since every biome has their own status effect except the shore like poison for tropics or thorns for mesa, im gonna theorycraft about a new status for the roots
FEAR STATUS
>accumulate fear from being caught in spider traps and ??? other roots biome hazards
>fear slowly erodes (about the same rate as posion) during the day, but never erodes by itself during the night
>at 50% fear your scout gains scared eyes and the SHAKES (purely visual,) and at 100% your scout is frozen solid with terrified eyes and cannot move (same as being knocked out) with the give up meter
>bing bong and light sources such as the lantern can reduce fear over time, similar to lanterns reducing cold on ascent 5
>fear-reducing items such as night lights/torches are in luggages, and can scare off spiders and other creatures lurking in the dark
unlikely that this will actually happen but i think its fun to think about what could be in the update
also, unlockable white skin color for reaching 100% fear??