SURVIVOR HEALTH
Diseases & conditions in DayZ
Understand infections, poisoning, and environmental conditions: symptoms, relevant medical items and the limits of each treatment.
Food & water
Food poisoning
Food poisoning is a separate agent from Salmonella in DayZ. It can cause vomiting, energy and water loss, and temporary exhaustion.
Read the guide ↗Salmonellosis
Salmonella is a foodborne agent in DayZ that causes vomiting and pain, with losses of energy and water. It is distinct from the Food Poison agent.
Read the guide ↗Cholera
Cholera causes vomiting and additional water loss as the CHOLERA agent load increases.
Read the guide ↗Respiratory infections
Other infections
Wounds & blood
Poisoning & exposure
Gas poisoning
Chemical contamination is driven by CHEMICAL_POISON and progresses through three contamination modifiers.
Read the guide ↗Heavy-metal poisoning
Heavy-metal poisoning uses HEAVYMETAL and has three severity phases.
Read the guide ↗Toxicity
The toxicity condition uses the survivor toxicity stat and can trigger vomiting.
Read the guide ↗Dust & heat
Silicosis
Silicosis is the SILICOSIS-agent condition caused by dust exposure in the game.
Read the guide ↗Eye irritation
Eye irritation is driven by EYES_IRRITATION and produces a visual impairment effect.
Read the guide ↗Heatstroke
Heatstroke is a four-phase condition controlled by survivor thermal bias.
Read the guide ↗