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[[File:spore.png]] '''Spores''' are specific resources produced by the {{Status|Mush}}. They are mainly used to '''convert''' a human character to the Mush.

== Creation ==

The only way for a {{Status|Mush}} to create a spore is via the [[Actions#Basic_Mush_Actions|basic mush actions]] {{Action Button|2{{ap}} Extract a spore}}. All [[mush]] have this action available and no skill is required to unlock it. 
The cost becomes 4 {{AP}} when {{Research|Constipaspore Serum}} is completed. On the other hand, a {{Skill|Fertile}} mush can produce one spore per day for free.

The entire mush team can produce a total of 4 spores each day (which is reduced to 2 by {{Research|Antispore Gas}} and increased by 1 with {{Skill|Mycelium Spirit}}).

Performing this action requires a particular care. It is a {{privacy|secret}} action and can therefore be seen by other people and cameras in the room. Moreover, this always makes the mush {{status|dirty}}, even when wearing the ''Stainproof Apron''.


== Usage ==

=== Attaching a spore ===
[[Image: Status-Spores.png|frame]]

There are a number of ways that a {{character|Mush}} can attach a spore to a human (or '''''spike''''').

* {{Action Button|1{{ap}} Infect}}, a basic Mush action  {{Note|Infecting a human is affected by Ian's {{Trait|Ian}} trait, raising the {{AP}} cost to 3 should he be in the room}}
* {{Item|Schrodinger}} can be infected and will transfer a spore to anyone that gets scratched. (The same person can be spored by Schrödinger more than once if they get injured multiple times.) Cuddling does not transfer spores.
* {{Skill|Fungal Kitchen}} (requires {{Character Level|Mush|1}}), a skill that spikes a consumable item with a spore, infecting the character who consumes it.
* {{Skill|Trapper}} (requires {{Character Level|Mush|5}}), a skill which places a spore in the current room, transferring it to the next character that performs any room action.
* [[Actions#Doing it|"Doing it"]] An action that is intended to raise morale, but can get spored if you are doing it with a {{Character|Mush}}.

Apart from the above, a human may also get spored when they are on [[Expeditions]] and travel through [[Zones#Cristalite|Cristalite zones]] which have a chance to infect all traveling characters with a spore.

=== Other use ===
Skills {{skill|phagocyte}}, {{skill|transfer}}, {{skill|Massive Mushification}}, {{todo|etc?}} enable actions requiring a spore.


== Carrying Spores ==

Each mush can carry a maximum of 2 spores at any time.

A Mush can know the '''contamination level''' of any character in the same room (the number of spores they carry). A notification is also given in the '''Mush Chanel''' each time a human becomes infected by an additional spore. 

Humans know whether they are infected by researching {{Research|Mycoscan}}. The {{skill|Mycologist}} removes a spore any time he '''Heals''' another character. Finally, the {{Item|Spore Sucker}} both tells whether the target character is infected, and removes one spore.


== Conversion ==

As soon as a human is infected by 3 spores, he becomes a {{Character|Mush}}. The limit is raised to 4 with {{Research|Mushovore Bacteria}}.
The ship's crew log is also immediately updated. However, no notification is given: if any Mush becomes {{skill|Anonymush}} quickly enough, the crew bar will look as it was before the conversion, and there are good chances that no human notices the flickering.


== Gallery ==
An example using '''Infect''':

In this next example, the humans have finished the [[Research|Mushovore Bacteria research]] and 4 spores are now required for a conversion.
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|[[Image:Infect1.png|thumb|none|Here, {{Character|Paola}} is human and does not know she has spores attached to her.]]
|[[Image:Infect2.png|thumb|none|At this point, Paola has been infected again and is now a {{Character|Mush}}.]]
|[[Image:Infect3.png|thumb|none|This is later in the game. We can now see that Paola has chosen her Mush skills and created her own spore.]]
|}