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Curing Infection in 7 Days To Die
If you spend any time away from your base in 7 Days To Die, you’ll almost certainly pick up an Infection. It’s one of the most common status effects in the game, and nearly every zombie or animal—zombified or not—can give it to you when they land a hit. At first, it seems harmless, but as it worsens, it becomes a serious threat that can end your run if you don’t treat it in time.
How Infection Progresses
Infection has four stages, each tied to a percentage value. Stage one is manageable, but stages two through four apply increasingly severe negative effects, and stage four kills you outright. A new infection always starts small—around 0.1–0.12%—but it grows at a steady rate of 0.1% per real-world minute. That means, if left completely untreated, you have roughly six real hours before you reach the final, fatal stage. Each time you’re hit while already infected, your infection percentage jumps higher and faster than the previous hit, so staying in a fight only makes things worse.
Treatment Options
The moment you notice the infection icon, you should look for a cure. Using a treatment item gives you the “Treated Infection” status, which pauses the spread or reduces the infection percentage depending on what you use. If the treatment heals enough of the remaining infection, it disappears entirely. The three main remedies vary in effectiveness and rarity.
Jar of Honey is your earliest and most common option, healing just 5% of the infection. You can find honey in medicine cabinets, medical supply loot, Pop-N-Pills crates, and functional vending machines. There’s also a small chance from harvesting tree stumps, and if you read the Wasteland Treasures: Honey book, you get a 5% chance to find honey when chopping regular trees.
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