Effect
Once the Toxic meter is full, HP will begin to drain at a steady rate depending on the method of infliction. Also impedes upon stamina regeneration.
Inflict
The following are capable of inflicting toxic, and drain HP at the corresponding rates listed:
| Cause of Toxic | Rate of HP loss |
|---|---|
| Blowdart Sniper | 14 HP per 0.6 seconds |
| Gravelord Nito | 8 HP per second |
| Engorged Zombie | 8 HP per second |
| Undead Dragon | 7 HP per second |
| Skeleton Baby | 7 HP per second |
| Dung Pie | 7 HP per second |
| Toxic Mist | 6 HP per second |
| Dark Silver Tracer | 6 HP per second |
| Gravelord Sword | 5 HP per second |
| Snow Rat | 5 HP per second |
Recover
Recovering from Toxic is highly recommended, as the status effect lasts for 10 minutes (in most cases), or it drains HP rapidly. To recover, the player may:
- Consume a Blooming Purple Moss Clump
- Consume a Divine Blessing
- Cast Remedy
- Rest at a Bonfire
Resisting and Avoiding Toxic
- Toxic resistance shares the Poison resistance stat, but uses a separate status meter indicated by a black poison drop instead of a purple one. Though this means that a player or enemy can be both poisoned and toxic at the same time, increasing poison resistance will increase toxic resistance. Using armor with higher poison resist stats, or the Poisonbite Ring, is recommended.
- Killing the Engorged Zombies of the Painted World with a fire-based attack will prevent them from spewing their toxic-spray upon death.
- In Blighttown, the Spider Shield is highly effective for blocking the Toxic effect from the Blowdart Snipers.
Enemies Immune to Toxic
The Dung Pie, Toxic Mist, Gravelord Sword, and Dark Silver Tracer are items available to the player that can be used to inflict toxic upon enemies. However, the following enemies are fully resistant and cannot be inflicted with the effect:
Regular Enemies
- Armored Tusk (can be poisoned)
- Crystal Golem / Golden Crystal Golem
- Crystal Lizard
- Demonic Foliage (can be poisoned)
- Demonic Statue
- Giant Stone Knight
- Hellkite Dragon
- Humanity Phantom
- Hydra
- Man Eater Shell (can be poisoned)
- Possessed Tree (can be poisoned)
- Slime
- Stone Guardian
- Titanite Demon
- All skeleton types (Skeleton, Giant Skeleton, Skeleton Beast, Bone Tower, Skeleton Baby & Skeleton Wheel)
Note - The Undead Dragons and Bounding Demons are able to be inflicted with toxic, however they have a very high resistance. It requires roughly 5 casts of Toxic Mist or ~24 Dung Pies to work.
Bosses
- Bed of Chaos
- Black Dragon Kalameet
- Ceaseless Discharge
- Four Kings
- Gaping Dragon
- Gravelord Nito
- Gwyn, Lord of Cinder
- Iron Golem
- Knight Artorias
- Manus
- Moonlight Butterfly
- Seath the Scaleless
NPCs
Note - This list does not include NPCs that cannot be killed.
