diff --git a/xsofy/status.lg b/xsofy/status.lg
index 2013a259..adab3250 100644
--- a/xsofy/status.lg
+++ b/xsofy/status.lg
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 ;;   :ttl       — turns remaining
 ;;   :dmg       — damage per tick (optional)
 ;;   :skip-turn — entity can't act (optional)
+;;   :no-decay  — ttl is owned by a dedicated system; the generic tick
+;;                leaves it alone (optional)
 ;;   :color     — tint for rendering
 
 (def status-defs
@@ -15,7 +17,11 @@
    :confused {:color [200 100 255] :bg [40 20 50] :name "confused"}
    :slowed   {:color [140 140 180] :bg [30 30 40] :name "slowed"}
    :haste    {:color [255 255 100] :bg [40 40 15] :name "haste"}
-   :webbed   {:color [200 200 210] :bg [30 30 32] :name "webbed"}
+   ;; :webbed ttl counts remaining struggles; the movement struggle branches
+   ;; (world/player-move, ai/try-move) decrement it and trample the web on
+   ;; the last one. Generic decay raced them and freed the creature with the
+   ;; web intact (#161), so the tick must not touch it.
+   :webbed   {:color [200 200 210] :bg [30 30 32] :name "webbed" :no-decay true}
    :swimming {:color [60 100 180] :bg [10 20 50] :name "swimming"}})
 
 ;; --- Apply / Remove ---
@@ -51,8 +57,10 @@
       world
       (reduce
         (fn [w [stype sdata]]
-          ;; Bail out if a prior tick (or external code) removed the entity.
-          (if (nil? (get-in w [:entities entity-id]))
+          ;; Bail out if a prior tick (or external code) removed the entity,
+          ;; or if the status decays through its own system (:no-decay).
+          (if (or (nil? (get-in w [:entities entity-id]))
+                  (:no-decay (get status-defs stype)))
             w
             (let [def_ (get status-defs stype)
                   ttl (dec (or (:ttl sdata) 1))
diff --git a/xsofy/test/run.lg b/xsofy/test/run.lg
index 346b5c14..d5b0b171 100644
--- a/xsofy/test/run.lg
+++ b/xsofy/test/run.lg
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
             [xsofy.test.dag-test]
             [xsofy.test.container-trigger-test]
             [xsofy.test.fire-test]
+            [xsofy.test.status-test]
             [xsofy.test.seed-test]
             [xsofy.test.mapgen-audit-test]
             [xsofy.test.replay-test]
diff --git a/xsofy/test/status_test.lg b/xsofy/test/status_test.lg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1cf14bf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xsofy/test/status_test.lg
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+(ns xsofy.test.status-test
+  (:require [test :refer [deftest is testing]]
+            [xsofy.terrain :as terrain]
+            [xsofy.fire :as fire]
+            [xsofy.status :as status]
+            [xsofy.world :as world]))
+
+;; Regression tests for #161: webs no longer trampled.
+;;
+;; :webbed ttl is decremented by the movement struggle branches, which
+;; trample the web on the last struggle. The generic status tick also
+;; decremented it, so the ttl drained twice per turn and expired inside
+;; the tick — which removes the status silently, without trampling. The
+;; struggle branch then never saw ttl <= 1 and the web survived every
+;; escape. :webbed is now :no-decay: the struggle branches own its ttl.
+
+(deftest generic-tick-leaves-webbed-alone
+  (testing ":no-decay statuses keep their ttl through the generic tick"
+    (let [w {:entities {:e {:id :e :pos [1 1]}}}
+          w (status/apply-status w :e :webbed 2)
+          w (status/apply-status w :e :confused 2)
+          w (status/tick-entity-statuses w :e)]
+      ;; still webbed, ttl untouched
+      (is (= 2 (get-in w [:entities :e :statuses :webbed :ttl])))
+      ;; the normal decay path still works
+      (is (= 1 (get-in w [:entities :e :statuses :confused :ttl])))
+      (let [w (status/tick-entity-statuses w :e)]
+        (is (status/has-status? w :e :webbed))
+        (is (not (status/has-status? w :e :confused)))))))
+
+(deftest webbed-player-break-free-tramples-web
+  (testing "player struggling free of a web leaves ash, not an intact web"
+    (let [w (world/make-world 30 20 1)
+          [px py] (get-in w [:entities :player :pos])
+          _ (terrain/tset! (:terrain w) (:width w) px py fire/web-tile)
+          w (status/apply-status w :player :webbed 2)
+          w (world/player-move w 1 0)   ;; struggle: ttl 2 -> 1
+          w (world/player-move w 1 0)]  ;; final struggle: break free + trample
+      (is (not (status/has-status? w :player :webbed)))
+      (is (= fire/ash-tile (terrain/tget (:terrain w) (:width w) px py))))))