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Glitterworld medicine is the most powerful medicine available in RimWorld, which can only be produced on Glitterworlds. Like other medicines, glitterworld medicine is used in doctoring practices. It is also used to provide materials for the Bioregeneration cycle of the biosculpter pod.

Acquisition[edit]

Glitterworld medicine cannot be crafted, however, it may be purchased from exotic goods traders or faction bases for around 55 - 70 silver. It can also be give as a quest reward, found on some raiders, given as a gift by a visiting caravan, or found in ancient shrines.

A noble of Baron/Baroness or higher can use the "Glitterworld medicine drop" permit to call for a drop of 5 glitterworld medicine. This permit can be used once every 45 days and costs 8 honor if used within the cooldown time.

Finally, the Rich Explorer starting scenario begins with 30 glitterworld medicine.

Summary[edit]

Any form of medicine can be used whenever a doctor tends to an injury or disease. In most cases, medicine does not directly cause healing. Instead, using medicine and better types of medicine will increase tend quality, increasing the rate of healing for injuries, or slowing down progression of a disease. For gut worms and muscle parasites, tend quality is directly used to cure the disease.

With a Medical Potency of 160%, glitterworld medicine has a +60% bonus to tend quality and surgery success chance when compared to industrial medicine. It's over twice as powerful as herbal medicine for these purposes. Note that there is a cap to both tend quality and surgery success chance (e.g. you may reach the maximum surgery success chance with industrial medicine).

Specific uses[edit]

In addition to its use as a stronger form of medicine, glitterworld medicine is specifically called for in several circumstances:

Cure Paralytic abasia : 10
Cure Blood rot : 10
Biosculpter pod's Bioregeneration cycle: 2

Experience[edit]

The amount of XP gained from tending depends on the type of medicine used, and what it is used on (human or animal). The equation for this is:

XP = Patient XP Factor × Medicine XP Factor × Doctor's Learning Rate

Where:

Patient XP Factor is a multiplier from the patient type. ×175 for animal patients, and ×500 for human patients.
Medicine XP Factor is the medicine's potency multiplied by 0.7, and clamped in the range of 0.5 and 1.
Doctor's Learning Rate is the doctor's own multiplier on XP gained for the medicine skill. See "Improving Skills" for more details.

Medicine	Potency	XP Factor	Tend XP from patient
Medicine	Potency	XP Factor	Human	Animal
None	0.30	0.5	250	87.5
Herbal medicine	0.60	0.5	250	87.5
Medicine	1.00	0.7	350	122.5
Glitterworld medicine	1.60	1	500	175

Analysis[edit]

Glitterworld medicine is the strongest medicine in the game, the rarest, and the most expensive. If you are using it to tend to bruises and cuts, it's most likely wasted. All colonists have glitterworld set by default, and doctors always use the best medicine available for all injuries, resulting in waste. This can be changed in a couple of ways. In the assign tab, you can set colonists and other pawns to herbal medicine or industrial medicine at maximum. Alternatively, you can forbid the medicine item, which will prevent doctors from using it. (Just remember to unforbid it.)

Outside of the biosculpter pod, glitterworld medicine is best used for 1. surgery and 2. diseases, especially for immunocompromised pawns. Early in the game, a dose used on a pawn can mean the difference between living and dying from the plague. And in an emergency, this medicine can be used to tend to many bleeding wounds quickly. Note that with a good doctor, clean room, and hospital bed, it is possible to reach the 98% surgery success cap and 100% tend quality with industrial medicine. This makes glitterworld medicine largely unnecessary by the late game.

Assuming a pawn has 100% Immunity Gain Speed and is tended reasonably quickly, having 100% tend quality is enough for all diseases except grave infant illness.
Surgery success is capped at a 98% chance, no matter what medicine you use. Therefore, if you can reach 98% surgery success with regular medicine, you don't need to use glitterworld medicine.

Once you get to this point, glitterworld medicine can compensate for poor doctors, injured/sick doctors, or unclean hospitals. For example, it can help during caravan travel. Also, certain surgeries like carcinoma removal have a higher chance to fail. It is also required for bioregeneration or instantly curing paralytic abasia.

Trivia[edit]

Unlike other medicines, glitterworld medicine will play a beeping sound effect when it is used for tending, so you can know when your colonists are using it.

Version history[edit]

0.8.657 - Added.
Beta 19 - a new description added, and market price was cut in half to 50 silver. Also received a slight retexture and medical potency was nerfed. Renamed from Glitterworld medicine to Ultratech medicine.
1.0 - Name change to Ultratech medicine reverted back to Glitterworld medicine.

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+{{Stub|reason=Actual analysis of effects needed inc. on tend speed/quality noted in in-game info}}
+{{Infobox main|medicine
+| name = Glitterworld medicine
+| image = Glitterworld medicine.png
+| description = A kit of advanced ultra-tech medical supplies, probably manufactured on a distant glitterworld. It contains advanced polymorphic drugs, nanite diagnostic and healing assisters, a mini-imager, and various multi-use tools.
+<!-- Base Stats -->
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+| type2 = Medicine
+| tech level = Ultra
+| hp = 60
+| deterioration = 2
+| marketvalue = 50
+| beauty = -4
+| mass base = 0.5
+| flammability = 0.7
+| stack limit = 25
+| path cost = 14
+| rotatable = false
+<!-- Medical -->
+| medical potency base = 1.6
+| medical quality max = 1.3
+<!-- Technical -->
+| defName = MedicineUltratech
+<!-- Unused -->
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-| def name = GlitterworldMedicine
-| description = Advanced medical supplies from a high-tech glitterworld.
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 | sound drop = Standard_Drop
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-'''Ultratech medicine''' is produced using highly advanced techniques and technology only found on [[Glitterworld]]s. It is the most powerful medicine in RimWorld, being more than ''twice'' as powerful as ordinary [[medicine]], and ''four'' times as powerful as [[herbal medicine]]. Like other medicines, ultratech medicine is used in [[doctoring]] practices.
+'''Glitterworld medicine''' is the most powerful [[medicine]] available in RimWorld, which can only be produced on [[Glitterworld]]s. Like other medicines, glitterworld medicine is used in [[doctoring]] practices. It is also used to provide materials for the [[Biosculpter pod#Bioregeneration|Bioregeneration cycle]] of the [[biosculpter pod]]{{IdeologyIcon}}.
+== Acquisition ==
+Glitterworld medicine cannot be crafted, however, it may be purchased from [[trade|exotic goods traders]] or [[faction base]]s for around 55 - 70 silver. It can also be give as a [[quest]] reward, found on some raiders, given as a gift by a visiting caravan, or found in [[ancient shrine]]s.
+A [[noble]] {{RoyaltyIcon}} of Baron/Baroness or higher can use the "Glitterworld medicine drop" [[permit]] to call for a drop of 5 glitterworld medicine. This permit can be used once every 45 [[time|days]] and costs 8 honor if used within the cooldown time.
+Finally, the [[Scenario_system#The Rich Explorer|Rich Explorer]] starting scenario begins with 30 glitterworld medicine.
+== Summary ==
+{{stub|section=1|reason=Tend speed}}
+Any form of medicine can be used whenever a [[doctoring|doctor]] tends to an [[injury]] or [[disease]]. In most cases, medicine does not directly cause healing. Instead, using medicine and better types of medicine will increase [[tend quality]], increasing the [[injury#Healing rate|rate of healing]] for injuries, or slowing down progression of a disease. For [[gut worms]] and [[muscle parasites]], tend quality is directly used to cure the disease.
+With a Medical Potency of 160%, glitterworld medicine has a +60% bonus to tend quality and surgery success chance when compared to industrial [[medicine]]. It's over twice as powerful as [[herbal medicine]] for these purposes. Note that there is a cap to both tend quality and surgery success chance (e.g. you may reach the maximum surgery success chance with industrial medicine).
+=== Specific uses ===
+In addition to its use as a stronger form of medicine, glitterworld medicine is specifically called for in several circumstances:
+* Cure [[Paralytic abasia]] {{RoyaltyIcon}}: {{Icon small|Glitterworld medicine||10}}
+* Cure [[Blood rot]] {{RoyaltyIcon}}: {{Icon small|Glitterworld medicine||10}}
+* [[Biosculpter pod]]'s{{IdeologyIcon}} Bioregeneration cycle: {{Icon small|Glitterworld medicine||2}}
+=== Experience ===
+{{Medicine Experience Gain Table}}
+== Analysis ==
+Glitterworld medicine is the strongest medicine in the game, the rarest, and the most expensive. If you are using it to tend to bruises and cuts, it's most likely wasted. All colonists have glitterworld set by default, and doctors always use the best medicine available for all injuries, resulting in waste. This can be changed in a couple of ways. In the [[assign]] tab, you can set colonists and other pawns to [[herbal medicine]] or industrial [[medicine]] at maximum. Alternatively, you can forbid the medicine item, which will prevent doctors from using it. (Just remember to unforbid it.)
+Outside of the [[biosculpter pod]]{{IdeologyIcon}}, glitterworld medicine is best used for 1. [[surgery]] and 2. [[disease]]s, especially for immunocompromised pawns. Early in the game, a dose used on a [[pawn]] can mean the difference between living and dying from the [[plague]]. And in an emergency, this medicine can be used to tend to many bleeding wounds quickly. Note that with a good doctor, clean room, and [[hospital bed]], it is possible to reach the 98% surgery success cap and 100% tend quality with [[medicine|industrial medicine]]. This makes glitterworld medicine largely unnecessary by the late game.
-In terms of ultratech medicine's optimal use in regards to its medical potency: Ultratech medicine is best used in surgical operations and bringing people from the brink of death when it comes to diseases such as the dreaded [[plague]]. In the case of wound treatment and normal disease treatment, ultratech medicine is significantly overkill unless you have a highly incompetent doctor who simply can't get the job done with ordinary medicine. Even a healthy level 5 doctor will be guaranteed success when it comes to surgery with ultratech medicine, providing that room sanitation isn't plain awful.
+* Assuming a pawn has 100% Immunity Gain Speed and is tended reasonably quickly, having 100% tend quality is enough for all diseases except grave [[infant illness]]{{BiotechIcon}}.
+* Surgery success is capped at a 98% chance, no matter what medicine you use. Therefore, if you can reach 98% surgery success with regular medicine, you don't need to use glitterworld medicine.
-The only way to obtain it is to purchase it from Exotic Goods Traders or faction bases for around 55 - 70 silver. This is still exceptionally good value from the perspective that you're getting a medicine that can guarantee surgery success for not even 100 silver.
+Once you get to this point, glitterworld medicine can compensate for poor doctors, injured/sick doctors, or unclean hospitals. For example, it can help during [[caravan]] travel. Also, certain surgeries like [[carcinoma]] removal have a higher chance to fail. It is also required for [[biosculpter pod|bioregeneration]]{{IdeologyIcon}} or instantly curing [[paralytic abasia]].{{RoyaltyIcon}}
-=== Version history ===
+== Trivia ==
+Unlike other medicines, glitterworld medicine will play a beeping sound effect when it is used for tending, so you can know when your colonists are using it.
-In 1.0 it was renamed the Ultratech medicine, and its market price was cut in half to 50 silver.
+== Version history ==
+* [[Version/0.8.657|0.8.657]] - Added.
+* Beta 19 - a new description added, and market price was cut in half to 50 silver. Also received a slight retexture and medical potency was nerfed. Renamed from '''Glitterworld medicine''' to '''Ultratech medicine'''.
+* 1.0 - Name change to '''Ultratech medicine''' reverted back to '''Glitterworld medicine'''.
-[[Category:Medicine]]
+[[Category:Exotic Item]] [[Category:Medical Item]] [[Category:Medicine]]