Wild food and insects

[Nem3sis 11]

Survival 101, scavenging for food in the wild is a must. Knowing which foods are poisonious and which are not could mean life or death. Eating berries, or mushrooms, and in some cases even eating Grub worms are necessary for survival. Also, you can come across poisonious plants like poison ivy/oak (not sure if they have this in russia or not; dumb american here). And not to mention dangerous insects, like bees, can be encountered.

**Adding both edible and poisonous plants would add more to the survival immersion. I wouldnt want any labels to give away whether or not a collected berry or shroom is poisonious. It would be up to the player to learn and recognize which is the right one.

**Searching under rocks and other items on ground could be an opportunity to find grub worms.

**Bee hives with honey can be nice. lob a smoke grenade to clear out the bees and have yourself a snack. Could be stung by bees if you foolishly walk near a hive. Too many stings and your done for.

**Finding wild fruits and vegitable would be nice. (I did see under another topic, but reiterating).

**Poison ivy/oak (among other plant) should be avoided. Not sure of how this would effect game play. Afterall, we cant feel anything. Any suggestions?

**Herbs... alternative to medication, but less potent. (another reiteration) -- Aloe vera for burns???

[cautoad 216]

This is definitely something what we will see in SA, but not at the alpha release.

[Walking Wounded 199]

nice nice but there is a suggestion thread. with almost all of these things in it already. :blush:

[TripleCripple 2]

I think it would fit nicely with the idea the devs have, that if you are good in something in real life you should be good at it in DayZ aswell. Knowing which plants are poisonous and which are edible.

I hope we will see this in SA :D

[enforcer1975 1111]

I think it would fit nicely with the idea the devs have, that if you are good in something in real life you should be good at it in DayZ aswell. Knowing which plants are poisonous and which are edible.

I hope we will see this in SA :D

Google...

[TripleCripple 2]

Google...

Are you refering to the fact that people will use google to find out which plants in the game would be poisonous and which ones edible? Most people will, the same way many people used google to find out how to tell which way is north using stars or a clock and shadows. People used google to find out how to use certain scopes to tell the distance to a target. I have no problem with that, they did learn how something works and now they are able to use it in the game as well IRL.

If the edible/poisonous plants would be designed realistically in DayZ, players would know not to eat the red mushrooms with white dots etc.

[LancerG2 369]

Agreed on this idea.

All I must say is. :beans: 1+

[Rekli 995]

Edited July 3, 2013 by RekliSnipez

[Rekli 995]

Delete me.

Edited July 3, 2013 by RekliSnipez

[Michaelvoodoo25 3120]

Crafting might make use of a lot of Natural resources. I would like more wild animals over Insects though, More threats and ways of being given away.

Imagine: Your running around a forest and startle the animals, say Deer, anyone close by witnessing an animal running away will know there are threats nearby. and would make players be more careful so as not to give away your position.

[CoolCain10 55]

You forgot drinking your own piss.