C3 Chemical List

Information compiled from various sources, especially the original (but occasionally erroneous) Full Chemical List.

It is important to note that the effect of a chemical depends on your creature's genome. The effects listed here apply to typical creatures, especially but not exclusively normal breeds of Norns. Some creatures like Toxic Norns will have completely different reactions to certain chemicals. It is possible for mutations to be introduced which cause an otherwise normal Norn to develop an unusual reaction to a chemical. This can cause positive effects like immunity to a disease or immortality, or it may cause negative effects such as death at birth. Therefore, the tables listed below can only be considered general guidelines, though they will hold most of the time.

NOTE: Do not be alarmed when chemicals marked "bad" appear in your creature's bloodstream, unless they are toxins. Many are normal, they just produce negative effects when injected. Chemicals marked "vital" are necessary to your creature's survival and you may need to inject them if they are lacking, but injecting them when there is already a good supply may have no effect. Also, be warned that the good/bad column does not take into account how your creature will feel, only how it affects the creature's health.

Unknownase

Number	Name	Good/Bad	Description
N/A	Unknownase	Neutral	Any unlisted chemical is called unknownase. It has no effect.

Digestive

Number	Name	Good/bad	Description
1	Lactate	Neutral (see main article)	Produced when a creature is suffocating, hungry for carbohytate or drowning. Causes choking sensation and slight injury to muscles. Though this sounds bad, production of lactate is not a bad thing: it's the body's way of telling the creature that they should do something about their inability to breathe, for instance, to get out of the water!
2	Pyruvate	Good	Produced from glucose. Turns ADP into ATP. Injecting ATP or energy would be more direct.
3	Glucose	Good	All food eventually produces glucose. It then becomes pyruvate, and then, one hopes, ATP.
4	Glycogen	Vital	Starch storage chemical. Glycotoxin can deplete this.
5	Starch	Good	Found in high concentration in seeds, and smaller concentration in fruits. Of course, it can also be injected.
6	Fatty acid	Good	This stuff, believe it or not, is actually good. A stage in the breakdown of fat.
7	Cholesterol	Neutral	A by-product of the breakdown of fat. Sometimes converted to Pyruvate and Amino acid
8	Triglyceride	Good	Another stage in the breakdown of fat.
9	Adipose tissue	Good	When your creature needs to store fat for the long-term, the fat becomes this. This is the stuff that makes them fat, but they'll never really be obese.
10	Fat	Good	Fat is actually a good thing. It's found in food and critters.
11	Muscle tissue	Vital	Long-term storage of protein. Inject to counteract effects of muscle toxin.
12	Protein	Good	Food source found in food and fruit.
13	Amino acid	Good	When protein is broken down, it becomes this.

Movement

Number	Name	Good/bad	Description
17	Downatrophin	Neutral	This silly-sounding chemical simply makes your creature adopt a "going-downhill" gait. It is only produced when it is actually going downhill.
18	Upatrophin	Neutral	Like downatrophin, but for uphill situations.

Waste

Number	Name	Good/bad	Description
24	Dissolved carbon dioxide	Neutral	A waste product (from the breaking down of pyruvate) that is removed from the body by the lungs.
25	Urea	Neutral	Waste product from protein digestion which controls urination. (No, you don't get to see the creatures urinate.)
26	Ammonia	Bad	Nothing to be alarmed about if you see it in your creature's bloodstream, but don't inject it because it's somewhat toxic. It is a waste product which is naturally turned into urea.

Respiratory

Number	Name	Good/bad	Description
29	Air	Good	Indicates the presence of breathable air, with water produces oxygen.
30	Oxygen	Vital	Used to break down pyruvate, which makes energy. This produces dissolved carbon dioxide as a waste product.
33	Water	Good	By-product of metabolism and also a coolant.
34	Energy	Vital	The final product of the breakdown of glucose. It can also save your creature's life in an energy crisis. It turns ADP back into ATP.
35	ATP	Vital	ATP is the staple of your creature's bloodstream. Without it, your creature would be dead, and in fact there's an extremely lethal poison that takes advantage of this (ATP Decoupler). ATP is used for almost all bodily functions.
36	ADP	Neutral	When ATP's energy is used up, it becomes this. There's little point in injecting it (ATP would be the better choice), but its presence in the bloodstream is very normal. When glucose is broken down, ADP becomes ATP.

Reproductive

General

Number	Name	Good/bad	Description
39	Arousal potential	Good	Produced when the creature is fertile, and ready to mate. Needs opposite sex pheromone to convert it into sex drive.
40	Libido lowerer	neutral	Lowers the sex drive when the creature is not ready to mate for any reason
41	Opposite sex pheromone	Good	This Is produced when a creature senses another creature of the correct Species and sex, the presence of this chemical triggers the convert of arousal potential into sex drive.

Female

Number	Name	Good/bad	Description
46	Oestrogen	Good	Indicates the fertility of a female (no oestrogen, no kisspop). Sharply falling levels of oestrogen indicates the most fertile time for the female.
48	Progesterone	Good	Produced during pregnancy. Triggers egg-laying once it reaches a threshold. A shot of progesterone may help a pregnant norn deliver her child. Progesterone also prevents pregnancy for a short time after the norn lays her egg. Fun fact: injecting progesterone into a female will make her body think she is pregnant, her stomach will grow and her body will change in order to concieve,but don't worry, this will wear off and the creature will return to normal.

Male

Number	Name	Good/bad	Description
53	Testosterone	Good	Controls fertility in males.
54	Inhibin	Neutral	Theoretically controls production of testosterone, but not actually used in C3.

Toxins

Basic toxins

Number	Name	Good/bad	Description
66	Heavy metals	Bad	Deteriorates the immune system and causes mutations in unborn children.
67	Cyanide	Dangerous	We all know that in real life, taking cyanide is only useful if you want to ensure your death. With creatures, it's no different. Cyanide will slow down the creation of ATP and will therefore kill your creature if you do nothing about it. It does have a cure: sodium thiosulphate, #96.
68	Belladonna	Very bad	Disrupts regulatory functions.
69	Geddonase	Bad	Injected by stinging insects. Destroys adipose tissue.
70	Glycotoxin	Bad	Attacks creature's glycogen. Cure with arnica.
71	Sleep toxin	Neutral	Causes sleepiness. Otherwise harmless to most creatures. Produced by some antigens.
72	Fever toxin	Neutral	Causes a fever. Otherwise harmless to most creatures. Produced by some antigens.
73	Histamine A	Neutral	Causes sneezing, making disease contagious. Otherwise harmless to most creatures. Produced by some antigens.
74	Histamine B	Neutral	Causes coughing, making disease contagious. Otherwise harmless to most creatures. Produced by some antigens.
75	Alcohol	Bad	Causes drunkenness.
78	ATP decoupler	Instant death	ATP decoupler does its evil by taking your creature's ATP and quickly turning it all into ADP. It has a cure (medicine one, #92), but ATP decoupler works very fast, so chance of recovery is infinitesimal. An average creature will die within two seconds upon injection of even the smallest dose.
79	Carbon monoxide	Very bad	Interferes with oxygen supply.
80	Fear toxin	Bad	Causes irrational fear and confusion.
81	Muscle toxin	Bad	Damages muscle tissue.

Antigens

All antigens are the products of bacterial infections. They can cause organ damage; see C3 Organs to see what antigens attack which organs. Antigens also produce other chemicals. Note that Ettins are immune to all antigens except 0 through 2, and Grendels are immune to all antigens except 6 and 7. Norns should be particularly wary of antigen 5 because it produces "wounded", which can cause death!

Number	Name	Produces
82	Antigen 0	Histamine B
83	Antigen 1	Histamine A
84	Antigen 2	Coldness
85	Antigen 3	Coldness
86	Antigen 4	Hotness
87	Antigen 5	Wounded
88	Antigen 6	Hotness
89	Antigen 7	Pain

Wounded

Number	Name	Good/bad	Description
90	Wounded	Dangerous	This is actually a measure of injury. If the level gets too high, the result is death.

Medicinal

Number	Name	Description
92	Medicine one	Cures ATP decoupler poisoning, but it's nearly impossible to get it in fast enough.
93	Anti-oxidant	Cures carbon monoxide poisoning.
94	Prostaglandin	Aids in healing from injuries.
95	EDTA	Cures heavy metal poisoning.
96	Sodium thiosulphate	Cures cyanide poisoning.
97	Arnica	Cures glycotoxin poisoning.
98	Vitamin E	Keeps reproductive organs healthy.
99	Vitamin C	Keeps bones healthy, aids in healing from injuries.
100	Antihistamine	Combats histamines, stopping sneezing and coughing.

Immune system

Chemicals 102 through 109 are antibodies 0 through 7, corresponding to antigens 0 through 7. Your creature will produce these antibodies on its own, but you can inject them to help combat antigens. Antibodies will only fight the corresponding antigen, for example, if your creature has antigen 5, you must inject antibody 5. You can even inject antibodies before the creature comes across the antigens, so that they're immunized.

Regulatory

Number	Name	Good/bad	Description
112	Anabolic steroid	Neutral?	Builds up muscle tissue.
113	Pistle	Neutral?	Regulates urination and water coolation.
114	Insulin	Neutral?	Not used?
115	Glycolase	Neutral?	Not used?
116	Dehydrogenase	Good	Removes alcohol
117	Adrenaline	Bad	Controls "fight or flight".
118	Grendel nitrate	Neutral	Only found in Grendels. Influences decisions on whether or not a particular creature is friend or foe.
119	Ettin nitrate	Neutral	Only found in Ettins. Influences decisions on whether or not a particular creature is friend or foe.
121	Protease	Neutral?	Converts muscle tissue to amino acid (1->4 in default genome)
124	Activase	Neutral?	Not used?
125	Life	Vital	Creature ages as this depletes. A creature dies of old age when it nears zero. Continually injecting this will effectively make your creature immortal.
127	Injury	Good(ish)	Prompts system to heal wounds. However, if it is too high, your Creature's life is endangered.
128	Stress	Bad	Produced when a drive is too high for an extended period of time.
129	Sleepase	?	Converts "sleepiness backup" to "sleepiness"

Drive backups

Sometimes drives need to be suppressed when a creature should have other priorities. You should not inject any of these chemicals, because drives produce stress.

Number	Name
131	Pain backup
132	Hunger for protein backup
133	Hunger for carb backup
134	Hunger for fat backup
135	Coldness backup
136	Hotness backup
137	Tiredness backup
138	Sleepiness backup
139	Loneliness backup
140	Crowdedness backup
141	Fear backup
142	Boredom backup
143	Anger backup
144	Sex drive backup
145	Comfort drive backup

Drive chemicals

These represent your creature's drives. You should not inject any of these chemicals, because drives produce stress.

Number	Name
148	Pain
149	Hunger for protein
150	Hunger for carb
151	Hunger for fat
152	Coldness
153	Hotness
154	Tiredness
155	Sleepiness
156	Loneliness
157	Crowded
158	Fear
159	Boredom
160	Anger
161	Sex Drive
162	Comfort drive

CA smell gradient chemicals

These represent stimuli -- sights, smells, etc. Injecting them will not harm your creature, though they will probably confuse it.

Number	Name
165	CA Sound
166	CA Light
167	CA Heat
168	CA Water (from the sky)
169	CA Nutrient (plants)
170	CA Water (bodies of)
171	CA Protein
172	CA Carbohydrate
173	CA Fat
174	CA Flowers
175	CA Machinery
176	CA Creature egg
177	CA Norn smell
178	CA Grendel smell
179	CA Ettin smell
180	CA Norn home smell
181	CA Grendel home smell
182	CA Ettin home smell
183	CA Gadget smell
184	CA smell 19 [not used]

Stress chemicals

Produced when the corresponding drive is too high.

Number	Name
187	Stress (high H4C) [hunger for carbohydrate]
188	Stress (high H4P) [hunger for protein]
189	Stress (high H4F) [hunger for fat]
190	Stress (high Anger)
191	Stress (high Fear)
192	Stress (high Pain)
193	Stress (high Tired)
194	Stress (high Sleep)
195	Stress (high Crowded)

Brain chemicals

These are used to control your creature's learning and navigation. It is not a good idea to inject any of these except for the unused chemicals.

Number	Name	Description
198	Disappointment	Produced when the creature tries something that doesn't work.
199	Up	Navigational.
200	Down	Navigational.
201	Exit	Navigational.
202	Enter	Navigational.
203	Wait	Navigational.
204	Reward	Produced when the Hand rewards the creature.
205	Punishment	Produced when the Hand punishes the creature.
206	Brain chemical 9	Not used.
207	Brain chemical 10	Not used.
208	Brain chemical 11	Not used.
209	Brain chemical 12	Not used.
210	Brain chemical 13	Not used.
211	Brain chemical 14	Not used.
212	Pre - REM	Controls dreaming. Your creature learns its instinctual behaviors while it dreams.
213	REM	Controls dreaming.