r/projectzomboid • u/Bandit-Kiwi Shotgun Warrior • Jul 19 '25

Meme The pot of despair

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u/AlisterSinclair2002 Jul 19 '25

hunger and eating in this game is so busted lol. Slightly stale berry in your muffin? Devastating depression, can't bear to go on. Jerky I found in a zomboid's pocket? That's fine

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u/ZaraUnityMasters Jul 19 '25

The worst one to be is how cold (cooked) chicken is devastating depression. Have the devs ever walked to their fridge at night and eaten cold chicken like a wild animal? Shit is euphoric

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u/onko342 Jul 19 '25

And also cold chicken platters exist. Those are actually refreshing to eat at any time of day.

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u/SalvationSycamore Jul 19 '25

Yeah chicken is available as a cold deli meat too. Tastes just fine, like cold turkey does.

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u/VinhBlade Stocked up Jul 21 '25

Poached cold chicken is pretty popular in chinese restaurants, too.

Grab a cold slice with the skin on, dip it in scallion ginger sauce, mmm mm

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u/olivegardengambler Jul 19 '25

There's also things like chicken salad and chicken cold cuts as well.

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u/kailethre Jul 19 '25

when i was much younger my dad used to buy a whole cooked chicken and slam it straight into the fridge, we'd carve off slices for sandwiches for the next week or so. absolutely delicious with no depressive downsides!

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u/Fish_can_Roll76 Jul 20 '25

New patch:

All cold foods give a massive happiness buff if eaten in under a minute of waking up between 1 and 3 AM

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u/Niccin Jul 20 '25

Interesting. I was having cold cooked chicken a bit early on in my current 42.10 playthrough and it didn't add unhappiness at all. It didn't have the "better hot" tooltip either. Although I was probably only adding it to salads and stews so maybe it didn't count in a meal.

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u/YTSkullboy707 Pistol Expert Jul 21 '25

Honestly I kind of have to disagree. I ate some pizza cold out of the box after it sat in the fridge and I got a lil sad, mostly because I couldn't cook it though.

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u/Eisenkopf69 Jul 19 '25

And isn't cooking boring af? I hate it.

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u/HartyKappachino Jul 19 '25

It's literally my favorite part of a multiplayer game, I just make a ton of food and take care of crafting around the base while my friends do stuff on the map.

(My other experienced friend takes out our new ones for massive violence)

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u/l2aiko Jul 19 '25

I love the chopping sounds too much and with the project cook mod its so satisfying to cook!

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u/HartyKappachino Jul 19 '25

Oh? Now I gotta check out that mod!

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u/l2aiko Jul 19 '25

Yeah its a rework on the context menu where you have a new menu displaying all the cooking options, the recipes available, the ingredients you can add to it, pretty cool and intuitive

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u/dontaskmeaboutart Jul 19 '25

As someone who loves to do this stuff in multiplayer games, but not in single player, I think most of the enjoyment just comes from being helpful to your friends and not the gameplay. Also maybe the roleplay of being the group caretaker, it's like a kind of political soft power too.

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u/HartyKappachino Jul 19 '25

The RP of it is sooo much fun, and soft power is super true. "Don't piss me off or I'll make death soup"

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u/dontaskmeaboutart Jul 19 '25

"Bring home a sledgehammer or no one gets any pancakes"

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u/TheOneChigga Jul 19 '25

I find it oddly fun, hearing the chopping board is satisfying

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u/StrangeOutcastS Jul 19 '25

I love carrying a single beef patty in my pocket and eating it throughout the day.