Status effect

Status effects are a recurring element of the Dragon Quest series.

Status ailments damage, immobilize or otherwise debilitate a combatant. Almost every status ailment can be lifted with the help of a spell specific to that ailment. Many status ailments disappear immediately after a battle, while others can only be removed with a spell, a night at the inn or a visit to the church.

Some spells exist expressly to inflict status effects, and some weapons have a small chance of inflicting a status ailment after a successful hit. Occasionally, a special move may have a chance of causing a status effect. Some equipment bestows positive or negative status effects.

A number of these effects can be wiped out by Disruptive Wave or with a perfect panacea, if available.

List of recurring status effects

Negative Status Ailments

Image	Name	Effect	Appears In	Remains After Battle?
	Confused	The character may attacks their fellow party members or themselves. They might also do nothing at all.		No
	Cursed	The character's statistics are set to 0 as a result of wearing cursed equipment. They can only remove the equipment by visiting a church. In some installments, it is caused by certain attacks.	Dragon Quest II	Yes
	Dazzled	The character is much more likely to miss with physical attacks; dropping accuracy to 3⁄8.		No
	Dead	The character cannot act in any way until they are revived by a spell, item, or at the church.		Yes
	Envenomated	The character takes damage after each round of the battle. Reduces HP by 1⁄6 of maximum per turn in Dragon Quest V. Starting with Dragon Quest VI this was reduced to 1⁄8 of maximum.		Yes. The condition becomes Poisoned after battle ends.
	Fizzled	The character cannot cast spells until the the condition wears off, or the battle ends.		No
	Poisoned	The character takes damage while traveling on the field. Originally, from Dragon Quest to Dragon Quest IV it was dealt every four steps. In Dragon Quest V and Dragon Quest VI it was increased to eight steps. Since Dragon Quest VII it has been down to every single step.		Yes
	Sapped	The character's defence is decreased.		No
	Sleep	The character cannot act until awoken by an attack, or until a random number of turns have passed.		No
	Stunned	The character must waste a turn frozen in fear, rolling around laughing, knocked down, grinning after a Puff-Puff, etc.		No

Positive Status Enhancements

Image	Name	Effect
	Accelerated	Agility is increased.
	Bounce	Reflects magic spells.
	Buffed	Defence is increased.
	Dragon	Morphed into a giant dragon.
	Insulated	Damage from fire- and ice-based attacks is decreased.
	Kaclang	Turned into invincible steel.
	Oomph	Attack power doubled.
	Reverse Cycle	Reflects breath attacks.
	Veiled	Magical attacks have no effect on the target from now on.

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