Every Status Ailment and their effects in Metaphor: ReFantazio.
Metaphor: ReFantazio combines turn-based combat with real-time action, offering a fresh take on the genre similar to the developers’ Persona series.
Like Persona, combat in Metaphor: ReFantazio requires great strategy. In addition to the various archetypes, abilities, and enemies in the game, you also have to take note of Status Ailments.
Status Ailments are effects put on a target, whether it be a party member or enemy, that cause negative effects to them during a battle and even in the overworld.
These ailments can have a variety of effects, ranging from debuffs to taking damage over time, and even losing a turn.
Ailments can be a very annoying and deadly threat during combat and can easily turn the tide of battle for both you and the enemy. As such, it is a good idea to know what each Status Ailment can do to strategize effectively, and to know when curing one takes top priority.
In this article, we’ve listed all Status Ailments, their effects, and how you can cure them.
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All Status Ailments
There are two types of Status Ailments that can be inflicted: Physical Ailments and Mental Ailments.
Physical Ailments consists of conditions that deals damage over time and prevents healing and other support functions.
These ailments do not go away after the battle ends and require healing.
Mental Ailments primarily shuts down attacks and skills. These ailments can quickly take combat out of your control and need to be dealt with quickly.
These ailments go away after combat ends but are a great threat during combat.
Physical Ailments
| Ailment | Effect | Cure Item |
|---|---|---|
| Poison | HP depletes every time an inflicted character takes an action. | Robust Remedy |
| Paralysis | High chance of an action failing to occur after selecting it. | Vitamin Relaxant |
| Malady | – Greatly reduces Strength, Magic, Endurance, Agility, and Luck. – Nullifies HP and MP Recovery Effect. | Ailment Absolution |
| Hex | – Inflicted character takes half of every damage they deal. – Greatly reduces resistance to Dark. – Greatly increases susceptibility to status ailments. | Purified Teacake |
| Burn | Inflicted character takes additional damage when attacked. | Fermis Ointment |
| Frostbite | Greatly reduces attack damage. |
Mental Ailments
| Ailment | Effect | Cure Item |
|---|---|---|
| Daze | Greatly reduces Hit Rate for attacks | |
| Charm | Inflicted character acts on their own, attacking allies or assisting enemies. | Slapstick Fan |
| Forget | Character cannot use Archetype Skills | |
| Sleep | – Character cannot take any action. – Physical Attacks on character are always critical hits. | Thrilling Tintinnabulator |
| Rage | – Character has higher attack power – Character takes higher damage – All actions become normal weapon attacks | Tranquilliser |
| Anxiety | – An Ally-only ailment preventing the use of Archetype skills. – If attacked while afflicted, the enemy will not consume a Turn Icon. | Soothing Sweetbun |
| Stun | – Enemy-only ailment. – Affected enemy cannot act for one turn. |
Patra
In addition to using items to cure status ailments, it is a good idea to have a Healer Archetype in your party. Healers have access to the ability Patra, which can heal any status ailment.
Having access to Patra can be the difference between life and death in many situations.
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