The Basics Status Effects Bleeding Hunger Thirst Healing Stuffed Foot Injury Unconscious Food Poisoning Chemical Poisoning Hemolytic Reaction Infected Wound Brain Flu The Hunger and Thirst guide detailed just three of the possible statuses that can affect your character in DayZ standalone. They're just the beginning though - there are many more afflictions you might encounter. In fact, this guide only lists statuses that should currently be in the game; there's several more that are partially implemented and probably coming soon.
Hunger Hunger goes through three stages: hungry, very hungry, and starving.
Hungry Cause Energy below 600 Symptoms "My stomach grumbles" "I'm feeling hungry" "I want to eat something" "I feel hungry" Status text hungry Very Hungry Cause Energy below 300 Symptoms "I'm extremely hungry" "My stomach grumbled violently" "I'm starving" Status text hungry Starving Cause Energy below 100 Symptoms "I'm dying of starvation" Effects -1 Health/sec -0.5% Blood/sec Status text starving
Thirst Thirst goes through three stages of dehydration: light, medium, and heavy. It's worth noting that when you spawn, you're already in light dehydration, so one of your top priorities should be finding water. Unlike hunger, the status text in your inventory doesn't change when you reach the worst stage, so be sure to pay attention to the symptoms in your chat.
Light Dehydration Cause Water below 2000 Symptoms "I feel thirsty" "I'm thirsty" "I need a drink" "I feel like having a drink" "I want to drink something" Status text thirsty Medium Dehydration Cause Water below 1000 Symptoms "I really need to drink" Status text thirsty Heavy Dehydration Cause Water below 0 Symptoms "I'm dying of dehydration" Effects -5 Health/sec -1% Blood/sec Status text thirsty
Healing When you're fully fed and watered, you gain a healing status. There are three stages of healing: light regeneration, full regeneration, and healing. In the regeneration stages, you only regenerate blood, while in the healing stage, you regain health.
Light Regeneration Cause Energy above 3500 and Water above 3000 Effects +1 Blood/sec Full Regeneration Cause Energy above 5000 and Water above 2500 Effects +3 Blood/sec Healing Cause Energy above 5000, Water above 2500, and Blood at 5000 Effects +3 Health/sec Status text healing
Stuffed Being stuffed is caused by eating or drinking more than your stomach can hold. There's three stages: stuffed, fully stuffed, and... vomiting.
Stuffed Cause Stomach above 2500 Symptoms "My stomach feels stuffed" "I feel really full" "My stomach feels completely full" Fully Stuffed Cause Stomach above 3500 Symptoms "My stomach feels absolutely stuffed" "I feel over-fed" "My stomach feels much more full then it's normal" Vomiting Cause Stomach above 3900 Symptoms "I am close to vomiting" "I think I'm going to vomit..." "I'm going to vomit..." Effects Vomiting: -500 Stomach -600 Energy (minimum of 100) -1000 Water Status text sick
Foot Injury A foot injury is caused by running without shoes. While moving around, you cause damage to your feet based on the terrain you're moving on, and how fast you're moving. While wearing shoes, that damage is absorbed by lowering their condition.
Sore Symptoms "My feet hurt" "My feet are sore" Injured Symptoms "My feet are badly damaged" "My feet are bleeding" "My feet are hurting badly" Unconscious Unconsciousness only has one stage, which causes loss of control of your character. It can be caused either by shock, or lack of blood. Shock comes from damage to the head, and can be reduced by protective helmets. Epinephrine resets your shock level, which would revive you unless your blood is too low.
Food Poisoning Food poisoning has up to six stages, depending on the severity of the poisoning. The most likely source of poisoning is from eating rotten fruit, which has a 50% chance of minor poisoning, and a 5% chance of moderate poisoning. Alcohol tinctures have a 75% and 20% chance for minor and moderate food poisoning as well.
Stage One Symptoms "I have a funny taste in my mouth" "My mouth tastes funny" "I notice a weird taste" "My mouth tastes weird"
Stage Two Symptoms Minor "I feel nauseous" "I feel queasy" "I feel like throwing up" Moderate/Severe "I feel nauseous" "I feel queasy" "I feel like throwing up" Effects Minor: -13.3% Water/sec Moderate: -13.6% Water/sec, -0.2% Blood/sec Severe: -19.5% Water/sec, -0.3% Blood/sec Status text sick
Stage Three Symptoms Minor "I feel dizzy" "I feel light-headed" "I feel faint" "I feel unsteady" Moderate/Severe "I am close to vomiting" "I think I'm going to vomit..." "I'm going to vomit..." Effects Minor: -13.6% Water/sec, -0.1% Blood/sec Moderate/Severe: Vomiting: -500 Stomach, -600 Energy, -1000 Water Status text sick
Stage Four Symptoms Moderate "I feel dizzy" "I feel light-headed" "I feel faint" "I feel unsteady" Severe "I feel cramps in my stomach" Effects Moderate: -14.3% Water/sec, -0.1% Blood/sec Severe: -26% Water/sec, -0.2% Blood/sec Status text sick
Stage Five Symptoms Moderate "I feel tired" "I feel run-down" "I feel worn-out" Severe "I am close to vomiting" "I think I'm going to vomit..." "I'm going to vomit..." Effects Severe: Vomiting: -500 Stomach, -600 Energy, -1000 Water
Stage Six Symptoms Severe "I feel exhausted" "I feel extremely tired" Effects Severe: -19.5% Water/sec Status text Severe: sick
Chemical Poisoning Chemical poisoning is comparable to severe food poisoning. It has six stages, and is very likely to be fatal. It's normally caused by drinking disinfectant spray, which is really a bad idea.
Stage One Symptoms "I have a funny taste in my mouth" "My mouth tastes funny" "I notice a weird taste" "My mouth tastes weird"
Stage Two Symptoms "I feel nauseous" "I feel queasy" "I feel like throwing up" Effects -26% Water/sec, -0.5% Blood/sec, -0.5% Health Status text sick
Stage Three Symptoms "I am close to vomiting" "I think I'm going to vomit..." "I'm going to vomit..." Effects Vomiting: -500 Stomach, -600 Energy, -1000 Water Status text sick
Stage Four Symptoms "I feel cramps in my stomach" Effects -39% Water/sec, -0.3% Blood/sec, -0.3% Health/sec Status text sick
Stage Five Symptoms "I am close to vomiting" "I think I'm going to vomit..." "I'm going to vomit..." Effects Vomiting: -500 Stomach, -600 Energy, -1000 Water Status text sick
Stage Six Symptoms "I feel exhausted" "I feel extremely tired" Effects -26% Water/sec, -0.1% Blood/sec Status text sick
Hemolytic Reaction A hemolytic reaction is caused by receiving a blood transfusion with incompatible blood types. A blood transfusion only adds 1000 blood, while a saline IV sets you back to 5000, so a transfusion should only be used in emergencies, or after confirming compatibility - because a hemolytic reaction is going to kill you.
Stage One Effects -10% Blood/sec Status text sick
Stage Two Effects -20% Blood/sec Status text sick
Stage Three Effects -25% Blood/sec Status text sick
Infected Wound Zombies have a 20% chance to give you an infected wound when they damage you. This infection is pretty dangerous, so cleaning your wounds with an alcohol tincture is important.
Stage One Symptoms "My wounds are itchy" "I have itchy wounds" Effects -13.6% Water/sec Status text sick
Stage Two Symptoms "My wounds are infected" "I have infected wounds" Effects -16.9% Water/sec, -0.3% Blood/sec, -0.1% Health/sec Status text sick
Stage Three Symptoms "My wounds are seriously infected" "I have seriously infected wounds" "I'm feeling hot" "It's really warm" Effects -19.5% Water/sec, -0.1% Blood/sec, -0.3% Health/sec Status text sick
Stage Four Symptoms "My wounds hurt less" "My wounds look cleaner" Effects -16.9% Water/sec Status text sick
Brain Flu Brain flu is a most likely fatal disease that zombies have a 1% chance of infecting you with on hit. Unless you're cured by Tetracycline (antibiotics), the final stage will never go away on its own until you die. One oddity is that it applies negative shock values, which seems like it would be a good thing - you go unconscious when your shock is higher than your blood.
Minor Sickness Symptoms "I cough" "I sneeze" Effects -13% Water/sec Status text sick
Sickness Symptoms "I cough" "I sneeze" "I feel my nose dripping" "My nose feels congested" "I have a runny nose" "My throat is sore" "I feel sore throat" "My throat hurts" Effects -26% Water/sec, -0.3% Blood/sec, -0.1% Health/sec Status text sick
Fever Symptoms "I'm feeling hot" "I'm burning up" "I'm slick with sweat" "My clothes are soaking with sweat" "I feel cold" "I start to shiver" "I feel shivery" "I'm shivering" Effects -26% Water/sec, -0.5% Blood/sec, -1 Health/sec, -1 Shock/sec Status text fever
Terminal Symptoms "I'm feeling hot" "I'm burning up" "I'm slick with sweat" "My clothes are soaking with sweat" "I feel cold" "I start to shiver" "I feel shivery" "I'm shivering" Effects -52% Water/sec, -1% Blood/sec, -5 Health/sec, -5 Shock/sec Status text fever