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{{Infobox main|drug
 
{{Infobox main|drug
 
| name = Go-juice
 
| name = Go-juice
| image = Go-juice.png
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| image = Gojuice a.png
| description = A synthetic combat drug developed for space marines during the early days of interplanetary warfare. Go-juice blocks pain and increases the user's melee and shooting abilities. It also enhances movement speed.
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| description = A synthetic performance-enhancing drug developed for space marines during the early days of interplanetary warfare. Go-juice blocks pain, increases movement speed, and improves the user's melee and shooting abilities. The military chemists who created it were never able to remove its addictiveness. Some saw this as a downside; others saw it as a benefit.
 
<!-- Base Stats -->
 
<!-- Base Stats -->
 
| type = Drug
 
| type = Drug
 
| type2 = Hard Drug
 
| type2 = Hard Drug
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| tech level = Industrial
 
| hp = 50
 
| hp = 50
 
| deterioration = 2
 
| deterioration = 2
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| is pleasure drug = true
 
| is pleasure drug = true
 
| preferability = NeverForNutrition
 
| preferability = NeverForNutrition
| page verified for version = 1.3.3326
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| page verified for version = 1.3.3387
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| always haulable = true
 
| draw gui overlay = true
 
| graphic class = Graphic_StackCount
 
| graphic path = Things/Thing/Drug/Go-juice
 
| label = Go-juice
 
| parent name = MakeableDrugBase
 
| resource readout priority = Last
 
| selectable = true
 
| social properness matters = true
 
| tech level = industrial
 
| thing class = Drugs
 
| use hit points = true
 
<!-- Drug Parameters -->
 
| consciousness offset = 0.2
 
| moving offset = 0.5
 
| pain factor =  0.1
 
| rest offset = 0.4
 
| sight offset = 0.35
 
| mood offset = 5
 
 
}}
 
}}
{{Info|'''Go-juice''' is a potent combat [[drug]] that almost completely blocks pain and significantly improves a pawn's capabilities, at the risk of addiction and overdose.}}
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{{Info|'''Go-juice''' is a potent [[hard drugs|hard]] combat [[drug]] that almost completely blocks [[pain]] and significantly improves a pawn's capabilities, at the risk of addiction and overdose.}}
  
 
== Acquisition ==
 
== Acquisition ==
Go-juice can be manufactured at a [[{{lc:{{P|Production Facility 1}}}}]] for {{P|Resource 1 Amount}}&nbsp;[[{{lc:{{P|Resource 1}}}}]] and {{P|Resource 2 Amount}}&nbsp;[[{{lc:{{P|Resource 2}}}}]] taking {{ticks|{{P|Work To Make}}}}. It requires [[Research#{{P|Required Research}}|{{lc:{{P|Required Research}}}}]] to be researched. Its [[Drug Synthesis Speed|synthesis speed]] is dependent on the [[Skills#{{P|Skill 1}}|{{lc:{{P|Skill 1}}}}]] skill.
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Go-juice can be synthesized at a [[{{P|Production Facility 1}}]] once the [[Research#{{P|Required Research}}|{{P|Required Research}}]] research project has been completed. Each dose require {{Required Resources}} and {{Ticks|{{P|Work To Make}}}} of work. Its [[Drug Synthesis Speed|synthesis speed]] is dependent on the [[Skills#{{P|Skill 1}}|{{P|Skill 1}}]] skill.
  
 
It can also be found on [[raider]]s and [[Trade|purchased]].
 
It can also be found on [[raider]]s and [[Trade|purchased]].
  
 
== Summary ==
 
== Summary ==
Taking a dose of go-juice gives an immediate bonus to chemical [[recreation]], [[rest]] and [[Psycasts#Psyfocus|psyfocus]] {{RoyaltyIcon}}. It also gives the pawn a go-juice high lasting {{#vardefineecho:highDuration|{{#expr: {{#vardefineecho:highSeverity|0.5}}/({{#vardefineecho:highSeverityPerDay|0.75}}/24)}}}}&nbsp;hours which results in higher [[mood]], [[consciousness]], [[sight]] and [[moving]] and significantly reduced [[pain]].
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Go-juice is a potent combat stimulant that has a variety of effects. These can be broken into effects that occur:
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* Instantaneously and one time upon using the drug.
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* While high on the drug.
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* While addicted to the drug.
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* While withdrawing from the drug.
  
The only negative side effects of a go-juice injection are an addiction chance of {{%|{{P|Addictiveness}}}}, a 0.5% chance for a [[Overdose#Major|major overdose]] and a temporary increase in overdose severity.
 
 
:'''Tip:''' Unless you need an immediate and significant boost in chemical [[recreation]], [[rest]] or [[Psycasts#Psyfocus|psyfocus]] {{RoyaltyIcon}} it is recommended to wait at least {{#expr: (2*{{#vardefineecho:maxOverdoseSeverity|0.35}}-0.5)/(1/24)}}&nbsp;hours between the first and the second dose of go-juice. Otherwise the overdose severity might build up resulting in a [[Overdose#Minor|minor overdose]] (this is unrelated to the 0.5% chance for a [[Overdose#Major|major overdose]] that comes with each injection). Be particulary careful when using go-juice in combination with other drugs! The third dose and any dose after that shouldn't be taken earlier than {{#var:highDuration}}&nbsp;hours after the second to last dose. Otherwise some hours of the go-juice high will be wasted.
 
 
If the pawn is already addicted, an injection satisfies the go-juice [[need]]. An addicted pawn needs an injection at least every {{#expr: 0.9/0.333 round 1}}&nbsp;days to prevent withdrawal symptoms.
 
 
The process of going through a go-juice withdrawal is nasty, but also shorter than most other withdrawals. It takes about {{#expr: 1/{{#vardefineecho:addictionSeverityPerDay|0.045}} round 1}}&nbsp;days to overcome the addiction. This is significantly less than the usual 30 days for other [[hard drugs]]. Each go-juice taken during the withdrawal increases the addiction severity again and can therefore prolong the total withdrawal time by up to {{#expr: 0.2/{{#var:addictionSeverityPerDay}} round 1}}&nbsp;days. The withdrawal symptoms for go-juice consist of significantly lower [[mood]], [[consciousness]], [[moving]], [[sight]], [[blood pumping]] and [[manipulation]] and a significant increase in [[pain]]. The pawn also gets hungry and tired much faster and might start [[psychotic wandering]] or a [[hard drug binge]]. On average you can expect the pawn to get {{#expr: 1/{{#var:addictionSeverityPerDay}}/{{#vardefineecho:bingeMtb|10}} round 1}}&nbsp;psychotic wanderings and {{#expr: 1/{{#var:addictionSeverityPerDay}}/{{#vardefineecho:wanderingMtb|40}} round 1}}&nbsp;hard drug binges during the withdrawal.
 
 
== Analysis ==
 
{{Stub|section=1|reason=Comparison with other drugs.}}
 
Go-juice acts as a potent stimulant and pain-killer. It has a significant impact on combat performance due to the mobility improvement, along with the enhancement to sight and consciousness which are vital for shooting accuracy. Similar to the [[painstopper]], its reduction of pain in turn reduces the penalties to combat stats that come with it while also keeping the pawn up for longer. This means an affected pawn does more damage while injured and is doing that damage for longer. Coupled with the direct buffs from the other effects of the drug, this makes affected pawn significantly deadlier, but also puts them at risk by not going into shock as quickly meaning they will fight until very close to death or made physically unable.
 
 
Go-juice's consciousness boost also improves the odds of a doctor successfully performing surgery. This is more useful for the surgeries with less chance to succeed such as carcinoma removal, though is less useful for regular surgeries.
 
 
Assuming a healthy, but otherwise unaugmented pawn, the bonuses from consuming go-juice translates to:
 
* A +50% increase to [[Move Speed]], equivalent to an increase of 2.3 {{CS}} on a healthy, unencumbered pawn.
 
* A +20% increase in [[General Labor Speed]].
 
* A +30% increase in [[Medical Tend Quality]] at [[Medical]] skill 10. At Medical 20, this is a 27% increase, at Medical 5, a 32% increase
 
* A {{#expr:1 + 0.2*{{Q|Medical Surgery Success Chance|Manipulation Importance}}}}x multiplier to [[Medical Surgery Success Chance]], equivalent to +{{#expr: 0.35*{{Q|Melee Hit Chance|Sight Importance}} + 0.2*{{Q|Melee Hit Chance|Manipulation Importance}}}} extra levels of Medical.
 
* An increase in [[Shooting Accuracy]] equivalent to +{{#expr: 0.35*{{Q|Shooting Accuracy|Sight Importance}}}} extra levels of [[Shooting]].
 
* An increase in [[Melee Hit Chance]] equivalent to +{{#expr: 0.35*{{Q|Melee Hit Chance|Sight Importance}} + 0.2*{{Q|Melee Hit Chance|Manipulation Importance}}}} extra levels of [[Melee]].
 
* An increase in [[Melee Dodge Chance]] equivalent to +{{#expr: 0.35*{{Q|Melee Dodge Chance|Sight Importance}} + 0.5*{{Q|Melee Dodge Chance|Moving Importance}}}} extra levels of Melee.
 
 
== Detailed effects ==
 
 
=== Upon injection ===
 
=== Upon injection ===
 
A pawn taking go-juice will do so right where it stands without looking for a place to sit first. Go-juice is taken by injection, taking {{ticks|{{P|Ingestion Time}}}}. It has the following one time effects:
 
A pawn taking go-juice will do so right where it stands without looking for a place to sit first. Go-juice is taken by injection, taking {{ticks|{{P|Ingestion Time}}}}. It has the following one time effects:
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* {{+|{{%|{{P|Joy Offset}}}}}} {{P|Joy Kind}} [[recreation]]
 
* {{+|{{%|{{P|Joy Offset}}}}}} {{P|Joy Kind}} [[recreation]]
* '''+{{%|{{#var:highSeverity}}}}''' Go-juice high severity ''(see "Go-juice high" below)''
 
 
* {{+|40%}} [[Rest]]
 
* {{+|40%}} [[Rest]]
* {{+|15%}} [[Psycasts#Psyfocus|Psyfocus]] {{RoyaltyIcon}}
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* {{+|15%}} [[Psycasts#Psyfocus|Psyfocus]]{{RoyaltyIcon}}
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* <span style="color:firebrick>'''{{%|{{#vardefineecho:overdoseChance|0.005}}}}'''</span> Chance for a [[Overdose#Major|major overdose]]
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* {{++|18% to +{{%|{{#vardefineecho:maxOverdoseSeverity|0.35}}}}}} [[Overdose]] severity
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* '''+{{%|{{#vardefineecho:highSeverity|0.5}}}}''' Go-juice high severity ''(see "Go-juice high" below)''
 
* <span style="color:firebrick>'''{{%|{{P|Addictiveness}}}}'''</span> [[Addiction]] chance
 
* <span style="color:firebrick>'''{{%|{{P|Addictiveness}}}}'''</span> [[Addiction]] chance
* <span style="color:firebrick>'''0.5%'''</span> Chance for a [[Overdose#Major|major overdose]]
 
* {{++|18% to +{{%|{{#var:maxOverdoseSeverity}}}}}} [[Overdose]] severity
 
 
* If the pawn has an addiction already:
 
* If the pawn has an addiction already:
** {{+|90%}} Go-juice need ''(see "Addiction" below)''
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** {{+|{{%|{{#vardefineecho:needOffset|0.9}}}}}} Go-juice need ''(see "Addiction" below)''
** {{++|20%}} Addiction severity ''(see "Withdrawal" below)''
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** {{--|{{%|{{#vardefineecho:addictionSeverityOffset|0.2}}}}}} Addiction progress ''(see "Withdrawal" below)''
  
 
=== Go-juice high ===
 
=== Go-juice high ===
 
{{Quote|text="Go-juice in the bloodstream. It supercharges combat-related abilities, and instantly increases psyfocus when first injected."}}
 
{{Quote|text="Go-juice in the bloodstream. It supercharges combat-related abilities, and instantly increases psyfocus when first injected."}}
While each go-juice injection increases the severity of the go-juice high by {{%|{{#var:highSeverity}}}} ''(see "Upon injection" above)'', it decreases by {{%|{{#var:highSeverityPerDay}}}} per day again, meaning that for one go-juice the high lasts {{#var:highDuration}}&nbsp;hours. The maximum severity of a go-juice high is 100% which is reached with {{#expr: 1/{{#var:highSeverity}}}}&nbsp;go-juice. Regardless of the go-juice high severity the effects are always the same, only their duration changes accordingly:
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While each go-juice injection increases the severity of the go-juice high by {{%|{{#var:highSeverity}}}} ''(see "Upon injection" above)'', it decreases by {{%|{{#vardefineecho:highSeverityPerDay|0.75}}}} per day again, meaning that the high of a single dose lasts '''{{Plural|{{#vardefineecho:highDuration|{{#expr: {{#var:highSeverity}}/({{#var:highSeverityPerDay}}/24) round 1}}}}|hour}}'''. The maximum severity of a go-juice high is 100% which is reached with {{#expr: 1/{{#var:highSeverity}} round 1}}&nbsp;go-juice. Regardless of the go-juice high severity, the effects are always the same. Only their duration changes accordingly:
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* {{+|5}} [[Mood]] (''"I feel pumped but steady. I am the bullet in flight, ready to cut through you."'')
 
* {{+|5}} [[Mood]] (''"I feel pumped but steady. I am the bullet in flight, ready to cut through you."'')
 
* <span style="color:forestgreen>'''×10%'''</span> [[Pain]] (meaning all pain will be divided by ten)
 
* <span style="color:forestgreen>'''×10%'''</span> [[Pain]] (meaning all pain will be divided by ten)
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=== Addiction ===
 
=== Addiction ===
{{Quote|text="A chemical addiction to go-juice. Long-term presence of go-juice has caused neurological adaptations at the cellular level, so the brain can no longer function properly without the drug.<br>Without regular doses of go-juice, withdrawal symptoms will begin. However, extended abstinence will force the brain to adapt back to its normal state, resolving the addiction."}}
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{{Quote|"A chemical addiction to go-juice. Long-term presence of go-juice has caused neurological adaptations at the cellular level, so the brain can no longer function properly without the drug. Without regular doses of go-juice, withdrawal symptoms will begin. However, extended abstinence will force the brain to adapt back to its normal state, resolving the addiction."|Addiction description}}
{{Quote|text="Because of a go-juice addiction, this person needs to regularly consume the drug to avoid withdrawal symptoms."}}
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Developing an addiction means a pawn has a go-juice [[Needs#Drug addictions|need]]. The need for go-juice falls by 33.3% per day, consuming go-juice satisfies the need by 90% ''(see "Upon injection" above)'', meaning the pawn will need to consume go-juice at least every {{#expr: 0.9/0.333 round 1}}&nbsp;days to prevent withdrawal symptoms.
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Each dose of go-juice carries a {{%|{{P|Addictiveness}}}} chance of addiction. There is therefore no safe dose interval.
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The addiction progresses by {{%|{{#vardefineecho:addictionSeverityPerDay|0.045}}}} per day from the initial 50%. Once it reaches 100% the addiction is healed, meaning it takes about {{Plural|0.5/{{#var:addictionSeverityPerDay}} round 1|day}} to overcome the addiction. Consuming go-juice during an addiction will reduce the addiction progress by {{%|{{#var:addictionSeverityOffset}}}} again ''(see "Upon injection" above)''.
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Developing an addiction means a pawn has a go-juice [[Needs#Drug addictions|need]]. The need for go-juice falls by {{%|{{#vardefineecho:needFall|0.333}}}} per day, consuming go-juice satisfies the need by {{%|{{#var:needOffset}}}} ''(see "Upon injection" above)'', meaning the pawn will need to consume go-juice at least every {{Plural|{{#var:needOffset}}/{{#var:needFall}} round 1|day}} to prevent withdrawal symptoms.
  
 
=== Withdrawal ===
 
=== Withdrawal ===
As soon as the go-juice need reaches 0%, the pawn will develop a go-juice withdrawal. From then on the addiction severity falls by {{%|{{#var:addictionSeverityPerDay}}}} per day from the initial 100%, meaning it takes about {{#expr: 1/{{#var:addictionSeverityPerDay}} round 1}}&nbsp;days to overcome the addiction. Consuming a go-juice during a withdrawal will increase the severity by 20% ''(see "Upon injection" above)''. During the withdrawal the pawn suffers from the following symptoms:
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{{Quote|"Because of a go-juice addiction, this person needs to regularly consume the drug to avoid withdrawal symptoms."|Need description}}
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As soon as the go-juice need reaches 0%, the pawn suffers from the following symptoms:
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* {{--|22}} [[Mood]] (''"I'm all fuzzy and can't think straight. My limbs feel heavy, I'm tired and hungry, everything hurts. And why won't my eyes focus properly?"'')
 
* {{--|22}} [[Mood]] (''"I'm all fuzzy and can't think straight. My limbs feel heavy, I'm tired and hungry, everything hurts. And why won't my eyes focus properly?"'')
 
* <span style="color:firebrick>'''×300%'''</span> [[Pain]] (meaning all pain will be tripled)
 
* <span style="color:firebrick>'''×300%'''</span> [[Pain]] (meaning all pain will be tripled)
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* {{++|50%}} [[Hunger|Hunger rate factor]] (meaning the pawn needs to eat about 50% sooner)
 
* {{++|50%}} [[Hunger|Hunger rate factor]] (meaning the pawn needs to eat about 50% sooner)
 
* <span style="color:firebrick>'''Mental break'''</span> chances:
 
* <span style="color:firebrick>'''Mental break'''</span> chances:
** [[Hard drug binge]]: on average every {{#var:bingeMtb}} days.
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** [[Hard drug binge]]: on average every {{#vardefineecho:bingeMtb|40}} days. This averages to {{Plural|1/{{#var:addictionSeverityPerDay}}/{{#var:bingeMtb}} round 1|hard drug binge}} during each withdrawal.
** [[Psychotic wandering]]: on average every {{#var:wanderingMtb}} days.
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** [[Psychotic wandering]]: on average every {{#vardefineecho:wanderingMtb|10}} days. This averages to {{Plural|1/{{#var:addictionSeverityPerDay}}/{{#var:wanderingMtb}} round 1|wandering}} during each withdrawal.
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== Analysis ==
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Go-juice is a stimulant and pain-killer, with a significant impact on combat performance. Barring [[wake-up]] and [[luciferium]], no other drug helps much with combat - reducing pain and with a slight movement increase at most. There is no real comparison to wake-up; go-juice is made for combat and movement, and wake-up is made for work speed. Luciferium comes with a permanent addiction, and in any case, works with go-juice.
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===Combat===
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Increases to Sight and Consciousness boosts accuracy, both ranged and melee. Increased Moving helps with all forms of [[kiting]] tactics and makes it easier to retreat. Increased medical tend speed can save a pawn that's bleeding out quickly. Like the painstopper, the large reduction in pain allows a pawn to stand up far longer and win more fights. But they will continue fighting until very close to death - or when physically made unable.
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Finally, go-juice provides slight boosts to mood, recreation, and rest. While weaker in this regard than most other drugs, they can still help prevent [[mental break]]s.
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The risk of addiction and overdose is always present, but addiction is better than death. For example, a miner digging out far away from your base will appreciate carrying go-juice, for when a [[raid]] or [[manhunter|manhunter pack]] spawns near them. Withdrawal symptoms are harsh, but its 11.1 day withdrawal (assuming no future doses are taken) can be managed by [[arrest]]ing the addict in question. Go-juice has the second shortest withdrawal, behind [[ambrosia]].
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===Misc work===
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Besides combat, the increase in Moving can make pawns much faster at hauling and somewhat quicker at other tasks. Usually this is not worth the risk of addiction unless you ''need'' to repair your defenses. But if you have a pawn you don't care about, like an unwanted [[Events#Wanderer joins|wanderer]] or some desperate refugees{{RoyaltyIcon}}, then you can use go-juice to expiate your work.
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Go-juice's consciousness boost also improves the odds of successful surgery. Useful for surgeries with a reduced chance to succeed, such as carcinoma removal. Otherwise, surgery success chance can usually be capped at 98%, with a [[sterile tile|sterile room]], [[hospital bed]], and a good doctor.
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:'''Tip:''' Unless you need an immediate and significant boost in chemical [[recreation]], [[rest]] or [[Psycasts#Psyfocus|psyfocus]]{{RoyaltyIcon}} it is recommended to wait at least {{#expr: (2*{{#var:maxOverdoseSeverity}}-0.5)/(1/24)}}&nbsp;hours between the first and the second dose of go-juice. Otherwise the overdose severity might build up resulting in a [[Overdose#Minor|minor overdose]] (this is unrelated to the {{%|{{#var:overdoseChance}}}} chance for a [[Overdose#Major|major overdose]] that comes with each injection). Be particulary careful when using go-juice in combination with other drugs! The third dose and any dose after that shouldn't be taken earlier than {{#var:highDuration}}&nbsp;hours after the second to last dose. Otherwise some hours of the go-juice high will be wasted.
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===Stats===
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Assuming a healthy, but otherwise unaugmented pawn, the bonuses from consuming go-juice translates to:
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* A +50% increase to [[Move Speed]], equivalent to an increase of 2.3 {{CS}} on a healthy, unencumbered pawn.
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* A +20% increase in [[General Labor Speed]].
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* A +30% increase in [[Medical Tend Quality]] at [[Medical]] skill 10. At Medical 20, this is a 27% increase, at Medical 5, a 32% increase
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* A {{#expr:1 + 0.2*{{Q|Medical Surgery Success Chance|Manipulation Importance}}}}× multiplier to [[Medical Surgery Success Chance]].
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* An increase in [[Shooting Accuracy]] equivalent to +{{#expr: 0.35*{{Q|Shooting Accuracy|Sight Importance}}}} extra levels of [[Shooting]].
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* An increase in [[Melee Hit Chance]] equivalent to +{{#expr: 0.35*{{Q|Melee Hit Chance|Sight Importance}} + 0.2*{{Q|Melee Hit Chance|Manipulation Importance}}}} extra levels of [[Melee]].
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* An increase in [[Melee Dodge Chance]] equivalent to +{{#expr: 0.35*{{Q|Melee Dodge Chance|Sight Importance}} + 0.5*{{Q|Melee Dodge Chance|Moving Importance}}}} extra levels of Melee.
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===Drug dependency===
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The [[Genes#Drugs|Go-juice dependency]] gene,{{BiotechIcon}} found in [[hussar]]s, completely removes the chance of normal addiction and overdose. But at 5 days without the drug, the pawn will incur severe penalties. At the least, dependency is less severe than actual addiction or withdrawal.
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Each dose of go-juice requires {{Required Resources}} to create. A stack of 50 neutroamine, worth {{icon small|silver||{{#expr:50*{{Q|Neutroamine|Market Value Base}}}}}} before [[Trade Price Improvement]] and [[difficulty]], can last a single pawn for 125 days, or just over 2 years. With 0 Social skill in [[difficulty|Losing is Fun]], this price increases to {{icon small|silver||{{#expr:1.4*1.2*50*{{Q|Neutroamine|Market Value Base}}}}}}. In practice, this supply will end up being somewhat shorter if you want to use go-juice for combat or work purposes. Meanwhile, psychoid/yayo can be grown inside your colony. A drug-dependent pawn will survive for up to 60 days without the drug, usually more than enough time to form a [[caravan]] or find an [[comms console|orbital trader]].
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Overall, go-juice dependency is very affordable; you'll just need [[Research#{{P|Required Research}}|{{P|Required Research}}]] and [[Research#Psychite refining|Psychite refining]] researched, and some form of [[trade]]. In exchange, a dependent pawn can get all the benefit of go-juice at any time, with 0% chance of any health problems whatsoever.
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== Gallery ==
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<gallery>
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Gojuice a.png|One Go-juice
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Gojuice b.png|Stack of go-juice
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</gallery>
  
 
== Version history ==
 
== Version history ==

Revision as of 01:27, 27 January 2023

Go-juice

Go-juice

A synthetic performance-enhancing drug developed for space marines during the early days of interplanetary warfare. Go-juice blocks pain, increases movement speed, and improves the user's melee and shooting abilities. The military chemists who created it were never able to remove its addictiveness. Some saw this as a downside; others saw it as a benefit.

Base Stats

Type
DrugHard Drug
Tech Level
Industrial
Market Value
53 Silver
Stack Limit
150
Mass
0.1 kg
HP
50
Deterioration Rate
2
Flammability
100%
Rotatable
False
Path Cost
15

Ingestion

Recreation Offset
40%
Recreation Kind
Chemical
Addictiveness
2.6%
Maximum To Ingest
1
Ingestion Time
80 ticks (1.33 secs)

Creation

Crafted At
Drug lab
Required Research
Go-juice production
Skill Required
Intellectual
Work To Make
600 ticks (10 secs)
Resources to make
Neutroamine 2 + Yayo 1
Technical
defName
GoJuice
Preferability
NeverForNutrition
Food Preference
NeverForFood
Drug Category
hard
Is Pleasure Drug
true


Go-juice is a potent hard combat drug that almost completely blocks pain and significantly improves a pawn's capabilities, at the risk of addiction and overdose.

Acquisition

Go-juice can be synthesized at a Drug lab once the Go-juice production research project has been completed. Each dose require Neutroamine 2 Neutroamine, Yayo 1 Yayo and 600 ticks (10 secs) of work. Its synthesis speed is dependent on the [[Skills#|]] skill.

It can also be found on raiders and purchased.

Summary

Go-juice is a potent combat stimulant that has a variety of effects. These can be broken into effects that occur:

  • Instantaneously and one time upon using the drug.
  • While high on the drug.
  • While addicted to the drug.
  • While withdrawing from the drug.

Upon injection

A pawn taking go-juice will do so right where it stands without looking for a place to sit first. Go-juice is taken by injection, taking 80 ticks (1.33 secs). It has the following one time effects:

  • +40% Chemical recreation
  • +40% Rest
  • +15% PsyfocusContent added by the Royalty DLC
  • 0.5% Chance for a major overdose
  • +18% to +35% Overdose severity
  • +50% Go-juice high severity (see "Go-juice high" below)
  • 2.6% Addiction chance
  • If the pawn has an addiction already:
    • +90% Go-juice need (see "Addiction" below)
    • −20% Addiction progress (see "Withdrawal" below)

Go-juice high

"Go-juice in the bloodstream. It supercharges combat-related abilities, and instantly increases psyfocus when first injected."

While each go-juice injection increases the severity of the go-juice high by 50% (see "Upon injection" above), it decreases by 75% per day again, meaning that the high of a single dose lasts 16 hours. The maximum severity of a go-juice high is 100% which is reached with 2 go-juice. Regardless of the go-juice high severity, the effects are always the same. Only their duration changes accordingly:

  • +5 Mood ("I feel pumped but steady. I am the bullet in flight, ready to cut through you.")
  • ×10% Pain (meaning all pain will be divided by ten)
  • +20% Consciousness
  • +35% Sight
  • +50% Moving

Tolerance

As of version 1.2.3005, go-juice no longer gives a pawn any tolerance at all when taken, despite the effects of tolerance still existing in-game. This has been confirmed as intended behaviour.[1]

Addiction

"A chemical addiction to go-juice. Long-term presence of go-juice has caused neurological adaptations at the cellular level, so the brain can no longer function properly without the drug. Without regular doses of go-juice, withdrawal symptoms will begin. However, extended abstinence will force the brain to adapt back to its normal state, resolving the addiction."

— Addiction description

Each dose of go-juice carries a 2.6% chance of addiction. There is therefore no safe dose interval.

The addiction progresses by 4.5% per day from the initial 50%. Once it reaches 100% the addiction is healed, meaning it takes about 11.1 days to overcome the addiction. Consuming go-juice during an addiction will reduce the addiction progress by 20% again (see "Upon injection" above).

Developing an addiction means a pawn has a go-juice need. The need for go-juice falls by 33.3% per day, consuming go-juice satisfies the need by 90% (see "Upon injection" above), meaning the pawn will need to consume go-juice at least every 2.7 days to prevent withdrawal symptoms.

Withdrawal

"Because of a go-juice addiction, this person needs to regularly consume the drug to avoid withdrawal symptoms."

— Need description

As soon as the go-juice need reaches 0%, the pawn suffers from the following symptoms:

  • −22 Mood ("I'm all fuzzy and can't think straight. My limbs feel heavy, I'm tired and hungry, everything hurts. And why won't my eyes focus properly?")
  • ×300% Pain (meaning all pain will be tripled)
  • −20% Consciousness
  • −50% Moving
  • −20% Sight
  • −20% Blood pumping
  • −10% Manipulation
  • +30% Rest fall factor (meaning the pawn needs to sleep about a 30% sooner)
  • +50% Hunger rate factor (meaning the pawn needs to eat about 50% sooner)
  • Mental break chances:
    • Hard drug binge: on average every 40 days. This averages to 0.6 hard drug binges during each withdrawal.
    • Psychotic wandering: on average every 10 days. This averages to 2.2 wanderings during each withdrawal.

Analysis

Go-juice is a stimulant and pain-killer, with a significant impact on combat performance. Barring wake-up and luciferium, no other drug helps much with combat - reducing pain and with a slight movement increase at most. There is no real comparison to wake-up; go-juice is made for combat and movement, and wake-up is made for work speed. Luciferium comes with a permanent addiction, and in any case, works with go-juice.

Combat

Increases to Sight and Consciousness boosts accuracy, both ranged and melee. Increased Moving helps with all forms of kiting tactics and makes it easier to retreat. Increased medical tend speed can save a pawn that's bleeding out quickly. Like the painstopper, the large reduction in pain allows a pawn to stand up far longer and win more fights. But they will continue fighting until very close to death - or when physically made unable.

Finally, go-juice provides slight boosts to mood, recreation, and rest. While weaker in this regard than most other drugs, they can still help prevent mental breaks.

The risk of addiction and overdose is always present, but addiction is better than death. For example, a miner digging out far away from your base will appreciate carrying go-juice, for when a raid or manhunter pack spawns near them. Withdrawal symptoms are harsh, but its 11.1 day withdrawal (assuming no future doses are taken) can be managed by arresting the addict in question. Go-juice has the second shortest withdrawal, behind ambrosia.

Misc work

Besides combat, the increase in Moving can make pawns much faster at hauling and somewhat quicker at other tasks. Usually this is not worth the risk of addiction unless you need to repair your defenses. But if you have a pawn you don't care about, like an unwanted wanderer or some desperate refugeesContent added by the Royalty DLC, then you can use go-juice to expiate your work.

Go-juice's consciousness boost also improves the odds of successful surgery. Useful for surgeries with a reduced chance to succeed, such as carcinoma removal. Otherwise, surgery success chance can usually be capped at 98%, with a sterile room, hospital bed, and a good doctor.

Tip: Unless you need an immediate and significant boost in chemical recreation, rest or psyfocusContent added by the Royalty DLC it is recommended to wait at least 4.8 hours between the first and the second dose of go-juice. Otherwise the overdose severity might build up resulting in a minor overdose (this is unrelated to the 0.5% chance for a major overdose that comes with each injection). Be particulary careful when using go-juice in combination with other drugs! The third dose and any dose after that shouldn't be taken earlier than 16 hours after the second to last dose. Otherwise some hours of the go-juice high will be wasted.

Stats

Assuming a healthy, but otherwise unaugmented pawn, the bonuses from consuming go-juice translates to:

Drug dependency

The Go-juice dependency gene,Content added by the Biotech DLC found in hussars, completely removes the chance of normal addiction and overdose. But at 5 days without the drug, the pawn will incur severe penalties. At the least, dependency is less severe than actual addiction or withdrawal.

Each dose of go-juice requires Neutroamine 2 Neutroamine, Yayo 1 Yayo to create. A stack of 50 neutroamine, worth Silver 300 before Trade Price Improvement and difficulty, can last a single pawn for 125 days, or just over 2 years. With 0 Social skill in Losing is Fun, this price increases to Silver 504. In practice, this supply will end up being somewhat shorter if you want to use go-juice for combat or work purposes. Meanwhile, psychoid/yayo can be grown inside your colony. A drug-dependent pawn will survive for up to 60 days without the drug, usually more than enough time to form a caravan or find an orbital trader.

Overall, go-juice dependency is very affordable; you'll just need Go-juice production and Psychite refining researched, and some form of trade. In exchange, a dependent pawn can get all the benefit of go-juice at any time, with 0% chance of any health problems whatsoever.

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Version history

  • 0.15.1279 - Added.
  • 1.1.2647 - Rebalanced. Addiction risk and effects reduced, safe dose interval removed. Now instantly gives psyfocusContent added by the Royalty DLC when taken by psycasters.

References

  1. Rejected bug report: "[1.2.2753] Wake-up and go-juice do not cause tolerance". Unused tolerance effects: "A built-up tolerance to go-juice. The more severe this tolerance is, the more go-juice it takes to get the same effect." Starting at 45% tolerance the pawn could get moderate chemical damage in the brain reducing part efficiency by 50%, impairing the pawn in all jobs from combat to daily work. The chemical damage would be applied in a curve with the following points: a) At 45% tolerance on average every 99999 days. b) At 50% tolerance on average every 120 days. c) At 100% tolerance on average every 90 days. All values in between are calculated with linear interpolation. The go-juice tolerance would decrease by 1.5% per day.