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Codeine Pills

Codeine Pills are painkillers used to treat pain, sprains, and fractures in DayZ. They can also suppress symptoms from the common cold and influenza for 5 minutes.

Quick item summary

TypeMedical / Pain Relief
Main useTreat pain, sprains, and fractures
Secondary useSuppress common cold and influenza symptoms
Duration5 minutes
Inventory size1 × 2

Quick answer

Codeine Pills are a medical pain-relief item. They are useful when physical injuries are slowing you down, especially sprains and fractures, and they can temporarily suppress some cold and flu symptoms.

In-game description

“A painkiller pill, suitable for treating weak or moderate pains.”

Main Uses

  • Treat pain from physical injury
  • Help with sprains
  • Help with fractures
  • Temporarily suppress common cold symptoms
  • Temporarily suppress influenza symptoms
  • Carry as part of a general medical kit

How to use this item

Reduce pain

Take Codeine Pills when pain, sprains, or fractures are making movement harder. They are a temporary pain-management item, not a full cure.

  1. Take one Codeine Pill.
  2. Use the 5-minute duration to move, recover, or reach safety.
  3. Treat the underlying injury with the correct item when needed.
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Manage fractures and sprains

Codeine can help with pain related to fractures and sprains, but serious leg injuries may still require a Splint or stronger treatment depending on the situation.

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Suppress cold or flu symptoms

Codeine Pills can suppress symptoms from the common cold and influenza for a short time, but they are not the main cure for sickness.

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How to get Codeine Pills

  • Search civilian loot areas.
  • Check prisons, medical areas, and hygiene-related locations.
  • Look inside houses, clinics, hospitals, and general survival loot spots.
  • Keep them when found if you expect combat, injuries, or long-distance travel.

Spawn info

CivilianPrisonMedicHygieneUncommon
  • • Codeine Pills spawn in civilian, prison, medical, and hygiene-related locations.
  • • A full pack contains 12 tablets.
  • • They are useful for injury-related pain but do not replace splints, bandages, or sickness medicine.

Medical notes

Treats

  • • Pain
  • • Sprains
  • • Fractures

Risks

  • • Codeine Pills do not fix the underlying injury by themselves
  • • They are not the primary cure for common cold or influenza
  • • Relying on pain relief without treating bleeding or fractures can still be dangerous

Related symptoms

  • • Pain
  • • Sprain
  • • Fracture
  • • Broken leg
  • • Common Cold
  • • Influenza

Prevention tips

  • • Use Codeine Pills to manage pain while moving to safety.
  • • Use a Splint for leg injuries when needed.
  • • Use the DayZ Health Guide to match symptoms with the right treatment.
  • • Carry Codeine with bandages, rags, and splints if you expect combat or falls.

Important notes

  • Codeine Pills are painkillers.
  • They treat pain, sprains, and fractures related to physical injury.
  • They can suppress common cold and influenza symptoms for 5 minutes.
  • They do not stop bleeding.
  • They do not replace a Splint for serious leg injuries.
  • A full pack contains 12 tablets.
  • They are useful to keep in a general medical kit because pain and injuries can make travel harder.