Fallout 76 diseases

 

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	For an overview of diseases and viruses, see diseases and viruses.

	For the condition that lists mutations, see mutations.

“Each Disease has unique penalties. Use Disease Cures, Antibiotics, or wait until the Disease expires on its own.”— In-game notification

Diseases are a type of condition in Fallout 76.

Causes and effects

When the player character consumes unclean food and liquid, there is a chance of acquiring a disease. Being attacked by diseased creatures and sleeping on floor mattresses can also cause disease. Eating uncooked meat and drinking dirty water has the highest risks for disease.

Diseases cause a variety of effects including increased damage and needs, such as hunger. As of patch 1.2.1.18, the player character must be level 15 or higher to acquire a disease.

Prevention

Diseases can be avoided by cooking food, eating pre-War packaged food and drinking boiled or purified water. Sleeping on raised mattresses and avoiding physical contact with diseased creatures will also avoid disease.

They may also be avoided by maintaining a character's food and water needs, as each increases the resistance of disease by 25%, or by 35% with the perk Rejuvenated. Taking antibiotics or consuming certain food and drink also temporarily increases disease resistance, but using RadAway will temporarily reduce disease resistance by 50%. The perks Iron Stomach and Thirst Quencher greatly reduce the chance of disease from consumed food and liquid, respectively, while the perk Vaccinated protects against diseased creatures.

Treatment

Diseases are time-limited and will expire. They can be cured prior to their expiration with disease cures or antibiotics. Alternatively, drinking from a sulfur water fountain, such as the one located at a white gazebo near the Whitespring golf club, will cure a disease. If the player character has the Plague Walker mutation, the disease will no longer expire over time.

Intentional diseases

Intentionally catching diseases is useful with the Plague Walker mutation or attempting to complete the challenge for acquiring all diseases. Similar to mutations, diseases have a 30-minute cooldown for catching another disease or 45 minutes for the same disease. Leaving the server resets this cooldown so that another disease can immediately be obtained upon joining a different server.

The challenge for acquiring all diseases is bugged and does not register Sludge Lung, whether it is acquired by breathing in the toxic air in the Ash Heap or acquired from a diseased Wendigo.

List of diseases

A player character can be infected with these diseases:

Disease	Effect(s)	Duration	Base ID	Cause
The Blight	-1 to all S.P.E.C.I.A.L stats	30 min	004c6b3e	Inflicted by a diseased Scorchbeast, Grafton monster, mega sloth or mirelurk queen.
Blood worms	Take 25% more damage	15 min	003df043	Inflicted by a diseased radroach.
Bone worms	Take 50% more limb damage	15 min	00008881	Inflicted by a diseased mole rat or radrat, or stepping on traps such as a punji board.
Buzz brain	INT -2	60 min	004c6b34	Inflicted by a diseased ant.
Dysentery	Periodic water loss	15 min	00284956 0028495a	Eat raw carrots, spoiled meat, swim in toxic water.
Fever claw	-25% Damage with Ranged Weapons	15 min	004c6b48	Inflicted by a diseased mirelurk hunter.
Flap limb	STR -2	60 min	004c6b1f	Inflicted by a diseased mirelurk.
Glowing pustules	Bleed radiation from wounds when hit	15 min	004b0095 004b0096	Inflicted by a diseased glowing one or radstag.
Heat flashes	END -2	45 min	004c6b2a	Inflicted by a diseased honey beast.
Jelly fingers	+50% Ranged VATS AP Cost	15 min	003c75c4	Inflicted by a diseased stingwing.
Lock joint	Melee AP cost +50%	15 min	003c75be	Inflicted by a diseased wolf.
Needle spine	-10 Carry Capacity	15 min	003c75b8	Inflicted by a diseased angler.
Parasites	Periodic food loss	15 min	00112e6d	Inflicted by a diseased tick or bloodbug, swimming in water, eating raw mutfruit, drinking cream.
Rad worms	Take 50% more radiation damage.	15 min	003df041	Inflicted by any feral ghoul or a diseased mutant hound.
Rattle hands	-25% damage with ranged weapons	45 min	004c6b4f	Inflicted by a diseased mirelurk king.
Shell shock	Action Point drain from wounds	45 min	004b009c	Inflicted by a diseased mongrel or deathclaw.
Sludge lung	Max AP -50, AP regen -50	60 min	0018ef92	Inflicted by a diseased wendigo, or exposure to toxic air without wearing a gas mask, assault gas mask or spacesuit helmet.
Snot ear	PER -2	15 min	004c6b25	Inflicted by a diseased snallygaster or gulper.
Swamp gas	CHR -2	15 min	004c6b2f	Inflicted by a diseased bloatfly.
Swamp itch	AGI -2	15 min	003cd03b	Sleep in a sleeping bag/mattress on the ground.
Weeping sores	Bleed from wounds	45 min	003df045 004a4a59	Inflicted by diseased radscorpions or yao guai.
The Woopsies	LCK -2	15 min	004c6b39	Inflicted by a diseased mirelurk spawn.
Scorched Plague	Take 5% more damage from Scorched enemies	? min	004c6b39	Player is immune to acquiring it if they have completed An Ounce of Prevention.