Updates 4-9-2026

Added a new weight category: Skinny. Skinny can be thought of as equivalent to Obese, but in the other direction: It is the point at which your weight has become a problem in terms of speed, stats, and lifestyle.

• Moved Underweight to cover what used to be the lower end of Normal. Underweight is like Overweight: It means your weight is not too bad, but may become an issue if it gets too close to the next category.

• No changes have been made to the stat/lifestyle/speed penalties that kick in at different kcal levels. This is purely a cosmetic/UI change which will better inform you about your character's wellbeing. Previously, a lot of people would sit at the low end of Normal and be confused about the game sending them messages about their stored kcal being too low. Now it should be much more obvious.

Radiation was dealing too much damage. Now it deals far less, but can still become very very lethal if it gets too high.

• In testing, I set myself to 1000 radiation (A huge amount, half of the maximum) and over the course of several hours without any bandages or medication, lost about 50% of my HP, during which time I dropped down to 700 radiation. I probably would have died if I kept standing there, but might have survived if I used bandages or especially if I took Prussian Blue. That seems about right to me, insofar as our irradiation effects are a reasonable simulation of acute radiation sickness (they are not, but that's a bigger issue).

Many forms of tea, coffee, etc. had no shelf life, leading to people brewing massive barrels of the stuff and then just drinking it forever. You know that's not how coffee works. I know you know!

Rehydration drink can be made with a few more ingredients, and is no longer considered junk food.

Renamed "forest honey" to "honey". This was one of those cases like "feral pigeon" where technically that is what it's called, but nobody calls it that in daily life, and so the name was more confusing than it ought to be.