Resistance

Resistance is one of the primary mechanics used throughout Parasite Infection. For The Resistance (Part 5) click the appropriate link.

Nearly every infestable character in part 2, 4 and 5 with few exceptions has both a perversion and a resistance stat.

Resistance represents a characters desire to fight against parasitic infestation and lustful sexual advances. It starts at 100 for most characters and will bottom out at -100. During part 2 if Chet/Chloe is discovered (their infestation is noticed) by an uninfested NPC that NPC will have the ability to trigger discovery events during the daytime that will add points to your detection meter (This can also happen in part 4 but it is incomplete and nothing happens when your detection reaches 100). The higher the resistance the more chance that they will initiate an event and the higher chance it will add more points. As of 4.3 the chance a detection event triggers a significant spike (+20) is the NPC's resistance divided by 2.

The resistance stat is also used to calculate whether or not NPCs will engage in sex with your character. At 60 or lower resistance NPCs that are infected but uninfested will initiate sex with the protagonist. During the sex scene, choosing sexual acts that target a vulnerable werm breeding body part (mouth, anus, vagina) have a high chance to infest the NPC.

NPCs can have their resistance affected by Day events:


 * X behaves as normally as possible. Their sanity slowly increases +1 resistance.
 * X masturbates as frequently as possible to relieve his/her arousal -2 resistance.
 * X has sex with Y. Their infection drives them deeper into sexual depravity -5 resistance each.
 * X has sex with a random person. -5 resistance.
 * X tries to contact the authorities, but is accused of paranoid delusions. He/she questions his/her own knowledge of the situation -5 resistance.

NPCs will also have their resistance affected by whether or not they accept parasitic changes to their body during the night.


 * X accepts the (parasite) infesting his/her (body part) -10 resistance.
 * X rejects the (parasite) infesting his/her (body part) +10 resistance.
 * X has accepted all the changes to his/her body -20 resistance. (only available with 3 or more infestations in 1 day.

During Part 4 there is a random event at the Portal Hub where Chloe can sneak onboard a cruise ship. Here she meets a lonely male Antari who relates his pitiful situation. The event confers +5 resistance.