This is a list of all status conditions and their effects. Read on to learn how to cure status conditions, if a Pokemon can have multiple status conditions, and what items prevent status conditions in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (BDSP).

All Status Conditions

List of All Status Conditions
Poison Paralysis Burn Sleep Freeze

Poison

A Pokemon that is poisoned has its HP reduced at the end of every turn. The amount of HP reduction is relative to the maximum HP of the Pokemon. If it doesn't faint, the poisoned Pokemon will still have its Poison condition after the battle is over.

How to Cure Poison

Items That Cure Poison
Antidote	Pecha Berry

Other Factors that Affect Poison

Poison and Steel Type Pokemon are generally immune from being poisoned. The following Abilities also affect the Poison status condition:

Ability	Description
Immunity	Prevents the Pokemon from getting poisoned.
Magic Guard	Protects the Pokemon from indirect damage.
Poison Heal	Restores HP if the Pokemon is poisoned.

Paralysis

A paralyzed Pokemon has significantly reduced Speed and a 1/4 chance of being unable to perform a move.

How to Cure Paralysis

Items That Cure Poison
Paralyze Heal	Cheri Berry

Abilities that Prevent Paralysis

Ability	Description
Limber	The Pokemon is protected from paralysis.

Burn

A burned Pokemon has its HP reduced at the end of every turn. The Pokemon's Attack stat is also reduced while it's burned.

How to Cure Burn

Items That Cure Burn
Burn Heal	Rawst Berry

Other Factors that Affect Burn

Fire Type Pokemon can't be afflicted with the burn status condition. Additionally, a Pokemon (excluding Fire Types) holding a Flame Orb will receive the same effects as the Burn status condition. Lastly, below are Abilities that affect Burn:

Ability	Description
Water Veil	Prevents the Pokemon from getting a burn.
Heatproof	Weakens the power of Fire-type moves.
Flare Boost	Powers up special attacks when burned.

Sleep

A Pokemon that falls asleep will be unable to move until they wake up again. It will take about 2-5 turns for the Pokemon to wake up.

How to Cure Sleep

You can wait for the Pokemon to wake up by spending turns with it in battle until it wakes up, or you can use/do any of the following to wake it up immediately:

How to Wake Up Sleeping Pokemon
Awakening (Item)	Chesto Berry (Item)
Uproar (Move)	-

Other Factors that Affect Sleep

Ability / Move	Description
Insomnia (Ability)	Prevents the Pokemon from falling asleep.
Vital Spirit (Ability)	Prevents the Pokemon from falling asleep.
Worry Seed (Move)	A seed that causes worry is planted on the target. It prevents sleep by making the target's Ability Insomnia.
Sleep Talk (Move)	While it is asleep, the user randomly uses one of the moves it knows.
Snore (Move)	This attack can be used only if the user is asleep. The harsh noise may also make the target flinch.

Freeze

A frozen Pokemon will be unable to move until they thaw out of the freeze. It will take a random amount of turns for the Pokemon to get out of being frozen.

How to Cure Freeze

You can wait for the Pokemon to get out of being frozen by spending turns with it in battle until it thaws. Alternatively, you can hit a frozen Pokemon with a Fire Type attack or use any of the following items on it in order to thaw it out immediately:

Items That Cure Burn
Ice Heal	Aspear Berry

Fire Type Moves that Cure Freeze

Move	Description
Flame Wheel	The user cloaks itself in fire and charges at the target. This may also leave the target with a burn.
Flare Blitz	The user cloaks itself in fire and charges the target. This also damages the user quite a lot. This may leave the target with a burn.
Sacred Fire	The target is razed with a mystical fire of great intensity. This may also leave the target with a burn.

Other Factors that Prevent Freeze

Ice Type Pokemon can't be frozen. When present in battle, harsh sunlight also prevents Pokemon in the battle from being frozen.

Ability / Move	Description
Magma Armor (Ability)	Prevents the Pokemon from becoming frozen.
Sunny Day (Move)	The user intensifies the sun for five turns, powering up Fire-type moves. It lowers the power of Water-type moves.

Hidden Status Conditions

The following are status conditions that are not listed on your Pokemon's HP bar during battle. These status conditions can occur simultaneously with any of the 5 status conditions listed above.

Confusion

A confused Pokemon has the possibility of attacking and dealing damage to itself during battle. A Pokemon is capable of making itself feint due to attacking itself. Confusion is automatically recovered from after a few turns.

Abilities that Affect Confusion

Ability	Description
Own Tempo	Prevents the Pokemon from becoming confused.
Tangled Feet	Raises evasion if the Pokemon is confused.

Curse

When a Ghost Type Pokemon uses the move Curse, the target will be Cursed and take damage equivalent to 1/4 of its maximum HP every turn. No status condition is inflicted if a non-Ghost Type uses the move Curse.

Curse is cured if the cursed Pokemon switches out of battle or when the battle ends.

Curse Effect and Pokemon That Learn It

Infatuation

When a Pokemon uses the move Attract on a target of the opposite gender, the target Pokemon will become infatuated. Infatuated Pokemon sometimes refuse to attack the opposing Pokemon due to being immobilized by love.

Infatuation ends when either the infatuated Pokemon or the Pokemon it's infatuated with is switched out of battle.

Attract Location (TM45) and Pokemon That Learn it

Other Factors that Affect Infatuation

Ability / Item	Description
Oblivious (Ability)	Prevents it from becoming infatuated.
Cute Charm (Ability)	Contact with the Pokemon may cause infatuation.
Destiny Knot (Item)	An item to be held by a Pokemon. If the holder becomes infatuated, the opposing Pokemon will be, too.

Flinch

A Pokemon that flinches doesn't attack during that turn. It's never the first Pokemon that moves in a turn that flinches.

Other Factors that Affect Flinching

Ability / Item	Description
Inner Focus (Ability)	The Pokemon is protected from flinching.
Steadfast (Ability)	Raises Speed each time the Pokemon flinches.
King's Rock (Item)	An item to be held by a Pokemon. When the holder successfully inflicts damage, the target may also flinch.
Razor Fang (Item)	An item to be held by a Pokemon. It may cause the foe to flinch when the holder inflicts damage.

Bind and Trap

When a Pokemon is Bound or trapped (in a whirlpool or vortex), the Pokemon is unable to be switched out for up to 5 turns and, if it's a wild encounter, you are unable to flee. The Pokemon also takes damage at the end of every turn.

The Pokemon is able to perform moves normally when bound or trapped.

Other Factors that Affect Being Bound and Trapped

Ability / Move / Item	Description
Run Away (Ability)	Enables a sure getaway from wild Pokemon.
Rapid Spin (Move)	A spin attack that can also eliminate such moves as Bind, Wrap, and Leech Seed. This also raises the user's Speed stat.
Smoke Ball (Item)	An item to be held by a Pokemon. It enables the holder to flee from any wild Pokemon encounter without fail.
Shed Shell (Item)	An item to be held by a Pokemon. This discarded carapace enables the holder to switch out of battle without fail.
Grip Claw (Item)	An item to be held by a Pokemon. It extends the duration of multi-turn attacks like Bind and Wrap.

How to Cure All Status Conditions

Items That Cure All Status Conditions

Item	Description
Full Restore	A medicine that can be used to fully restore the HP of a single Pokemon and heal any status conditions it has.
Full Heal	A spray-type medicine that is broadly effective. It can be used once to heal all the status conditions of a Pokemon.
Lum Berry	A Berry to be consumed by Pokemon. If a Pokemon holds one, it can recover from any status condition during battle.
Old Gateau	The Old Chateau's hidden specialty. It can be used once to heal all the status conditions of a Pokémon.
Lava Cookie	Lavaridge Town's local specialty. It can be used once to heal all the status conditions of a Pokémon.
Heal Powder	A very bitter medicinal powder. It can be used once to heal all the status conditions of a Pokémon.

The above items also heal Confusion.

Moves That Cure All Status Conditions

The below items only cure the main 5 status conditions listed on the Pokemon's HP bar during battle.

Move	Status Condition Cured
Aromatherapy	All status conditions in user's party
Heal Bell	All status conditions in user's party
Rest	All, but puts Pokemon to sleep
Psycho Shift	・Poisoning ・Burn ・Paralysis ・Sleep (only through Sleep Talk)

Abilities That Cure All Status Conditions

Ability	Description
Natural Cure	All status problem heal when the Pokemon switches out.
Shed Skin	The Pokemon may heal its own status problems.
Hydration	Heals status problem if it is raining.

Some Abilities require a status condition to take effect

Ability	Description
Guts	Boosts Attack if there is a status problem.
Marvel Scale	Ups Defense if there is a status problem.
Quick Feet	Boosts Speed if there is a status problem.

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