Stunning

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	Monsters with full stagger immunity will still attack if you attempt to use an item or a skill with nothing selected.

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There are three primary ways adventurers can prevent monsters from attacking:

• Stagger: Staggering prevents the monster from attacking in the current round. It has a 100% chance of working unless the monster has stagger immunity, in which case it has a 0% chance of working. Monsters that are completely immune to staggering will attack as normal after displaying the message:

Unfazed, your opponent attacks you anyway!

• Stun: Stunning prevents the monster from attacking for X rounds, starting with the current round. Stuns can be stacked to keep an opponent down for a very long time. Some monsters have stun resistance which is a percentage change of negating a stun in any given round. If they do, the stun-end message will have (STUN RESISTED!) added to it.
  • Beginning at +51 ML, monsters have a chance to shrug off stuns equal to (Bonus Monster Level - 50)%.
• Quick-Cast: Certain skills do not advance the round counter and by extension, will normally prevent combat from resolving in its entirety. None of your passive effects, or the monster's passive effects, fire for this round. Your familiar will not act, and the monster will not attack. However, all monsters with stagger immunity are also unaffected by Quick-Cast skills.
  • Similarly, monsters with stagger immunity also get a free attack when you make a mistake that doesn't consume a combat round, such as trying to use a skill without first selecting one, or twiddling your thumbs.
• Blocks: A very small subset of skills that neutralize the damage you would have taken, while preserving every other aspect of the combat round. The lone advantage this has is being able to survive extra rounds against monsters that cannot be stopped by any of the above 3 categories of skills. Monsters with special abilities will apply them as normal.

Each Stun has a certain number of charges. The game uses up these charges in a specific order, regardless of the order in which the skill or item was deployed, and only if the monster is not staggered. More explicitly:

• The game checks to see if the monster is staggered (by a familiar, combat item, skill, or piece of equipment).
• If the monster is not staggered, the game checks to see if the monster is stunned (by a skill or combat item).
• If the monster is stunned, the monster gets one round closer to recovering or moving on to the next source of stunning.

Certain opponents (e.g., Hobopolis bosses, Skid Row houses, or any opponent with sufficient +Monster Level) are resistant to stunning but can still be staggered. Stun-resistant monsters display the normal message for the stun wearing off if they recover (and then attack during the same turn).

Familiars that stagger their opponent are comprehensively described in their articles, and hence are not listed here.

Stunning prevents most, but not all, of an opponent's special actions (passive effects). Some actions, such as the Naughty Sorceress's anti-deleveling or the Weirdeaux creature wolf howl, will still occur.

Staggering

Source	Source Type	Trigger/Chance of Success	Cost	Notes
ancient stone head	Off-Hand Item (Shield)	33%		Requires 27 Muscle Also prevents negative status attacks
Air Blast	Skill	100%		With airblaster gun equipped Usable once per combat
Air Dirty Laundry	Skill	100%		With Pantsgiving equipped Usable once per combat Also does 3-4 random damage per unique food item consumed
Angel Hair Wisp, level 5+	P Mechanic	opponent's critical hits		Pastamancers only Grants bonus Combat Initiative
Angel Hair Wisp, level 10	P Mechanic	?%		Pastamancers only Grants bonus Combat Initiative
asteroid belt	Accessory	25%		+10 Monster Level Ranged Damage +50% May not equip more than one
attorney's badge	Accessory	20%
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!	Skill	100%		With cap gun equipped Delevels 10-15 Usable once per combat
barbed-wire fence	Combat Item	50%	Item loss	Also delevels 1-7
Battlie Light Saver	Combat Item	100%	Item loss	Also does 30-50 damage
beehive	Combat Item	100%		Staggers only on the first use each combat Also deals 3 hits, of 8-10 damage each
big boom	Combat Item	100%	Item loss	Also does 80-120 damage
Biologically Shocked	Effect	25%		Random effect after each round of combat
Blow Wolf Whistle	Skill	100%		With wolf whistle equipped Also does Sleaze Damage
Break It On Down	DB Skill	100%	2 MP	Only usable by DBs
Censorious Lecture	Skill	100%		With standards and practices guide equipped Also delevels 5-10
Club Foot	SC Skill	100%	8 MP	Also delevels Only usable once per round Only staggers for Seal Clubbers Stuns instead with a 2+ Fury or 1 Fury and a club
Deft Hands	DB Passive Skill	100%		Triggers on the first combat item per fight, if you are a Disco Bandit.
disease	Combat Item	50%	Item loss	Also delevels 2
dwarf bread	Combat Item	100%	Item loss	Also does 7-28 damage
Electrical Eelgrass	Flower	???		Underwater zones only
ear poison	Combat item	100% (?)	Item loss	Also deals Poison Damage
electronics kit	Combat item	100%	Item loss	Delevels by 25% Regenerates 30-40 MP
Entangling Noodles	P skill	100%	3 MP	Only staggers for non-Pastamancers Also delevels by 8-10 attack and defense for non-pas Usable once per combat
extremely confusing manual	Combat Item	100%	Item loss
fishy wand	Familiar equipment	100%		Only works underwater Has a 1-in-9 chance of occurring in the 33% wand action. Effectively only occurs 3.7% of the time.
Fire a badly romantic arrow	Obtuse Angel Skill	100%	0 MP	Only usable when accompanied by an Obtuse Angel Causes monster to return 2-3 times Usable once per day
Fire Death Ray	Skill	100%		With Mark V Steam-Hat equipped Also does 20-30 physical damage Usable once per combat
Fire Sewage Pistol	Skill	100%		With sewage-clogged pistol equipped Also does 40-50 Stench Damage per pistol equipped Also delevels 8-10 per pistol equipped Usable once per combat
Flashy Dancer	DB Passive Skill	100%		Triggers in a round when you gain Disco Momentum.
glowing New Age crystal	Combat Item	100%	Item loss	Also restores 500 MP
gob of wet hair	Combat Item	100%	Item loss	Also delevels 2-3
Good Medicine	Skill	100%	5 MP	Heals 10X damage (X = medicine level) Only available as a Snake Oiler (Avatar of West of Loathing) Usable once per combat
gyroscope	Combat Item	100%	Item loss
inkwell	Combat Item	50%	Item loss	Also delevels 6-9
jar full of wind	Combat Item	100%	Item loss	Also delevels 8-10 Has special properties against The Terrible Pinch and Thug 1 and Thug 2
Junk-Bond	Combat Item	100%	Item loss	Also delevels 9-10
kite	Combat Item	50%	Item loss	Also delevels 10-12
Knob Goblin stink bomb	Combat Item	50%	Item loss	Also delevels 3
little red book	Combat Item	100%		Also delevels by 5% Usable once per combat Item is not consumed
macrame net	Combat Item	100%	Item loss	Also deals 90-100 damage and delevels 8-10
Mayor Ghost's scissors	Combat Item	100%		Staggering only happens against undead targets Also delevels Usable once per round Item is not consumed
Mayflower bouquet	Familiar Equipment	6.5%	None	+5 to Familiar Weight May not equip in Hardcore Sometimes drops usable flowers after combat Potential post-combat effects: Familiar experience +3 +5 Stat Gains from Fights Item Drop? +40% Meat from Monsters May not equip in Hardcore
Mer-kin mouthsoap	Combat Item	100%	Item loss	Against Mer-kin opponents only Delevels 250-300 all opponents
Meteoid ice beam	Weapon (1H)	On Critical
Mesmereyes™ contact lenses	Accessory	100%		Requires 200 Mysticality to equip Mysticality +15% Triggers on first round of combat Effectively wasted if you get the jump
mylar scout drone	Combat Item	75%	Item loss	Also delevels 10-12
nasty-smelling moss	Combat Item	100%		Also restores 20-30 HP Usable once per combat Item is not consumed
navel ring of navel gazing	Accessory	50%		Mysticality +25% +100% Bonus Spell Damage -1 MP to use Skills May not equip in Hardcore May not equip more than one Intrinsic Effect: Omphaloskepsis Damage Reduction equal to player level Run Away is always successful (and sometimes free) Possible end-of-combat effects include: +20% Meat from Monsters +20% Items from Monsters +3 Stat Gains from Fights Restore 10-20 MP
off-white plastic oyster egg	Combat Item	50%	Item loss	Also delevels 6-8
oily boid	Combat Item	85%	Item Loss	Also delevels 5-8 Will otherwise produce a woim
ornate picture frame	Combat Item	100%	Item loss	Also delevels 10-15
Paint Job	Skill	100%		With paint palette equipped Usable once per combat Also deals 8 Prismatic Damage
palm-frond net	Combat Item	100%	Item loss	Also delevels 8-12
Paperclippery	Outfit	25%		Activates only when the monster would have successfully hit
patchouli incense stick	Combat Item	50%	Item loss	Also delevels 3-5
plot hole	Combat Item	50%	Item loss	Also deals 20-25 damage and delevels 3-5
Ply Reality	Skill	100%		With Thor's Pliers equipped Usable once per combat Also deals 3-5 Prismatic Damage
Pocket Crumbs	Skill	100%		With Pantsgiving equipped Usable once per combat Also delevels 10-15% and sometimes produces a special item
procrastination potion	Combat Item	50%	Item loss
propeller beanie	Hat	10%
pulled violet taffy	Combat Item	50%	Item loss	Ongoing stagger, in the form of an Octomom Restores HP and MP at the end of the round
quantum nanopolymer spider web	Combat Item	100%	Item loss
Rain-Doh indigo cup	Combat Item	100%		Usable once per combat Cannot be used in Hardcore Also heals 20% of HP
Red-Shirted Escort	Effect	30%	Item loss	Obtained from a wind-up ensign
really sticky spider web	Combat Item	50%	Item Loss	Also delevels 3
really really sticky spider web	Combat Item	50%	Item Loss	Also delevels 6
scented massage oil	Combat Item	100%	Item loss	Also heals all HP
shard of double-ice	Combat Item	100%	Item loss	Also does Cold Damage equal to your highest buff stat Also attunes the opponent to become Cold aligned
shaving cream	Combat Item	80%	Item loss	Also delevels 2-3
shingle	Combat Item	50%	Item loss	Also delevels 4-5
Silent Knife	Skill	100%	10 MP	Also deals damage using the most powerful knife in your inventory Usable once per combat
Siphon Spirits	Happy Medium Skill	100%	0 MP	Only usable when accompanied by a Happy Medium Produces cocktail Requires a recharge
Smoke-ra	Flower	???		Outdoor zones only
spider web	Combat Item	50%	Item loss	Also delevels 1
Staff of the November Jack-O-Lantern	Weapon (1H)	When jiggled		Also does 5-10 when jiggled Spell Damage +20% +10 Damage to Stench Spells Regenerate 2-3 MP per adventure Must be able to equip chefstaves
sugar shotgun	Weapon (1H)	critical hit		Stuns on critical only Weapon Damage +50% Obtained by using a sugar sheet Breaks after about 30 combat adventures
Summon Mayfly Swarm	Skill	?%		Can cast 30 times per day; each cast lasts the entire combat Various other effects (see article)
superamplified boom box	Combat Item	100%	Item loss	Also deals 90-100 damage and delevels 8-10
Time-Spinner	Combat Item	100%		Also delevels by 5% Usable once per combat Item is not consumed
The Old One-Two (Kick)	Skill	100%	0 MP	Obtained from Free boots Also does 50-100 damage, twice Usable once per combat
Throw Shield	Skill	100%	0 MP	Obtained from Operation Patriot Shield Causes next attack or spell to be critical Usable once per combat Cannot be used in Hardcore
tongue depressor	Combat Item	100%	Item loss	Gives statistical information about the monster Usable once per combat
tropical orchid	Combat Item	50%	Item loss	Also delevels 1-7
unstable laser battery	Combat Item	100%	Item loss	Also deals 200-250 damage
V for Vivala mask	Accessory	?%		Stun may occur on criticals Muscle +30% +1x Critical Hit Chance Critical Hits are extra-explosive Combat items do more damage +1-3 Stat Gains from Fights Allows use of Creepy Grin (once per day) May not be used in Hardcore May not equip more than one
vial of patchouli oil	Combat Item	50%	Item loss	Also delevels 4
warbear exhaust manifold	Weapon (2H)	Cadenza effect		Also does ? damage Regenerates HP and MP per adventure
wussiness potion	Combat Item	50%	Item loss	Also delevels 5

Stunning

Sources of stunning are presented in the order in which they are queued up. Generally speaking, stuns are used up based on how long ago they were introduced into the game, with more recently-added sources of stunning firing later.

Source	Source Type	Rounds Stunned	Cost	Notes
Noodles of Fire	Skill	3 rounds	10 MP	Obtained from having Wrath of the Capsaician Pastalords equipped Usable once per combat Deals passive 30-50 damage for 3 rounds in addition
Rave Knockout	Skill	3 rounds	6 MP	Takes 3 rounds to set up Only usable by DBs
sealhide snare	Combat Item	2-3 rounds	Item loss	Opponent can attack on the round the item is used Does not queue with Rave Knockout (that is, both the Rave Knockout and snare will wear out at the same time).
Entangling Noodles	Skill	3-5 rounds	3 MP	Stuns for Pastamancers only; staggers for other classes Usable once per combat Stun is extended one round on Critical Noodle Stun is extended one round with a level 10 Spice Ghost as your active thrall
brick of sand	Combat Item	2 rounds	Item loss
banana peel	Combat Item	2 rounds	Item loss
jar of swamp gas	Combat Item	2-3 rounds	Item loss
gas balloon	Combat Item	3-4 rounds	Item loss
chloroform rag	Combat Item	3-4 rounds	Item loss	No longer drops as of March 26, 2019
floorboard cruft	Combat Item	2 rounds	Item loss
sausage bomb	Combat Item	2 rounds	Item loss
clingfilm tangle	Combat Item	2-3 rounds	Item loss
Ask Richard for a Grenade	Skill	3-4 rounds	1 grenade	Only works on Hobos. Only available when Richard's Redoubt has grenades in stock.
naughty paper shuriken	Combat Item	3 rounds		Usable once per combat Only stuns enemies that drop pants Increases the drop rate of pants by 50%
very large caltrop	Combat Item	5-6 rounds	Item loss
Entangle	Skill	2 rounds	X MP	Obtained by equipping the Mutant Couture outfit Usable once per combat Only available against opponents with legs MP cost is level, capped at 15
Put Down Roots	Skill	2 rounds	15 MP	Usable once per combat Obtained from crotchety pants crotchety pants require 22 Moxie
anemone nematocyst	Combat Item	1-4 rounds	Item loss	Stuns 3-4 rounds in the sea Stuns 1-2 rounds on land
non-stick pugil stick	Weapon (2H)	1 round		Only on Critical hit Stacks with other stunning items
Smust	Familiar	2 rounds		Only available once per combat Occurs after using certain skills with a Frumious Bandersnatch familiar
double-ice cap	Hat	1 round		Occurs on round after the round in which you were hit.
black BRICKO brick	Combat Item	2-5 rounds	Item loss	Stuns 2-3 rounds against non-BRICKO opponents Stuns 4-5 rounds against BRICKO opponents
Play a Drum Solo	Skill	2 rounds	10 MP	Must have Elvish sunglasses and a percussion instrument equipped Usable once per combat
pixel stopwatch	Combat Item	5 rounds	Item loss
finger cuffs	Combat Item	2-3 rounds	Item loss
oversized snowflake	Combat Item	5 rounds	Item loss
d6	Combat Item	2 rounds	Item loss	Also does (1-6)^3 damage
shock belt	Accessory	1 round	None	Only has an effect the round after you are hit
Rain-Doh blue balls	Combat Item	2 rounds		Reusable combat item Usable once per combat
soggy used band-aid	Combat Item	3 rounds	Item loss	Restores all HP
CSA obedience grenade	Combat Item	3 rounds	Item loss	Also delevels by 5%
The Lost Comb	Combat Item	3 rounds	Item loss (sometimes)	Reusable 3 times before breaking Usable once per combat
Chinese curse words	Combat Item	3 rounds	Item loss
brass abacus	Combat Item	4 rounds	Item loss
twisted piece of wire	Combat Item	2 rounds	Item loss
Shadow Noodles	Skill	3-5 rounds	30 MP	Monster attack and defense power reduced by 8-10 Usable once per combat Cannot be used in same combat as Entangling Noodles
Club Foot	Skill	2-4 rounds	8 MP	Also delevels Usable once per combat Only stuns for Seal Clubbers Stun duration varies by amount of Fury and whether a club is wielded With 0 Fury or 1 Fury and no club, acts as a Stagger instead
Shell Up	Skill	3-5 rounds	6 MP	Only stuns for Turtle Tamers Stun only occurs with certain Turtle Blessings
Soul Bubble	Skill	3-4? rounds	5 Soulsauce	Only useable by Saucerors with Soul Saucery
Accordion Bash	Skill	3+ rounds	5 MP	Only useable while wielding an accordion Length of stun depends on the accordion used
opium grenade	Combat Item	2-3* rounds	Item loss	Improves the rate of burning out pair of burnouts in the Road to the White Citadel quest. 3-5 rounds against Hippies
portable table	Combat Item	4-5 rounds	Item loss
really nice net	Combat Item	3 rounds	Item loss	Staggers on the combat round it is used in Also delevels by 70%
El Vibrato restraints	Combat Item	4 rounds		Only stuns enemies with arms Usable only once per combat
glob of melted wax	Combat Item	3 rounds	Item loss	Also does X damage each round
Party Crash	Skill	4 rounds	0 MP	Usable once per combat Obtained from party crasher Party crasher require 20 Muscle
Frost Bite	Skill	2-3 rounds	50 MP	Usable once per combat Obtained from Cold Fang Also deals physical and Cold Damage
Unwrapped knock-off retro superhero cape	Back item	3 rounds		Stuns at the start of combat when equipped and configured for Heck General / Hold Me
shadow ice	Combat Item	12-15 rounds	Item loss

Free Actions

Source	Source Type	Trigger/Chance of Success	Cost	Notes
Conspiratorial Whispers	Dreadsylvania Skill	100%	25 MP	Deals damage and delevels every round
Saucy Salve	Skill	100% (first time)	4 MP	Heals 10-15 HP. Chance of being free decays when cast more times in a single combat.
Splashdance	Dreadsylvania Skill	100%	30 MP	Heals 50-60 HP.
Stealth Mistletoe	Skill	100%	5 MP	Doubles the deleveling of all Disco Bandit combat skills

Blocks

There also exists a subset of skills and effects that are neither staggers nor stuns. They have one feature in common with stuns: they prevent a monster from attacking you, no matter what.

The difference between this kind of attack prevention and regular staggering is subtle, but plays an important role in monsters that have passive effects as well as attacks. A stagger or stun will prevent almost all monster passive effects from firing. Silent Slam (et al.) do not. This means that monsters like The Rain King will still remove effects even if they do not inflict any damage. However, one of the main benefits of skills like these is that they succeed where stuns and even staggers would fail, being capable of negating monster attacks upwards of +151 Monster Level.

Even more bizarrely, the attack prevention of Silent Slam/Squirt/Slice can be stored up like a stun. If the monster is staggered by a familiar or other source on the round that Silent Slam is used, the monster will still lose an attack in a future round. This delayed action is similar to how stuns work, and the opposite of how staggers work.

Source	Source Type	Block Duration	Cost	Notes
Blood Bubble	Non-Combat Skill	First time you would be attacked	30 HP	Obtained by casting Blood Bubble for 3 turns per cast
Drunkula's ring of haze	Accessory	First time you would be attacked
Eight Days a Week Pill Keeper	Accessory	First time you would be attacked
Sauceshell	Dreadsylvania Skill	Entire combat round	30 MP	Also deals 72-88 hot damage, boosted by Bonus Spell Damage.
Shell Up	Skill	Entire combat round	6 MP	Has a variety of effects, augmented by Turtle Blessings.
Silent Slam	Skill	1 attack	5 MP	Also deals spooky damage based on equipped weapon power (double if club). Only 1 Silent skill can be used per combat
Silent Slice	Skill	1 attack	5 MP	Also deals spooky damage based on equipped weapon power (double if knife). Only 1 Silent skill can be used per combat
Silent Squirt	Skill	1 attack	10 MP	Also deals 50-60 spooky damage. Only 1 Silent skill can be used per combat
The Crown of Ed the Undying (golden weasel)	Hat	First time you would be attacked

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