New World Aeternum has many status effects that can change the outcomes of battles in both PVE and PVP. The charts below are quick-reference guides to all Buffs, Debuffs, and Damage Over Time Effects in New World Aeternum. 

Buffs

Effects	Icon	Description	Effect Cap
Cleanse		Removes and provides immunity to all debuffs	N/A
Empower		Increase attack damage	50%
Fortify		Increases damage absorption	200%
Haste		Increases run and/or sprint speed	50% *
Heal		Restores health over time	N/A

Debuffs

Effect	Icon	Description	Effect Cap
Slow		Reduces run and/or Sprint Speed	50%
Rend		Reduce damage absorption	70%
Weaken		Reduces attack damage of enemy	50%
Disease		Reduces healing	50%
Exhaust		Reduces stamina regeneration	N/A
Silence		Disables abilities but allows basic attacks	N/A
Root		Disables movement but allows basic attacks and abilities	N/A
Stun		Disables all actions	N/A

Debuffs are important in both New World Aeternum PVP and PVE. Keeping max Rend stacks on your target is extremely important in expedition boss fights, increasing your group’s damage significantly.

Along with rend, disease can help weaken your target in PvP, making killing them more likely through healing and heavy mitigation.

It’s important to note that bosses in Mutator Level 2 and Level 3 expeditions have Debuff Resilience. The efficacy of individual Rend and Weaken status effects are reduced by 50% and 75% respectively. Debuff caps are not affected.

Damage Over Time Effects

Effect	Icon	Description
Burn		Fire damage over time
Bleed		Physical damage over time
Poison		Elemental damage over time
Shock		Stamina damage over time
Disintegrate		Weapon damage over time and reduces damage absorption

Damage over time is an easy way to increase the overall damage you can deal to a target. For example, Keenly Jagged is a great weapon perk you can obtain due to the amount of overall DPS it adds. It’s important to note that the reduction of damage absorption from Disintegrate counts towards max rend stacks.

New World Status Effects Conclusion

That concludes our New World Status Effects guide. Make sure you optimize how you use and apply buffs, de-buffs, and DOTS in all of your New World Builds. For more New World Aeternum guides be sure to check our comprehensive guide library!