Talk:Powdercake/@comment-95.87.207.56-20150316232317

I did some calculations on the time it would take for a Powdercake to rot and here are my conclusions:

If placed on the ground during a constant summer (or in caves/ruins in vanilla), a powdercake will rot in exactly 12,500 days, as stated in the article.

Factoring in winter with standard season lengths (if we assume that food rots 25% slower for the full 16 days of winter), it will rot in around 14,000 days (14,062.5 days to be precise) if left on the ground.

In RoG, the slower spoilage of food in winter is completely offset by the faster spoilage in summer (so food spoils at 1.5 rate on the ground during a full year, as if was constant summer in vanilla). However, if we assume that the powdercake stays soggy for the full duration of the spring (due to frequent rain; +30% spoil rate), it should rot in around 11,500 days (11,538.46 days to be precise) if left on the ground. (Even faster if it`s soggy in Autumn, too)

Method of calculation (vanilla): normal rot time / 1.5 x (summer days + winter days x 0.75) / (summer days + winter days)

Method of calculation (RoG): normal rot time / 1.5 x (summer days x 1.25 + winter days x 0.75 + autumn days + spring days x 1.3) / (summer days + winter days + autumn days + spring days)

Remove the 1.5 multiplier for rot time when kept in your inventory or other containers. Replace the 1.5 multiplier with 0.5 for rot time when kept it in the fridge.