Buff

There are several buffs and debuffs the player character may experience.

Buffs

• Reduce Temperature is applied when the player uses the Shower when having the Too Hot status.
• Stamina Recovery is acquired when the player interacts with most Furnishings. It heavily increases the player's stamina base regeneration over time and lasts about one minute. Furnishings can be found in some POIs. They provide a good way of recovering stamina while exploring.

Debuffs

Debuffs (known as "Afflictions" in the Empyriopedia), including some diseases, are negative status effects that inflict damage to the player character. These can be caused by the environment (e.g. temperature, radiation or falling) or by combat (e.g. creature bite or gunshot wound). There are 31 known debuffs that can be grouped into 7 categories, and about 3-4 tiers of severity. Early tiers of debuffs, if untreated, usually progress to later tiers of debuffs with greater severity and lethality. (More info: 1 2)

Medicines are able to remove debuffs / cure diseases, depending on type. Based on the in-game guide Empyripedia: Doctors Journal, ointments are generally used to treat Tier 1 (surface-level) debuffs, pills for Tier 2 (illnesses), and injections for Tier 3/4 (serious illnesses). Other methods of debuff removal include use of Medikits, Medical Devices and some types of furniture, and consuming certain types of foods.

Categories

The debuffs are grouped in colors.

• Red debuffs are environmental- and wound-based
• Yellow debuffs are infection-based.
• Blue debuffs are toxin-based
• Magenta debuffs are disease-based.

Category	Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3+
Temperature	Too Hot (>35 °C)	Heat Stroke (>45 °C)	Heat Collapse (>55 °C)
	Too Cold (<15 °C)	Hypothermia (<10 °C)	Freezing (<5 °C)
Antibiotics	Open Wound	Infected Wound	Sepsis
	Dermal Burn	Infected Wound	Sepsis
	Frostbite	Necrosis	Intoxication
Antitoxic	Poison Bite	Intoxication	Organ Failure
	Indigestion	Food Poisoning	Fever Attack / Organ Failure
Bones	Broken Leg	-	Mutilation
	Closed Fracture	Open Fracture	Mutilation
Parasites	Dermal Parasite	Endo Parasite	Alien Parasite
Radiation	Radiation Burn (>1 Rad)	Radiation Poisoning	Radiation Sickness (>4 Rad)
Hangover	Hangover	Bad Trip

Full list

Debuff	Type	Caused by	Effects				Progresses to	Cure
Too Cold	Temperature Cold (T1)	In-suit <15 °C						Going to sleep Take a shower Enter a powered base or vessel Use the mobile aircon Consume Hot Beverage and most other prepared foodstuffs
Hypothermia	Temperature Cold (T2)	In-suit <10 °C		?
Freezing	Temperature Cold (T3)	In-suit <5 °C		?			Death
Too Hot	Temperature Hot (T1)	In-suit >35 °C						Going to sleep Take a shower Enter a powered base or vessel Use the mobile aircon Consume Purified Water, Milk, Fruit or various Juices
Heat Stroke	Temperature Hot (T2)	In-suit >45 °C					Fever Attack
Heat Collapse	Temperature Hot (T3)	In-suit >55 °C					Death
Radiation Burn	Radiation (T1)	In-suit >1 Rad					Infected Wound	Take a shower Use Anti Radiation Ointment (T1 only), Anti Radiation Pills (T1-T2 only), Anti Radiation Injection, Decontamination Kit Use Medical Station Type 4
Radiation Poisoning	Radiation (T2)	In-suit >2.5? Rad					Death
Radiation Sickness	Radiation (T3)	In-suit >4 Rad					Organ Failure Open Wound Death
No Oxygen	Oxygen	Oxygen Bar =0					Death	Replenish oxygen at O2 Station Consume Emergency O2
Hungry	Hunger (T1)	Food Bar <50					Starving	Consume any food or drink
Starving	Hunger (T2)	Food Bar =0					Death
Stunned	Movement	Creature attack					Wears off after 5s	Use Energy Pills, Adrenaline Shot Give priority to other more urgent debuffs
Dermal Burn	Wound (T1)	Creature attack?					Infected Wound	Use Bandages, Antibiotic Ointment, First Aid Kit Use Medical Station Type 2
Open Wound	Wound (T1)	Creature bite Open Fracture Dermal Parasite Radiation Sickness					Infected Wound	Use Bandages, First Aid Kit Use Medical Station Type 2
Closed Fracture	Wound (T2)	Creature melee attack Falling (Healed) Open Fracture	(Regen)				Necrosis	Use Bandages (?), First Aid Kit Use Medical Station Type 3
Open Fracture	Wound (T2)	Creature melee attack Falling	(Regen)				Necrosis	Use Bandages, First Aid Kit (mitigation, to Closed Fracture; may lead to Open Wound) Use Medical Station Type 3
Mutilation	Wound (T3)	Creature melee attack Necrosis	(Regen)					Use First Aid Kit Use Medical Station Type 3
Hangover	Disease (T1)	Alcohol consumption Bad Trip Fever Attack					Wears off after ?s	Use First Aid Kit, Painkillers
Indigestion	Disease (T1)	(Cured) Food Poisoning	?				Wears off after ?s	Use Painkillers Use Medical Station Type 1
Food Poisoning	Disease (T2)	Probability from eating (Mushrooms, Meat, Berries) & Antibiotic Pills		?			Intoxication	Use First Aid Kit Use Medical Station Type 1
Fever Attack	Disease (T2)	Alien Parasite Sepsis Heat Stroke					Hangover
Frostbite	Disease (T2)	Creature melee attack Freezing					Necrosis
Organ Failure	Disease (T3)	Intoxication Poisonous Bite 2 Radiation Sickness					Death
Necrosis	Disease (T3)	Closed Fracture Open Fracture Frostbite	(Regen)				Mutilation	Use First Aid Kit, Antibiotic Ointment?? Use Medical Station Type 2
Dermal Parasite	Infection (T1)	Creature attack/bite	(Regen)				Open Wound Death	Use Antitoxic Ointment(Dermal?? only), Antibiotic Pills, Anti Parasite Pills, Antibiotic Injection, Anti Parasite Injection, Detox Kit, Decontamination Kit Use Medical Station Type 4
Endo Parasite (Stage 1)	Infection (T1)	Creature attack/bite					Endo Parasite (Stage 2)
Infected Wound	Infection (T2)	Creature attack/bite Dermal Burn Open Wound	(Regen)				Sepsis	Use Antibiotic Injection, Detox Kit Use Medical Station Type 2
Endo Parasite (Stage 2)	Infection (T2)	Endo Parasite (Stage 1)					Endo Parasite (Stage 3)	Use Anti Parasite Pills, Antibiotic Injection, Anti Parasite Injection, Detox Kit, Decontamination Kit Use Medical Station Type 4
Sepsis	Infection (T3)	Infected Wound	(incl. Regen)				Fever Attack Death	Use Detox Kit Use Medical Station Type 2
Endo Parasite (Stage 3)	Infection (T3)	Endo Parasite (Stage 2)					Endo Parasite (Stage 2) Stunned	Use Anti Parasite Injection, Detox Kit, Decontamination Kit Use Medical Station Type 4
Bad Trip	Toxin (T1)	Probability from consuming Mushrooms, Natural Stimulant, Energy Pills, Radiation Immunity Shot					Hangover	Use Antitoxic Pills, Antitoxic Injection, First Aid Kit, Decontamination Kit
Poisonous Bite (Stage 1)	Toxin (T1)	Creature attack/bite					Poisonous Bite (Stage 2)	Use Antitoxic Ointment, Antitoxic Pills (T1 only), Antitoxic Injection, Detox Kit, Adrenaline Shot Use Medical Station Type 1
Poisonous Bite (Stage 2)	Toxin (T2)	Poisonous Bite (Stage 1)					Stunned (when curing) Organ Failure
Intoxication	Toxin (T2)	Food Poisoning					Organ Failure	Use Antitoxic Injection, Detox Kit Use Medical Station Type 1
Alien Parasite	Toxin (T3)	Creature attack/bite	(Up)		(Up)	(Up)	Fever Attack (when curing) Death	Use Anti Parasite Injection, Detox Kit, Decontamination Kit