Afflictions

Versioning - Up-to-date Current game version: 0.12.0.3

Afflictions are status effects that characters can receive through varied means and that can have positive or negative effects. They are the only way of influencing a character's Vitality.

Afflictions Mechanics

Health GUI

Afflictions are displayed as icons above the health bar, and detailed information can be seen through the health GUI (which is accessed with the [H] key, or by clicking on the health bar or character portrait). The health UI shows:

• The limbs affected. (Do note that some afflictions affect the whole body and are always displayed on the torso/head.)
• The overall state of each limb, signalled by its color, from Green (buffed), to Yellow (normal), to Red (heavily afflicted).
• A list of the afflictions affecting the currently selected limb, displayed with a colored gauge under their icon, which represents the strength of the affliction—Light, Medium or Heavy. (Most afflictions range from 0 to 100 strength.)
• A description of the currently selected affliction, along with the total amount of Vitality it has drained so far.
• A list of suitable treatments (may be misleading, only characters with high enough Medical Skill will get an accurate list of treatments) for the affliction.

Most afflictions can be treated by applying a suitable treatment, from the Health GUI, by dragging and dropping the treatment on the affected limb.
Some afflictions do not display an icon at low levels of severity.

Affliction Strength

Most Afflictions range from 0 to 100 strength, with the exception of Oxygen Low (max 200).
Stun and Buffs also have various maximum strengths, as their strength values also act as a timer, losing 1 strength per second.
However, some Afflictions are limb specific, and if several limbs are afflicted, the combined strength value may exceed 100.

For some Afflictions, this maximum strength will then be scaled to the character's maximum Vitality, which varies from 80 to 100 depending on their Job. As such, an Affliction with a maximum strength of 100 will instead be capped at 80 when applied on a Captain, whose maximum Vitality is 80. Internal Damage, Burn, Oxygen Low, Bloodloss, and High Pressure are the only scaled Afflictions. Obviously, the affliction damage values of endured attacks are not scaled to the target's Vitality.

A couple of case examples:

• The Husk Infection Resistance Buff has a maximum strength of 600, going down by 1 per second. If a character uses Broad-spectrum Antibiotics (while meeting its Medical Skill requirement of 25), they will gain 600 Husk Infection Resistance, which means it will last 600 seconds (10 minutes), with a gradually decreasing resistance value, going from 75% at 600 strength, to 62.5% at 500 strength, to 50% at 400 strength, and so on, until the Buff expires.
• Stun "Strength" is always a mere duration in seconds. It is capped at 30 strength, which means that nothing can stun for more than 30 seconds, although successive applications may still allow it. For instance, successive Stun Baton hits (on a human target) will still add 15 seconds to the timer, although never going beyond 30 seconds; one could wait 10–15 seconds between hits to add the full 15 seconds on each hit.

Data Table

A table of all afflictions, their precise effects and treatments.

Affliction	Limb Specific?	Scaled to Vitality?	If left alone	Strength Range	Effects	TreatmentsSkill	CausesSkill
Internal Damage	Yes except Organ Damage	Yes	Stays	0 - 100	-1 vitality per strength	Deusizine (-90 | -30)* 72 Fentanyl (-75 | -50)* 72 Morphine (50 | 25)* 30 Opium (-20 | -10)* 15 Hyperzine (-12 | -6)* 50(note) Tonic Liquid (-12 | 0)* 5 Pomegrenade Extract (-6 | -3)* 20	Antibiotic Glue (0 | +12.5)* 55 Broad-spectrum Antibiotics (+33 | +60)* 25 Liquid Oxygenite (+30 | +90)* 72 Methamphetamine (+15 | +30)* 35
Burn	Yes	Yes	Stays	0 - 100	-1 vitality per strength	Antibiotic Glue (-75 | -50)* 55 Fentanyl (-75 | -50)* 72 Morphine (-50 | -25)* 30 Plastiseal (-36 | -18)* 22 Opium (-20 | -10)* 15 Bandage (-18 | -12)* 10 Pomegrenade Extract (-6 | -3)* 20	Deusizine (+3.75 | +15)* 72 Hyperzine (+0 | +7.5)* 50
Oxygen Low	No	Yes	With O²: Decays Without O²: Grows	50 - 200	-0 → -2 vitality per second |?|	Liquid Oxygenite (-50 | -99)* - Methamphetamine (-90 | -45)* 35 Deusizine (-90 | -45)* 72 Hyperzine (-15 | -6)* 50 Anabolic Steroids (-12)* -	Morphine (+20 | +30)* 30 Fentanyl (+30 | +40)* 72 Opium (+17.5 | +30)* 15 Pomegrenade Extract (+25)* -
Bleeding	Yes	No	Decays (-0.1/s)	0 - 100	-0 → -10 vitality per second |?| Triggers and grows Bloodloss	Antibiotic Glue (-75 | -50)* 55 Plastiseal (-48 | -24)* 22 Bandage (-24 | -18)* 10
Bloodloss	No	Yes	With Bleeding: Grows Without Bleeding: Decays (-0.1/s)	5 - 45	-0 → -0.75 vitality per second |?|	Alien Blood (-120 | -60)* 60 Blood Pack (-120 | -60)* 35 Saline (-50 | -35)* 10 Deusizine (-45 | -30)* 72
				45 - 100	-0.75 → -2.0 vitality per second |?|
Stun	No	No	Decays (-1/s)	0 - 30	Prevents movement and actions of any kind	Hyperzine (-54 | -15)* 50 Methamphetamine (-22.5)* -
High Pressure	No	Yes	Stays	0 - 1	-10 vitality per second
Husk Infection	No	No	Grows (+0.3/s)	0 - 40 Dormant stage	No symptoms Hidden Affliction icon	Calyxanide (-100 | -60)* 38 Broad-spectrum Antibiotics (-30 | -15)* 25	Velonaceps Calyx Eggs (+0.3/s)* -
				40 - 100 Active stage	Progressively: Waterbreathing Pressure immunity Special infectious attack Unable to chat/radio Death at 100 strength
Psychosis	No	No	Decays (-0.1/s)	0 - 100	Imaginary fires, floods, and sounds No self-diagnosis	Haloperidol (-100 | -25)* 37 Deliriumine Antidote (-13.2 | 0)* 41	Alien Blood (+25 | +50)* 40 Anabolic Steroids (+33 | +60)* 35 Hyperzine (+24 | +48)* 50 Anaparalyzant (+5 | +45)* 64
Drunk	No	No	Decays (-0.1/s)	20 - 40	- 0 → - 10 vitality |?| -20% speed	Stabilozine (-30 | -15)* 20	Ethanol (+20)* -
			Decays (-0.2/s)	40 - 80	- 10 → - 30 vitality |?| -30% speed Each second, 20% chance of +10 Nausea
				80 - 100	- 30 → - 100 vitality |?| -50% speed Each second, 75% chance of +20 Nausea
Opiate Withdrawal	No	No	Decays (-0.05/s)	20 - 40	-0 → -20 vitality |?| -20% speed Each second, 10% chance of +30 Nausea	Naloxone (-60 | -30)* 39 Stabilozine (-30 | -15)* 20 Fentanyl (-100)* - Morphine (-30)* - Opium (-15)* -
			Decays (-0.1/s)	40 - 80	-20 → -50 vitality |?| -30% speed Each second, 30% chance of +30 Nausea
			Decays (-0.2/s)	80 - 100	-50 → -200 vitality |?| -50% speed Each second, 50% chance of +30 Nausea
Opiate Addiction	No	No	Decays (-0.05/s)	20 - 40	+0.1 Opiate Withdrawal per second	Naloxone (-60 | -30)* 39 Stabilozine (-30 | -15)* 20	Fentanyl (+7.5 | +30)* 72 Morphine (+5 | +25)* 30 Opium (+5 | +15)* 15
			Decays (-0.1/s)	40 - 80	+0.25 Opiate Withdrawal per second
				80 - 100	-0 → -20 vitality |?| +0.5 Opiate Withdrawal per second
Opiate Overdose	No	No	Decays (-0.5/s)	0 - 50	Slight screen distortion	Naloxone (-60 | -30)* 39 Stabilozine (-30 | -15)* 20	Fentanyl (+22.5 | +30)* 72 Morphine (+10 | +20)* 30 Opium (+8.75 | +15)* 15
				50 - 100	-0 → -200 vitality |?| -50% speed
Morbusine Poisoning	No	No	Grows (+2/s)	0 - 20	+7 Oxygen Low per second -20% speed	Morbusine Antidote (-100 | -30)* 5 Stabilozine (-30 | -15)* 20	Morbusine (+2/s)* -
			Grows (+1/s)	20 - 80	+12 Oxygen Low per second -20% speed
				80 - 100	+15 Oxygen Low per second -20% speed
Sufforin Poisoning	No	No	Grows (+2/s)	0 - 30	No symptoms Hidden Affliction icon	Sufforin Antidote (-100 | -30)* 5 Stabilozine (-30 | -15)* 20	Sufforin (+2/s)* -
			Grows (+1/s)	30 - 90	Screen blur Icon shows at 50 strength and higher
			Grows (+2/s)	90 - 100	-100 vitality in 5 seconds
Deliriumine Poisoning	No	No	Grows (+1/s)	0 - 100	+1 Psychosis per second	Deliriumine Antidote (-100 | -25)* 5 Stabilozine (-30 | -15)* 20	Deliriumine (+1/s)* -
Cyanide Poisoning	No	No	Grows (+1/s)	0 - 20	-20% speed	Cyanide Antidote (-100 | -30)* 5 Stabilozine (-30 | -15)* 20	Cyanide (+1/s)* -
				20 - 40	-40% speed
				40 - 70	-1 → -70 vitality |?| -70% speed
				70 - 100	-70 → -100 vitality |?| PermanentStun -90% speed
Radiation Sickness	No	No	Stays	0 - 25	+0.025 Burn per second	Antirad (-100 | -25)* 5 Stabilozine (-30 | -15)* 20
				25 - 50	+0.05 Burn per second
				50 - 75	+0.075 Burn per second
				75 - 100	+0.1 Burn per second
Paralysis	No	No	Grows (+1/s)	0 - 20	-50% speed	Anaparalyzant (Cured)* 20 Hallucinogenic Bufotoxin (-20)* -
				20 - 40	-60% speed
				40 - 60	-70% speed
				60 - 80	-80% speed
				80 - 99	-90% speed
				99 - 100	Prevents movement or actions of any kind
Space Herpes	No	No	Decays	0 - 50	Nothing Icon shows at 20 strength and higher
				50 - 100	Speed -40% Unable to chat/radio
Watcher's Gaze	No	No	Decays (-4/s)	0 - 50	Screen blur Icon shows at 40 strength and higher
			Decays (-7/s)	50 - 60	Each second 2% chance of: +20 Nausea +20Psychosis
			Decays (-19/s)	60 - 100	+2 Nausea, +3 Psychosis per second
Nausea	No	No	Decays (-1/s)	0 - 100	Vomiting every 12 to 17 seconds for 1.7 second: Organ Damage 0.5, Stun 0.1		Ethanol (+20)* -
Slow Metabolism	No	No	Decays (-1/s)	0 - 600	+0 → +100% Buffs/Chems duration |?|		Tonic Liquid (+300)* 5
Hyperactivity	No	No	Decays (-1/s)	0 - 600	+0 → +48% Speed |?|		Methamphetamine (+420 | +300)* 35 Hyperzine (+400)* -
Husk Infection Resistance	No	No	Decays (-1/s)	0 - 600	+0 → +75% Husk Infection Resistance |?|		Broad-spectrum Antibiotics (+600 | +300)* 25
Psychosis Resistance	No	No	Decays (-1/s)	0 - 600	+0 → +75% Psychosis Resistance |?|		Ethanol (+600)* - Pipe Tobacco (+0.1)* -
Vigor	No	No	Decays (-1/s)	0 - 600	+0 → +200% Max Vitality |?|		Anabolic Steroids (+420 | +300)* 35 Hyperzine (+400)* -
Paralysis Resistance	No	No	Decays (-5/s)	0 - 800	+0 → +300% Paralysis Resistance|?|		Anaparalyzant (+800 | +390)* 64
Pressure Resistance	No	No	Decays (-1/s)	0 - 100	+0 → +75% Pressure Resistance |?|