All Status Effects and How to Cure

There are 6 status ailments in Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake that can be cured will spells, abilities, and items. Learn more about these status ailments, how to cure them, and how to prevent them here!

List of Status Ailments

Poison, Paralysis, Sleep, Confusion, Bedazzlement, Spell Seal

Status Ailment	Effect and Recovery
Poison	Afflicted party members take continuous chip damage during battle. After the battle, they take chip damage every time you walk. Use Squelch spell from the Priest/Sage Vocation Use Antidotal Herb Equip Necklace of Immunity Ask for Purification in the Church
Paralysis	Stops afflicted party members from moving for a while. Persists after battle. Use Tingle spell from the Priest/Sage Vocation Use Sobering Slap spell from the Gadabout Vocation Use Moonwort Bulb Walking in the Overworld
Sleep	Afflicted party members cannot act in battle until awakened. Use Cock-a-doodle-doo spell from the Priest/Sage Vocation Use Sobering Slap spell from the Gadabout Vocation Equip Rousing Ring Taking damage in battle
Confusion	Afflicted party members will attack their allies during battle. Use Sobering Slap spell from the Gadabout Vocation
Bedazzlement	Afflicted party members are more likely to miss attacks. Other attacks, like spells, are unaffected by Bedazzlement. Use Dazzle-Me-Not
Spell Seal	Afflicted party members cannot use spells or abilities. Use Whsipering Honey

These are all the status ailments that can be inflicted in the game. Each will have its own downsides and debuffs that might hinder your combat or greatly help you against strong enemies.

Poison and Paraylsis Persists After Battle

Both Poison and Paralysis are unique in that they persist even after the battle has concluded.

Poison will continue damaging afflicted party members while walking in the overworld, and Paralysis will still disable movement in battle if the party comes across a group of enemies again.

Take time to cure these two ailments with items and spells, or by walking around for Paralysis before continuing your adventure.

How to Cure Status Ailments

• Use Spells
• Visit Churches
• Use Service Call From Merchant
• Use Items
• Keep Your Luck Stat Up

Use Spells

Recovery spells learnt by Priests and Sages can heal certain status ailments on allies.

Use these skills to remove annoying status ailments during battle and in the overworld.

How to Heal

Visit Churches

Churches provide various services to the players, including healings curses and poison for the party. Visit the Church when you need to heal your party of ailments.

Things to Do at the Church

Use Service Call From Merchant

Service Call is a level 17 skill from the Merchant vocation that allows them to summon a makeshift Church on the road.

Learning this skill will be valuable when the party needs a quick run to the Church in the middle of an adventure with no towns nearby.

List of All Spells and Abilities

Use Items

Most status ailments can be cured with their specific item cures, like Antidotal Herbs for Poison.

Keep an eye out for these ailment cures and make sure to stock up on them in towns!

List of Items

Keep Your Luck Stat Up

Your Luck stat will determine how often critical hits happen and how often status ailments hit you. Keeping your Luck stat up can greatly decrease your chances of being afflicted with status ailments in battle.

You can raise your luck stat by using a Seed of Luck on the Hero, or switching one of your party members to the Gadabout vocation.

What Does the Luck Stat Do?

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