Legacy:Leech

Leeches decrease your SHP slowly, but for every point of SHP damage there's a chance of them healing a point of HHP. The amount of SHP drained uses the formula (leech quality)/10 rounded up. Each time a leech drains your SHP, its quality will increase or decrease towards your constitution.

Once a leech becomes bloated it will no longer have any effect on you, but bloated leeches will become skinny again after sitting in your inventory or a container. It is a good idea to collect leeches and store them for future use.

How to Acquire

Walk around in a swamp with empty equipment slots, and leeches will soon attach themselves.

Notes

• Dropped leeches disappear.
• Leeches make excellent fishing bait as well.
• The only other way to heal your hitpoints is to make gauze and bandage your head.
• Leeches appear in swamps coloured a green tint on your minimap and contain marsh plants. Other partially flooded lands do not contain leeches.

Warning

If your SHP goes down to 0 you will then become unconscious and will continue to lose HHP slowly until the leeches become bloated. Be careful that they although they cannot drain all of your HHP, your character will die without giving you a chance to become conscious and pick them off!