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HungerMeter
Wilson Portrait
I'm so hungry!

Wilson

Hunger is one of the primary game mechanics, as it's the measurement which determines whether or not the character is starving. As a character gets hungrier, this meter will empty, and the stomach pictured will shrivel.

The default maximum hunger for characters is measured at 150, though many characters have different maximum hunger amounts:

Hunger drains at 9.375 points per minute or 75 points per game day, except for:

  • Walani Shipwrecked icon, drain hunger 10% faster (10.3125 or 82.5)
  • Warly Shipwrecked icon, drain hunger 33% faster (11.25 or 99.75)
  • Wilbur Shipwrecked icon, drain hunger 33% faster (11.25 or 99.75) only when running on all fours
  • Warly Don't Starve Together icon, drain hunger 20% faster (11.25 or 90)
  • Wes (singleplayer only), drain hunger 25% faster (12.46875 or 93.75)
  • Wormwood Hamlet icon, drain hunger 0%, 33%, 66%, 100% faster (9.375, 11.25, 15.5625, 18.75 or 75, 99.75, 124.6, 150)
  • Wormwood Don't Starve Together icon, drain hunger 0%, 6%, 13%, 20% faster (9.375, 9.9375, 10.59375, 11.25 or 75, 79.5, 84.75, 90)
  • Wolfgang (singleplayer only), drain hunger from 0 to 200% faster (from 9.375 to 28.125 or from 75 to 225)
  • Wilba in her Werepig form Hamlet icon, drain hunger 400% faster (46.875 or 375)

Hunger drain can also be slowed or accelerated:

Wilson hungry

Wilson's belly growling

When the Hunger meter is emptied, Health will begin to drain at 1.25 points per second until something is eaten or the character dies. Most food will restore the Hunger meter when eaten. The amount restored depends on the food eaten; cooked food typically restores more than raw food. Some food also has the potential to decrease Hunger, Sanity, or Health. Also, when going to sleep in a Straw RollFur Roll, Tent, or a Siesta Lean-to, the character takes an immediate Hunger penalty.

Below is a quick reference table for how long a character can survive on a full belly before hunger goes down to 0:

Character Real-life seconds Days
Wurt (King of the Merms alive) 1600 3.33
Wagstaff 1440 3.0
Warly Don't Starve Together icon 1333 2.77
WX-78 (fully upgraded), Wilba, Wurt 1280 2.67
Wolfgang 1278 2.66
Warly Shipwrecked icon 1203 2.51
Walani 1164 2.42
Webber, Wilbur, Wortox, Wanda 1120 2.33
Wilson, Willow, Wendy, Wickerbottom,

Woodie, Maxwell, Woodlegs, Wheeler, Winona, Wes Don't Starve Together icon

960 2.0
Wormwood Hamlet icon 960, 720, 576, 480 2.0, 1.5, 1.2, 1
Wormwood Don't Starve Together icon 960, 905, 849, 800 2.0, 1.89, 1.77, 1.67
Wigfrid 768 1.6
Wes 579 1.21
Wilba in her Werepig form 255 0.53

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