Silence (debuff)

This article is about the debuff. For other similar uses, see Silence (disambiguation).

Silence is a debuff in Arknights.

Overview

A Silenced unit becomes unable to use their skill for friendly units or activate their special abilities/traits (including those that would be triggered when the unit is defeated) for enemies. If the unit's skill/trait is already active when they are Silenced, it will not be interrupted with certain exceptions. Refraction, which is present on most Dublinn enemies, will be disabled while the enemy in question are Silenced.

On enemies, Silence is indicated by a cross symbol over a lightning bolt above the victim, although the bolt is absent for some enemies, and certain methods Silence the enemy without giving an indicator. On friendly units, there is no indicator since Silence can only be inflicted on friendlies through select means, notably Necrosis Damage.

Since the Hortus de Escapismo update, enemy traits which is disabled while the respective enemy is Silenced are indicated by a cross symbol as the bullet point.

Enemies affected by Silence
Normal
Elite
Boss
Addendum
Silencing Alchohol Lovers/Association Members and Lakeside Volunteers/Lifeguards cause their dodge buff to expire prematurely. Silencing Bladehelm Knightclub Trainees/Elites and Tytus Topola only disables their ATK debuff, not their self-revive. Silencing Blueflowers/Scarletmists, Defense Crusher (Leaders), Dockworker (Leaders), and Sniper (Leaders) freeze the attack count to trigger their special attack in addition to disabling it. Silencing Dublinn Flamerazers disable both their flamethrower attack and explosion when defeated. Silencing (Luscious) Snack Carts prevent them from exploding when blocked. Silencing Nethersea/Nourished/Regressed Brandguiders only disables their ability to spawn Nethersea Brands as they moves when their HP falls below 50%, not the DEF buff and increased block requirement. Silencing Nethersea/Nourished/Regressed Founders only disables their ability to spawn a Nethersea Brand when defeated, not the RES increase. Silencing Nethersea/Nourished/Regressed Predators disable their Physical/Arts dodge, but does not make them blockable while over Nethersea Brands. Silencing Volleyball Serving/Spiking Carts resets their ATK buff's stack count.

Sources

Operator	Source	Range/target	Duration
	Flash Shield	□□　 　■□□　 　　□□	Level 1-3: 2.5 seconds Level 4-6: 3 seconds Level 7: 3.5 seconds Spec. 1: 3.8 seconds Spec. 2: 4.1 seconds Spec. 3: 4.5 seconds
	"Really Heavy Spear"	Attack while active 　□□□□　 　■□□□　 　□□□□	Level 1-3: 2 seconds Level 4-6: 2.5 seconds Level 7: 3 seconds Spec. 1: 3.5 seconds Spec. 2: 4 seconds Spec. 3: 5 seconds
	Genesis	Only if Genesis succeeds (which has a 50:50 chance) 　　□　　 　□□□　 □□■□□ 　□□□　 　　□	Level 1-3: 2 seconds Level 4-6: 2.5 seconds Level 7: 3 seconds Spec. 1: 3.5 seconds Spec. 2: 4 seconds Spec. 3: 5 seconds
	Conductive Corrosive Blast	Attack while active	Level 1-3: 3 seconds Level 4-6: 3.2 seconds Level 7: 3.5 seconds Spec. 1: 4 seconds Spec. 2: 4.5 seconds Spec. 3: 5 seconds
	Inherited End	Attack against aerial enemies	Elite 1: 1 second Elite 2: 3 seconds CCR-X Stage 2: 4 seconds CCR-X Stage 3: 5 seconds
	Shell Splitter	Attack while active	Level 1-7: 1 second Spec. 1-3: 2 seconds
	Spiritual Destruction	Attack	Elite 1: 1 second Elite 2: 5 seconds Potential 5: +1 second
	Copper Seal	Enemies that attacked Nian while active	Level 1-7: 3 seconds Spec. 1-2: 4 seconds Spec. 3: 5 seconds
	Spread Spores	Within attack range, AoE	Level 1-7: 5 seconds Spec. 1-3: 6 seconds
	Prevailing Argument	All enemies within attack range	Level 1-6: 6 seconds Level 7: 7 seconds Spec. 1: 8 seconds Spec. 2: 9 seconds Spec. 3: 10 seconds
	Bug Catcher	Attack (only works on Infected Creatures)	Elite 1/2: 4 seconds HOK-X Stage 2: 6 seconds HOK-X Stage 3: 8 seconds Potential 5: +4 seconds
	Silent Drizzle	Attack while active	Level 1-3: 3 seconds Level 4-6: 5 seconds Level 7-Spec. 2: 8 seconds Spec. 3: 10 seconds
	Seven-styles Kick	□□□　 　□■□　 　□□□	Level 1-3: 5 seconds Level 4-6: 6 seconds Level 7-Spec. 2: 7 seconds Spec. 3: 8 seconds

• The Jammer Silences Drones (and only Drones) within its area-of-effect.
• In Integrated Strategies, the Condensed Suppressant Silences Infected Creatures attacked by friendly units for 3 seconds.
• In Ideal City, equipping the Self-Driving Cart with "Simplification Solution" causes it to Silence enemies in a radius of 1.5 tiles around the Cart for 5 seconds upon destruction.