Heavy Load Moodle
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| Class | Moodles |
| Type | Bad Moodle |
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The Heavy Load Moodle shows that a character is carrying too much. It appears once the weight carried goes over the character's capacity, and it has four levels.
Overloading slows the character down and hurts endurance recovery. Fights become harder, with slower attacks and fewer critical hits. Tripping becomes more likely, and climbing tall fences fails more often. At the higher levels, the strain even causes slow, steady damage. A survivor who loots too greedily can end up too slow to escape.
Heavy Load Moodle Levels
The moodle grows through these stages, from mild to worst.
| Level | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Weighed Down |
| 2 | Overloaded |
| 3 | Very Overloaded |
| 4 | Extremely Overloaded |
Heavy Load Moodle Causes
Carrying more than the character's capacity raises this moodle. Each extra step over capacity pushes it toward the next level.
Capacity depends on Strength. A stronger character carries more before the moodle appears.
Some moodles lower carrying capacity. Hunger and thirst both reduce it at their higher levels. Injuries can reduce it as well.
Traits shape capacity too. Stout and Strong increase carrying weight. Weak decreases it, and Puny makes it extremely small.
Heavy Load Moodle Effects
Weighed Down is the first level. Its tooltip reads "Carrying a little too much." Walking, running and sprinting slow down. Attacks slow a little, critical hits are rarer and endurance recovers more slowly. Tripping and fence-climbing failures become more likely.
Overloaded is the second level. The character is slowed by the weight. Movement slows a great deal more, and sprinting stops working. Endurance recovery drops sharply.
Very Overloaded is the third level. The character can barely move. Running stops working. Endurance drains while moving and stops recovering entirely. The strain causes slow damage until health drops to three quarters.
Extremely Overloaded is the last level. Its tooltip warns that the character is going to get hurt carrying all that. Walking speed falls to a quarter of normal. Endurance drains faster while moving, and the slow damage continues.
How to Fix the Heavy Load Moodle
Dropping items is the quickest cure. Putting heavy items down or storing them in a container lowers the load at once.
Sitting down stops the strain damage at the higher levels. Sitting on the ground, in a vehicle or on furniture all work.
Eating and drinking well also helps. Hunger and thirst lower capacity at their higher levels, so a fed and watered character carries more.
Raising Strength increases capacity over time. Carrying a heavy load is itself one of the ways Strength grows.
Heavy Load Moodle Traits
Stout gives extra knockback and increases carrying weight. Strong gives even more of both. Weak decreases carrying weight and knockback. Puny gives an extremely small carrying weight and far less knockback.
Notes
- Drop or store items to clear the moodle quickly.
- Sit down to stop the strain damage at high levels.
- Hunger and thirst lower carrying capacity.
- Strong and Stout raise carrying weight.
- Carrying heavy loads slowly builds Strength.
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