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Infection
Fallout 4 Disease

Infection
disease

Periodic damage: -10 Health every 90 seconds while above 20 Health

Disease
Survival mode only, 4 hours of game time.

Infection is a Survival mode disease in Fallout 4: periodic damage. Untreated, it runs for about 4 hours of game time. Any of 20 raw and risky foods can roll it on eating, and which disease you catch is random. It is cured by Herbal Antimicrobial and Herbal Tincture Tea, or by Antibiotics, which clears any disease.

Used in Builds

Open the character build planner in Survival mode with this disease active and see what it costs your build while it runs.

Create a build with Infection

Caused by

High risk food (20)
Agile Sludgepak
Action Point regeneration increases with your current radiation level for 12 minutes. · AP Regen: +5 (12m)
Chem
Ant Meat
Raw Meat
Bloodbug Meat
Raw Meat
Bloodworm Meat
Raw Meat
Cave Cricket Gland
Raw Meat
Cave Cricket Meat
Raw Meat
Durable Sludgepak
Damage Resistance increases with your current radiation level for 12 minutes.
Chem
Ghoul Meat
Raw Meat
Glowing Blood Pack
+75 Rad Resist for 10 minutes.
Chem
Irradiated Blood
Chem
Moldy Food
Other
Mole Rat Meat
Raw Meat
Mutant Hound Meat
Raw Meat
Potted Meat
Raw Meat
Rad-Rat Meat
Raw Meat
Radroach Meat
Raw Meat
Raw Sap
Other
Resilient Sludge Cocktail
-150 Rad Resist and +75 Max Health for 12 minutes
Chem
Stingwing Meat
Raw Meat
Strong Sludge Cocktail
Strength increases with your current radiation level for 12 minutes.
Chem
Risky food (37)
Angler Meat
Raw Meat
Bloatfly Meat
Raw Meat
Blood Pack
Chem
Brahmin Meat
Raw Meat
Cat Meat
Raw Meat
Cave Fungus
Raw Meat
Chicken Thigh
Raw Meat
Deathclaw Egg
Raw Meat
Deathclaw Meat
Raw Meat
Dirty Water
Drink
Flying Ant Meat
Raw Meat
Gatorclaw Meat
Raw Meat
Gazelle Meat
Raw Meat
Ghoulrilla Meat
Raw Meat
Gulper Innards
Raw Meat
Hermit Crab Meat
Endurance: +1 (1h)
Raw Meat
Iguana Bits
Raw Meat
Mirelurk Egg
Other
Mirelurk Meat
Raw Meat
Mongrel Dog Meat
Raw Meat
Mystery Bacon
Raw Meat
Mystery Jerky
Raw Meat
Nukalurk Meat
Raw Meat
Quantum Radstag Meat
Raw Meat
Queen Mirelurk Meat
Endurance: +1 (1h)
Raw Meat
Queen Nukalurk Meat
Endurance: +2 (1h)
Raw Meat
Rabbit Leg
Raw Meat
Radscorpion Egg
Raw Meat
Radscorpion Meat
Raw Meat
Radstag Meat
Raw Meat
Raw Fog Crawler Meat
Raw Meat
Softshell Mirelurk Meat
Raw Meat
Squirrel Bits
Raw Meat
Synthetic Gorilla Meat
Raw Meat
The Captain's Feast
+10% XP for 2 hours
Raw Meat
Wolf Meat
Raw Meat
Yao Guai Meat
Raw Meat

Cured by

Consumables (3)
Antibiotics

Cures sickness.

0.1
Herbal Antimicrobial

Improves resistance to Infection & Parasites.

0.5
Herbal Tincture Tea

Improves resistance to Infection & Parasites, Insomnia & Weakness, Fatigue & Lethargy for 30 minutes.

+1%
cc
1

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