Poison

Several events trigger the poisoned status effect:


 * The poisonout bite of a Cave Spider
 * Food poisoning from Rotten Flesh, Poisonous Potatoes, Raw Chicken
 * Potion of Poison
 * Splash Potion of Poison

The Cave Spider's poisonous bite
When bitten by a Cave Spider on any difficulty except Easy, the player's health bar turns yellow-green and gradually decreases. The poison inflicts half of a heart of damage about every second and a half, and lasts for 7 seconds on Normal difficulty, or 15 seconds on Hard. Armor does not protect from venom or reduce the damage received from it. Milk has the ability to cure the player of the poison. Regardless of the difficulty, poison cannot kill the player, but it can drop the player's health to dangerously low levels. If they are suffering from the Weakness potion effect, or if the difficulty is set to Easy, then they will not do any damage or inflict poisoning.