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'''Disease''' is one of the few status effects in ''RuneScape''. It is caused by being damaged by [[Zogre]]s, [[Skogre]]s and [[Fever spider]]s, or can be caused by failing to [[Thieving|pick the lock]] on a Zogre coffin or failing to cut a scrapey tree in [[Trouble Brewing]].
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When diseased, a player takes 10 damage to any random skill except for [[Prayer]] and [[Hitpoints]] every minute. The damage decreases over time until the disease wears off.
{{otheruses|the condition that affects players|the condition that affects planted crops|Disease (Farming)}}
 
[[File:Diseased.png|left]]
 
[[File:Diseasedamage.png|frame|Disease damage appears as a yellow rectangle]]
 
[[File:Old Disease Splat.png|thumb|Old Splat]]
 
   
 
The effects of disease can be countered with [[Relicym's balm]]; drinking one or two doses will reduce the effect, while three will eliminate the disease altogether. Skills will gradually recover on their own, but for an instantaneous recovery, [[potions]] from [[Herblore]] can be used. [[Stat restore potion]]s will recover [[Combat]] skills except Hitpoints and Prayer, while [[super restore potion]]s will recover every skill except Hitpoints, including a limited amount of Prayer.
'''Disease''' was one of the few status effects in ''RuneScape''. It was caused by being damaged by [[Zogre]]s in their dungeon near Jiggig, Diseased Kebbits in Gu'tanoth, [[Skogre]]s, [[Fever Spider]]s, from the scarabs during [[Dealing with Scabaras]] in their dungeon in Sophanem, by failing to [[Thieving|pick the lock]] on a zogre coffin (again, in dungeon near Jiggig), failing to cut a scrapey tree in [[Trouble Brewing]], fungal rodents in the polypore dungeon, or by the disease handicap in the [[Dominion tower]].
 
   
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The [[bracelet of innoculation]] can also provide protection against disease.
When a player had disease, shown by a yellow hitsplat ([[File:Diseasesplat.png]]), the player's [[skills]] were reduced by a random amount. Recovery took one minute per level reduced, which can potentially be a long time.
 
 
The only skill that was not affected by disease is [[Constitution]]. All other skills may be reduced randomly by disease, taking away a number of skill points equal to the number on the disease splat. It only lowers one skill at a time and can lower the same skill multiple times in a row.
 
 
Wearing an [[inoculation brace]] provides protection against the effects of disease by preventing the reduction of skill levels, but it does not cure or immunise against disease. Alternatively, bathing in the thermal bath in [[Oo'glog]] does cure and briefly immunise players against disease.
 
 
==Curing disease==
 
Skills gradually recover on their own, but for an instantaneous recovery, potions from [[Herblore]] could be used. [[Restore potion]]s recover [[Combat]] skills except [[Prayer]] and [[Summoning]], while [[Super restore]] recovers all other skills and a limited amount of Prayer and Summoning.
 
 
The effects of disease could be countered with [[Relicym's balm]]. Drinking one or two doses reduces the effect, while three cures most disease altogether. Disease inflicted by scarab swarms and traps in the dungeon encountered in [[Dealing with Scabaras]] requires four doses to be cured immediately. Instead of clicking the potion, a player may click the now-yellow lifepoints indicator to automatically drink their balm.
 
 
Bathing in the thermal bath in [[Oo'glog]] cures disease and temporarily immunises players against being infected.
 
 
The [[unicorn stallion]]'s (level 88 [[Summoning]] required) 'Cure' effect cures both disease and poison, but requires some [[Summoning points]].
 
 
The [[Bloated leech]]'s (level 49 [[Summoning]] required) Blood Drain scroll heals disease, including [[poison]] and stat damage, at the cost of some life points.
 
 
The [[Cure Other]], [[Cure Me]], and [[Cure Group]] spells in the [[Lunar spells|Lunar spellbook]] will also cure disease.
 
 
Disease is cured upon [[death]] and respawn. It may be easier (and cheaper) to [[bank]] all [[items]] and get killed, or die in a safe [[minigame]] such as the [[Duel Arena]].
 
 
==See also==
 
* [[Poison]]
 
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[[Category:Mechanics]]
 
[[Category:Mechanics]]
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Revision as of 14:09, 16 February 2013

Disease is one of the few status effects in RuneScape. It is caused by being damaged by Zogres, Skogres and Fever spiders, or can be caused by failing to pick the lock on a Zogre coffin or failing to cut a scrapey tree in Trouble Brewing.

When diseased, a player takes 10 damage to any random skill except for Prayer and Hitpoints every minute. The damage decreases over time until the disease wears off.

The effects of disease can be countered with Relicym's balm; drinking one or two doses will reduce the effect, while three will eliminate the disease altogether. Skills will gradually recover on their own, but for an instantaneous recovery, potions from Herblore can be used. Stat restore potions will recover Combat skills except Hitpoints and Prayer, while super restore potions will recover every skill except Hitpoints, including a limited amount of Prayer.

The bracelet of innoculation can also provide protection against disease.