8

Follow

Food fatigue (new statistic to solve "steak problem")

Minecraft has large variety of food. But there are some "super foods", such as steaks, which restore many food points and saturation points, and easy obtainable at same time. So, many players just skip any other type of food (some of which are objectively very poor - such as cookies, carrots, berries, etc) ad eat only steaks and golden carrots. That kills big part of the game, because many foods and complex recipies are fell excessive.  Like there are so many food items with no purpose. 

I suggest to fix this by adding new food statistic called "fatigue". Basically: there more you eat particular food item - the less food points and saturation points it regenerates. 

The counter works during the day. Lets say steak has 5 fatigue points (I don`t have particular math formula, I just show general concept). After you eat steak for 5 times - you get status effect "steak fatigued" (or whatever). After that steak will regenerate only 4 food points (not 8 as before), and 6.4 saturation (opposed to 12.8). To get rid of this effect you need to eat another food. Everytime you are eating another food - you decreasing "fatigue" counter for previously eated foods. This counter is decreasing with time also. 

This will force player to consume different types of food during the day. Carefully select which type foods (and how many of them) to take in the long trip. It will motivate player to seak for new food items and recepies across the world. 

*Please read more detailed info in comment section*

Registered User shared this idea

• May 03, 2020 19:20
• Edited
• Report a Concern

Please sign in to leave a comment.

• 1

  Registered User commented

  Comment actions Permalink

  • May 02, 2020 10:09
  • Edited
  • Report a Concern
  • Comment actions Permalink

  Basic foods (like carrots, beets, steaks) wil have lowest fatigue resistance (can`t eat many of them). Complex food like rabbit stew or pumpkin pie (any kinds of stews or pies) will have higher fatigue resistance (you can eat lot of them, before you become fatigued), so it will motivate player to make complex dishes.

  But you can be fatigued by multiple types of food simultaneously. 

  If you fatigued, lets say, by steaks an start to eat golden carrots you can get "golden carrot fatigue" before you loose "steak fatigue", so you need to use third food type.

  It just depends how rapidly you consume food.

• 1

  Registered User commented

  Comment actions Permalink

  • May 13, 2020 10:40
  • Report a Concern
  • Comment actions Permalink

  Also, I suggest to implement positive effect for eating various food during the day (something like potion effect). It works like this: during the day you eat specific food combinations, effect appears and lasts one game day. To activate this effect you need to eat during the day such food combinations:

  Three different cooked meat (Porkchop + Steak + Mutton, or Steak + Chicken + Rabbit , etc.)

  OR

  Four types of vegetarian food (Beets + Carrots + Bread + Potatoes, etc.)

  OR

  Two types of meat AND two types of vegetables, including bread (Porkchop + Steak + Carrots + Bread, or Mutton + Chicken + Potatoes + Beets, etc.)

  OR

  One type of meat AND one type of seafood AND one type of vegetable (cooked Salmon + Steak + Sweet berries, or Rabbit + Dried kelp + bread, etc.)

  What effect exactly? It could provide you with two additional health hearts like golden apple do. Or your speed could be faster. More oxygen under a water. Write your suggestions!

  This mechanic is not connected to fatigue system directly, it just another bonus for eating something else except steak.