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ON-icon-effect-Alchemy-Lower Spell Power.png Cowardice
Type Offensive
Availability
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Blue Entoloma
Bugloss
White Cap

Potion description: Applies Minor Cowardice to you, reducing your Weapon and Spell Damage by 215 for [D] seconds. (45 second cooldown)
Poison description: Applies Minor Cowardice to your target, reducing their Weapon and Spell Damage by 215 for [D] seconds.

The Cowardice effect (formerly known as Lower Spell Power) reduces your Weapon and Spell Damage, or in a poison does the same to your target. Unless you have maxed out Snakeblood, it should generally be avoided when making potions. Its opposing effect is Increase Spell Power Increase Spell Power.

EffectsEdit

PotionEdit

Solvent Level Potion Duration Triple
Duration
Natural Water 3  Sip of Cowardice 13.6 18.8
Clear Water 10  Tincture of Cowardice 17.0 22.2
Pristine Water 20  Dram of Cowardice 21.9 27.1
Cleansed Water 30  Potion of Cowardice 26.7 31.9
Filtered Water 40  Solution of Cowardice 31.6 36.8
Purified Water  10  Elixir of Cowardice 37.4 42.6
Cloud Mist  50  Panacea of Cowardice 40.3 45.5
Star Dew  100  Distillate of Cowardice 44.2 49.4
Lorkhan's Tears  150  Essence of Cowardice 47.6 52.8

PoisonEdit

Solvent Level Poison Duration Triple
Duration
Grease 3  Cowardice Poison I 2.2 1.9
Ichor 10  Cowardice Poison II 3.5 2.4
Slime 20  Cowardice Poison III 4.8 2.9
Gall 30  Cowardice Poison IV 6.1 3.4
Terebinthine 40  Cowardice Poison V 7.4 3.9
Pitch-Bile  10  Cowardice Poison VI 8.1 4.2
Tarblack  50  Cowardice Poison VII 9.0 4.6
Night-Oil  100  Cowardice Poison VIII 10.1 5.0
Alkahest  150  Cowardice Poison IX 10.5 5.3
It is not possible to have this as a triple-effect without side-effects, which reduces the duration of the effect in poisons.

FormulasEdit

Single EffectEdit

Main Ingredients Suppressor
Blue Entoloma Bugloss Blessed Thistle
Blue Entoloma Bugloss Emetic Russula
Blue Entoloma Bugloss Nightshade
Blue Entoloma Bugloss Stinkhorn
Bugloss White Cap Beetle Scuttle
Single Effect formulas can only be achieved by using a
3rd ingredient to suppress the side effects.

Triple Effect and Additional EffectsEdit

Ingredients Additional Effects
Blue Entoloma Bugloss White Cap   Increase Spell Resist   Restore Health

There is only one way to get this as a triple effect, and the side-effects are unavoidable.

Two EffectsEdit

Main Ingredients Combine with: Second Effect
Blue Entoloma Bugloss   Restore Health
Blue Entoloma Bugloss Butterfly Wing   Restore Health (triple)
Blue Entoloma Bugloss Columbine   Restore Health (triple)
Blue Entoloma Bugloss Luminous Russula   Restore Health (triple)
Blue Entoloma Bugloss Mountain Flower   Restore Health (triple)
Blue Entoloma Bugloss Nirnroot   Invisible
Blue Entoloma Bugloss Water Hyacinth   Restore Health (triple)
Blue Entoloma White Cap   Ravage Magicka
Blue Entoloma White Cap Columbine   Restore Health
Blue Entoloma White Cap Emetic Russula   Ravage Magicka (triple)
Blue Entoloma White Cap Scrib Jelly   Ravage Magicka (triple)
Bugloss White Cap Clam Gall   Increase Spell Resist (triple)
Bugloss White Cap Mudcrab Chitin   Increase Spell Resist (triple)

Three EffectsEdit

Main Ingredients Combine with: Additional Effects
Blue Entoloma Bugloss Clam Gall   Restore Health   Increase Spell Resist
Blue Entoloma Bugloss Dragon's Bile   Restore Health   Invisible
Blue Entoloma Bugloss Mudcrab Chitin   Restore Health   Increase Spell Resist
Blue Entoloma Bugloss Namira's Rot   Restore Health   Invisible
Blue Entoloma Bugloss Spider Egg   Restore Health   Invisible
Blue Entoloma White Cap Butterfly Wing   Ravage Magicka   Restore Health
Blue Entoloma White Cap Clam Gall   Ravage Magicka   Increase Spell Resist
Blue Entoloma White Cap Luminous Russula   Ravage Magicka   Restore Health
Blue Entoloma White Cap Mountain Flower   Ravage Magicka   Restore Health
Blue Entoloma White Cap Mudcrab Chitin   Ravage Magicka   Increase Spell Resist
Blue Entoloma White Cap Water Hyacinth   Ravage Magicka   Restore Health
Bugloss White Cap Butterfly Wing   Increase Spell Resist   Restore Health
Bugloss White Cap Columbine   Increase Spell Resist   Restore Health
Bugloss White Cap Luminous Russula   Increase Spell Resist   Restore Health
Bugloss White Cap Mountain Flower   Increase Spell Resist   Restore Health
Bugloss White Cap Torchbug Thorax   Increase Spell Resist   Detection
Bugloss White Cap Water Hyacinth   Increase Spell Resist   Restore Health
Bugloss White Cap Wormwood   Increase Spell Resist   Detection


NotesEdit

  • Prior to Update 28, the Cowardice effect increased the cost of Ultimate abilities by 60%, or in a poison, did the same thing to the target. With Update 28, it was changed to decrease Weapon and Spell Damage, making it an analogous debuff to the Courage buff.