![]() It grants 50 food plus 65 food points for a total of 115 food points. Sushi is a new recipe that can be created with two mackerel or tilapia, one silver algae, and one egg. It gives 55 food and 55 bonus food for a whopping 110 food points, plus 10 thirst. It gives 40 food points and 45 bonus food points for a total of 85 food points.Ĭoconut Chicken requires two drumsticks, one coconut, and one mushroom. Simple Fist Stew requires two potatoes or beets, and two herrings or pomfrets. It grants 40 food, 5 thirst, and 40 bonus food for a total of 80 food and 5 thirst. Steak with Jam can be created with one potato or beet, one raw meat, and two red berries. It gives 40 food and 35 bonus food for a total of 75 food points. Vegetable Soup is relatively easy to make as it only needs four potatoes or beets to make. The dish gives 35 food plus an additional 35, making it a total of 70 food points. First off is Mushroom Omelette, which requires one potato, two eggs, and one mushroom. Moving on to recipes you can cook with the Cooking Pot. While Fresh Water obviously gives more Thirst points (40, to be exact), mango and pineapples are great because they can help balance out your Hunger and Thirst. These two grants 10 Hunger and 20 Thirst, making them the best farmable food that you can get. Each has over 100 points and each of the food and drinks in the game give different points.Įarly in the game, you should try and get a mango and pineapple farm as early as you can. Obviously, Hunger is for food and Thirst is for drinks. With the basics of how food works down, we have to go on what it does for your character. You can eat about a maximum of two times before it’s gone from your inventory. You can also see there are bars in some of the food. In the picture above, you can see the food you can normally pick up or cook should you have the materials for it. There is a lot of food in the game you can get. While dying in a game can happen and no amount of food can save you from fall damage, other things like sharks can definitely hurt you and your health, so it’s best to have some food on you at all times? But what is the best food you can eat in the Raft? Here’s a guide on what they are. In Raft, like in most survival games, you can cook your own food to ensure that you survive long enough to reach the end of the game without dying.
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You will construct buildings which can be used by your citizens in order to extract the corresponding resources. You will be gathering various resources from stockpiles scattered around the map. To create those units to attack and defend, you need to build up your city in order to provide you with the needed resources. I just thought attacking was not nearly as satisfying as defending though.Īttacking and defending is just one element of the game though. I did think it was kind of fun storming castles and making your way through several layers of walls as it is more satisfying than just killing a bunch of units. This emphasis on building castles and walls does require quite a bit more micromanaging of units when you go on offense though. It is fun trying to defend your city against a siege. I really liked this element of Stronghold: Warlords. Some of my favorite moments in RTS games have come from missions that required you to try to survive for as long as possible. If you want to you can build strong defenses to hold back a large invading force. As a fan of playing defense I thought the emphasis on building walls to protect your base was good. I wanted to bring this up as my feelings about the combat in Stronghold: Warlords is pretty heavily influenced by this. In addition I have always preferred playing defense over offense as this relies on less micromanaging of units. Honestly my strategy in most RTS games has been to build up a strong enough economy where I can just pump out enough units that I can eventually overwhelm my opponent. I have never been a huge fan of micromanaging units and creating teams of units whose strengths and weaknesses compliment one another. While most people love the combat element of RTS games, I honestly have never been a huge fan of it. The ultimate goal is to kill the opposition leader in order to eliminate them from the game.Īnyone that has read my review of other RTS games here on Geeky Hobbies will probably know that I have always had kind of a weird take on the RTS genre. While attacking you will need to deal with the walls which can either be done by scaling them with ladders or tearing them down. Building walls will help hold back enemy units while you attack them with ranged units. The game is built around castles which is important to both defense and offense. These range from basic foot soldiers to ranged units and even siege weapons. You will be able to hire/recruit various types of soldiers that will help you defend/attack your opponents. ![]() Thus the ultimate goal of most missions/battles is to defeat your opponent’s leader. Stronghold: Warlords is an interesting and fun take on the traditional RTS genre even though it is considerably more fun defending than attacking.Īt its core Stronghold: Warlords is a RTS. Honestly I have never played a game from the Stronghold series before, but I was intrigued by Stronghold: Warlords as I have always liked RTS games. Stronghold: Warlords takes the series to southeast Asia and introduces a new Warlords mechanic to the game. Finally the series has returned today with the latest game Stronghold: Warlords. The last game to be released in the series was back in 2014. What has always been unique about the series is its emphasis on building and storming castles which distinguished it from most other RTS games. 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