Ailments

Ailments are negative medical or psychological conditions that can affect survivors in Sheltered 2. Some are holdovers from Sheltered (the original 2016 release), whereas others are new entirely. Even if an ailment did exist in Sheltered then it may have a different remedy in Sheltered 2 than in its predecessor.

Ailments can be subdivided into physical and mental ailments. Examples of physical ailments include missing teeth, broken limbs, heat exhaustion, etc., and they tend to affect physical attributes (Strength, Dexterity, and Fortitude, mainly). Examples of mental ailments include depression (more to be added later), and tend to affect mental attributes (Charisma, Perception, and Intelligence).

Some physical ailments require a second survivor with the requisite "Surgeon" skill as well as a Medical Bed in order to heal (thus making the prerequisites to heal those ailments an Intelligence level of >10 on the healer character as well as having discovered/added the blueprint for the medical bed).

Likewise, some mental ailments require the "Therapy" skill, as well as a medical bed to heal (thus making the prerequisites to heal those ailments a Charisma level of >10 on the healer character as well as having discovered/added the blueprint for the medical bed).

Below is a partial list of ailments, how they are obtained as well as their effects and the recommended treatment.

Physical Ailments

Ailment	Obtained by	Effect	Treatment
Weakened Heart	Reviving a character via CPR or Defibrilator	Sluggish, cannot be revived if unconscious	Time elapse (approximately 2-4 weeks)
Slipped Disc	Combat	-5 STR, -2 DEX	Surgery skill
Radiation Poisoning	Radiation (being outside shelter in black rain/sandstorm)	Sluggish, Health drain, occasionally vomiting	Anti-Radiation Tablets (instant), Time Elapse (-1HP per 1Rad metabolised)
Malnutrition	Allowing food bar to go all the way to full (100% red)	Sluggish, Health drain, decreased mood	Food
Food Poisoning	Eating spoiled food, eating with high dirtiness stat (chance)	Sluggish, Health drain, occasional vomiting	Antiemetic, Time elapse
Facial Disfigurement	Combat, Failed experimentation	-10 Charisma	Surgery
Deaf	Combat, Failed experimentation	-4 Perception, -2 Charisma	Surgery
Missing Teeth	Combat, Failed experimentation	Unknown	Surgery
Damaged Lungs	Failed Experimentation, Fire	-2 Fortitude, -5 Dexterity	Surgery
Tennis Elbow	Failed Experimentation	-2 Strength	Surgery
Shock	Failed Experimentation, Trauma?	-2 Intelligence, -2 Perception	Therapy

Mental Ailments

Ailment	Obtained by	Effect	Treatment
Insomnia	Mental breakdowns, Failed experimentation	-5 perception, -50 stamina	Therapy
Claustrophobia	Mental breakdowns, Failed experimentation	Character develops negative mood modifier when in small spaces	Therapy
Astraphobia	Mental breakdowns, Failed experimentation	Character develops negative mood modifier during thunderstorms	Therapy
Nyctophobia	Mental breakdowns, Failed experimentation	Character develops negative mood modifier when in dark spaces	Therapy