Incubation Period

Incubation Period

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Incubation is the hidden delay between acquiring an infection and its active symptom/mutation phase. During this time a subject can appear normal even though the infection exists in server data.

Default behavior

• The profile supplies a base tick duration; the bundled default is 6000 ticks.
• Symptoms, mutation effects, and related penalties wait until incubation completes.
• Spread during incubation is disabled unless the lifecycle profile explicitly enables it.
• Climate can change effective progression according to adaptation and hostile-climate rates.

Research and treatment

Incubation period is a normal editable Vaccine Maker correction channel rather than an immutable secret constant. A researcher can program it alongside clinical and ecological parameters, document it on correction notes, reset it, or import compatible exact-strain evidence.

Pack design

Very short incubation creates explosive outbreaks; very long incubation creates investigation and quarantine gameplay. Ensure Research Tablet pages and natural strains communicate the intended pacing without directly exposing every hidden number to players.

Related: Vaccine Correction Matrix, Infection Lifecycle, Natural Infections and Wild Hosts.