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| Deals high Toxic damage in a period of time as long as 10 minutes, lasting until cured, expiration or death. |
Toxic is a gameplay mechanic in Dark Souls and Dark Souls Remastered. It is a debuff status effect, an auxiliary special effect, and a damage type.
General Information for Toxic:
- Deals high Toxic damage in a period of time as long as 10 minutes, lasting until cured, expiration or death.
- The number in the weapon info means how much damage the poison will do in 1 minute,not the buildup.
Build up
When exposed to Toxic, a build-up bar will appear at the middle of the screen.
- The size of the bar is determined by the player's poison resistance.
- If the exposure stops, the bar will slowly decrease by 5 point per second (in 10 second you or enemies will restore 50 point).
- The ailment will take effect when the bar is full.
Effect
Once the toxic bar is full, your health bar will begin to decrease rapidly.
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Deals high Toxic damage in a period of time as long as 10 minutes, lasting until cured, expiration or death.
- Toxic give by Sniper Dart will last only 3 minutes but it is the most deadly.
- Toxic has similar visual and audio queues to poison, but is darker in color.
- Reduces stamina regeneration by 15 per second.
Cure
Using any of these methods or items will both cure and reduce any toxic buildup.
- Blooming Purple Moss Clump.
- The Remedy sorcery.
- Resting at a Bonfire.
Prevention
Wear equipment that boosts poison resistance.
- The Gold-Hemmed Black Set and the Painting Guardian Set have strong resistances against both poison and toxin.
Weapons, Items with Auxiliary Effect, Toxic:
- Weapons
- Dark Silver Tracer (Buildup: 55 (strong attack only), DoT: 6/sec, Total Damage: 3,600)
- Gravelord Sword (Buildup: 30, DoT: 5.55/sec, Total Damage: 3,330)
- Items
- Toxic Mist (Buildup (while in the Mist): 0.2/sec, DoT: 6/sec, Total Damage: 3,600)
- Dung Pie (Buildup: self 30, target 55, DoT: 7/sec, Total Damage: 4,200)
Enemies, Bosses and Characters with Auxiliary Effect, Toxic
- Characters
- Lord's Blade Ciaran (same as Dark Silver Tracer)
- Enemies
- Skeleton Baby (Buildup: 30, DoT: 7/sec, Total Damage: 4,200)
- Blowdart Sniper (Blighttown - Buildup: 80, DoT: 14/0.6 sec (only lasts 3 minutes), Total Damage: 4,200)
- Engorged Hollow (AoE Attack) ( Painted World of Ariamis - Buildup: 150/sec, DoT: 8/sec, Total Damage: 4,800)
- Snow Rat (Painted World of Ariamis - Buildup: 30, DoT: 5/sec, Total Damage: 3,000)
- Mini Bosses
- Undead Dragon (AoE) Valley of Drakes and in Painted World of Ariamis - (Buildup: 30/1.2sec - 15/sec, DoT: 7/sec, Total Damage: 4,200)
- Bosses
- Nito (Buildup: 58, DoT: 8/sec, Total Damage: 4,800
Notes:
- Toxic and poison have their own separate resist meters. You can be poisoned and have toxin at the same time.
| Damage Types |
Bleed ♦ curse ♦ Divine ♦ Fire Damage ♦ Lightning Damage ♦ Magic Damage ♦ Occult ♦ Physical Damage ♦ Poison ♦ Slash damage ♦ Strike Damage ♦ Thrust Damage |
AnonymousI love watching some poor havelnoob fumble through his inventory for a blossom, only to find out too late that it's the wrong one.
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Toxic also reduces Stamina regeneration speed. Testing seems to indicate a 20% - 25% reduction.
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the miracle Replenishment "nullify" Toxic status by healing as much as it damage at the same pace
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"When exposed to Bleed, a build-up bar will appear at the middle of the screen." Someone mixed up words when copy-pasting sentences between here and the Bleed page.
I dupe the Divine Blessing solely to not deal with this.
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