Feral Bite

Expert Mode-Only Content: This information applies only to Expert Mode and Expert Mode worlds.

  

Desktop/Console/Mobile-Only Content: This information applies only to the Desktop, Console, and Mobile versions of Terraria.

Feral Bite
Statistics
Type	Debuff
Effects	Increases damage, but decreases life regeneration and randomly inflicts other debuffs
Tooltip	Increased damage, Decreased life regen, Causes status effects
Internal IDs
Buff ID	148
Internal name	Rabies

Feral Bite is a debuff that may be inflicted when a player is hit by certain types of bats and Duke Fishron in Expert Mode. It increases the player's damage by 20%, but lowers their health regeneration and may randomly inflict the Darkness, Cursed, Confused, Slow, Weak, or Silenced debuffs.

Causes

From enemy

From		Duration	Chance
	Cave Bat	30–90 seconds	1/10 (10%)
	Jungle Bat	30–90 seconds	1/10 (10%)
	Giant Bat	30–90 seconds	1/10 (10%)
	Spore Bat(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	30–90 seconds	1/10 (10%)
	Giant Flying Fox	30–90 seconds	1/10 (10%)
	Duke Fishron	3–10 seconds	1/3 (33.33%)

Debuffs

While the player is afflicted with Feral Bite, they are occasionally inflicted one of the following six debuffs, picked at random. On average, a new debuff is inflicted every 20 seconds, though this is highly variable.

Debuff		Duration
	Darkness	1.8–3 / 3.6-6 / 4.5-7.5 seconds
	Cursed	0.45–0.75 / 0.9-1.13 / 1.5-1.88 seconds
	Confused	0.9–1.5 / 1.8-3 / 2.25-3.75 seconds
	Slow	2.1–3.5 / 4.2-7 / 5.25-8.75 seconds
	Weak	3–5 / 6-10 / 7.5-12.5 seconds
	Silenced	0.6–1 / 1.2-2 / 1.5-2.5 seconds

Tips

• While at the first look seeming like a rather weak debuff, the randomly occurring debuffs can cause major damage to a player. The Confused and Cursed debuffs can easily catch players on the wrong foot, especially when they are not aware of being under the influence of Feral Bite.
• Having an Ankh Charm or Ankh Shield can eliminate all other debuffs generated by Feral Bite, making it technically a pseudo-buff.

Trivia

• Despite being Expert-exclusive, the debuffs Feral Bite inflicts have durations for Classic Mode.
  • It is possible to achieve these shorter durations in Journey Mode by changing the difficulty from Expert/Master Mode to Classic Mode after being inflicted with Feral Bite.
• Internally, Feral Bite is named Rabies, a real disease which affects animals and humans.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Introduced. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Introduced. ()

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.3.0.7: Introduced.