# All Status Effects and Which Elements Inflict Them

Every status effect in Palworld with its official name — which element causes Burn, Soak, Freeze, Electrify, Blind, Muddy and Ivy-Covered, how reliably attacks proc them, and the capture tricks that exploit them.

Source: https://palworld-db.com/guides/all-status-effects
Updated: 2026-07-23

Status effects decide more fights than raw damage — a frozen boss isn't fighting back, a soaked one is set up for the next hit, and two of these ailments even make Pals easier to catch. The game never lists them anywhere, so here's the full set with official names, the element behind each one, and how to use them on purpose.

## Every Status Effect and Its Source Element

The ailments map onto elements almost one-to-one, and the mapping is strict — Soak comes from Water moves exclusively, Freeze only from Ice, Electrify only from Electric, Muddy only from Ground, and Ivy-Covered only from Grass. Dark is the double-dipper, carrying both Blind and nearly all of the game's rare Poison moves:

| Status | Inflicted By | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Burn | Fire moves, plus many Dragon moves | The most common ailment in the game — even Dragon attacks carry it |
| Soak | Water moves only | The wettest setup state; every soaking move is Water |
| Freeze | Ice moves only | Also powers a capture trick covered below |
| Electrify | Electric moves only | Electric's signature lockdown |
| Blind | Dark moves only | Dark's bread-and-butter debuff |
| Poison | Mostly Dark moves | Rare — only a handful of moves inflict it |
| Muddy | Ground moves only | Ground's slow-down ailment |
| Ivy-Covered | Grass moves only | Roots the target — and helps captures too |
| Stun | A few Neutral and Ground moves | Rare crowd control |
| Comatose | Special sources | The sleep state |
| Bear Trap | Traps | The leg-hold from placed traps |

On top of the ailments, the same system drives three friendly effects — **Attack Up**, **Defense Up**, and **Recovery** — which is why some support moves and partner skills list them with the same badge style in-game.

## How Reliably Do Attacks Proc These?

More reliably than most players assume: nearly three-quarters of all ailment-carrying moves apply their status at a high proc value — very often a guaranteed **100%** — with Soak, Poison, and Freeze the most dependable and Blind the streakiest of the set. The practical read: if you want a status on a boss, you don't need a specific move — you need sustained pressure from the right element. Any strong attacker from that element's roster on the [tier list](https://palworld-db.com/tier-list) gets it done, and the [attack-element converters](https://palworld-db.com/guides/pals-that-change-attack-element) let your own weapon join in.

## The Status Capture Tricks

Two ailments feed directly into catching Pals, via partner skills covered in the [support roster](https://palworld-db.com/guides/best-support-pals):
- [Muffly](https://palworld-db.com/pal/muffly) adds bonus capture power against **frozen** targets — pair it with any Ice attacker, freeze, then throw
- [Souffline](https://palworld-db.com/pal/souffline) does the same against **Ivy-Covered** targets, with Grass moves as the setup
- Both scale up to +5 capture power at max rank, and they stack with [sphere modules](https://palworld-db.com/guides/all-sphere-modules)

Against a high-level target, the freeze-and-throw routine is the single biggest capture-odds swing you can set up deliberately.

> **Tip.** Statuses work against you too — desert, volcano and snow regions all pressure you with the same system through weather. The [armor guide](https://palworld-db.com/guides/best-armor-by-tech-level)'s heat and cold variants are the passive answer, and a stack of the right meals from the [food guide](https://palworld-db.com/guides/best-food-for-san) keeps your team fighting through it.

## Related Guides

Put the ailments to work:
- [All Pals That Change Your Attack Element](https://palworld-db.com/guides/pals-that-change-attack-element)
- [Best Support Pals: Healers, Party Buffs, and Drop Rate Boosters](https://palworld-db.com/guides/best-support-pals)
- [List of All Sphere Modules and How to Make Them](https://palworld-db.com/guides/all-sphere-modules)
- [Palworld element type chart](https://palworld-db.com/types)
- [Every active skill: power, cooldown, element](https://palworld-db.com/active-skills)
- [Palworld Capture Rate Calculator](https://palworld-db.com/capture)


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Palworld Database — every number on this page comes from the game's own data files.