Radiation
Radiation is an affliction that your character can suffer from. The higher the amount of radiation your character is exposed to, the bigger the drawbacks you will gain. Unlike Poison, Radiation will NOT go away on its own and has to be treated via drugs or otherwise medical care - or, in extreme circumstances, death.
There are two ways to deal with radiation, one proactive, one reactive.
Effects of Radiation
Radiation damage goes from 0 to 1100. At 1100, your character will simply die - however, achieving such a high number is almost impossible, unless you purposefully ignore radiation damage. (Or get unlucky enough to not get to the elevator on Airfield in time, or use too many artifacts at once)
Starting from 0 all the way up to 200, you will notice no effects other then losing a mere 10 maximum HP in-between 100 and 199. However, after 200, the effects are much stronger and more hindering.
Starting at 200, your character loses 1 of each Special point, with each additional 100 Radiation Damage increasing the number you lose by 1. This means that at 700 or more Radiation damage, you would already lose 6 of EACH Special point.
In addition to this, you will lose more and more of your maximum HP the more Radiation you have, and after 400 Radiation damage, you will also start losing some of your Healing Rate
| Stat | 0-99 | 100-199 | 200-299 | 300-399 | 400-499 | 500-599 | 600-699 | 700-799 | 800-899 | 900-999 | 1000-1099 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specials | 0 | 0 | -1 | -2 | -3 | -4 | -5 | -6 | -7 | -8 | -9 |
| HP | 0 | -10 | -40 | -50 | -60 | -70 | -80 | -90 | -100 | -110 | -120 |
| Healing Rate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | -10 | -10 | -15 | -15 | -20 | -25 |
Radiation Resistance
The proactive one is to make sure your character has a lot of Radiation Resistance. The main way to increase your Radiation Resistance passively is it to have a high amount of Endurance. Each point of Endurance currently adds 2% Radiation Resistance. While not much, a character with 10 Endurance already suffers 1/5th less Radiation damage. You can also increase your resistance temporarily with the use of a Gas-Mask (To be implemented), or with the Drug Rad-X (Drug), which gives you a 30% radiation resistance for a whole hour. Do note, that due to Rad-X being a Class-A drug, you may not take another Class-A drug during that time.
| Modifiers | Radiation Resistance |
|---|---|
| Rad-X (Drug) | +30% |
| Droplet Artifact | +20% |
Radiation Removal
The reactive one, is to remove said radiation once your character is exposed to it. There are cheap and expensive ways of removing radiation. The cheaper option is to drink alcohol, or simply water. While you are limited in how much you can find, but also in how much you can drink, due to having a maximum amount of calories your character can take in a given time-frame, liquids are quite effective in flushing the radiation out of your system. A more expensive option would be the use of RadAway (Drug), which while harder to get by, removes 50 Radiation every 30 seconds for a whopping 200 total radiation removed after 2 minutes. Of course, there is always the option to die with your character, which would reset all afflictions anyway. However, this is hardly an option you would want to choose. You can also remove some of your radiation with the Droplet Artifact, which has the added bonus of increasing your radiation resistance.
Sources of Radiation
There are four main ways to receive radiation, though there might be other mechanics that can also apply it onto a character. Do note, that ALL sources of radiation are lowered by your Radiation Resistance. Each time you receive radiation damage, you will hear a geiger-counter sound-effect.
Radioactive area
Staying in a radioactive area like Airfield, or an active anomalous zone, will periodically give your character radiation.
Food
While eating various food will give your character much needed nutrition for gaining the benefits of doubling your Healing Rate, you should watch out, as most Foods will give your character some Radiation. So always remember to eat AND drink!
Attacks
Some NPCs attacks, as well as some very specific weaponry, can apply Radiation Damage on hit. This is especially noticeable in Hospital, where the monstrosities there can not only radiate you, but also poison you.
Artifacts
The usage of Artifacts almost always comes with a Radiation penalty. This is something you have to be aware of and actively counter. As while the artifacts can have some very strong buffs, you should take care as to deal with the radiation damage it provides.
