Hot Food Vs Cold Food Mechanic

[Mr_MeGusta]

Dose anyone know if there any benfit to eating cold food vs hot food if I'm planning on staying indoors were it warm? Theres a blizzard going on outside so that would mean death and in the mean time I'm breaking apart curtians, chairs ect. fixing up my clothes or will do some crafting.

[Aragosnat]

Hot food keeps you warmer longer. Basicly cold weather is slightly less effective. Eating it cold just means you don't need to wait to eat it before opening it.

[spatulaodoom]

Hot food does two things. It restores some of your warmth on eatin, and it gives you a little resistance to cold for a while.
A half hour? Hour? Don't remember, but that's game time.

[Puffy786]

Hot Food will give you a immediate warmth boost (not too special as having hot food usually means you're next to a fire anyways) but it also increases your "Feels Like" temperature by 4C for the next 2 hours.

[Mr_MeGusta]

Alright so no point in eating it warm indoors. Thats what I was thinking I just wanted to ask and confirm.

[Excorpion]

And the calorie boost ?
or im just talking garbage ?

[Puffy786]

Originally posted by ExCoRpIoN:

And the calorie boost ?
or im just talking garbage ?

No calorie boost.

You get a calorie boost for cooking raw animal meat if your cooking skill is high enough, but reheating processed food like Coffee or Beans will result only in a short warmth bonus mentioned above.

[Critical Jim]

ive never *needed* warm food. the short duration, and the small bonus.. I'll take a hypothermia warning over the effort.

[Mr_MeGusta]

Well when I got a fire going if I have the time while Im out exploring Ill usally heat something up. Then I tend to lose no warmth while traveling.

[oobayly]

Originally posted by Puffy786:

Hot Food will give you a immediate warmth boost (not too special as having hot food usually means you're next to a fire anyways) but it also increases your "Feels Like" temperature by 4C for the next 2 hours.

Yeah, I normally hold a couple of sticks back, do what I need on the fire - cook a few steaks, boil some water. When I'm done I'll put just enough sticks on to boil a cup of coffee or heat some beans up so I can go without wasting the heat or the fire.

I have noticed - or at least I think I have - that eating cooked meat immediately after cooking it doesn't give you a warmth bonus, unlike the tinned goods.