Skip to content
Valheim Cheats logoValheim Cheats
Console Commands
Code Lists
Item CodesCharacter / Creature CodesBiomesEnvironment CodesEvent IDsGlobal KeysLocation CodesStatus Effect CodesSkill CodesBlog
All Posts

How to Apply Status Effects in Valheim

Use addstatus to apply any Valheim status effect — Rested, Wishbone, Burning, Wisplight — and clearstatus to remove them all. Full ID list by category.

Published 6 min read

Status effects in Valheim are the buffs and debuffs that pop up in the corner of the screen — Rested, Wet, Cold, Burning, Wishbone. Almost all of them can be applied directly with the addstatus command, useful for testing gear, RP scenarios, or just curiosity about what each effect actually does. clearstatus wipes them all back off.

Cheats need to be enabled. See how to enable cheats in Valheim.

Apply a status effect

addstatus applies the named effect to your character. The effect uses its normal duration (or stays until removed for permanent ones). Full ID list on the status effects reference.

Give yourself Rested for the XP/regen bonus:

Apply Burning to see how damage-over-time scales:

Get the Wishbone effect (find buried treasure pings):

Useful effect IDs by category

Positive

  • RestedEffect — +50% health regen, +100% stamina regen, +50% XP gain, +100% eitr regen. See the full reference.
  • RestingEffect — stronger version that activates when you're actively sitting near a fire.
  • Featherfall — limits fall speed to 5 m/s, eliminates fall damage. Useful with fly to land safely.
  • FireEffect — heat from a fire. Removes Cold and Freezing, makes Wet expire 10x faster.
  • ShelterEffect — protects from rain and freezing, enables resting.
  • SneakyEffect — +15 Sneak skill.
  • MagicBarrier — staff-cast shield that blocks 200-700 damage depending on Blood Magic skill.

Negative

  • Burning — damage over 5 seconds, accelerates Wet expiration.
  • Poison — damage over time.
  • ColdEffect — -50% health regen, -25% stamina regen. Triggered naturally in Mountains and Deep North.
  • FreezingEffect — -100% health regen, -60% stamina regen, 1 damage/sec.
  • FrostEffect — slows movement up to -100%.
  • WetEffect — -25% health regen, weakness to frost and lightning, resistance to fire.
  • SlimedEffect — -50% move speed, very weak to fire. From Blob hits.
  • Tarred — -50% move speed for 10 seconds, very weak to fire. From Growth (BlobTar).
  • Encumbered — over-weight; disables running, jumping, blocking, dodging, and stamina recovery.
  • Harpooned — pulled toward whoever harpooned you. Mostly for testing the Harpoon interaction.
  • Stagger — stunned and takes double damage.

Armor / item effects

  • Bows — Bows skill +15 (the Ranger set bonus).
  • Fenrisblessing — fire resistance + Fists +15 (the Fenris set bonus).
  • Fishinghat — Fishing +20, Swim +20 (the Fishing hat).
  • Megingjord — +150 max carry weight (the belt).

Other

  • Wisplight — dispels Mistlands fog within 10m. Useful for testing Mistlands routes.
  • Wishbone — pings near hidden buried objects/silver.
  • Noskilldrain — disables skill XP loss on death.
  • CorpseRun — the post-death speed/regen buff (intended for naked corpse retrieval).

Remove status effects

clearstatus wipes every active status effect — positive and negative. After testing Burning, this cancels it instantly. Note: it also removes Rested, food buffs, mead effects, and anything else you might want to keep. There's no per-effect remove command.

Common workflows

Test a damage-over-time gear loadout

  1. spawn TrainingDummy
  2. addstatus Burning (or Poison, etc.) — see how your DoT applies.
  3. clearstatus when done.

Permanent Rested for a build session

Building a base and don't want to keep going back to the fire?

Rested gives the XP and regen boost; reapply when it expires.

Wishbone without the boss fight

Wishbone normally drops from Bonemass — if you want the "ping near silver" effect without re-fighting:

Test how Wet + Frost stacks

  1. addstatus WetEffect
  2. addstatus FrostEffect
  3. Look at how much regen you have left.
  4. clearstatus.

Aggravating neutral creatures

Not strictly a status effect, but useful in the same context — forcing all nearby neutral creatures (boars, deer, lox) to attack you:

aggravate aggros every neutral entity within 20m. Useful for testing defenses against creatures that normally won't pick a fight.

Common gotchas

  • Status IDs are case-sensitive PascalCase. addstatus burning fails; addstatus Burning works. Watch out for the mid-word capital in RestedEffect, WetEffect, ColdEffect.
  • Duration depends on the effect. Some are permanent (Wishbone) until cleared; others tick down (Burning lasts 5 seconds, Tarred 10 seconds). The status icon's countdown ring is your reference.
  • clearstatus is all-or-nothing. Want to remove only Burning but keep Rested? You can't with commands. Wait it out or take the regen hit and reapply Rested after.
  • Effects don't stack. addstatus Burning three times still leaves you with one Burning timer, not three concurrent ones.
  • Stagger has no internal cleanup. Applying Stagger via the command stuns you for the default duration; you can't move until it ends.

Related

Back to all posts