No More Room in Hell 2: How to Cure Infection Fast

How to Cure Infection in No More Room in Hell 2

Getting infected in No More Room in Hell 2 is a death sentence if you don't act fast. The infection progresses through three stages, each with worsening symptoms, and if you reach the final stage without treatment, you die instantly. Here's exactly how to cure it.

Direct outcome: You can cure infection by using Phalanx Pills (resets infection progress) or the Experimental Gene Therapy Cure (cures and grants permanent immunity). If you have neither, extracting from the mission also cures you. If you're out of options, suicide prevents your body from turning into a zombie.

Prerequisites

Before you can cure an infection, you need to know what you're dealing with:

• How you got infected: Zombie bites during a grab minigame, attacks while below 50% health, or Shambler gas clouds.
• Your current infection stage: Symptoms appear in a specific order that tells you how close you are to turning.
• Available medical supplies: Check your inventory and your team's inventory for Phalanx Pills or Gene Therapy.

How Infection Works

You can become infected in three ways:

1. Zombie grab: A zombie grabs you, triggering a button-mash minigame. Fail it, or have below 15% stamina when grabbed, and you get bitten. Lower stamina makes the minigame harder.
2. Low health attacks: When your health is at 50% or below, any zombie attack can infect you. The lower your health, the higher the infection chance.
3. Shambler gas: Standing in a dead Shambler's lingering gas cloud, or getting hit by a zombie covered in that gas, gives you a very high infection chance.

Once infected, you go through an incubation period with no symptoms, then symptoms appear in this order:

If you reach The Veins stage and don't take medication, you die instantly.

Steps to Cure Infection

Option 1: Use Phalanx Pills (Resets Infection)

Phalanx Pills are semi-common medical items that reset your infection progress back to zero.

Steps:

1. Open your inventory and select Phalanx Pills.
2. Use one dose. Each bottle has 3 uses.
3. Your infection progress resets to the incubation stage.

When to use: Wait until you reach The Veins (final stage) before using a pill. This conserves your supply in case you can't find more pills before the next infection.

Option 2: Use Experimental Gene Therapy Cure (Cures + Immunity)

The Gene Therapy is a rare medical item that cures your current infection AND makes you immune for the rest of the session. It's a syringe gun with a two-step process:

Steps:

1. Use the syringe gun — Your character draws blood from their arm.
2. Wait for the progress bar — A bar appears at the top of the gun showing the device creating antibodies from your blood.
3. Use the gun again — When the bar fills and turns green, inject yourself with the created antibodies.

Important notes:

• The item is single-use only. After immunization, the gun is thrown away.
• Save it for a player who is already infected rather than using it preemptively.
• Player reports suggest a small chance of going blind for 10 seconds after using the vaccine, though this hasn't been fully verified.

Option 3: Extract While Infected (Cures on Exit)

If you have no medical supplies, your best bet is to complete the mission objectives and extract. Players who extract while infected are cured and don't start the next session infected.

Steps:

1. Complete all mission objectives.
2. Head to the extraction point.
3. Extract. Your infection is cleared.

Option 4: Suicide (Last Resort)

If you're on the verge of turning and have no pills, no Gene Therapy, and no chance to extract, you can choose to die intentionally.

Why do this: When you die by suicide, your body does not turn into a zombie that chases other players. Instead, it just dies and drops your loot. This is a team-friendly sacrifice when you have no other options.

Common Mistakes

• Using Phalanx Pills too early. Each bottle only has 3 uses. If you pop a pill at Stage One, you waste doses you might need later when no more pills are available. Wait for The Veins stage.
• Not communicating with your team. Your coughing is audible to nearby players. Tell your team you're infected so they can call out pill locations or Gene Therapy finds.
• Ignoring the grab minigame. If you're below 15% stamina when grabbed, the minigame is harder and you're more likely to get bitten. Keep stamina up in melee situations.
• Standing in Shambler gas. The gas cloud from a killed Shambler has a very high infection chance. Move away immediately after killing one.
• Using Gene Therapy on a healthy player. It's single-use. If you use it before anyone is infected, you waste a rare cure on someone who didn't need it.

Advanced Tips

• Coordinate Gene Therapy use. Since it's single-use and rare, designate it for the most valuable team member or the player who's already infected. A healthy player who uses it early removes a safety net from the whole squad.
• Track your infection stage by symptoms. The progression is predictable: migraine aura → visual distortion → audio distortion → coughing → hallucinations → intensified coughing → veins. Use each symptom as a timer for when you need to find treatment.
• Check every medical container. Phalanx Pills are semi-common, but they're easy to miss if you're rushing objectives. Loot thoroughly when you can.
• Suicide placement matters. If you're going to self-sacrifice, do it somewhere your team can safely recover your loot without being swarmed.

Related Guides

• How to Delete Character
• How to Early Extract
• How to Equip Attachments
• How to Extract

Sources

• Mechanics | No More Room in Hell 2 Wiki | Fandom

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