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A character can suffer '''wounds''' or '''injuries''' from creature attacks (and player attacks on PvP servers) as well as falling, [[thorn]]s, drowning, and other mishaps. Wounds are shown under the affected body part in the player's [[inventory window]] under the expanded "body" tab. Pets and other creatures can also suffer wounds, but only from combat. Wounds on creatures can be examined by right-clicking the creature and selecting look > equipment from the options.

Medium, bad, and severe wounds will may need treatment. This can be via bandage and treatment with a [[salve]] or [[healing cover]]. Just one or the other may not be enough to fully heal a bad or severe wound and a player may die if not treated in time. If the total health of a creature (including players) is reduced to 0% due to a wound worsening, or taking further damage, the creature will die even if the wounds themselves are not very severe.

==Wound Severityand Healing Rate==Wounds vary in damage, and the severity of wounds is based on the size of the wound as a fraction percentage of the character's or creature's total health. Wound severity is one of the main factors determining how fast a wound will heal or worsen. Healing/worsening happens at a healing tick which occurs every 10 minutes after the wound was suffered. '''Note:''' The below factors are only a base line. Nutrition and fat levels as well as deed healing bonus also play a part in healing.

* Medium: 15-30% damage. Medium wounds over 20 will may or may not heal without treatment. If the wound has an infection or the character is underfed, a medium wound may worsen to baddepending on various factors influencing healing rate. * Bad: 30-45% damage. Bad wounds naturally worsen, so a character with such a wound must be treated or the wound will turn into a severeand require treatment to heal. * Severe: 45% and up. Severe wounds worsenat a slightly faster rate than Bad wounds, requiring slightly better treatment. '''Note:''' The above factors are only a baseline. Various factors and effects will increase the healing rate of the wound, including:* Having a [[bandage]] applied to the wound.* Having a [[healing cover]] applied to the wound.* Being on an [[enchanted grass]] or [[enchanted tree]] tile.* Worshiping [[Fo]] with at least 20 [[Faith]].* Having the [[Path_of_Love#Healing_Hands|Healing Hands]] ability from being level 11 on the [[Path of Love]] meditation path.* Having high [[Nutrition]].* Having high fat layers. Examining a wound, hovering over it with the mouse, or otherwise viewing it will provide information on how badly the wound is worsening or healing, depending on skill.* More detail is available at higher skill.* Less skill is needed when examining instead of viewing in a window or by hovering with the mouse. They must be treated * Less skill is needed when viewing your own wounds, and you can always at least see if your own wounds are healing or worsening. ==Wound Healing & Treatment==Various methods are available to heal wounds, or improve their healing rate:* Bandage: A bandage is made from a piece of cotton or a cotton item, applied to a wound. More severe wounds require a larger piece of cotton. Bandaging the wound will worsen until both reduce the damage of the wound and slightly increase the wound's healing rate.** Instead of cotton, [[farmer's salve]] may be used on bruises, internal wounds, and poison wounds. Much less farmer's salve is necessary to "bandage" a wound than cotton.* [[Healing cover]]: Commonly made from [[herbs]], butchered animal products, and other appropriate items. Applying a healing cover will improve the wound's healing rate to a degree depending on the potency (not [[QL]]) of the character dieshealing cover. * Spells/Magic: Spells from Fo, Magranon, and Libila can be used to heal wounds.

* Bite. Inflicted by many animalanimals, bites are treated normally.

* Water. Suffered when character begins drowning (moving in water after stamina is gone), all water damage will stack as a single wound. It can only be treated by will heal very quickly getting out of the water and waiting a short amount of time (approximately 10 minutes)for the next healing tick, or by magical healing.

* [[Acid wound|Acid]]. Inflicted by [[Spawn of Uttacha]]s and the [[sorcery]] spell karma missileKarma Missile. Can be bandaged with [[cotton]] and treated with [[water]] similarly a healing cover, but not with a healing cover.** Treating an Acid wound with water will turn it into a Burn wound.

* Internal. Inflicted by [[drakespirit]]s and [[Essence Drain]]. Can be healed with [[farmer's salve]], [[healing covers]] and by healing spells ([[Fo]] [[priest]]).==Wound Healing==* Bandage: A bandage is made from a piece of cotton or a cotton item, applied to a wound. Large wounds may require a larger piece of cotton. * Treatment: A healing cover or farmer's salve. Not all wounds can be treated with salve. For best results, treat and bandage a medium or higher wound. * Spells/Magic: Spells from Fo, Magranon, and Libila can be used to heal wounds. Standing on enchanted grass or mycelium (for Libila followers) will increase healing.