Status Ailments

Learn about all status ailments in Ragnarok Online, including Poison, Stun, Sleep, Freeze, Silence, Curse, Stone, and Dark. Understand their effects, indications, and usefulness.

This guide lists the status ailments in Ragnarok Online (RO) and their effects. Note that some ailments may not be fully implemented or working in the game.

Poison

• Indicated By: Purple tint
• Usefulness: 7/10
• Effect: Reduces ATK and DEF of the target.
• Comments: A useful ailment that weakens the target's offensive and defensive capabilities.

Stun

• Indicated By: Stars
• Usefulness: 6/10
• Effect: Prevents enemies from moving or attacking for 3 seconds. After the stun ends, passive enemies become passive again, and aggressive enemies will choose a random target.
• Comments: Can provide a free kill opportunity depending on the monster's strength.

Sleep

• Indicated By: Z's
• Usefulness: 3/10
• Effect: Puts the enemy to sleep until they are hit again.
• Comments: Limited usefulness as enemies wake up upon being hit, primarily useful for quick escapes.

Confuse

• Indicated By: Question mark
• Usefulness: ???
• Effect: Confuses the player or monster.
• Comments: This status ailment is not currently enabled in the game.

Freeze

• Indicated By: Ice surrounding the enemy
• Usefulness: 5/10
• Effect: Encases the enemy in ice until they are hit again. Frozen enemies have a weakness to Wind elemental attacks.
• Comments: Generally useful as sleep, but becomes more effective when paired with Wind damage.

Silence

• Indicated By: X symbol
• Usefulness: 1/10
• Effect: Prevents the target from casting spells.
• Comments: Would be highly effective against Mages in PvP, but is currently useless as magic casting monsters are not yet in the game.

Curse

• Indicated By: Little demon
• Usefulness: ???
• Effect: Reduces stats.
• Comments: Potentially useful against bosses and players in the arena, but the exact stat reduction is not enabled.

Stone

• Indicated By: Target looks rockish
• Usefulness: ???
• Effect: Turns the target to stone. They receive no damage during this time, but upon curing petrification, the target will have only 1 HP.
• Comments: Could be very useful, but stone-based attacks are typically hard to execute in RPGs. While Mages can inflict Stone Curse, enemies do not retain 1 HP upon curing, making it less effective overall.

Dark aka Blink

• Indicated By: ???
• Usefulness: ???
• Effect: Causes the screen to turn black except for the player sprite. For enemies, it limits their vision to 1 square around them.
• Comments: This effect works and is mainly useful for Spear Knights and Archers. The enemy returns to normal state upon being hit, essentially granting a free hit. It can be useful for poor Archers using Familiar cards on their bows.