First Aid

Sepsis Warning Signs

Read Casualties: Unknown sepsis warnings, identify spreading limb infections and understand why treating pain alone does not resolve the systemic condition.

The Sepsis moodle describes a widespread infection causing confusion, low blood pressure and fever, and tells you to treat infected limbs. This is a systemic warning, not just another name for pain.

Read the progression

The current release separates Sepsis, Severe sepsis and Septic shock. Severe sepsis adds signs of organ dysfunction and warns of progression toward shock. Septic shock signals imminent circulatory collapse.

Inspect the limb panel alongside these warnings. The life-threatening infection description says the infection is spreading to other limbs and the original limb is undergoing necrosis. Its own instruction is amputation; that is a late-stage game instruction, not a reason to amputate every minor infection.

Do not mask the wrong symptom

Pain relief can change how the character feels without establishing that the infection regressed. Watch the actual infection arrows, blood pressure and systemic warning instead of relying on reduced pain.

Prevention is easier to document than recovery

The developer’s training supports early, targeted antiseptic use. It does not establish a guaranteed recovery sequence from every late-stage state or preset. Use infection treatment first, and amputation and prosthetics only when the actual injury state and item instructions justify it. All guidance refers to the game.

Sources & version notes

Reviewed against the primary sources below. Version-dependent details are identified in the article; these procedures have not been personally playtested.

Compiled from public sources. We have not personally played or tested these procedures. Check your installed build and its tooltips when details differ.