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A parasitic disease hampering the muscles.
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'''Muscle parasites''' are a parasitic [[disease]] hampering the muscles, decreasing their effectiveness. The disease does not kill the patient.
  
General Symptoms:
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== Effects ==
* Impaired manipulation (-30%)
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* [[Pain]]: {{++|20%}}
* Impaired movement speed (-30%)
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* [[Sleep Fall Rate]]: {{++|100%}}
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* [[Manipulation]]: {{--|30%}}
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* [[Moving]]: {{--|30%}}
  
Advanced Symptoms:
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== Progression ==
* None
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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:
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== Treatment ==
* Treated with medicine
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Muscle parasites will be cured when the treatments performed on it reach a cumulative quality of 300%, thus it is important to maximize the Medical Tend Quality of the Doctor performing the tending and the quality of the medicine used. It takes 48 ingame hours (2 days, {{Ticks|120000}}) between each treatment. For example, the disease can be treated with 3 treatments at 100% quality, or 5 at 60%, or 1 at 130% plus 2 at 85%.
* Treatment duration: {{ticks|120000}}
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* Treatment count: 5
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=== Other Treatments ===
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* Administer [[healer mech serum]]- instantly treats the disease
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* Use the medic cycle of the [[Biosculpter pod]] {{IdeologyIcon}}
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== Trivia ==
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In real life, humans can become infected by eating infected pork, or wild carnivores such as fox, cat, or bear.
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Unlike in-game, muscle parasites can kill in real life.
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== Version history ==
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Prior to Beta 19, muscle parasites always required 5 treatments regardless of quality.
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[[Category:Disease]]

Latest revision as of 17:09, 17 November 2023

Muscle parasites are a parasitic disease hampering the muscles, decreasing their effectiveness. The disease does not kill the patient.

Effects[edit]

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 treatments performed on it reach a cumulative quality of 300%, thus it is important to maximize the Medical Tend Quality of the Doctor performing the tending and the quality of the medicine used. It takes 48 ingame hours (2 days, 120,000 ticks (33.33 mins)) between each treatment. For example, the disease can be treated with 3 treatments at 100% quality, or 5 at 60%, or 1 at 130% plus 2 at 85%.

Other Treatments[edit]

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.