It says, bloody clothes increases your stress level. How bloody? The clothes are 0/100 blood when clean. Does the stress trigger at 1/100, or 50/100?

Yes. It's a sliding scale. Even 1/100 will start stressing you out, but it's slow. 100/100 will stress you out crazy fast.

Also, Bloody surroundings will stress you out too. Make sure you wash the walls/floor of any place you make a home of if you've fought zombies inside.

It works just like Shurenai says.
Personally, I'd recommend not using it because it's practically impossible to not be constantly stressed unless you're washing yourself all the time.
Doing looting runs becomes a nightmare when you get even the tiniest bit of blood on you in the first few minutes and your character quickly goes insane.

Originally posted by Fleshly Delight:

It works just like Shurenai says.
Personally, I'd recommend not using it because it's practically impossible to not be constantly stressed unless you're washing yourself all the time.
Doing looting runs becomes a nightmare when you get even the tiniest bit of blood on you in the first few minutes and your character quickly goes insane.

Pro tip: Combine Hemophobic and Smoker. You'll go through cigarettes a bit faster in the long run, but you can manage your elevated stress levels easily at any time no matter how bloody you are.

ya, if you get stress from just 1/100 then its a horrible trait as stress is dmg reduction. Smoking is just another tedious thing to keep up with. I wish it werent so harsh, maybe starting at 10/100.

Thx for feedback gang.

Originally posted by Jonnson:

ya, if you get stress from just 1/100 then its a horrible trait as stress is dmg reduction. Smoking is just another tedious thing to keep up with. I wish it werent so harsh, maybe starting at 10/100.

Thx for feedback gang.

Well, the thing is that being bloody at all, even 1/100, will slowly increase your stress. But, It's not like 1/100 = Nervous Wreck. It's a slow gradual increase in stress over time that goes faster the more bloody you are. Not instant.

And, You don't lose any damage at all until your stress has accumulated to a whopping 50% of the maximum at the 'Agitated' state, which is only a 10% loss of melee damage. 1-49% stress (No moodle, and anxious moodle) don't affect damage at all.

So, You can go a significant period, even bloodied up, before actually losing any melee damage.


Hemophobic is actually one of my favorite traits, since it's effects are actually really minor in the long run and it's effects easily managed.

Especially with smoker, which while a thing to keep track of, you only have to pay attention to it a couple times a day. Being able to instantly empty your stress meter, and a large chunk of unhappiness and also emptying your boredom at any time you please is a godsend, Imo.

Anywho, you do you. :) Good luck.

Originally posted by Shurenai:

Originally posted by Jonnson:

ya, if you get stress from just 1/100 then its a horrible trait as stress is dmg reduction. Smoking is just another tedious thing to keep up with. I wish it werent so harsh, maybe starting at 10/100.

Thx for feedback gang.

Well, the thing is that being bloody at all, even 1/100, will slowly increase your stress. But, It's not like 1/100 = Nervous Wreck. It's a slow gradual increase in stress over time that goes faster the more bloody you are. Not instant.

And, You don't lose any damage at all until your stress has accumulated to a whopping 50% of the maximum at the 'Agitated' state, which is only a 10% loss of melee damage. 1-49% stress (No moodle, and anxious moodle) don't affect damage at all.

So, You can go a significant period, even bloodied up, before actually losing any melee damage.


Hemophobic is actually one of my favorite traits, since it's effects are actually really minor in the long run and it's effects easily managed.

Especially with smoker, which while a thing to keep track of, you only have to pay attention to it a couple times a day. Being able to instantly empty your stress meter, and a large chunk of unhappiness and also emptying your boredom at any time you please is a godsend, Imo.

Anywho, you do you. :) Good luck.

Well, that's a little more informative. If its increasing in this way, is it 1% stress per 1/100 bloody? So, 49/100 bloody is 49% stress, and then 50/100 bloody is 50% stress and the avatar becomes "agitated?"

..or is it a timed thing, where say 1/100 bloody will cause one to be agitated after 10 minutes, or w/e?

nm, you first statement answered my question. I guess the question is, whats the rate? One persons idea of "slowly" is not necessarily another's.