Health

This page could use more info: Health Points: Loss: Exploration, Ship Malfunction, Fire, Space Combat, Diseases, Schrödinger (Unless Raluca) etc. Morale Points: Gain: Rebel Bases, Sol etc., Loss: Mental Disorders, Panic Attacks etc. Illnesses: Create a table for the effects of Symptoms caused by diseases, disorders and injuries and a starter paragraph to explain illnesses in general. This paragraph should also tell readers that some Illnesses can have multiple causes. Please confirm and append the values to the article, then remove this notice! Updated by Devoirity (talk) 12:06, 7 January 2014 (MST)

The daily grind in the depths of space asks a lot of the Daedalus crew , who find their mental and physical Health diminishing with each passing day. Maintaining your Health Points and Morale is one of your many responsibilities in the fight against the Mush, which eventually proves difficult as you are beset by Dangers from all sides. Deaths of vital personnel and depleted resources will drive you to carefully guard every precious point you have, and force you to cooperate with others to restore them as efficiently as possible.

To the left of the play area is the display for your health. Over your picture is a collection of icons representing special statuses, and just below that are your and gauges. Special statuses can be good or bad, and hovering over the icons will give a description and sometimes advice.

Health Points

Health Points are a measurement of your physical well-being. When they drop to zero, your character will die and you will be removed from the game.

Health Points are capped at 14 . If you are playing in Gold Mode, you gain a bonus of +2 , making 16 your total maximum.

Ways to gain Health Points

Source	Gain
Surviving for a day	+1
Eating a Banana	+1
Eating certain Unknown item	+1
Healed using Bandage	+2
Healed using Medikit	+3 *

* Increased by 1 with Ultra-Healing Pomade researched.
* Increased by 2 if used by a Medic.

Ways to lose Health Points

Source	Loss
Random Damage	2 *
Room Shaking	1-3
Steel Plate	4-6
Combat: Kick Off	1-3
Combat: Hit by Knife	1-5
Combat: Hit by Blaster	3-5
Combat: Hit by Old Faithful	2-3
Combat: Hit by Natamy Rifle	2-4 **
Combat: Hit by Lizaro Jungle	3-5
Combat: Hit by Rocket Launcher	?-8
Combat: Throwing a Grenade	0-3
Combat: Hit by Grenade	0-10

* This damage has a (low) chance of occurring whenever a player picks up an item or repairs a broken piece of equipment or object. There is an elevated and reliable chance for a non-Raluca player to be scratched for 2 each time they pick up Schroedinger.
** 6-13 if victim is a Mush.

Note: All combat damage is reduced by 1 each (stacking) by the following: Plastenite Armor, Hard Boiled, though it is reportedly bugged at times when a mush player holds both the Armor and the skill. Mush who mutate will also have some additional damage protection.

Morale Points

Morale Points represent your character's mental integrity. When Morale drops to zero, the character will commit suicide and you will be removed from the game at the next cycle change.

As with , Morale is capped at 14 . If you are playing in Gold Mode, you gain a bonus of +2 , making 16 your total maximum.

The Mush's is always at maximum and cannot be influenced. This may prompt Mush players to keep track of the they otherwise would have as regular human crewmember, so that they can defend themselves in case of doubt.

Ways to gain Morale Points

Source	Gain
Eating a Banana	+1
Eating certain Alien Fruit	+1
Cycle spent lying down with Shrink in room	+1
Comforted by a Shrink	+2
Receiving a speech from a Leader	+2
Doing the thing	+2
Caressing Unknown Character (once per game)	+3
Using the Alien Holographic TV (once per game)	+3
Rebel Base Transmission: CYGNI	+3
Rebel Base Transmission: KALADAAN	+6
Comms Link first established	+3 *

* For everyone already out of cryo.

Ways to lose Morale Points

Source	Loss
Surviving for a day	-2 *
Crew member death	-1 **
Demoralize	-2
Panic Attack	-3
Eating uncooked Standard Ration	-1

* Reduced by 1 if Mankind's only hope is alive.
* Reduced by 1 if you are The Optimist. (stacks with above)
** No loss in case of a suicide, or if you are Detached Crewmember.

Satisfaction

Satisfaction is a hidden health statistic that relates to food and starvation. When you eat, you gain Satisfaction points depending on what you eat. Different foods give different amounts. You will gain the Full Stomach status when your Satisfaction is 3 or more, and you cannot eat any more after that. You lose 1 Satisfaction per cycle. Once your Satisfaction points reach 0, you will be fine for 24 more cycles. Once that time has elapsed, you will gain the Starving status, and will begin losing 1 per cycle.

Given a basic max starting Health of 14, and assuming that you have already hit 0 Satisfaction at some point in the recent past, eat 1 ration giving 4 Satisfaction, and you will last 5.25 days before death:

(Cycles of Satisfaction ticking down + Cycles before starvation starts + Cycles of losing 1 ) divided by Number of Cycles in a day
4 + 24 + 14 = 42 Cycles
42 / 8 = 5.25 Days

With Gold Mode: (4+24+16)/8 = 5.5 days
With low health: (4+24+1)/8 = 3.625 days

The only thing that will affect this process is damage you receive in that time from other characters or random room events, or Morale loss causing suicide. This can technically kill you earlier than that, but the overall chances of that are impossible to calculate at this point. Get your and to max and eat that Ration, and you should be fine.

TODO: Need to confirm the 24 cycles before starvation starts, find the point that the hunger notification starts, and find out what max satisfaction is.

Illnesses

Below you can find lists of certain negative health statuses which, while lacking a decisive official in-game name, are classified on Mushpedia as diseases (physical), disorders (psychological) and injuries (requiring surgery).

Diseases

These are physical illnesses, often affecting and .

Diseases can be cured using the Medikit, certain medicines (randomized every game) or by the passing of time.

Status	Cause	Details	In-game Description
Acid Reflux	Consuming Alien Steak Consuming spoiled food	Lose 2 by the Consume action (any consumable).	You are bringing food back up. It is unpleasant and irritating. Gives the symptom [Vomiting].
Cat Allergy	Cycle change (random chance)	TODO: Missing information.	TODO: Missing information.
Cold	Cycle change (random chance) Being infected with a spore (appears 2-4 cycles after infection)	20% chance to lose 1 per cycle.	Don't go out without your Kleenex Every cycle, a 20% chance, loses 1
Flu	Cycle change (random chance)	-2 Max -2 Max 20% chance to lose 1 per cycle. 40% chance to become dirty 10% chance to lose 1 per cycle.	Severe variant of pony flu ... Irritable, authoritarian, headaches, cold, aches, nothing is spared. Be careful not to leave it lying around, you never know -2 Max -2 Max Every cycle, a 20% chance, loses 1 . Every cycle, a 40% chance, makes you dirty. Every cycle, a 10% chance, -1 . Gives the symptom [Vomiting]
Gastroenteritis	Eating spoiled food Witnessing death	Lose 1 per cycle. Max -1.	Do you need a diagram? A good whiff of the smell? Churning stomach? Every time you Consume, your character loses 1 . -1 Max . Every cycle, makes you dirty. Every cycle, loses 1 . Every cycle, a 16% chance, -1 . Gives the symptom [Vomiting].
Junkbumpkinitis	Eating a Jumpkin	TODO: Add screenshot of effect	It's not as if it wasn't fresh...
Migraine	Killing someone Witnessing death Cycle change (random chance) TODO: confirm	20% chance to lose 1 per cycle. Can auto-cure after several cycles, supposedly 2-4.	A particularly tenacious heavy migraine is harassing the patient at the moment, but it will eventually go away... Every cycle, a 20% to lose 1
Mush allergy	Consuming some Unknown item Being infected with a spore (appears 2-4 cycles after infection)	TODO: Confirm: Sneeze - Randomly when you're in the same room as a mush? when you're infected with another spore?). French wiki says that it causes 2 damage to those infected with spores (per cycle? Max hp?)	Contact with Mush gives you horrible, painful blisters.
Rejuvenation	Expedition - Insects zone	20% chance to lose 1 per cycle. Increased chances of falling ill.	Your body is emitting a pulsing green light. This doesn't exactly encourage a good night's sleep... Each cycle, a 20% chance, loses 1 . Increases your chances of falling ill. Gives the symptom [Fitful sleep].
Sepsis	Receiving combat damage Failing DIY Surgery	Lose 4 per cycle.	You have a serious infection. It's not going to be easy to recover from this. It's highly unlikely you'll make it... Every cycle, -4.
Slight Nausea	Consuming SuperVitamin Bar	Slight Nausea prints a message in the room's log to the effect of '<name> is vomiting their meal. Not exactly appetizing...'	You feel a little bit shady... It will pass, but you're not hungry anymore and you shouldn't go anywhere near bluuuuuurppp... Gives the symptom [Nausea].
Skin Inflammation	Expedition - Forest Zone	Breakouts prints a message in the room's log to the effect of '<name> is scratching their hideous rash, it's really grim...'	Wherever it came from, you've got it. It's incredibly itchy and really irritating. Gives the symptom [Breakouts].
Sinus Storm	Consuming some Unknown item	30% chance to lose 1 per cycle.	Your sinuses are on fire, frozen, then makes you want to tear your head off. It's bad and it won't go away... Every cycle, a 30% chance, loses 1 .
Smallpox	'Forest - Illness' event	Max -2 Max -2 40 % chance to lose 2 per cycle. 50 % chance to lose 1 per cycle.	TODO: Missing information. TODO: Missing information.
Space Rabies	Expedition - Predators zone	Lose 2 per cycle.	You've got rabies. You are prone to violent outbursts but it’s the disease that will end up killing you. Gives the symptom [Biting]. Gives the symptom [Psychotic episodes]. Gives the symptom [Drooling]. Gives the symptom [Foaming mouth]. Every cycle, -2 .
Tapeworm	Consuming spoiled food Consuming some Unknown item Consuming Alien Steak	Lose 1 Satisfaction per cycle.	You are hungry. Really hungry. All the time... Let's eat for God's sake man! Every cycle, -1 cycle(s) of fullness.
Vitamin Deficiency	Cycle change (random chance) TODO: Confirm Starvation TODO: Confirm	10% chance to lose 1 per cycle.	Deficiencies of vitamins, elements, oligo-elements and the list goes on. You have enough on your plate without this... Every cycle, a 10% chance, loses 1
Food Poisoning	Consuming spoiled food		You are really weak, you're vomiting, it's everywhere. What on earth were you thinking when you ate this? Well done... -1 Max . Gives the symptom [Vomiting].

Disorders

These are psychological illnesses, often affecting .

Disorders can be cured by Shrink treatment (more details on the skill page) and certain medicines (randomized every game).

Status	Cause	Details	In-game Description
Agoraphobia	Witnessing death. TODO: Other causes?		You are terrified by crowds and open spaces, you also have uncontrolable vertigo... In space, that's never going to play out well Gives the symptom [Vertigo] Cannot launch in a patrol ship Gives the symptom [Fear of Crowds] All actions cost +1 , all movements cost +1 while at least 3 other characters are present in the room with you
Ailurophobia	Expedition - Insects zone TODO: Other causes?	Chance that character won't enter room with cat The cat was in the room, you couldn't help yourself from fleeing... All actions cost +2 with cat present in the room.	You have a terrible phobia of cats.. The sight of them alone puts you on the edge. Gives the symptom [Fear if Cats].
Chronic Vertigo		Vertigo means that a character is barred from Piloting tasks, but can join expeditions. Eleesha starts with Chronic Vertigo.	You have chronic vertigo which proves to be quite debilitating. Gives the symptom [Vertigo]
Crabism	Witnessing death. TODO: Other causes?	Janice drops to the ground and starts screaming for their mother... (-1 AP)	From time to time you take to walking sideways or throwing yourself to the ground only to return to brief periods of normalcy. -4 Max Morale.
Coprolalia	Witnessing death. TODO: Other causes?	Some messages are randomly replaced with alternate text, or text is added. Examples: "Hey, you bunch of honkers", "Pathetic crappy admins", "You're nothing but boils" Post-it notes and whispers not effected.	You launch huge streams of insults without warning. This tends to shock people the first time they see it. -4 Max Morale.
Chronic Migraine	Killing someone. TODO: Other causes?		A particularly tenacious heavy migraine hits you from time to time... and when it hits you it turns everything upside down... no luck -2 Max Morale. Every cycle, a 16% chance to lose 1
Depression	Witnessing death. TODO: Other causes?		You suffer constantly. Life has become so long, too long, and every test makes you increasingly lose your taste for it. -2 Max . -2 Max .
Paranoia	Witnessing death.	Occasionally replaces text with "[name] is a threat to us all...", and other nonsense messages when using the walkie-talkie. Also reduces max morale by 3.	TODO: In-game description
Psychotic Episodes	Witnessing death. Killing someone TODO: Other causes?	TODO: Missing information.	You can no longer control yourself and often descent into a black rage. You are strongly advised to stay away from all weaponry. Gives the symptom [Psychotic episodes]. Gives the symptom [Biting].
Weapon Phobia	Witnessing death. TODO: Other causes?		You can no longer fire weapons, and the simple sight of them makes you uncomfortable... Forbids the action: Fire. Forbids the action: Attack.
Spleen	TODO: Other causes?	TODO: Missing information.	You are gripped by an extremely severe type of depression which leads to death very quickly. every cycle, a 70% chance, -1.

Injuries

These are physical traumas which are typically contracted through combat, bringing various disadvantages.

Healing is performed with the Surgical Pod in Medlab, either by a Medic or via DIY Surgery (the latter being more intensive).

Status	Cause	Details	In-game Description
Broken Finger			One of the fingers on your good hand is broken. All your actions cost 1 more.
Broken Leg	Attacked with a Blaster TODO: Critical hit?		"MP actions cost 1 more -5 maximum MP"
Broken Ribs			Your ribs are broken, causing pain when your posture straightens. Accuracy -20%. All your actions cost 1 more. actions cost 1 more.
Bruised Shoulder	Missing a Knife attack. Missing a Blaster attack.		Your shoulder has sustained major contusions. Fortunately this is reversible. Accuracy -10%.
Burnt Hand	Attacked with a Blaster Attacking with a Blaster	Everything costs 1 more than usual, including non-AP actions which will now cost 1 .	Your hand is burnt. All your actions cost 1 more.
Burst Nose	Attacked with bare hands		Your nose is no longer there, at all, you're a bit scary too... - 2 Max .
Busted Arm Joint	Attacked with a Knife TODO: Critical hit?		Your pendulous arm looks funny but is all the same a pretty serious handicap. All your AP actions cost 2 more. Accuracy -40%.
Busted Shoulder	Missing a Knife attack. Missing a Blaster attack.		Your shoulder has sustained major irreversible contusions, your arm is considered dead. Accuracy -40%. All your actions cost 2 AP more. (Includes picking up and dropping items.) Stops the carrying of heavy objects
Critical Haemorrage	Attacked with a Knife Missing a Blaster attack. TODO: Critical hit?	Room log: Despite a good dodge, Janice has lost a little blood	You have a haemmorage in an artery which requires major surgery. Good luck. Every cycle, -2 .
Damaged Ears	Attacked with a Blaster	Player cannot use public channels. Private channels still seem to work, if they were present before being injured.	Your ears are no longer of any use. Although you never seem to listen to what you're told anyway... Makes you deaf
Haemorrhage	Attacked with a Knife Missing a Blaster attack. TODO: Critical hit?		You have a haemmorage - you need surgery. Every cycle, -1
Mashed Foot	Attacked with a Knife TODO: Critical hit?		That's not even really a foot anymore. Movement actions cost 1 more. Max moves -3.
Open-Air Brain		Bug: Despite the description, you don't die if you are dirty.	Part of your skull is missing. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that this can be a problem in several situations. -2 max You will die if you become Dirty.
Perforated Lung	Attacked with a Knife TODO: Critical hit?	Most actions require +2 , including picking up and dropping items. Player becomes Mute. Bug: Can still use General Announcement for 2 . -2 per cycle.	TODO: Fluff/ingame description needed
Smashed Legs	Missing a Blaster attack.		You no longer have the use of your legs. It's not ideal, as they're pretty handy. No more a actions. -12 Max .
Torn Tongue	Missing a Knife attack.	Player becomes Mute. Bug: Can still use General Announcement. Room Log:Roland missed their target by a good distance and the clash against a nearby wall made them bite their tongue...	Your tongue is reduced to a flaccid lifeless mass. Makes you mute.