Injury

Injury

Each kind of injury has its own value of pain, its own description for its scar, and its own flavor text for being mended by medicine.

Damage Types

Main article: Damage Types

Damage is split into many different types, with different descriptors and death messages for injuries, different interactions with different targets and armor types, and different default stats. Not to be confused with health difficulties.

Name	Label	Category	Armor Category	Overkill Percent To Destroy Part	Death Message	Hediffs (General / Skin / Solid / Additional)	Harms Outer Layers	Affects shields	Stun duration	Source
Cut	cut	Melee Weapon	Sharp	0% - 10%	{0} has been cut to death.	Cut / - / Crack / -	true	false	-
Crush	crush	Melee Weapon	Blunt	40% - 100%	{0} has been crushed to death.	Crush / Cut / Crack / -	true	true	-
Blunt	blunt	Melee Weapon	Blunt	40% - 100%	{0} has been beaten to death.	Crush / Bruise / Crack / -	true	false	-
Poke	blunt	Melee Weapon	Blunt	40% - 100%	{0} has been beaten to death.	Crush / Bruise / Crack / -	true	false	-
Demolish	blunt	Melee Weapon	Blunt	40% - 100%	{0} has been beaten to death.	Crush / Bruise / Crack / -	true	false	-
Stab	stab	Melee Weapon	Sharp	40% - 100%	{0} has been stabbed to death.	Stab / - / Crack / -	true	false	-
RangedStab	stab	Ranged Weapon	Sharp	40% - 100%	{0} has been stabbed to death.	Stab / - / Crack / -	true	false	-
Bullet	bullet	Ranged Weapon	Sharp	0% - 70%	{0} has been shot to death.	Gunshot / - / - / -	true	true	-
Arrow	arrow	Ranged Weapon	Sharp	0% - 70%	{0} has been shot to death by an arrow.	Cut / - / Crack / -	true	true	-
ArrowHighVelocity	arrow	Ranged Weapon	Sharp	0% - 70%	{0} has been shot to death by an arrow.	Stab / - / - / -	true	true	-
Scratch	scratch	Melee Weapon	Sharp	0% - 70%	{0} has been torn to death.	Scratch / - / Crack / -	true	false	-
ScratchToxic	toxic scratch	Melee Weapon	Sharp	0% - 70%	{0} has been torn to death.	Scratch / - / Crack / Toxic buildup	true	false	-
Bite	bite	Melee Weapon	Sharp	0% - 10%	{0} has been bitten to death.	Bite / - / Crack / -	true	false	-
BiteToxic	toxic bite	Melee Weapon	Sharp	0% - 10%	{0} has been bitten to death.	Bite / - / Crack / Toxic buildup	true	false	-
Bomb	bomb	Misc	Sharp	?	{0} has died in an explosion.	Shredded / - / Crack / -	true	true	-
BombSuper	bomb	Misc	Sharp	?	{0} has died in an explosion.	Shredded / - / Crack / -	true	true	-
Flame	flame	Environmental	Heat	?	{0} has burned to death.	Burn / - / - / -	false	false	-
Burn	burn	Environmental	Heat	?	{0} has burned to death.	Burn / - / - / -	false	false	-
Thump	thump	Misc	Sharp	?	{0} has been shot to death.	Crush / - / Crack / -	true	true	-
TornadoScratch	scratch	Environmental	Sharp	0% - 70%	{0} has been killed by a tornado.	Scratch / - / Crack / -	true	false	-
Frostbite	frostbite	Environmental	-	?	{0} has succumbed to frostbite.	Frostbite / - / - / -	true	false	-
Surgical cut	surgical cut	Medical	-	?	{0} has died during surgery.	- / - / - / -	false	false	-
Execution cut	execution cut	Medical	-	-	{0} has been executed by cutting.	Cut / - / - / -	false	false	-
EMP	-	Stun	-	-	{0} has been EMPed to death.	- / - / - / -	true	true	0.25 s
Stun	-	Stun	-	-	{0} has been stunned to death.	- / - / - / -	false	true	0.33 s
Smoke	smoke	Misc	-	-	-	- / - / - / -	-	?	-
Deterioration	-	Misc	-	-	-	- / - / - / -	-	?	-
Rotting	-	Misc	-	-	-	- / - / - / -	-	?	-
Mining	-	Misc	-	-	-	- / - / - / -	-	?	-
Extinguish	-	Misc	-	-	-	Covered in firefoam / - / - / -	-	?	-
AcidBurn	acid burn	Misc	Sharp	-	{0} has burned to death.	Acid burn / - / - / -	-	?	-
Decayed	decayed organ	Misc	-	-	{0} died from metabolic disruptions caused by organ decay.	- / - / - / -	-	?	-
Vaporize	vaporize	Misc	Heat	-	{0} has been vaporized by extreme heat.	Burn / - / - / -	true	?	-
MechBandShockwave	mech-band shockwave	Stun	-	-	{0} has been shocked to death.	- / - / - / -	-	?	1,200 ticks (20 secs)
ToxGas	tox gas	Misc	-	-	-	- / - / - / -	-	?	-
Beam	beam	Misc	Heat	0% - 70%	{0} has been beamed to death.	- / - / - / -	true	?	-
BulletToxic	toxic bullet	Ranged Weapon	Sharp	0% - 70%	{0} has been shot to death.	Gunshot / - / - / Toxic buildup	true	?	-
ElectricalBurn	electrical burn	Environmental	Heat	-	{0} has died from electrical burns.	Electrical burn / - / - / -	-	?	-
Digested	digestion	Misc	-	-	{0} died from being digested.	- / - / - / -	-	?	-
EnergyBolt	energy bolt	Misc	Sharp	0% - 70%	{0} has been killed by an energy bolt.	Energy bolt / - / - / -	true	?	-
Nerve	nerve	Misc	Sharp	0% - 70%	{0} has been killed by nerve shock.	Cut / - / Crack / -	true	?	-
NerveStun	nerve stun	Misc	-	-	-	- / - / - / -	-	?	240 ticks (4 secs)
Psychic	psychic	Misc	-	-	{0} has been killed by a psychic attack.	Psychic burn / Psychic burn (skin) / Psychic burn (solid) / -	-	?	-
DeadlifeDust	deadlife dust	Misc	-	-	-	- / - / - / -	-	?	-
NociosphereVaporize	vaporize	Misc	Heat	-	{0} has been vaporized by extreme heat.	Burn / - / - / -	true	?	-

Feelin' the Pain

Main Article: Pain

Most biological creatures including colonists, raiders, and animals feel pain caused by injuries. A pawn's pain level ranges from 0% to 100% and is displayed on their Health tab's Overview. Pain levels are None, Little, Moderate, Severe, and Extreme.^{[Detail Needed]} Even a little pain causes unhappy thoughts. Once pain passes 10%, it'll start to have an effect on consciousness. If a pawn's pain level meets or exceeds their Pain Shock Threshold they'll go into shock, unable to move. Pawns with the Wimp trait will be incapacitated with only minor pain of 30%.

Most pain is temporary, but scars and certain diseases can cause long-term pain. A painstopper implant or the Painblock psycast will get rid of all a colonist's pain and negate any pain-related mood penalties. Note that colonists with the Masochist trait or an ideoligion with the Pain: Idealized precept get a mood bonus from pain instead of a penalty, so it's usually better to leave them alone.

Injuries to the artificial parts do not cause any pain, so colonists with a lot of bionics will generally incur less pain during combat.

Formula

Pain for a given pawn is the sum of the pain from each individual injury, with two extra steps at the end:

• pain = pain / healthFactor for pawns with a healthFactor other than 1.0 (like grizzly bears and other large animals). Humans have a healthFactor of 1.0, so this doesn't impact humans
• pain = pain * painFactor from health conditions which alter pain. This includes pain-reducing drugs like flake and yayo as well as anesthetic used during operations

Pain from an individual injury is the product of the severity of the injury (the number of HP missing for things like cuts and burns) and the pain per severity for the injury type. For example:

• 30 burn damage causes 30 damage × 0.01875 pain per severity = 56.25% pain
• 30 cut damage causes 30 damage × 0.0125 pain per severity = 37.5% pain

For the complete table of pain vs damage, see Health Difficulties

Thresholds

Pain creates moodlets of different values at 4 stages depending on pain severity.

Level	Required Pain %	Mood Penalty (Default)	Mood Buff (Masochist)	Mood Buff (Pain:Idealized)
Minor	1%	−5	+5	+3
Serious	15%	−10	+10	+5
Intense	40%	−15	+15	+7
Mind-shattering	80%	−20	+20	+9

A standard pawn will go down upon reaching mind-shattering pain.
Pain inflicts a consciousness penalty that scales with the pain percentage after exceeding 10%. It conforms to the following equation: IF Pain[%] <= 10% THEN -0% ELSE -{(Pain-0.1)/2.25}[%] For example, 15% pain is 0.15 - 0.1 = 0.05 / 2.25 = 0.02 or 2% consciousness loss.

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Factors

Base factors

Factors cause the game code to MULTIPLY pain X a number. Small numbers reduce pain a lot. Large numbers reduce pain a little.

• Painstopper: ×0%
• Painless persona trait : ×0%
• Go-juice:
  • High: ×10%
  • Withdrawal: ×300%
• Painblock psycast: ×10%
• Yayo:
  • High: ×50%
• Luciferium:
  • High: ×80%
• Psychite tea:
  • High: ×90%
• Beer: (See also Offsets)
  • Warm: ×90%
  • Tipsy: ×80%
  • Drunk: ×50%
  • Hammerred: ×30%
  • Blackout: ×10%
• Psychic bond:
  • Psychic bond: ×50%
• Reduced pain: ×50%

Offsets

Offsets cause the game code to ADD OR SUBTRACT a number from the pawn's pain. Small numbers are less effective at reducing pain than large numbers. However, if the pawn only has a small amount of pain, an equally small offset will be totally effective at removing all pain. Positive numbers add pain. Negative numbers reduce pain.

• Mindscrew: +20%
• Sensory mechanites:
  • Mild pain: +20%
  • Intense pain: +60%
• Blood rot:
  • Extreme: +5%
• Fibrous mechanites:
  • Mild pain: +20%
  • Intense pain: +60%
• Muscle parasites: +20%
• Gut worms: +20%
• Malaria:
  • Major: +30%
  • Extreme: +30%
• Luciferium:
  • Withdrawal: +40%
• Beer: (See also Factors)
  • Blackout: +5%
• Stoned on smokeleaf: −20%
• Torture crown: +5%
• Tox gas:
  • Mild: +10%
  • Moderate: +15%
  • Severe: +25%
• Hemogen craving:
  • Minor: +5%
  • Moderate: +10%
  • Major: +15%
• Inhumanization: −50%

Non-Local Injuries

Starvation

Occurs when a pawn is out of food, starting from 0%. Upon reaching 100%, the pawn will die.

Blood Loss

Occurs when a pawn has untreated wounds that cause bleeding, starting from 0%. Upon reaching 100%, the pawn will die due to losing too much blood.

Suffocation

Not sure when this occurs, but is listed in the files as a damage type. May occur in environments without oxygen, like underwater.

Shock

Caused by extreme pain, it incapacitates the affected target. There are no other causes of shock besides pain currently.

Concussion

Colonists falling from orbit often end up with one of these, knocking them out when they crash-land on the planet.

Pawns go into shock if their amount of pain is greater than or equal 0.800000011920929 (about 80%).

Scarring

Scars are permanent markers of injuries. They forever lower the maximum health of the scarred body part, making it easier to damage the affected body part in the future. Scars can be caused by poor quality Health#Treatment or just not treating wounds, though injuries have an inherently low chance to scar (as seen up . Scars will also cause a small amount of pain, despite being fully healed.

Sometimes colonist are generated with minor scars.

Colonists currently have no feelings towards scars. They don't really mind if they're completely covered in head-to-toe with them. Research concludes that colonists must be seriously hardcore to endure all the pain and not care.

Old Age

Strictly speaking, these aren't really injuries but the result of old age taking its toll on a colonist's body.

Some of the common 'injuires' include:

• Bad back
• Cataracts (causes a severe sight penalty)