What did they change? Hunger and thirst is a joke.

[33011 The G]

The hunger and thirst design is absolute trash. I recently returned to the game. I actually keep dying to flue/disease and hunger more than to players.

[ast]

they focused more on the survival aspect.

you spawn in half starved and frozen, thus food and clothing are your top priorities in early game - don't bother for anything else.
this can mean that you'll have to stay in one village at the beginning (to gather supplies), but once your stats are in the white you're good to go for the real exploring and roam the map.

[VeeDubz]

Being cold drains your status's faster.
Getting warm from a fire until you see a plus symbol next to your temp indicator will allow you to ignore the temp outside until the buff either wears off or you find suitable clothing (high or best thermal in the clothings description)

You get bloated quicker so you can’t scoff your supplies and consider yourself ‘full’.. having a white apple with the tip missing means you are between 50-75% full.. full apple is 76-100%. To know you are max is if you eat and see the arrow go up, stop,down,stop,up etc.

The disease system was reworked and is far too much info to write here, there are vids on yt that go through it all. But don't drink dirty water or eat ‘unknown’ cans of food unless extremely desperate as you could probably end up dying anyway.

[ast]

Originally posted by VeeDubz:

The disease system was reworked and is far too much info to write here, there are vids on yt that go through it all. But don't drink dirty water or eat ‘unknown’ cans of food unless extremely desperate as you could probably end up dying anyway.

regarding disease there's an easy 'right-hand rule':
three parameters define your predisposition for disease, namely food, water and blood.
if you manage to hold two of them permanently full or better yet, maxed out, you'll reduce chances to get sick drastically, even if getting wet or cold.

[LtCOL.Ghost]

Originally posted by VeeDubz:

The disease system was reworked and is far too much info to write here, there are vids on yt that go through it all. But don't drink dirty water or eat ‘unknown’ cans of food unless extremely desperate as you could probably end up dying anyway.

unknown food cans offer the best food and water boost, dont eat open cans of food because the risk of food poisoning exists, drinking from half filled canteens you find on the ground can make you sick as well.

[Apocryphox]

Tbh it's nearly impossible to starve if you don't act like a noob. Just keep in mind that canned food is not the only food source in the game.

[mud]

also do not forget you can use a saline iv to up your water/thirst if needed if have no clean water or soda.

[octoba]

Originally posted by 33011 The G:

The hunger and thirst design is absolute trash. I recently returned to the game. I actually keep dying to flue/disease and hunger more than to players.

its the trashy servers like that multiplayer hc server need to eat drink every 5 minutes and god help if you become sick.

[NorthValley -VI-]

i came back to the game recently played a little bit in multiple servers but now ive been on the same official 1rst person only server and i dont know if im crazy but Food and thirst drain SO FAST. like i literally have to eat a cooked steak every 5 min to keep the food at same level. Idk if its just that server though/

[Ranceed]

If water and food are you main priorities at spawn then you should have no problem. Maybe you have just forgotten that this is a hardcore survival game.

[Koezy]

Stop being a B****. Maybe its just not your game.

[SilverWolverine]

yes its gotten harder, but now i die more to players in close quarters. Course vitamins and antibiotics are more valuable now.

[mud]

eh, you fellas do try to eat/drink until the up arrows stop, assuming situation allows it. just because the bar looks full does not mean you are totally saturated.

[ast]

former, once you had stuffed yourself, you could run for days without having to eat or drink anything.
this doesn't work anymore, you have to look for food and water more frequently now, even in endgame.
the result is that it's harder to keep your nourishment levels permanently maxed out, which is a good change imo.
and usually the game doesn't leave you high and dry...eventually you'll find some food if you keep your eyes open and are patient enough.

[Topher]

There are animals everywhere and you can even melee sheep and goats. If you take the first few minutes as a fresh spawn to kill a chicken or two and cook you can the run around for the next cope of and focus on the good loot not food spawns,

[33011 The G]

Originally posted by Octoba:

Originally posted by 33011 The G:

The hunger and thirst design is absolute trash. I recently returned to the game. I actually keep dying to flue/disease and hunger more than to players.

its the trashy servers like that multiplayer hc server need to eat drink every 5 minutes and god help if you become sick.

Y

Originally posted by NorthValley -VI-:

i came back to the game recently played a little bit in multiple servers but now ive been on the same official 1rst person only server and i dont know if im crazy but Food and thirst drain SO FAST. like i literally have to eat a cooked steak every 5 min to keep the food at same level. Idk if its just that server though/

Exactly. I've been playing on that server for a couple days as well. And 1st person Community servers are all Namalsk. I can't stand 3rd person because it's cheesy af