What’s a good early game food to look for?

Currently I just run around and get eggs (rarely) or fiddleheads which are not very nutritious.

I’ve found advice online to eat pine nuts from pinecones but it seems that recipe no longer exists.

I’m about to run out of protein rations, what is the best option for replacing those? Fiddleheads and eggs probably aren’t going to cut it.

  • JayEchoRay@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    If you aren’t playing innawoods I would recommend maybe finding nearby houses as there is a lot of food that is going to spoil anyway. The zombies aren’t too bad in the early game and you could always kite them piecemeal or night raid without too much trouble once you get into it.

    Looking through the all the underbrush can get you wild herbs which is quite versatile ingredient.

    If you are near water you could and find and kill water bugs but needs to eaten sparely as emergency ration, but don’t rely on it as I have learnt that too much toxins in the mutant meat ends up having your character getting spasms which is not fun, also bug killing bonus with stockpiling chitin and sinews.

    Chickens are a great source too for meat and eggs but should really be keep in a safe secure location and needs regular culling to keep the numbers and frame rate reasonable.

    I guess the advice is very situational but I hope it was helpful

    • bozaloshtsh@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      After running around during my first few playthroughs, I have a pretty healthy fear of confrontation so I probably won’t be raiding houses until I’ve learned more about combat. Great advice though, I didn’t know about any of these things.

      kite them piecemeal

      what does this mean?