Poison

Poison is a status effect in Elden Ring, inflicting damage over time to the player and serving as a less dangerous variant of the Scarlet Rot status effect. The player's resistance to this status ailment is determined by their Immunity stat, which is increased by the Vigor stat.

Mechanics[]

Poison accumulates gradually and comes into effect once the threshold is reached. The higher the player's Immunity stat, the longer it will take for Poison to become effective. Immunity can be increased by increasing the Vigor stat. Once effective, the player will receive continual damage over time until the effect wears off.

Types of Poison[]

The damage received from poison can vary greatly depending on the source and the target inflicted. In general, poison is split up into two categories: Normal and Deadly.

Normal poison is generally the most common and is automatically granted to any weapon that has it's affinity changed to Poison with one exception.

Deadly poison is innate to the weapons that already come with it and damages it's targets at a faster rate than normal poison. However, it does not last as long and the total damage received from a single proc of Deadly Poison is ultimately lower than Normal Poison.

Fighting against Poison[]


Name	Type	Requirements
Neutralizing Boluses	Consumable	Armorer's Cookbook 2 Herba Cave Moss Great Dragonfly Head
Speckled Hardtear	Physic Flask Tear
Cure Poison	Incantation	7 FP 10 Faith
Lord's Aid	Incantation	12 FP 12 Faith
Flame, Cleanse Me	Incantation	14 FP 12 Faith
Law of Regression	Incantation	55 FP 37 Intelligence


Name	Type	Amount	Duration
Immunizing Cured Meat	Body Buff	+100 Immunity	60 Seconds
Immunizing White Cured Meat	Body Buff	+75 Immunity	120 Seconds
Dappled Cured Meat	Body Buff	+100 Immunity +100 Robustness +100 Focus	60 Seconds
Dappled White Cured Meat	Body Buff	+75 Immunity +75 Robustness +75 Focus	120 Seconds
Speckled Hardtear	Wondrous Physic Buff	+90 Immunity +90 Robustness +90 Focus +90 Vitality	180 Seconds
Immutable Shield	Shield Buff	Reduces Buildup when blocking	30 Seconds Or if shield gets un-equipped
Dragonbolt Blessing	Body Buff	+30 Immunity +30 Robustness +30 Focus	70 Seconds
Perfumer's Shield	Passive	+40 Immunity	Until un-equipped
Spiralhorn Shield	Passive	+50 Immunity +50 Robustness +50 Focus	Until un-equipped
Coil Shield	Passive	+40 Immunity	Until un-equipped
Eclipse Crest Greatshield	Passive	+50 Immunity +50 Robustness +50 Focus	Until un-equipped
Ant's Skull Plate	Passive	+60 Immunity	Until un-equipped
Immunizing Horn Charm	Passive (Cannot stack with +1 variant)	+90 Immunity	Until un-equipped
Immunizing Horn Charm +1	Passive (Cannot stack with +0 variant)	+140 Immunity	Until un-equipped<
Mottled Necklace	Passive (Cannot stack with +1 variant)	+40 Immunity +40 Robustness +40 Focus	Until un-equipped
Mottled Necklace +1	Passive (Cannot stack with +0 variant)	+60 Immunity +60 Robustness +60 Focus	Until un-equipped

Fighting with Poison[]


Name	Type	Poison Type	Amount	Duration
Poison Pot	Projectile AOE	Normal Poison	+ Poison	?? Seconds
Roped Poison Pot	Projectile AOE	Normal Poison	+ Poison	?? Seconds
Fetid Pot	Projectile AOE	Deadly Poison	+ Poison	?? Seconds
Roped Fetid Pot	Projectile AOE	Deadly Poison	+ Poison	?? Seconds
Poison Spraymist	Non-Damaging AOE	Spraymist Poison	+ Poison	?? Seconds
Poisonbone Dart	Projectile	Normal Poison	+ Poison	?? Seconds
Poisoned Stone	Projectile	Normal Poison	+ Poison	?? Seconds
Poisoned Stone Clump	Projectile	Normal Poison	+ Poison	?? Seconds
Poison Grease	Weapon Buff	Normal Poison	+ Poison	?? Seconds
Drawstring Poison Grease	Weapon Buff	Normal Poison	+ Poison	?? Seconds


Name	Poison Type	Amount
Land Squirt Ashes	Normal Poison	+ Poison
Spirit Jellyfish Ashes	Normal Poison	+ Poison
Miranda Sprout Ashes	Normal Poison	+ Poison
Mimic Tear Ashes (If the player is wielding poison equipment as the Mimic Tear forms)	Normal Poison & Deadly Poison	+ Poison


Image	Name	Type	Poison Type	Amount	Duration
	Poison Armament	Incantation Weapon Buff	Normal Poison	+70 Poison	60 Seconds
	Poison Mist	Incantation Non-Damaging AOE	Normal Poison	+10 Poison p/tick


Name	Type	Poison Type	Amount	Duration
Ash of War: Poison Moth Flight	Melee Attack, Non-Damaging AOE	Deadly Poison	+ Poison
Ash of War: Poisonous Mist	Melee Attack, Non-Damaging AOE, Weapon Buff	Normal Poison	+ Poison	AOE = 5 Seconds Buff = 60 Seconds
Skill: Viper Bite	Melee Attack	Deadly Poison	+ Poison

Ash of War: Poison Moth Flight has a unique property that allows it to inflict burst-damage through an un-named Blood Loss-like status effect on targets that are already poisoned. Damage received is mostly based on a percentage of the Target's total HP pool. Triggering this effect will instantly cure the target's poison ailment making it most efficient when applied just before their affliction is about to wear off. This is a downside particularly in Online-PvP, as the effect can trigger while the target is in i-frames, allowing them to take no damage from the proc while at the same time be cured of their poison status. However this property can also be taken advantage of, as this allows the player to constantly re-trigger the Kindred of Rot's Exultation buff from continuously poisoning the same target multiple times in quick succession.


Name	Poison Type	Amount
Serpentbone Blade	Deadly Poison	+66 Poison
Venomous Fang	Deadly Poison	+72 Poison
Coil Shield	Deadly Poison	+72 Poison
Ant's Skull Plate	Normal Poison	+90 Poison
Serpent Bow	Normal Poison	Adds base +15 Poison to Serpent Arrows Buildup scales further with Arcane


Name	Poison Type	Amount
Poisonbone Arrow	Normal Poison	+60 Poison
Poisonbone Arrow (Fletched)	Normal Poison	+60 Poison
Serpent Arrow	Normal Poison	+78 Poison
Poisonbone Bolt	Normal Poison	+66 Poison

There are certain equipment that gives the player buffs when poison has been inflicted in the general vicinity, they do not discriminate between what has been poisoned in order to activate, it can be friend, foe and even oneself and generally lasts for around 20 seconds since the last poison infliction.


Image	Name	Type	Damage increase
	Mushroom Crown	Head	+10%
	Kindred of Rot's Exultation	Talisman	+20%

Environment[]

Poison swamps can be found in several locations throughout the Lands Between. They generally comprise of bodies of filthy sludge that continuously build up Poison as the player is standing in them. Rolling around in said sludge will also cover the player-character's body with the fluids, which will slowly yet consistently build up poison even if the player is no longer directly standing in the liquid itself or even tries to cure their poison ailment with boluses. While these stains will gradually wear off over time, they can be removed immediately if it's raining, the player rolls around in clean water or uses Soap.

Poison traps are environmental hazards that are deployed by Vulgar Militia. They come in the form of a cluster of small spiked balls on the floor. Coming into contact with these will make them explode, releasing a poisonous gas that obscures the players vision, while also making any Vulgar Militiamen hiding in the general vicinity spring forth and ambush the player in the ensuing smokescreen.

Poison traps can be found in a few areas of the game:

Enemies capable of inflicting Poison[]

NPCs capable of inflicting Poison include:

Great-Jar Warrior (If the player is in online-mode and the game picks a character from another player that utilizes poison inducing equipment.)
Maleigh Marais, Shaded Castle Castellan

Bosses capable of inflicting Poison include:

Miranda the Blighted Bloom
Royal Revenant
Mimic Tear (If the player is wielding poison equipment as the Mimic Tear forms).
Valiant Gargoyle & Valiant Gargoyle (Twinblade) in Siofra Aqueduct.
Fia's Champions (If the player is in online-mode and the game picks a character from another player that utilizes poison inducing equipment.)
God-Devouring Serpent

Poison

Contents

Mechanics[]

Types of Poison[]

Fighting against Poison[]

Fighting with Poison[]

Environment[]

Enemies capable of inflicting Poison[]

Enemy resistances against Poison[]

Trivia[]

See also[]

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