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 any and all status effects of the hobo it is used against. Upon being "mopped" in a fight, your hobo's status effect does not take effect and loses 10 Mins of its remaining duration.

List of Status Effects

There are 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.

This list reflects the status effects present on HoboWars1 and Facebook HoboWars. Status effects differ over on HoboWars2.

Name	Effect	Source	Duration^†	Category	Other Information
Amish	Replaces your equipped equipment set with the Amish equipment set.	Amish Highball	15 Mins	Combat	Weapon: None (+0 Atk) Armor: Amish Hat (+2000 Def)
Angry	Increases your power by 20%.	Angry Mother	15 Mins	Combat	---none---
Apple Breath	Increases your begging income by 15%.	Apple Flavored Gum	150 Mins	Begging	---none---
Bacon Breath	Increases your begging income by 20%.	Bacon Blast Jelly Beans	100 Mins	Begging	---none---
Bawling like a baby	Reduces your begging income by 50%.	Bawling Baby	15 Mins	Begging	---none---
Blind	Increases your begging income by 10%. Decreases your accuracy.	Eye Gouger	15 Mins	Begging Combat	---none---
Blue Tongue	Increases your speed by an amount varying between 50 and 300.	Rainbow Drop	30 Mins	Combat	1/4 chance of obtaining this status effect from a Rainbow Drop.
Blueberry Breath	Increases your begging income by 10%.	Blueberry Blast Jelly Beans	100 Mins	Begging	---none---
Blueberry Breath	Increases your begging income by 10%.	Chocolate Room	30 Mins	Begging	Cost (3T) to obtain.
Burning Belly	Increases your power by 15%.	Dark Chocolate Room	30 Mins	Combat	Cost (4T) to obtain.
Calcium Rich	Increases your strength by 15%.	Dark Chocolate Room	30 Mins	Combat	Cost (4T) to obtain.
Caulimorphous	Increases your strength by 25%.	Caulipop	100 Mins	Combat	---none---
Cinnamon Breath	Increases your begging income by an amount varying between 5% and 25%.	Cinnamon Flavored Gum	150 Mins	Begging	---none---
Classy as Hell	Increases your respect gains by 25%.	Jolly Gentleman	15 Mins	Other	---none---
Cream Whipped	Increases either your speed, power, or strength by 750.	Faberge Cream Egg	500 Mins	Combat	---none---
Cream Whipped	Increases either your speed, power, or strength by 750.	Can of Whipped Cream	30 Mins	Combat	---none---
Curious Strength	Increases your strength by 300.	Altoids	50 Mins	Combat	---none---
		Junior Mints	500 Mins		---none---
		Chocolate Room	30 Mins		Cost (3T) to obtain.
Dalimorphous	Increases your speed by 25%.	Dalipop	100 Mins	Combat	---none---
Emasculated	Decreases your strength by 15%.	Evil Claw Machine	50 Mins	Combat	Cannot be self-inflicted. Cost (1T) to give.
Enraged	Increases your strength by 25%. Increases your power by 20%. Decreases your speed by 10%.	Erupting Volcano	15 Mins	Combat Combat Combat	---none---
Falcon Speed	Increases your speed by 500.	Gummi Peregrine Falcon	100 Mins	Combat	---none---
Fizzy Floatiness	Increases your speed by 100. Gives you a 20% chance of dodging attacks.	Fizzy Floating Soda	30 Mins	Combat Combat	---none---
Flame-tipped Spiked Hair	Causes your opponent to occasionally experience great recoil damage upon contact.	Flaming Hedgehog	15 Mins	Combat	---none---
Gingerbread Breath	Increases your begging income by 25%.	Gingerbread Bum	50 Mins	Begging	---none---
Gorilla Strength	Increases your strength by 500.	Gummi Gorilla	100 Mins	Combat	---none---
Green Noser	Causes you to find more money than usual while exploring the City.	Filthy Leprechaun	15 Mins	Other	---none---
Green Tongue	Increases your strength by an amount varying between 50 and 300.	Rainbow Drop	30 Mins	Combat	1/4 chance of obtaining this status effect from a Rainbow Drop.
Indigo Tongue	Increases your speed, power, and strength, each by an amount varying between 50 and 300.	Rainbow Drop	30 Mins	Combat	1/4 chance of obtaining this status effect from a Rainbow Drop.
Indigo Tongue		Chocolate Room	30 Mins	Combat	Cost (3T) to obtain.
Interdimensionality	Gives you a 50% chance of dodging attacks.	Quantum Candy	100 Mins	Combat	Causes your name to blink on the Message Boards and in HoboMails.
Jittery	Increases your speed by 200.	Wonka-stripe Candy Cane	100 Mins	Combat	---none---
Jittery	Increases your speed by 200.	Chocolate Room	30 Mins	Combat	Cost (3T) to obtain.
Kitten Pox	Increases your speed by 300.	Purring Kitty	15 Mins	Combat	---none---
Laid Back	Causes you to not lose any money whenever you lose a fight against another player.	Gin & Juice	15 Mins	Combat	---none---
Laid Back		Special Brownie^‡	60 Mins^‡	Combat	^‡ Facebook only.
Lead Heavy	Increases your power by 40%. Decreases your speed by 10%.	Fizzy Falling Soda	30 Mins	Combat Combat	---none---
Lightningy	Increases your speed by 15%.	Dark Chocolate Room	30 Mins	Combat	Cost (4T) to obtain.
Lubed Up	Decreases your power by 15%.	Evil Claw Machine	30 Mins	Combat	Cannot be self-inflicted. Cost (1T) to give.
Noodly Awesomeness	Increases your speed, power, and strength by 400.	Gummi Spaghetti Monster	100 Mins	Combat	---none---
On Fire	Increases your power and strength by 150. Chance to cause recoil damage to opponent.	Redder Hots	150 Mins	Combat	Causes your opponent to occasionally experience great recoil damage upon contact.
On Fire		Self Immolation	15 Mins	Combat
Polymorphous	Increases your speed, power, and strength by 15%.	Polypop	100 Mins	Combat	---none---
Puppy Power	Increases your power by 300.	Happy Puppy	15 Mins	Combat	---none---
Puppy Power	Increases your power by 300.	Chocolate Room	30 Mins	Combat	Cost (3T) to obtain.
Raptor Power	Increases your power by 500.	Gummi Raptor	100 Mins	Combat	---none---
Raspberry Strength	Increases your strength by 300.	Chocolate Room	30 Mins	Combat	Cost (3T) to obtain.
Real Ultimate Power	Increases your speed, power, and strength by 2,000.	Chocolate Room	30 Mins	Combat	A rare status effect. Cost (3T) to obtain.
Red Tongue	Increases your power by an amount varying between 50 and 300.	Rainbow Drop	30 Mins	Combat	1/4 chance of obtaining this status effect from a Rainbow Drop.
		Red Hots	150 Mins		---none---
		Gas-Soaked Red Hots	150 Mins		---none---
Roast Beef Fortification	Increases your strength by 600.	Roast Beef Flavored Gum	100 Mins	Combat	---none---
Semi Transparency	Gives you a 30% chance of dodging attacks.	Crystal Pepsi	100 Mins	Combat	---none---
Semi-Lasting Energization	Increases your speed, power and strength by 250.	Semi-Lasting Gobstopper	200 Mins	Combat	---none---
Shoegazer	Causes you find one more extra can whenever you find cans.	The Long Walk	15 Mins	Other	Works everywhere that you find cans.
XxxXSorrowfulXxxX	Causes you to automatically win battles whenever other players attack you and win.	Sorrowful Penguin	15 Mins	Combat	Each Sorrowful win reduces the effect duration by 5 Mins. Alters your name and default profile picture.
Spiked Hair	Causes your opponent to occasionally experience recoil damage upon contact.	Hedgehog	15 Mins	Combat	---none---
Sticky Cold Hands	Increases your equipped weapon's attack by 250.	Dippin Dots	100 Mins	Combat	Must de-invent Freeze-Packed Dippin Dots.
Sweetness	Increases your speed, power, and strength by 500.	Sweet Bomb	200 Mins	Combat	---none---
Tranquilized	Decreases your speed by 15%.	Evil Claw Machine	50 Mins	Combat	Cannot be self-inflicted. Cost (1T) to give.
Uranium Enriched	Causes your opponents to experience increasing recoil damage upon damaging you.	Centrifuge	15 Mins	Combat	The recoil damage limit is 5000.
Volleymorphous	Increases your power by 25%.	Volleypop	100 Mins	Combat	---none---
Wonka Spirit	Causes your Balltop Cane's stats to become greatly improved.	Wonka's Peppermint Spirits	150 Mins	Combat	Plays music at the Candy Store.
Zombified	Gives you the ability to do some things, like area exploring and begging, while dead, and without any negative consequences.	Dead Man Walking	15 Mins	Other	Even with this effect, you cannot fight while dead; any battles will result in an automatic loss.