Character States

Death. The final state.

Overview

Character States are states which reflect character health. There are 6 major categories of character states: Mood, Hunger, Illness, Wounded, Tiredness, Sleep, and as of the Final Cut update, a "Pregnant" state exclusive to Livia. Each of the 6 states are affected by characters' actions and have a close relationship to each other. The player must watch and manage character states throughout the game, or else a character can end up dying. In the beginning, 2 random character starts either slightly sick or slightly wounded.

Some characters are less likely to get injured/sick and have a much quicker/better chance at recovering. Marko and Bruno, for example, are less vulnerable to illnesses and injuries and recover faster than Katia.

Brief table

State	Worst effect	Cause of state	General cause	General treatment	Effect to other states
Moods	Disabled all regular functions at the worst level	Commit crime like theft, murder, etc... (Unaffected by non-empathetic characters) Refuse to aid people (Unaffected by non-empathetic characters) No access to items they are addicted to over time (Addicted characters only) Parents/Guardians death (Children only)	Commit suicide Leave Our Shelter	Aid people Drink Moonshine, Pure Alcohol (Cannot be taken by abstinent character) Avoid committing crimes Being well fed Allows them to use items they are addicted to (Addicted characters only) Console feeling (Done by adult character; only possible for sad/depressed children)	None
Hunger	Starving to death	Not being fed	None	Being fed	Makes Wounded, Illness, Moods worse
Wounded	Death	Get hurt from scavenging, raids	Movement are slightly slowed unless being targeted by hostile characters	Using Bandages]] and rest over time Get help at the City Hospital at the doctor	Makes Wounded, Illness, Moods worse
Illness	Death	Randomness by being cold too long	None	Using Herbal Meds, Medications and rest over time Get help at the City Hospital at the doctor	Makes Wounded, Illness, Moods worse
Tiredness	Disabled all regular functions at the worst level	Not enough sleep Using a pickaxe (The Last Broadcast only)	Makes certain action unusable or more likely to fail	Sleep in bed	None
Sleep	Very Tired	Sleep without bed or not sleeping at all	Makes certain action unusable or more likely to fail	Sleep in bed	Being tired
Pregnancy	None	Permanent effect to Livia during Final Cut Scenario.	Cannot run Cannot leave the shelter under any circumstances (ie scavenging, aiding neighbors) Cannot guard shelter at night	Permanent	None
Missile Attack Victim	None	Permanent effect to Katia during Forget Celebrations Scenario.	More likely to be wounded if set to guard during nighttime Takes longer to recover from negative state (excluding Moods)	Permanent	Makes Wounded worse if there is an existing wounded state