Multiplayer Traits + Description

This Guide shows the Transmission / Symptom / Ability traits from Multiplayer and their description. Big thanks to Freyon for helping! Some of the data was aquired by watching videos from the youtuber "Sheepdog Gaming".

Useful Informations

• You'll get more or less DNA points, depending on where you started. (For example: Egypt gives you 10 Starting DNA, Australia gives 22 etc ...)
  
• The Infectivity bar indicates how infectious your disease is.
  
• The Severity bar indicates how severe your disease is. The higher the severity, the more DNA points you'll get, the harder humanity will try to cure you, the more research is needet to develop a cure.
  
• The Lethality bar indicates how lethal your disease is. Since killing humanity is not a goal in multiplayer, the DNA points you'll get from killing people was increased compared to singleplayer. It still makes the disease harder to cure.
  
• There are currently 2 possible ways to win:
  • Infect 100% of world population first
    
  • Have your opponent wiped out (cure or kill all it's hosts)
• Active Abilities cost 5 DNA after unlocking and the cost increases by 1 every time you use it.

Transmission Trait

Animal Tree

Name	Description	Requirements
Bird 1	Birds become susceptible to infection. Avian carriers increase infectivity, land transmission and mutation
Bird 2	Avian brain tissue compromised causing birds to attack other species. Increases mutation, infectivity and land based transmission	Bird 1
Livestock 1	Livestock susceptible to infection. Increase infectivity, especially in rural regions and mutation
Livestock 2	Wildlife susceptible to infection. Increase infectivity, especially in rural regions and mutation	Livestock 1
Rodent 1	Common flea susceptible to infection. Increase infectivity, especially in urban regions and mutation
Rodent 2	Rodents directly susceptible to infection. Increase infectivity, especially in urban regions and mutation	Rodent 1
Extreme Zoonosis	Infection crosses multiple species barriers. Increase infectivity, especially in rural and urban areas, mutation chance and cross-country transmission	Bird 2, Livestock 2 AND Rodent 2

Blood Tree

Name	Description	Requirements
Blood 1	Gives organism ability to spread through blood-to-blood contact. Increases infectivity, especially in poor regions and mutation chance
Blood 2	Infected bodily fluids able to pass through mucous membranes. Increases infectivity, especially in poor regions and mutation chance	Blood 1

Elemental Tree

Name	Description	Requirements
Dust 1	Gives pathogen ability to travel on dust particles. Increase infectivity, especially in arid environments
Dust 2	Pathogen can survive long periods of time on dust particles. Increase infectivity, especially in arid enviornments	Dust 1
Air 1	Gives pathogen ability to bypass air filters. Increase infectivity, especially for plane transmission
Air 2	Gives organism ability to survive suspended in air for a long time. Increase infectivity, especially for plane transmission	Air 1
Droplets 1	Pathogen suspended in expelled liquid particles from victim. Increases infectivity, especially in humid environments
Droplets 2	Pathogen accelerates replication whilst in expelled droplets. Increases infectivity, especially in humid environments	Droplets 1
Water 1	Pathogen can survive outside the body in fresh, warm water. Increase infectivity, especially for ship transmission
Water 2	Pathogen able to survive in chemically treated water. Increase infectivity, especially for ship transmission	Water 1
Extreme Bioaerosol	Pathogen bypasses air/water filters due to adaptive cellular shell. Increase infectivity, especially in humid & arid climates and plane/ship transmission.	Dust 2, Air 2, Droplets 2 AND Water 2

Symptom Trait Tier Explanation

To understand the following tier system, please take a look at the picture. I categorized the traits into tiers. If the line meets the middle of a specific trait, it's in the respective tier. You will also notice, that there are no tier 3 traits on the upper half, but on the lower half ... Half-Life 3 confirmed?

Also, the "Requirements" only contain the traits that are on a lower tier on the same half. It is possible that you can evolve the specific trait by having evolved a trait from a higher tier or from the other half of the same tier.

Symptom Trait (First 5 Tiers upper half)

Tier 1

Name	Description	Requirements
Sweating	The loss of fluid through sweating increases infection rates due to poor hygiene. More dangerous in cold countries
Nausea	Irritated stomach lining leads to discomfort. Slight chance of Infection while kissing
Coughing	Chance of infection by spreading pathogen into surroundings, especially in high density, urban areas
Rash	The skin becomes blistered and painful, slightly increasing infectivity
Inflammation	Inflammation obstructs bodily processes. Easier to infect or kill people that are already infected by other diseases

Tier 2

Name	Description	Requirements
Vomiting	The expulsion of infected material through projectile vomiting increases the risk of infection	Sweating OR Nausea
Sneezing	Fluid discharge through sneezing greatly increases infection rates	Coughing OR Rash
Abscesses	Pockets of infected flesh are painful and act as breeding grounds for the pathogen, increasing infection rates when burst	Rash OR Inflammation
Immune Suppression	Suppresses the immune system to make it easier for you to kill people that are already infected by other diseases	Inflammation

Tier 4

Name	Description	Requirements
Diarrhoea	Pathogen active in digestive tract, causing infection through faeces and potentially lethal dehydration. Poor countries v. vulnerable	Vomiting
Pneumea	Serious fluid build and discharge from the lungs. People in cold climates espeially vulnerable	Sneezing
Skin Lesions	Breakdown in the epidermis causes large open wounds which significantly increase infectivity	Abscesses
Systemic Infection	Pathogen affects multiple organs and tissue types, easier to kill peole who are already infected with another disease	Immune Suppression

Tier 5

Name	Description	Requirements
Gastric Ulceration	Multiple sores develop in the lining of the stomach, causing severe pain in the abdominal region. Can be lethal.	Diarrhoea
Dysentery	A complete breakdown in the digestive system causes infected sewage, dehydration, starvation and death	Diarrhoea
Necrosis	Large swathes of infected tissue lose blood supply and become fatal sources of gangrene. Decomposed bodies remain a vector of transmission	Pneumonia OR Skin Lesions
Cytoke Storm	Positive feedback loop between cytokines and immune cells cause fatal immune reaction. Easier to kill people that are infected by other diseases	Skin Lesions OR Systemic Infection

Symptom Trait (Last 5 Tiers lower half)

Tier 1

Name	Description	Requirements
Insomnia	Inability to sleep makes people irritable and less productive
Headache	Strong headache behind the eyes causes discomfort and reduces ability to work
Epistaxis	Haemorrhage of the nasal mucous membranes cause severe nosebleeds, increasing likelihood of infection
Anaemia	Decrease in red blood cells or haemoglobin in the blood can lead to hypoxia in the organs
Cysts	Lumps form around pockets of other pathogens. Slightly harder for another disease to infect or kill a person you already infect

Tier 2

Name	Description	Requirements
Tumours	Pathogen disrupts cell growth pathways, causing uncontrolled, eventually fatal tumour growth	Epistaxis OR Anaemia
Seizures	Random blackouts and fits reduce the patient's ability to function indipendently and lowers productivity. Can be fatal	Anaemia OR Cysts
Hyper Sensitivity	Increases likelihood of immune response to other pathogens. Harder for another disease to kill a person you already infect	Cysts

Tier 3

Name	Description	Requirements
Paranoia	Irrational delusions and mental symptoms. Victims distrust of others makes them unlikely to seek treatment or cooperate with others	Insomnia
Subconjunctival Bleed	Blood gathering in the anterior chamber of the eye gives a red apperance to the iris or cornea. Decreases cure speed	Headache
Fever	Increase in temperature, contagiousness and severe dehydration, which can be fatal	Epistaxis or Tumours

Tier 4

Name	Description	Requirements
Psychosis	Psychotic episodes cause aggressive behaviour and make it easier to infect people who are already infected with another disease	Paranoia OR Subconjunctival Bleed
Paralysis	Pathogen destroys motor neurons to cause paralysis. Significantly harder for another disease to infect a person you already infect
Immune Support	Supports the immune system to make it harder for other diseases to kill people that you infect	Hyper Sensitivity

Tier 5

Name	Description	Requirements
Blindness	Severe bleeding in the retina causes blindness. Significantly decreases research speed.	Paranoia (or Psychosis)
Insanity	Did I tell you the definition of insanity? Neuropathic action of the pathogen in the frontal cortex causes severe emotional and behaviourial abnormalities. Significantly harder to cure	Psychosis
Acute Encephalitis	Multiple infammatory lesions in the brain cause severe neurological damage resulting in death	Fever
Internal Haemorrhaging	Aterial membranes break down, causing rapid internal bleeding and death	Paralysis
Coma	Neuropathic effects in the brain stem cause loss of consciousness and sometimes death. Harder for other diseases to kill people you infect	Paralysis OR Immune Support

Symptom Trait Tier 6

Name	Description	Requirements
Menginitis	Acute inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. Highly fatal	Dysentery OR Insanity OR Acute Encephalitis
Total Organ Faliure	Catastophic cell death of multiple tissue types causes body-wide organ faliure and rapid death	Pneumonia OR Necrosis OR Acute Encephalitis OR Internal Haemorrhaging

Ability Trait

Resistances Tree

Name	Description	Requirements
Cold Resistance 1	Pathogen evolves to withstand cold temperatures and climates
Cold Resistance 2	Lower intracellular water volume prevents freezing. Increased effectiveness in cold climates	Cold Resistance 1
Heat Resistance 1	Pathogen evolves to withstand hot temperatures and climates
Heat Resistance 2	Pathogen avoids cellular breakdown in high temperatures. Increased effectiveness in hot climates	Heat Resistance 1
Environmental Hardening	Pathogen develops hardened coating - becoming highly weather resistant and extremely comfortable in both hot and cold climates	Cold Resistance 2 AND Heat Resistance 2

Immune System Tree

Name	Description	Requirements
Auto-immune Support 1	Pathogen improves the immune system's defences. Other diseases find it harder to infect people who are infected with your disease
Auto-immune Support 2	Pathogen greatly improves the immune system's defences. Other diseases find it harder to infect people who are infected with your disease	Auto-immune Support 1
Opportunistic Infection 1	Pathogen evolves to target compromised immune systems. Easier to infect people who are infected with another disease
Opportunistic Infection 2	Pathogen evolves to target slightly weakened immune systems. Easier to infect people who are infected with another disease	Opportunistic Infection 1
Genetic Domination	Pathogen becomes significantly more powerful - able to rapidly infect people who are already infected with another disease	Auto-immune Support 2 AND Opportunistic Infection 2

Corpse DNA Tree

Name	Description	Requirements
Corpse DNA 1	Gain a regular DNA income linked to the number of deaths you Pathogen has caused
Corpse DNA 2	Gain a regular DNA income linked to the number of deaths you Pathogen has caused	Corpse DNA 1
Immune Shock	Unlock an Active Ability that makes it significantly easier to kill people infected with both diseases	Corpse DNA 1

Genetic Hardening/Reshuffle Tree

Name	Description	Requirements
Drug Resistance 1	Pathogen becomes resistant to class 1 and 2 antibiotics. Increase effectiveness in wealthy countries
Drug Resistance 2	Pathogen develops resistance to class 3 and 4 antibiotics. Increase effectiveness in wealthy countries	Drug Resistance 1
Genetic Hardening 1	Pathogen becomes harder to analyze in the lab. Decreases future research speed	Drug Resistance 1
Genetic Hardening 2	The Pathogen does not reproduce in Lab conditions. Decreases future research speed	Genetic Hardening 1
Genetic Reshuffle 1	Pathogen DNA strands reassembled. More work needed to develop a cure	Drug Resistance 2
Genetic Reshuffle 2	A new strain of the pathogen now exists, increasing the work needed to develop a cure	Genetic Reshuffle 1
Genetic Reshuffle 3	Multiple strains of the pathogen now exist, increasing the work needed to develop a cure	Genetic Reshuffle 2
Genetic Reshuffle 4	Multiple strains of the pathogen now exist, increasing the work needed to develop a cure	Genetic Reshuffle 3
Genetic Reshuffle 5	Multiple strains of the pathogen now exist, increasing the work needed to develop a cure	Genetic Reshuffle 4

Unscheduled Flight

Name	Description	Requirements
Unscheduled Flight	Unlock an Active Ability that lets you send an infected person to a country of your choice. Active Ability description: "Infected People travel to another country. Can only be sent from a country with at least 1,000 infected population"

Genetic Exposure Tree

Name	Description	Requirements
Genetic Exposure 1	Other disease becomes easier to analyze in the lab. Easier to cure
Benign Mimic	Unlock an Active Ability that forces a country to focus cure efforts on the other disease, whilst your disease hides	Genetic Exposure 1
Genetic Exposure 2	Other disease becomes easier to analyze in the lab. Easier to cure	Genetic Exposure 1
Genetic Exposure 3	Other disease becomes easier to analyze in the lab. Easier to cure	Genetic Exposure 2
Genetic Exposure 4	Other disease becomes easier to analyze in the lab. Easier to cure	Genetic Exposure 3
Genetic Exposure 5	Other disease becomes easier to analyze in the lab. Easier to cure	Genetic Exposure 4

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