How to cure heavy metal poisoning
- Take chelating tablets. One works for 5 minutes. Stage 3 always needs them, and a bad case can take two.
- A mild case (stage 1 or 2) slowly fades on its own once you stop drinking polluted water.
Don't
- Boiling and purification tablets don't remove heavy metals. Tetracycline doesn't help either.
Symptoms
- Shaky hands, aim sways
- Hearing cuts out
- Groaning in pain
- Getting thirsty fast
- Vomiting
- Health slowly dropping
- Sick icon is showing
- Blurry vision
Stages
- Stage 1: shaking hands and extra thirst.
- Stage 2: groaning in pain and hearing that cuts out. This is when the sick icon shows.
- Stage 3: deafness, double vision, vomiting and steady health loss. It won't fade on its own.
How you catch it
Drinking Sakhal's pond water, snow or hot spring water without a filter bottle. On Is Dead Livonia and Sakhal, a bullet left in your body too.
How to avoid it
- On Sakhal, drink from wells or use a filter bottle, which removes heavy metals and cholera.
On Is Dead
On Livonia and Sakhal, Inedia Pain also causes heavy metal poisoning from a bullet you haven't taken out. Extract it (Morphine, Tramadol or being unconscious first, then a Surgical Kit).
Questions
How do I cure heavy metal poisoning in DayZ?
Take chelating tablets. One works for 5 minutes. Stage 3 always needs them, and a bad case can take two. A mild case (stage 1 or 2) slowly fades on its own once you stop drinking polluted water.
What causes heavy metal poisoning in DayZ?
Drinking Sakhal's pond water, snow or hot spring water without a filter bottle. On Is Dead Livonia and Sakhal, a bullet left in your body too. When it starts: it builds up the more polluted water you drink.
What are the symptoms of heavy metal poisoning in DayZ?
Main signs: shaky hands, aim sways; hearing cuts out.