Player Morale

[Weihunglo]

This question just concerns the morale/sleep of the player characters.

Since I currently have to walk ALL OVER THE MAP, it's quite irritating to be all the way across the world and see that my sleepy icon is flashing. (Yes, I should keep a closer eye on it...but...) I haven't yet found foods or drinks that I can make to recover morale. I know abou the Straw Mat but that takes hours. And I can't plop a bed down in the wilderness, it seems.

So I read about a server setting to turn off Morale cost and that seems to work. BUT--it also deactivates food and drink needs. And I don't mind the food and drink business.

So, is there a happy medium? Either:
A - Food / drink / drugs / something to more rapidly recover the need to sleep.
B - A setting that turns off morale/sleep but NOT food and drink?
C - Something else that I've not thought of?

[~T~D~]

Mead, and other drinks stops the loss of morale.

[EverTrek1701]

we need sleeping bags/camp kit for the exploration so we can setup a quick camp and sleep.
now i have to carry a bed, foundation, wall, roof, fireplace, and lots of extra weapons just to explore or do dungeons.

[Xea]

Cigars. Cigars restore morale, but lower max morale. Some drinks do prevent max morale reduction, but do not restore morale. So it seems it would be best to have some alcohol and then the cigar.

[Haruspex]

Essential oil

[Paulyk]

Originally posted by EverTrek1701:

we need sleeping bags/camp kit for the exploration so we can setup a quick camp and sleep.
now i have to carry a bed, foundation, wall, roof, fireplace, and lots of extra weapons just to explore or do dungeons.

you can do that quick, 2 foundations, 2 roofs 1 bed and 1 campfire :) the easiest way to make a camp.

[Natjur]

Sleep is one of the slowest way to get moral back.
Hot tub with a capybara in your hand...that is fast

[AnExiledOne]

Early game I think nuts restore some morale if I remember right. Beds restore morale pretty quickly too. If you're playing in a situation where you can edit the settings (singleplayer or your own server) I think there's a slider for how quickly morale recovers. You could just crank that up

[hammerinn]

I'm sorry, but morale is a minor hassle. It's a survival game. Just pay attention. If you're not in radiation there's no excuse for going too low and by then you have food, drink to offset it anyway.