Metaphor: ReFantazio - All Status Ailments & How To Cure Them

Metaphor: ReFantazio features a familiar combat system that's made a bit more complicated by myriad status ailments, each with unique effects and cures. Not only do these ailments hinder your performance in battle, but depending on the type, their effects may linger when the fight ends. This puts you at a clear disadvantage moving forward, so you'll need to understand how different ailments work and what you can do to cure them.

Metaphor: ReFantazio takes pages from SMT and Persona, allowing you to inflict or incur status ailments on top of damage and saddling you or your opponents with debuffs to overcome in combat. Whether physical or mental, the effects of ailments can cause severe decreases in any individual status or even push party members to attack one another. Finding the right cure is essential to keep your team in good health. Although the game features handy tutorials on ailments and treatments, we've put together a reference guide for quick and easy answers.

All Status Ailments & What They Do

Mental VS. Physical

Status ailments can be broken down into two distinct types: physical and mental. With a grand total of 12 unique ailments, both types cause debuffs and otherwise, tricky effects to deal with during combat, but critical differences set the two categories apart.

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According to TheGamer, mental ailments will subside once the battle concludes, eliminating the need to find a cure afterward. However, ailments of this kind can make it exceptionally difficult to control party members during combat, putting your team at risk. These include the following:

Anxiety

Charm

Daze

Forget

Rage

Sleep

Conversely, physical ailments will remain in effect even after the fight ends. This can spell bad news for your party going into combat without treatment. You'll want to prioritize curing any of the following physical ailments affecting team members:

Burn

Frostbite

Hex

Malady

Paralysis

Poison

Status ailments shouldn't be taken lightly on your Metaphor: Refantazio playthrough. While you may be able to tough out a battle facing debuffs and other effects, it's in your best interest to cure your party members when possible, as each can prove deadly. Luckily, you'll have a couple of options to heal up.

How To Cure All Status Ailments

Items & The Healer Archetype

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You'll want to consider healing items and the Healer character Archetype to cure status ailments. Using items is fairly intuitive here, with a long list to choose from, depending on the ailment you're dealing with. Game8 notes that most items can be purchased from St. Fermis Church or the General Store, but be on the lookout for other vendors as well.

Various cooked dishes may also serve as cures for status ailments. Consider the side effects of your meals to decide which to use and when.

Apart from items, Channeling Archetypes to eliminate ailments works in much the same way as using Persona 3: Reload's Personas. The Healer Archetype's Patra skill allows you to heal status ailments of any kind, though this can only be used on one party member at a time. Use this skill in combination with the following items to heal up as needed:

STATUS AILMENT TYPE EFFECTS CURES Anxiety Mental The character can no longer use Archetype skills. Enemies who attack the affected character will not consume a Turn icon. Item: Soothing Sweetbun

Soothing Sweetbun Skill: Patra (Healer Archetype) Charm Mental You will lose control of the character. Each turn, they'll either attack fellow party members or aid opponents. Item: Slapstick Fan

Slapstick Fan Skill: Patra (Healer Archetype) Daze Mental The Hit Rate for all attacks is reduced. Item: TBA

TBA Skill: Patra (Healer Archetype) Forget Mental The character can no longer use Archetype skills. Item: TBA

TBA ​​​​​​​Skill: Patra (Healer Archetype) Rage Mental The character's attack power is elevated, but they'll take more damage from enemies. Actions will be limited to regular weapon attacks. Item: Tranquilliser

Tranquilliser ​​​​​​​Skill: Patra (Healer Archetype) Sleep Mental You will lose control over the character. All physical hits incurred will result in critical damage. Item: Thrilling Tintinnabulator

Thrilling Tintinnabulator ​​​​​​​Skill: Patra (Healer Archetype) Burn Physical The affected character suffers more damage from the attacks sustained. Item: Fermis Ointment

Fermis Ointment ​​​​​​​Skill: Patra (Healer Archetype) Frostbite Physical The affected character's damage output is reduced. Item: TBA

TBA ​​​​​​​Skill: Patra (Healer Archetype) Hex Physical Half of all damage dealt to enemies by the affected character is also dealt to themselves. Dark-element resistance is reduced. The character is more susceptible to additional status ailments. Item: Purified Teacake

Purified Teacake ​​​​​​​Skill: Patra (Healer Archetype) Malady Physical All character stats are significantly reduced. HP and MP cannot be recovered. Item: Ailment Absolution

Ailment Absolution ​​​​​​​Skill: Patra (Healer Archetype) Paralysis Physical Any action taken by the affected character is likely to fail. Item: Vitamin Relaxant

Vitamin Relaxant ​​​​​​​Skill: Patra (Healer Archetype) Poison Physical The character's HP is reduced upon taking any action. Item: Robust Remedy

Robust Remedy ​​​​​​​Skill: Patra (Healer Archetype)

By leaning on items and utilizing the Patra skill, you can cure any status ailment that befalls a party member. We'll update our working list of cures as more are discovered. In the meantime, Metaphor: ReFantazio's Healer Archetype is a lifesaver in any combat situation.

Source: Quinton O'Connor/TheGamer, Game8

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