Contamination

This article is about the Need and Status applied to beavers when exposed to Badwater. For soil contamination, see Fluids § Soil Contamination.

Contamination
Group	Basic Needs
Affects	Beavers
Faction	Folktails  Iron Teeth
Status	Contaminated
Satisfied by	Antidote  Decontamination Pods
Penalty	Movement Speed -70%. Beaver refuses to work. All non-basic needs, as well as Wet Fur & Bee Sting, are frozen at 0%
Well-Being	Satisfied: 0 Contaminated: -10

Contamination is one of a  Beaver's Basic Needs. When a beaver is contaminated, it will refuse to work, but will still consume  Food and  Water, and occupy a  Household.

Becoming Contaminated

When a beaver travels through Badwater or polluted Water there is a chance they become  Unwell. Being unwell progresses into becoming  Contaminated after three days.

The risk of contamination becomes greater the higher the concentration of badwater in polluted water.

 Bots cannot become contaminated by badwater exposure.

Treatment

Beavers can recover over time by one of two methods, depending on  Faction.

 Folktails recover by consuming  Antidote. It takes 8 antidote to fully recover. One beaver will consume 2 antidote per day, taking just over 3 days to fully recover.

 Iron Teeth recover by visiting  Decontamination Pods, which consumes  Extract and  Power. It takes 2 days in a pod to fully recover, and each pod only supports one beaver. A beaver's  Sleep and  Shelter needs do not decay while using a decontamination pod, but they still need to take breaks to consume  Food and  Water.