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Drugs or Stimulants, as they are coined inStarfield, work similarly to their counterparts from the Fallout series, so if you take too many you’ll become addicted, causing an array of debilitating effects. However, some situations could require the taking of them. Taking a Squall in combat will turn you into a fast mobile killing machine, helping you finally kill that Terrormorph rampaging through a Civilian Outpost.
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There are a range of Stimulants that offer tempting stat bonuses and effects. However, while one should avoid these addictive and dangerous substances, there are multiple ways to suppress and cure your chem addiction.
What Does Addiction Do?
Every time you take a stimulant,there’s a chance that you’ll become addictedand be afflicted with theStimulant Addictionstatus effect. The Stimulant Addiction effect will give you the following debuffs:
This weakening effect will not go awayuntil you take more stimulants. Unlike previous Bethesda titles, youwon’t have to take the same type of stimulantto alleviate your withdrawal sinceit’s a general addictionto using stimulants.
You’ll be notified when you are afflicted by Stimulant Addiction. Moreover, you can navigate to yourcharacter’s status via the menu to see all active effects in detail.
Arguably, Stimulant Addiction is not as big a problem as it was in the Fallout series, sinceyou can combat the symptoms with any stimulant.However,the last thing you want while you survey a remote planetis to run out of O2.
Running out of O2 will cause your spacesuit to build up with CO2,denoted by a red bar. Once this is maxed out,you will begin to lose health.
How To Cure Addiction
If you find yourself addicted to stimulants, don’t panic, since there are a number of ways to alleviate your addiction:
Not all vendors will supply Addichrone and Junk Flush soyou should trade with doctors,as they are more likely to have them in stock.
Finding a doctor isby far the best choice to cure Stimulant Addiction.However, doctors don’t just spring up out of the ground on a remote planet -you can only find doctors in major settlements and cities, like in The Wells of New Atlantis.
Therefore, we suggest that youcarry a couple of Junk Flush and Addichronejust in case you become addicted to stimulants in a remote location.
Addichrone will suppress the effects of Stimulant addiction for ten minutes, and we recommend purchasing it from vendorsonly if you have none in your inventory.Otherwise, seek outPharmaceutical Kits, as these containerswill always hold medical stimulants within.
How To Craft Stimulants
You can use thePharmaceutical Lab to craft stimulants and medical items. However, you must completePharmaceutical research projectsin the Research Labandinvest skill points in the Chemistry Skill.
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