Status Effects

Status effects are special conditions that alter your hobo's performance for a period of time.

Mechanics

What a status effect does is quite inherent in its name; it affects your hobo's status. How it actually affects it varies from status effect to status effect. Most status effects temporarily increase your hobo's combat stats by a certain amount or percentage. Other status effects provide your hobo with special bonuses, such as better gains, heightened dodging capabilities, various styles of protection, and so forth. A few status effects can even have a negative impact on your hobo's performance, so watch out for those!

It should also be noted that status effects don't last forever. Whenever a status effect is bestowed onto your hobo, its duration starts decreasing. Once the status effect's duration is up, it disappears. Exactly how long a status effect lasts depends upon the source of the status effect and when the status effect was bestowed onto your hobo.

Status effects have many sources. The primary sources of status effects are certain food items and Mixed Drinks. Other things, such as the candy found in the Chocolate Room and the Dark Chocolate Room, can also bestow status effects onto your hobo. Some status effects have more than one source, with the only difference between the different sources being the duration.

If for some reason you want to get rid of a status effect, there a couple of ways to go about doing so. The first way to get rid of a status effect is to just wait until its duration is up. The second way is to get another status effect bestowed onto your hobo, overwriting your current status effect. (You can only have one status effect active at a time.) The final way to get rid of a status effect is to take a dip in the chocolate river in the Chocolate Room for 1T. Doing so removes the status effect immediately with no consequences.

One important thing about using status effects in battles against other hobos should be noted. A weapon called the Coffee-Soaked Mop has the ability to temporarily negate the status effect of the hobo it is used against in a fight. Upon being "mopped" in a fight, your hobo's status effect does not take effect and loses 10 minutes of its remaining duration. Additionally, the Mop Head and Time Displacement status effects have the ability to negate status effects. The Mop Head status effect negates the status effect an opponent in battle and knocks 10 minutes off of its remaining duration, and the Time Displacement status effect has a 33⅓% chance of negating everyone's status effects in battle.

Cron Intervals

Status effect duration is set up to last until a certain cron interval is reached. In the case of the Sorrowful status effect, it is 3 cron intervals.

In HoboWars, the cron interval is 5 minutes, meaning that, starting from XX:00, every 5 minutes a cron job is run.

The way a status effects duration is calculated is this:

Lets say you obtained the Sorrowful status effect at XX:03:00. Since the previous cron interval was XX:00:00, the next cron interval 3 intervals away from that interval is XX:15:00 (XX:05:00 is one interval way, XX:10:00 is two intervals away, and XX:15:00 is three intervals away). So, the duration of your Sorrowful status effect is 15 - 3 = 12 minutes (XX:15:00 - XX:03:00).

So, if you obtain the Sorrowful status effect at XX:04:55, since the cron interval that is 3 intervals away from the [XX:00:00~XX:04:59] interval is the [XX:15:00~XX:19:59] interval, the duration of your status effect is 10 minutes and 5 seconds, since your status effect will disappear at the XX:15:00 cron interval.

Therefore, in order to get the most duration out of a status effect, obtain it as soon as a 5-minute cron interval has passed (e.g. at 10:05:02).

List of cron intervals (12 every hour):

[XX:00:00 ~ XX:04:59] (at XX:00:00 the cron job is run) [XX:05:00 ~ XX:09:59] (at XX:05:00 the cron job is run) [XX:10:00 ~ XX:14:59] (at XX:10:00 the cron job is run) [XX:15:00 ~ XX:19:59] (at XX:15:00 the cron job is run) [XX:20:00 ~ XX:24:59] (at XX:20:00 the cron job is run) [XX:25:00 ~ XX:29:59] (at XX:25:00 the cron job is run) [XX:30:00 ~ XX:34:59] (at XX:30:00 the cron job is run) [XX:35:00 ~ XX:39:59] (at XX:35:00 the cron job is run) [XX:40:00 ~ XX:44:59] (at XX:40:00 the cron job is run) [XX:45:00 ~ XX:49:59] (at XX:45:00 the cron job is run) [XX:50:00 ~ XX:54:59] (at XX:50:00 the cron job is run) [XX:55:00 ~ XX:59:59] (at XX:55:00 the cron job is run)

List of Status Effects

There is a plethora of status effects present in the game.

The following is a list of all them, as well as information pertaining to what they affect, how long their duration is, what their source is, and other important information.

Please note that a few status effects are slightly different over on Facebook HoboWars and HoboArena.

Status effects that are only present in Facebook HoboWars and HoboArena are marked with a dark gray background.

Status effects that are only present in HoboArena are marked with a light blue background.

Status effects that can be obtained from licking a Ring Pop are marked with a pink background.

Image	Name	Effect	Source	Maximum Duration†	Other Information
	Amish	Removes your equipped weapon and replaces your equipped armor with a 2000 defense Amish Hat.	Amish Highball	15 Minutes	Your equipped weapon & armor return to normal when the effect ends.
	Angry	Increases your power by 20%.	Angry Mother	15 Minutes	—
	Apple Breath	Increases your begging income by $1000 and your begging experience by 40%.	Apple Flavored Gum	150 Minutes	—
	Bacon Breath	Increases your begging income by 20% and your begging experience by 15%.	Bacon Blast Jelly Beans Beggars Brunch	100 Minutes 50 Minutes	—
	Bawling like a baby	Increases your begging experience by 50%, but decreases your begging income by 50%.	Bawling Baby	15 Minutes	—
	Blind	Increases your begging income by 10% and your begging experience by 35%, but decreases your accuracy.	Eye Gouger	15 Minutes	—
	Blue Tongue	Increases your speed by an amount varying between 50 and 300.	Rainbow Drop	30 Minutes	1/4 chance of obtaining this status effect from a Rainbow Drop.
	Blueberry Breath	Increases your begging income by 10% and your begging experience by 15%.	Blueberry Blast Jelly Beans Chocolate Room	100 Minutes 30 Minutes	—
	Brainy	Increases your intelligence by 200.	Smarty Pants	Variable††	—
	Burning Belly	Increases your power by 15%.	Dark Chocolate Room	30 Minutes	—
	Calcium Rich	Increases your strength by 15%.	Dark Chocolate Room	30 Minutes	—
	Caulimorphous	Increases your strength by 25%.	Caulipop	100 Minutes	—
	Chocorat	Increases your rat's stats by 12.5% in battle.	Kit Rat Bar	60 Minutes	—
	Cinnamon Breath	Increases your begging income by $1500 and your begging experience by 40%.	Cinnamon Flavored Gum	150 Minutes	—
	Classy as Hell	Increases your respect gains by 25%.	Jolly Gentleman	15 Minutes	—
	Clever Beggar	Increases your begging experience by 55%, but decreases your begging income by 25%. Also allows you to raise your begging stat to 1200.	The Art of War Begging	30 Minutes	—
	Cream Whipped	Increases either your speed, power, or strength by 750.	Faberge Cream Egg Can of Whipped Cream	500 Minutes 30 Minutes	—
	Curious Strength	Increases your strength by 300.	Altoids Junior Mints Chocolate Room	50 Minutes 500 Minutes 30 Minutes	—
	Dalimorphous	Increases your speed by 25%.	Dalipop	100 Minutes	—
	Death Perception	Increases your speed, power and strength by 1,000.	Haunted House	10 Minutes	Only obtainable by using Yoink.
	Double Gorilla Strength	Increases your strength by 1000.	Double Gorillas	60 Minutes	—
	Double Falcon Speed	Increases your speed by 1000.	Double Falcons	60 Minutes	—
	Double Raptor Power	Increases your power by 1000.	Double Raptors	60 Minutes	—
	Emasculated	Decreases your strength by 15%.	Claw-o-Matic	50 Minutes	Cannot be self-inflicted.
	Enraged	Increases your strength by 20% and your power by 25%, but decreases your speed by 10%.	Erupting Volcano	15 Minutes	—
	Falcon Speed	Increases your speed by 500.	Gummi Peregrine Falcon	100 Minutes	—
	Fizzy Floatiness	Increases your speed by 100 and gives you a 20% chance of dodging attacks.	Fizzy Lifting Soda	30 Minutes	—
	Flame-tipped Spiked Hair	Causes your opponent to occasionally experience great recoil damage upon contact.	Flaming Hedgehog	15 Minutes	—
	Gingerbread Breath	Increases your begging income by 25% and your begging experience by 40%.	Gingerbread Bum	50 Minutes	—
	Gorilla Strength	Increases your strength by 500.	Gummi Gorilla	100 Minutes	—
	Green Noser	Causes you to find more money than usual while exploring the City.	Filthy Leprechaun	15 Minutes	—
	Green Tongue	Increases your strength by an amount varying between 50 and 300.	Rainbow Drop	30 Minutes	1/4 chance of obtaining this status effect from a Rainbow Drop.
	Hobowarrior	Increases your power by 2000 and your speed by 10%.	Hobowarheads	60 Minutes	—
	Indigo Tongue	Increases your speed, power, and strength, each by an amount varying between 50 and 300.	Rainbow Drop Chocolate Room	30 Minutes	1/4 chance of obtaining this status effect from a Rainbow Drop.
	Interdimensionality	Gives you a 50% chance of dodging attacks.	Quantum Candy	100 Minutes	Causes your name to blink on the Message Boards and in HoboMails.
	Jittery	Increases your speed by 200.	Wonka-stripe Candy Cane Chocolate Room	100 Minutes 30 Minutes	—
	Juggernutalicious	Replaces your equipped weapon and armor with a 4000 defense Juggernaut Helmet, +10% to power and explore turns can go to -50	Jugger-Nut	30 Minutes	Your equipped weapon and armor return to normal when the effect ends.
	Kablooie	If you are knocked below 10% of your life without dying you will explode, damaging your opponent and reducing your life to 1.	Blow-Up Pop	60 Minutes	—
	Kitten Pox	Increases your speed by 300.	Purring Kitty	15 Minutes	—
	Laid Back	Causes you to not lose any money whenever you lose a fight against another player.	Gin & Juice Special Brownie	15 Minutes 60 Minutes	—
	Lead Heavy	Increases your power by 40%, but decreases your speed by 10%.	Fizzy Falling Soda	30 Minutes	—
	Lightningy	Increases your speed by 15%.	Dark Chocolate Room	30 Minutes	—
	Like A Rock	Steadily ramps up the damage you do during a fight as the fight progresses.	Rock Candy	60 Minutes	—
	Longer-Lasting Energization	Increases your speed, power, and strength by 500.	Longer-Lasting Gobstopper	60 Minutes	—
	Lubed Up	Decreases your power by 15%.	Claw-o-Matic	50 Minutes	Cannot be self-inflicted.
	Magnetism	Gives you a small chance of deflecting or collecting any cans fired at you in battle.	ICPeanut Butter Cup	60 Minutes	—
	Meleeria	Increases your experience gains from fights by 20%.	Fighters Lunch	60 Minutes	—
	Minty Beef Breath	Increases your begging income by 15%, your begging experience by 20%, and your chance of receiving a begging reward by 2%.	Peppermint Burger Patties	60 Minutes	—
	Mop Head	Negates an opponent's status effect for the duration of the battle.	Mop Rocks	60 Minutes	—
	Noodly Awesomeness	Increases your speed, power, and strength by 400.	Gummi Spaghetti Monster	100 Minutes	—
	On Fire	Increases your power and strength by 300 and causes your opponent to occasionally experience great recoil damage upon contact.	Redder Hots Self Immolation	150 Minutes 15 Minutes	—
	Pearly Whites	Increases your begging income by $3000 and your begging experience by 50%.	Sugarfree Gum	60 Minutes	—
	Patriotic	+25% to all battle stats while holding a Flag.	Freedom Fries	200 Minutes	—
	Polymorphous	Increases your speed, power, and strength by 15%.	Polypop	100 Minutes	—
	Puppy Power	Increases your power by 300.	Happy Puppy Chocolate Room	15 Minutes 30 Minutes	—
	Quadra Jitters	Increases your speed by 1600 and gives you a 25% chance of dodging attacks.	Wonka Quadra Candy Cane	60 Minutes	—
	Rainbow Pox	Increases your speed, power, and strength, each by an amount varying between 300 and 900.	Rainbow Balls	60 Minutes	—
	Raptor Power	Increases your power by 500.	Gummi Raptor	100 Minutes	—
	Raspberry Strength	Increases your strength by 300.	Chocolate Room	30 Minutes	—
	Real Ultimate Power	Increases your speed, power, and strength by 2000.	Flying Dutchman Chocolate Room	60 Minutes 30 Minutes	An extremely rare and powerful status effect.
	Red Tongue	Increases your power by an amount varying between 50 and 300.	Rainbow Drop Red Hots Gas Soaked Red Hots	30 Minutes 150 Minutes 150 Minutes	1/4 chance of obtaining this status effect from a Rainbow Drop.
	Roast Beef Fortification	Increases your strength by 600, your begging income by $500, and your begging experience by 50%.	Roast Beef Flavored Gum	100 Minutes	—
	SARS	Inflicts gradual damage on you in battle.	SARS Bar	60 Minutes	A highly contagious status effect.
	Semi-Transparency	Gives you a 30% chance of dodging attacks.	Crystal Pepsi	100 Minutes	—
	Semi-Lasting Energization	Increases your speed, power and strength by 250.	Semi-Lasting Gobstopper	200 Minutes	—
	Shoegazer	Causes you find one more extra can whenever you find cans while exploring the City.	The Long Walk	15 Minutes	—
	XxxX Sorrowful XxxX	Causes you to automatically win battles whenever other players attack you and win.	Sorrowful Penguin	15 Minutes	Each Sorrowful win reduces the status effect's duration by 5 minutes. Changes the appearance of your name and default profile picture.
	Spiked Hair	Causes your opponent to occasionally experience recoil damage upon contact.	Hedgehog	15 Minutes	—
	Stickier Colder Hands	Increases your equipped weapon's attack by 1200.	Triple Dipps	60 Minutes	—
	Sticky Cold Hands	Increases your equipped weapon's attack by 250.	Dippin Dots Freeze-Packed Dippin Dots*	100 Minutes	—
	Sweetness	Increases your speed, power, and strength by 500.	Sweet Bomb	200 Minutes	—
	Time Displacement	Sends everyone in the battle back into an era where either rats, status effects, or skills did not exist.	Time Traveler	15 Minutes	—
	Tranquilized	Decreases your speed by 15%.	Claw-o-Matic	50 Minutes	Cannot be self-inflicted.
	Uranium Enriched	Causes your opponents to experience increasing recoil damage upon damaging you.	Centrifuge	15 Minutes	The recoil damage limit is 5000.
	Volleymorphous	Increases your power by 25%.	Volleypop	100 Minutes	—
	Wonka Spirit	Causes your Balltop Cane's stats to become greatly improved.	Wonka's Peppermint Spirits	150 Minutes	When this status effect is active, music plays at the Candy Store.
	Zombified	Gives you the ability to do things like exploring and begging while dead, without any negative consequences.	Dead Man Walking Death Mints	15 Minutes 60 Minutes	Even with this effect, you cannot fight while dead; any battles will result in an automatic loss.

^†On Facebook HoboWars, the maximum duration of all status effects is 60 minutes.
^††The maximum duration of the Brainy status effect obtained from the Smarty Pants is 40 minutes times the amount of absorbed intelligence points.
*You can only obtain the Sticky Cold Hands status effect from a Freeze-Packed Dippin Dots if you feed one to Archangel Slugworth.