How to cure cholera
- Take tetracycline. One pill works for 5 minutes, so take another when it wears off until the vomiting stops.
- Keep drinking clean water to make up for what you lose.
- Multivitamins help your body fight it, and so does keeping food, water, health and blood all near full.
Don't
- Don't keep drinking from the same pond. Every sip adds more.
Symptoms
- Vomiting
- Getting thirsty fast
- Blurry vision
- Feeling hot, wiping sweat
- Sick icon is showing
- Stamina runs out fast
How you catch it
Drinking untreated water from ponds, lakes and rivers, or from bottles and canteens you find. Drinking from a sick player's canteen can pass it on too.
How to avoid it
- Drink from wells, or boil water, use purification tablets or a filter bottle first.
- About half of the water bottles and canteens you find already carry cholera (about 1 in 5 on Sakhal). Treat them like pond water.
- Don't share a canteen with a sick player. Drinking from it passes your illness into it.
On Is Dead
Found bottles and canteens can carry cholera on our servers too, so purify before you drink.
Questions
How do I cure cholera in DayZ?
Take tetracycline. One pill works for 5 minutes, so take another when it wears off until the vomiting stops. Keep drinking clean water to make up for what you lose. Multivitamins help your body fight it, and so does keeping food, water, health and blood all near full.
What causes cholera in DayZ?
Drinking untreated water from ponds, lakes and rivers, or from bottles and canteens you find. Drinking from a sick player's canteen can pass it on too. When it starts: about half an hour after drinking bad water.
What are the symptoms of cholera in DayZ?
Main signs: vomiting; getting thirsty fast.
Is cholera contagious in DayZ?
Not through the air. But eating or drinking from the same food or canteen as a sick player can pass it on.