Sickness, Disease and Infection

Players may find that they get a message stating that they feel ill or that they are fighting an infection. Disease and infection may result in lowered Fitness level, and if untreated, lower Stats permanently.

Sickness and Disease
Sickness can randomly occur throughout the lands based partly on weather conditions, fitness level, and your infection status. Sickness can also be triggered by eating more than 2 fullness points worth of food per day. Sorcerers also have the ability to cast disease onto Town Hall or the Temple if they have mastered the skill Disarm. This has a random chance to cause disease to those who defend. In addition, those who have a disease have a chance of spreading it when working jobs or attending mass.

You can use any of the following to get rid of sickness/disease:
 * Use a Blessed cloth (Get Via Town Market)
 * Laying of Hands Request (Town > Temple > Temple Request)
 * Drinking of Mint tea (Get via taverns from others or select "Buy a Drink for Yourself")
 * Using Aloe leaves (Get via foraging or markets)

Sickness Levels

 * Feeling Immune: Have some immunity to sickness
 * Healthy: No Sickness
 * Slight Cold: 1 to 3 Sickness Points
 * Under the weather: 4 to 9 Sickness Points
 * Very Sick: 10+ Sickness Points

Infection
Infections can randomly occur from battles or duels. These may decrease over time, but are aided by the following:


 * Blessed cloth - (Requires a mastery of [Purity of Spirit] and a cloth made by a weaver)
 * Laying of Hands Request completed via your local Temple (Cost: 2 Faith Points)
 * Using a Bandage (Made by Weavers)

General Advice for New Players
It is recommended for new players to complete the Caravan quest "Attend Mass", as it awards a Blessed Cloth, which reduces the chances of infection when a player "stuffs" themselves for 3 fullness points for the purposes of stat gain. The Blessed Cloth takes effect when kept in a player's inventory.

When a player becomes sick, it is recommended to first seek a "Laying of Hands" from the town's church, and wait the next day for the Priest to grant the request. However, if the request is not being granted after two days, it is recommended to heal oneself immediately using Aloe because of stat-loss penalty. It is always tempting to sell the Blessed Cloth on the Market, however, it is advisable to keep it as they can be rare and hard to find, and because of their benefit.

Indicators
: Indicates Infection