Cysts

Info

Painful lumps containing pockets of the pathogen. Slight chance of bursting which can spread disease

DNA Cost

2
4 (Frozen Virus)

Infectivity

Slight (2)

Severity

Slight (2)

Lethality

None (0)

Next Symptom
Abscesses Hyper Sensitivity

« Painful lumps containing pockets of the pathogen. Very satisfying to pop but does spread disease »

— Description of the Symptom in Plague Inc.: The Board Game

Cysts are a symptom commonly found at the beginning of the branch traits affecting the skin of those infected, and are present in both Standard Plagues and other scenarios such as Frozen Virus.

In addition, this symptom increases the requirement of the cure by a small amount (+0.01) when it is evolved.^[1] Multiplayer Mode also features this symptom, although unlike its variant in Standard Plagues, evolving this symptom makes it more difficult for the opponent's plague to infect or kill the population affected by the player's plague.^[2]

Gallery[]

Cysts Symptom Card from Plague Inc.: The Board Game

Source: This image was taken from the digitisation of the Official Cards included in the Plague Inc.: The Board Game Add-On for TableTop Simulator

(Original Add-On Link on Steam, respective credits for the digitization of Board Game Cards scanned by them)

References[]

↑
Standard Plagues Stats (Bacteria) - Game Files (See bacteria #56654.txt) (The variable that determines whether a symptom changes the cure requirement is
```
change_to_cure_base_multiplier
```
, in this case Cysts makes that requirement increase by
```
0.01
```
) (Note: The basic stats and characteristics of Bacteria are generally reused for other standard plague types, with some minor variations in DNA cost or some stats such as Nano-Virus, but in general these values are used for almost all these types of plague in the game)
↑
Virus Statistics (Multiplayer) - Game Files (See virus #56731.txt) (Note: The variables that are affected by this symptom in Multiplayer Mode is
```
change_to_control_infect_defence
```
incremented by
```
0.15
```
and
```
change_to_control_lethal_defence
```
to
```
0.1
```
)

[1] Standard Plagues Stats (Bacteria) - Game Files (See bacteria #56654.txt) (The variable that determines whether a symptom changes the cure requirement is
change_to_cure_base_multiplier
, in this case Cysts makes that requirement increase by
0.01
) (Note: The basic stats and characteristics of Bacteria are generally reused for other standard plague types, with some minor variations in DNA cost or some stats such as Nano-Virus, but in general these values are used for almost all these types of plague in the game)

[2] Virus Statistics (Multiplayer) - Game Files (See virus #56731.txt) (Note: The variables that are affected by this symptom in Multiplayer Mode is
change_to_control_infect_defence
incremented by
0.15
and
change_to_control_lethal_defence
to
0.1
)

[1]

[2]