Detoxifier kidney

The detoxifier kidney is an artificial body part added by the Biotech DLC that replaces a human kidney and provides enhanced blood filtration and toxic resistance.

Acquisition

Detoxifier kidneys can be crafted at a Fabrication bench once the Toxin filtration research project has been completed. They require 15 Plasteel, 2 Advanced components, 26,000 ticks (7.22 mins) of work, and a Crafting skill of 8.

Summary

Body part

A detoxifier kidney replaces the user's organic kidney. The detoxifier kidney has a part efficiency of 110%. This not only fully replaces the functionality of a normal kidney - when coupled with the kidney body part having a Blood filtration importance of 50%, it results in an increase in blood filtration of +5% over natural per kidney replaced.^[Verify] Blood filtration, in turn, improves Immunity Gain Speed by +2.5%.^[Verify]

By installing a detoxifier kidney, the pawn's natural kidney, if perfectly healthy, is harvested without a penalty. This organic kidney can then be sold or stored for later use. A detoxifier kidney prevents installation of implants into the kidney, namely the immunoenhancer.

Other effects

A detoxifier kidney increases Toxic Resistance by +50%. This reduces the amount of toxic buildup from all sources by 50%. Replacing both kidneys stacks to the maximum of +100% resistance. Detoxifier kidneys are also immune to chemical damage from sources such as yayo, and will cure it the damaged kidney is replaced.

Installation

Installing the part requires ? of work, ?x medicine of ?? quality or better, and a Medical skill of ?.

Removing the part requires ? of work, ?x medicine of ?? quality or better, and a Medical skill of ?.

If the operation fails, the part has a chance^{[What Chance?]} to be destroyed.

Analysis

Detoxifier kidneys are craftable, meaning they can replace a destroyed Kidney when there are no prisoners to harvest from, if your colony's ideoligion prevents organ harvesting, and if you cannot purchase organic kidneys from trading. Detoxifier kidneys compete with Detoxifier lungs and Immunoenhancers, as the two detoxifier organs heavily overlap in usage, and immunoenhancers can only be installed to an organic kidney.

A pair of Detoxifier lungs and a pair of detoxifier kidneys will both provide 100% Toxic Environmental Resistance. Detoxifier kidneys will also provide immunity to toxic buildup from non-environmental sources, such as Cobras. The lung is also notably more expensive to craft (requiring an additional two advanced components per lung). However, attacks which cause toxic buildup are relatively rare, as raiders will rarely spawn with Venom talons or Venom fangs, and the few that do are unlikely to actually use them in combat as they generally do less damage than attacking with the weapon they spawned with. An individual detoxifier lung also provides slightly superior environmental resistance (60% versus 50%) and stacks additively with other sources of toxic environmental resistance (e.g. the Face mask), while the detox kidney stacks multiplicatively with said sources. Because of this, using one of each provides only 80% environmental resistance.

In comparison to the Immunoenhancer, detoxifier kidneys provide −5.5% worse Immunity Gain Speed per part (−11% less for a pair). As detoxifier kidneys increase Blood Filtration instead of directly increasing Immunity Gain Speed, detoxifier kidneys will provide slightly better consciousness in the event that the kidneys become damaged, but they will not increase consciousness above 100%. Detoxifier kidneys are the cheaper option, taking 2 less advanced components each. Detoxifier kidneys will also protect the kidneys from chemical damage from drug overdoses, while immunoenhancers only provide Immunity Gain Speed. These comparisons assume that the pawn in question has an organic kidney. If the pawn's natural kidney is missing (either because it was destroyed, harvested, or previously replaced), a player will first have to acquire an organic replacement (either by harvesting it from a prisoner, purchasing it from trade, or regrowing it with a Healer mech serum) before installing an immunoenhancer, which will add additional time and/or expenses compared to a detoxifier kidney. If the organs must be crafted, the player must also acquire the Techprint for Molecular Analysis in order to craft immunoenhancers, while detoxifier kidneys do not require a techprint.

With two immunoenhancers and two detoxifier lungs, compared to two detoxifier kidneys, a pawn gains +11% more immunity gain speed, +2% additional Moving, and +2% additional rest rate multiplier. However, this will not grant immunity to non-environmental toxic buildup and costs an additional 12 advanced components and almost 900 units of work per pawn. If resources or time are limited, detoxifier kidneys will likely be preferable, as two detoxifier kidneys will provide better Immunity Gain Speed than a single immunoenhancer and better toxic resistance than a single detoxifier lung, for the same number of advanced components as a single one of the other organs. If resources are not a concern, though, the benefits from two immunoenhancers and detoxifier lungs are generally superior to a pair of detoxifier kidneys, as the consciousness difference between an organic kidney and detoxifier kidney with the same amount of damage is only 1%, and overdoses and venomous attacks are fairly uncommon.

Version history

Biotech DLC Release - Added.

Artificial body parts

Arm/Hand: Archotech arm • Bionic arm • Power claw • Prosthetic arm • Wooden hand • Drill arm • Elbow blade • Field hand • Hand talon • Venom talon • Flesh tentacle • Flesh whip
Head: Archotech eye • Bionic eye • Bionic ear • Bionic jaw • Bionic tongue • Cochlear implant • Denture • Aesthetic nose
Head implants: Joywire • Painstopper • Circadian assistant • Circadian half-cycler • Gastro-analyzer • Learning assistant • Mindscrew • Neurocalculator • Psychic harmonizer • Psychic reader • Psychic sensitizer • Venom fangs • Control sublink (Standard, High) • Mechlink • Mech gestation processor • Remote repairer • Remote shielder • Repair probe
Spine: Bionic spine • Revenant vertebrae
Stomach: Bionic stomach • Nuclear stomach • Reprocessor stomach • Sterilizing stomach • Fleshmass stomach
Heart: Bionic heart • Prosthetic heart • Heart • Adrenal heart • Corrosive heart • Metalblood heart
Lung: Lung • Detoxifier lung • Fleshmass lung
Kidney: Kidney • Detoxifier kidney
Organs: Liver
Visceral implants: Death acidifier • Aesthetic shaper • Coagulator • Healing enhancer • Armorskin gland • Stoneskin gland • Toughskin gland • Immunoenhancer • Love enhancer • Ghoul plating • Ghoul barbs
Leg/Foot: Archotech leg • Bionic leg • Prosthetic leg • Peg leg • Wooden foot • Knee spike
Related: Psylink neuroformer • Xenogerm
Deprecated: Scyther blade • Psychic silencer