Food drain

[Lunaツ]

Why am i hungry ALL THE TIME? I am constantly eating weevil and aphid roasts (which is considered a meal) and I've used 3 milk molars on my food and water drain. I see 0 difference. What are ya'll doing to stay fed? I even lowered my game to mild to see if that would help (it didnt). The game is almost not enjoyable at this point.

[schnicken]

Did you play in Woah Mode and/or use the Biomedical Badge as Trinket?

Biomedical Badge
+Trickle Regen
+Food Conversion

[pcdeltalink]

Originally posted by MadMilli:

What are ya'll doing to stay fed?

I get by with a basic roast of something (weevil, aphid, etc) twice a day. Once in morning, once toward evening. Maybe one extra if it’s an extremely heavy combat or building day but no more. And that’s on Whoa difficulty.

[Lunaツ]

Originally posted by schnicken:

Did you play in Woah Mode and/or use the Biomedical Badge as Trinket?

I did not, no. I was on medium. I'll have to find this badge and maybe a few more milk molars top up my stamina. I've thought about it and maybe thats my problem: my stamina hasn't been upgraded so the faster it drains, the more food I consume? I don't know

[Sticks]

I play on medium and I always just cook a miteloaf on the cookery to eat before I head out every day and thats all I've ever needed. Been stocking up on jerky of any other kind but aphid as a result and have stacks of each that I never use.

[Lunaツ]

I don't understand why I'm having such a problem with it. I literally have to think about where my next meal is, I'm not even joking. I'll try to find the badge mentioned above and improve my stamina to see if that helps.

[steventirey]

Originally posted by MadMilli:

I don't understand why I'm having such a problem with it. I literally have to think about where my next meal is, I'm not even joking. I'll try to find the badge mentioned above and improve my stamina to see if that helps.

You don't want the badge that was mentioned. That drains your food faster, but in exchange regenerates your health. It got mentioned because that could have been a reason your food was dropping so fast.

[Sticks]

Okay so I checked what the difference was between the roast and the meals from the cookery and it all comes down to the amount of time the meal bonus lasts. For roasts it pauses hunger drain for 5 minutes but for tier 1 cookery items like the miteloaf its 12 minutes. I'm sure its even better for the higher tier ones but I haven't unlocked any yet.

Between that and the simple bed buff that reduces your hunger and thirst drain by 10% for the day you shouldn't need to eat or drink again until the following day. It sounds to me like you just aren't using the better tools the game gives you and thought the basic campfire would be the perfect solution to food forever, I haven't even touched mine since I got the drying rack.

[pcdeltalink]

Originally posted by Sticks:

It sounds to me like you just aren't using the better tools the game gives you and thought the basic campfire would be the perfect solution to food forever, I haven't even touched mine since I got the drying rack.

As someone who saves the fancier meals for more dangerous situations cause I hoard resources 2 basic roasts a day are fine even on Whoa. I still use basic campfire every day and that's at around 200 in game days on that file so far.

[Lunaツ]

Yeah this is probably all on me, I was just so frustrated with it. I was using a lean to, because I hadn't unlocked the bed yet (I did now), and I made a cookery but thought the resources for the recipe was too much of a hassle to get, but looks like I'll have to start farming them. Thanks ya'll

[9oaD]

Hi I can relate to your experience. Even the farming ingredients. The only thing I focused on was the mites. Jerky I got too much right away. The mites were no problem there is a place near the baseball where you begin. Where you had to clear them off the cable. Then beyond that I find tons of them and get like 20 mites in a few minutes.

Usually I am just eating aphids that I whack while running here or there. It helps to figure out when you should cook an aphid before bed and it will still be good in the morning, or sometimes you could leave it raw and cook it in the morning.

Milk Molars I spent to unlock more mutations first. Then I use mutations to boost stamina is my default

[LordErec42]

I think the food drain is about right given the speed of the day/night cycle. Mild reduces the hunger and thirst rate to half and it felt a bit too easy and made hunger and thirst a complete non-issue for the most part given the dew collector and how easy it is to craft basic meals.

If I was doing a more realistic custom game, I would probably leave thirst at 1x, drop hunger and the day/night cycle speed to 0.5x.

[The Queen Salis]

Maybe the problem is you spend too much time hunting each one meal?

[Hammer Of Evil]

idk, i spend pretty much the entire day hunting and gathering buidling supplies, and relying on my team to figure out what the heck to do with the base to stop that damn jumpy spider from jumping at me 10,000 km away.

i keep the team fed, they're the ones doing the work anyways.

idk build like 5 roasting fires and keep them loaded with food. this kitchen never closes lmao.

[The Queen Salis]

Originally posted by Hammer Of Evil:

idk, i spend pretty much the entire day hunting and gathering buidling supplies, and relying on my team to figure out what the heck to do with the base to stop that damn jumpy spider from jumping at me 10,000 km away.

i keep the team fed, they're the ones doing the work anyways.

idk build like 5 roasting fires and keep them loaded with food. this kitchen never closes lmao.

labour division lol :D

[indigo]

I just eat.
So here's a basic rundown of how any session starts:

Login (I typically log out at base)
Check Water and Food levels. If they were full before I logged out, I'm good.
Check inventory. Canteen should be full (6/6 for Charcoal Canteen. Should have at least one boxed meal ready to go, if not, take one from the fridge. If it's too early in-game for a fridge, I'm making one to take with me.

Once I have full meters and at least one spare meal, I set off on my adventure. If I get hungry along the way, I look for Mushrooms or Aphids and make a quick meal of them.

Hints:

Using Spicy weapons will cook Aphids, Weevils and Gnats before you actually collect them, so just kill and eat.

Using Salty weapons will reduce Aphids, Weevils, Gnats and Tadpoles to Jerky, which can be carted about indefinitely.

That's pretty much all there is to it. Either keep materials on hand to throw together a cooking spit, or carry Jerky or Mushrooms as these don't go bad, and/or a boxed meal and just keep an eye on the spoilage timer.