Poison

Poison is one of the basic status modifiers, as well as an elemental attribute, found in the Castlevania series.

In most games, when the hero is poisoned, their health will drain by a small amount every second. In some games, Poison status simply weakens the hero's stats.

Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness
When a player's status becomes "Poison", they will start losing small amounts of health. The longer they remain poisoned, the more health they will lose, so it's best to get this status treated quickly. Unlike Vampire, where characters' traits are affected by in-game time, the Poison status plays no favorites, and causes all characters to lose health equally in real time. The amount of health lost is determined by this formula:


 * 100 HP ← The maximum amount of Health Points a character can have.


 * Divided by...
 * 265 seconds ← The longest a character at full health can survive before Poison knocks their HP down to 0.


 * Percent(%) 0.37735849056603776


 * Rounded off/Equals


 * 0.38 ← The average amount of HP being lost per-second.

Again, it is affected by real time, and not in-game time. Having the game on pause will, of course, put the damage on hold, but it will continue the instant the game is unpaused. You can restore lost health by consuming a Roast Chicken or a Roast Beef, but it won't stop the poison from doing its work.

Treatment

 * Use a Cure Ampoule, an item designed to cleanse the venom out of your body.


 * Use a Healing Kit, an item that cures all status ailments and restores health to its maximum level.


 * Can also be cured by entering or exiting to the next stage.