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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 minutes of its remaining duration.

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.

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

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