Organ decay

Organ decay is a rare, painful, and untreatable disease that causes increasingly reduced function in a particular organ, until destroying it completely. It is unknown what pathogen causes the illness.

Overview

Organ Decay can affect the heart, lungs (left and/or right), and kidneys (left and/or right); multiple organs can be afflicted simultaneously (at least 3, at most, 5). Organ decay causes pain and reduced part efficiency (for example, breathing) in the afflicted organ with the associated knock-on effects. When the disease progress reaches 100% the affected organ will be destroyed- which is immediately fatal if the heart is destroyed.

Organ Decay cannot be treated with bed rest or medicine, and it is not prevented by penoxycyline. Instead, the afflicted organ must be replaced entirely, either with a natural organ or a bionic replacement. Healer Mech Serum will heal a single affected organ, even if multiple organs are afflicted with organ decay. The decaying organ can be surgically removed, but it cannot be harvested.

Organ decay will reach full saturation after 30 to 40 days. Accelerated organ decay, which appears on creepjoiners, will take only 10 to 20 days to reach maximum saturation.

Stages

Minor

• +5% Pain
• −10% Part efficiency

Moderate

• +10% Pain
• −25% Part efficiency

Severe

• +15% Pain
• −50% Part efficiency

Extreme

• +25% Pain
• −75% Part efficiency
• Complete loss of function at 1 severity.

Progression

Stages

If obtained by a disease event, it is detected immediately and starts at 0 severity. Severity increases over time, at a rate of 1.66% to 3.34% per day for normal organ decay, and at a rate of 5% to 10% for the accelerated version. Organ decay can appear as a downside on creepjoiners or duplicates, although it initially stays undiagnosed. After diagnosis, it starts at 0.02% to 15% severity.

• Minor - Severity: 0 - 0.199
• Moderate - Severity: 0.2 - 0.399
• Severe - Severity: 0.4 - 0.599
• Extreme - Severity: 0.6 - 0.999
• Loss of function - Severity: 1

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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