Status Effects

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

Mechanics

What status effects do is quite inherent in its name; they affect your hobo's status. How they actually affect it varies from status effect to status effect. Most status effect 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 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 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 you some reason you want to get rid of a status effect, there a couple of ways to do 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 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.

Image	Name	Effect	Source	Duration	Category	Other Information
	Amish	Replaces your equipped equipment set with the Amish equipment set.	Amish Highball	Around 15 Minutes	Combat	Weapon: None (+0 Atk) Armor: Amish Hat (+2000 Def)
	Angry	Increases your power by 20%.	Angry Mother	Around 15 Minutes	Combat
	Apple Breath	Increases your monetary begging gains by 15%.	Apple Flavored Gum	Around 150 Minutes	Begging
	Bacon Breath	Increases your monetary begging gains by 20%.	Bacon Blast Jelly Beans	Around 100 Minutes	Begging
	Bawling like a baby	Cuts your monetary begging gains in half.	Bawling Baby	Around 15 Minutes	Begging
	Blind	Increases your monetary begging gains by 10%.	Eye Gouger	Around 15 Minutes	Begging
	Blue Tongue	Increases your speed by an amount varying between 50 and 300.	Rainbow Drop	Around 30 Minutes	Combat	1/4 chance of obtaining this status effect from a Rainbow Drop.
	Blueberry Breath	Increases your monetary begging gains by 10%.	Blueberry Blast Jelly Beans Chocolate Room (3T)	Around 100 Minutes Around 30 Minutes	Begging
	Burning Belly	Increases your power by 15%.	Dark Chocolate Room (4T)	Around 30 Minutes	Combat

This list is currently under construction.