# Effects and Flags

_Temporary states a player can be under during a match_

Source: https://about.wordbomb.io/effects

- **Effects**: 7
- **Flags**: 5
- **Come from**: Potions, scenarios
- **Shown as**: Icons around the avatar

Effects are temporary. One can change your prompt, cut your timer, block heart gain or multiply what a word pays, and it runs out on its own.

Flags stay on you and change one rule while you carry one. A turn means one of your own, not one of the room's.

## Effects

| Effect | What it does | Lasts | Comes from |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Prompt | Swaps the prompt the room gave you for a set one, a new one each turn. | One turn per prompt in the list | The Aaargh scenario |
| Time Penalty | Takes seconds off the bomb timer when your turn comes round. | A set number of turns | Staff commands only |
| XP Boost | Multiplies the XP a word pays out. | Until the potion runs out, on the clock | EXP potion |
| Coin Boost | Multiplies the coins a word pays out. | Until the potion runs out, on the clock | Coin potion |
| Single Prompt | You get your first prompt back every turn after that. | Until the match ends | The single prompt scenario |
| No Heart Gain | You cannot gain hearts, and finishing the alphabet pays nothing. | A set number of turns | Staff commands only |
| Target Word | Puts a secret word under your name. Type it and you win, everyone else is out. | Until the match ends | The Target Word scenario, chain mode only |

## Potions

Potions are the only thing you can start outside a match.

| Potion | Gives | Lasts |
| --- | --- | --- |
| EXP potion | 2x XP | 1 hour |
| Coin potion | 2x coins | 1 hour |
| Cat potion | Cat icon | 36 hours |
| Bird potion | Bird icon | 36 hours |

- You cannot drink a second potion of the same kind while the first is still running.
- Boosts do nothing in ranked rooms.
- The end of a match clears everyone's effects, but a boost with time left on it keeps going.

## Flags

| Flag | What it does | Comes from |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Block Self Solve | Typing the prompt itself is rejected. | The Zeta scenario |
| No Mistakes | One wrong word and you are out on the spot. | The no fail scenario |
| Recoil | A wrong word costs you a heart. | The three mistake scenario |
| Bird | Just for looks, and it chirps sometimes when you play a word. | Bird potion |
| Cat | Just for looks, and it meows sometimes when you play a word. | Cat potion |