How do I deal with Fungi?

[C H R 0 S]

Getting caught by fungi spores has ruined countless of my character creation. I have tried a few various methods found on google to get rid of it at when I first contract it (itchy skin) such as pouring acid/ honey/ water on myself and bathing in clouds of whatever grenade kills fungi... but nothing seems to work.

My current character just had his tongue rot off... It seems the spore infection on my chest somehow spread without coming in contact with any spores. So now I have become hellbent on torching all forests with fungi because I just cant seem to find a way to deal with it.

Help?

[Water Ｖａｐｏｒ Merchant]

Glotrot isn't a fungal infection, and doesn't spread. It requires an entirely different cure than fungal infections, and can be annoying to deal with if you don't perform the steps to cure it in the right order.

Fungicide only kills mushrooms. It doesn't counteract spores, and will actually damage you if you have a full on fungal infection.

In the mushroom village of Kyakuya, tthe mayor has a book with every cure for every illness in the game. It's not exactly cheap, but it's worth getting.

[Dr.Desty Nova]

For future play you may want to try a few things:

- don't use auto explore in fungus biome and or when you reconize sign of fungus (spore ridden mob for exemple)
- Stay away from them, 1 case is enough as they only trigger on agression and on contact
- In fungus biome don't move sideway. Only left / right up / down.
- if you have a semi-decent weapons / strengh start the habit or deforesting manually. Force attack on view blocking stuff to avoid surprise.
- Always carry a vine sap mask or a gas mask

[Water Ｖａｐｏｒ Merchant]

Originally posted by Dr.Desty Nova:

For future play you may want to try a few things:

- don't use auto explore in fungus biome and or when you reconize sign of fungus (spore ridden mob for exemple)
- Stay away from them, 1 case is enough as they only trigger on agression and on contact
- In fungus biome don't move sideway. Only left / right up / down.
- if you have a semi-decent weapons / strengh start the habit or deforesting manually. Force attack on view blocking stuff to avoid surprise.
- Always carry a vine sap mask or a gas mask

Wait, Vine Sap Masks prevent spores/itchy skin?

[Dr.Desty Nova]

along with the gas mask but less.

It protect from gas and as far as I'm aware the spores are treated as a gas.

It's not perfect but hey better then nothing ^^

[C H R 0 S]

Originally posted by Water Ｖａｐｏｒ Merchant:

Originally posted by Dr.Desty Nova:

For future play you may want to try a few things:

- don't use auto explore in fungus biome and or when you reconize sign of fungus (spore ridden mob for exemple)
- Stay away from them, 1 case is enough as they only trigger on agression and on contact
- In fungus biome don't move sideway. Only left / right up / down.
- if you have a semi-decent weapons / strengh start the habit or deforesting manually. Force attack on view blocking stuff to avoid surprise.
- Always carry a vine sap mask or a gas mask

Wait, Vine Sap Masks prevent spores/itchy skin?

Yah that's big news to me too. Never knew vine sap masks had that utility..

Choosing the beak used to be my go to with mutation builds. Not anymore! Thanks Dr.Desty.

[burdfishdemon]

Is there a mod that takes these infections out?

[DuckBoy]

• Pouring any liquid on yourself while covered in spores will prevent it from becoming itchy skin.
  
• Sitting in fungicide while covered in spores will prevent it from becoming itchy skin
  
• Mushroom based meals give a number of ways to counteract fungal infections: the simplest is to combine any mushroom (see kyakukya or luminous hoarshrooms of beth susa), with vinewafer until you get the Drink Water -> 25% Chance To Become Immune To Fungal Spores version, as this will cure itchy skin by drinking ~4 drams of water.

As stated by others, glotrot is caused by drinking, or more likely, being knocked prone in, black ooze. This most often occurs on the bottom level of golgotha. Drinking 5-10 honey immediately, eating (-raw-) yuckwheat, or a number of meals based on same will generally cure it.