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Besides the ultimate cure of a high end guild taking out the mob that is spreading it on each server, there are two common cures for the plague but each is temporary.

First, any priest can group with you for long enough to cast "cure Noxious" on your character and purify you. You will then be immune from further infection for about 45 minutes.

Second, in every village, the apothacary NPC sells an anti-venim potion for about 50c that will also cure you and leave you immune for about 45 minutes.

Remember that the desease is spread through proximity so once you're cured, get outdoors and get out of town!

Also be aware that it only affects your character's annimations. You can still swing your weapon and it will not interrupt spell casting.

One final note - you should never have to pay another player to cure you. Cure Noxious is a low level spell that every priest gets and no one should be charging people for a cure.

I was very glad when my new Priest/Shaman got the cure. :)

I've never noticed any delay between exposure and outbreak. Seems I often get it while standing in the bank and when it happens, BAM everyone turns green and doubles over at the same time. I also seem to contract it when someone infected runs past me while I'm standing in the trade skill instance... Again, there's no delay involved that I can see.

Edited, Mon May 2 21:34:42 2005 by OldBlueDragon

I tried to give myself the plague by talking to and being near (read: all over) whomever I saw with it.... I never got it. (Mistmoore server) Then today I got it while standing by myself. It was strange. I tried to use "cure noxious" on myself and it didn't work.

How long it lasts varies according to how high your Disease Resist is btw

I tried to cast "Cure Noxious" 15 times on myself. It gives a message saying it could not remove anything, then says I am cured, but the plague stayed. Maybe I should get better spell versions.

*edited.... missing half a sentence

Edited, Sat May 7 02:16:25 2005 by Audaeva

The Smedley guy?

It appears to be a random infection. I was crafting down in the Woodworkers Guild and got infected despite being the only PC in the zone. Also, The NPC's did not appear to be diseased (i.e. green) as best as I could tell.

My guess is that you have a random chance of picking up the plague when you are in a town zone. It only lasts for 1-1/2 hours and doesn't seem to have any effect on your abilities. It doesn't even bother me that much.

Maybe there's a percent chance you'll get it. I spent some time trying to get the plage when I discovered I had "Cure Noxious" and it took me awhile to get it...
But then again, I was talking to someone when I had it, and he and two NPCs behind him all got it at the same time. I also found that when I browse a merchant's items, then talk to them, they will immediately come down with it.