The wound infection in DayZ is an early stage of blood poisoning that affects your character if you treat your wound with non-disinfected bandages or needles. Both poisonings are part of a diversity of sicknesses in DayZ, and in this guide, we show you everything you need to know about wound infection in DayZ.
Overview of Wound Infection:
Stage 1 of Wound Infection
Stage 2 of Wound Infection
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Treating Stage 1 Wound Infection: As long as you're in the first stage, you can easily heal your blood poisoning. Rub your wound with an iodine or herbal tincture. Within a minute, the status of the wound infection should subside and your DayZ adventure can continue. In Stage 2, however, you can forget about both remedies.
Treating Stage 2 Wound Infection: To treat a Stage 2 infection, you need Tetracycline tablets. The healing takes a total of about 15 - 20 minutes, depending on the state of your current health. In our tests, we had to take about 4 tablets to completely heal the wound infection. But not all at once! Always wait until the effect of a tablet wears off after about 4 minutes.
To avoid getting into a tricky situation in the first place, you should keep the following in mind. Bandages, cloth scraps, and the sewing kit are your best option for treating a wound. However, they should be sterile, which you can achieve with disinfectant. Alcohol tinctures also disinfect your remedies. But again, there's a catch. A change in condition from, say, pristine to worn lifts the sterile effect.