Afflictions

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Afflictions are status effects which characters can receive through varied means and 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 UI (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 is 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 seoonds (10mn), with a gradually decreasing resistance value, going from 75% at 600 strength, to 62.5% at 500 strength, 50% at 400, 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; 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	Treatments	Skill
Internal Damage	Yes	Yes	Stays	0 - 100	-1 vitality per strength	Deusizine 93 | 47 Fentanyl 90 | 35 Morphine 55 | 22 Opium 24 | 12 Hyperzine 12 | 6 Pomegrenade Extract 5 | 2.5	72 72 30 15 60 20
Bleeding	Yes	No	Decays (-0.1/s)	0 - 100	-0 → -10 vitality per second |?| Triggers and grows Bloodloss	Plastiseal 42 | 36 Bandage 18 | 12 Antibiotic Glue 43 | 21	36 10 73
Burn	No	Yes	Stays	0 - 100	-1 vitality per strength	Fentanyl 90 | 35 Morphine 55 | 22 Antibiotic Glue 43 | 21 Plastiseal 42 | 36 Opium 24 | 12 Bandage 30 | 20 Pomegrenade Extract 6 | 3	72 30 73 36 15 10 20
Oxygen Low	No (Shown on Torso)	Yes	With O²: Decays Without O²: Grows	50 - 200	-0 → -2 vitality per second |?|	Liquid Oxygenite 101 Deusizine 93 | 47 Hyperzine 15 | 6 Anabolic Steroids 12 Methamphetamine 6 | 4	45 72 60 72 72
Bloodloss	No	Yes	With Bleeding: Grows Without Bleeding: Decays (-0.1/s)	5 - 45	-0 → -0.75 vitality per second |?|	Blood Pack 128 | 64 Deusizine 47 | 32 Saline 36 | 18 Alien Blood 36 | 24	72 72 20 40
				45 - 100	-0.75 → -2.0 vitality per second |?|
Stun	No	No	Decays (-1/s)	0 - 30	Prevents movement and actions of any kind
High Pressure	No	Yes	Stays	0 - 1	-10 vitality per second
Husk Infection	No	No	Grows (+0.3/s)	40 - 100	Waterbreathing Pressure immunity Special infectious attack Unable to chat/radio Death at 100 strength	Broad-spectrum Antibiotics 31 | 15 Calyxanide 44 | 21	25 38
Psychosis	No	No	Decays (-0.1/s)	0 - 100	Imaginary fires, floods and sounds	Haloperidol 200 | 50 Deliriumine Antidote 33 | 0	37 41
Drunk	No	No	Decays (-0.1/s)	20 - 40	—0 → —10 vitality |?| -20% speed	Stabilozine 31 | 16	20
			Decays (-0.2/s)	40 - 80	- 10 → - 30 vitality |?| -30% speed
				80 - 100	- 30 → - 100 vitality |?| -50% speed
Opiate Withdrawal	No	No	Decays (-0.05/s)	20 - 40	-0 → -20 vitality |?| -20% speed	Naloxone 62 | 31 Stabilozine 31 | 16 Consuming Opiates	39 20 N/A
			Decays (-0.1/s)	40 - 80	-20 → -50 vitality |?| -30% speed
			Decays (-0.2/s)	80 - 100	-50 → -200 vitality |?| -50% speed
Opiate Overdose	No	No	Decays (-0.5/s)	0 - 50	Slight screen distortion	Naloxone 62 | 31 Stabilozine 31 | 16	39 20
				50 - 100	-0 → -200 vitality |?| -50% speed
Opiate Addiction	No	No	Decays (-0.05/s)	20 - 40	+0.1 Opiate Withdrawal per second	Naloxone 62 | 31 Stabilozine 31 | 16 Consuming Opiates	39 20 N/A
			Decays (-0.1/s)	40 - 80	+0.25 Opiate Withdrawal per second
				80 - 100	-0 → -20 vitality |?| +0.5 Opiate Withdrawal per second
Radiation Sickness	No	No	Stays	0 - 25	+0.025 Burn per second	Antirad 200 | 50 Stabilozine 31 | 16	50 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 (Grants Paralysis Resistance 800 | 390)	64
				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
Morbusine Poisoning	No	No	Grows (+2/s)	0 - 20	Screen distortion -50% speed	Morbusine Antidote 200 | 31 Stabilozine 31 | 16	44 20
			Grows (+1/s)	20 - 80	+7 → +12 Oxygen Low per second -50% speed
			Grows (+1/s)	80 - 100	+12 → +15 Oxygen Low per second -50% speed
Sufforin Poisoning	No	No	Grows (+2/s)	0 - 30	Nothing	Sufforin Antidote 200 | 31 Stabilozine 31 | 16	40 20
			Grows (+1/s)	30 - 90	Screen blur
			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 200 | 50 Stabilozine 31 | 16	41 20
Cyanide Poisoning	No	No	Grows (+1/s)	0 - 20	-20% speed	Cyanide Antidote 200 | 31 Stabilozine 31 | 16	42 20
				20 - 40	-40% speed
				40 - 70	-1 → -70 vitality |?| -70% speed
				70 - 100	-70 → -100 vitality |?| Stun -90% speed
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
Space Herpes	No	No	Decays	50 - 100	Speed -40% Unable to chat/radio
Slow Metabolism	No	No	Decays (-1/s)	0 - 600	+0 → +100% Buffs/Chems duration |?|
Hyperactivity	No	No	Decays (-1/s)	0 - 600	+0 → +48% speed |?|
Husk Infection Resistance	No	No	Decays (-1/s)	0 - 600	+0 → +75% Husk Infection Resistance |?|
Paralysis Resistance	No	No	Decays (-5/s)	0 - 800	+0 → +200% Paralysis Resistance|?|
Psychosis Resistance	No	No	Decays (-1/s)	0 - 600	+0 → +75% Psychosis Resistance |?|
Pressure Resistance	No	No	Decays (-1/s)	0 - 100	+0 → +75% Pressure Resistance |?|
Vigor	No	No	Decays (-1/s)	0 - 600	+0 → +75% Resistance to All Damage |?|