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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2focuses on player immersion, helping youconnect to Henryand his story along with giving a lot of gameplay mechanics to help with this goal. On top of maintaining his overall health, you’ll also need to worry about Henry’s Energy and Nourishment.
Eating food in other games usually just helps restore health or give boosts, but here it’s a necessity to not only stay full but also to stay well rested. Here’s how to properly maintain Energy and Nourishment along with the penalties for both if they are left unattended.
How To Restore Energy & Nourishment In Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
You can check Energy and Nourishment anytime in the Player menu or in the Advance Time menu.
Nourishment
Nourishment is how well-fed Henry is, and luckily, you don’t need to worry about eating a balanced diet. Eating just about any food will restore some level of nourishment, and you cansee exactly how much by opening the journal of that item in your inventory. It’s important to try and never go over a Nourishment of 100, as you can overeat leading to a penalty. Food can go bad depending on how it’s cooked, and you shouldnever eat anything with a condition under 50otherwise you mayget food poisoning.
Alcoholic beverages can also restore a bit of nourishment, but they can also make you drunk.
You cancook, smoke, or dry meat, each changing how quickly the food goes bad and how much nourishment it restores. Eating food also costs energy, so there’s a balance you’ll need to find in what you eat, how often you eat, and when you restore your energy. You can find high-conditionfood at any grocer or innkeeper, while hunting or visiting a butcherwill give you a good source of meat.
Energy
Your energy refers to how tired Henry is, and theonly way to restore it is by sleeping. You should aim to never let your energy drop below 50, and it’s good practice to sleep every night for at least eight or nine hours depending on what you did that day. Doing just about anything in the game will use up energy, even just standing around waiting. Sleeping will also drain your nourishment, so it’s important to eat a good dinner right before getting some sleep.
The main issue with Energy is findingsomewhere safe to sleep. You’ll want toprogress the main storysince that will give you access to a few beds throughout the game that can be used whenever you want.
Penalties For Low Energy & Nourishment In Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
Energy and Nourishment dropping below 50 will lead to various penalties that will get worse depending on how low the number gets. While you’re able to’t oversleep, you can overeat, so in total there are three penalties you need to worry about.
Tiredness
Your Strength, Vitality, Agility, and Charisma are lowered, along with Henry falling asleep while standing up every so often depending on how tired he is. (This will also temporarily lower yourcarry capacity.)
Hunger
Your maximum stamina is lowered, and you’ll start losing Health once it gets too low.
Overeating
Your overall stamina is lowered until your nourishment drops down below 100 or you drink aDigestive Potion.
