Status Effects

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Overview of Status Effects

There are a wide variety of status effects in the game. These can have a positive or negative effect on you or your ship and can be triggered either automatically (example: Harried) or by using a skill on yourself or an opponent, or be the result of a passive skill (example: the Advanced Ship effect of some NPCs). You can see which ones are active by the icons under your (or your ships) and your opponents name.

(note: this list is very much a work in progress)

Name	Mouseover Description	Comments	Environment
Ad-Hoc Invisibility	none	This will be active for a short while after loading back onto the Open Sea after a battle	Open Sea
Advanced Ship	This Captain uses Heavy Round Shot, sails a tough ship and has extra crew	Special named NPCs and the rare ships you need for the bounty missions will have this status effect	Ship
Battle Preparations: Defense	none	Battle Preparations: Defense (skill)	Ship Combat
Before The Wind 2	none	Before The Wind 2 (skill)	Ship Combat
Beleaguered	-20% to two stats (see Crew)	When crew is between 26% and 50%	Ship Combat
Bleed Damage	none	Damage over time to health, caused by a variety of swashbuckling skills	Swashbuckling
Blessing of the Sea	Superstition inspires crew and improves speed	Used in Blessing of the Sea (mission)	Ship Combat
Bonus Experience	none	E.g. after using an Bonus Experience Book	All
Burst of Speed	none	Burst of Speed (skill)	Ship Combat
Cannot be Boarded	none	Example: Tale of the Broken Blade	Ship Combat
Crew Debuff Immunity	none	some mission targets might have this effect	Ship Combat
Crew Focus: Gunnery	none	Crew Focus:Gunnery (skill)	Ship Combat
Damage Boost	none	NPC ships in blockade running missions have been observed to have this status effect. Exact magnitude of boost is unknown.	Ship Combat
Damaged	none	Reduced crew, sails, guns and morale. Some mission targets have this effect to make it easier to take them down	Ship Combat
Decomposition	none	A ship will have this effect after it has been abandoned, resulting in a steady damage over time effect on all its components	Ship Combat
Default Ship	Default ships are restricted to PvE. They cannot attack other players, they do not receive rewards for defeating other players, and other players do not receive rewards for defeating them.	Any (Fallback) ship will have this effect. Note that you CAN still be attacked by other players when captaining a default ship (they just don't get any rewards for doing so)!	Ship
Defender 1	none	Defense 1 (skill)	Ship Combat
Defender 2	none	Defense 2 (skill)	Ship Combat
Demoralized	none	Demoralize (skill)	Ship Combat
Desperate	-50% to two stats (see Crew)	When crew is at 25% or less	Ship Combat
Evasion	none	Evasion (skill)	Ship Combat
Expert Spotters	Increased Open Sea Spotting		Ship
Fort Upgrade	Improved damage reduction	Forts might have this effect on them Example: Black Heart, Black Powder	Ship Combat
Fortress	none	Fortress (skill)	Ship Combat
Fragile Masts	Reduced mast protection, integrity and defense.	Some mission targets might have this effect on them to make it easier to board them	Ship Combat
God's Will	Faith inspires crew and improves reload rates	God's Blade (mission)	Ship Combat
Gunpowder	Faster reload	On using Pre-Measured Gunpowder	Ship Combat
Hamstrung	Movement Reduced	Example: Falling to Pieces (mission), after you're marooned on the island	Swashbuckling
Harried	-10% to two stats (see Crew)	When crew is between 51% and 75%	Ship Combat
Heat	Crew morale recovery reduced	One of a number of random environmental effects that can occur in battles started on the Open Sea	Ship Combat
Improvised Armor	none	Improvise Armor (skill)	Ship Combat
Identify Weakness 2	none	Identify Weakness 2 (skill)	Ship Combat
In Combat	none	Affects your regeneration rates. Swashbuckling: active while you're actually fighting. Ship Combat: active for two more minutes after you've last been hit or fired a shot	Swashbuckling Ship Combat
Incapacitated	Cannot move or attack, breaks if the subject takes damage or loses balance		Swashbuckling
Invalid Ship PvP	This stolen ship is flagged for PvP and can be attacked anywhere on the open sea. The (Captured) versions of all career-restricted ships are invalid.		Ship
Light Masts	Increased Speed, turn rate, reduced mast integrity	Some NPC mission targets have this effect	Ship
Maneuver	none	Maneuver (skill)	Ship Combat
Military Intelligence 1	none	Military Intelligence 1 (skill)	Ship Combat
Night	Long-range accuracy reduced	One of a number of random environmental effects that can occur in battles started on the Open Sea	Ship Combat
No-Capture	Pirates may not capture this ship for their own use		Ship
Pirate PvP	none	On entering a Pirate PvP zone on the Open Sea	Ship
Poisoned Liquor	Crew has been poisoned by foul draught	Crew reduced by 50%	Ship Combat
Preparing Ship	You are currently preparing your ship for combat and cannot attack other players.	Active after loading into the Open Sea	Ship
Provision Allies: Defense	none	Provision Allies: Defense (skill)	Ship Combat
Provision Allies: Maneuver	none	Provision Allies: Maneuver (skill)	Ship Combat
Reload Discipline 2	none	Reload Discipline 2 (skill)	Ship Combat
Sabotaged by allies	none	Example: Black Heart, Black Powder Substantially reduces a fort's crew, guns and armor, making it easier to defeat	Ship Combat
Speed Boost	none	NPC ships sometimes have this effect Example: Embayed Rum (mission)	Ship
Skilled Spotters	Increased Open Sea Spotting		Ship
Spotters	Increased Open Sea Spotting		Ship
Storm	Crew, masts, grapple defense, top speed, and accuracy reduced	One of a number of random environmental effects that can occur in battles started on the Open Sea	Ship Combat
Stung	Offense Reduced	Usually occurs when an opponent gets hit with an attack. Lasts for a few seconds	Swashbuckling
Target Weakness 1	none	Target Weakness 1 (skill)	Ship Combat
Temporary Invulnerability	none	Active for a short while after loading into a combat zone (mission or Open Sea)	Swashbuckling Ship Combat
Thundering Broadside Stun	none	Thundering Broadside (skill)	Ship Combat
Travel	none	Travel (skill)	Open Sea
Warning Shot	Defense Decreased	Warning Shot (skill)	Swashbuckling