Artificial body parts

Artificial body parts are - as the name would imply - non-organic body parts that exist with the purpose of replacing a missing or damaged body part. There are a variety of different body parts that can be prosthetically replaced in/on pawns. Some replace damaged natural body parts, others are improvements for the original organ. Some offer implanted weaponry or additional capabilities.

Most prostheses fall loosely under one of several categories based on tech-level and research:

• Neolithic/Medieval: Crude wooden replacements, but better than nothing
• Prosthetics: "Modern" replacements that are still inferior to their natural human limb/organ, or specialized parts that come with some drawback.
• Bionics: futuristic replacements, better than the original, or exact replicas that are immune to health issues.
• Archotech: ultimate, futuristic replacements which cannot be crafted.

In many cases, there is not an equivalent part for every tech level - there is not always a primitive, prosthetic, bionic, and archotech version of a given part. In the case of implants, they are usually available in one form only.

Comparison to Flesh

Artificial parts offer some benefits over regular, fleshy counterparts:

• They are immune to certain health conditions. None can be infected or scarred, while health conditions like cataracts, bad backs, and heart attacks are prevented, depending on the part.
• Injuries to artificial body parts do not cause pain.

Like organic body parts, artificial parts heal naturally over time, and will be destroyed if the part reaches 0 health.

Body Modders and Purists

Pawns with the Body modder or Body purist Traits will either get a Mood bonus or penalty depending on how many artificial body parts they have, if any at all, while also gaining different Social opinions of other pawns, depending on if they also have artificial parts installed. Nearly every single artificial enhancement installed on a pawn is counted- from a peg leg, organ replacements, Royalty's glandular enhancements (healing enhancer, immunoenhancer), archotech body parts, a Mechlink, and Anomaly's flesh limbs and Revenant vertebrae. The only enhancements not considered by either trait is any levels of Psylink and upgrades used by a Mechanitor beyond the mechlink. No clothing or equipment item is counted, specifically Eltex gear or any psychically active Persona weapon. An implanted xenogerm will be counted as one single enhancement no matter how complex the xenogerm is.

Number of Enhancements	Body Modder	Body Modder Opinion of Others	Body Purist	Body Purist Opinion of Others
0	−4	0	0	0
1	+4	+8	−10	−8
2	+7	+16	−15	−16
3	+9	+24	−20	−24
4	+11	+32	−25	−32
5	+12	+40	−30	−40
6	+13	+40	−35	−40

Installation and Removal

There are two types of artificial parts: implants and prosthetics. Implants are attached to the natural flesh body part, while prosthetics are replacements that require the original to be removed.

Installing artificial body parts requires medical skill, with a minimum of 3 for wooden parts up to a minimum of 5 for implants. Parts can be installed regardless of if they have been researched, as the research is only required to manufacture the parts.

Most prosthetics and implants can be uninstalled freely to retrieve the item back, with the exception of joywires, mindscrews and death acidifiers. Artificial parts cannot be uninstalled from corpses, with the exception of the mechlink which can ONLY be removed from corpses.

Artificial body parts cannot be installed on babies, but can be installed on children.

Part Compatibility

Most implants are compatible with all other implants with the exception of skin glands. However, prosthetic parts cannot have other prosthetic parts or implants installed on them; a bionic arm cannot have a field hand prosthetic or elbow blade implant attached.

Head

Brain

All brain implants are compatible and can be installed at once, even if their effects cancel each other out.

Name	Type	Effects
Joywire	Implant	+30 mood buff -20% Consciousness Cannot be removed
Painstopper	Implant	Pain x0%
Circadian assistant	Implant	-20% Rest fall rate (awake longer) Susceptible to brain shock
Circadian half-cycler	Implant	Never sleep -15% Consciousness Susceptible to brain shock
Learning assistant	Implant	Global Learning Factor +20% Susceptible to brain shock
Mindscrew	Implant	+20% pain Cannot be removed
Neurocalculator	Implant	Research Speed +20% Susceptible to brain shock
Psychic harmonizer	Implant	This pawn's mood affects others nearby Effect scales with both implantee and target Psychic Sensitivity
Psychic reader	Implant	Negotiation Ability +50% Trade Price Improvement +10% Both effects scale with Psychic Sensitivity
Psychic sensitizer	Implant	Psychic Sensitivity +25%

Eyes

Name	Type	Effects
Archotech eye	Prosthetic	150% efficiency
Bionic eye	Prosthetic	125% efficiency

Ears

Name	Type	Effects
Bionic ear	Prosthetic	125% efficiency
Cochlear implant	Prosthetic	65% efficiency

Nose

Name	Type	Effects
Aesthetic nose	Prosthetic	Beauty +1
Gastro-analyzer	Implant	Cooking speed +5.0

^1 The aesthetic nose can be installed when a nose is missing, but has a remove option similar to implants. This allows it to leave behind a fully healed nose when uninstalled, even if the nose was missing before it was installed.

Mouth

Name	Type	Effects
Denture	Prosthetic	80% efficiency cannot have a tongue
Bionic jaw	Prosthetic	125% efficiency
Bionic tongue	Prosthetic	100% efficiency
Venom fangs	Implant	toxic bite attack: - 15 damage - 2 second attack - 22% Armor Penetration - Toxic buildup in enemy

^1 The bionic tongue cannot be installed without a jaw, despite being able to have a natural tongue without a jaw.

Limbs

Arms

All arms except for the drill arm replace everything from the shoulder down. The drill arm requires a functional shoulder to attach to.

Name	Type	Effects
Archotech arm	Prosthetic	150% Part efficiency 14 damage punch - 2 second attack 21% Armor Penetration
Bionic arm	Prosthetic	125% Part efficiency 12 damage punch - 2 second attack
Prosthetic arm	Prosthetic	50% efficiency 8.2 damage punch (same as default) - 2 second attack
Drill arm	Prosthetic	+70% Deep Drilling Speed +160% Mining Speed -8% Movement speed stabbing attack: - 13 damage - 2 second attack - 20% Armor Penetration
Elbow blade	Implant	cut attack: - 18 damage - 2 second attack - 27% Armor Penetration
Flesh tentacle	Mutation	120% efficiency 8.2 damage punch (same as default) Beauty -1 Inflicts −6 Flesh tentacle mood debuff, disabled if pawn is Inhumanized or a Body modder. Removal causes a Fleshbeast to spawn.
Flesh whip	Mutation	20.5 damage cut Beauty -1 Inflicts −6 Flesh whip mood debuff, disabled if pawn is Inhumanized or a Body modder. Removal causes a Fleshbeast to spawn.

Hands

Name	Type	Effects
Wooden hand	Prosthetic	60% Part efficiency cannot punch
Power claw	Prosthetic	-8% Movement speed Scratch attack: - 22 damage - 2 second attack - 33% Armor Penetration
Field hand	Prosthetic	Plant work speed +160% -8% Movement speed 9 damage punch - 2 second attack 13% Armor Penetration
Hand talon	Implant	Scratch attack: 15 damage - 1.5 second attack - 15% Armor Penetration
Venom talon	Implant	toxic scratch attack: - 11 damage - 1.5 second attack - 15% Armor Penetration - Toxic buildup in enemy

Legs

Name	Type	Effects
Archotech leg	Prosthetic	150% efficiency
Bionic leg	Prosthetic	125% efficiency
Prosthetic leg	Prosthetic	85% efficiency
Peg leg	Prosthetic	60% efficiency
Wooden foot	Prosthetic (foot only)	80% efficiency
Knee spike	Implant	stab attack: - 22 damage - 2.6 second attack - 38% Armor penetration

Body

Stomach

Name	Type	Effects
Bionic stomach	Prosthetic	125% efficiency Prevents gut worms
Nuclear stomach	Prosthetic	125% efficiency Hunger Rate x 25% Prevents gut worms and food poisoning EMP damage causes vomiting Chance to inflict cancer on a regular basis
Reprocessor stomach	Prosthetic	125% efficiency Hunger Rate x 75% Prevents gut worms EMP damage causes vomiting
Sterilizing stomach	Prosthetic	125% efficiency Prevents gut worms and food poisoning EMP damage causes vomiting
Fleshmass stomach	Mutation	100% efficiency Pain +8% Prevents gut worms and food poisoning

Heart

The heart pumps blood through the body. Pawns require a heart to survive, and will die instantly if it is removed or destroyed.

Name	Type	Effects
Heart	Natural	100% efficiency
Bionic heart	Prosthetic	125% efficiency Prevents artery blockages and heart attacks
Prosthetic heart	Prosthetic	80% efficiency Prevents artery blockages and heart attacks

Lungs

The lungs transfer gasses from the air to the blood. Pawns require at least one lung to survive, and will die instantly if their last one is removed or destroyed.

Name	Type	Effects
Lung (x2)	Natural	100% efficiency
Detoxifier lung	Prosthetic	110% efficiency Provides 60% Toxic Environment Resistance Prevents lung rot Negates acidic smog irritation

Kidneys

The kidneys filter toxins and pathogens from blood. Pawns require at least one kidney to survive, and will die instantly if their last one is removed or destroyed.

Name	Type	Effects
Kidney (x2)	Natural	100% efficiency
Immunoenhancer	Implant	+8% Immunity Gain Speed each kidney can have one of these
Detoxifier kidney	Prosthetic	110% efficiency Provides 50% Toxic Resistance

Liver

The liver filters toxins and synthesizes various necessary biochemicals. Pawns require a liver to survive, and will die instantly if it is removed or destroyed.
There are currently no artificial livers in the game, but organic ones can be harvested and replaced.

Name	Type	Effects
Liver	Natural	100% efficiency

Torso

All torso implants can be installed at the same time, and are compatible with spinal prosthetics.

Name	Type	Effects
Death acidifier	Implant	Destroys all carried gear upon death Cannot be removed
Bionic spine	Prosthetic (spine)	100% efficiency Prevents the bad back condition
Healing enhancer	Implant	Natural Healing Factor x 150%
Aesthetic shaper	Implant	Beauty +1
Coagulator	Implant	Total bleed factor x 50%
Love enhancer	Implant	Provide more joy to romantic partners
Revenant vertebrae	Prosthetic (spine)	100% efficiency Grants Revenant Invisibility ability Prevents the bad back condition

Skin

All skin implants are mutually exclusive and cannot be installed together.

Name	Type	Effects
Toughskin gland	Implant	Armor - Blunt +10% Armor - Heat +30% Armor - Sharp +35% Movement x 95%
Armorskin gland	Implant	Armor - Blunt +20% Armor - Heat +40% Armor - Sharp +52% Beauty -1 Moving x 90%
Stoneskin gland	Implant	Armor - Blunt +30% Armor - Heat +50% Armor - Sharp +70% Beauty -2 Movement x 85%

Version history

• 0.7.581 - Artificial body part system added.

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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