Editing Healer mech serum

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| def name = MechSerumHealer
| description = A one-use super-dose of mechanites tuned to heal health conditions. The mechanites will target and heal the single worst health condition affecting someone at any given time. Works even on health conditions that would otherwise be incurable. The mechanites can even transmute themselves into organic matter, forming new limbs or organs as needed.
| label = healer mech serum
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| stack limit = 10
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| deterioration rate base = 2
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The '''Healer mech serum''' is an item that can be awarded from quests.

Pawns can be directed to use it, or it can be administered by medical procedure. When used, it instantly removes the most severe health problem on the pawn, with few exceptions. If there are no healable conditions, the serum will still be used up.

== Exceptions ==

Below are the conditions which the serum '''cannot''' treat:
* Luciferium need
* Drug tolerances
* Anesthetic

To regrow a missing body part, the artificial part has to be removed first (by surgery) before the serum is applied.

Any other condition can be treated, including blood loss, malnutrition, heatstroke/hypothermia, diseases, toxic buildup, even other drug addictions – in many cases you do ''not'' want to treat these conditions with the serum, unless they would lead to certain death.  Do not apply the serum unless absolutely certain it will heal the correct condition.

== Strategy ==

Many crippling conditions can only be cured by this item.  It should thus be used wisely; most missing limbs and failed organs can be replaced with either artificial or harvested parts, while a demented brain can not.  The serum should be saved for situations where all other treatments fail, are inadequate, or when the pawn would certainly die if untreated such as an infection or disease about to become fatal.

Do not expect to find more than a handful of these serums during a playthrough, if even that many.

* Great for colonists with brain damage, dementia and frailty as they can be quite crippling and there are only two other ways to heal these chronic ailments and both come with significant downsides. They are:
** Killing the pawn and then applying a [[Resurrector mech serum]], which is another very rare item that can cause adverse side-effects including permenant [[Resurrection psychosis|psychosis]] (which ironically, requires a healer mech serum to treat). 
** [[Luciferium]], which will cause immediate hard dependence on the drug and which, while also providing a significant number of other stat buffs, is very costly in the long run and potentially fatal if supply is disrupted.
* Repair shattered spines or pelvises to allow colonists to function again (the former can however also be fixed with a [[bionic spine]]).
* Immediately end a colonist's [[Mental break#Catatonia|catatonic break]] at quite a cost. Do so when the colonist is vital to your colony's operations -- this should be a very rare occasion.
* Prevent [[Ailments#Resurrection psychosis|resurrection psychosis]] from taking over your resurrected colonist. Do note that resurrection psychosis is not revealed until it reaches its second stage, but will still be cured by using a Healer mech serum if used before it is discovered.
* This is the only option to fix certain Social penalties in the base game, such as the Disfigured debuff from a missing nose.
**A missing nose can be fixed with the [[aesthetic nose]], but you need the [[Royalty DLC]] installed.
**A missing nose can also be fixed when the colonist dies and is resurrected with a [[Resurrector mech serum]].

Organs that occur in pairs (kidneys, eyes, ears) will always be healed in pairs (e.g. the serum would cure a cataract in both eyes, not just one). Replacements however occur individually.

=== Exclusive conditions===
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The following injuries and health conditions can either only be treated by healer mech serum or by either serum or luciferium. This does not include conditions that can be fixed by replacement by an artificial body part or harvested replacement.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Condition                       !! [[Luciferium]] !! [[Biosculpter pod]]{{IdeologyIcon}}
|-
| [[Dementia]]                    || {{Check}}      || {{Cross}}
|-
| [[Alzheimer's]]                 || {{Check}}      || {{Cross}}
|-
| [[Frail]]                       || {{Check}}      || {{Cross}}
|-
| Shattered Pelvis                || {{Cross}}      || ?
|-
| Destroyed Nose {{RimworldIcon}} || {{Cross}}      || {{Cross}}
|-
| Torso Scars                     || {{Check}}      || {{Check}}
|-
| Brain Scars                     || {{Check}}      || {{Check}}
|-
| Neck Scars                      || {{Check}}      || {{Check}}
|-
| [[Trauma savant]]               || {{Check}}      || ?
|}

== Order of conditions treated ==

The serum will heal conditions according to severity, in this order:
# Missing limbs
#* Legs > shoulders/arms
# Toxic buildup
# Diseases, in order of severity
# Frail
# Alzheimer's
# Dementia
# Scars on the brain
# Missing organs
#* Lungs > kidneys
# Drug addiction
# Scars on other parts
# [[Injury#Trauma_Savant|Trauma Savant]]

=== Notes ===

*The game does not necessarily rank the severity of conditions in the same way the player would.  This can lead to the "wrong" condition being healed, since the serum only heals one condition.  As an example, a "major infection (developed immunity)" is rated ''worse'' by the game than "Alzheimer's (minor)", even though the latter is normally incurable, while the former condition is not even a practical problem.  Make sure to check the health condition of the pawn carefully before administering the serum.

== Version history ==
* [[Version/0.18.1722|0.18.1722]] - added as '''Healer mechanite superdose'''.  At that time it could treat injuries and ailments, but could not treat some conditions, notably diseases.

In Beta 19/1.0 its function was expanded such that it can now treat nearly all health conditions.

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