nimzowitsch10 Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 i never have bothered to use jerky ever but using it in the lategame it has been a awesome food and sanity source. They have a spoil timer of 20 days which is better than bacon and eggs which is 15 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_Good_Fellow Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 I love jerky for longterm play because I visit base camp about as often as meat turns into jerky, giving me a steady turnover if I have a decent source of meat. I usually struggle to find gears as quickly as I would like, so drying racks also double as a way to handle food spoilage in the early game (converting meat into jerky once it gets bad buys you an extra day plus resets the spoilage timer completely). I often set up several drying racks before I even have a crock pot lol. It seems fitting given how often I play as Willow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustExo Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Jerky in and of itself isn't bad, the issue is with drying racks imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDuelist Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 Old fart here, bringing storytime: back in the early DST days after release (2016-2017) jerky and honey were pretty much the food meta. It's not underrated, probably not as valued anymore given the new easier options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_zwb Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 I still prefer bundling 160 surf'n'turf in the late game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brago-sama Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 God remember when the meta was turn all the honeycombs into beehives, leave them in some remote corner of the world amd harvest them 1x eaxh year in winter for your years supply of food/filler? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spino43 Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 1 hour ago, Brago-sama said: God remember when the meta was turn all the honeycombs into beehives, leave them in some remote corner of the world amd harvest them 1x eaxh year in winter for your years supply of food/filler? Me who still has 40+ bee boxes: "yes". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheggf Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 Why are you guys speaking about the jerky\honey meta in past tense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finn from human Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 7 hours ago, Brago-sama said: God remember when the meta was turn all the honeycombs into beehives, leave them in some remote corner of the world amd harvest them 1x eaxh year in winter for your years supply of food/filler? Godddd I'm glad we're past those times. Honey is the most boring food source possible (it's basically just an ultra berry bush) and it always made me so sad how people would go for that because it's the lowest effort food source. I can understand why people would do that in 2017 (all food was so boring) but in modern times we've got leafy meat, barnacles, figs, farming, BARNACLES, trawlers, stone fruit, batilisk wings in the crock pot, tallbirds, BARNACLES. There's soooo many fun options for food now it's insane, this game has come so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brago-sama Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 Agreed. The crockpots so fun. Its fun to be the bases cheff, looking at all the ingredients and beibg able to make more than just meatballs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrocator Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 The animations for hanging the stuff and harvesting the stuff are too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-met Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 Keep it underrated. Wouldn't want klei to change anything about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dextops Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 10 hours ago, sylvia wander o said: Godddd I'm glad we're past those times. Honey is the most boring food source possible (it's basically just an ultra berry bush) and it always made me so sad how people would go for that because it's the lowest effort food source. I can understand why people would do that in 2017 (all food was so boring) but in modern times we've got leafy meat, barnacles, figs, farming, BARNACLES, trawlers, stone fruit, batilisk wings in the crock pot, tallbirds, BARNACLES. There's soooo many fun options for food now it's insane, this game has come so far. Damn what did honey do to you. Anyway I disagree a lot. Honey is still the best food source and I don’t see how food that is more tedious and more work to get for way less of a pay off is more fun. There’s also nothing stopping you from using multiple food sources. Stop this honey slander because as president of the honey lovers committee I might have to issue a demerit on your record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustExo Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 The biggest issue with jerky is that: drying racks are locked out of spring and any time it's raining, they take too long to yield, and they take up too much space imo. Drying racks also get too expensive when you start trying to make a sufficient amount of jerky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firoborn Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 12 hours ago, Brago-sama said: Agreed. The crockpots so fun. Its fun to be the bases cheff, looking at all the ingredients and beibg able to make more than just meatballs Man i miss the gorge event that stuff was my JAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-met Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 1 hour ago, JustExo said: The biggest issue with jerky is that: drying racks are locked out of spring and any time it's raining, they take too long to yield, and they take up too much space imo. Drying racks also get too expensive when you start trying to make a sufficient amount of jerky. making 20 racks is challenging but pulling it off means you're set for life with a nearby pig farm. The spring point is true though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Maxil20 Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 On 6/7/2023 at 3:31 AM, Brago-sama said: God remember when the meta was turn all the honeycombs into beehives, leave them in some remote corner of the world amd harvest them 1x eaxh year in winter for your years supply of food/filler? hahaha... ha... Spoiler 19 hours ago, Dextops said: Honey is still the best food source and I don’t see how food that is more tedious and more work to get for way less of a pay off is more fun. There’s also nothing stopping you from using multiple food sources. It really depends on your playstyle. While I love honey as a food source since I mainly just prefer getting food to stay fed and not too much else, it's totally understandable if someone else doesn't really enjoy that and wants more diversity. You can totally make other food sources such as barnacles work very well as a way to recover stats and also last a good while, especially once you have a setup that can reliably harvest 60+, and you can make a surprising amount of crock pot dishes despite the low fish and meat value. Tall scotch eggs/figatoni are particular crock pot dishes I see that also can work as very nice options if you take the time to setup farms for their ingredients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brago-sama Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 11 minutes ago, Maxil20 said: hahaha... ha... Hide contents My brother in Chris, what in tarnation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxil20 Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 5 minutes ago, Brago-sama said: My brother in Chris, what in tarnation I have sane (I am not sane I am lying) ideas! It started out with wanting to get enough beeboxes for a year, but then I thought why stop there when I can use bundles and bundle excess honey that don’t need currently to last more then a year? Fast forward ~10K days or so of BQ kills (would now be less since you can deconstruct the crown now, but would still take a very, very long time), and you get this! My current “goal” for this area is to try getting enough beeboxes for one harvest to last over 1000 days. There is absolutely no practical application for this, but it’s just something I strive to for funzies. At the moment, the current harvest nets me roughly ~440 days of food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_zwb Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 10 hours ago, Maxil20 said: hahaha... ha... Reveal hidden contents It really depends on your playstyle. While I love honey as a food source since I mainly just prefer getting food to stay fed and not too much else, it's totally understandable if someone else doesn't really enjoy that and wants more diversity. You can totally make other food sources such as barnacles work very well as a way to recover stats and also last a good while, especially once you have a setup that can reliably harvest 60+, and you can make a surprising amount of crock pot dishes despite the low fish and meat value. Tall scotch eggs/figatoni are particular crock pot dishes I see that also can work as very nice options if you take the time to setup farms for their ingredients. Just curious, would the server crash immediately if you go there during the day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juanasdf Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 On 6/7/2023 at 11:48 AM, sylvia wander o said: I can understand why people would do that in 2017 (all food was so boring) but in modern times we've got farming, stone fruit and kelp Fixed it for you But in all honesty, I really like the current food meta, though I'm hopeful we'll get some cookpot QOL / rework soon-ish Before RoT the best sources of food were jerky, berries, honey and pig farms. But luckily we got some variety now Honey is still a very good source of food, specially now that gathering wood has become easier for everyone with the introduction of moon glass axes and different character perks (like honey spices, merms, mighty wolfgang, etc) Farming has improved a lot. It is undeniably one of the best food sources if you invest the time to learn the basics. Personally I never bother with it, I guess I'm just too used to planting 40 kelps and forgetting about veggies and fillers. Meat is/was never a problem in DST, with hound waves and pig farms + all the meat you get just for killing mobs. The rest of them feel like a waste of time to me. They either give too little for the investment (lureplants), they take too long to set up (figs), they are just very annoying to make (tallbirds and barnacle) or there are better alternatives to them (berry bushes are just awful compared to stone fruit and/or bananas). And I've done these suboptimal farms in my world... I wish I hadn't though. I'm not getting back those days spent with my 20 tallbirds, or the year it took me to gather, move and plant 20 waterlogged tree nuts...i guess figs arent that bad but the crock pot recipes are what killed it for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_Good_Fellow Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 16 hours ago, Maxil20 said: hahaha... ha... Hide contents Well done, but as someone with apiphobia this gives me anxiety lol. I can't imagine choosing the interact with bees this much. If I'm playing a game and my character gets stung by a bee, my hands literally freeze up for a second or two in panic. When I play solo I almost never go near bees/honey for that reason. When my husband and I play, I always insist he keep his bee farms away from the base because I get tense even hearing their buzzing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finn from human Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 1 hour ago, Juanasdf said: And I've done these suboptimal farms in my world... I wish I hadn't though. I'm not getting back those days spent with my 20 tallbirds, or the year it took me to gather, move and plant 20 waterlogged tree nuts...i guess figs arent that bad but the crock pot recipes are what killed it for me ...I think you might've been planning too big, honestly. Dealing with 20 tallbirds sounds like hell, but I've survived for a happy few hundred days with just a pen of 3 of them. In the same vein I must wonder why you would need 20 whole above average trees, when you can feed yourself comfortably with just a few of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brago-sama Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 Spoiler 1 hour ago, sylvia wander o said: I must wonder why you would need 20 whole above average trees, when you can feed yourself comfortably with just a few of them. -Me who farmed for 40 nuts and didnt even use them all yet- -Also me hearing that beta people want pillers (basically cave trees)- Dont think i wont do it again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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