While traversing the challenging world of SCUM, your character will be going through some serious complications. Don’t think that the environment is in your favor. It’s not. With the recent full release of SCUM, there has been a wave of new players trying the game out and for good reason. Even during its early access phase, SCUM was a pretty popular title and with the full release, its popularity has only increased. Anyway, for new players who have jumped right into the game without clearing some basics, curiosity regarding infections has been common. If you are one of the players wondering how to treat or cure infections in SCUM, consider reading this guide, as we have shared everything there is to know about the same.
How to know that your character has an infection? Well, the symptoms are similar to real life. Your character will catch a fever. There will be a red patch around the wound, indicating that an infection has taken place. In this phase, if you don’t treat the infection, your character can die. So, what to do? It’s simple. First, you will need to identify what kind of infection it is and where it is. Once you’ve done so, the next step begins.
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SCUM Infections: How to treat/cure them
Clean the wound
To treat the infection, you will have to first remove the dirty bandages on your wounds. Anything that’s dirty has to be away from the wound. Once you get rid of them, it’s time to clean the wound. You can use alcohol, clean bandages, and even antiseptic rags for the same. Cleaning is the most important part of this process.
Take medicine
Now that you’ve cleaned your wound to restrict any bacterial activity, it’s time to take some medicine. You can start with antibiotics. They help by increasing the strength of your character’s immune system. How to get antibiotics? Well, explore. Exploration is your ticket to get more and more antibiotics in SCUM.
Rest
After you are done with the above two steps, it’s time to take a rest. Without resting, the process will not pick up pace and will most likely result in the infection coming back. So, take a look at your character’s health tab, and the wound status should change to “stabilizing” from “infected”.
Well, now you know all about how you can treat/cure infections in SCUM. We hope that you find this guide informative. You can get access to more such interesting reads on all things gaming by simply visiting DigiStatement daily.
