7 Days to Die Medicine & Status Effects

Infection: stages and cure

Infection runs on a meter from 0 to 100%. A critical hit can start it, and the game warns that further zombie or animal hits make it worse. It climbs at the world's Infection Rate setting (0 switches infection off) and kills at 100%. Cure items fill a separate cure meter while you keep taking them — “You have taken antibiotic medicine which will reduce infection that you may be suffering. You can stack antibiotic medicines to increase duration.”

What cures infection

• Antibiotics25% cure per use
• Herbal Antibiotics10% cure per use
• Jar of Honey5% cure per use
• Honey Glazed Sham5% cure per use
• Honey Brisket5% cure per use
• Honey Tea5% cure per use

Cure percentages are each item's own value; the in-game tooltip shows the same number as “Cure Infection”. Doses stack.

Immunity: Fortitude Mastery rank 2 (Antibodies) — “Consuming items that cure infection or after recovering from an infection will give you 2 real world hours of infection immunity.” The immunity buff lasts 120 min 8 s.

Dysentery

“You feel sick to your stomach and have diarrhea. Goldenrod tea may help. Diarrhea periodically reduces Water 7.5% Food 2.5% All water and food consumed beyond the regular cap is lost over time.”

• Caught from Old Sham Sandwich, Raw Meat, Rotting Flesh and Murky Water — 12% chance per use. Cook meat and boil water to avoid it.
• Each case adds 18 min, up to 1 h. It counts down by itself and twice as fast while a cure is active.
• Cures: Pure Mineral Water (cure 20%), Goldenrod Tea (cure 20%), Honey Tea (cure 20%).

Injuries and what treats them

Status	What the game says	Treated by
Bleeding	You are bleeding. Use a bandage, first aid bandage or first aid kit to stop the bleeding.	Bandage, First Aid Bandage, First Aid Kit, Sewing Kit
Abrasion	Bumps and bruises are the most common type of injury and heal over time. Perks or medical items like Aloe Cream, First Aid Bandages or First Aid Kits increase the healing speed.	Aloe Cream (treats → Treated Abrasion), First Aid Bandage (treats → Treated Abrasion), First Aid Kit (treats → Treated Abrasion)
Deep Laceration	A deep laceration can only be properly treated with a First Aid Kit or Sewing Kit but a simple bandage will stop the bleeding. Critical Hit Resistance against Bleeding: -15%	First Aid Kit, Sewing Kit
Sprained Leg	Your leg is sprained and slowing you down. This will take some time to heal. Jumping or sprinting will delay healing or even hurt you. Further critical hits may result in a broken leg. Use a splint or cast to speed up recovery.	Splint (treats → Splinted Leg), Plaster Cast (treats → Plaster Cast (Leg))
Broken Leg	Your broken leg is slowing you down. A splint or cast will speed up healing. Jumping or sprinting will delay healing or even hurt you.	Splint (treats → Splinted Leg), Plaster Cast (treats → Plaster Cast (Leg))
Sprained Arm	Your arm is sprained, slowing your weapon handling, reload and swing speeds. This will take some time to heal. Ranged or power attacks will delay healing or even hurt you. Further critical hits may result in a broken arm. Use a splint or cast to speed up recovery.	Splint (treats → Splinted Arm), Plaster Cast (treats → Plaster Cast (Arm))
Broken Arm	Your arm is broken, slowing your weapon handling, reload speed and swing speeds. A splint or cast will speed up healing. Ranged or power attacks will delay healing or even hurt you.	Splint (treats → Splinted Arm), Plaster Cast (treats → Plaster Cast (Arm))
Concussion	You have suffered a concussion and all attributes are lowered by 1. Use painkillers to cure this.	Painkillers
Stunned4 s	You are stunned	—
Fatigued	You are fatigued and take 10% more damage from all attacks. Eat vitamins to cure this.	Vitamins (ends while Vitamins is active)
Internal Bleeding1 min	You are bleeding internally. Better hope you find an emergency room in time.	—
Treated Abrasion	You have treated your abrasions and they are now healing faster.	—
Splinted Leg	Your leg is splinted and needs time to heal. Jumping or sprinting will delay healing or even hurt you. Further critical hits may result in a broken leg.	Plaster Cast (treats → Plaster Cast (Leg))
Plaster Cast (Leg)	Your leg is in a cast and will now heal faster. Jumping or sprinting will delay healing or even hurt you. Further critical hits may result in a broken leg.	—
Splinted Arm	Your arm is splinted, slowing your weapon handling, reload and swing speeds. This will take some time to heal. Ranged or power attacks will delay healing or even hurt you. Further critical hits may result in a broken arm.	Plaster Cast (treats → Plaster Cast (Arm))
Plaster Cast (Arm)	Your arm is in a cast, slowing your weapon handling, reload and swing speeds. This will take some time to heal. Ranged or power attacks will delay healing or even hurt you. Further critical hits may result in a broken arm.	—

The Physician perk makes medical healing items heal more, and its ranks let splints and casts cure sprains — and casts broken limbs — instantly.

Medical items

Aloe CreamHealth 5 · Abrasion Healing Speed 200%Craft · loot · tradersBandageStop Bleeding 100%Craft · loot · tradersFirst Aid BandageHealth 30 · Abrasion Healing Speed 300% · Stop Bleeding 100%Medical skill 5 · loot · tradersFirst Aid KitHealth 180 · Abrasion Healing Speed 400% · Stop Bleeding 100% · Suture Laceration 100%Medical skill 50 · loot · tradersSplintHeals a sprained or broken limb, but does not protect against further injury. Use the secondary action to treat another player.Craft · loot · tradersPlaster CastHeals a sprained or broken limbs faster than a splint, but does not protect against further injury. Use the secondary action to treat another player.Medical skill 20 · lootVitaminsDisease Resist 100% · Cure Fatigue 100%loot · tradersPainkillersHealth 40 · Stun Resist 100% · Cure Concussion 100% · Water -40loot · tradersHerbal AntibioticsCure Infection 10%Medical skill 30 · lootAntibioticsCure Infection 25%Medical skill 60 · loot · tradersSteroidsCarrying Capacity +50 · Run Speed +10% · Water -30Medical skill 75 · loot · tradersRecogRanged Damage +50% · Water -30Medical skill 40 · loot · tradersFort BitesDamage Mitigation +40% · Water -20Medical skill 10 · loot · traders

Medical crafting skill

8 medical recipes unlock on the Medical crafting skill, raised by reading Medical Journal magazines: First Aid Bandage (5), Fort Bites (10), Plaster Cast (20), Herbal Antibiotics (30), Recog (40), First Aid Kit (50), Antibiotics (60), Steroids (75).

Buff candy

Loot and trader items: each gives one timed effect and a little Food.

Candy	Effect	Lasts
Atom Junkies	Explosion Damage +50% · Explosion Block Damage +50%Atom sized candy and atomic sized power! Increases the damage of explosives.	6 min
Covert Cats	Sneak Damage +50%Be a cool cat and have it made in the shade with Covert Cats. Increases sneak attack damage.	6 min
Eye Candy	Loot Bonus +5 · Loot Bonus +10%Find that sparkling treasure easier with a drop of Eye Candy. Increases loot quality.	6 min
Hackers	Salvage Harvest +20%These tasty treats increase the amount of resources that you harvest with salvage tools.	6 min
Health Bar	Max Health Bonus +10 · Armor Crit Resist +25% · Natural Crit Healing 200%Delicious low carb bar made from all natural synthetics! Increases your max health as well as your resistance to critical injuries and the speed at which they heal naturally.	6 min
Jail Breakers	Lockpicking Success 100%Be the daddy to that stubborn lock. Lockpicking is always successful.	6 min
Nerd Tats	Shock AOE Radius (m) 1.20Channel your inner nerd powers! Stun batons shock nearby enemies on charged hits.	6 min
Oh Shitz Drops	Fall Damage -100%Be prepared for those Oh Shitz moments! Fall damage immunity.	6 min
Rock Busters	Mining Harvest +20%Jawbreakers got nuthin' on us! Increase the amount of wood, ore and stone that you harvest with mining tools.	6 min
Skull Crushers	Melee Damage +50%Rock hard candy for a rock hard punch. Increases melee damage.	6 min
Sugar Butts	Bartering +10%If if's and butts were candy and nuts, every day would be Christmas! Well, now it can be with one tasty Sugar Butts Candy. Improves barter prices.	6 min

Crafting-only: Blood Bag — “Use blood bags to craft first aid kits.”

Hunger, thirst, temperature and other states

These end when their cause does — eat and drink (the food page ranks what restores most), warm up, cool down, leave the radiation.

Hungry

You are hungry.

Very Hungry

You are very hungry. Starvation will kill you eventually.

Starving

You are dying of starvation. You need to find something to eat.

Thirsty

You are thirsty. Drink water to increase the rate at which your health and stamina recover.

Dehydrated

You are dehydrated. Dehydration will kill you eventually. Health and stamina are recovering slower.

Severely Dehydrated

You are dying of dehydration! Find something to drink! Health and stamina are recovering slower.

Hot

You are hot. Find clothing or take shelter. When you're hot you will get thirsty faster.

Sweltering

You are sweltering. Find clothing or take shelter. When you're sweltering you will get thirsty faster.

Cold

You are cold. Find clothing, take shelter, equip a torch or build a campfire. When you are cold you will burn more calories.

Freezing

You are freezing. Find clothing, take shelter, equip a torch or build a campfire. When you're freezing you will burn more calories.

Wetness

You are wet which will make you colder. This may or may not be a good thing.

Mild Radiation

You're near a mild radiation source. Back away to avoid taking further damage.

Deadly Radiation

You have entered a Deadly Radiation zone!

Burning

You are on fire. Standing in water or being out in the rain has a chance to douse fire. You can also use any drink to extinguish the fire.

Near Death Trauma

Your minor setback has created some experience debt. Gain experience to work off the debt. Try not to almost-die for a while. That would be great.