Intestinal Parasites is an Affliction caused by consuming raw or cooked carnivore meat: Wolves, Timberwolves, Cougars, and Bears. It is only present on Stalker, Interloper, and Misery difficulties, and can be enabled in Custom. It is only active in Wintermute if playing on the Hardened Survivor difficulty[1]. The Affliction is also present in the Challenge As The Dead Sleep.
Overview[]
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Intestinal Parasites causes a daily loss of 2% maximum Condition and 4% max Fatigue until fully treated (indicated by a red [ -#%]). While this may not seem as severe as other Afflictions, even immediate treatment will result in -20% maximum Condition loss (40% on Interloper) before being cured. Intestinal Parasites is fatal if it reduces maximum condition to zero.
Treatment[]
Treating Intestinal Parasites requires 10 cumulative days of consuming 1 Reishi Tea/Burdock Tea or 2 Antibiotics (making it possible to skip some days and retain treatment progress), thus requiring a minimum of 10 Reishi Teas, or 20 Antibiotics on Stalker.
On Interloper/Misery, it takes 20 cumulative days of treatment, meaning 20 Reishi/Burdock Teas or 40 Antibiotics minimum.
Strategy[]
Only one instance of Intestinal Parasites can be present at one time, so additional carnivore meat may be consumed while infected at no further parasite risk (although low condition/raw meat may still cause Food Poisoning). In addition to this, this affliction will allow the player to rest as much as they want and whenever they want (even if their Fatigue meter is full), which can be wonderful for Hibernation strategies, rapid healing on higher difficulties (especially if the player has Broken Ribs), and generally passing time in a resource-efficient manner. As an affliction though, it will also prevent the character from using Research Books. These powers come at an obvious cost, however, as not sticking to a regimen of antibiotics or Reishi tea could easily kill the player, especially on Interloper, and while Reishi tea is fairly common throughout Great Bear, antibiotics are not easily renewable, and as such it is not a recommended strategy to continuously give oneself the affliction.
With a stockpile of Antibiotics/Reishi Tea/Burdock Tea, a strategy is to run the risk and eat 1 (1kg) piece of carnivore meat per day. As an example, surviving on carnivore meat for 50 days (without level 5 cooking skill), by eating only one piece of meat per day (with starvation tactics), runs a risk of about 40% chance to contract this affliction at least once (1 - 0.99^50).
Trivia[]
- Intestinal Parasites was introduced on 21 April 2016 in version 0.321 (Tireless Menace update).
- Reaching Level 5 in Cooking does not remove preexisting risk of developing parasites, or a parasite affliction contracted previously.
- Despite all the types of fish caught from Ice Fishing being predatory, none grant Intestinal Parasites Risk when eaten (raw or cooked).
References[]
- ↑ Hinterland Forums - HOTFIX: The Long Dark Sandbox Hotfixed to v.338 -- Crash, Lighting, and Gameplay Fixes, retrieved 25 May 2016
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