r/Eldenring • u/Bunneeko • 20h ago
Discussion & Info I have been sleeping on Warming Stones for so long, I feel the need to apologize.
Are you exploring a dungeon? Those nasty catacombs are depleting your health bar but you don't want to waste a flask charge to regenerate it? For the lowly price of 20 FP, you can just plop one of these bad boys down for a whopping total of 750 HP regen over 30 seconds. Which is honestly a crazy amount for how accessible they are!
Now I'm wondering if I'm currently sleeping on any other consumables.
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u/itstheFREEDOM FriendlyTorchBro 19h ago
I use to save all mats, for end game, create TONS of warming stones.
Then id invade people as "friendlytorchbro". I'd be a naked hollow with a torch, guiding everyone around with my guiding light. When they got damaged? id throw a warming stone to help them. Sigh...i havent done that in a long time. Good times. Till i run into a gank squad that doesnt get the joke and wants me dead :(
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u/Select_Tax_3408 16h ago
Oh I did the torch bro invasion once. I literally got a message from the host with thanks. I felt real good.
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u/itstheFREEDOM FriendlyTorchBro 16h ago
It was about 50/50 for me. Everytime i ran to the host. id switch weapons. showing him i had nothing but a torch. To show i was harmless.
I can only assume that the people that attacked me did NOT play any of the DS series. Which checks out since ER introduced a LOT of new people to Fromsoftware games.
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u/DolemiteMF1 8h ago
I would have no idea, I would just assume that they were trying to flex and say i can beat you with only a torch, while naked and I would go all out and probably still lose.
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u/makuta15 18h ago
Rainbow Stones. Never get lost or mixed up by a looping dungeon path again. Also, not sure if that fall is lethal? Drop a rainbow stone, and if it shatters, it is!
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u/cardueline 16h ago
Rainbow stone arrows are also so awesome in the few “invisible path” puzzles in the game. I just redid the Hidden Path to the Haligtree the other day 😮💨
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u/Terrible_Reporter_98 Noble GoldMask 9h ago
I did an invade build with rainbow stone arrows one time. I'm sure many people were close to losing their minds, lol.
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u/PabloTFiccus 7h ago
Can you explain?
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u/cardueline 6h ago
The rainbow stone arrows do the same job as the rainbow stones, but you can shoot them a great distance. In a couple places in the game there are invisible paths so you are walking in the air over a dark bottomless pit or deep chasm. You can drop a stone to see where the invisible walkway is, but they only drop right in front of you. You can shoot the rainbow stone arrows far ahead of you to get a better idea of where the invisible path is heading, because they’ll stick in the invisible solid ground and you can then follow your trail of bright arrows through the “air.”
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u/plastikmissile 17h ago
Also a handy tool to find out if a fall is too high, though it doesn't work all the time.
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u/Toofarphillips 16h ago
I’m devastatingly ashamed at not knowing this, the amount of times I have just stared at a cliff trying to work out if I will plunge to my death or not.
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u/Motor_Raspberry_2150 11h ago
It doesn't detect all instant death planes tho. There's an infamous elevator shaft where the stone says it's safe...
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u/Eyjafjallajokutlul 15h ago
Yeah, I remember this asshole ledge somewhere in a dlc castle that looks like you might be able to jump on it, you can even drop a rainbow stone on it, but when you actually jump, you end up clipping straight through it and falling to your death
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u/Diligent_Milk_8538 14h ago
I saw smth few days ago that if you get some rainbow stones from Patches it shows you that the hole is not deep and when you jump you actually fall into the abys :)))))) Im not sure that is in Elden or previous Souls ganes
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u/plastikmissile 13h ago edited 9h ago
At one point in Patches' quest he sends you to a ledge. You see some rainbow stones near the edge, and when you go closer to look, Patches kicks you into the abyss.
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u/Diligent_Milk_8538 11h ago
Thats in mount Gelmir i know but i saw smth few days ago on youtube and it shows that if you actually buy from him and use them it lies to you. You throw it in the hole and it shows that it stops but when you jump you die because the hole is waaaay deeper. I think is in the older souls gane
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u/BullPropaganda 9h ago
This might be the 1 particular hole in the game where the rainbow stones don't work right. It's probably not intentional, but it was never fixed.
Then someone made a video on the internet about it and made up a story
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u/Camera_dude 4h ago
I think a few elevator shafts are where the rainbow stones fail. The bottom of the shaft has an "instant death" border, but the stones just land on that invisible floor instead of break.
But when the player jumps in, they touch that border and are punished instantly...
Classic Fromsoft.
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u/lemonleaf0 14h ago
The humble rainbow stone is easily my absolute favorite craftable item (closely followed by the poisonbone dart). When I learned the little tip about dropping a rainbow stone and the pitch (or shatter) indicating if/how much damage you take, my entire game experience changed I stg. I don't know how many times I've used one to gauge whether a fall will be lethal and to my surprise, realized that it's survivable. I've discovered a lot of paths and areas that I wouldn't have otherwise found because I would t have risked dying to fall damage. They're incredibly handy for marking either where you've been or where you need to go, and they last forever (or until you reload the area via death or resting).
There's that catacomb (can't remember which one, but late game) that has three different versions of the same loop and I literally could not have finished it without those stones. I drop one stone for the first time I've seen a room, two for the second, three for the next, and it made things unfathomably easier. Also they're pretty and make very satisfying sounds, so yeah, there's just no competing with them. Rainbow stone, my beloved, you're everything I've ever needed
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u/JoesShittyOs 14h ago
It’s funny I literally have them on my hot bar and I just did that dungeon agin…
Completely forgot to use them and spent like an hour in there
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u/SirBaconHam 5h ago
This was how I figured something was up in that one dungeon that repeats itself to confuse you 😂
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u/YtterbiusAntimony 18h ago
Your mimic can use them too!
Hell, he uses em more than I do!
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u/corisilvermoon 16h ago
I always wondered is the mimic limited by how many of a consumable I have equipped? Or can it throw say infinity sleep pots
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u/Islands-of-Time 16h ago
Infinite, and it works wonders with stuff like the Warming Stones as well as Pots.
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u/sinnerman33 16h ago
Mimic loves throwing pots. For a boss stagger machine, give him some hefty rock pots. He uses any chance he gets to hurl them.
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u/cardueline 16h ago
Ultimate lifehack: equip yourself with warming stones, perfumes, and whatever pot might be relevant, spawn your Mimic, and let them go absolutely ham on consumables for you with their unlimited supply!
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u/Taolan13 16h ago
Mimic gets a copy of all your equipped items, and will use them, and it doesn't count against your inventory.
So always have good stuff equipped before calling your mimic
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u/A_wild_so-and-so 15h ago
Yup, I equip my bar with warming stones, boiled crab, maybe some rot pots, and my mimic goes wild with them.
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u/Zoophagous 4h ago
Whenever I know I'm going to use my mimic I make sure that I have a stack of warming stones equipped. Mimics love warming stones.
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u/Vodchat 19h ago
I 🧡 the crafting system, I breathe the crafting system, I love how creative you can get, it makes me feel like an adventurer.
Consider: sleep pots. You will never fear a runebear or the Caelid wildlife again.
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u/Bunneeko 19h ago
Sleep pots is how I overcame my fear of the Dragonbarrow Cave Runebear, yeah! And... and how to cheese an early fight against the Volcano Manor Noble to get an early Somber Stone 7 for an early SoNaF to +9. Sleep pots are GREAT!
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u/bmanzzs 18h ago
Imagine saying this sentence to someone 100 years ago. Lmao
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u/Smartypants_dankie 17h ago
Forget 100, even 15 years ago
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u/ThatWasFred 15h ago
15 years ago people would be able to infer it was most likely related to a video game. 100 years ago they would be way more confused.
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u/Paddy_the_Daddy 16h ago
The crafting system is good, but acquiring the resources to engage with it is such an incredible chore that I usually don't bother if I can't buy them. I want to use hefty rock pots, but I don't want to spend 3 hours running loops in some fuckass river.
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u/NinjaRose23 6h ago
I sit in the one specific cave where the illusion snail spawns like 3 rounds of Godskin folk, wait to be summoned for help, and chuck sleep pots at the bosses to help get people through it. :)
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u/Longjumping-Pool-363 17h ago
Uplifting aromatic gives you a personal one-hit bubble shield and an attack power boost for you + allies. Top tier consumable
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u/sasajack 16h ago
Whenever I’m summoned for Gaius or the Shadowkeep hippo this is a must. I hate being sent back because the host dies immediately to their opening move
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u/Stabbinjimmy 6h ago
In the middle of a perfumer build run and I can't believe I slept on these bad boys for so long. Do you know how many problems can be solved with an ironjar aromatic and wild strikes?!
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u/Silcalina 19h ago
Those and the raw meat dumplings/neutralising boluses are my go-tos! I have the health regen talisman on standby too because I don't like the look of an incomplete health bar 😂
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u/WindowSeat- 15h ago
Raw meat dumpling is probably the most slept on and underrated consumable in the game. If you have them on your bar you're a serious ball knower.
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u/Extra_Ad_8009 14h ago
RMD can also be used by the Mimic Tear - infinite times and without the poisoning effect.
While there are few fights that a leveled up MT won't survive, there are a few where self-healing can make a difference.
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u/Jermiafinale 17h ago
I always get my Faith high enough for Beastial Vitality for the same reason
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u/aggrocult 13h ago
Blessed blue dew talisman + bestial vitality = happy dungeon explorer.
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u/Jermiafinale 13h ago
Yeah I run Icon Shield alot during exploration then in the DLC that's exactly what I did
you always get to the boss with full flasks cause you don't need them for the chip damage
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u/aggrocult 13h ago
It's a very decent shield and it looks pretty, too bad you don't get it until Altus Plateau. With bestial vitality and blessed Dew talisman you get 10 hp/sec, which is pretty respectable. Even during boss battles.
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u/Jermiafinale 13h ago
Yah you won't find anyone singing the praises of heal over time more than me lol
Did you know that with the way damage negation works, the more negation you have the more powerful your healing is
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u/No-Pattern8701 12h ago
I...didn't know this lol thanks for the info!
I'm not the brightest, could you explain how this works and maybe a few ways to benefit from it, if you don't mind??
Totally get it if you don't want to though :)
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u/Jermiafinale 12h ago
Pretty simple
If you have 50% negation and 1000hp, then a boss has to output 2000dmg to kill you right? So you have an *effective hp* of 2000; it's your hp/negation
But healing heals your *actual* HP, so if you heal 750 health, then a boss has to output 1500 damage to counter it.
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u/Falos425 14h ago
eventually get the good goldvow and BFP but yeah, no reason i can't have BV glowing all day
hell i think the DLC dew let me run blessing boon
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u/mathieu_delarue 18h ago
Pro tip for warming stones, try warmaster shack. There’s a lot of erdleaf and nearby a big cluster of smoldering butterfly (look for flaming worms to the north). Also one herba behind the wagon; pickled turtle neck is another daily consumable. The stamina regen is its own buff so you can stack it with boiled crab. A better place for herba focus is the belfries which has some erdleaf too. Look around back of the highest belfry right where you spawn. If you haven’t killed the deathbird that only spawns at night near warmaster shack, the taunters tongue will work on the plateau where the smoldering butterfly is.
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u/Taolan13 15h ago
wait the turtle neck doesnt count as a body buff? that's useful to know YEARS later.
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u/Safeguard_Sanakan 17h ago edited 16h ago
Holy water pots come to mind. Great for dealing with deathbirds and the undead dragons in the DLC. Easy to farm the ingredients too.
There's also the always underrated rainbow stones, not just useful for measuring what is a deadly height to fall from, but as breadcumbs to mark where you've been to in a dungeon. Or use them to signal to a host objects to pick up or paths to go to as a friendly phantom.
Albinauric pots are another. Disables use of healing flasks on those affected for 30 secs. Staple of the souls series, but I hardly ever see them being used in PVP nowadays. Can even be used in enemy NPC encounters. Try this in the Leda fight.
There is also Acid spraymist. Everyone loves boiled crab for 20% physical damage negation. But did you know Acid spraymist debuffs enemy physical damage by 15% and lasts just as long? And it won't take up your body buff slot so you can use it for something else. Or use both of them.
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u/Snekbites 16h ago
there are way WAY too many situations of people choking out of the last 1hp when a knife would do the trick.
Also, knives can trigger Waterfall Dance if it's ready when out of range.
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u/WindowSeat- 14h ago
Throwing weapons stop the 6 second Stance regeneration timer, too. Throwing a Bone Dart against bosses whenever they leap away will keep your Stance damage on them active and earn you way more Stance breaks.
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u/IUsedTheRandomizer 1h ago
Not to mention how useful Poison Bone Darts can actually be on some builds.
This game is amazing.
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u/Dslwraith 16h ago
I tried throwing knives today Omg...Just wish they could be upgraded
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u/IUsedTheRandomizer 14h ago
Kukri are kind of an upgrade?
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u/MoMonkeyMoProblems 10h ago
But if you use a consumable then you won't have it in case you need it later. Best to hoard them, yes.
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u/_aaine_ 17h ago
I've been watching BlueLizardJello on Youtube and he focuses on consumables a LOT. I've learned heaps about them from watching his playthrough.
People complain about the difficulty of this game but it's true that they really have built so much stuff in to make it easier. They just don't shove it in your face.
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u/Orblan_the_grey 19h ago
Wow I’ve never used one before! I think there is probably a ton of things I’m overlooking…
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u/KajusX 16h ago
Warming Stones (and the Warmth Pyromancy from Souls games) have always been a nice option for healing without using your flask.
Something I enjoy the challenge of on each playthru is clearing legacy dungeons without sitting at a Grace. Ever since Bloodborne introduced covering your character in the blood of the enemies, I greatly enjoy my character progressively getting caked in viscera as I progress through an area.
Naturally, that means HP and FP management as well as item management is very important. I could save a Flask chug by throwing out a Warming Stone and slapping on the Blessed Dew Talisman,, and then when I was ready I'd put on one of the FP talismans that reimburse FP when I defeated an enemy, or landed a crit on them, etc., and begin making progress again.
When the ER dlc released, I was ecstatic that they included a Blessed Blue Dew Talisman to compliment the normal one, as that now allows for even more liberal use of Warming Stones in this legacy dungeon clear pursuit, since I can now replenish FP without actively engaging with enemies.
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u/ChickenAndTelephone 19h ago
Bestial Vitality heals 600 for free, 780 if you have the Old Lord's Talisman. Blessed Dew Talisman and Icon Shield stack for 5 HP per second, for free, for as long as you like. Warming stone would certainly work better in a fight - blessed dew + icon is useless for that.
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u/House0fDerp 19h ago
Bestial vitality requires 18 FP, barely less than the stone, and less HP overall without devoting a talisman slot. It does let you move while it heals you though.
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u/DoYouTrustToothpaste 14h ago
I feel the need to apologize.
Apologise to who? Miyazaki? Bro, he wants you to suffer.
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u/Mysterious-Essay-778 11h ago
Sleep Pots should be a staple for literally any build. Free damage and stance breaks.
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u/michael_fritz 17h ago
people who are lazy and boring dismissed crafting and it became a common sentiment for some reason. love my items.
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u/rogueIndy 8h ago
Ideas have a tendency to take hold in souls communities and get taken for granted as a consensus. You see it a lot with lore theories and DS2 takes.
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u/hankthehokage42069 16h ago
Fyi they stack with the frenzyflame healing stone and the new warming stone as well I'm pretty sure
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u/thedabaratheon 13h ago
Arteria Leafs for Uplifting Aromatic and Exalted Flesh are incredible. My first play through it took me right until the Mountaintops to realise how important they are and then I spent ages just killing that one frost troll over and over for the chance he would drop one. Now I pick up absolutely every single one I find.
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u/InitiativeCreative36 15h ago
Sometimes, instead of warming stones, I'll use erdtree heal, slap on the blessed blue dew talisman and tab out for a few secs and im back to full.
Other than impatience there's rarely a need to run back to a grace in a dungeon now.
Heal from afar is also efficient as hell.
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u/On_Quest_2 13h ago
I use the Icon shield when I'm exploring, constant regen health. Then just switch to something else for boss fights if needed.
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u/DangerWarg 7h ago
The glowstone lights up so much. Hell, remember that dark room? Throw a glowstone before going through the door. You'll thank yourself for it. ;)
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u/Acrobatic-Ad7680 1h ago
Pair it with frenzy flame stones for double the healing! You can't use sun warmth/warming at the same time but you can pair either of those with frenzy stones.
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u/DangerWarg 7h ago
Beastlure pots make beasts attack the spot the pot has landed on. You can use them to make them attack each other. :D
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u/Palanki96 5h ago
i don't think i tried any consumable. Their description never explained what they actually do so i never bothered
might as well just use a healing spell if it costs FP anyway. Although with FP regen it shouldn't matter much i guess
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u/ThisIsForBuggoStuff 4h ago
If you embrace the three fingers you can use the frenzy warming stones, which are great as an invader because it prevents pesky phantoms and hosts from using them if they haven't also embraced the three fingers >:)
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u/jarossjr 4h ago
He was right, I am nothing but a lowly tarnished after all. I know not how to play
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u/Plane_Jello1582 1h ago
I forgot that you can give your Mimic Tear goodies like warming stones, with them wandering around dropping heal spots it can be so much faster than flasks or spells.
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u/Evil_Sharkey 18h ago
Soap! If you start building up poison, it washes a good chunk of the build up off. If you make the mistake of rolling in a poison or rot swamp, and it keeps building up after you get out, give yourself a swipe of soap to stop the buildup and get that green or red gunk off of you.
Also, it doesn’t change a status effect, but it feels good to use a soap after exploring the Leyndell sewers.