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armageddon Jul 7, 2024 @ 5:50am
How to deal with food poisoning/parasites when all antibiotics are not renewable?
Reishi, burdock and antibiotics are not renewable. What to do if you get food poisoning/parasites then?
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Bobywan Jul 7, 2024 @ 6:15am 
There are a lot of reishi in the world, it will be a long time before you run out.
Eventually your cooking skill will level up to level 5 which removes parasite risk and food poisoning (except if you eat raw meat/fish) so at this point you don't really need teas
Last edited by Bobywan; Jul 7, 2024 @ 6:15am
MadBone12 Jul 7, 2024 @ 9:13am 
Even on interloper, the combined amount of natural and manufactured antibiotics will be more than enough to get you to cooking 5. In addition, you can find antibiotics beachcombing so they do respawn.
Last edited by MadBone12; Jul 7, 2024 @ 9:13am
Cheese_Slope Jul 7, 2024 @ 9:46am 
Food Poisoning can heal on it's own. So if you happen to find yourself in a situation with no antibiotics, then use lots of birch bark and herbal teas with sleep to combat it. You can also use TFTFT recipes and stims for extra condition.

There's a chance that it will go away on it's own so as long as you can keep your condition in check then you'll be ok. It should eventually go away. Edit: Just checked and you can't die from food poisoning directly. As long as you stay hydrated and fed, you can sleep it off until it heals on it's own.

Not sure with parasites though. Parasites are avoidable so I would simply not consume predator meat if you don't want parasites.
Last edited by Cheese_Slope; Jul 8, 2024 @ 9:35am
Pfiffi Jul 7, 2024 @ 10:02am 
You can technically find antibiotics on washed up corpses at the shore, but the chance is 0,5%, so you need to check a ton of corpses. In suitcases there is a 0,8% chance, so a bit better.

Im currently trying to find matches while beachcombing and so far I had no luck in multiple hundred days even though there is a much higher chance with them being able to spawn in basically all containers and corpses.
Last edited by Pfiffi; Jul 7, 2024 @ 10:21am
zephr_c Jul 7, 2024 @ 12:53pm 
Food poising will eventually go away on its own, and it can't take you below 15% condition by itself no matter how long you have it, so as long as you have a base with plenty of food and water available you can always just ride it out.
Pestilence Jul 7, 2024 @ 7:31pm 
You will have cooking five looooooooong before then, so it won't matter in the slightest as long as you can avoid eating raw meat.
you can find antibiotics in beachcombing so its renewable. also its a good idea to drink 90% of reshi teas (or rosehips) and leave the rest 10% in bases because that is where the antibiotic point is. Also cooking lvl5 deletes parasite and poisoning risk except if you eat raw meat and in misery you sould die at a point, you cant live for ever...
armageddon Jul 8, 2024 @ 5:32am 
Originally posted by Pestilence:
You will have cooking five looooooooong before then, so it won't matter in the slightest as long as you can avoid eating raw meat.
How do you deal with sour stomach though which ignores this rule.
Night Sparrow Jul 8, 2024 @ 5:51am 
Originally posted by armageddon:
Originally posted by Pestilence:
You will have cooking five looooooooong before then, so it won't matter in the slightest as long as you can avoid eating raw meat.
How do you deal with sour stomach though which ignores this rule.


You suffer in misery because that's the whole idea of this difficulty. It's in the name.
MadBone12 Jul 8, 2024 @ 5:52am 
Originally posted by armageddon:
Originally posted by Pestilence:
You will have cooking five looooooooong before then, so it won't matter in the slightest as long as you can avoid eating raw meat.
How do you deal with sour stomach though which ignores this rule.

On Misery, the point is to die eventually. Running out of resources is part of that challenge. Misery is not intended for long-term survival like the other difficulties.
Pestilence Jul 8, 2024 @ 5:56am 
Originally posted by armageddon:
Originally posted by Pestilence:
You will have cooking five looooooooong before then, so it won't matter in the slightest as long as you can avoid eating raw meat.
How do you deal with sour stomach though which ignores this rule.

Please explain how you plan to deplete the entire game world of reishi mushrooms in misery mode. I'm in need of a long term misery strategy and you seem to be onto a really good one.
armageddon Jul 8, 2024 @ 6:13am 
Originally posted by Pestilence:
Originally posted by armageddon:
How do you deal with sour stomach though which ignores this rule.

Please explain how you plan to deplete the entire game world of reishi mushrooms in misery mode. I'm in need of a long term misery strategy and you seem to be onto a really good one.
Just thinking ahead if it happens.
Pestilence Jul 8, 2024 @ 6:49am 
Originally posted by armageddon:
Originally posted by Pestilence:

Please explain how you plan to deplete the entire game world of reishi mushrooms in misery mode. I'm in need of a long term misery strategy and you seem to be onto a really good one.
Just thinking ahead if it happens.

If it does, definitely report back and tell us how you managed to do it.
Evendark Jul 8, 2024 @ 9:06am 
get no food poisoning/parasites is how to deal with it. Pilgrim-Loper no problem at all misery final the same
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