Intestinal parasites

[Net Warrior]

I was just reading the wiki on this and seems to me that the risk isn't worth the reward on Stalker and Loper. https://thelongdark.fandom.com/wiki/Intestinal_parasites So I was thinking of simply avoiding wolf/bear meat on my stalker run. I figure this is doable although it will make life more difficult. I was just looking to hear how others deal with parasites, esp on Loper.

[I wish I were Jesus]

I just eat a single serving of wolf or bear, and then the risk starts. I dont eat any more until the risk has gone away completely. the only time I got intestinal parasites was when I got greedy and tried eating wolf or bear meat again while I had the warning up. When you first get the warning it doesn't come with a percentage and I have never got intestinal parasites then. I only got it when I had intestinal parasites with a percentage warning.

Plus, when you get to cooking 5 you have nothing to worry about it anymore.

[IvantheFormidable]

Depends on how risky it is. With a supply of meds/teas, it's not that threatening on Stalker for the most part, but it can snowball into something worse quickly. I typically just hunker down in a region until the affliction is gone and use the rest of my supply of wolf/bear meat during that time, since IP can't stack. Can't speak to Loper though.

Grinding to level 5 cooking before relying on wolf or bear meat is probably the most obvious solution.

Edit: @I wish I were Jesus - the risk after consuming a single piece is 1%, second piece is 4%, third is 8 or 9%, and I can't recall ever going beyond that personally.

[I'll be the one]

Originally posted by billci54:

I was just reading the wiki on this and seems to me that the risk isn't worth the reward on Stalker and Loper. https://thelongdark.fandom.com/wiki/Intestinal_parasites So I was thinking of simply avoiding wolf/bear meat on my stalker run. I figure this is doable although it will make life more difficult. I was just looking to hear how others deal with parasites, esp on Loper.

I will eat one piece of bear or wolf then wait 24 hours meanwhile cooking whenever I can to get to Level 5.

[Greep]

Well, you gotta use all that reisha tea you're hording for something, even on loper. If you end up with 12+ you may as well play parasite roulette. And do what jesus says. That said, running around with < 60% condition sounds like you should only do it on someplace super safe like jackrabbit island or something.

[Net Warrior]

Oh so if I'm understanding this correctly then over time your 1% risk expires and it becomes safe once again to eat another helping and only incur another 1% risk. Thanks all for the responses. The wiki wasn't clear on that point and perhaps needs revision. Thanks again.

[IvantheFormidable]

Originally posted by billci54:

Oh so if I'm understanding this correctly then over time you 1% risk expires and it becomes safe once again to eat another helping and only incur another 1% risk. Thanks all for the responses. The wiki wasn't clear on that point and perhaps needs revision. Thanks again.

You understood correctly. The "risk timer" is only continous for 24 hours after your first piece of wolf/bear meat, and once those 24 hours is up there is a dice roll. At which point you either contract IP or you don't. If you don't contract it, then you don't carry any more risk and can start from scratch again.

[Foxen]

Originally posted by billci54:

Oh so if I'm understanding this correctly then over time your 1% risk expires and it becomes safe once again to eat another helping and only incur another 1% risk. Thanks all for the responses. The wiki wasn't clear on that point and perhaps needs revision. Thanks again.

Well, no...it's never 'save'...you get at least the 1% chance to get them.
I got them twice with the 1% chance...on Interloper...and eventually died of them...didn't find enough medicine because of the bad weather. :D
But, yes I eat one kg of wolf/bear meat and let 24 hours pass to get rid of the affliction before eating another piece.

[iwasa]

Risk management.

The risk, for the first three pieces, is a non-cumulative 1% then 4% then 9% with each additional piece, after the first three, being an additional additive +5%. Note that per piece that means ANY SIZE PIECE.

History: There was a technique to stretch limited food (cooked meat) which amounted to taking a "bite" (using ESC to cancel the eat the whole thing action) since that would help stave off the onset of condition loss. Three "bites" of cooked wolf meat, all from the same kilo, would give you 9% risk as if you had eaten three kilos of cooked wolf meat.

Initially, the risk of intestinal parasites was going to be permanent until you actually got intestinal parasites, which would have transformed wolf and bear meat consumption into an escalating time bomb that would explode at some point, but fortunately the devs realized what that meant, which was way beyond what they intended, and made it a risk that tested once then went away until it was renewed by additional consumption.

[listless]

If I've got the antibiotics on hand, I'd rather risk intestinal parasites than food poisoning. And if you do wind up getting it, it's not too horrible so long as you start treating it right away. Food poisoning's generally a pain in the butt.

Like @iwasa pointed out - used to be way worse than it is now, and I think a lot of players who remember the earlier versions are still leery of it.

[listless]

Originally posted by JayXL:

...out of nowhere, I got IP while never going over 1% risk. I was completely shocked. As it turns out, my very next cooked meal got me to L5 cooking.

ha ha ha - That's awful. Someday someone's going to find that insidious piece of coding that the devs put in there to slap players across the face like that, and it'll turn out to be written in the language of Mordor.

Originally posted by JayXL:

...Dang though, by day 19 your fatigue bar only fills to about 25%. Had to sleep 3 times in one day just to not lose condition.

That's worse than I remembered. I take back what I said about it not being too bad.

[jswilliams]

I've had it twice on one run and a the run just previous to that. Those two runs, I got bushwacked by rng 1 piece did it, and second piece after the risk faded.

Just not worth it. You get it early, you have to hunker down the last 10 or so on Loper, very dangerous, and it just puts your grand tour off-track.

Because no matter what you are going to wind up with a metric ton of cats anyway, along with 126kg of dead meat all over your lawn.

Just eat safe stuff till L5 Cooking.

And yeah, your stamina bar is a sliver (when it was an eyeball) and maxcondition is daaaaangerously low those last 5 days in particular.

And you stink of parasites iirc

[Ogre]

My go to for IP is to max cooking as quickly as possible, which removes the danger from cooked meat, even stuff you cooked before you hit lvl 5. Usually get it done by day 15, although I got lucky with a bear kill on day 5 of one Interloper run and maxed it on day 6.

[iwasa]

Need to keep in mind that even at Level 5, accidentally eating raw wolf or bear meat gives you the risk at a high level too. Watching a play-through, the player accidentally ate some raw wolf meat (he had gotten to level 5 cooking so thought he was home free) and got a 70% or so chance of IP. He was not happy as he had already treated a case of IP he had gotten earlier which had eaten through his medicals but fortunately the risk passed harmlessly.

[jswilliams]

Raw from the radial! Those were fun times.

I was soo mad after getting it on Day 300-something for the second time, no clue as to where or even if I had a viable 20 day stash (I did)

I stumbled into an isolated CH trailer I had never been to before by the bear, found a pair of Ruined jeans, and promptly scrapped my New jeans.

Because.

Oh and of course I didn't clue in on that until I had left and reentered another structure, so

[jswilliams]

A precious toque on Interloper before rabhat?

Man, there should be a prompt on clicking harvest that just pops up...

"Yo."