Comfrey Poultice

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Comfrey Poultice

General

Category

First Aid

Encumbrance

0.2

Technical

Item ID

Base.ComfreyCataplasm

“

Aids recovery from broken bones when applied as a poultice.

— Comfrey in-game tooltip

Comfrey poultice is a first aid item.

Usage

Comfrey poultice can be used to increase the recovery rate of a fracture. The poultice cannot be applied while a bandage or another poultice is on the wound, however can be added regardless of whether a splint has already been applied or not. The poultice will start taking effect as soon as it is applied, and does not require a bandage. Once applied, the poultice cannot be removed, and will be consumed when completely healed or over time based on the comfrey factor.

Recovery rate

Comfrey poultice reduces recovery time of a fracture by 50%. An untreated moderate fracture will last approximately 12.8 days. Therefore, a comfrey treated fracture will take 6.3 days to heal. This can be reduced further by applying a splint or being well fed.

Comfrey factor

The life of the poultice is determined by a value referred to as the “comfrey factor”, which scales with the player's first aid skill. This is calculated by getting a random number between (first aid level + 1) * 0.5 + 10 and (first aid level + 1) * 1.0 + 10. While healing the fracture, the poultice will deteriorate at a rate of 1 unit every 42 seconds, meaning 21–42 seconds are added to the life of the poultice per first aid level. The poultice will not be consumed or heal the wound unless a bandage is also applied. It's important to note that the effects of the first aid skill are only relevant to the individual applying the poultice, and not the individual with the wound.

Due to the comfrey factor being significantly lower than the total recovery time, especially at lower first aid levels, a comfrey poultice will need to be re-applied several times before healing completely. This can be calculated to an average of 50 poultices required for first aid level 0, and 30 for level 10. However, it should be noted the number of comfrey poultices required will be reduced significantly when combined with a splint, especially at higher first aid levels.

Poultice life in seconds at each first aid level

First Aid level	Time low (seconds)	Time high (seconds)
0	441	462
1	462	504
2	483	546
3	504	588
4	525	630
5	546	672
6	567	714
7	588	756
8	609	798
9	630	840
10	651	882

Crafting

Recipes are still based on build 41, and are planned to be revamped to build 42 at a later date, depending on the game's crafting system improvement.

Product	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Comfrey Poultice	Comfrey ×5	Mortar and Pestle	none	none	none

Location

Comfrey poultice cannot be found in the world, it is crafted using comfrey.

Variants

Comfrey Poultice

Plantain Poultice

Wild Garlic Poultice

Trivia

• The word “poultice” comes from the Latin puls, pultes, meaning “porridge”.

History

Base.ComfreyCataplasm

Version	Description
Build 41.65	DisplayCategory added with value FirstAid.
Build 41.51	WorldStaticModel added with value Poultice.
Build 33.13	Released on this version.

Code

Code snippet! This section contains source code from Project ZomboidShow / Hide

Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items_medical.txt

Retrieved: Build 42.0.2

item ComfreyCataplasm
	{
		DisplayName = Comfrey Poultice,
		DisplayCategory = FirstAid,
		Type = Normal,
		Weight = 0.2,
		Icon = MashedHerbs,
		Tooltip = Tooltip_Comfrey,
		WorldStaticModel = Poultice,
	}

See also

• Comfrey
• Common Mallow
• Ginseng
• Lemongrass
• Plantain
• Wild Garlic