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Poison is a health-related game mechanic in a number of Resident Evil games.

What is Poison?[]

Certain attacks are capable of inflicting this condition on the player. It causes health to slowly drop; depending on the game, it may leave the player at 1 HP, or be capable of killing them outright. While Green and Red Herbs can still heal, they will not remove the poison. In some games where the character's health affects their body language, poison will force them to limp.

How to treat Poison?[]

Blue Herbs are the most common antidote, and are typically found in the same areas as poisonous enemies. Sometimes there are also objects that can cure poison an unlimited number of times, such as large pots full of blue herbs. Certain enemies, like Nosferatu and Yawn, have Poison attacks that cannot be cured by normal means, and consequently a special serum is required.

Incurable cases[]

There are some cases where the poison status isn't possible to cure due to story-related reasons:

  • In Resident Evil, If the player gets hit by Yawn in its first fight in the attic, the player will be poisoned and needs a Serum to be treated.
  • In Resident Evil 3, when Jill gets infected by Nemesis at the start of the St. Michael Clock Tower's courtyard fight, she'll need a Vaccine to cure her t-Virus infection.
  • In Resident Evil CODE:Veronica, Claire will get poisoned by Nosferatu if she keeps inhaling his released toxic gas during his fight on the heliport. If she does, Chris will need to look for a Serum for her.

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