Bacteria
| General Information | Strategy Guides Main Game - Cure Mode - Speed Run |
Cure Mode: Most common disease. Well understood and easy to detect.
May 23, 2012
(Version 1.0)- « Pathogenic bacteria are a major cause of human death and disease. Typically a few micrometres in length; they are extremely adaptable and can spread rapidly. »
- — Description of Bacteria in Plague Inc.: The Board Game
The Bacteria is the first standard plague available in the game, characterized by having the base traits in transmissions, symptoms and abilities as well as specialized traits in Resilience that allow the expansion of the pathogen to more environments.
Additionally, it is one of the plagues where it is possible to devolve symptoms in exchange for DNA points, allowing it to remain undetected for a longer period of time.[1]
Description
Main Mode
The bacteria is quite balanced in the Main Mode, this type of disease has extra abilities that help it spread in certain environments. This type of disease has no problem spreading through land, air or water, although it requires the evolution of certain transmissions in order to propagate quickly. The bacteria may sometimes mutate a few symptoms from time to time as it has a default mutation of 0.5, although the player can increase it through transmissions.
Cure Mode
The bacteria can be easily traced as it presents obvious symptoms and does not require testing. This type of disease has no special operations, nor does it have many strengths so it is easy to treat and cure, unlike the other plagues in this mode.
Multiplayer
- « Most common type of plague. Increased resilience to different climate types. »
- — Official Description of Bacteria in Multiplayer Mode
Bacteria is one of the five plagues that appears in Multiplayer Mode, this type of disease along with Virus were available in this mode when it was first released in 2015.
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Special Ability
The special ability for Bacteria is Bacterial Resilience, which raises its survivability and effectiveness in all climates. It does not give Drug Resistance and the boost is less than those provided by Cold/Heat Resistance individually.
Trivia
- It is required to unlock the Insane Bolt achievement.
- Bacteria, along with Parasite, Prion and Bio-Weapon, are one of the plagues in which there is a refund or don't cost DNA points when devolving traits, therefore it is useful to use the Ionised Helix gene.[1]
- Bacteria is a type of disease available in Plague Inc.: The Board Game,[2] it was added when the Board Game's Kickstarter was launched.[3]
- Some of the code used in the Bacteria was reused for the Black Death scenario.[4]
Stages of Evolution
Cure Mode Traits
- ↑ Well Understood: Does not need to be analysed before control actions can be taken
- ↑ Coughing: Chance of infection by spreading pathogen into surroundings. Increases infectivity
- ↑ Internal Haemorrhaging: Arterial membranes break down, causing rapid internal bleeding and death
- ↑ Rash: The skin becomes blistered and painful, slightly increasing infectivity
- ↑ Hyper Sensitivity: Increases likelihood of allergic reactions which can distract the immune system
- ↑ Obvious Symptoms: Spread of the disease can be seen before investigation teams have been set up
- ↑ Necrosis: Large swathes of infected tissue lose blood supply and become fatally gangrenous
Achievements
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Achievement Name: | Bacteria Victory | ||||
| Achievement Description: | Win a game with Bacteria on Normal Difficulty or higher | |||||
| Value: | N/A | Difficulty: | Normal | |||
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Achievement Name: | Bacteria Master | ||||
| Achievement Description: | Beat Bacteria on mega-brutal difficulty | |||||
| Value: | Difficulty: | Mega Brutal | ||||
Gallery
In-Game
Bacteria's 3D Model in the PC Version
Board Game
Bacteria Evolution Slide in the Plague Inc.: The Board Game
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 @NdemicCreations (2019-02-25). "That explains it! This gene is useful for plagues that refund or don't cost to devolve, such as Bacteria, Prion, Bio-Weapon, and Parasite. For other plagues where you have to pay to devolve, it reduces the devolving cost". Twitter Retrieved on May 5, 2022.
- ↑ "Ndemic Creations Plague Inc Board Game Review" (2017-03-28). The Brick Castle Retrieved on April 28, 2022.
- ↑ "Project successful - 1046% funded!" (2016-05-31). Ndemic Creations Official Website Retrieved on April 28, 2022.
- ↑ "Stats of the Black Death Scenario" - Game Files
External Resources
- General: Reddit - True Achievements - Steam Discussions - Steam Guides
- Regional: Naver Blogs (Korean) - Zhihu (Simplified Chinese)
