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Skull and Bones has plenty of status effects that you can use to decimate enemy ships. For instance, you can set other pirates’ vessels ablaze or cause them to get flooded. These effects will then aid your conquest of the seas as you sink ship after ship. So what are all the status effects in Skull and Bones?
Every status effect in Skull and Bones
Skull and Bones has Ablaze, Explosive, Flooded, Piercing, and Torn Sails effects. Each of these will either cause additional damage to a ship or allow you to get the upper hand by slowing them down. Status effects are powerful tools that you should always use during battle.
Skull and Bones – All status effects, explained
There are multiple weapon types in Skull and Bones with each dealing a different kind of effects. The status effects and debuffs in the game are as follows:
| Status | Effect | Weapons with effect |
|---|---|---|
| Ablaze | Ablaze catches a ship on fire and causes significant fire damage over time. Can be left to fade over a period of time or repaired using a repair kit. | Zamazama, Fire Bombard, Fire Long Gun, Rocket, Termite, Sea Fire Kallinikos Flame, Blue Specter |
| Explosive | Explosive damage type that causes an area of effect damage on impact. Causes high damage in an area. | Bombard, Mons Meg, Fire Bombard, Dardanelles Gun, Shalei, Mortar, Leopold |
| Flooded | Causes significant flooding damage and slows down ships. Damages the ship over time and decreases the ship’s maximum hull health. Damage from flooding is irreparable using repair kits. | Flooding Demi-Cannon, Torpedo, Rahma’s Ambition, Shalei, Rahma’s Legacy, Leopold |
| Piercing | Piercing damage heavily affects weak points and penetrates Hull Armor. The amount of damage dealt increases if a weak point is hit. | Ballista, Great Springald, Twin-winch Ballista, The Termites, Mons Meg, Long Gun, Scurlock’s Chasers, Fire Long Gun, Scurlock’s Long Nines, Basilisk |
| Torn Sails | Deals medium damage, tearing the ship’s sails. | Tearing Culverin, Scurlock’s Chasers, Scurlock’s Long Nines, Great Springald |
Depending on the loadout, your ship’s weapons can deal a lot of damage. While many weapons deal basic damage, as you increase your Infamy Rank, you will unlock weapons that deal dot damage through fire or flooding. This will enhance your overall DPS and make you even stronger.
You can also get furniture that increases a specific status effect. For instance, the Munitions Mixer increases both the flooded status effect and the ablaze status effect. This way the full effect of these debuffs can be felt and you can deal more damage over time. This can have a devastating effect on your enemies. More furniture can be used to enhance the torn sails status effect or even give you the ability to heal over time.
How to cure status effects in Skull and Bones
One of the many tricks you have in Skull and Bones is the ability to stop status effects once they are applied to your ship. Be sure to always pay attention to what effects are applied to your ship since they aren’t all easy to spot.
Once a status effect has been applied to your ship, you can use repair kits I, II, and III along with restoration kits to heal your ship. You can also rely on other ships with repair weapons to heal you. Using a restoration kit or repair kit will immediately heal your ship of status effects except for flooding.
Flooding is a special status effect that doesn’t just hurt your ship, it also lowers its overall Hull Health. This type of damage can only be repaired back at port or with special equipment such as furniture.
Furniture for healing status effects
The following furniture can be used to heal your ship more effectively. We recommend having at least one piece of furniture to aid with healing.
| Furniture | Effect |
|---|---|
| Maintenance Forge | Restores severe damage per second while out of combat. |
| First Aid Station | Increases repair amount of repair weapons by 30% for ships with less than 33% hull health. |
| Joinery Workshop | Increases repair amount from repair weapons |
| Rigging Station | Recovers 1% Hull Health per second when Hull Health is less than 20%. |
| Scrapper Station | Restores 8000 Hull Health after a Crew Attack. |
Weapons that repair status effects
When it comes to a larger engagement, you may want to have an ally that can apply healing effects and temporary buffs using their ship. The Repair Bombard, Repair Long Gun, and Repair Mortar will all provide you and your allies with healing.
Skull and Bones status effects – FAQ
Are status effects strong in Skull and Bones?
Yes. Status effects are extremely strong and should always be used to deal with enemy ships.
What are the strongest status effects in Skull and Bones?
The best status effects are Flooding and Ablaze. Both of these deal damage over time which is very good when dealing with multiple foes.
