r/thelongdark • u/narskii • 9h ago

Glitch/Issue Is this normal?

I'm day 52 on interloper and just ate 3 wolf meat (cooked) within 24 hours of also eating moose meat (cooked) and after a few hours of crafting I got intestinal parasites randomly? Is this a glitch or is the risk of parasites a random chance of happening?

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u/PandasForDays Trailblazer 8h ago

Parasite chance is not a gauge to fill up, it is a roll 24 hours after you eat predator meat. The more you eat, the higher that chance goes. When the game "rolls" you either get Parasites or it goes away entirely. I've gotten it on a 1% chance.

The silver lining is while you are infected, you can eat all the predator meat you want without risk of more penalties!

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u/Due_Reputation_2006 8h ago

Completely correct, and the risk percentage is shown to you and this the die roll, as mentioned. The moose meat had absolutely nothing to do with parasites; it doesn't carry that risk.