Muscle parasites
Muscle parasites are a parasitic disease hampering the muscles, decreasing their effectiveness. The disease does not kill the patient.
Effects[edit]
- Pain: +20%
- Sleep Fall Rate: +100%
- Manipulation: −30%
- Moving: −30%
Progression[edit]
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[edit]
Muscle parasites will be cured when the tending performed on it reach a cumulative tend quality of 300%, thus it is important to maximize the medical tend quality of the doctor performing the treatment and the quality of the medicine used. Treatment can only be performed every 48 ingame hours (2 days, 120,000 ticks (33.33 mins)).
For example, the disease can be treated with 3 tends at 100% quality, 5 tends at 60%, or 1 tend at 130% quality plus 2 tends at 85%.
Other Treatments[edit]
- Administer healer mech serum which instantly treats the disease
- Use the medic cycle of the Biosculpter pod
Prevention[edit]
The perfect immunity gene
will prevent the acquisition of this disease but will not cure pre-existing conditions present at the time of implantation.
Trivia[edit]
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[edit]
Prior to Beta 19, muscle parasites always required 5 treatments regardless of quality.
- 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