Standalone Status Effects
Table of Contents
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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Unconscious
Cause Shock above Blood or
Blood below 500
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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
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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
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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
Stage Four
Effects -5000 Blood
Status text sick
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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
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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