Food

[Spr333]

Feels like you need to eat all the time in this game. :( Other than that it looks to be an awesome game.

[glass zebra]

You need less and less food and get food better and better if you level up survival and the other stuff. You should not really struggle with food for more than the first few days of getting a foot in.

That said they definitely wanted to have a survival feel for this game and said that in the full version starvation will be a present topic throughout badly planned winters not just for you, but also for the town NPCs. You will also be able to choose to help with that or not. NPCs will be able to die.

https://steamcommunity.com/games/2272900/announcements/detail/4151834708387379118

Last time I tried the demo a few times, hunger was not much on an issue with all the free stuff you find after getting some experience with the game, but food that was supposed to give you stamina didn't, so the thing forcing you to take a break from exploring was definitely stamina.

[Spr333]

That's sounds good, but I really hope it's not just a little better as I easily gets frustrated if everything is all about food. Right now it feels like everything you do causes hunger to increase to rapidly so it's not enjoyable at all at the start of the game.

[GuildOfCalamity]

Anybody have tips on the best way to stay satiated?
My dude has passed out three days in a row now after exhausting my food supply.
I've grabbed every deer, bee hive, fish rack, herb I could find and just planted some seeds.
I'm in the early game state (after meeting the stranger at the Hazy Hag).

[Plenna]

Originally posted by GuildOfCalamity:

Anybody have tips on the best way to stay satiated?
My dude has passed out three days in a row now after exhausting my food supply.
I've grabbed every deer, bee hive, fish rack, herb I could find and just planted some seeds.
I'm in the early game state (after meeting the stranger at the Hazy Hag).

Hey there,
A tip that really helped me after starting the game was: sell the veggies and eat the meat.
I would probally invest in a fishing pole sooner than later and get a bow, if you haven't yet.

I would suggest planting potatoes and peas, if you are still in spring, because you can harvest those a few times but only need to plant once. You can sell surplus peas and potatoes.
You can also cook with those: With the potatoes and rabbitmeat and animal fat you can cook rabbit stew (which reduces hunger by twelve). The peas can be cooked with onions (a one time harvest though) to spring soup, which will reduce hunger by 11. I'm not quite sure, if those recipes must be bought though ...

[GuildOfCalamity]

Originally posted by Plenna:

Originally posted by GuildOfCalamity:

Anybody have tips on the best way to stay satiated?
My dude has passed out three days in a row now after exhausting my food supply.
I've grabbed every deer, bee hive, fish rack, herb I could find and just planted some seeds.
I'm in the early game state (after meeting the stranger at the Hazy Hag).

Hey there,
A tip that really helped me after starting the game was: sell the veggies and eat the meat.
I would probally invest in a fishing pole sooner than later and get a bow, if you haven't yet.

I would suggest planting potatoes and peas, if you are still in spring, because you can harvest those a few times but only need to plant once. You can sell surplus peas and potatoes.
You can also cook with those: With the potatoes and rabbitmeat and animal fat you can cook rabbit stew (which reduces hunger by twelve). The peas can be cooked with onions (a one time harvest though) to spring soup, which will reduce hunger by 11. I'm not quite sure, if those recipes must be bought though ...

Thanks for the tips!
I only planted a couple of potatoes and peas, but I will double-down on those.

[Solus]

What annoys me is you can only carry a limited selection of "food" ... Just lost 4 lots of peas I was harvesting because I couldn't hold them...

[Merman Fanatic]

Meals fill you up quicker. If you see fish hanging from a "rack" object near homes and what have you, and you have the recipe for it, cooking that into meals helps so much. I think it fills up more than half the hunger meter, or at least half of it at minimum. Really, just cooking any meal will always fill you up more than a single ingredient will.

[GuildOfCalamity]

Originally posted by Solus:

What annoys me is you can only carry a limited selection of "food" ... Just lost 4 lots of peas I was harvesting because I couldn't hold them...

If you go to the guy that sell unicorns you can trade 8 feathers for increased inventory slots.

[ElSikano]

Sorry but I agree with Spr333.
I am a player who loves challenges and loves survival, but hunger is completely out of proportion for this type of game. The game offers so many mechanics and yet I am stuck trying to find a way to not starve to death. It is not a question of how to find food or how easy it is to do so, it is simply an overwhelming mechanic that takes time and energy away from what the game should offer, such as exploration, creating relationships, fixing your farm, evolving and growing your character.
I sincerely hope that this system is slightly lightened.