Rose Hip/Reishi Tea reseting "Living Off The Land".

[TimeOutDontShoot]

I absolutely love this game, however I am frustrated right now. I set out to knock out a few achievemnets in one go - Pacifist, living off the land and silent hunter. Just got past day 25, got the pacifist but no living off the land. After doing some research it seems that consuming rose hip/reishi teas resets this achievement. This is so anti-survival in my opinion. Almost every survivalist does this, and it is 100% only consuming calories that were naturaly harvested. It is absolutely and by definition "living off the land". You pick some plants and put it in water, how much more natural can you get? What is the logic behind this, or is it a bug? Obviously I will just work around this knowing now not to drink tea. I just think it is something that should be fixed.
-To be clear, I am talking about Rose Hip and Reishi Mushroom, not boxed tea-
Now that my complaining is complete, let me just say thank you to the devs for all your great work on this game so far. Can't wait to see what the future holds. Happy Holidays!!

[IFIYGD]

The "Living Off The Land" achievement isn't about survival per se. It is about surviving using only food and drink you harvest from the Land. Herbal Tea is store bought. Not harvested from the wilds where you find yourself. It's completely logical. The rose hip tea and reishi tea do not reset the counter. But using water you harvested from a toilet will.

So, you can restart the achievement clock without having to start a new game. And if you harvest any water from toilets, you will have to drop it all, all of your water, and only make water by melting snow. And use only melted/boiled snow water to make your rose hip and reishi teas.That fact, being that water has no kcal, is a bit odd, but it is still a consumable food item. So it counts.

[sockpuppet12421]

The holloween event did mess up the time line, addind Two days or removing them, unsure. If you are still playing I recomend comtinuing for a few more days, it should pop hopefuly. You can also force the issue by moving into a new zone, then back, and then into a house/indoor save.

[TimeOutDontShoot]

I started a game in TWM and have only been to the hut, caves, and the summit. I haven't even seen a toilet or a box of Tea, so I am not sure why the achievement isn't working. I have only melted snow and only drank rose hip and reishi tea once each. I have only consumed dear meat harvested from wolf kills, and Cat Tail Stalks....that is it. I'm confused.

[A_Cold_1]

If you want the "Living Off the Land" achievement I'm gonna make a simple guide.

Step 1# Do a Voyeger playthrough in Desolaton Point and find your preferred weapon; survival bow or hunting rifle since they both spawn in DP.

Step 2# gather a lot of wood and boil as much water as possible (like, a lot of water) in the whaling station. (I usually go for 100L)

Step 3# Kill a bear and cook the meat.

Step 4# hibernate, cabin fever will not kill you because of the "grace period" you get.

[TimeOutDontShoot]

**UPDATE**
Ok, so I can say 100% from this run that it was drinking rose hip/reishi tea that reset this achievement.
I was in TWM the entire time and only consumed melted/boiled snow for water and I only consumed dear meat.
However on Day 14 I made a stupid mistake and stumbled into my campfire and got burned. I had a ton of reishi mushrooms and rose hips on me and thought...Hey, this is a nutural cure and the calories and water were naturally harvested, I should be ok drinking this. I consumed the rose hip tea and realised it was the wrong tea to treat burns so I immediately made some reishi tea.
I then continued only consuming water and dear meat. Day 25 comes and no achievement. I researched online and saw several people say that the rose hip and reishi teas reset the achievement.
To see if this was true I looked in my journal and noticed I sustained the burn on Day 14, which is when I consumed the tea. I continued on with my natural diet, and BAM!!! Day 39...exactly 25 days after drinking the tea, the achievement unlocked.
So, it seems that drinking the Rose Hip or Reishi Tea WILL reset the achievement. Again, this is minor, but hopefully it will be changed some day.

[Volpone]

Originally posted by timeoutdontshoot:

So, it seems that drinking the Rose Hip or Reishi Tea WILL reset the achievement. Again, this is minor, but hopefully it will be changed some day.

Thank you for figuring this out! I've been wondering why the achievement hadn't popped for me after 45 days of avoiding processed food.

Considering the description of the achievement, this sounds like a bug.

[Hotzn]

Originally posted by timeoutdontshoot:

**UPDATE**
Ok, so I can say 100% from this run that it was drinking rose hip/reishi tea that reset this achievement.
I was in TWM the entire time and only consumed melted/boiled snow for water and I only consumed dear meat.
However on Day 14 I made a stupid mistake and stumbled into my campfire and got burned. I had a ton of reishi mushrooms and rose hips on me and thought...Hey, this is a nutural cure and the calories and water were naturally harvested, I should be ok drinking this. I consumed the rose hip tea and realised it was the wrong tea to treat burns so I immediately made some reishi tea.
I then continued only consuming water and dear meat. Day 25 comes and no achievement. I researched online and saw several people say that the rose hip and reishi teas reset the achievement.
To see if this was true I looked in my journal and noticed I sustained the burn on Day 14, which is when I consumed the tea. I continued on with my natural diet, and BAM!!! Day 39...exactly 25 days after drinking the tea, the achievement unlocked.
So, it seems that drinking the Rose Hip or Reishi Tea WILL reset the achievement. Again, this is minor, but hopefully it will be changed some day.

Yep, sounds like a bug. You should report it in the technical section. And you should replace "herbal tea" in the OP with "Reishi/Rose Hip tea" so as not to be confusing.

[TimeOutDontShoot]

Edited to clarify rose hip/reishi tea, thanks for pointing that out. Will report it too.

[REV_ME_BRO]

Originally posted by timeoutdontshoot:

**UPDATE**
Ok, so I can say 100% from this run that it was drinking rose hip/reishi tea that reset this achievement.
I was in TWM the entire time and only consumed melted/boiled snow for water and I only consumed dear meat.
However on Day 14 I made a stupid mistake and stumbled into my campfire and got burned. I had a ton of reishi mushrooms and rose hips on me and thought...Hey, this is a nutural cure and the calories and water were naturally harvested, I should be ok drinking this. I consumed the rose hip tea and realised it was the wrong tea to treat burns so I immediately made some reishi tea.
I then continued only consuming water and dear meat. Day 25 comes and no achievement. I researched online and saw several people say that the rose hip and reishi teas reset the achievement.
To see if this was true I looked in my journal and noticed I sustained the burn on Day 14, which is when I consumed the tea. I continued on with my natural diet, and BAM!!! Day 39...exactly 25 days after drinking the tea, the achievement unlocked.
So, it seems that drinking the Rose Hip or Reishi Tea WILL reset the achievement. Again, this is minor, but hopefully it will be changed some day.

Thank you so much for this post. I am going crazy trying to get accurate info on this achievement.