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[[File:Crop blight.png|400px|thumb|right|Blighted [[potato plant]]s with a bubble-shaped yellow indicator above them.]] | [[File:Crop blight.png|400px|thumb|right|Blighted [[potato plant]]s with a bubble-shaped yellow indicator above them.]] | ||
− | Blight is a disease that infects [[domesticated plants]] with a growing period shorter than 15 days. Blighted crops will not grow or yield anything when harvested, and can spread the blight to other nearby plants | + | Blight is a disease that infects [[domesticated plants]] with a growing period shorter than 15 days. |
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+ | Blighted crops will not grow or yield anything when harvested, and can spread the blight to other nearby plants while losing health points and dying. | ||
== Progression == | == Progression == | ||
− | Blight starts on one species of plant, at 10% severity, affecting 20% of your plants{{Check Tag|Fact Check|An incident of 40% initial plants affected was reported in December of 2020}} (1 in 5). It will progress slowly once plants are infected, and once it reaches 28% it can spread to nearby plants within a 4-tile radius. | + | Blight starts on one species of plant, at 10% severity, affecting 20% of your plants{{Check Tag|Fact Check|An incident of 40% initial plants affected was reported in December of 2020}} (1 in 5). It will progress slowly once plants are infected, and once it reaches 28% it can spread to nearby plants within a 4-tile radius. |
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== Unaffected Plants == | == Unaffected Plants == | ||
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== Removal == | == Removal == | ||
− | + | As of version 1.4, blighted plants can be removed en masse by selecting a blighted plant and clicking the "Cut blighted plants" button. Colonists with the Plant Cut work enabled will then cut the blighted plants. Consider temporarily setting the Plant Cut priority to 1 in the Work tab if colonists do not respond immediately. | |
− | + | Prior to version 1.4, the affected plants needed to be manually selected for cutting (using the right-click plant cut command, or in the Orders tab of the [[Architect]] menu), or burned with [[Molotov cocktails]] or [[Incendiary launcher]]s, though this risks igniting healthy plants, colony structures, or colonists. | |
== Mitigation strategy == | == Mitigation strategy == | ||
− | To mitigate the effects of blight, it is recommended to leave 4-square wide strips between crops, left empty or planted with species not affected by blight. | + | To mitigate the effects of blight, it is recommended to leave 4-square wide{{Check Tag|Fact Check|4 tiles is true for the latest version but 3 seems true for some older versions}} strips between crops, left empty or planted with species not affected by blight. |
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[[Category:Game mechanics]] | [[Category:Game mechanics]] |