Desiccating is a debuff applied by sources related to the Salt Caves. While initially only disabling the player's natural life regeneration, all of its sources apply it with an increasing duration the more the player is hit by them, and once it reaches 10 seconds it begins to rapidly deal damage while reversing their controls similarly to Confused, with a maximum duration of 20 seconds in total before it caps out and stops increasing any more. Subsequently, this is a fairly dangerous debuff that can catch an unaware player off-guard and lead to an early demise while trying to explore the Salt Caves, but braving the dangers to craft a full set of Halite armor will provide immunity to the debuff with its set bonus. Additionally, all sources of immunity to Confused will also nullify the control reversal effect.
When a player dies to desiccation, their death message will read "<name of player> was mummified."
Halite Warhammer
Halocline
Preserver
Salt Killifish Staff
Water
Salthopper
Brine Dweller