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Stats that are as important as the [[stats|default ones]] but are hidden for gameplay reasons.
Stats that are as important as the [[stats|default ones]] but are hidden for gameplay reasons.


The exact values aren't usually shown to the player, but their global effects on the character are displayed when needed (Thirsty, Tired, etc).
The exact values aren't usually shown to the player, but their global effects on the character are displayed when needed (Thirsty, Tired, etc).


== Hunger ==
== Various important stats ==
Default value: 0 | Min value: -- | Max value: 6000
=== [[Hunger]] ===
* Represents your stomach fullness. May indicate your status when malnourished.
=== [[Thirst]] ===
* Represents your hydration level.
=== [[Stored Calories]] ===
* Represents calories stored in body fat. Default value (healthy calories) = 55000 kcal
=== [[Stamina]] ===
* Represents exhaustion due to performing demanding and exhausting tasks like running and fighting.
=== [[Fatigue]] ===
* Represents accumulated exhaustion and overall tiredness, responsible for feeling sleepy.
=== [[Scent]] ===
* Represents strength of your smell.
=== [[Health]] ===
* Represents overall wellness of your character.
=== [[Speed]] ===
* Determines how many move points you start with each turn.
=== [[Stim]] ===
* Determines level of stimulants or depressants affecting your character's body.
=== [[Pain]] ===
* Pain felt by character.
=== [[Vitamins]] ===
* Various vitamins in the character's body.


;Display
== Various secondary stats ==
{| cellpadding="3"
=== [[Radiation]] ===
|- style="vertical-align:top"
Determines amount of radiation absorbed by your character. High levels will result in radiation sickness.
|-
|align="right"|Hunger < 0||{{igs|Full|c_green}}
|-
|align="right"|Hunger > 40||{{igs|Hungry|c_yellow}}
|-
|align="right"|Hunger > 80||{{igs|Very hungry|c_yellow}}
|-
|align="right"|Hunger > 300||{{igs|Famished|c_ltred}}
|-
|align="right"|Hunger > 1400||{{igs|Near starving|c_ltred}}
|-
|align="right"|Hunger > 2800||{{igs|Starving!|c_red}}
|}
 
; How does it increase? (Not a complete list)
* Every 5 minutes (50 turns) it will increase by one point.
* A character with a [[Metabolic Interchange]] bionic and hunger below 100 will increase hunger by 2 each 5 turns.
* A character with the [[Chemical Imbalance|chemical imbalance]] trait has a small chance each turn of becoming full for a slow amount (''"You suddenly suddenly feel a little full."'') or hungry (''"You suddenly feel hungry."'').
* Eating [[food]] or drinking liquids that increase your hunger.
* Vomiting will increase it by a random value depending on your hunger (the more hungry, the smaller the increase)
 
; How does it decrease?
* Eating food or drinking liquids that nourish you
* Characters with the [[Leaves|leaves]] mutation have a chance of reducing hunger by one point when in sunlight
* Characters with the [[Expanded Digestive System]] bionic can reduce hunger even further when eating
 
;Effects
Hunger levels above 100 will impact your [[#Moves|speed]] negatively.
 
Eating beyond {{igs|Full|c_green}} level can make you vomit, unless you have the [[Gourmand|gourmand]] trait.
 
You will stop eating automatically when your hunger level is below -20 (-60 for characters with [[Gourmand|gourmand]] trait) (''"You can't finish it all!"'').
 
If you don't reduce your hunger regularly you can eventually die:
* Hunger 3000: You'll be warned (''"You haven't eaten in over a week!"'')
* Hunger 4000: You'll be warned (''"You are STARVING!"'')
* Hunger 5000: You'll be warned (''"Food..."'')
* Hunger 6000: You die (''"You have starved to death."'')
 
== Thirst ==
Default value: 0 | Min value: -- | Max value: 1200
 
;Display
{| cellpadding="3"
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|-
|align="right"|Thirst < 0||{{igs|Slaked|c_green}}
|-
|align="right"|Thirst > 40||{{igs|Thirsty|c_yellow}}
|-
|align="right"|Thirst > 80||{{igs|Very thirsty|c_yellow}}
|-
|align="right"|Thirst > 240||{{igs|Dehydrated|c_ltred}}
|-
|align="right"|Thirst > 520||{{igs|Parched|c_ltred}}
|}
 
; How does it increase? (Not a complete list)
* Every 5 minutes (50 turns) it will increase by one point.
* A character with the [[traits#Chemical Imbalance|chemical imbalance]] trait has a small chance each turn of becoming thirsty for a slow amount (''"You suddenly feel thirsty."'').
* Eating food or drinking liquids that increase your thirst.
* Vomiting will increase it a random value depending on your thirst (the more thirsty, the smaller the increase)
* Every 300 turns when having the flu
* When your body temperature is too high
 
; How does it decrease?
* Eating food or drinking liquids that quench you.
 
;Effects
Thirst levels of {{igs|Thirsty|c_yellow}} and above will impact your [[#Moves|speed]] negatively.
 
You will stop drinking automatically when your thirst level is below -20 (-60 for characters with [[traits#Gourmand|gourmand]] trait) (''"You can't finish it all!"'').
 
If you don't reduce your thirst regularly you can eventually die:
* Thirst 600: You'll be warned (''"You haven't had anything to drink in 2 days!"'')
* Thirst 800: You'll be warned (''"You are THIRSTY!"'')
* Thirst 1000: You'll be warned (''"4 days... no water.."'')
* Thirst 1200: You die (''"You have died of dehydration."'')
 
== Food in stomach ==
Default value: 0
 
; How does it increase?
* Consuming food adds its nutrition value to food in stomach
 
; How does it decrease?
* Every 5 minutes decreases by 20% or 10 points, whichever is more (unless it's less than 10, then it's zeroed)
* Vomiting brings it back to zero
 
; Effects
* When vomiting, entire value of food in stomach is added to hunger
 
There's also a second variable - water in stomach. It works the same way but for thirst. Vomiting causes both to get added to respective values and zeroed.
 
== Vitamins ==
In {{InlineVer|0.D}} there are now vitamin levels in food. And vitamin levels in players.
 
== Fatigue ==
Default value: 0 | Min value: -- | Max value: 1000
 
;Display
{| cellpadding="3"
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|-
|align="right"|Fatigue > 191||{{igs|Tired|c_yellow}}
|-
|align="right"|Fatigue > 383||{{igs|Dead tired|c_ltred}}
|-
|align="right"|Fatigue > 575||{{igs|Exhausted|c_red}}
|}
 
; How does it increase? (Not a complete list)
* Every 5 minutes (50 turns) it will increase by one point.  Various [[traits]] and [[mutations]] can affect this.
* A character with the [[traits#Chemical Imbalance|chemical imbalance]] trait has a small chance each turn of becoming fatigued for a low amount (''"You feel fatigued all of a sudden."'').
* Every 50 turns when having a common cold
* Occasionally when suffering a nicotine craving.
 
; How does it decrease?
* By [[sleep]]ing {{k|$}}.
* By consuming [[#Stim|stimulants]]
 
;Effects
Your character will sleep on their own if you don't make them sleep regularly:
* Fatigue >= 192: You'll be warned every 50 turns (''"You're feeling tired.  Press '$' to lie down for sleep."'') and will be prompted if in the middle of an activity (''"You're feeling tired."'')
* Fatigue > 383, ({{igs|Dead tired|c_ltred}} and above): You'll take stat penalties as a "disease", with encouragement to sleep.
* Fatigue > 575 ({{igs|Exhausted|c_red}}and above): You'll randomly microsleep.  These won't markedly help your fatigue but can be dangerous in combat or driving situations.
* Fatigue 600: You'll be warned every 10 turns (''"You haven't slept in 2 days!"'')
* Fatigue 800: You'll be warned (''"Anywhere would be a good place to sleep..."'')
* Fatigue 1000: Your character will sleep on their own. Fatigue will be reduced by 10 (''"Survivor sleep now."'')
Default value: 0
 
== Scent ==
Default value: 500 | Min value: -- | Max value: --
 
Characters with the [[traits#Smelly|smelly]] trait will default to 800, and to 1200 with the [[Mutation#Very_Smelly|very smelly]] mutation.
 
It will always try to normalize itself to the default level.
<!-- Scent increases fast at first, and slows down as it approaches normal levels. Estimate it will take about norm_scent * 2 turns to go from 0 - norm_scent / 2. Without smelly trait this is about 1.5 hrs. Slows down significantly after. -->
 
Scent always surrounds the player's character, and will leave a trail when he moves. Without the presence of the player, the scent eventually disappears.
 
The [[CBM:_Sensory#Scent Vision|scent vision]] bionic will allow you to visualize your scent.
 
; How does it decrease?
* Closed [[closed door|door]]s and [[window]]s will reduce the scent leaked outside
* [[Taped window|Taping windows]] will reduce the scent leaked outside even more
* Smoke (normal one, tear gas, toxic gas...) eliminates all the scent close to it, so use that to your advantage.
* Rain reduces scent by one point per turn
* The [[Olfactory Mask]] bionic can reduce your scent considerably
* Certain mutations can effectively reduce or eliminate your scent, as you no longer smell like prey
 
;Effects
Scent allows any creature able to smell to track player characters (check the creatures with the SMELLS flag in the [[enemies]] page).
 
== Health ==
Default value: 0 | Min value: -- | Max value: --
 
; How does it increase? (Not a complete list)
* By regularly consuming [[vitamins]] (by far most significant source of health)
* By eating healthy food and "healthy" meds ([[Nyquil]] and [[Dayquil]])
* Slowly builds up to 0 if negative
* Certain mutations can boost health (for example, plant-like character standing barefoot on soil)
 
; How does it decrease?
* By doing drugs, drinking alcohol, consuming junk food (especially sugary or salty) - if it's unhealthy in real life, it probably also is in DDA
* Slowly decreases to 0 if positive
* Certain mutations, bionics (especially leaky bionic), traits and diseases (parasites) can drastically lower health in the long term
 
;Effects
 
* Protects against [[Low immunity diseases|common diseases]]
* Affects regeneration during sleep - doubles at 100, completely negates at -100 (for a character with no regeneration-related traits and mutations).
* Prevents bite wounds from turning into [[infection|infected wounds]]
* Particularly strong effects (some [[addiction]]s) can directly lower health directly, bypassing the usual mechanic (see below)
 
;Inner mechanics
 
Internally health is handled as two different variables: health and health modifier. Most effects change the modifier, which is capped at -200 and 200. Modifier slowly, semi-randomly influences actual health, always one point up or down, weighted towards equalizing health and modifier. Each time this change triggers modifier is multiplied by 3/4.
 
The actual health value is used for effects of health. Modifier doesn't directly influence any value other than health.
 
As a result, regularly consuming vitamins in small quantities (1 per ~14 hours) will work much better than med binges and occasional drug abuse will only result in serious health problems if it causes harmful [[addiction]]. Effects of bad health might not be noticeable until it is too late, when bad health stops all natural regeneration. Recovering from -100 health to 0 can easily take 4 weeks.
 
Using the [[Self-Aware]] mutation you can see your current health level. Using the {{k|[}} mutations menu.
 
== Moves ==
Default value: 100 | Min value: 25 | Max value: --
 
''Moves'', or ''move points'', or ''movement points'', determine the amount of actions you or any creature can perform in a [[turn]] (so, in six seconds).
 
''Speed'' determines how many move points you start with each turn.
 
''Base move cost'' is the final value where both speed and any possible modifier, be it positive or negative, is applied (such as [[traits]], [[encumbrance]], [[#stim|stim]] level, queued actions, etc).
 
Base move cost = Speed + Move modifiers
 
Note that you'll always perform actions first, then unfriendly creatures and, finally, friendly ones.
 
;Performing Actions
 
Each action you perform during a turn reduces your available move points by the move cost of such action. Your turn will be over once you don't have any move points left. Any ongoing action will be paused and queued for the next turn.
 
Queued actions will be subtracted from the available move points of the next turn. Example: your base move cost is 100, and you perform an action that costs 110 points; you won't be able to finish the action this turn, so it will be queued to be finished the next turn, and the base move cost for that turn will be reduced by 10 (the extra moves that didn't fit in the previous turn).
 
Actions that take longer than one turn (refuelling vehicles, crafting, reading, sleeping, etc) can be interrupted at any time by pressing the wait ({{k|5}} or {{k|.}}) key.
 
;Running cost
 
When moving around (running) you consume as many move points as the movement cost of the current [[terrain type]] to which you move. You can check that cost in-game by {{k|e}}xamining or far-looking at the tile you want to move to.
 
;Display
{{igs|Spd |c_white}}{{igs|100 &nbsp;115|c_white}}
 
The speed will be {{igs|green|c_green}} if above 100 and {{igs|red|c_red}} if below that. Besides the speed value you'll find the move cost of your last action.
 
;Calculation
This value is calculated each turn, where the following bonus and penalties are applied:
 
;Penalties
* <u>Weight</u>: when the weight carried is 25% higher than the weight capacity
* <u>Pain</u>: when pain is higher than the potency of the consumed painkillers. This penalty is more severe if the difference is higher than 60
* <u>Painkillers</u>: when the potency of the consumed painkillers is 10 or higher than the pain. More severe if it's higher than 30.
* <u>Morale</u>: when morale bonus (morale level / 25) is below -10
* <u>Radiation</u>: when radiation is 20 or higher. 40 or higher increases the penalty further
* <u>Thirst</u>: when thirst is above 40
* <u>Hunger</u>: when hunger is above 100
* <u>Sunlight dependent mutation</u>: penalties relative to the current light level when not under sunlight
* <u>Cold blood mutation</u>: when temperature is below 60F
* {{spoiler|<u>Speed down artifact</u>: 20 penalty points}}
 
;Bonus
* <u>Morale</u>: when morale is higher than 100 there will be a bonus that can't be higher than 10.
* <u>Stimulants</u>: Based on the potency of all stimulants taken. It can't be higher than 40.
* <u>Quick trait</u>: gives a 10% bonus
* {{spoiler|<u>Speed up artifact</u>: 20 bonus points}}
 
Some [[diseases]] and status effects can also affect this value (usually negatively).
 
Move points can't be below 25 in any case.
 
== Stim ==
Default value: 0 | Min value: -200 | Max value: 250
 
; How does it increase?
* By consuming stimulants (such as [[coffee]], [[cocaine]], [[Adderall]], [[energy drink]], etc).
* Each turn it will increase by 1 point if the current stim level is lower than 0.
 
; How does it decrease?
* Each turn it will lower by 1 point if the current stim level is higher than 0.
 
;Effects
Your [[#Moves|movement points]], dexterity, intelligence and perception will increase based on the combined intensity of the consumed stimulants. These effects are lowered if your stim level is already equal or greater than 30. The bonus to your movement points can't be greater than 40, in any case.
 
Your [[#Fatigue|fatigue]] will be reduced when consuming stimulants, the amount depending on the item's stim intensity. Your [[sleep]]iness will also be reduced when laying down to sleep, based on the current stim level. All this will allow you to stay awake for longer periods of time. If for some reason you want to sleep under this conditions you'll need to consume items that increase your fatigue first.
 
[[NPC]]s will fear players with stim levels greater than 20, which will, in turn, lower their trust. NPCs can also be affected by stimulants, if consumed.
 
You can die because of your stim level:
* From a heart attack if your stim level is greater than 250 (''"You have a sudden heart attack!"'').
* Of apnea if it's lower than -200 (''"Your breathing stops completely."'').
 
== Pain ==
Default value: 0
 
* Can decrease stats  if the  pain level is too high!
 
'''How does it increase?''' (Not a complete list)
 
* By taking damage from enemies
* Walking over certain tiles such as rubble or fire
* Diseases or conditions such as infected bite wounds
* Failed implanting of bionics
* Certain weather such as acid rain
* Rapid physiological changes from [[mutation]] can be painful
* Being overburdened (can easily result from strength being lowered due to pain)
_______________________________________________________________________________
 
'''How does it decrease?'''
 
* Waiting for it to go down (Taking painkillers speeds up this process)
* Using Bionics
 
(Certain mutations also speed up pain loss and resistance to pain)
 
== Painkillers ==
Default value: 0 | Max value: 240
 
'''How does it increase?'''
* By taking certain [[Meds]] or using [[First aid]]
* By drinking [[alcohol]] (stronger is better), unless you [[Alcohol Metabolism|metabolize it]]
* Tiny amounts can be gained by smoking [[Cannabis|weed]]
* Traits like [[Chemical Imbalance]] and [[Schizophrenic]] can randomly increase it
* If negative, it will increase by 1 every 5 minutes
 
'''How does it decrease?'''
* If positive, it will decrease by 1 every 5 minutes
* Addiction to painkillers (1 per turn at 25+ intensity, otherwise 1 per (100 - 4 * intensity) turns)
 
'''Effects'''
 
Subtracted from pain in pretty much every situation where pain is involved in any way.
 
Kills you instantly if you get it above 240.
 
Decreases speed, but less so than the pain it prevents would cause.
 
== [[Radiation]] ==
Default value: 0
 
== Cash ==
Default value: 0
 
== Recoil ==
Default value: 0
 
== Driving recoil ==
 
== Oxygen ==
Default value: 0
 
== Active mission ==
Default value: -1
 
== In vehicle ==
Default value: false
 
This tracks whether or not you're in a vehicle.  You may notice the UI changing to reflect vehicle stats, etc: hidden stat at work!  :-)
 
== Style selected ==
Default value: "null"
 
== XP pool ==
Default value: 0 | Max value: 800
 
This is an obsolete value: in Whales' Cataclysm and early versions of DDA, XP built over time and you sent it to develop skills.  Since this led to rather non-intuitive gameplay, we scrapped it and replaced with the "Focus" mechanic, which achieves similar effects whilst avoiding the "you can't learn any more" and "you need to go practice skills now, you're wasting XP" problems of the XP pool.
 
Bottom line: if you have this, you've got an antique version.  Keep it, but consider upgrading too!
 
== Last item ==
Default value: itype_id("null")
 
== Underwater ==
Default value: false
 
Whether or not the character is presently underwater.  This makes the character difficult to see for non-underwater critters, generally restricts sight, and makes oxygen an important thing.
 
== Dodges left ==
Default value: 1
 
Generally, you can only Dodge one attack per turn.  Some martial arts styles teach dodging, and can therefore grant bonus attempts to Dodge.  Zui Quan is notorious for granting functionally unlimited dodges (40, actually) once you've scored a hit.
 
(That breaks down as dodging 5 attacks from each of the 8 surrounding tiles.  If you're attacked more than 40 times in one turn without something like a shocker attack or other paralysis involved, '''let us know'''!)
 
== Blocks left ==
Default value: 1
 
You can usually only block one attack per turn.  Certain martial arts styles lend themselves to blocking, and permit additional blocks or can grant buff-effects that do. Check your character screen!
 
== Power level ==
Default value: 0
 
Your power level is how much power you have at the moment, bionics gained from using a CBM use power
 
== Max power level ==
Default value: 0
Default value: 0


Your max power level defines how much power for bionics you can store at the moment
=== Cash ===
* Cash represents your bank account balance from before the Cataclysm.
* It can't be used directly, but you can access your account via ATM machines, and charge a [[cash card]] for later use.
* Pre-Cataclysm money is a relic of the past and will not be accepted by many factions. Vending machines don't have that problem, but you need a pre-charged cash card to pay for the goods.
* Default value: random, varying from -20,000$ (debt) to +20,000$ (post [[0.D (Danny)]])
* Some traits may influence starting cash.


=== Oxygen ===
* Represents air in your lungs when diving underwater.
* Default value: 30 + 2 * [[Strength]]
* Oxygen reserve ticks down every turn unless you have [[gills]], or have [[oxygenator]] bionic installed (activates automatically, consumes power), or use air supply from a diving gear.
* When you run out of air you will be prompted to surface or swim to shore. If you won't you will suffer incremental torso damage until you die of suffocation.
* You will breathe air from your [[scuba tank]] or [[small scuba tank]] if you have them worn and activated. They have auto-regulators so you don't waste air.
* You will breathe air from your [[rebreather mask]]. It has to be active and supplied with a proper filter.
* [[Oxygen tank]] and its smaller version can't be used for that purpose. This is medical pure oxygen unfit for diving and the bottle doesn't have proper regulator to deliver it underwater.
* Asthma attack underwater depletes your oxygen.
* Shouting underwater depletes your oxygen.


== Others ==
There are many other hidden indicators and variables, but most of them are either displayed by their respective mechanic, or used for purely technical reasons.
Examples: recoil, wetness, body temperature, selected martial art, vehicle driver indicator, etc.
For that reason they are not being enumerated and explained here.


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Latest revision as of 19:20, 19 May 2022

Stats that are as important as the default ones but are hidden for gameplay reasons.

The exact values aren't usually shown to the player, but their global effects on the character are displayed when needed (Thirsty, Tired, etc).

Various important stats

Hunger

  • Represents your stomach fullness. May indicate your status when malnourished.

Thirst

  • Represents your hydration level.

Stored Calories

  • Represents calories stored in body fat. Default value (healthy calories) = 55000 kcal

Stamina

  • Represents exhaustion due to performing demanding and exhausting tasks like running and fighting.

Fatigue

  • Represents accumulated exhaustion and overall tiredness, responsible for feeling sleepy.

Scent

  • Represents strength of your smell.

Health

  • Represents overall wellness of your character.

Speed

  • Determines how many move points you start with each turn.

Stim

  • Determines level of stimulants or depressants affecting your character's body.

Pain

  • Pain felt by character.

Vitamins

  • Various vitamins in the character's body.

Various secondary stats

Radiation

Determines amount of radiation absorbed by your character. High levels will result in radiation sickness. Default value: 0

Cash

  • Cash represents your bank account balance from before the Cataclysm.
  • It can't be used directly, but you can access your account via ATM machines, and charge a cash card for later use.
  • Pre-Cataclysm money is a relic of the past and will not be accepted by many factions. Vending machines don't have that problem, but you need a pre-charged cash card to pay for the goods.
  • Default value: random, varying from -20,000$ (debt) to +20,000$ (post 0.D (Danny))
  • Some traits may influence starting cash.

Oxygen

  • Represents air in your lungs when diving underwater.
  • Default value: 30 + 2 * Strength
  • Oxygen reserve ticks down every turn unless you have gills, or have oxygenator bionic installed (activates automatically, consumes power), or use air supply from a diving gear.
  • When you run out of air you will be prompted to surface or swim to shore. If you won't you will suffer incremental torso damage until you die of suffocation.
  • You will breathe air from your scuba tank or small scuba tank if you have them worn and activated. They have auto-regulators so you don't waste air.
  • You will breathe air from your rebreather mask. It has to be active and supplied with a proper filter.
  • Oxygen tank and its smaller version can't be used for that purpose. This is medical pure oxygen unfit for diving and the bottle doesn't have proper regulator to deliver it underwater.
  • Asthma attack underwater depletes your oxygen.
  • Shouting underwater depletes your oxygen.

Others

There are many other hidden indicators and variables, but most of them are either displayed by their respective mechanic, or used for purely technical reasons. Examples: recoil, wetness, body temperature, selected martial art, vehicle driver indicator, etc. For that reason they are not being enumerated and explained here.