Worn Eraser

Worn Eraser is a passive status-defense Artifact, active the entire time it is equipped. It raises resistance to every negative status effect by slowing how quickly those statuses build up on you. It is not a heal, a shield or a damage cut: it changes how fast a negative status accumulates, so you have more time before it activates.

Worn Eraser is a defensive utility pick. It does not add damage or Power; it buys time against status-heavy encounters.

The Artifact increases resistance to all negative status effects. Resistance means the buildup of those statuses is slower, so it takes longer for an enemy attack or hazard to fill the meter that activates the status. Nothing about the status itself changes once it is active.

1. 1 · Negative status resistance

   Raise resistance to negative status effects, the layer that decides how fast a status builds on you.

2. 2 · Buildup becomes slower

   The same status attack fills the buildup meter more slowly, so the status takes longer to trigger.

3. 3 · All negative statuses

   The scope is every negative status effect, not one specific status such as Burn or Infected.

4. 4 · Always on while equipped

   The effect is passive and lasts the whole time the Artifact is equipped. There is no activation to time.

How the modifier is implemented — additive or multiplicative, and its exact value — is confirmed against the shipped game before any number is published.

A negative status has stages: a source applies buildup, the buildup reaches a threshold, and only then does the status activate. Worn Eraser works on the middle stage. It slows the buildup, so the threshold is reached later — it does not change what happens after the status is active.

Worn Eraser delays negative-status buildup. It does not automatically mean immunity, a shorter status duration, or reduced damage once the status is active.

Not everything that hurts you is a status effect. Worn Eraser is scoped to negative statuses, so it is worth separating those from environmental hazards, raw damage, control effects and boss-specific mechanics.

• Negative status effects

  Burn, Infected and other verified negative statuses build up more slowly. This is the layer Worn Eraser targets.

• Environmental hazards

  Hazard damage is handled by Environmental Hazard resistance, not by status buildup resistance.

• Direct and Void damage

  Raw damage is not a buildup status, so Worn Eraser does not reduce it.

• Control effects

  Knockback, launch and similar control effects are not confirmed as buildup statuses.

• Boss-specific mechanics

  A boss bar that looks like a status meter is not proof. These interactions stay unknown until a status relation is verified.

The website only maps Worn Eraser to verified negative statuses. It does not treat "all negative effects" as a single bucket.

The scope is all negative statuses, but each status is confirmed in the database before the page claims an interaction. These are the statuses worth checking first.

A status that is not verified as a negative status is left as unknown rather than assumed to be affected.

Worn Eraser, Face Mask and Lighter all slow status buildup, but they cover different scopes. Worn Eraser covers every negative status; Face Mask and Lighter focus on a single status each. When you face one dominant status, a focused Artifact can be the better fit — but only verified values can say which is stronger.

Face Mask and Lighter are narrower, status-specific resistances. Whether a specialized Artifact is stronger for its own status depends on verified values, so no "better" claim is published here.

Worn Eraser reduces incoming status pressure, which usually helps. It can also work against a build that wants to be Burned or Infected on purpose, because slower buildup delays reaching that state. Treat it as a trade, not a universal upgrade.

• One broad resistance slot

  When you do not know which status an area emphasizes, a single all-negative slot covers more of the encounter.

• Conflict with status-triggered effects

  Some effects want you to be Infected or Burned. Slower buildup delays reaching that state, so Worn Eraser can work against such a setup.

• Layer with recovery

  Pairing prevention with recovery keeps pressure low before and after a status lands.

Whether a specific synergy or conflict exists depends on the other Artifact's exact wording. This page describes the relationship instead of assuming it.

Survival Artifacts are easy to mix up because they all keep you alive. Separating them by the problem they solve shows where Worn Eraser belongs: it prevents a status from building up, rather than healing you or saving you from a lethal hit.

• Resource safety

  Keeps a resource from dropping below a floor so a cast can still happen.

• Recovery

  Restores Health faster after damage is already taken.

• Lethal protection

  Saves you from a lethal event rather than reducing pressure beforehand.

• Status prevention

  Delays negative-status buildup so the status is reached less often. That is Worn Eraser.

Worn Eraser is prevention, not recovery or lethal protection. It does not replace a healing or a death-prevention Artifact.

Worn Eraser has no fixed tier. Its value rises in encounters that apply several negative statuses and falls in encounters that apply none. The enemy database, once it records inflicted statuses, is what turns this from a rule of thumb into a per-encounter answer.

• Several status-applying enemies

  The more different statuses an encounter applies, the more a broad resistance slot contributes.

• No verified negative status

  If an enemy applies no verified negative status, Worn Eraser has little to delay.

• One dominant status

  With a single dominant status, a specialized resistance Artifact may be the more focused choice.

• Boss-specific mechanics

  Boss status interactions stay unknown until the status relation is verified; do not assume a meter is affected.

Boss status thresholds and hidden interaction rules are gated. This page describes the decision logic, not a hidden number.

You do not find a finished Worn Eraser in the world. You progress Fight to the Core, defeat the Hedron, receive the Untapped Worn Eraser and then craft it at the Artifact Formation.

1. 1 · Progress Fight to the Core

   Advance the main quest until the Hedron encounter is available.

2. 2 · Defeat the Hedron

   Clear the Hedron fight. It rewards the Untapped Artifact.

3. 3 · Claim the Untapped Artifact

   Defeating the Hedron rewards the Untapped Worn Eraser.

4. 4 · Craft at the Artifact Formation

   Forge the Untapped Artifact with the required materials and Source, then equip it.

The Artifact page owns the effect and the how-to-get summary. The full Hedron route and boss strategy live on the Fight to the Core quest page.

Crafting the Untapped Worn Eraser consumes the Untapped Artifact plus materials at the Artifact Formation. Public sources consistently report the same cost, but the exact recipe is confirmed against the shipped game before it is treated as fixed.

The recipe numbers here are the reported values. Confirm them in your own crafting screen; they are the part most likely to change between versions.

Worn Eraser is worth a slot when negative statuses are actually disrupting your fights. It is the wrong pick when nothing threatens to apply a status, or when you want a status to land on purpose.

What does Worn Eraser do?

It increases resistance to negative status effects by making them take longer to build up.

How do you get Worn Eraser?

Defeat the Hedron during Fight to the Core to receive the Untapped Worn Eraser, then craft it at the Artifact Formation.

Does Worn Eraser make you immune to status effects?

No. It raises buildup resistance, which is not immunity. A status can still activate if enough buildup is applied.

Does it reduce Burn damage?

Its verified effect concerns status buildup. Reduced damage after Burn becomes active should not be assumed.

Does it work against Infected?

If Infected is a normal negative status in the database, yes — it takes longer to build up. The page reads that from the status registry rather than hardcoding it.

Is it better than Face Mask?

Worn Eraser is broad resistance; Face Mask is tied specifically to Infected buildup. Exact strength comparisons need verified modifier values.

Is it better than Lighter?

Again, broad versus specialized. Worn Eraser covers all negative statuses; Lighter targets Burn specifically. Which wins depends on the encounter and verified values.

Heart Monitor · 1996 Commemorative Coin · Face Mask · Lighter · Feeding Bottle

Worn Eraser owns the all-negative status-buildup resistance intent: its effect, its scope, how resistance differs from immunity or damage reduction, its status matchups, its comparisons and its Fight to the Core reward. The full quest walkthrough lives on the Fight to the Core page, the negative-status mechanic owns the status definitions, and the Artifact system overview lives on the Artifacts hub.