What are the best recipes to CULTIVATE MASS?

[Andromalius]

My wimpy and weak character eats like a king every day, but is slowly losing weight (he's down to 75 now) and it's not even close to winter yet. What should I be eating besides sticks of butter?

[jerrypocalypse]

Ice cream, candies/chocolate, peanut butter, chips. Pretty much anything that'll boost your calories. Also high carbs.

This page has some good insight, including the formula and values for foods.
https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Nutrition#Gaining_Weight

[Andromalius]

Thanks! What about when junk food runs out?

[Andromalius]

Nevermind, I think your link answered my question. Eat 1700+ calories per day and lounge around my base. So basically the authentic American experience.

[jerrypocalypse]

Originally posted by Andromalius:

Nevermind, I think your link answered my question. Eat 1700+ calories per day and lounge around my base. So basically the authentic American experience.

Pretty much. If you're worried about keeping the regularity bar filled for exercise, I've noticed you can just do 10 minutes a day to maintain it for each exercise you do. That way you're not burning quite as many calories.

You can also make the junk food last longer by just supplementing your regular stuff with it if you need some extra carbs/calories.

[Johan 2.0]

You can actually eat a whole bunch and then go out and do whatever you normally do instead of being moderately idle as diet intake is much stronger than any potential exercise for the day. You could do a player gains session and just eat > exercise until exertion and then read while sitting to recover > repeat for multitasking gains.

[Shadowcub]

Originally posted by Andromalius:

So basically the authentic American experience.

This made me laugh.

I've often seen the recommendation of just eating raw fish. But with carbs and fats contributing the most, I would assume dishes with fish and cabbage would be a good post-junk food route for depression and boredom relief as well.

[Andromalius]

Originally posted by Shadowcub:

Originally posted by Andromalius:

So basically the authentic American experience.

This made me laugh.

I've often seen the recommendation of just eating raw fish. But with carbs and fats contributing the most, I would assume dishes with fish and cabbage would be a good post-junk food route for depression and boredom relief as well.

Damn, I think cabbage was one of the only crops I never planted, but it's not too late to start now.

[Shadowcub]

Originally posted by Andromalius:

Originally posted by Shadowcub:

This made me laugh.

I've often seen the recommendation of just eating raw fish. But with carbs and fats contributing the most, I would assume dishes with fish and cabbage would be a good post-junk food route for depression and boredom relief as well.

Damn, I think cabbage was one of the only crops I never planted, but it's not too late to start now.

I actually assumed potatoes would have the highest carbs (... because they do in the real world... by A LOT over cabbage) and was surprised by the values posted in the wiki. So I've been doing the opposite and eating too much cabbage with my character, who is overweight. XD

Then again, the devs also think cabbage goes bad in like 4 days.

[Quineloe]

Fished fish currently seems broken, it has hundreds of kcal for a single hunger point and is worse than ice cream and chips. So get your fishing rod out and catch some pike or whatever.

[Korhal]

I agree with Quin. Fishing and Cabbage will keep your weight in the upper heights.

[Andy Mil]

Woow
I didnt thought Cabbage were full of it
I guess it the way to go but i think potato is also great with it balance of rot and grow time but I bet you would rush all freezer stuff so cabbage for single player or u tired of same old veggie and wanna grow something new

I don't suggest radish. It grow fastest but also a very least nutrient veggie. It might do for trapping tho

[stevasaur]

Originally posted by Shadowcub:

I actually assumed potatoes would have the highest carbs (... because they do in the real world... by A LOT over cabbage) and was surprised by the values posted in the wiki. So I've been doing the opposite and eating too much cabbage with my character, who is overweight. XD

Then again, the devs also think cabbage goes bad in like 4 days.

Huh, I'd also assumed potatoes were calorie-heavy and cabbage was low on nutrients, high on hunger reduction, because it's a strange balance choice to make one of the fastest-growing crops also the best source of calories. I guess that's why my plan of chugging potatoes hasn't helped with weight gain.

[jerrypocalypse]

Originally posted by stevasaur:

Originally posted by Shadowcub:

I actually assumed potatoes would have the highest carbs (... because they do in the real world... by A LOT over cabbage) and was surprised by the values posted in the wiki. So I've been doing the opposite and eating too much cabbage with my character, who is overweight. XD

Then again, the devs also think cabbage goes bad in like 4 days.

Huh, I'd also assumed potatoes were calorie-heavy and cabbage was low on nutrients, high on hunger reduction, because it's a strange balance choice to make one of the fastest-growing crops also the best source of calories. I guess that's why my plan of chugging potatoes hasn't helped with weight gain.

Well, the hunger is important too, since that's what actually keeps your moodlet and starvation in check. Some low calorie foods have a high hunger reduction and visa versa.