Radiation

Radiation is a game mechanic which reduces maximum health and causes illness. Each hour, the player has a chance to gain radiation. The player can also gain radiation through other means such as consuming most food items, and by getting hit by mutants and mutant bugs. When the player has over 10 radiation, the player has a chance to gain 1 illness each hour. The maximum radiation that a player can obtain is 100. Each radiation point reduces maximum health by 1%, up to 90% percent. Gaining radiation also increases the radiation perk. Radiation is the only way to get mutations, you need to have 25+ rads with a chance of getting one of them.

How to gain radiation?
Assuming that the player does not have the cystic mutation, radiation can be gained by:

- Randomly exploring in rain, heavy dust, and radioactive areas.

- Getting hit by mutants or mutant bugs

- Eating the following list of items:

- Mutated Food

- Chocolate Bar

- Condensed Milk

- Pickles

- Rad Bull

- Dirty Water

- Koke Kola

- Crossing the river when the player is in the cross the river event.

How to lose radiation?
- Cystic mutation turns player's radiation to 0 and keeps it at 0

- Level-up

- Water

- Anti-Rads