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Obsession is a symptom in the Neurax Worm DLC. It causes severe damage to the orbital cortex, triggering OCD (Obsessive-compulsive disorder). It forces the host to obsess over a worm-related task.

Types[]

There are three possible obsessions. The following are listed and described below:

Eradicating parasitic worms[]

The most common, which causes Neurax Worm hosts to give a boost to cure development.

Earthworm collecting[]

One of the possibilities that results from acquiring this symptom is that the infected population develops an obsession with collecting worms, which increases the overall infectivity to a certain level.[Note 1]

Avoiding parasitic worms[]

In the event that the player evolves this symptom, there is a possibility that people will become obsessed with avoiding contact with worms as much as possible. This will slow down the efficiency of research towards a cure for the disease.[Note 2]

Notes[]

  1. This infectiousness increase is +0.75, and the variable that is affected in this event is called "globalInfectiousnessMax" within the game files.[1]
  2. When this event happens the research efficiency is reduced by -0.4, the variable it affects is called "researchInefficiencyMultiplier" within the game files.[1]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 General Events Information - Game Files (See standard_normal.txt)
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