How coffee work exactly

[skydancer]

Can u explaine and tell me some advice when i need to use and in what situation?

[Sgt_Dogmeat]

Coffee will refill your fatigue meter. You can drink multiple cups of coffee and reduce your fatigue quite a bit. Helps in any situation where you need more energy: climbing, hunting, running, etc..

[Xeph]

I would be prepared to bet that coffee is most commonly used to boost fatigue enough to make a climb. Most other activities can still be done with an empty fatigue meter, bar a couple like researching/running.

You can drink it hot or cold to get the bonus too.

[PBR]

Originally posted by skydancer:

Can u explaine and tell me some advice when i need to use and in what situation?

Coffee is useful because it gives you a small boost to your fatigue bar and also slows the drain of your fatigue bar for a time. It's useful when you are tiring and need to do something like climb, run or stave off condition loss. Imagine getting caught out in a blizzard without enough wood to warm up let alone sleep an hour. A cup of hot coffee will warm you up, give you a warmth buff, boost your fatigue and give you a buff. Coffee can literally save your life, yes you can warm up with any hot beverage or food but coffee is like magic.

[PBR]

Originally posted by Xephita:

I would be prepared to bet that coffee is most commonly used to boost fatigue enough to make a climb. Most other activities can still be done with an empty fatigue meter, bar a couple like researching/running.

You can drink it hot or cold to get the bonus too.

A long time ago I was a new Stalker player and got lost on PV. It was late, fog rolled in and I set about collecting sticks. Got hit by a wolf and hurt very badly, had maybe 15% and it was time to turtle up. I didn't have nearly enough wood to survive the night but I had lantern fuel and some books. I managed to light a few fires, boil up coffee and teas and wait in my sleeping bag. I was too afraid to sleep, but I managed to keep my conditions up and got some health back. Made a mad dash to the Radio Tower once the blizzard died and I was back around 20%. It was the coffee that saved my life that night.

[Xeph]

Originally posted by JeebusChrist:

Originally posted by Xephita:

I would be prepared to bet that coffee is most commonly used to boost fatigue enough to make a climb. Most other activities can still be done with an empty fatigue meter, bar a couple like researching/running.

You can drink it hot or cold to get the bonus too.

A long time ago I was a new Stalker player and got lost on PV. It was late, fog rolled in and I set about collecting sticks. Got hit by a wolf and hurt very badly, had maybe 15% and it was time to turtle up. I didn't have nearly enough wood to survive the night but I had lantern fuel and some books. I managed to light a few fires, boil up coffee and teas and wait in my sleeping bag. I was too afraid to sleep, but I managed to keep my conditions up and got some health back. Made a mad dash to the Radio Tower once the blizzard died and I was back around 20%. It was the coffee that saved my life that night.

A tactical coffee is a very good thing :)

[rhwilson1953]

Hey Sarge, Eyes herd ya. I jus thought someone with the name Dogmeat wernt all theer anyhows.

sees yall later, Lefty

[skydancer]

So it regenerate my stamina or it made it last longher?

Dunno if i must use BEFORE do tiring stuff or use when i was run out of stamina to recover it.

[funguy]

Originally posted by skydancer:

So it regenerate my stamina or it made it last longher?

Dunno if i must use BEFORE do tiring stuff or use when i was run out of stamina to recover it.

It is far better to use it before. The benefit of not losing energy is more powerful. The fact that it fills up energy before you start is a nice bonus.

And going up ropes is the most tiring thing in the game. So coffee is best at climbing ropes. It can be used to travel long distances without stopping to sleep, but climbing is still it's best. All other activities pale in comparison to these two uses.

[Xeph]

If you have a full fatigue bar it's a bit of a waste, if you want to reduce fatigue drain then about 75% full isnt a bad time to use it due to the bonus from drinking each cup. So you can either keep it topped up, or drink a lot at once to refil your gauge before a climb for example.

[inscantu]

Skydancer I'm not sure what you mean by "stamina." Stamina is the bar that allows you to run, in this case no it doesn't let you run further. Coffee makes your character less tired, and slows down how tired you get, so you need to sleep less. Drink it hot and you gain some temperature and slower temperature loss as well. As everybody has said, it's good whenever you plan to go exploring or need to heat up a little.

[funguy]

It's funny we call it a fatigue bar when the only time you are "fatigued" is when it's empty.

But it is because Hinterland changed it. It used to be the exact opposite. It started empty and filled up. But that was three years ago.

[Oolae]

Originally posted by Sgt_Dogmeat:

It was back in '64, or maybe it were '65, when the great turtle migration came through the great north. I was working at the sawmill at the time and I remember walking to work at 3 AM every day, sometimes in the pitch black. Back then, if you wanted coffee, you had to walk three days to the nearest 7-Eleven and most of the time they had old pots been cookin' for hours. My granddaddy once told me "You get the coffee or you get the badger." Still don't know what he meant by that. Anyway that was the year 'ol lefty got his thumb cut off while fishing for alligators up on Timberwolf Mountain. Kept tellin' him aint no 'gators up there but he never listened to nobody. My momma always said life is like a pot of coffee. Hot, dark, and bitter, and boy was she right. Hope this helps.

+1

[abonamente]

Originally posted by skydancer:

Can u explaine and tell me some advice when i need to use and in what situation?

Game tooltips and your common sense are the best advisors.
Coffee - slower energy loss (during activity time)
[Herbal tea] - faster energy recovery (during rest time)
Basically different use, same result: prolonged activity through longer work time and/or shorter rest time. - debunked. Correct info: faster condition recovery

It is good to know, though:
1. If you plan a long run, they are NOT as common as you'd wish items. Use wisely.
2. Consecutive/alternative use of the two can make a powerful combo. If they are cooked, basically you carry a life saving emergency kit in your backpack. But they come at a price: 'cooked', they are heavy. They can save your life in emergencies (supposedly rare occasions), but most of the time they are dead weight. Decide according to circumstances how much of that cooked stuff you carry, or if you need any of it on you.

[funguy]

Originally posted by abonamente:

Herbal tea - faster energy recovery (during rest time)
Basically different use, same result: prolonged activity through longer work time and/or shorter rest time.

Umm, actually, herb tea makes you recover more condition when you sleep. So you can heal faster. And the effect hangs around until the next time you sleep. Which can be days later. Or partially used. Each full cup grants four hours of power-sleep. If you only nap for two hours, you'll still carry the other two. And if you drink another cup before that happens, you'll have six. It's weird.

[abonamente]

That is correct, just tested it and edited my post. I assumed wrongly that ‘better rest' -> ‘faster everything sleep-related’. Stay in fight and finish the job after being trampled by a moose were the kind of emergencies when I used tea (+sleep) and coffee alternatively.