Muscle parasites

Muscle parasites are a parasitic disease hampering the muscles, decreasing their effectiveness. The disease does not kill the patient.

Effects

• Pain: +20%
• Sleep Fall Rate: +100%
• Manipulation: −30%
• Moving: −30%

Progression

Muscle parasites do not increase in severity over time, nor are they cured over time. Direct treatment is the primary way to cure it.

Treatment

Muscle parasites will be cured when the treatments performed on it reach a cumulative quality of 300%, thus it is important to maximize the Medical Tend Quality of the Doctor performing the tending and the quality of the medicine used. It takes 48 ingame hours (2 days, 120,000 ticks (33.33 mins)) between each treatment. For example, the disease can be treated with 3 treatments at 100% quality, or 5 at 60%, or 1 at 130% plus 2 at 85%.

Other Treatments

• Administer healer mech serum- instantly treats the disease
• Use the medic cycle of the Biosculpter pod

Trivia

In real life, humans can become infected by eating infected pork, or wild carnivores such as fox, cat, or bear.

Unlike in-game, muscle parasites can kill in real life.

Version history

Prior to Beta 19, muscle parasites always required 5 treatments regardless of quality.

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Disease

Deadly diseases

Flu • Infection • Lung rot • Malaria • Plague • Sleeping sickness • Organ decay • Blood rot • Infant illness

Non-fatal diseases

Fibrous mechanites • Gut worms • Muscle parasites • Sensory mechanites • Paralytic abasia

Animal diseases

Scaria