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− | + | Medicine is an item used in [[doctoring]]. | |
− | Medicine is used in [[doctoring]] to | + | |
+ | == Acquisition == | ||
+ | Medicine can either be purchased from traders, looted from [[raider]]s, or crafted at a [[drug lab]] using: [[cloth]] (x3), herbal medicine and [[neutroamine]] (skill requirement: medicine 6+ ''and'' crafting 3+). | ||
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+ | == Efficiency == | ||
+ | Superior to [[herbal medicine]] but inferior to [[glitterworld medicine]]. | ||
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+ | Best used for treating diseases and infections; misused if for standard injuries (unless a colonist is bleeding out faster than the herbal medicine completes to patch the wound). | ||
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+ | Good enough for surgical operations in many cases, with a low chance of failure. If the doctor is bionic-enhanced, trauma savant or drug-enhanced then you can guarantee 100% success rate for most surgeries. | ||
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+ | It is adequate against [[plague]] and [[malaria]] with ordinary beds so long as the patients are resting full time, well-fed, constantly treated and the doctor is healthy with medicine skill 8+. | ||
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Revision as of 03:34, 30 May 2017
Medicine
A kit of industrial-era medical equipment. It contains basic drugs, tools for suturing and bone setting, diagnostic devices, and various pads and fluids.
- Type
- Medical Item – Medicine
- Stack Limit
- 25
Base Stats
- Beauty
- −4
- Deterioration Rate
- 2
- Flammability
- 0.7
- Market Value
- 18
- Mass
- 0.5
- Max Hit Points
- 60
- Medical Potency
- 1
Stat Modifiers
Medicine is an item used in doctoring.
Acquisition
Medicine can either be purchased from traders, looted from raiders, or crafted at a drug lab using: cloth (x3), herbal medicine and neutroamine (skill requirement: medicine 6+ and crafting 3+).
Efficiency
Superior to herbal medicine but inferior to glitterworld medicine.
Best used for treating diseases and infections; misused if for standard injuries (unless a colonist is bleeding out faster than the herbal medicine completes to patch the wound).
Good enough for surgical operations in many cases, with a low chance of failure. If the doctor is bionic-enhanced, trauma savant or drug-enhanced then you can guarantee 100% success rate for most surgeries.
It is adequate against plague and malaria with ordinary beds so long as the patients are resting full time, well-fed, constantly treated and the doctor is healthy with medicine skill 8+.