.
DmgToxinSmall64 Toxin PT_POISONED Poison
Universal: Deals 50% of the base damage as DmgToxinSmall64 Toxin damage per second over 6 seconds (bypasses Shield).
DmgVoidSmall64 Void PT_RADIANT Bullet Attractor
On Enemy: Creates a 2.5 meter radius field which attracts projectiles for 3 seconds.
DmgTauSmall64 Tau N/A No status effect.
DmgBlastSmall64 Blast PT_FLASHBANG Inaccuracy
On Enemy: Reduces accuracy by 30% for 6 seconds. Stacks up to 10 times, with subsequent procs reducing accuracy by 5% to a total of 75%.
On Player: Reduces accuracy by 30% for 6 seconds.
DmgCorrosiveSmall64 Corrosive PT_CAUSTIC_BURN Corrosion
On Enemy: Reduces armor by 26% for 8 seconds. Stacks up to 10 times, with subsequent procs reducing armor by 6% to a total of 80%.
On Player: Reduces armor by 26% for 8 seconds.
DmgGasSmall64 Gas PT_ASPHYXIATION Gas Cloud
Universal: Deals 50% of the base damage as DmgGasSmall64 Gas damage per second over 6 seconds in a 3 meter radius. Stacks up to 10 times, with subsequent procs increasing radius by 0.3 meters to a total of 6 meters.
DmgMagneticSmall64 Magnetic PT_MAGNETIZED Disrupt
On Enemy: Amplifies damage dealt to shields by 100% and nullifies shield regeneration for 6 seconds. Stacks up to 10 times, with subsequent procs increasing damage to shields by 25% to a total of 325%.
On Player: Amplifies damage dealt to shields by 100%, nullifies shield regeneration, drains 20 Energy per second and scrambles the interface for 4 seconds.
DmgRadiationSmall64 Radiation PT_RAD_TOX Confusion
On Enemy: Attacks any closest enemy and will be attacked in return while dealing 100% additional damage to allied units for 12 seconds. Stacks up to 10 times, with subsequent procs increasing damage by 50% to a total of 550%.
On Player: Reduces firing accuracy, able to damage and be damaged by allies for 4 seconds.
DmgViralSmall64 Viral PT_INFECTED Virus
On Enemy: Amplifies damage dealt to health by 100% for 6 seconds. Stacks up to 10 times, with subsequent procs increasing damage to health by 25% to a total of 325%.
On Player: Amplifies damage dealt to health by 100% for 6 seconds.

Independent from Damage[]

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Status Effect Internal Name Description
UnidentifiedItem Big Stagger PT_BIG_STAGGER Universal: Target is staggered for a longer duration? Can be applied by Opticor Opticor, OpticorVandal Opticor Vandal, Vulkar Vulkar, and VulkarWraith Vulkar Wraith.
Halikar Disarmed PT_DISARMED Universal: Target is disarmed of their equipped weapon. Can be applied by Halikar Halikar and HalikarWraith Halikar Wraith?
DmgImpairSmall64 Impair
(PvP only)
PT_ROOTS Universal: Restricts the target's movement for 2 seconds, disabling jumps and decreases movement speed. After Impair duration ends, players will be immune to the same status effect and knockdowns for 2 seconds.
Knockdown b Knockdown PT_KNOCKED_DOWN Universal: Players and enemies fall to the ground. Counts as an individual status for Mod TT 20px Condition Overload, Mod TT 20px Galvanized Aptitude,  Mod TT 20px Galvanized Savvy, and Mod TT 20px Galvanized Shot.
Lifted b Lifted PT_LIFT_HIT Universal: Briefly suspends targets in mid-air. Counts as an individual status for Mod TT 20px Condition Overload, Mod TT 20px Galvanized Aptitude, Mod TT 20px Galvanized Savvy, and Mod TT 20px Galvanized Shot.
Nukor Microwave PT_MICROWAVE_BURN Universal: Enlarges an enemy's body part when shot at. Has infinite duration and counts as an individual status for Mod TT 20px Condition Overload, Mod TT 20px Galvanized Aptitude, Mod TT 20px Galvanized Savvy, and Mod TT 20px Galvanized Shot. Exclusive to Nukor Nukor and KuvaNukor Kuva Nukor.
UnidentifiedItem Parried PT_PARRIED Universal: Target is open to finishers? Can be applied through Mod TT 20px Parry?
Ragdoll b Ragdoll PT_RAGDOLL Universal: Body is launched into the air, incapacitating the player or enemy.
Silence130xDark Silence PT_SILENCED Universal: Active abilities are deactivated?
RestRage130xDark Sleep PT_SLEEP On enemy: Target is temporarily put to sleep.
UnidentifiedItem Slow PT_GLUE
RollingDroneAvatar Stagger PT_STAGGERED Universal: Players and enemies get staggered for a brief moment.
UnidentifiedItem Stun PT_STUNNED Universal: Players and enemies get stunned in-place temporarily and cannot move or shoot.
? PT_VOID

Empyrean[]

Main article: Damage § Empyrean (edit)

Empyrean gamemode and Railjacks use a slightly altered system of the currently existing damage system. Archguns and Archmelees deal 90.91% (10/11) reduced damage to space enemies (or 9.09% of its arsenal damage) while Railjack Armaments and Tactical mods deal their full listed damage to them before accounting for hit point resistances and vulnerabilities.

Primary physical and elemental damage types have different status effects against space enemies outlined in the chart below. Secondary elemental damage types (DmgBlastSmall64 Blast, DmgCorrosiveSmall64 Corrosive, DmgGasSmall64 Gas, DmgMagneticSmall64 Magnetic, DmgRadiationSmall64 Radiation, and DmgViralSmall64 Viral) do not have altered status effects and cannot proc against space enemies, but Archguns and Archmelees modded for secondary elementals will still increase total damage.

This system does not apply to on-foot enemies, such as Ramsled boarding parties, and Crewship and Points of Interest personnel, who will take damage and status as per normal.

Damage Type Empyrean-only Status Effects
DmgImpactSmall64 Impact Concuss
Crew within a gunship have reduced aim and damage for 6 seconds. Additional procs refresh duration.
DmgPunctureSmall64 Puncture Decompress
Temporarily reduces target ship's shields by ?% and current armor by 10% for 20 seconds. Additional procs stack multiplicatively.
DmgSlashSmall64 Slash Tear
Target ship receives 7.5% increased damage for 20 seconds. Additional procs stack multiplicatively with itself.
DmgColdSmall64 Cold Immobilize
Target ship's weapons are disabled and it slows down to a complete stop. Lasts for 6 seconds. Additional procs refresh duration.
DmgElectricitySmall64 Electricity Scramble
Target ship spirals erratically for 6 seconds, being unable to attack while moving in a straight line. Additional procs refresh duration.
DmgFireSmall64 Heat Sear
Target ship receives damage over time for 6 seconds. Additional procs increase damage dealt over time.
DmgToxinSmall64 Toxin Intoxicate
Target ship attacks any closest enemy and will be attacked in return for 12 seconds. Additional procs refresh duration.

Status Chance[]

Status chance can be a key factor in deciding on a weapon of choice. Some effects are very powerful responses to certain enemies, while others may be less beneficial. For example, DmgCorrosiveSmall64 Corrosive procs are valued highly against heavily armored foes, but DmgMagneticSmall64 Magnetic procs have no benefit to enemies that lack shields.

The chance that a proc will occur can be directly increased with mods such as Mod TT 20px Rifle Aptitude. One can also increase the number of projectiles fired through multishot mods such as Mod TT 20px Split Chamber; this effectively increases the opportunities for an enemy to be procced per a given attack, and is reflected in the weapon's attributes box in the Arsenal screen, but does not change the status chance for each individual hit. Another indirect way of increasing the amount of procs is to increase fire rate, this also doesn't change the likelihood that a proc will occur per hit, but increases the number of possible procs in a given time frame.

When a weapon achieves a status chance higher than 100%, each hit may apply additional status effects. The type of each proc is independently drawn, so it is possible to apply the same status several times in one hit.

Damage Distribution[]

Damage procs will occur in proportion to the amount of base damage dealt by each of the present damage types on the weapon. For example, an unmodded Strun Strun's highest physical damage type is DmgImpactSmall64 Impact, thus it inflicts mostly knockback procs.

Increasing the physical or elemental damage of a weapon does not increase the duration of the associated proc (e.g. enemies won't be confused longer if DmgRadiationSmall64 Radiation damage is increased).

When a hit procs, the chance for an individual damage type to proc in relation to the others is:

Proc Type Chance = Damage ÷ Total Damage

For example, if a weapon's damage is composed of 20 DmgImpactSmall64 Impact, 5 DmgPunctureSmall64 Puncture, 10 DmgSlashSmall64 Slash, 25 DmgFireSmall64 Heat, and 50 DmgCorrosiveSmall64 Corrosive, then its total damage is 20 + 5 + 10 + 25 + 50 = 110. Therefore, the chance for the individual damage types to proc will be:

Impact Puncture Slash Heat Corrosive
Damage 20 5 10 25 50
Proc Type Chance 18.18% 4.55% 9.09% 22.73% 45.45%


Status Immunity Interactions[]

Proc type chances are not altered by enemy resistances or weaknesses to the damage components used in their computation; however, they are modified by enemy status immunities. When an attack procs a status effect on an enemy which is immune to a particular proc type, the respective damage type is excluded from proc type chance calculations for status effects on that enemy.

For example, if the weapon outlined above were used against an enemy with Corrosion status immunity (regardless of whether that enemy is also immune to DmgCorrosiveSmall64 Corrosive damage), the chances for the individual damage types to proc would change to the following values:

Impact Puncture Slash Heat Corrosive
Damage 20 5 10 25 50
Proc Type Chance 33.33% 8.33% 16.67% 41.67% N/A

DoT Damage Scaling[]

If the initial hit is affected by the following, a resulting, damage-dealing effect will also benefit accordingly:

Bleed per tick = 100 × (1 + Mod TT 20px 1.65) × 0.35 × (1 + Mod TT 20px 0.3) ^2 = 156.7475

Status Duration[]

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Status effects have a duration over which they apply to their target, and some of them even deal damage over time. A status effect's duration can be increased or decreased with mods that affect status duration (e.g. Mod TT 20px Lasting Sting).

Damage-dealing status effects will benefit from modifiers on headshots and critical hits.

Damage duration can be negative (over -100% duration through Riven Mods). This causes all proc effects which have a duration or deal damage over time to be nullified. All instant procs or those who deal instant damage occur. The collapsed table shows this in more detail:

Negative duration effects
Damage Type Nullified Effect Occurs Normally
DmgImpactSmall64 Impact Stagger -
DmgPunctureSmall64 Puncture Weakened -
DmgSlashSmall64 Slash Bleed -
DmgColdSmall64 Cold Freeze -
DmgElectricitySmall64 Electricity Stun Tesla Chain
DmgFireSmall64 Heat Ignite Panic animation occurs (but no flame)
DmgToxinSmall64 Toxin Poison -
DmgBlastSmall64 Blast Inaccuracy -
DmgCorrosiveSmall64 Corrosive Corrosion -
DmgGasSmall64 Gas Toxin Cloud -
DmgMagneticSmall64 Magnetic Increased shield damage Visual effects
DmgRadiationSmall64 Radiation Confusion -
DmgViralSmall64 Viral Increased health damage Visual effects

Note: The information above is based on this forum post from EDFScout and may need further confirmation. Non-consistent observations as mentioned in the post have been changed to the more likely effect, i.e. for impact stagger should not appear, but knockback, and for electricity stun should not be triggered.

Damage Over Time[]

Status effects that deal damage over time will have a base duration of 6 seconds, during which they will deal a tick of damage for every second that the effect is active. AoE status effects, such as DmgElectricitySmall64 Electricity and DmgGasSmall64 Gas will always start dealing damage ticks the moment it is procced on an enemy. Single target status effects will have a 1 second delay before dealing their damage ticks. The table below illustrates this mechanic.

Damage Tick and Proc Duration
Time From Initial Proc 0s 1s 2s 3s 4s 5s 6s
Damage Tick Occurred? DmgSlashSmall64 Slash ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
DmgFireSmall64 Heat ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
DmgToxinSmall64 Toxin ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
DmgElectricitySmall64 Electricity ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
DmgGasSmall64 Gas ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️

Forced Procs[]

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Forced procs[1] are status effects that are guaranteed to occur regardless of the status chance and damage distribution of the weapon. They are independent from normally occurring procs which can also take place alongside forced procs.

Note that this is not the same as having 100% status chance.

Forced procs have negative interactions with some warframe abilities such as Zephyr's Tornado where forced procs do not apply to enemies caught within the tornados, and instead apply to the tornados themselves.

Multishot[]

When firing multiple pellets in a single attack, the status chance on a listed weapon in the Arsenal is the probability that each pellet will individually proc. For example, the StrunWraith Strun Wraith displays a 12% status chance, so each of its ten pellets has a 12% chance to individually proc.

Average Procs[]

When you might apply more than one kind of status effect, or the applied effect is one which benefits from multiple applications in the same shot (e.g. DmgCorrosiveSmall64 Corrosive procs), it is helpful to know the average quantity of status effects triggered per shot (i.e. from a single click of the fire button). This value can be determined with the following formula:

Average Number of Procs Per Shot = Multishot × (Number of Forced Procs + Status Chance per Projectile)

Average Number of Procs per Second = Average Number of Procs Per Shot × Fire Rate

A table with example values to display the relation of status chance and multishot.

Arsenal Status Chance
150% 100% 99% 80% 150% 100% 99% 80%
Multishot Chance per Pellet/Projectile Average Procs per Shot
1.9
(using Mod TT 20px SC)
150% 100% 99% 80% 2.85 1.9 1.88 1.52
3
(e.g.Exergis Exergis)
150% 100% 99% 80% 4.5 3 2.97 2.4
5
(e.g.Sobek Sobek)
150% 100% 99% 80% 7.5 5 4.95 4
10
(e.g.StrunWraith Strun Wraith)
150% 100% 99% 80% 15 10 9.9 8
20 150% 100% 99% 80% 30 20 19.8 16

Continuous Weapons[]

Despite Continuous Weapons firing only one beam after adding multishot (with damage instances merged), it will still proc status effects as if more than one projectile was visually present. This means that multishot benefits the average status chance of continuous weapons like any other weapon.


Status Mods[]

Status chance mods affect the base status chance of the weapon, i.e. the status chance value displayed in the Codex that is the probability, for the unmodded weapon, that each projectile will inflict a status effect.


Last updated: Update 29.5 (2020-11-19)

Status Immunity[]

Players can achieve temporary total status immunity by equipping the below mods or using these abilities. For immunity towards individual status effects, please navigate towards the respective damage type page.

Note that sources of invulnerability and Overguard also protect against status effects.

BladeStormModx256 BladeStorm130xWhite
4
EnergyOrb0
+6-12/mark
Blade Storm

Project fierce shadow clones of Ash upon groups of distant enemies. Join the fray using Teleport.


Introduced in Vanilla (2012-10-25)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:750 / 1000 / 1500 / 2000 (DmgTrueSmall64 True damage)
AbilityDurationBuff Duration:N/A
AbilityRangeBuff Range:50 m

Misc: 3 (number of hits per mark)
2 (number of Shadow Clones)
DmgSlashSmall64 Slash status per hit
50 % (invisible mark discount)
100 % (energy discount for Teleport on marked enemy)

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1
EnergyOrb25
Slash Dash

Dash between enemies while slashing with the Exalted Blade.


Introduced in Vanilla (2012-10-25)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:100 / 125 / 200 / 250 (DmgSlashSmall64 Slash damage)
AbilityDurationBuff Duration:N/A
AbilityRangeBuff Range:6 / 8 / 10 / 12 m (range)
? / ? / ? / 7 m (chain range)
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CovenantModx256 Covenant130xWhite
4
EnergyOrb100
Covenant

Protect nearby allies with an energy force that absorbs all damage and converts it to a Critical Chance bonus for all those under the Covenant. Headshots are amplified even further.


Introduced in Update 21.0 (2017-06-29)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:1.50% (critical per 100 damage)
AbilityDurationBuff Duration:3 / 4 / 5 / 6 s (invulnerability time)
6 / 8 / 10 / 12 s (critical chance time)
AbilityRangeBuff Range:N/A

Misc: 4.0x (headshot multiplier to bonus critical chance)
50/250 m (affinity range/open-world affinity range)

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UndertowModx256 Undertow130xWhite
3
EnergyOrb15
+6/s
+5/grab
+5/m
Undertow

Become a water trap and drown unsuspecting enemies.


Introduced in Update 13.0 (2014-04-09)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:10 / 15 / 20 / 25 (DmgImpactSmall64 Impact dmg/sec)
1 / 1.5 / 1.7 / 2 % (dmg increase/sec)
AbilityDurationBuff Duration:N/A
AbilityRangeBuff Range:1.5 / 2.5 / 3 / 4 m (puddle size)
10 / 12 / 13 / 15 m (grab range)

Misc: 50% (Tidal Surge travel distance)
200% (Tentacle Swarm damage bonus)

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2
EnergyOrb50
Devour

Hold power to trap target in quicksand and draw them in for devouring; this steals health and ultimately creates a friendly Sand Shadow.


Introduced in Update 18.5 (2016-03-04)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:50-100 / 100-200 / 150-300 / 250-500 (DmgTrueSmall64 True damage per second)
AbilityDurationBuff Duration:15 / 20 / 25 / 30 s (quicksand)
≥ 15 s (Sand Shadow)
AbilityRangeBuff Range:20 / 30 / 40 / 50 m (cast and tether range)

Misc: 2 s (damage ramp-up)
10 (damage ticks per second)
Heals 400 health per second

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Recompense RecompenseIcon
2
EnergyOrb50
Recompense

Kullervo surrounds himself with daggers. Each dagger that strikes an enemy restores his health, but each dagger that misses an enemy strikes Kullervo, dealing a bit of damage. When Kullervo has max Health, he receives Overguard from struck enemies.


Introduced in Update 33.5 (2023-06-21)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:200 / 300 / 400 / 500 DmgSlashSmall64 Slash damage per dagger hit
+ 250 / ? / ? / 350 HP or Overguard per dagger hit
- 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 Overguard or HP drained per missed dagger
10,000 max Overguard
AbilityDurationBuff Duration:N/A
AbilityRangeBuff Range:5 / 6 / 7 / 8 m dagger orbit radius

Misc: 10 daggers
5 s dagger airtime
1 s invulnerability time
3 daggers max per enemy
DmgSlashSmall64 Slash and RollingDroneAvatar Stagger status on hit
3 HP self damage threshold
+1 melee combo per dagger hit on enemy

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1
EnergyOrb25
Fire Walker

Blaze a trail of flames, scorching enemies and cleansing allies.


Introduced in Update 18.1 (2015-12-16)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:50 / 100 / 150 / 200 (DmgFireSmall64 Heat damage per tick)
500 / 750 / 1000 / 1250 (DmgFireSmall64 Heat explosion damage)
AbilityDurationBuff Duration:15 / 20 / 25 / 30 s (buff duration)
5 / 6 / 7.5 / 10 s (flame duration)
AbilityRangeBuff Range:3 / 4 / 5 / 6 m (explosion radius)

Misc: 15 / 15 / 20 / 25 % (movement speed bonus)
0.5 s (damage interval)
10 / 25 / 50 / ? % (DmgFireSmall64 Heat status chance)
100 % (flame trail status cleanse)
? s (flame ring duration)

Subsumable to Helminth
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3
EnergyOrb75
Warding Halo

Create a protective ring of fire that also stuns and damage enemies who get too close.


Introduced in Update 18.1 (2015-12-16)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:500 / 650 / 800 / 1000 (base health)
50 / 75 / 100 / 125 (DmgSlashSmall64 Slash damage per second)
1.15x / 1.25x / 1.75x / 2.50x (armor multiplier)
2.5x (absorption multiplier)
AbilityDurationBuff Duration:N/A
AbilityRangeBuff Range:1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 m

Misc: 3 s (invulnerability duration)
90% (damage reduction)

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3
Parasitic Link

Bind to a target with a parasitic link. For allies, both the host and Nidus gain increased Ability Strength. Linked enemies take the damage inflicted on Nidus.


Introduced in Update 19.5 (2016-12-22)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:10% / 15% / 20% / 25% (strength bonus)
10% / 15% / 20% / 25% (damage bonus)
20% / 30% / 40% / 50% (damage redirection)
AbilityDurationBuff Duration:30 / 35 / 45 / 60 s
AbilityRangeBuff Range:24 / 28 / 34 / 40 m (ally link)
10 / 13 / 16 / 20 m (enemy link)

AbsorbModx256 Absorb130xWhite
4
EnergyOrb25
+4/s
Absorb

Nyx absorbs all incoming damage and channels that collected energy into an explosive radial discharge. Nyx's Weapon damage is buffed based on incoming absorbed damage when the Ability ends.


Introduced in Update 6.0 (2013-01-29)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:160 / 170 / 180 / 200 (passive DmgMagneticSmall64 Magnetic damage gain)
800 / 900 / 1000 / 1500 (minimum DmgMagneticSmall64 Magnetic damage)
0.025% (damage converted to weapon damage bonus)
AbilityDurationBuff Duration:8 s (Weapon Damage bonus)
AbilityRangeBuff Range:5 / ? / ? / 15 m
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2
EnergyOrb50
Hallowed Ground

Sanctifies the ground before Oberon with righteous fire, inflicting damage to any enemy that stands in the flames.


Introduced in Update 11.5 (2013-12-19)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:25 / 50 / 75 / 100 (DmgRadiationSmall64 Radiation damage)

5 / 10 / 12 / 15% (Status Chance)

AbilityDurationBuff Duration:10 / 15 / 17 / 20 s
AbilityRangeBuff Range:90 / 100 / 120 / 180° (angle)

8 / 10 / 12 / 15 m (radius)

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3
EnergyOrb75
Disometric Guard

Guard yourself and nearby allies against Status Effects. Each time Qorvex kills or assists in killing an enemy affected by Radiation Status, the number of Status Effects Disometric Guard can prevent increases.


Introduced in Update 35.0 (2023-12-13)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:200 / 300 / 400 / 500 DmgRadiationSmall64 Radiation damage on cast
2 / 3 / 4 / 5 initial status immunity stacks
5 / 7 / 8 / 10 max status immunity stacks
AbilityDurationBuff Duration:N/A
AbilityRangeBuff Range:N/A

Misc: 6 m damage radius
DmgRadiationSmall64 Radiation status and Knockdown b Knockdown on cast
50 m Affinity Range
Status cleanse on cast
∞ stack duration
+10% stack chance per active DmgRadiationSmall64 Radiation status on enemy from kills and assists
100% stack chance cap

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Mesmer Skin

Become enveloped in Sentient energy, which redirects damage and stuns all those who dare attack. Stunned enemies can be Enthralled at no energy cost.


Introduced in Update 23.5 (2018-08-24)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:3 / 4 / 5 / 6 (number of charges)
AbilityDurationBuff Duration:2 / 3 / 4 / 5 s (stun duration)
AbilityRangeBuff Range:N/A

Misc: 100% (reflected damage and status)
100% (Enthrall energy discount)
1 (ally buff charge)

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Iron Skin

Rhino hardens his skin, insulating himself from all damage.


Introduced in Vanilla (2012-10-25)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:400 / 600 / 800 / 1200 (base health)
? / 1.25 / 1.75 / 2.50x (armor multiplier)
AbilityDurationBuff Duration:N/A
AbilityRangeBuff Range:N/A

Misc: 1.5 / 2 / 3 / 3 s (invulnerability duration)

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Spellbind

Enemies fumble their weapons as they tumble into the air. Nearby allies become immune to Status Effects.


Introduced in Update: The Silver Grove (2016-08-19)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:N/A
AbilityDurationBuff Duration:10 / 12 / 14 / 16 s
AbilityRangeBuff Range:1 / 3 / 3 / 5 m (area radius)
20 / 30 / 40 / 50 m (cast range)

Misc: 100 % (status cleanse and immunity)

Subsumable to Helminth
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Link

Any damage taken while Link is active will be channeled to a nearby enemy.


Introduced in Update 4 (2012-11-02)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:N/A
AbilityDurationBuff Duration:6 / 8 / 10 / 12 s
AbilityRangeBuff Range:12 / 14 / 17 / 20 m

Misc: 1 / 2 / 2 / 3 (affected enemies)
50% / 60% / 70% / 75% (damage reduction)
100% (damage and status transfer)

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Hysteria

Valkyr is imbued with energy and becomes a ball of vicious rage, capable of unleashing a torrent of deadly claw attacks on unsuspecting foes.


Introduced in Update 11.0 (2013-11-20)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:100 / 125 / 200 / 250 (damage)
AbilityDurationBuff Duration:N/A
AbilityRangeBuff Range:N/A

Misc: 1% / 2% / 4% / 5% (lifesteal)
5-20 m (aura radius)

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Defy

Wukong and his twin become invulnerable and defy enemies to attack. All damage is captured, stored, and dealt back in a single furious strike of Wukong's staff. Bonus Armor is then granted relative to the damage captured.


Introduced in Update 17.12 (2015-11-25)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:? / ? / ? / 250 (minimum damage)
4 / 5 / 6 / 7.5 x (damage multiplier)
0.8 / 1 / 1.2 / 1.5 x (armor multiplier)
AbilityDurationBuff Duration:2 s (invulnerability duration)
15 / 18 / 20 / 25 s (armor duration)
AbilityRangeBuff Range:7 / 8 / 10 / 12 m (staff swing radius)

Misc: -50 % (move speed penalty)
100 % (status cleanse on spin)
50 AP (min. armor bonus)
1,500 AP (armor bonus cap)

Subsumable to Helminth
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Cleansing Status Effects[]

Status effects on the player can be removed by the following (note that it does not protect the player from getting new instances of status effects, with the exception of Mod TT 20px Rolling Guard):

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Bloodletting

Garuda sacrifices her health to generate energy.


Introduced in Update 24.0 (2018-11-08)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:N/A
AbilityDurationBuff Duration:N/A
AbilityRangeBuff Range:N/A
EnergyOrb Efficiency:

18 / 22 / 30 / 40 % (energy gain)

Misc: -50% (health deducted)
100% (status cleanse)
2 HP (minimum health threshold)

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Pillage

Pillage a percentage of Shields and Armor of nearby enemies to replenish Hildryn's own Shields and Overshields.


Introduced in Update 24.4 (2019-03-08)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:10% / 15% / 20% / 25% (shield/armor drain per enemy)
AbilityDurationBuff Duration:2 s (expansion duration)
AbilityRangeBuff Range:5 m / 6 m / 7 m / 8 m (pulse initial radius)

Misc: ? / ? / 6 / 20 m/s (expansion distance per sec)
100% (status cleanse on cast)

Subsumable to Helminth
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Disometric Guard

Guard yourself and nearby allies against Status Effects. Each time Qorvex kills or assists in killing an enemy affected by Radiation Status, the number of Status Effects Disometric Guard can prevent increases.


Introduced in Update 35.0 (2023-12-13)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:200 / 300 / 400 / 500 DmgRadiationSmall64 Radiation damage on cast
2 / 3 / 4 / 5 initial status immunity stacks
5 / 7 / 8 / 10 max status immunity stacks
AbilityDurationBuff Duration:N/A
AbilityRangeBuff Range:N/A

Misc: 6 m damage radius
DmgRadiationSmall64 Radiation status and Knockdown b Knockdown on cast
50 m Affinity Range
Status cleanse on cast
∞ stack duration
+10% stack chance per active DmgRadiationSmall64 Radiation status on enemy from kills and assists
100% stack chance cap

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Reave

Dash through enemies as a wall of Sentient energy, leeching shields and health from any encountered, enhanced for thralls.


Introduced in Update 23.5 (2018-08-24)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:2 / 4 / 6 / 8 % (hitpoints drain/restore)
10 / 20 / 30 / 40 % (thrall hitpoints drain/restore)
AbilityDurationBuff Duration:0.25 / 0.5 / 0.75 / 1 s (duration)
AbilityRangeBuff Range:3 / 4 / 5 / 6 m (current width)

Misc: 25 m/s (travel speed)
100 % (status effects transfer)
1 (Mesmer Skin ally buff charge)

Subsumable to Helminth
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Molt

Shedding her skin like a snake, Saryn leaves a decoy behind to draw fire from enemies.


Introduced in Update 7.0 (2013-03-18)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:150 / 300 / 400 / 500 (health)
240 / 300 / 350 / 400 (DmgToxinSmall64 Toxin explosion damage)
30% / 35% / 40% / 50% (movement speed buff)
AbilityDurationBuff Duration:14 / 24 / 32 / 40 s (decoy)
3.5 / 4 / 4.5 / 5 s (movement speed buff)
AbilityRangeBuff Range:5 / 6 / 7 / 10 m

Misc: 100 % (status cleanse on cast)
1.5 / 2 / 3 / 3 s (decoy invuln. time)
400 (decoy shields)
100 % (DmgToxinSmall64 Toxin status chance)
1 (limit of molts)

Subsumable to Helminth
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Cloud Walker

Evaporate into a cloud of mist and float through the battlefield, dazing any enemy encountered, while healing Wukong and his twin.


Introduced in Update 17.12 (2015-11-25)

AbilityStrengthBuff Strength:0.5% / 0.6% / 0.8% / 1% (health / meter)
AbilityDurationBuff Duration:2 s (cloud duration)
AbilityRangeBuff Range:5 / 6 / 7 / 8 m (stun radius)

Misc: +300% (movement speed bonus)
100% (status cleanse on cast)
2 s (stun duration)

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Status Resistance[]

Unlike sources of status immunity, these provide a percent chance to ignore an incoming proc on the player.

Status Immune Enemies[]

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Full Immunity[]

Partial Immunity[]

To DmgViralSmall64 Viral procs

Trivia[]

  • Prior to Update 25.7 (2019-08-29), a status effect's duration can be increased or decreased, along with the total number of ticks in the case of damage-over-time procs, if the target's speed is altered by a Warframe power (such as MolecularPrime130xWhite Molecular Prime or RestRage130xWhite Rest & Rage) according to the following formulas:
    • For slowing effects: Effective status duration = (base status duration) ÷ (1 − slow % in decimals)
    • For speeding effects: Effective status duration = (base status duration) ÷ (1 + speed up % in decimals)
  • Prior to Update 27.2 (2020-03-05), physical procs were weighted four times more than elemental ones.
  • Prior to Update 27.2 (2020-03-05), shotguns' status chance per pellet were calculated differently, instead of being the exact status chance shown in the Arsenal: Chance per Pellet = 1 − (1 − Status Chance)(1 ÷ Pellet Count)
    • In other words, the status chance shown in the Arsenal represented the calculated probability that at least one of the weapon's pellets will proc.
    • This means that shotguns that could reach 100% status chance in the Arsenal (before Multishot mods) benefit significantly from a status build since each pellet will proc as a result of the above equation.
    • However, a shotgun that only reaches shy of 100% status chance when modded will see significantly diminished results.
      • For example, a 99% status chance on a 10 pellet weapon will result in a 36.9% status chance per pellet.
View Old Status Chance Calculation Table List

A table with example values to display the relation of status chance and multishot.

Arsenal Status Chance
100% 99% 80% 100% 99% 80%
Pellets Chance per Pellet Average Amount per Shot
3 100% 78.5% 41.5% 3 2.4 1.25
5 100% 60.2% 27.5% 5 3.0 1.38
10 100% 36.9% 14.9% 10 3.7 1.5
20 100% 20.6% 7.7% 20 4.1 1.6

Media[]

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Talking About Status Sec And What Over 100% Status Means (Warframe)

Patch History[]

Update 35.0 (2023-12-13)

  • Fixed icons of currently inflicted Status Effects not appearing over enemy heads with the “Show Enemy Names” setting toggled off.

Update 34.0 (2023-10-18)

  • Fixed Status Proc icons appearing under squadmate username when aiming over their player avatar. Now these icons will appear beside their name to improve legibility.

Update 33.6 (2023-07-27)

Status Changes

With the variety of Status effects in Warframe, there are certain types that may be seen as less favorable than others. Cold, Puncture, and Impact tend to have a lesser impact on the battlefield, so we felt it was time to revisit the value they added to player kits:

Puncture Changes:
Weakened Status Effect Buffs:

  • Increased the debuff to enemy attacks from 30% to 40% on the first stack.
  • Reduced the maximum amount of stacks from 10 to 5.
  • Increased per-stack debuff from 5% to 10%.
  • Increased the total debuff at Max Stacks from 75% to 80%.

Weakened Status Effect Additions:

  • Increases Critical Chance threshold on enemy by 5% per Stack, to a maximum of 25% at 5 Stacks. This is additive after mods, not before. Does not apply to Abilities or AOE damage.

Impact Changes:
Stagger Status Effect Changes:

  • Reduced the maximum amount of stacks from 10 to 5.
  • Increased the Mercy Threshold from 4% to 8% per stack.

Functionally, this allows for players to trigger early Mercy kills with less stacks required!

NOTE: These changes should not affect the functionality of Impact Stacks for Mods such as Internal Bleeding or Hemorrhage.

Cold Changes:
Freeze Status Effect Changes:

  • Increased the maximum amount of stacks from 8 to 9.
  • Increased the additional per-stack Slow from 3.5% to 5%.
  • Increased the maximum Slow effect from 75% to 90%.
  • While we previously mentioned buffing Cold Slow Effect to 85% in our Citrine’s Last Wish update, we mistakenly only increased it to 75% instead.

Freeze Status Effect Additions:

  • Increased the Critical Damage taken by an enemy by 10% on initial Status Effect Subsequent Stacks increase this debuff by 5%, up to a maximum of 50%. This is additive after mods, not before.

Update 33.0 (2023-04-26)

  • Fixed issues with enemies affected by Status Effects not behaving as intended when the game is paused.

Update 32.3 (2023-02-15)

Cold Status Effect Changes:

Cold Damage has traditionally been one of the lesser-used and valued Status Effects within the community, as its effect on foes may not be as noticeable compared to its peers. As a result, we’ve decided to to make the following changes:

  • Increased base Slow from 25% to 50%.
  • Max stacks reduced from from 10 to 8.

Final result of the above is an overall increase in the Max Slow from 70% to 85%.

Update 31.5 (2022-04-27)

  • Removed potential rare specific scenarios where Status Effects could potentially do unintended critical damage.

Update 27.2 (2020-03-05)

Damage-Type Changes:
  • Slash Status now does not bypass Shields and instead deals damage over time to Shields. Slash Status still bypasses Armor.
  • Toxin Damage used to apply to Armor with a 25% bonus. Now it is neutral. For role distinction, Toxin bypasses Shields (but not Armor) where as Slash Status bypasses Armor but not Shields.
Greater than 100% Status having meaning

Years ago we added Orange and Red Critical Damage numbers when you land a Critical with greater than 100%. For years, Status being greater than 100% has done nothing except guarantee Status - which is good, just not an added incentive to go over 100%. We are changing that this update.

When you hit a Status Chance greater than 100%, a single damage instance will be able to create two Status Effects. This means if you have a Shot with 200% Status Chance modded with both Blast and Toxin Damage, that single shot will result in both Status Effects!

It is worth noting we are fixing a UI inconsistency that is ‘Display Only’. Right now the Arsenal shows Status Chance affected by Multishot, which makes reading the new >100% value confusing. For example, the Arsenal might say 120% but really the Status Chance is 80%. We don’t have Multishot affect any Critical Stats (Chance or Multiplier), so we are fixing this display inconsistency. Multishot now has its own Stat.

Shotguns have a unique Role here based on a very patch-work history with how they interact with Status Chance. A Shotgun that shoots 99% Status Chance would give you 35% (roughly) status per pellet. 100% Status Gives you 100% Status per pellet. This huge jump in performance happens with just a 1% gain - why? Well, to answer that we have to look at our choice to make what the UI conveys reality. It would feel broken to shoot a Shotgun with 100% Status and not see a perfect spread of Effects. In reality, to make Status consistent we have to treat Shotguns as a special case.

Shotguns as a special case means we have buffed the Status Chance of all Shotguns by x3 or greater. The UI now behaves to show the reality that you are determining Status Chance per pellet.

Stacking Status Effects

But wait - THERE’S MORE! In addition to being able to achieve two Status Effects on a single shot with >100% Status, we are also adding new meaning if you get a duplicate Status Effect on an enemy overall.

This section will outline exactly what this means for each Status type, including information on how multiple Status Effects behaved with stacking prior to this Hotfix:

  • DmgImpactSmall64 Impact: Repeat single-target Impact Status Effects will escalate the efficacy of the Impact Status (removed previous change of adding Ragdoll as maximum Stagger consequence).
  • DmgPunctureSmall64 Puncture: The first Puncture Status Effect has an enemy deal 30% less Damage. Subsequent Puncture Status add +5% weakening, leading to up to 75% (capped). Each Puncture Status has a duration of 6 Seconds.
  • DmgSlashSmall64 Slash: Each Slash Status has its own duration, but now we only show a maximum of 10 damage numbers in the HUD, damage is unaffected, but reducing how many damage events we show helps with performance
  • DmgColdSmall64 Cold: The first Cold Status Effect deals 25% slow. Subsequent Cold Status Effects deal +5% slow for a total of 70% slow at 10 procs. Each Cold Status has a duration of 6 seconds.
  • DmgFireSmall64 Heat: No Change.
  • DmgToxinSmall64 Toxin: See Slash, plus the base duration of a Toxin Status Effect now matches Slash for 6 seconds.
  • DmgElectricitySmall64 Electricity: AoE Electric Damage that is part of the Status Effect can now reoccur while the target is still under the stun animation of another Electric Status Effect.
  • DmgBlastSmall64 Blast: Grants the Blast Status Effect a single target. Blast Status reduces enemy accuracy by 30% base. Subsequent Blast Status Effects add +5% inaccuracy for for 75% total at 10 stacks. Each Blast Status has a 6 second Duration.
  • DmgCorrosiveSmall64 Corrosive: The first Corrosive Status Effect strips 26% Armor. Subsequent Corrosive Status Effects strip 6% more Armor, leading up to 80% Armor removal. Each Corrosive Status Effect lasts 8 seconds. Note: Corrosive was the only Status with infinite Duration and 100% Efficacy toward a defensive stat. This was necessary to some based on how Armor Scaled. We feel our rebalancing efforts need a differently behaving Corrosive to balance out all Status overall.
  • DmgRadiationSmall64 Radiation: The first Radiation Status Effect has an enemy deal 100% Damage to allies. Subsequent Radiation Status adds +50% damage, leading to up to 550% (capped). Each Radiation Status Effect has a duration of 12 seconds.
  • DmgMagneticSmall64 Magnetic: New Status Effect entirely: enhanced Damage! First Magnetic Status Effect deals 100% additional Shield damage, subsequent Magnetic Status add +25% for a total of 325% (capped). Enemies under a Magnetic Status Effect cannot regenerate Shields. Magnetic Status Duration is now 6 seconds.
  • DmgViralSmall64 Viral: New Status Effect entirely: enhanced Damage! First Viral Status Effect deals 100% additional Health damage, subsequent Viral Status add +25% for a total of 325% (capped).
    • Note: Before Viral would halve a target’s health pool and simply refresh the duration. Now it deals 2x Damage to Health, and can scale up to 4.5x Damage on repeat Status Effects.
  • DmgGasSmall64 Gas: The base duration of a Gas Status Effect now matches Slash for 6 seconds. No longer does AoE with forced Poison Status Effect (resulting in Poison DoT for enemies in radius), instead it does AoE DoT Gas damage around the target.

Players - aka Tenno - can only have a Maximum of 1 Stack on them - you cannot receive Stacked Status Effects as a player from enemies, fear not!

Why: The inclusion of enhanced or different stacking of Duplicate Status Effects is one to refresh the appeal of Status.

In addition, we’ve removed 0.25x Multiplier for Elemental Status Effects, meaning all Elemental Status Effects are 4x more likely.

Why: Critical has long been king - and while we are leaving Critical as is, our goal is to bring Status into the Arsenals in a new light for all Primary, Secondary, and Melee weapons. Our long-term goal with this change is to build upon this series of changes to eventually allow Status to impact bigger threats like Liches and Eidolons.

Update 27.1 (2020-02-04)

  • Fixed projectile explosion & embed damage not properly using Status Chance upgrades.

Update 25.7 (2019-08-29)

  • Reduced Status Effect light FX intensity further to compensate for stacking procs (Gas multiprocs, etc.)
  • If you freeze enemies with things like Frost, Atlas, or Gara’s abilities, you can now immediately apply other Status Effects! Before these powers would prevent Status Effects from being added. Read more on that here: https://forums.warframe.com/topic/1119134-cold-status-effects-how-they-block-new-status-effects-coming-changes/
  • Fixed Status FX not applying to ragdolled enemies.
  • Fixed sometimes seeing duplicate corpses if the enemy died from a Slash Status Effect.

Update 11.7 (2014-01-15)

  • Continued Changes to proc/status logic with Continuous Fire weapons:
    • Their proc/status is now determined per second – the Arsenal will display the “Status per second” value. Continuous fire weapons that had a weaker proc chance before should be yielding reasonable proc/status per second with this calculation.

Hotfix 11.0.2 (2013-11-20)

  • Added more visibilty to Proc/status on enemies when dealing damage. Proc/status icons added to damage numbers.

Update 11.0 (2013-11-20)


  1. Despite not being formally used in-game, internally the developers do use the term to refer to guaranteed procs independent from chance
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