Status Effects — Outback Uprising

Buffs & Debuffs

Every status badge you see on the HUD — what it actually does. Slow-type insults (Lazy, Sluggish, Slowed…) share one mechanical slow as of 0.9.1; they do not multiply into a crawl. Hover badges while paused in-game for live tooltips; this page is the full field guide.

Insults (enemy chat)

Bogans, eshays, traffic controllers and others shout insults. Negative rolls only apply half the time; the speech bubble still shows for flavour. Slow flavours share one mechanical slow (0.9.1).

Name	Type	Source	Effect
Slowed All slow-flavour insults share ONE mechanical slot (0.9.1). A second slow is refused while one is active — badges merge as “Slowed”, they do not multiply.	Debuff	Insults (Lazy, Sluggish, Drowsy, Stumbling…)	Movement speed ×0.5 for ~5s.
Startled Display name can look like a debuff, but the mechanical effect is a temporary speed boost.	Buff	Insults (often labelled as a red badge)	Movement speed ×1.5 for ~5s (speed burst).
Frenzied	Buff	Positive insults	Movement speed ×1.5 for ~5s.
Exposed	Debuff	Insults	Armour ×0.5 for ~5s (you take more damage through armour).
Weakened / Fumbling (insult)	Debuff	Insults (damage_reduction type)	Outgoing damage ×0.7 for ~5s.
Amnesia No longer blocks loot drops — it only tanks XP.	Debuff	Insults (beer-effect channel)	XP gain ×0.25 while active (~5s).

Combat & environment

Enemy attacks, weather, terrain, and mate-related statuses.

Name	Type	Source	Effect
Camel Spit Same-type re-apply is blocked while the badge is already active.	Debuff	Camels	~80% slower + armour halved for a short window.
Venom-Eaten	Debuff	Venomous boss bites / mutators	Armour halved for several seconds.
Stunned	Debuff	Kookaburra mate, some boss hits	Locks movement/actions for the badge duration.
Poison (DoT) Weapon-coated poison attributes DPS under the coating weapon / Venom Coat.	Debuff	Cane Toad, Platypus venom coat, Platypus Venom item	Damage over time each second for a few ticks.
Heatwave Heat resist items scale the debuff down; 100% resist = immune.	Debuff	Weather event	−20% damage, −20% move speed, +25% cooldowns, −20% XP (before heat resist).
Terrain (mud / water / etc.)	Neutral	Map tiles	Per-tile move-speed multipliers while standing on that terrain.

Beer, food & pickups

Beer machine rolls and field consumables. Positive beer duration can stack higher with the Stubby Holder item (Schooner of Time excepted).

Name	Type	Source	Effect
Sluggish	Debuff	Beer (HALF_SPEED)	Movement speed ×0.5.
Dutch Courage	Buff	Beer (DOUBLE_SPEED)	Movement speed ×2.0.
Beer Strength	Buff	Beer	Damage ×2.0.
Weak Arms	Debuff	Beer	Damage ×0.5.
Giant Spells	Buff	Beer	+100% spell/attack size.
Tiny Spells	Debuff	Beer	−50% spell/attack size.
Frothing	Buff	Beer (rapid fire)	Attack cooldown ×0.25 (fires much faster).
Fumbling	Debuff	Beer	Attack cooldown ×2.0 (fires slower).
Blurred Vision	Debuff	Beer	Screen blur.
The Spins	Debuff	Beer	Camera/world spin effect.
Technicolour Yawn	Debuff	Beer	Colour-channel distortion.
Beer Goggles	Debuff	Beer	Visual distortion / misread threats.
Wobbly Boot	Debuff	Beer	Movement heading drifts with a gentle sine wobble.
Drunken Stagger	Debuff	Beer (inverted controls)	Movement directions are inverted.
Liquid Courage	Buff	Beer	Lifesteal on hits.
Goon of Fortune	Buff	Beer	Temporary Fair Go (luck) bonus.
Totally Pissed	Debuff	Beer (compound)	Stacked mess of beer debuffs — bad news.
Schooner of Time Exempt from Stubby Holder’s uncap — global effect.	Buff	Beer	Bullet-time: enemies slow globally for a short window.
Cleansed	Buff	Beer / cleanse	Clears active beer debuffs; brief immunity to new negatives.
Fairy Bread	Buff	Consumable	Full invulnerability for the badge duration.
Second Wind	Buff	Beer (stamina)	Stamina regen boost.
Dead Legs	Debuff	Beer (stamina)	Stamina regen penalty.
Footy Boots	Buff	Rare enemy drop	Temporary large move-speed boost.
Magnet	Buff	Consumable / rewards	Pickup radius greatly increased for the duration.
.303 Rifle	Buff	Rifle pickup	Manual-aim rifle armed for the remaining pickup timer (stacks up to 60s).

Design notes

Slows don't stack — only one temporary slow multiplier can be active. A second different slow is refused; the same slow refreshes duration.
Insult apply rate — only ~50% of negative insults actually land a debuff (the bubble always shows).
Cleanse / Fairy Bread — cleanse strips beer negatives and grants brief immunity; Fairy Bread is full invuln for its timer.