Drinks (Survival)

[Charlemagne]

Do Nuka Colas and alcoholic beverages do anything for your thirst? I ran out of water and drank a couple of Nukas, then a beer, but nothing seemed to happen.

[frooty]

Most drinks have special affects you would want for safekeeping, but tend to lower your stamina for a bit(same in Skyrim). Recommended to read the affects on the stats and see if you want them.

[Charlemagne]

Originally posted by lol:

Most drinks have special affects you would want for safekeeping, but tend to lower your stamina for a bit(same in Skyrim). Recommended to read the affects on the stats and see if you want them.

Thanks but my specific question is do colas and beers do anything for your thirst in an emergency? I'm drinking an ice-cold cola right now in front of the computer and it does quench my thirst :-)

[Charlemagne]

OK but I don't have water, no water close to fill bottles, etc. Say I'm in a deep dungeon. I need to drink to quench my thirst but all I have is Nukas and beers. Does drinking them do any good for the specific problem of lowering my thirst?

[Charlemagne]

Originally posted by Freqsync:

Actually thought they made it worse? It notes it on the objects themselves what occurs from drinking them.

Nuka cola adds AP, beer does the whole Str+ int negative charisma +? think maybe a perk makes them last longer.. is it possible a perk makes worth drinking to quench thrist... I will check a book.

Purified Water doesn't say "this lowers your thirst", but it does. So it might be that other drinks lower your thirst. As I said, I drank a couple of colas and a beer but saw no effect and got no message about being less parched or anything. I also tried a Deezer lemonade and a soup and still no effect on thirst, as would seem logical. Only purified water lowers thirst?

[Charlemagne]

OK I made experiments and got the answer to my question, straight.
Nuka Colas do affect thirst. It takes one or two nukas to remove parched condition same as purified water).
Alcohol causes thirst when you drink it. (IMO beer and ale should quench thirst, but oh well).
Soups do affect thirst as do melons. But it took 3 soups to resolve parched as opposed to 2 nukas or 2 water so soups aren't very effective.
So I was nullifying the effect of the colas with the beer, and also because my character was severely thirsty maybe I had to drink a lot of colas to resolve it and that is why I wasn't seeing an effect.

[casualsailor]

Caffine makes you more thirsty but temporarily cures Fatigue.

[Charlemagne]

Originally posted by casualsailor:

Caffine makes you more thirsty but temporarily cures Fatigue.

No, in my experiments Nukas of all types reduce thirst.

[Kalsu]

Most Nuka drink will make you hungry unless you mix them. Alcohol will not quench your thirst and it doesnt in real life , quite the contrary. Noodle cup are the best imo. They quench first level of thirst and half of the first hungry level. Radstag stew and squirrel stew are also great imo. Vegetable soup doesn't quench thirst like the above , it's more of a meal.

[Charlemagne]

Oh yes I forgot that, Nuka is good for thirst but bad for hunger. That's not a problem, I don't know what to do with so much food.

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by casualsailor:

Caffine makes you more thirsty but temporarily cures Fatigue.

He is right. The fatigue does NOT goes away, it only negates the CURRENT debuff while the cola is effect. As soon as the cola wears off you go right back to your current tiredness of Tired, Overtired, etc.

If it is an emergency you can always drink "dirty water" as long as you keep in mind next time you sleep you will most likely have an illness take hold. That is where you prevntion medicines come into play.

If it takes you four nuka colas to quench a thirst that can be solved by one purified water and you carry around nuka colas for thirst purposes then you are definitely playing survival wrong.