Infested

Embrace eternity... Eternity Mode-Only Content: This information applies only to Eternity Mode and Eternity Mode worlds.

Infested
Statistics
Type	Debuff
Effects	-8 health per second Damage exponentially increases with duration
Tooltip	This can only get worse

Infested is a Eternity Mode exclusive debuff inflicted by certain enemies. It deals damage over time which increases exponentially. If it is applied to the player when it was already applied for a shorter duration, it will deal exponentially higher damage that decreases as it approaches the original duration and then increases again as it wears off.

The player can become immune to Infested by equipping The Queen's Stinger or its upgrades.

Causes

From NPCs

From	Duration
Queen Bee	5 seconds
Plantera	5 seconds (Contact) 5 seconds (Spore)
Wall Creeper	5 seconds
Toxic Sludge	6 seconds
Black Recluse	5 seconds
Basilisk	10 seconds (Contact) Infinite (Aura)
Crimson Axe	5 seconds
Spiked Jungle Slime	5 seconds
Moss Hornet	5 seconds
Spore Zombie	5 seconds
Lihzahrd	5 seconds
Flying Snake	5 seconds

Notes

• If more than 20 seconds of Ivy Venom is inflicted on the player, the debuff and its duration will be transferred into Infested.