SURVIVOR HEALTH · DAYZ

Cholera

Cholera causes vomiting and additional water loss as the CHOLERA agent load increases.

Effects in DayZ

Vomiting can remove energy and water. The modifier also drains water continuously according to agent load and can temporarily affect stamina.

Tetracycline attacks agents through the antibiotic modifier. The cholera agent has zero antibiotic resistance in the reviewed code.

Prevent further exposure; purifying a container does not remove agents already inside the survivor.

Food Poison, Salmonella and Cholera are different agents. Drug lifetime is not a guaranteed recovery time.

Open an item for its uses, effects and limitations.

Game-script references

Reviewed from the local DayZ scripts on 26 October 2026. These references describe the game mechanics, not a measured infection probability.

CholeraMdfr — scripts/4_world/classes/playermodifiers/modifiers/diseases/cholera.c
choleraagent — scripts/4_world/classes/transmissionagents/agents/choleraagent.c