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 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 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. Status effects may differ on Facebook HoboWars and HoboWars2.

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 begging income by 15%.	Apple Flavored Gum	Around 150 Minutes	Begging
	Bacon Breath	Increases your begging income by 20%.	Bacon Blast Jelly Beans	Around 100 Minutes	Begging
	Bawling like a baby	Cuts your begging income in half.	Bawling Baby	Around 15 Minutes	Begging
	Blind	Increases your begging income by 10%. Decreases your accuracy.	Eye Gouger	Around 15 Minutes	Begging Combat
	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 begging income 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
	Calcium Rich	Increases your strength by 15%.	Dark Chocolate Room (4T)	Around 30 Minutes	Combat
	Caulimorphous	Increases your strength by 25%.	Caulipop	Around 100 Minutes	Combat
	Cinnamon Breath	Increases your begging income by an amount varying between 5% and 25%.	Cinnamon Flavored Gum	Around 150 Minutes	Begging
	Classy as Hell	Increases your respect gains by 25%.	Jolly Gentleman	Around 15 Minutes	Other
	Cream Whipped	Increases either your speed, power, or strength by 750.	Can of Whipped Cream Faberge Cream Egg	Around 30 Minutes Around 500 Minutes	Combat
	Curious Strength	Increases your strength by 300.	Altoids Junior Mints Chocolate Room (3T)	Around 50 Minutes Around 500 Minutes Around 30 Minutes	Combat
	Dalimorphous	Increases your speed by 25%.	Dalipop	Around 100 Minutes	Combat
	Emasculated	Decreases your strength by 15%.	Evil Claw Machine (1T)	Around 50 Minutes	Combat	Cannot be self-inflicted.
	Enraged	Increases your strength by 25%. Increases your power by 20%. Decreases your speed by 10%.	Erupting Volcano	Around 15 Minutes	Combat Combat Combat
	Falcon Speed	Increases your speed by 500.	Gummi Peregrine Falcon	Around 100 Minutes	Combat
	Fizzy Floatiness	Increases your speed by 100. Gives you a 20% chance of dodging attacks.	Fizzy Floating Soda	Around 30 Minutes	Combat Combat
	Flame-tipped Spiked Hair	Causes your opponent to occasionally experience great recoil damage upon contact.	Flaming Hedgehog	Around 15 Minutes	Combat
	Gingerbread Breath	Increases your begging income by 25%.	Gingerbread Bum	Around 50 Minutes	Begging
	Gorilla Strength	Increases your strength by 500.	Gummi Gorilla	Around 100 Minutes	Combat
	Green Noser	Causes you to find more money than usual while exploring the City.	Filthy Leprechaun	Around 15 Minutes	Other
	Green Tongue	Increases your strength 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.
	Indigo Tongue	Increases your speed, power, and strength by a total amount varying between 150 and 900.	Rainbow Drop Chocolate Room (3T)	Around 30 Minutes	Combat	1/4 chance of obtaining this status effect from a Rainbow Drop.
	Interdimensionality	Gives you a 50% chance of dodging attacks.	Quantum Candy	Around 100 Minutes	Combat	Causes your name to blink on the Message Boards and in HoboMails.
	Jittery	Increases your speed by 200.	Wonka-stripe Candy Cane Chocolate Room (3T)	Around 100 Minutes Around 30 Minutes	Combat
	Kitten Pox	Increases your speed by 300.	Purring Kitty	Around 15 Minutes	Combat
	Laid Back	Causes you to not lose any money whenever you lose a fight against another player.	Gin & Juice	Around 15 Minutes	Other
	Lead Heavy	Increases your power by 40%. Decreases your speed by 10%.	Fizzy Falling Soda	Around 30 Minutes	Combat Combat
	Lightningy	Increases your speed by 15%.	Dark Chocolate Room (4T)	Around 30 Minutes	Combat
	Lubed Up	Decreases your power by 15%.	Evil Claw Machine (1T)	Around 30 Minutes	Combat	Cannot be self-inflicted.
	Noodly Awesomeness	Increases your speed, power, and strength by 400.	Gummi Spaghetti Monster	Around 100 Minutes	Combat
	On Fire	Increases your power and strength by 150. Causes your opponent to occasionally experience great recoil damage upon contact.	Redder Hots Self Immolation	Around 150 Minutes Around 15 Minutes	Combat
	Polymorphous	Increases your speed, power, and strength by 15%.	Polypop	Around 100 Minutes	Combat
	Puppy Power	Increases your power by 300.	Chocolate Factory (3T) Happy Puppy	Around 30 Minutes Around 15 Minutes	Combat
	Raptor Power	Increases your power by 500.	Gummi Raptor	Around 100 Minutes	Combat
	Raspberry Strength	Increases your strength by 300.	Chocolate Factory (3T)	Around 30 Minutes	Combat
	Real Ultimate Power	Increases your speed, power, and strength by 2,000.	Chocolate Room (3T)	Around 30 Minutes	Combat	An extremely rare status effect.
	Red Tongue	Increases your power by an amount varying between 50 and 300.	Rainbow Drop Red Hots Gas-Soaked Red Hots	Around 30 Minutes Around 150 Minutes Around 150 Minutes	Combat	1/4 chance of obtaining this status effect from a Rainbow Drop.
	Roast Beef Fortification	Increases your strength by 600.	Roast Beef Flavored Gum	Around 100 Minutes	Combat
	Semi Transparency	Gives you a 30% chance of dodging attacks.	Crystal Pepsi	Around 100 Minutes	Combat
	Semi-Lasting Energization	Increases your speed, power and strength by 250.	Semi-Lasting Gobstopper	Around 200 Minutes	Combat
	Shoegazer	Causes you find one more extra can whenever you find cans while exploring the City.	The Long Walk	Around 15 Minutes	Other
	XxxX Sorrowful XxxX	Causes you to automatically win battles whenever other players attack you and win.	Sorrowful Penguin	Around 15 Minutes	Combat	Each Sorrowful win knocks 5 minutes off of the status effect's duration. Changes the appearance of your name and default profile picture.
	Spiked Hair	Causes your opponent to occasionally experience recoil damage upon contact.	Hedgehog	Around 15 Minutes	Combat
	Sticky Cold Hands	Increases your equipped weapon's attack by 250.	Freeze-Packed Dippin Dots Dippin Dots	Around 100 Minutes	Combat
	Sweetness	Increases your speed, power, and strength by 500.	Sweet Bomb	Around 200 Minutes	Combat
	Tranquilized	Decreases your speed by 15%.	Evil Claw Machine (1T)	Around 50 Minutes	Combat	Cannot be self-inflicted.
	Uranium Enriched	Causes your opponents to experience increasing recoil damage upon damaging you.	Centrifuge	Around 15 Minutes	Combat	The recoil damage limit is 5000.
	Volleymorphous	Increases your power by 25%.	Volleypop	Around 100 Minutes	Combat
	Wonka Spirit	Causes your Balltop Cane's stats to become greatly improved.	Wonka's Peppermint Spirits	Around 150 Minutes	Combat
	Zombified	Gives you the ability to do some things, like area exploring and begging, while dead, and without any negative consequences.	Dead Man Walking	Around 15 Minutes	Other	Even with this effect, you cannot fight while dead; any battles will result in an automatic loss.