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Players can become sick when infected with diseases. There are ways to cure these diseases with various methods and items, or at the most or least, prevent them from even happening.

Disease Prevention[]

  • Investing attribute points in Fortitude Fortitude will boost your natural immunity to Disease by a small percentage. While the data isn't available, the Patch Notes for v242.6 confirm that 90 Fortitude (or 45 level-ups in Fortitude at 2 points per level-up) will grant an 80% reduction in Disease chance.
  • A Gas Mask Gas Mask will protect you from airborne contagions. (The gas mask will protect you from swamp fever)

Contagious Diseases[]

Mega Rabies

Negative Buff
Mega Rabies

HUD Text: Health and stamina rapidly decreasing!


Effects:

Vectors:

  • Contact transmission with a Megalania Megalania.
  • Bite from an Onyc Onyc.
  • (PVP) Airborne transmission from infected Human Humans and tamed Dodo Dodos.

Cure: Lesser Antidote Lesser Antidote or Wyvern Milk Wyvern Milk or laying in a Tek Sleeping Pod (Aberration) Tek Sleeping Pod (Aberration)



Swamp Fever

Negative Buff
Mega Rabies

HUD Text: Health, Damage, Weight, Stamina & Speed are permanently decreased until Cured!


Effects:

Vectors:

  • Contact transmission with a Diseased Leech Diseased Leech.
  • (PVP) Airborne transmission from infected Human Humans and tamed Dodo Dodos. Dead Dodos that were infected still carry swamp fever.
  • (PVE) Airborne transmission from infected tribemates.

Cure:

  • Lesser Antidote Lesser Antidote (Will not work for creatures)
  • Nameless Venom Nameless Venom
  • Laying in a Tek Sleeping Pod (Aberration) Tek Sleeping Pod (Aberration)
  • Upon administration of the cure, Humans and Dodos have immunity from this disease for three minutes.
  • UPDATE March 2020, Making use of an Obelisk or Supply Crate to transfer your survivor to a new server in older versions would cure this disease. You can now ONLY USE SCORCHED EARTH to cure disease. This means if you are transferring with the disease, it will be cured upon spawning in on any Scorched Earth map

Notes:

  • Bug Repellant Bug Repellant will render you invisible to Leeches as a preventative measure. However, they will still be aggressive if you attack them.
  • Leveling up any of your attributes used to be able to remove the sickness.

Gallery:


Non-Contagious Disease[]

Lamprey Poison

Negative Buff
Mega Rabies

HUD Text: Health, Damage, Stamina, & Weight are permanently decreased until Cured or wears off!


Effects:

Vectors:

  • 2% Contact transmission with a Lamprey Lamprey.

Cure:

  • Nameless Venom (Aberration) Nameless Venom (Aberration)
  • Upon administration of the cure, Humans and Dodos have immunity from this disease for three minutes.
  • Leveling up any of your attributes removes the sickness.

Notes:

  • Bug Repellant Bug Repellant will render you invisible to Lampreys as a preventative measure. However, they will still be aggressive if you attack them.


Radiation Sickness

Negative Buff
Radiation Sickness

HUD Text: Applies damage over time to death


Effects: Loses 1 point hp every second

Vectors:

  • Entering an Elements region of Aberration without Full Hazard Protection. Effect stacks.

Cure:

  • Mushroom Brew (Aberration) Mushroom Brew (Aberration) Can be given to tamed dino not suited for Element regions immunity to radiation. Effect does not stack. Cannot be consumed by humans.
  • Auric Mushroom (Aberration) Auric Mushroom (Aberration) Can be eaten to remove ~4 seconds of radiation sickness per 1.
  • Hazard Suit Armor (Aberration) Hazard Suit Armor (Aberration) Must be worn in full to take effect. Note: wearing the suit does not remove existing radiation sickness, it only prevents acquiring it in the first place, or extending the duration of existing radiation sickness.
  • Lamprey Lamprey Have a lamprey attached to you. Provides Charge light and Radiation immunity so long as it remains attached. Does not remove existing radiation sickness however.

Notes: This status occurs on Aberration map by being around radioactive parts of the map. Not wearing the whole Hazard Suit will cause you to take damage over time.


Achievement[]

Achievement Cure-All
Steam
Xbox One
PS
Epic Games
Cure-All

Cure yourself of Swamp Fever.

Notes[]

  • If the option "Prevent Disease" in advanced server/single player setting is checked, players will be immune to Swamp Fever, Mega Rabies and Lamprey Poison, but not Radiation Disease, as this one is considered as an environmental negative status.
  • Players will have their disease cured upon respawn if "Non Permanent Disease" is checked.
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