Any way to manage food spoilage better?

[SystemiK]

I've never really been a fan of food spoilage in survival games but I'll admit it does add some extra meaning to choices. What really grinds my gears though is how if you place one item which has minutes left until expiration onto a stack of the same food item which has hours left, the entire stack will take on the status of the about to expire food.

I try to keep stacks of food separated in my food chest but inevitably I hit the organize button on the chest, all stacks are combined, and the spoilage timers take on the lowest common denominator.

One question I have is that for all the meat that I have let spoil, I only have 36 carrion (decayed Meat) yet I would think there would be hundreds of them. Does a stack of say, 50 meat which spoiled only give 1 carrion?

Do any of you have better ideas for how to manage food spoilage or even some general advice on how the spoilage mechanic is set up in this game. or is it even worth worrying about?

[Zouls]

i think you are misunderstanding food spoilage?

the reason why they decay is that its "the next time a single one of these decay" and i find it really difficult to see any issue? im running around with fresh meat and i lose one about every 30 - 40 minutes, seems fair to me.

wish i could show it in action but everything i have is 40 minutes away from spoiling. If anything stacking them all together seems to be the BEST choice. as you only lose one per stack.

[SystemiK]

Is it? I guess I had assumed that upon noticing that an entire stack of broth had disappeared, hell, maybe my tribesman ate them all.

[Zouls]

Originally posted by SystemiK:

Is it? I guess I had assumed that upon noticing that an entire stack of broth had disappeared, hell, maybe my tribesman ate them all.

tribesmen definitely eat when hungry, depending on what flaws they have that can be quite often.

i just chucked 200 meats into the bonfire and let them eat that when they are hungry, and carry the broths around on myself.

[Amnesia]

I noticed aswell.. not the entire stack food expires. Only 1 single piece. So if you add one with 5 minutes left to a big stack... it takes the spoilage time of that 5 minute because thats the next one in line to spoil and only that single one will spoil. Then the timer resets basically to the next in line..

[Xea]

Originally posted by SystemiK:

I try to keep stacks of food separated in my food chest

Big mistake. If you have 50 meat in 5 stacks you lose 5 times as much per time compared to having them all in 1 stack. Since each stack loses 1 item per decay event.

[SystemiK]

Yup. just tested this myself. Sorry for my confusion and thanks everyone. On last question, what is carrion used for, I assume poisons?

[Zouls]

Originally posted by SystemiK:

Yup. just tested this myself. Sorry for my confusion and thanks everyone. On last question, what is carrion used for, I assume poisons?

My best guess as someone who isnt super far into the game yet is carrion eaters, like vultures who eats diseased and dead animals.

in your hunting log you can see what bait each type of animal can eat.