Blood Type
What TornLife's research has established about Blood Type, and the questions players asked about it.
What TornLife has verified
- Using an Empty Blood Bag requires the Intravenous Therapy education course. It produces one filled blood bag of the user's own blood type. (documented; Empty Blood Bag (infobox), )
- Blood type matters: a filled bag is compatible only with certain recipient groups. O- works for any group; O+ for O+, A+, B+, AB+; A- for A-, A+, AB-, AB+; B- for B-, B+, AB-, AB+; A+ for A+, AB+; B+ for B+, AB+; AB+ only for AB+. (documented; Blood Bag : O- (infobox), )
- Blood types, blood bags and the Intravenous Therapy education course were introduced with Medical 2.0 on 25/02/15. No source in this pack says how to change blood type. (confirmed by Torn; Medical 2.0 released : 25/02/15 — changes to Hospital (2015-02-25), )
- Developer Chedburn stated in 2017 that blood type can never change and that it is not possible. (confirmed by Torn; Blood type changed?, )
- Staff member bogie stated in 2022 that blood types cannot be changed and never have been. A player who believed his type had changed from B+ to AB+ was told he had always been O+. (confirmed by Torn; Changed blood type, )
- Blood types are unknown until the player tries a compatible-or-not bag or withdraws blood into an empty bag. Bags only give positive effects if the user's type is compatible with the bag, following real-life red blood cell compatibility. (confirmed by Torn; Medical 2.0 released, )
- Patch list #322 (16/01/24) added Ipecac Syrup, a self-hospitalization item primarily for those of the AB+ blood type. (confirmed by Torn; Patch list #322 : 16/01/24 — changes to Ipecac Syrup (2024-01-16), )
Questions about Blood Type
- What are blood bags used for, and how can a player change their blood type?
Filled blood bags are Medical items that take about 120 minutes off hospital time, restore 30% life and add 30 minutes of medical cooldown. Empty bag…