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Parasites from undercooked meat or eggs, settled in for the duration. Barely noticeable at first — you are simply always hungry and always tired. They do not kill you, and they do not leave.
Source: Food-borne.
Minor
- -1 🏊 Endurance
- Healing from all sources is halved
- Disadvantage on 🏊 END + 🏕 Survival Tests
Major
- -2 🏊 Endurance, -2 🏃 Agility
- Healing from all sources is halved
- No HP recovery from the Sleep activity during a 🏕 Long Rest
- Gain 1 stack of 😫 Exhaustion on a failed progression Test
Will Not Clear On Its Own
A successful 🏕 Long Rest progression Test reduces Major Gut Worms to Minor as normal — but it never cures Minor Gut Worms. The body cannot expel them.
Cured By
- 💊 Antibiotics — removes them instantly at any severity
- 🧫 Infection Care — cures Minor; reduces Major to Minor
- Visiting a doctor at a settlement
See 🤒 Illness for contraction, progression, and the full cure table.