Cannibal is a mental ailment that will trigger an afflicted companion to eat another party member when traveling, resting, and even searching loot locations while at low Sanity. A cannibal will continue to periodically eat companions and eventually even the explorer, ending the game in failure. There are three causes of cannibalism:
- An Insanity event while travelling with more than one human companion. Another human companion is lost during this.
- Eating a Red Mushroom when at low Sanity.
- Accepting a bowl of questionable meat when resting overnight in a village.
Like all mental ailments, Cannibalism may be cleansed with a Green Mushroom, cleansing at a Shaman Hut, or with the random blessing of Pure Mind from a temple.
Notes[]
- Abomination companions have a unique variant of this ailment. It cannot be cleansed, but can be managed by keeping Raw Meat available for the Abomination to eat.
- Animal companions may be affected.
- The Former Adventurer quest companion is always picked up with this ailment.
| Mental | Acrophobia • Alcoholic • Angry • Cannibal • Claustrophobic • Cursed • Dendrophobia • Faithless (RIVALS only) • Kleptomania • Lepidopterophobia • Light Mental Exhaustion (RIVALS only) • Local • Medium Mental Exhaustion (RIVALS only) • Mercurial • Paranoid • Pyromaniac • Racist • Renounced • Sexist • Strong Mental Exhaustion (RIVALS only) • Superstitious |
| Physical | Enemy Attention • Followed • Hallucinations • Hearing Loss • Infected Wound • Injured • Jungle Rot • Malaria • Overburden • Pneumonia • Rabies • Scurvy • Sprained Ankle • Strange Biting Mark • Viewing Loss |