Food Poisoning is a negative affliction that is contracted by eating raw meat, or food with a low item Condition.
Overview[]
Food Poisoning occurs randomly when consuming food items. Raw meat and low-condition foods pose the highest risk, whereas high-condition cooked, canned, or processed foods are generally safer options.
Beverage items cannot cause food poisoning; however, Non-Potable Water can cause Dysentery.
Food above 75% condition will never cause food poisoning, except raw meat and fish. Packaged or canned food items at or above 20% condition are also completely safe; the only exceptions are Chocolate Bar, Granola Bar, Peanut Butter, and Tin of Sardines, each posing a risk between 1 and 3 percent.
After achieving Level 5 in Cooking, only raw meat and raw fish will cause Food Poisoning.
Effects[]
While suffering from Food Poisoning, the player's Condition while not sleeping will decrease by 10% per hour (to a minimum of 15%) and the player's Fatigue will decrease by 30% per hour. Food Poisoning cannot kill the player directly, but being at such low condition makes hazards like predator encounters, cold weather, dehydration, or even short falls likely to be deadly.
Instances of Food Poisoning do not stack, but a second instance will reset the duration of the first.
Treatment[]
- Treatment requires consuming one dose (two) Antibiotics or one cup of Reishi Tea/Burdock Tea, followed by resting for a total of 10 hours. Condition will not drain after treatment and while sleeping, but will resume if the player has not slept for the full 10 hours required.
- Left untreated, Food Poisoning will pass automatically after 12 - 24 hours. This clock is not visible and the exact duration is decided at random. This can allow the strategic consumption of spoiled food at a safe location without having to consume antibiotics, but care should be taken to ensure Cabin Fever is not a risk.
Risk by item[]
The food poisoning chance depends on both the type of food and the condition of that food item:
Tales from the Far Territory Food[]
Wintermute Foods[]
|
Item | Above 75% | Between 20 - 75% | Below 20% | Ruined (0%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Big Bass (Cooked) | ||||
|
Big Bass (Raw) | ||||
|
Home-Made Soup |
Seasonal Foods[]
|
|
Item | Above 75% | Between 20 - 75% | Below 20% | Ruined (0%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Pumpkin Pie | 0% | 0% | 25% | 50% |
Gallery[]
Character quotes[]
"Oh what a way to die..."
"My stomach! It hurts!"
"I just wanna die...URGH!"
Update history[]
- UPDATE 18 September 2015 (Update):
- Fixed issue with only rolling for food poisoning when partially eating an item
- HOTFIX 1 April 2015 (Update):
- Rebalanced Food Poisoning to re-introduce it as a credible risk.
- HOTFIX 3 December 2014 (Update):
- Food with Condition over 75% will never cause Food Poisoning (excludes Raw Meat and Fish).
- HOTFIX 27 November 2014 (Update):
- If left untreated, Food Poisoning will now degrade Condition to just before the point of death.
- HOTFIX 31 October 2014 (Update):
- Reduced chance of Food Poisoning from all cooked meats.
- HOTFIX 27 September 2014 (Update):
- Reduced chance of contracting Food Poisoning for all Food Items.
- UPDATE 22 September 2014 (Update):
- All Food items have been tuned for Calorie values, Condition Decay, and % chance of Food Poisoning.
- HOTFIX 9 July 2014 (Update):
- Made food poisoning more dangerous. Increased the hourly Condition drain to 10/hr (from 5/hr). Increased the hourly Fatigue increase to 20/hr (from 10/hr).
- Reduced the chance of getting Food Poisoning from canned goods (Peaches, Beans), and MREs.
- HOTFIX 2 July 2014 (Update):
- Improved player death description by including all critical sub-conditions that contribute to player's demise. Also, properly capture cause of death by afflictions (e.g., food poisoning) if there are no critical sub-conditions.
- HOTFIX 20 June 2014 (Update):
- Fixed issue with food poisoning continuing to degrade stats when resting (after antibiotics taken).
- UPDATE 14 June 2014 (Update):
- Added to game.
| Positive |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Negative |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
