Difference between revisions of "Death"

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**[[Toxic buildup]]
 
**[[Toxic buildup]]
 
**[[Resurrection psychosis]]
 
**[[Resurrection psychosis]]
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***Biostarvation, from being in an unfulfilled [[growth vat]].{{BiotechIcon}}
 
*Randomly while [[overdose|majorly overdosing]] or under [[Luciferium]] withdrawal.
 
*Randomly while [[overdose|majorly overdosing]] or under [[Luciferium]] withdrawal.
 
*Having [[collapsed rocks]] from overhead mountain fall on top of them.
 
*Having [[collapsed rocks]] from overhead mountain fall on top of them.
 
*Chance to die when failing certain specific [[surgery|surgeries]], such as installing a [[prosthetic heart]] ([[bionic heart]]s are safe to install) or [[carcinoma]] removal.
 
*Chance to die when failing certain specific [[surgery|surgeries]], such as installing a [[prosthetic heart]] ([[bionic heart]]s are safe to install) or [[carcinoma]] removal.
*[[Genes#Drugs|Drug dependency]] gene,{{BiotechIcon}} after 60 days without the drug.
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*[[Genes#Drugs|Drug dependency]] [[gene]],{{BiotechIcon}} after 60 days without the drug.
 
*During [[Reproduction|human pregnancy]].{{BiotechIcon}}
 
*During [[Reproduction|human pregnancy]].{{BiotechIcon}}
*Biostarvation from being in a [[growth vat]].{{BiotechIcon}}
 
  
 
Enemy pawns also have a chance to die when [[downed]] from pain shock, even if their condition otherwise would not kill them. This chance is dependent on [[AI Storytellers#Enemy death on downed|storyteller settings]] and can be adjusted at any time. Other causes of downing, such as from blood loss or heatstroke, do not trigger this death chance.
 
Enemy pawns also have a chance to die when [[downed]] from pain shock, even if their condition otherwise would not kill them. This chance is dependent on [[AI Storytellers#Enemy death on downed|storyteller settings]] and can be adjusted at any time. Other causes of downing, such as from blood loss or heatstroke, do not trigger this death chance.

Revision as of 04:41, 18 November 2022

Death is a certainly fatal state that can be inflicted to any pawn.

Summary

A dead pawn can no longer act, and creates a corpse if its body was not completely destroyed. No organs or artificial parts may be retrieved, and any apparel items they were wearing will become tainted. Death activates a death acidifier.

Colonist deaths cause various mood penalties. Pawns connected by family or relationship will be especially devastated. Killing a colonist or prisoner through particularly cruel methods, like execution and banishment, incur extra penalties. Animals bonded to a dead pawn may receive a mental break, while a bonded animal dying gives a mood penalty. A pawn's IdeoligionContent added by the Ideology DLC may change how they feel about various deaths.

Sources

Enemy pawns also have a chance to die when downed from pain shock, even if their condition otherwise would not kill them. This chance is dependent on storyteller settings and can be adjusted at any time. Other causes of downing, such as from blood loss or heatstroke, do not trigger this death chance.

Curing

A resurrector mech serum is the only way for to treat death for a colonist, at least without mods, developer tools, or reverting to a previous save. There must be a non-desiccated corpse in order to resurrect. It runs the risk of side effects, including resurrection psychosis, which will kill the pawn again in 100 days. The chance of all side effects is reduced by limiting the time the corpse spends unfrozen before application of the serum.

Death in Biotech

Mechanics that interact with death in the Biotech DLC.

Death and being deathless

The deathless gene can prevent most causes of death. If the brain (or by corollary, head) is destroyed, then the pawn will actually die. Otherwise, a deathless pawn will enter into a comatose state:

  • Pawns that are just deathless will enter into a regenerative coma. Once fatal aliments are cured, the coma lasts for 7 days.
  • Pawns with deathless and the deathrest gene will enter deathrest. Once fatal aliments are cured, the pawn goes through ordinary deathrest, which lasts for 4 days by default.

In both cases, all fatal injuries or aliments must be healed. For example, diseases will disable the pawn until natural immunity kicks in. Except for the torso, no body parts are regenerated, so vital organs like the heart must be actively replaced before they can start to wake up.

Mechanoid resurrection

Allied mechanoids can be resurrected at a mech gestator or large mech gestator. This takes 1 gestation cycle (1.8 days by default) and a size-dependent amount of steel. You can't revive enemy mechanoids, even if they were once part of your faction.

The apocriton can revive enemy mechanoids.