Hunger, Thirst & Nutrition

Your character has three vital needs tracked by meters: Hunger, Thirst, and Nutrition. Additionally, they inform the game world if you are considered healthy, which helps determine your risk of falling ill when exposed to cold or other environmental hazards.

These meters are built as large, slow pools with their numerical values obscured to discourage fixation on optimization. Yellow states are just reminders, not emergencies, and you need to be starving or dehydrated for hours of play before you are at risk for Death.

Focus on common-sense survival roleplay, and you'll be fine.

Hunger

Hunger represents the fullness value of the food you are eating, and subsequently how full your character feels after eating it. Some foods may be quite filling but offer little or even negative nutrition value, so players may have to make a choice between the short term or long term health of their character.

Level	Effects
Well Fed	Satiated, but serves to inform you that you’ve eaten well and can go a good while before needing more.
Satiated	Small bonus to fatigue and resolve regeneration.
Hungry	Normal fatigue and resolve regeneration, but serves as a warning to prioritize finding food to eat soon.
Starving	After some time in this state, you will gain the dying condition. Failure to address (eating food) will result in your characters death.

Thirst

Thirst represents the hydration of your character. Water is relatively plentiful in the form of snow, but must be melted and boiled to be potable, potentially using valuable resources to do so. Drinking non-potable water may increase the Illness level of your character. The most commonly available ways to increase your nutrition are with drinks, but so are the most common sources of Stimulants and Depressants- and your stomach can only hold so much liquid at a time.

Level	Effects
Well Hydrated	Satiated, but serves to inform you can go a good while before needing another beverage.
Hydrated	Small bonus to fatigue and resolve regeneration.
Thirsty	Normal fatigue and resolve regeneration, but serves as a warning to prioritize finding hydration soon.
Dehydrated	After some time in this state, you will gain the dying condition. Failure to address (drinking a beverage) will result in your characters death.

Nutrition

Nutrition measures the lasting impact of what you eat and drink. It decays much more slowly than Hunger or Thirst, but it has the strongest influence on your overall health and ability to "bounce back" from an injury or illness without Medical intervention.

The game uses your Nutrition (alongside your Temperature) when deciding how quickly you naturally recover from injuries and illnesses. It is also a key factor in whether you are likely to contract sickness when exposed to harsh conditions.

Level	Effects
Healthy	Same bonus to natural healing as Adequate, just signals you won't need to prioritize nutrition for a while.
Adequate	Small bonus to natural healing.
Emaciated	No bonus to natural healing.
Malnourished	No bonus to natural healing, high chance of contracting illness.

Offline Decay

While offline, your meters decline more slowly and will stop after three days or once they reach the warning states of Hungry, Thirsty, or Emaciated, whichever comes first.