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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Hibernation&#039;&#039;&#039; is a community term (similar to [[Mountain Goating]] and [[Daisy Chaining]]) used to describe any course of actions that combine benefits taken from [[condition]] drain when [[needs]] are not met with restoring condition by satisfying needs briefly while [[sleep]]ing. Primarily, it is a method to conserve limited resources.<br /> <br /> ==Rationale==<br /> *Needs cannot be drained below zero. Once a need reaches zero fulfillment, it stays at zero until some satisfaction is again available.<br /> *Game actions like harvesting or traveling or even being awake drain needs.<br /> *Game actions like harvesting or traveling or even being awake do not require needs to be satisfied to be taken.<br /> *Drain on needs is lowest during sleep. Further, sleep actually replenishes the needs of [[fatigue]] and [[warmth]] when used properly.<br /> *Condition loss from most unmet needs is slow relative to how quickly sleep replenishes.<br /> *Activity is difficult at night with no natural light, so most nights include sleeping.<br /> *Sleep often requires no resources. Satisfying needs usually does.<br /> <br /> ==Example==<br /> 2800 calories would be consumed during 14 hours harvesting carcasses. But if no calories are available (Hunger is empty), about 15% of condition would be drained instead. Only 750 calories are required during 10 hours of fully replenishing sleep (interloper difficulty). So eating only 750 calories prior to sleeping can maintain a character with only briefly lowered condition taken as a trade-off. This is a great reduction from the 3,550 calories that would have been required to keep hunger satisfied the whole day.<br /> <br /> ==Origins==<br /> The name &#039;hibernation&#039; comes from this tactic&#039;s most common early use: to extend survival time to earn high placement on community leaderboards. Players would stock pile [[Food and drink|food]] and [[Water (potable)|water]] and then procedurally starve then replenish themselves. Sleeping until condition reached as low as they dared, they would eat just enough to then sleep 12 hours, recover back to 100% condition, and repeat the cycle until all food and water was exhausted. Eating little staying in one place and sleeping lots, along with the game&#039;s winter setting and inclusion of bears, granted rapid acceptance of referring to this practice as &#039;hibernation&#039;. The term is now used for any tactics that similarly use condition loss and sleep to replace satisfaction of needs.<br /> <br /> {{Survival Mode}}<br /> [[Category:Gameplay]]</div>

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