Plan Your Meals
Calories and thirst are two of your primary needs and as such need to be maintained as well as possible. Not only is it important to ensure that you carry food and drinks on you at all times, but the order and state they are consumed in is very important as well. Calories stored in your inventory just serve to weigh you down and as such the heaviest calories are the ones that should be consumed first. This applies to water as well which tends to be heavy and as such should be consumed whenever possible and/or needed. Be sure to cook any meat and boil any water as contaminated stuff will make you ill.
Coffee, tea, and soda will count toward both your thirst and calories which means you’ll want to drink these first, then eat, and finally top it off with water in order to maximize efficiency. Hot drinks will also raise your body temperature in addition to the other benefits, which can be the difference between surviving and freezing to death. Some drinks will also grant extra effects, such as coffee decreasing your fatigue or reishi and rose hip teas which act as antibiotics and painkillers respectively. Before venturing out on an exploration, be sure to pack a variety of food and drinks in order to plan for any mishap that might occur.
