For example, cooking with s p i n e f r u i t j a m can grant Quills, which temporarily equips Quills to the body and will remove any fungal infection from that slot.Cooking a recipe that temporarily grants a mutation which equips a natural weapon into the infection's body slot.In addition to completing the cure described in the Corpus Choliys, a creature may also lose a fungal infection by: The mixture must be put into a spray bottle and applied to the infection.Īdditional Methods of Losing an Infection The liquid required by the cure will always be a 1:1 mixture of g e l and one of the following randomly chosen liquids. If you go deeper than strata 5 underground, they are found only in low-tier cave areas, such as the south-western parts of the world map where the player begins the game. Even in these areas they have a very low spawn rate. This is a self-replicating "breeder" creature that will multiply into a larger group.Ī rare solitary creature most commonly found in levels 1-5 underground beneath non- ruins biomes (such as hills, mountains, salt marshes, flower fields, salt dunes, jungles, and banana groves). This is a self-replicating "breeder" creature that will multiply into a larger group.įound in mid- to high-tier ruins and in the Tomb of the Eaters. Very common in surface and underground zones near Grit Gate.
Also found in similar low-tier underground areas.Ĭommonly found in hills, jungles, ruins, and the Rust Wells. The worm-like creatures required to initiate the cure will always be one of the following: CreatureĪ somewhat uncommon creature found in the ruins and jungles biomes or underground. This step must be completed within 100 turns of consuming the corpse.Īll possible creatures have a 100% corpse drop rate.Spray a mixture of g e l and one other random liquid onto the infection.Eat a raw corpse of a random worm-like creature.The fungal infection cure recipe is randomized for each playthrough, but will always have the same general structure. The C o r p u s C h o l i y s contains the cure to many known diseases and infections in Qud, including fungal infections.
For details, refer to the itchy skin page.įungal spores can also be expelled by any creature that hosts a f i c k l e g i l l infection, and those spores may in turn infect other creatures.įor a player-focused guide about how to gain and cure fungal infections, refer to Fungal Infections/Guide.
ĭrinking h o n e y or eating y u c k w h e a t s t e ms does not help in fighting off itchy skin, but certain cooking effects can give temporary immunity to itchy skin or remove an existing itchy skin effect.
Any creature or player that is in the same tile as fungal spores must make a toughness save each turn (difficulty 10) or become afflicted with itchy skin, which eventually leads to the fungal infection after 2-3 days. The spores act similar to a gas, and will generally linger in the air for around 60-100 turns. When a creature who is not Friendly with the Fungi faction (for players, having less than 250 reputation) enters any of the 8 tiles surrounding a brooding puff, the puff will spew its infectious spores into the air. This is removed when the infection is cured.įungal infections are obtained by contact with fungal spores. w a x f l a b - +10 Electrical resistance, -5 Heat resistanceĪll infections also grant + 200 reputation with Fungi and -200 reputation with the Consortium of Phyta.mumbl e m outh - 5% chance of revealing secrets upon entering a new zone.g l o w c r u s t - +10 Cold resist, grow l u m i n o u s hoarshrooms occasionally.f i c k l e g i l l - Emits a cloud of fickle gill spores in response to damage.Each infection is spread by a particular color of brooding puff, but the association between puff and infection is randomly determined for each playthrough, so there is no easy way to know ahead of time which type of infection one will get from a particular brooding puff. 4 Additional Methods of Losing an Infectionįungal infections are spread by the spores of the b r o o d i n g a z u r e p u f f, b r o o d i n g g o l d p u f f, b r o o d i n g j a d e p u f f, and b r o o d i n g r o s e p u f f.