Wound recovery

Real minutes

BandagedNo stitches or poultices

Game hours: 925.926–1,851.852
Real hours: 57.87–115.74

Baseline infection: 25%

Infection Mortality: 3–12 Game hours

Incoming wound

Pristine · unpatched

Worn onWardrobe

Tired

Fatigue → 0: 6.4–19.4 Game hours

Body parts

Body parts	Overall health loss ×	Pain ×	Bleeding duration ×
Left Hand	0.1	0.5	0.2
Right Hand	0.1	0.5	0.2
Left Forearm	0.2	0.6	0.3
Right Forearm	0.2	0.6	0.3
Left Upper Arm	0.3	0.6	0.4
Right Upper Arm	0.3	0.6	0.4
Upper Torso	0.35	0.7	0.5
Lower Torso	0.4	0.78	0.9
Head	0.6	0.8	1
Neck	0.7	0.8	1.5
Groin	0.4	0.7	0.5
Left Thigh	0.3	0.7	0.4
Right Thigh	0.3	0.7	0.4
Left Shin	0.2	0.6	0.3
Right Shin	0.2	0.6	0.3
Left Foot	0.2	0.5	0.2
Right Foot	0.2	0.5	0.2

Health & recovery

Healing shared by injured body parts per game hour

While awake, the lowest applicable rate wins. Healing is divided evenly among injured body parts.

Awake: 21.6
Hungry ∨ Nauseous ∨ Thirsty: 14.04
Very Hungry ∨ Sick ∨ Parched: 8.64
Starving to Death ∨ Dying of Thirst: 0
Asleep: 216
Food bonus · Eaten Food Timer > 0: +162

These stages stop all sleeping recovery, including food: Starving to Death ∨ Dying of Thirst → 0

Sleep ends when Overall Body Health ≤ 10.

Food bonus

When the meal leaves hunger at minimum, add to the food timer and discard fractional parts after each addition. Cooked food adds twice. Dangerous uncooked food clears the bank outside Tutorial.

Eaten Food Timer ← Eaten Food Timer + 130 × |Unrounded food hunger points| × Eaten fraction

Eaten Food Timer ≤ 11,000

Maximum after a food deposit: 1.019 Game hours

Drinks add time at any hunger level, without that cap. Discard fractional parts after the addition.

Eaten Food Timer ← Eaten Food Timer + 130 × |Consumed drink hunger (unrounded points)|

General damage per game hour

Starving to Death: 3.564
Massive Blood Loss: 178.2
Dying of Thirst: 17.82
Fever Food Sickness > Zombie Infection ∨ (Wound Infection Damage Factor > 0 ∧ Combined wound infection > Zombie Infection): 178.2
Poison > 10 Queasy ∨ Nauseous ∨ Sick ∨ Fever: 37.8 × min(Poison / 10, 3)

Wound Infection Damage Factor > 0: Combined wound infection = min(100, 10 × Wound Infection Damage Factor × Sum of infected wound levels)

Expected damage applies only while awake, not seated or resting, outside vehicles and server fast-forward. Each eligible update has a 10% chance; 50% of damage also becomes back strain.

Very Overloaded Overall Body Health > 75: ≈89.1
Extremely Overloaded Overall Body Health > 75: ≈178.2

Poison decrease

Poison > 0

Poison: 10.8 / Game hours
Satiated: +0.00015 per update
Well Fed: +0.0003 per update
Stuffed: +0.00045 per update
Full to Bursting: +0.0006 per update

Overall Body Health

Overall Body Health = 100 − min(100, Σ[(100 − Body-part health) × Health loss factor] + Sleeping pill damage)

Sleeping Pills · Sleeping pill damage

Each tablet adds 1 to the counter; Intoxication > 10 adds another 1.

A positive counter is checked after more than 2 Game hours. It falls by 1 only if Intoxication ≤ 10. Each dose or decay attempt restarts the clock.

Effective pill counter < 10: 0
Effective pill counter = 10: −40
Effective pill counter = 11: −80
Effective pill counter ≥ 12: −100

Food, alcohol & medicine

Food

Food effects can combine. Recovery foods and special consumables can add further effects.

Food spoilage

Dangerous uncooked.

Outside Tutorial.

Eaten Food Timer → 0

No zombie infection ∧ ¬Burnt

Iron Gut ∧ Eggs: Poison +0
Other cases: Poison +15 × Eaten fraction

Rotten

Outside Tutorial. · No zombie infection

Age used for the roll (game days)

Food age (game days) = Days Rotten: 1
Food age (game days) > Days Rotten: min(5, Food age (game days) − Days Rotten)

Chance of the larger poison dose

Days Rotten > Days Fresh: ⌊100 × Age used for the roll (game days) / (Days Rotten − Days Fresh)⌋
Other cases: 100

Trait order: Iron Gut → Weak Stomach

Iron Gut: ÷2 · round down
Weak Stomach: ×2

The final chance is limited to 0–100%.

Higher dose: Poison +0.5 × |Remaining hunger points before food state modifiers| × Eaten fraction
Lower dose: Poison +0.2 × |Remaining hunger points before food state modifiers| × Eaten fraction

Poison power

Poison power > 0

Trait order: Iron Gut → Weak Stomach

Poison: +Poison power × Eaten fraction
Iron Gut · Except Bleach: ÷2
Weak Stomach: ×2
Pain: +Poison power × Eaten fraction / 6

Pain uses the original poison power; stomach traits change only the poison dose.

Tainted food

Poison: +20 × Eaten fraction
Pain: +10 × Eaten fraction / 6

Poison power and tainted food still apply during Tutorial, when burnt or with zombie infection.

Poison: 0–100 · Pain: 0–100

Fluids with alcohol

Hunger after consuming the food or drink determines these multipliers.

Hunger > 0.8: ×1.1
Hunger > 0.6 ∧ Hunger ≤ 0.8: ×1.25
Hunger ≤ 0.6: ×1

Consumed alcohol is the sum of each fluid’s litres consumed × its alcohol factor.

Fluid	Alcohol factor	Intoxication / L · Before hunger modifiers
Rubbing Alcohol	1	+400
ColognePoisonous	0.7	+280
PerfumePoisonous	0.8	+320
Beer	0.05	+20
Brandy	0.4	+160
Champagne	0.12	+48
Cider	0.04	+16
Coffee Liqueur	0.2	+80
Curacao	0.4	+160
Gin	0.4	+160
Mead	0.06	+24
Port	0.16	+64
Rum	0.4	+160
Scotch	0.4	+160
Sherry	0.15	+60
Tequila	0.4	+160
Vermouth	0.15	+60
Vodka	0.4	+160
Whiskey	0.4	+160
Wine	0.12	+48

Intoxication: 0–100

Intoxication −45.36 / Game hours

Alcoholic food

Zero whole-food hunger leaves the consumed fraction unchanged. Otherwise, the hunger ratio and ×2 rescale it. Names containing “beer” or low-alcohol food multiply only intoxication by 0.25.

Whole-food hunger points ≠ 0: Adjusted consumed fraction = Eaten fraction × Remaining hunger points before food state modifiers / Whole-food hunger points × 2

Intoxication +400 × Adjusted consumed fraction

Hunger > 0.8: ×1.25
Hunger > 0.6 ∧ Hunger ≤ 0.8: ×1.1
Hunger ≤ 0.6: ×1

Alcohol also starts the timed fatigue, panic, unhappiness and pain effects of these medicines. Per consumed alcohol amount: sleep effect strength +0.02; beta-blocker strength +0.2.

Medicines

Another dose restarts the duration of a timed effect.

Beta Blockers

Effect duration: 0.978 Game hours
Panic: −4,050 / Game hours
Accumulated strength · Per dose · Intoxication ≤ 10: +0.3
Accumulated strength · Per dose · Intoxication > 10: +0.15
Incoming panic: ×max(0, 1 − Accumulated strength)

Panic: 0–100

Asleep → Effect ends

Antidepressants

Effect duration: 0.978 Game hours
Initial delay: 1.481 Game hours
Unhappiness: −202.5 / Game hours

Unhappiness: 0–100

Only a dose after the effect has ended starts the initial delay; doses during an active effect do not restart it.

Alcohol does not change this relief rate.

Sleeping Pills

Effect duration: 0.978 Game hours
Accumulated strength · Per dose: +0.1
Fatigue: +11.25 × Accumulated strength / Game hours

Fatigue: 0–1

Asleep → Effect ends

Sleeping pill damage

Painkillers

Effect duration: 0.8 Game hours
Pain: −157.5 / Game hours

Pain: 0–100

Alcohol does not change this relief rate.

Caffeine Pills

Per dose

Fatigue · Intoxication ≤ 10: -0.04
Fatigue · Intoxication > 10: -0.02
Stress: +0.01

Fatigue: 0–1 · Stress: 0–1

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Carry capacity

StrengthTraitsHungerThirstSicknessBleedingWounded

Carry capacity: —

Penalties add up before trait modifiers. Capacity is floored at zero and rounded down before and after trait modifiers.

Out of Breath — Exhausted

While aliveOverall Body Health > 0

Out of Breath
Hard to run or swing a weapon. Why not have a rest in a comfy chair?
Endurance ≤ 0.75Endurance > 0.5
High Exertion
Can barely jog or swing a weapon.
Endurance ≤ 0.5Endurance > 0.25
Excessive Exertion
Can barely walk or swing a weapon.
Endurance ≤ 0.25Endurance > 0.1
Exhausted
Can barely move or swing a weapon.
Endurance ≤ 0.1

Drowsy — Ridiculously Tired

While aliveOverall Body Health > 0

Drowsy
Could do with a lie-down.
Fatigue > 0.6Fatigue ≤ 0.7
Tired
It's well past your bedtime. Growing weak with tiredness.
Fatigue > 0.7Fatigue ≤ 0.8
Very Tired
Can barely think straight. Weak with tiredness.
Fatigue > 0.8Fatigue ≤ 0.9
Ridiculously Tired
So weak and tired. Desperately, inhumanly tired.
Fatigue > 0.9

Peckish — Starving to Death

While aliveOverall Body Health > 0

Peckish
Could do with a bite to eat.
Hunger > 0.15Hunger ≤ 0.25
Hungry
Could eat a horse right now. Growing weaker.
Penalty before trait modifiers: −1
Hunger > 0.25Hunger ≤ 0.45
Very Hungry
Weak with hunger.
Penalty before trait modifiers: −2
Hunger > 0.45Hunger ≤ 0.7
Starving to Death
Just a crumb, a berry, a cockroach, anything...
Penalty before trait modifiers: −2
Hunger > 0.7

Nervous — Terrified

While aliveOverall Body Health > 0

Nervous
Do your best to remain calm.
Panic > 6Panic ≤ 30
Alarmed
Nervous and jumpy. Trembling hands.
Panic > 30Panic ≤ 65
Frightened
Shaking all over.
Panic > 65Panic ≤ 80
Terrified
Arggghhh!
Panic > 80

Queasy — Fever

While aliveOverall Body Health > 0

max(Food Sickness, Zombie Fever, Zombie Infection) / 100 + Sickness

Queasy
Not feeling too good.
Combined sickness > 0.25Combined sickness ≤ 0.5
Nauseous
Weak with illness.
Penalty before trait modifiers: −1
Combined sickness > 0.5Combined sickness ≤ 0.75
Sick
Very weak and unwell.
Penalty before trait modifiers: −2
Combined sickness > 0.75Combined sickness ≤ 0.9
Fever
Increasing danger of becoming rat food.
Penalty before trait modifiers: −3
Combined sickness > 0.9

Getting Bored — Extremely Bored

While aliveOverall Body Health > 0

Getting Bored
Occupy yourself, or seek entertainment.
Boredom > 25Boredom ≤ 50
Bored
Why does nothing interesting ever happen around here?
Boredom > 50Boredom ≤ 75
Very Bored
Can barely take it any more. Isn't there ANYTHING fun to do?
Boredom > 75Boredom ≤ 90
Extremely Bored
They never said the end of the world would be like this...
Boredom > 90

Sad — Hopeless

While aliveOverall Body Health > 0

Sad
Having a hard time lately. Seek some way to forget your troubles.
Unhappiness > 20Unhappiness ≤ 45
Weepy
You always feel on the edge of tears. Nothing seems to go your way.
Unhappiness > 45Unhappiness ≤ 60
Miserable
Ravaged by mourning and desperation. You're losing hope...
Unhappiness > 60Unhappiness ≤ 80
Hopeless
What's the point in going on? Nothing good will ever happen...
Unhappiness > 80

Minor Bleeding — Massive Blood Loss

While aliveOverall Body Health > 0

Minor Bleeding
Bandage required.
Bleeding body parts = 1Neck bleeding: No
Bleeding
Weak from blood loss.
Penalty before trait modifiers: −1
Bleeding body parts = 2Neck bleeding: No
Severe Bleeding
Very weak from blood loss.
Penalty before trait modifiers: −1
Bleeding body parts = 3Neck bleeding: No
Massive Blood Loss
Death from blood loss imminent.
Penalty before trait modifiers: −1
Bleeding body parts ≥ 4
∨Neck bleeding

Moist — Drenched

While aliveOverall Body Health > 0

Moist
Slightly damp from rain, sweat, or something else...
Wetness > 15Wetness ≤ 40
Wet
Damp from rain, sweat, or something else...
Wetness > 40Wetness ≤ 70
Soaking
You could catch a cold.
Wetness > 70Wetness ≤ 90
Drenched
You're going to catch a cold!
Wetness > 90

Runny Nose — Nasty Cold

While aliveOverall Body Health > 0

Runny Nose
Occasional sneezing.
Catch a Cold Strength > 20Catch a Cold Strength ≤ 40
The Sniffles
Prone to sneezing.
Catch a Cold Strength > 40Catch a Cold Strength ≤ 60
Head Cold
Sneezing and coughing. You feel sick and slow.
Catch a Cold Strength > 60Catch a Cold Strength ≤ 75
Nasty Cold
Continually coughing and sneezing. You'd better look after yourself.
Catch a Cold Strength > 75

Irritated — Furious

While alive

Irritated
A bit narked off.
Anger > 0.1Anger ≤ 0.25
Annoyed
Seriously bad mood.
Anger > 0.25Anger ≤ 0.5
Angry
Ball of rage.
Anger > 0.5Anger ≤ 0.75
Furious
Spoiling for a fight.
Anger > 0.75

Tense — At Breaking Point

While alive

min(1, Stress + Stress From Nicotine Withdrawal)

Tense
On edge.
Stress > 0.25Stress ≤ 0.5
Agitated
Racing heart. Confused thoughts.
Stress > 0.5Stress ≤ 0.75
Stressed Out
Shaking hands. Impossible to think straight. Make it stop!
Stress > 0.75Stress ≤ 0.9
At Breaking Point
You're at your limit! This can't go on...
Stress > 0.9

Slightly Thirsty — Dying of Thirst

While alive

Slightly Thirsty
Dry mouth.
Thirst > 0.12Thirst ≤ 0.25
Thirsty
Dehydrated.
Penalty before trait modifiers: −1
Thirst > 0.25Thirst ≤ 0.7
Parched
Feeling faint and dizzy.
Penalty before trait modifiers: −2
Thirst > 0.7Thirst ≤ 0.84
Dying of Thirst
Water... water...
Penalty before trait modifiers: −2
Thirst > 0.84

A Little Hurt — Critical Injuries

While aliveOverall Body Health > 0

A Little Hurt
Take better care of yourself.
Overall Body Health < 80Overall Body Health ≥ 60
Injured
Weakened by injuries or illness.
Penalty before trait modifiers: −1
Overall Body Health < 60Overall Body Health ≥ 40
Severe Injuries
Severely weakened by injuries or illness.
Penalty before trait modifiers: −2
Overall Body Health < 40Overall Body Health ≥ 25
Critical Injuries
Not going gently into that good night...
Penalty before trait modifiers: −3
Overall Body Health < 25

Minor Pain — Agony

While aliveOverall Body Health > 0Evaluated every 120 updates

Minor Pain
Feeling slight pain.
Pain > 10Pain ≤ 20
Pain
Throbbing pain. It's hard to keep focused.
Pain > 20Pain ≤ 50
Severe Pain
The pain brings tears to your eyes. It's hard to go on.
Pain > 50Pain ≤ 75
Agony
Searing pain shoots through your body. It's hard to even think.
Pain > 75

Weighed Down — Extremely Overloaded

While aliveOverall Body Health > 0

Weighed Down
Carrying a little too much.
Carried weight ÷ capacity > 1Carried weight ÷ capacity < 1.25
Overloaded
Carrying too much. You're slowed by the weight.
Carried weight ÷ capacity ≥ 1.25Carried weight ÷ capacity < 1.5
Very Overloaded
Carrying far too much. You can barely move.
Carried weight ÷ capacity ≥ 1.5Carried weight ÷ capacity < 1.75
Extremely Overloaded
Can't take much more! You're going to hurt yourself carrying all that.
Carried weight ÷ capacity ≥ 1.75

Tipsy — Utterly Shit-faced

While aliveOverall Body Health > 0

Tipsy
Downed some booze.
Intoxication > 10Intoxication ≤ 30
Inebriated
Had one too many. Co-ordination slightly impaired.
Intoxication > 30Intoxication ≤ 50
Plastered
Had a few too many. Co-ordination impaired.
Intoxication > 50Intoxication ≤ 70
Utterly Shit-faced
'Iss you an' me 'gainst the wurld. I love you. I LOVE YOU.'
Intoxication > 70

Deceased

Deceased
This is how you died. High risk of becoming rat food.
DeadFake Infected
∨DeadZombie Infection < 0.001

Zombified

Zombified
Sudden attraction to gunshots, house alarms, and human flesh.
DeadFake Infected: NoZombie Infection ≥ 0.001

Unpleasantly Hot — Hyperthermia

While alive

Unpleasantly Hot
Consider wearing less clothing. You feel thirstier.
Temperature > 37.5 °CTemperature ≤ 39 °C
Overheated
Thirsty. Sweaty. Over-exposed.
Temperature > 39 °CTemperature ≤ 40 °C
Sunstruck
Nauseous, unable to concentrate, and desperate for liquids.
Not reached by this build’s default rules
Hyperthermia
Delirious. The heat is melting your life away. Get somewhere colder!
Not reached by this build’s default rules

Chilly — Hypothermia

While alive

Chilly
It feels a bit nippy round here...
Temperature ≥ 35 °CTemperature < 36.5 °CIntoxication ≤ 30
Cold
You need to find ways to keep warm.
Temperature ≥ 30 °CTemperature < 35 °CIntoxication ≤ 70
Freezing
Man alive, it is SO cold.
Temperature ≥ 25 °CTemperature < 30 °C
Hypothermia
You're going out. You may be some time.
Temperature < 25 °C

Slight Windchill — Horrific Windchill

While alive

Slight Windchill
The wind's making it feel a little colder.
Not reached by this build’s default rules
Uncomfortable Windchill
The wind's making it feel somewhat colder.
Wind chill > 10 °CWind chill ≤ 15 °C
Freezing Windchill
The wind's making it feel a lot colder.
Wind chill > 15 °CWind chill ≤ 20 °C
Horrific Windchill
The wind feels like you're being stabbed with icicles.
Wind chill > 20 °C

Restricted Movement

While aliveClears after 300 active updates

Restricted Movement
Heavy clothing, bulky bags, or large items are making you unable to sprint.
Sprint restricted

A Little Uncomfortable — Extremely Uncomfortable

While aliveOverall Body Health > 0

A Little Uncomfortable
You feel a little uncomfortable.
Discomfort ≥ 20Discomfort < 40
Uncomfortable
Your clothes, the environment, or something else is making you uncomfortable and unhappy.
Discomfort ≥ 40Discomfort < 60
Very Uncomfortable
Your clothes, the environment, or something else is making you very uncomfortable and unhappy.
Discomfort ≥ 60Discomfort < 80
Extremely Uncomfortable
Your clothes, the environment, or something else is making you extremely uncomfortable and unhappy.
Discomfort ≥ 80

Bad Smell — Deadly Fumes

While aliveOverall Body Health > 0

Bad Smell
Pee-ew. Something smells.
Corpse sickness rate > 0Corpse sickness rate ≤ 0.001Corpse health impact enabledUnprotected in a toxic building: No
Awful Odor
Eurgh. Something smells awful.
Corpse sickness rate > 0.001Corpse sickness rate ≤ 0.002Corpse health impact enabledUnprotected in a toxic building: No
Overwhelming Stench
A vile stink makes you feel ill.
Corpse sickness rate > 0.002Corpse health impact enabledUnprotected in a toxic building: No
Deadly Fumes
You can't breathe. Get away from here!
Unprotected in a toxic building

Satiated — Full to Bursting

While alive

Satiated
Gnawing hunger entirely absent. For now.
Eaten Food Timer > 0Eaten Food Timer ≤ 1,600
Well Fed
Tummy full. Goodness making its way through your system.
Eaten Food Timer > 1,600Eaten Food Timer ≤ 3,200
Stuffed
Stomach contented. You feel healthier and stronger.
Eaten Food Timer > 3,200Eaten Food Timer ≤ 4,800
Full to Bursting
Couldn't manage another single, solitary bite.
Eaten Food Timer > 4,800

Wound recovery

Tired

Body parts

Health & recovery

Healing shared by injured body parts per game hour

Food bonus

General damage per game hour

Poison decrease

Overall Body Health

Sleeping Pills · Sleeping pill damage

Food, alcohol & medicine

Food

Dangerous uncooked.

Rotten

Age used for the roll (game days)

Chance of the larger poison dose

Poison power

Tainted food

Fluids with alcohol

Alcoholic food

Medicines

Beta Blockers

Antidepressants

Sleeping Pills

Painkillers

Caffeine Pills

Per dose

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Carry capacity

Out of Breath

High Exertion

Excessive Exertion

Exhausted

Drowsy

Tired

Very Tired

Ridiculously Tired

Peckish

Hungry

Very Hungry

Starving to Death

Nervous

Alarmed

Frightened

Terrified

Queasy

Nauseous

Sick

Fever

Getting Bored

Bored

Very Bored

Extremely Bored

Sad

Weepy

Miserable

Hopeless

Minor Bleeding

Bleeding

Severe Bleeding

Massive Blood Loss

Moist

Wet

Soaking

Drenched

Runny Nose

The Sniffles

Head Cold

Nasty Cold

Irritated

Annoyed

Angry

Furious

Tense

Agitated

Stressed Out

At Breaking Point

Slightly Thirsty

Thirsty

Parched