Nutrition
Nutrition and Satiation
Nutrition was introduced in patch 1.7.0. This system allows different foods supply different amounts of nutrients. Eating a healthy balance of all foods will allow players to increase their hitpoints to a maximum of 25. To see your current nutrition levels you can open the stats page by pressing 'c' by default.
You can check your current nutrition and satiety levels in your character dialog, mapped to 'C' by default.
Nutrition
Player nutrition includes four categories: Protein, vegetable, grain and fruit. As the nutrient bars fill, the player hp increase. The player starts with 15 base health points and you can increase that to 25 hp by consuming a balanced diet including all four nutrients. This where more advanced meals are particularly useful because they let you create mixed nutrition meals (protein/vegetable, grain/vegetable, protein/grain, protein/fruit/vegetable etc...). Please be aware though, your nutrition levels do not increase if you eat while completely satiated.
Satiation
Player satiety is how "hungry" or "well-fed" you are and has a maximum value of 1500. The satiation you receive from eating simple foods is given in the table below. The satiation you receive from eating meals is "equal to the sum of its parts". The ingredients you add into your meal determine how much satiation and which class of nutrition you will receive. In addition, for every 100 satiation you fill, you will get 30 seconds more time until your satiety bar starts dropping again.
| Food | Satiation | Health | Nutrition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roots (Carrot, Turnip, Onion, Parsnip, Cattail Root) | 100 | 0 | Vegetable |
| Vegetable (Cabbage) | 300 | 0 | Vegetable |
| Vegetable (Pumpkin) | 480 | 0 | Vegetable |
| Berries | 80 | 0 | Fruit |
| Honey | 60 | +0.5 | Fruit |
| Mushrooms (Bolete, Field) | 80 | 0 | Vegetable |
| Saguaro | 60 | +4 | Fruit |
| Grain (Flax) | 30 | 0 | Grain |
| Grain (Rice, Rye, Spelt) | 60 | 0 | Grain |
| Bread (Flax) | 160 | 0 | Grain |
| Bread (Rice, Rye, Spelt) | 300 | 0 | Grain |
| Soy Bean | 150 | 0 | Protein |
| Chicken Egg, Boiled | 160 | 0 | Protein |
| Bush Meat | 120 | 0 | Protein |
| Cooked Poultry | 200 | 0 | Protein |
| Cooked Meat | 280 | 0 | Protein |
Cooking
Cooking food items allows you to create foods that will give you more rounded nutrition gain without having to eat lots of separate meals.
