Will items decay on ground?

[Candyman]

If I place guns, clothes, cans, knives, etc on the ground (indoors), will it decay or despawn? Even if it hasnt been touched for like 50 in game days?

[ajb1978]

Food will decay more quickly if left out in the open. Other items like knives, rifles, and other toolstuff only degrade when used.

[mmille14]

Yes the in game spawns start degrading the moment you enter the map if I recall correctly.

[SilentHunter]

Originally posted by Candyman:

If I place guns, clothes, cans, knives, etc on the ground (indoors), will it decay or despawn? Even if it hasnt been touched for like 50 in game days?

From my experience everything has a decay rate..not sure on rifles and tools though.I once made a second pair of rabbit mittens for a backup and it slowly decayed a bit just stting in the locker.. nothing ever despawns except a fully harvested animal..and as far as food goes canned goods and snacks will decay. I usually put raw and cooked meat outdoors because the decay rate is much lower in the cold.
Usually when I harvest a bear for example I'll harvest 1 pound slabs and keep dropping them on the ground about 20 pounds at a time..I can get the whole bear harvested and cooked with none wasted and all fresh.At worst near the end some pieces of the raw meat will be gamey(around 85%) but after cooking it's fresh again. I like to do the one pounders for building harvesting and cooking skills and for having 500 calorie snacks.

[EN16M471C]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=558517894

[SilentHunter]

Originally posted by EN16M471C:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=558517894

That is really helpfull..thank you :)

[Candyman]

Originally posted by SilentHunter:

Originally posted by Candyman:

If I place guns, clothes, cans, knives, etc on the ground (indoors), will it decay or despawn? Even if it hasnt been touched for like 50 in game days?

From my experience everything has a decay rate..not sure on rifles and tools though.I once made a second pair of rabbit mittens for a backup and it slowly decayed a bit just stting in the locker.. nothing ever despawns except a fully harvested animal..and as far as food goes canned goods and snacks will decay. I usually put raw and cooked meat outdoors because the decay rate is much lower in the cold.
Usually when I harvest a bear for example I'll harvest 1 pound slabs and keep dropping them on the ground about 20 pounds at a time..I can get the whole bear harvested and cooked with none wasted and all fresh.At worst near the end some pieces of the raw meat will be gamey(around 85%) but after cooking it's fresh again. I like to do the one pounders for building harvesting and cooking skills and for having 500 calorie snacks.

wont a nearby wolf outside eat bear meat on the ground? I mean, thats a really good idea that i plan on using now that i think about it but what if wolves eat it 0.0

[Candyman]

Originally posted by SilentHunter:

Originally posted by EN16M471C:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=558517894

That is really helpfull..thank you :)

Yes, Thank you! :D

[iwasa]

If you leave an item inside a container and that item goes to ruined it will disappear. Otherwise, ruined items do not disappear, in general, just because they reached ruined condition. Some ruined items still have uses - ruined raw meat can be cooked then consumed, for example, at least so far - so in those cases leaving them outside a container makes sense.

Items that started inside a container when the sandbox was created will not disappear if they go to ruined but that is sort of a special case.

[SilentHunter]

Originally posted by Candyman:

Originally posted by SilentHunter:

wont a nearby wolf outside eat bear meat on the ground? I mean, thats a really good idea that i plan on using now that i think about it but what if wolves eat it 0.0

It depends where you are based really..I've never had an issue with that except in coastal highway outside the store..from what I understand all AI functions stop when you enter a house or what ever..also keep in mind harvesting a bear takes a few hours so if you need a fire to stay warm keep it away from the bear..the fire will degrade meat faster.

[CaptainGary]

Well the decaying system is now based off inside vs outside. They will decay but not any quicker if it was in a container