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Basic Fungus Guide

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About Fungus

The Virus Plague is the fourth plague that you have access to in Plague Inc.

It is unlocked after beating Bacteria,Virus,Parasite on Casual, Normal or Brutal.

The fungus is a hidden plague, so it is not easily noticed; but is hard to transmit as it relies on spores.

The spore bursts can be strategic: 1 burst at beginning, 1 burst to infect 'uninfected lone' country

The spores can be an advantage: On casual or less difficulty.

The spores can be a disadvantage: Stay away from spore bursts on Brutal. Will wast too much DNA and raise cost of all other abilities. 

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1. Starting Out (1/10)

Fungus can be one of the first plagues that even experienced players and strategists will have trouble with: due to the nature of the beast. Fungus type pathogens are hard to TRANSMIT. 

The trick is to focus on infectivity in the beginning and keep your symptoms under control but let hell break loose in the end. -Same as most plagues. This is the basis strategy.

The Spore Bursts:

Good: 

Infect another country at the beginning of the game

Infect a country with closed borders,shipyards,airport

Spread much faster to different countries

Bad:

Cost a couple DNA points

Increases cost of all other abilities

WILL COST YOU MUCH MORE DNA THAN YOU MAY BELIEVE (due to raising all other abilities, which are vital to this plague type)

- Starting Country

                    Starting Country Guide: Click Here

Start in:

China

Saudi Arabia 

or 

Norway

Keep in mind that you do not spread easy. So have patients. I only recommend using spore burst to infect two countries right at the beginning if you are not on brutal. You can use this method, but I do not use it in this guide.

Buy Abilities:

Drug Resistance 1

Buy Transmission:

Air 1

Water 1

2. Waiting and Spreading

Devolve any symptoms and stay hidden. This is important.

Be patient. The key to success is to wait for the door of opportunity to open with this pathogen, let your plague infect a large amount of the world pop before you are even noticed.

3. Keep Spreading

Continue to devolve any symptoms. You are to focus on transmissions.

Buy the following transmissions to increase infectivity:

 

Air 2

Water 2

Extreme Bioaerosol 

Now, buy the following symptoms:

Coughing 

Sneezing

YOU CAN RISK IT - and buy more symptoms, but to not raise any red flags and to slow the cure, stay as hidden as you can. Coughing and sneezing will allow your plague to be noticed but still will not start to kill... yet.

4.  3b INFECTED!

Now buy:

bird transmission I

This is the point where you are on your way to success. At 3b infected you have secured a large amount of the world population and need to focus on fighting off the cure and infectivity. 

Buy Abilities:

Genetic Hardening 1

Genetic Hardening 2

Buy symptoms:

Cysts

Hypersensitivity

or

Skin Lesions 

Devolve:

Lethal Symptoms (if any)

5. Still the waiting game.

Buy transmissions:

Bird 2

Insect 1

Now save 30-40 points while still devolving lethal symptoms.

6.  Most Countries Infected

By now your virus should have infected most of the world; around 5 Billion people and most of the countries.

If having trouble with the following countries buy the following listed under the country name.

Greenland & Iceland

Cold Resistance 1

Cold Resistance 2

Madagascar, Indonesia & Caribbean

Heat Resistance 1

Insect 2

Now, buy the following:

Immune Suppression

Paralysis 

Coma

Bird 1

Bird 2

7. Infectivily Boost

If not already bought buy the following to help infectivity of those still not infected:

Heat 1

Cold 1

Rat 1

If cure gets past 90%:

Genetic Reshuffle 1

Genetic Reshuffle 2

8. All Countries Infected

All countries should now be infected.

If cure reaches over 95%:

Genetic Reshuffle 1 or 2

Genetic Reshuffle 3

Now to help infect the healthy people and to kill the infected evolve the following:

Necrosis

Hemorrhagic Shock 

Internal Hemorrhaging 

Total Organ Failure

If you have extra points:

Rat 2

Heat 2

Cold 2

Even more extra points: 

Blood 2

9. There Are No Healthy People Left

When you get this message, you are on your way to successfully destroying the human race.

Evolve genetic reshuffles if cure gets over 95%

and evolve any lethal symptoms that you can.

10. Success!

You have killed everyone on earth! Congratulations on unlocking Nano Virus!

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Plague Inc. Tips | Virus

Using the plague type: Virus. You can effectively infect and kill with this pathogen by following these tips. A little overview of a virus: has the ability to mutate at random. This makes it difficult to control and stay hidden, but if you use strategy you are able to manipulate it's unstable mutations.

For the Three Main Virus Tips Click Here.

10 Tips to using a Virus Pathogen.

1. Do not sell more than 4 total symptoms. You will begin to waste more DNA than you can afford for only staying invisible.

2. Keep an eye on the cure. Even though your Virus will mutate, still watch the cure and keep it below 95%.

3.Never pick a rich starting country with Virus. In some cases, it is smart to cripple rich countries; but to play it safe with this pathogen I recommend either India or China as a starting country. High population density and access to airports.

4.Purchase Transmissions! I see people wondering why their virus is spreading so slow. Invest in a minimum of 4 transmissions, but still keep DNA for lethal symptoms.

5.Kill and infect with the dead. Buy Necrosis symptom so that dead bodies become a vector of transmission. This risks those in labs being exposed, along with higher infection rates.

6.Anemia+Necrosis. Good combo for infection rates. Worth the DNA but remember to only use this in the later stages of your plague.

7.How To Infect Greenland?
The only port into Greenland comes from Norway.

To learn how to infect greenland: Click Here

8.Stay invisible. Remember to devolve at least the first 4 symptoms. This allows the infected to raise less concern and continue the spread of infection.

9.NEVER EVER BUY VIRAL INSTABILITY. Unless you like a very hard challenge, or are very far into the game with DNA to spare.

10. Read our Virus Guide for indepth detail and to learn the strategy behind this pathogen.
You can find it here

Strategic Tips for Anyone | Tips Plague Inc.

Casual Gameplay Tips

Bacteria

1. Bacteria has a special ability: Bacterial Resilience. 

This ability can be used to infect Greenland and

other cold climates.

2. Bacteria can go unnoticed for a long time.

Keep your severity down, and don't become

lethal until you are ready to kill.

3.Click on the "World" button to access

very useful data. To learn more about this,

and how to use this data: Click Here

Virus

1. The Virus pathogen is hard to control.

Sell the first 3-4 mutated traits to stay hidden.

Do not waste points devolving after 4.

2. Starting countries matter. Saudi Arabia has a very 

active airport and has a shipyard.

For more information on starting countries: Click Here

3. Never use Viral Instability. 

It creates a more risky setting for you to control

your disease, which means you will not be able

to stay hidden and a cure will be developed quickly.

Fungus

-The Fungus Pathogen gives even experienced players a run against the cure. As the fungus has very low natural transmission, you need to create the right balance between transmitting and severity throughout the game. For an in-depth guide on how to defeat humanity every time with Fungus, on any difficulty: Click Here.-

1. This is one of the hardest plagues 

for beginners. Be patient and learn strategy.

2. Fungus has trouble with transmission.

Only purchase Spore Burst a maximum of 3 times.

Or you will be wasting DNA you could have bought

a transmission with.

3. Keep away from the cure. 

You need to be patient with this pathogen,

allow it to infect 40% of the population before

you are seen.

For our Fungus Guide: Click Here