Illness

> Toriko's fingi-infected body already has a compromised immune system. She is vulnerable to toxic substances and even environmental changes.
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One of the largest dangers to Toriko's safety are illnesses. Illnesses occur when Toriko's conditions are not maintained fully. Several factors increase the risk of Toriko becoming ill:

* Unclean terrarium
* Starvation
* Boredom
* Contamination

Once Toriko becomes ill, the Pet Nanny will raise an alarm. Failure to go return to check on Toriko will result in her demise so haste must be made.

Once she has been checked, FactoryAI will explain the problem and what they need to alleviate the symptoms. During this, her condition stabilises while the robot goes to collect treatment from the unique dungeon to go find the appropriate materials.

## Contracting Illness

Toriko's body naturally fends off disease, but certain factors can cause her to contract illnesses and weaken her immune system. Normally, it is extremely unlikely for her to fall ill unless her conditions deteriorate. These can be caused by a variety of means:

* **Hunger**, Toriko will slowly lose health when left unfed. Each unit of health lost below 4 Hearts will make her become more susceptible to illness.
* **Hygiene**, the Terrarium will gradually become dirty. When the Terrarium reaches the second stage of uncleanliness it becomes significantly more likely for her to contract an illness, and will worsen the longer it is left uncleaned.
* **Boredom**, sometimes Toriko would like to play while you're out on an expedition. Playing with her always cheers her up, but ignoring it can leave her unhappy. This has a mild effect on her health, and will rarely cause her to get sick directly.
* **Contamination**, though it does not directly cause illness, the weakening of her immune system means she can contract illnesses if she gets even a little hungry or unclean, massively increasing the risks of expeditions.

When Toriko becomes sick, the robot has only a short time to return to the Terrarium and examine her state. Failure to check on her will result in a Game Over as Toriko will not survive.

## Treating Illness

One Toriko has been analysed by FactoryAI, and a remedy identified, the robot must make an expedition to collect resources and materials to craft the treatment. This will temporarily unlock access to the Illness Dungeon. The materials needed will always be on the 3rd floor of the dungeon.

While Toriko's condition has deteriorated, she cannot be fed food normally. All food must be blended into Gruel first.

## Illnesses

There are a total of 16 illnesses, 4 of which from the Toriko Care Package or ++ version. The illness she receives is completely random, with the exception of Overgrowth which can only be contracted when Toriko's Contamination level is high.

Some illnesses require crafting a unique furniture item, which can be re-used if she catches the illness again. Unlike other furniture, they provide no First Time Craft Bonus.

## Strategy

Contracting any illness will cost the player time and resources. The dungeon used to cure it is not very good for collecting useful materials, nor is there a benefit to having contracted and cured an illness, so the player should generally avoid these if possible. It is usually easy to avoid contracting an illness by simply responding to Toriko's needs when alerted to them as she will virtually never get ill if her conditions are well-maintained. This can also include intentionally not feeding her if she's relatively healthy to reduce the amount she gets fed contaminated foods. However, contamination cannot directly cause illness, so if she is hungry it is always best to feed her regardless. Furthermore, feeding her uncontaminated foods will lower her contamination level so always prioritise collecting and storing uncontaminated food from expeditions, even using Decontamination Kits to clean food on expeditions.

If the player wishes to complete the Archive or collect specific furnitures from the cures, the easiest method is to allow Toriko's terrarium to reach dangerously unhygenic conditions with high contamination, make a save file, then enter a dungeon and use the Wait command for as long as is possible until she gets ill (note the time it takes carries over so if you leave the dungeon before she gets ill, then the next time you enter a dungeon she will get ill sooner). Return to the terrarium, and identify which illness she got. If it was a desired one, then proceed to cure her, otherwise reload the file and return to the dungeon. This is time-consuming and resource expensive for completing the Archive, but is the most efficient method to do so. If the player runs out of resources, use the Endless Ruins to quickly gather more without risk of Toriko perishing.

## Trivia

* All illnesses in the Toriko Care Package cost high amounts of resources compared to the original illness list, but also includes a higher rate of furniture items.
* In an interview with the director, Masayuki Furuya, they said they wanted Toriko's appearances when ill to be "pitiful", but also cute and fun in other cases.
* Despite Toriko starting the game in Overgrowth and later contracting it through the story, the illness will not be added to the Archive unless it was caught from feeding her contaminated foods and catching it for a third time, as this is the only time it is avoidable.