# Permanent Shakes

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/permanent-shakes/22308>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [December 27, 2019, 2:44am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/permanent-shakes/22308 "2019-12-27T02:44:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Artcp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Artcp](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Artcp)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 2:44am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/permanent-shakes/22308/1 "2019-12-27T02:44:01Z")

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Hi guys, relatively new player here. Got a character with Tweaker profession and Addictive Personality and Lightweight as traits (among others I feel aren’t relevant).

After healing from the addiction the shakes debuff won’t go away, it’s been something like 10 days since that. I’ve tried doing some meth to cease the side effects from the withdrawal, but it didn’t work. Any tips?

On a side note, is there a way to check how long I’ve played with this character?

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**Author:** ![Ragno](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ragno/32/5935_2.png) [@Ragno](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ragno)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 3:25am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/permanent-shakes/22308/2 "2019-12-27T03:25:15Z")

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> [@Artcp](#):
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> On a side note, is there a way to check how long I’ve played with this character?

iirc if you press the “)” it should show your statics.

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**Author:** ![Artcp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Artcp](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Artcp)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/permanent-shakes/22308/3 "2019-12-27T14:22:31Z")

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Hey Ragno, thanks for the reply, but that only shows the number of kills (score), but not the time the character has been alive.

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**Author:** ![Valase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/valase/32/6972_2.png) [@Valase](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valase)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/permanent-shakes/22308/4 "2019-12-27T21:55:58Z")

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> [@Artcp](#):
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> […] the shakes debuff won’t go away […]

The debuff might stacked “endlessly”, it can take a long time (multiple seasons) until it wears off.

> [@Artcp](#):
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> On a side note, is there a way to check how long I’ve played with this character?

When you die it shows how many days you survived.  
Other than that, you would need to calculate it using season lenght (check your _world options_) and the start date, found in the file _[Cataclysm\_folder]/save/[World]/[Character\_ID].log_.

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**Author:** ![Artcp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Artcp](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Artcp)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 10:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/permanent-shakes/22308/5 "2019-12-27T22:28:02Z")

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> [@Valase](#):
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> The debuff might stacked “endlessly”, it can take a long time (multiple seasons) until it wears off.

Oh… Is there a way to check that? Or is there a way to cure the shakes?

Thanks for the reply Valase. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Valase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/valase/32/6972_2.png) [@Valase](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valase)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 7:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/permanent-shakes/22308/7 "2019-12-30T07:07:13Z")

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> [@Artcp](#):
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> Is there a way to check that?

Not in the game, but you could open the game folder, navigate to /save/[YOUR\_MAP\_NAME], open the “.sav” file of your corresponding character with a text-editor, search the file for “player” ( **including** the quotes), look for the effect and check the duration listed there. It might be possible to check the duration of status effects on character with lua, but I’ll leave that for someone more experienced with lua scripting to confirm/explain/deny. (_edit: lua support was dropped some time ago and I somehow missed that change_)

> [@Artcp](#):
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> Or is there a way to cure the shakes?

Royal Jelly maybe?  
…Dug a bit into the source code, Diazepam seems to help. The shakes should go away immediately and not return again if it came from a stacking debuff.

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**Author:** ![Artcp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Artcp](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Artcp)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/permanent-shakes/22308/8 "2020-01-03T14:43:42Z")

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> [@Valase](#):
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> Diazepam seems to help. The shakes should go away immediately and not return again if it came from a stacking debuff.

It worked! Thanks very much ^^