Food

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Food is a vital part of survival. Whilst it is essential, food isn't a single item. Food can be acquired from various different sources such as insects, plants, animals, etc.

Mechanics

There are two different types of negative status effect that eating and drinking food can prevent: Hunger and Thirst.

Keep in mind that some foods count as both food and water. While not reducing thirst as much, this might be enough to help you until you can get to a water source to completely quench your thirst.

Some items require you to alter them before they can be consumed as food. For example - you have to open a coconut before you can drink from it.

Some items are rendered more potent by modifying them by grinding, hitting, opening, piercing, etc.

Meat, eggs, and mushrooms will initially cause the Non-Omnivore negative status effect. Non-omnivore can only be overcome by learning Omnivore neurons. Until you are able to digest the food correctly, the food will act as a negative status effect.

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  Becoming Omnivorous - Eggs

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  Becoming Omnivorous - Mammal Meat

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  Becoming Omnivorous - Mushrooms

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  Becoming Omnivorous - Oviparous Meat

By learning omnivore neurons to adapt your body, these food groups will give positive effects besides reducing hunger.

• Eggs - Improves your Dopamine capacity.
• Mammal - Improves your overall vitality.
• Mushrooms - Improve your resistance against injuries and poisonings.
• Oviparous - Improves your Neuronal Energy capacity.

Be aware that not all food is safe to eat or drink. Food Poisoning happens when you consume unripe, rotten, and/or unsafe foods. You can avoid food poisoning by inspecting the quality of a food source in your hands. If the food is unripe, rotten, and/or unsafe leading to sickness for your hominid, they will react with disgust. If the food source happens to be indeed dangerous, the bite or slurp that will sicken the hominid will be random.

Not all foods will become rotten, at least at first. Many foods can be stored in stockpiles almost indefinitely without spoiling. However, some foods that require alteration to become edible can go rotten. Inspect food from stockpiles before eating to ensure that the food is safe to eat.

Learning specific neurons reduces the negative effects of food and increase the positive benefits of food.

Types of foods

Liquids

• Fresh Water Source
• Salt Water Source
• Stagnant Water Source

Berries

• Acokanthera Berry
• Carissa Berry
• Elderberry
• Iboga Berry
• Taami Berry

Fruit

• African Casturi Mango
• African Giant Mombin
• Cocos
  • Cracked Coco
  • Coconut
    • Pierced Coconut
    • Opened Coconut
• Date
• Desert Melon
  • Opened Desert Melon
• Fig
• Jujube
• Marula
• Miocene African Drupe
• Monkey Bread
  • Cracked Monkey Bread
• Sausage-Tree Fruit

Eggs

• Bateleur Eagle Egg
  • Cracked Eagle Egg
  • Pierced Eagle Egg
• Crocodile Egg
  • Cracked Crocodile Egg
• Heron Egg
• Kelp Gull Egg
• Miocene Pelican Egg
  • Cracked Pelican Egg
  • Pierced Pelican Egg
• Snake Egg
  • Cracked Snake Egg

Meat

• Giant African Snail
• Mammal Meat
• Oviparous Meat
• Scorpion

Fish and Seafood

• Bass
• Crayfish
• Mussel
  • Cracked Mussel

Edible Plants

• African Turmeric
  • Turmeric Paste
• Horsetail
• Kelp
• Khat
  • Grinded Khat
• Tumbo Seeds
• Yam

Mushrooms

A patch of African Agaric Fungus.

• African Agaric Fungus
• African Blue Roundhead Fungus
  • Blue Roundhead Fungus Paste
• African Entomopathogenic Fungus
  • Entomopathogenic Fungus Paste
• Banded Mottlegill Mushroom

Insects and Insect Based

• Harvester Termites
• Honey
• Trapped Insect

Neurons

The following neurons impact food.

Image	Neuron	Neuronal Branch	Genetic Mutation?	Description
	Eumycota Food Acclimatization (OM 01)	Omnivore	No	The symptoms following the ingestion of a mushroom are less severe.
	Eumycota Food Acclimatization (OM 02)	Omnivore	No	Acclimatization to Eumycotas (mushrooms) is complete.
	Mammal Food Acclimatization (OM 07)	Omnivore	No	The symptoms following the ingestion of meat from mammals are less severe.
	Mammal Food Acclimatization (OM 08)	Omnivore	No	Acclimatization to meat from mammals is complete.
	Mirror Neuron (CM 05)	Communication	No	It is now possible to ask clan members to mimic the grabbing of an item, then eating it if it is food. After having grabbed an Item, DOUBLE-TAP (button) for the clan members close to you to mimic your grabbing. Then do the same for eating.
	Nutrient Absorption (BB ME 01)	Metabolism	Yes	More energy is gained per food portion.
	Nutrient Absorption (BB ME 02)	Metabolism	Yes	More energy is gained per food portion.
	Omnivorous (OM 09)	Omnivore	No	Every serving of food consumed provides more energy.
	Oviparous Food Acclimatization (OM 05)	Omnivore	No	The symptoms following the ingestion of meat from Oviparous are less severe.
	Oviparous Food Acclimatization (OM 06)	Omnivore	No	Acclimatization to meat from Oviparous is complete.
	Sensory Memory (SX 01)	Senses	No	Inspection of the quality of a food source is faster. HOLD (button) to inspect the food item you have in hand.
	Sensory Memory (SX 02)	Senses	No	Inspection of the quality of a food source is faster. HOLD (button) to inspect the food item you have in hand.
	Sensory Memory (SX 03)	Senses	No	Inspection of the quality of a food source brings immediate results. HOLD (button) to inspect the food item you have in hand.
	Zygote Food Acclimatization (OM 03)	Omnivore	No	The symptoms following the ingestion of an egg are less severe.
	Zygote Food Acclimatization (OM 04)	Omnivore	No	Acclimatization to Zygotes (eggs) is complete.