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__NOTOC__{{As Of Patch|2.0.201.44}}
{{Mutation
{{Mutation
| title = {{PAGENAME}}
| title = {{qud text|Carnivorous (&rD&y)|notxml}}
| image = none
| image = none
| type = Physical
| type = Physical
| cost = 1
| cost = -2
| id = Carnivorous
| id = Carnivorous
| exclusions = Photosynthetic Skin
| exclusions = Photosynthetic Skin
| code = b6
| code = b6
| desc = You eat meat exclusively.
| desc = You eat meat exclusively.
You don't get ill when you eat raw meat.\nYou can eat raw meat without being famished.\nMeals of raw meat that you eat while hungry have a 10% chance to be tastier than usual.\nMeals cooked with selected meat ingredients have a +5% chance to be tastier than usual.\nYou get no satiation from foods that aren't meat.\nIf you eat raw food that isn't meat, there's a 50% chance you become ill for 2 hours.\nYou can't cook with plant or fungus ingredients.
 
You get no satiation from foods that aren't meat.\nIf you eat raw food that isn't meat, there's a 50% chance you become ill for 2 hours.\nYou can't cook with plant or fungus ingredients.\nYou don't get ill when you eat raw meat.\nYou can eat raw meat without being famished.
| realitydistort =no
| realitydistort =no
}}
}}
'''Carnivorous''' is a mutation that replaced a mutation called '''Ravenous''' after the cooking update.
Creatures with the Carnivorous defect cannot eat plant- or fungus-based foods or ingredients.


==Advantages & Disadvantages==
==Advantages & Disadvantages==
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===Advantages===
===Advantages===
* Can be useful for those who do not intend to dip into cooking, but would like to occasionally get bonuses from their food.
* Can be useful for those who do not intend to dip into cooking, but would like to occasionally get bonuses from their food.
* Arguable, it is easier to stay satiated, because you can simply eat the corpses of many creatures that you kill, rather than taking time to build a campfire.
* Makes it a bit easier to get the [[Achievements#Eat_an_Entire_Bear|Eat an Entire Bear]] achievement.


===Disadvantages===
===Disadvantages===
* Prevents the player from using some very useful ingredients, such as {{Favilink|sun-dried banana|plural}} for short-term [[Psychometry]].
* Prevents the player from gaining access to many powerful [[Cooking effects]]. For example, the player cannot gain [[Psychometry]] by cooking {{Favilink|sun-dried banana|plural}}.


==Food that is considered Meat==
==Food that is considered Meat==
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==Food that contains plants or fungus==
==Food that contains plants or fungus==
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== Trivia ==
* '''Carnivorous''' replaced the '''Ravenous''' defect as part of the cooking and hunger rework.<ref>https://steamcommunity.com/games/333640/announcements/detail/1572185308507239916</ref>
* '''Carnivorous''' was previously a 1-point physical mutation (not a defect), but was changed to a defect after the mutation balance overhaul (Patch 2.0.201.44)<ref>https://store.steampowered.com/newshub/app/333640/view/2776989525405377947</ref>
== References ==
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Revision as of 00:28, 1 October 2020

This information is reliable as of patch 2.0.201.44. If this is no longer the current patch, you can help by updating it.
As of Patch This information is reliable as of patch 2.0.201.44.
Carnivorous (D)
Category

Physical

Cost

-2

ExclusionsOther mutations that cannot be
selected with this mutation

Photosynthetic Skin

ID?Use this ID to wish for the mutation
(example: mutation:Carnivorous)

Carnivorous

Reality DistortingReality distorting mutations
cannot be used under
the effects of normality.

no

Carnivorous (D)

You eat meat exclusively.

You get no satiation from foods that aren't meat.
If you eat raw food that isn't meat, there's a 50% chance you become ill for 2 hours.
You can't cook with plant or fungus ingredients.
You don't get ill when you eat raw meat.
You can eat raw meat without being famished.

Creatures with the Carnivorous defect cannot eat plant- or fungus-based foods or ingredients.

Advantages & Disadvantages

This section is opinion-based. Your mileage may vary.

Advantages

  • Can be useful for those who do not intend to dip into cooking, but would like to occasionally get bonuses from their food.
  • Arguable, it is easier to stay satiated, because you can simply eat the corpses of many creatures that you kill, rather than taking time to build a campfire.
  • Makes it a bit easier to get the Eat an Entire Bear achievement.

Disadvantages

Food that is considered Meat

Food that contains plants or fungus

Trivia

  • Carnivorous replaced the Ravenous defect as part of the cooking and hunger rework.[1]
  • Carnivorous was previously a 1-point physical mutation (not a defect), but was changed to a defect after the mutation balance overhaul (Patch 2.0.201.44)[2]

References