Guide: Infinite Lifetime Spells

Infinite lifetime spells are often referred to as infiniwisps or simply wisps. They are often paired with modifiers like Boomerang and Homing to allow them to target enemies automatically and follow you autonomously. Modifiers like Drilling Shot and Piercing Shot are also often desirable, so the projectile does not expire upon touching ground nor enemies. It should be noted that Piercing Shot alone is sufficient for this, as it prevents the death of spells via terrain. However, if a trigger is used, Drilling Shot should be used to prevent the payload from being permanently lost on collision with any wall; it is also desirable as it prevents the wisp from ever getting stuck on a wall.

Note that a wisp that does damage can be extremely dangerous to the player; since Piercing Shot enables friendly fire, any damage from a wisp must come from the payload from a trigger (such as by using Add Trigger) that does not have friendly fire. However, even if damage from friendly fire is prevented, getting polymorphed will no longer protect you from the damage from the payload, resulting in immediate death (especially if any form of homing is used).

Successfully creating an infinite-lifetime spell for the first time in a session will trigger the game message The gods are very impressed with you and the accompanying achievement.

this excludes certain spells such as Rock, as its lifetime is already defaulted to -1 (see below for explanation)

Mechanics

Lifetime is given in terms of the number of frames a projectile lasts. Noita normally runs at 60fps, so a projectile with a lifetime of 1 second is defined as lasting for 60 frames. If a projectile has a lifetime of exactly -1, then it is treated as having infinite lifetime. Reducing the lifetime further instead treats the projectile as if it had a 0-frame lifetime; it will exist for a single frame then expire.

Some spells are cast with a randomized lifetime within a given range. This is beyond our control and therefore wisps are not guaranteed to spawn and only a given percentage of casts will generate one. However, it is significantly easier to modify spell lifetime towards the range at which a wisp can spawn than it is to precisely target a -1 lifetime for fixed-lifetime spells.

Limitations

Some spells have maximum lifetime restrictions. These will cause the spell to terminate forcibly after a specific timeframe, regardless of the projectile's own lifetime modifiers.

Lifetime Modifiers

The table lists all the modifiers known to affect projectile lifetimes and the value in frames they modify the lifetime by. Several modifiers may be necessary to achieve -1 lifetime.

Lifetime Up			Lifetime Down
Modifier		Lifetime	Modifier		Lifetime
	Increase Lifetime	+75		Reduce Lifetime	-42
	Ping-Pong Path	+25		Chain Spell	-30
	Orbiting Arc	+25
	Spiral Arc	+50
	Phasing Arc	+80
	True Orbit	+80
	Null Shot	+280

Divide by spells, Greek letters, the copy spells dropped by Kolmisilmän Koipi, or any spell that can mimic the effect of another spell can be used to get multiple copies of a lifetime modifier.

Perks that affect lifetime

• Boomerang Spells adds 20 frames per projectile in the shot state
  • (i.e. simultaneously casting 3 projectiles grants +60 lifetime)
• Bouncing Spells adds 60 frames per projectile in the shot state.

Video guides

How To Make Infini-Wisps In Noita! - Nymphspyre (2020-06-21)

Parasite Wisps! - Nymphspyre (2020-10-01)

Divide to Infinite! Making Infini-Wisps Easy! - Nymphspyre (2021-01-21)

Noita Spell Archives: The Curious Case of Reduce Lifetime and Infinite Spells - Aliasbot (2020-02-27)

Make Noita Spells LAST FOREVER! Guide To Infinite Lifetime Spells: Infiniwisps - LetsSufferTogether (2022-12-28)

Example wand builds

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Infinite Healing Bolt

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Cheap Unlimited Infinite Healing Bolt

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Add (Expiration) Trigger may be used instead of Add Timer. The mana cost is avoided by putting the modifiers between Add Timer and a projectile. This cannot be done with "Other" type spells like Gamma and Alpha, however, we can get around this restriction by adding a Digging Bolt or other throwaway spell in a double cast with the Gamma/Alpha. An extra Digging Bolt is added to act as the trigger's payload, which is not affected by these modifiers and therefore should not be used to cast Gamma. This allows you to infinitely cast healing bolts with infinite lifetimes, while also bringing the mana cost down significantly; without Add Timer every Healing Bolt costs 465 mana to cast, using this method brings it down to only 50-60 mana.

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Putting the entire cast inside of the payload of a trigger completely removes the extra cast delay from the Drilling Shot and any Add Mana. If recharge time is further reduced by modifiers like Reduce Recharge Time or Heavy Spread, or by casting Wand Refresh at the end, you can rapid fire this wand using only two to three Add Mana (keep in mind that Wand Refresh will need an extra 20 mana). Rapid firing this wand is especially useful because getting an infinite Healing Bolt only has a 6-7% chance per cast.

Cheat Sheet

The following table details the spells that can achieve infinite lifetime, along with the minimum necessary modifiers, and their chance of achieving infinite lifetime on any given cast.

For projectiles with variable lifetimes, the base lifetime is shown alongside the minimum and maximum lifetimes. The chance of creating an infinite spell is directly correlated to how widely varied the projectile's lifetime can be. You can calculate your own solutions with this [wisp solver].

The same information is in this condensed infographic.

Chart infographic
- by Chrawnus and Nymphspyre

Table of spells

Table of Spell Lifetimes and Minimum Modifiers for Infinites

Spell	Lifetime (min)	Lifetime (max)	Lifetime				/	/	Chance
Summon Fly Swarm	650	850	750	16					0.5%
Summon Firebug Swarm	750	950	850	18					0.5%
Summon Wasp Swarm	1000	1200	1100	24					0.5%
Summon Friendly Fly	1700	1900	1800	41					0.5%
Pollen	650	850	750	16					0.5%
Flock of Ducks	200	400	300	5					0.5%
Ball Lightning	10	50	30			1			2.44%
Glue Ball	20	60	40	1					2.44%
Giant Spitter Bolt	22	47	35			1			5%
Large Spitter Bolt	18	42	30			1			5%
Spitter Bolt	18	32	25			1			6.66%
Concentrated Light	23	37	30			1			6.66%
Magic Bolt	23	37	30			1			6.66%
Burst of Air	33	47	40	1					6.66%
Homebringer Teleport Bolt	33	47	40	1					6.66%
Spark Bolt	33	47	40	1					6.66%
Swapper	33	47	40	1					6.66%
Teleport Bolt	33	47	40	1					6.66%
Energy Orb	43	57	50	1		1	1		6.66%
Fireworks!	23	37	30			1			6.66%
Firebomb	63	77	70	1		1			6.66%
Summon Missile	93	107	100	1		2			6.66%
Healing Bolt	53	67	60			2			6.66%
Pinpoint of Light	83	97	90	2					6.66%
Bubble Spark	93	107	100	1		2			6.66%
Prickly Spore Pod	93	107	100	1		2			6.66%
Black Hole	113	127	120	2		1			6.66%
Triplicate Bolt	113	127	120	2		1			6.66%
Return	233	247	240	5		1			6.66%
/ / Magic Missile	353	367	360	7		2			6.66%
Nuke	353	367	360	7		2			6.66%
/ / Firebolt	493	507	500	12					6.66%
Giga Black Hole	493	507	500	12					6.66%
Infestation	593	607	600	13		2			6.66%
Arrow	743	757	750	17		1			6.66%
Bouncing Burst	743	757	750	17		1			6.66%
Energy Sphere	743	757	750	17		1			6.66%
Disc Projectile	743	757	750	17		1			6.66%
Giga Disc Projectile	293	307	300	7					6.66%
Summon Omega Sawblade	493	507	500	12					6.66%
Dropper Bolt	493	507	500	12					6.66%
Worm Launcher	93	107	100	3			1		6.66%
Glittering Field			600	13	1	6	2		100%
Mist of Spirits			100	3			1		100%
Blood Mist			500	13	1	1			100%
Toxic Mist			500	13	1	1			100%
Slime Mist			500	13	1	1			100%
Path of Dark Flame			100	3			1		100%
Spiral Shot			100	3			1		100%
Thunder Charge			100	3			1		100%
Cursed Sphere			120	3	1	4	2		100%
Holy Bomb			170	3	1	4			100%
Bomb			180	3	1	6	2		100%
Meteor			200	3	1	5			100%
Earthquake			30	3	1	1	2		100%
Intense Concentrated Light			32	4	3	3			100%
Dynamite			50	3	1				100%
Glitter Bomb			50	3	1				100%
Giga Death Cross			50	3	1				100%
Death Cross			68	2	1	2			100%
Fireball			60	3	1	2	2		100%
Summon Rock Spirit			60	3	1	2	2		100%
Tentacle			60	3	1	2	2		100%
Flamethrower			80	3	1	1			100%
Delayed Spellcast			100	3			1		100%
Luminous Drill			2	4	3	2			100%
Freezing Gaze			25	3	1		1		100%
Small Teleport Bolt			8	2	1				100%
Warp Cast			5	3	2	1			100%
Teleporting Cast			2	9	5				100%
Long-Distance Cast			4			1	1		100%
/ / Barrier			3	2				1	100%
Kantele / Huilu Note Spells			2	4	3	2			100%
Explosion of Brimstone			0	3	1		2		100%
Explosion of Spirits			0	3	1		2		100%
Explosion of Poison			0	3	1		2		100%
Explosion of Thunder			3	2				1	100%
Magical Explosion			0	3	1		2		100%
Explosion			0	3	1		2		100%
Chainsaw			1	1	1	2	1		100%
Chunk of Soil			1	1	1	2	1		100%
Digging Bolt			2	4	3	2			100%
Digging Blast			2	4	3	2			100%
Bomb Cart			420	13	1		2		100%
Glowing Lance			300	8	1	3	2		100%
Summon Platform			300	8	1	3	2		100%
Summon Wall			300	8	1	3	2		100%
Acid Ball			330	8	1	4	2		100%
Slimeball			330	8	1	4	2		100%
Expanding Sphere			180	3	1	6	2		100%
Plasma Beam			100	3			1		100%
Plasma Beam Cross			100	3			1		100%
Chain Bolt			44		1	4			100%
Plasma Cutter			60	3	1	2	2		100%
Giga Holy Bomb			260	3	1	7			100%
Iceball			60	3	1	2	2		100%
Omega Black Hole	993	1007	1000	23		2	1		6.66%
BULLET???			50	3	1				100%