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Once cancer unlocks, most organs grow a tumor on a timer. Leave it alive and it grows, spreads into other rooms, sends assassins after you and follows you into the next organ. Destroy it and you feast.
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CancerTumors & MetastasisOnce cancer unlocks, most organs grow a tumor. It runs on a timer: it grows, spreads into other rooms, and follows you…7Eight cancersOrgan CancersEach organ grows its own real-world cancer with its own fight, rules and weak point. The Nasal Passage, Lungs and…8Know your enemyTumor PartsEvery piece of every tumor fight, from the core to the satellites it buds.18AttacksTumor AttacksEvery attack is telegraphed by a quick swell. The classic tumor cores pick from six shared volley patterns at random…22MetastasisMetastasisLeave an organ with any tumor still alive and the cancer metastasizes into the next one. It arrives at the stage it…2Cancer assassinsAssassin SquadsA metastasized cancer sends squads of assassin cells after you wherever you are. Every organ's cancer sends its own…9
The feastTumor RewardsRapidly dividing cells are a feast for a virus. Destroy the core and the whole tumor collapses at once (apoptosis)…8
Oncolytic virusOncolytic VirusReal oncolytic viruses are engineered to infect and burst cancer cells. In StrainBorn, a trait, run modifiers, host…11Key numbers
| Organ cancers, each with its own fight | 8 |
|---|---|
| Cancer assassin types | 8 |
| Shared tumor attack patterns | 6 |
| Skill-tree level that unlocks cancer | 7 |
| Chance an organ grows a tumor room | 70% |
| Growth tick | 60s (Nasal Passage) to 40s (Brain) |
| Growth stages per organ | 3 (Nasal Passage) to 10 (Brain) |
| Spreads per organ | 1 to 4 |
| Most leukemic blasts at once | 32 |
| Base tumor payout | 30 to 165 nucleotides, +25% per stage |
| Radiation therapy chance after a metastasis | 50% |
| Extra damage you take while MARKED by an assassin | +35% for 5s |
| Oncolytic Payload bonus damage to tumors | +40% (Common) to +168% (Prismatic) |
| Dormant Virion chance from a destroyed tumor | 4% |