🛡️ Disease Protection & Prevention

The best cure is prevention! Learn how to protect yourself and avoid getting infected in the first place.

✅ Prevention is Better Than Cure!

Following good practices can drastically reduce your infection risk. Stay vigilant and protect your community!

👕 Protective Equipment

Wearing the right gear can reduce infection chances. Craft these items for protection:

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Face Masks

Reduces airborne disease transmission

  • Protects from infected players nearby
  • Essential when helping sick players
  • Wear in crowded areas
  • Check /epidemic help for crafting recipe
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Protective Gloves

Prevents infection through contact

  • Reduces combat transmission risk
  • Useful when fighting infected mobs
  • Wear during PvP battles
  • Can be combined with other armor
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Hazmat Suit

Full body protection from diseases

  • Maximum protection from all sources
  • Expensive but highly effective
  • Perfect for epidemic outbreaks
  • Required in high-risk areas
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Protective Boots

Prevents environmental infections

  • Protects in contaminated biomes
  • Useful in swamp areas
  • Reduces environmental risk
  • Lightweight and practical

✅ Best Practices for Staying Healthy

🏥 Regular Health Checks

Monitor your status frequently to catch infections early

/epidemic status
Check daily!
  • Use command at least once per day
  • Check after fights or visiting players
  • Early detection = easier treatment

🚫 Avoid Infected Areas

Stay away from high-risk locations

  • Swamps and dark forests are risky
  • Avoid areas with infected players
  • Don't loot from infected player bases
  • Use vaccines before exploring risky zones

💊 Keep Medicine Stocked

Always have emergency medicine ready

  • Keep basic cures in your ender chest
  • Store medicine at your base
  • Bring medicine on adventures
  • Trade for medicine if you can't craft

🤝 Community Safety

Work together to prevent outbreaks

  • Warn others about your infections
  • Stay isolated when severely sick
  • Share vaccines during outbreaks
  • Help cure infected community members

🛡️ Use Vaccines

Prevention through vaccination

  • Get vaccinated before risky activities
  • Vaccines provide temporary immunity
  • Re-apply when immunity wears off
  • Expensive but worth it for safety

⚔️ Combat Safety

Protect yourself during fights

  • Wear protective gear in PvP
  • Use ranged weapons against infected mobs
  • Wash/cure immediately after battles
  • Don't fight when already infected

💪 Building Immunity

How Immunity Works

Recovering from a disease can grant you temporary or permanent immunity! This is a powerful survival mechanic.

💊 Cure & Recover

Successfully treating a disease may grant immunity to it

🛡️ Use Vaccines

Vaccines provide immunity without getting sick first

⏰ Duration Varies

Check /epidemic immunity to see your current protections

🚨 What to Do If You Get Infected

Despite your best efforts, you might still get sick. Here's what to do:

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Check Your Status

Use /epidemic status to see what disease you have

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Get Medicine

Craft or obtain the appropriate cure quickly

3️⃣

Isolate Yourself

Stay away from others to avoid spreading infection

4️⃣

Use the Cure

Apply medicine with /epidemic cure or right-click

📚 Continue Learning

Master all aspects of epidemic survival!

📖 Epidemic Guide🦠 Disease Types💊 Medicine Crafting