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Survival: Fountain of Youthstrives to replicate what it would be like for someone to be stranded alone on an inhospitable island with unfamiliar terrain, hostile wildlife, and a plethora of secrets.
One of the ways the game achieves this is by incorporating diseases and injuries as core aspects of the gameplay. Everything fromcrafting in the safety of your own baseto simply walking in the jungle to fighting animals can quickly turn into something much worse due to the cascading effects of a disease or an injury. Here is how to find a cure if it happens.
What Causes Diseases & Injuries
Diseases are caused as a result of the environmenta player is in - like bad weather, getting bitten by the wildlife like a Mosquito or a Scorpion, oreating bad foodlike rotten or uncooked meat.
Injuries are caused by undertaking a difficult task requiringmanual effort, like cutting down trees, setting up fires,mining stones, or even building a house. Anything that would carry a risk of injury in real life also carries that same risk in the game.
Chance of Injuryis the metric to pay attention to before carrying out any task. Visible on the right side of the screen during crafting, this stat shows how likely it is that performing that task will result in an injury. This chance can be reduced by keeping out of the dark, being at full health, and having full food, water, energy, and health bars.
The Chance of Injury is dictated by thedifficulty level of the run. In Very Easy, for example, it is almost impossible for anything to result in an injury, but in Hard mode, it is very common.
There are two ways to cure diseases and injuries:
Stomach ache > Mild indigestion > Diarrhea > Food Poisoning
1x Chamomile Flower; 1x Wide Leaf
Wounds
Minor Cut > Normal Wound > Severe Wound > Infected Wound
Clay and Egg Ointment
Crushed Sage
1x Sage Flower; 1x Wide Leaf
Players can check all current diseases, injuries, debuffs, or buffs on their character by clicking on ‘Status’ in the top left of the pause screen.
How to Prevent Diseases and Injuries
Protective equipment, like clothes, ointments, or certain potions, can give players either outright immunity or percentage resistance to negative conditions like injuries and diseases.
As players progress the game and unlock new recipes for wearable items, they’ll be able to craft clothes that give them anywhere from5% to 100% resistanceto certain conditions (100% means outright immunity).
In the early game, the best item for this can actually beobtained from the tutorial chest. It is theNavy Coat, and it provides immunity to Sun, Wind, and Rain effects, 25 resistance from rain effects, and minor resistance against wounds and poisoning. Crafting more items of a similar tier will allow players to gain true protection against all diseases and injuries.
Players can also lower the Chance of Injury by keeping themselves in excellent conditionwith plenty of light sources around them and adequate shelter to stave off the elements. Cutting down a log while low on food, water, or energy results in a higher Chance of Injury than if those needs are taken care of.
