DayZ offers a plethora of diseases that must be conquered or completely prevented. In this guide, we show you how to rid yourself of all diseases and ensure that you never get sick again.
Sickness | Cause | Symptoms | Cure | Preventation |
Common Cold | Hypothermia, transmission | Sneezing, coughing | Seek warmth, | Keep the food and drink indicator above 2/3, |
Influenza | Hypothermia, transmission by other players | Shivering, fever | Tetracycline tablets, enough food and drink | Take vitamin pills |
Cholera | Drinking unclean water. For example, from bottles found in lakes. | Character vomits frequently, loses a lot of fluid quickly | Tetracycline tablets, | Drink only from wells, |
Food poisoning | Consuming spoilt food, raw meat or drinking with bloody hands | Your character regularly vomits and loses a lot of fluid. | Charcoal tablets, keep food and fluid levels up. | Do not eat raw meat, |
Cuts, attacks, sliding down ladders without gloves, running barefoot. | Groaning, blurred vision, | Rub iodine into the wound, take tetracycline tablets | Clean bandages, sewing kits & fabric scraps with alcohol before use. | |
Blood poisoning | Stage 2 of wound infection | Shivering, fever, | Supply fresh blood, | - |
Gas Poisoning | Gas in toxic zones | Coughing, cuts, vomiting, unconsciousness | Po-X Injector | Find & use an NBC suit & gas mask |
Fall from a great height. | Broken bone symbol, | Good footwear, | ||
Kuru | Consumption of human flesh or organs. | Crazy laughter, trembling. | There is no healing. | Iss kein Menschenfleisch |
Haemolytic reaction | Receipt of incompatible blood groups via transfusion | Immediate unconsciousness, | Hope you have plenty of blood | Test your blood group and that of your donor before the transfusion |
Wound infection is a complex disease! We've dedicated a separate guide to it, distinguishing between stage 1 and 2 and providing further tips.
Contrary to what many players believe, cholera is not only contracted by drinking lake water. Partially filled bottles found in the open world have a 50 percent chance of transmitting cholera.
The flu in DayZ starts off fairly harmlessly. Initially, your character shivers or sneezes. Untreated, simple flu can become severe. After about 20 minutes without treatment, your character develops fever and chills. You quickly lose fluids and become rapidly hungry. Curing the flu in DayZ is difficult, as in addition to tetracycline tablets, you must regularly consume small amounts of food and water.
Gas poisoning is contracted when you enter one of the toxic zones without NBC protective clothing. You recognize these zones by the yellow-green gas. Breathing in this gas immediately infects you with gas poisoning, leading to death within minutes.
In the initial stage of gas poisoning, lasting about 30 seconds, it's sufficient to take tetracycline and treat the cuts. However, you must be outside the zone; otherwise, you remain infected. Additionally, your blood remains contaminated; if you give your blood to another player of a matching blood type, they will be infected with the poisoning.
If you have gas poisoning for more than 1 minute and 20 seconds, only a PO-X injector can save you, instantly stopping the poisoning. Without one, your character will start losing 3 HP per second until you are eliminated.
How the immune system works: DayZ simulates your immune system. Even though you can't see it, you can consciously influence it. The following attributes affect your immunity:
Body temperature, on the other hand, plays no significant role. You must fill the four values mentioned above to 95 percent. Once achieved, you can even consume raw meat and innards without contracting food poisoning. Moreover, you can't get infected with any other disease!
For simplicity's sake, let's say 95 percent out of about 200 percent. This might sound odd, but in DayZ, you can essentially overfill your stomach—just not too much, or it'll come back out the way it came in.
Once you've reached the "95 percent" mark, the symbols are fully filled. Pay attention to the fluid icon (water bottle) to ensure it's not filled to the brim!
Once the symbols for your values are full, you can then stuff yourself with anything you find and significantly extend the time until your next proper meal. This is how easily you can avoid diseases in DayZ! Also, follow us on social media (via Linktr.ee).
