Poison
Effects of Poison
Poison is quite a simple mechanic. All it does is lower your Healing Rate. Now you might wonder, why do I then sometimes get damaged if it lowers my healing rate? The answer is simple. Poison is able to lower your healing rate into negative values, in which it will act accordingly - removing some of your HP every 5 seconds.
Poison Resistance
Just like Radiation Resistance works for Radiation, Poison Resistance works for Poison. Currently, the only reliable way to get Poison Resistance is through your Endurance stat. Each point in Endurance will give you 5% Poison Resistance, which means that with 10 Endurance, you will already have 50% Poison Resistance.
While a gas-mask does not give you Poison Resistance directly, it does still lower the amount of poison (and bleed) damage you get from standing inside gas.
| Modifiers | Poison Resistance |
|---|---|
| Droplet Artifact | +20% |
Poison Removal
Unlike Radiation, Poison will go away on its own. You also have a saving grace, in that poison damage can not actually kill you, but bring you down to at most 1 HP. This still makes you very vulnerable however, and any hit or stray bullet will knock you out. In order to remove Poison, you are advised to take Antidote (Drug), which will remove 9 Poison every 30 seconds for 120 seconds.
Sources of Poison
Gas
A very popular way for players to apply poison onto you is through the use of gas-grenades. These are especially prevelent in the middle of the season, where gas-masks might still not be used and the advantage you gain from flushing enemies out of entrenched positions can be massive. You will quickly notice the presence of green-ish gas once a gas-grenade is thrown. It expands quite far and also has a longer life-time then your average fire or smoke. It does however NOT block vision, even though it might look like that.
Attacks
Some NPCs attacks, as well as some very specific weaponry, can apply Poison Damage on hit. This is especially noticeable in Hospital, where the monstrosities there can not only poison you, but also radiate you.
Venomous Hands
This perk is almost exclusively used by Melee characters - which makes their Melee attacks apply Poison (and a minor slow) on hit. This can add up to quite some numbers, especially if you let them poke at you for a longer time.
