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The original was posted on /r/outside by /u/BeauteousMaximus on 2023-09-23 07:41:23.
I was grinding on the [calisthenics] minigame in the [fitness] quest line today when I thought about EXP and how it doesn’t always go up consistently from these minigames. Like, you nearly always receive some increase in EXP, assuming you don’t get completely screwed by the RNG giving you an [injury] debuff, but the amount varies wildly. Some of it is pure randomness, but I’ve noticed that that when I have the [well fed] buff I score better on the fitness minigame, and tend to see a better increase in EXP later on. Same when I’ve got a [well rested] buff, I just do way better. I know everyone has heard of these buffs but I think a lot of players forget what a great EXP multiplier they can be.
I know some players have looked into the game’s code and found that not only does the [well rested] buff improve your stats at a whole variety of things, but it’s actually during the [sleep] phase of the game that the benefits of your EXP gains get applied, leveling up your stats. So if you try to skip past the cutscenes to get more hours to put towards quests, you’re actually wasting a lot of that EXP, it doesn’t seem to be applied towards your stats. And it doesn’t seem possible to recover your health to 100% after you take damage if you don’t have the [well rested] buff in effect.
The [well fed] status is tricky because there’s so much conflicting lore about which types of items cause it, and consuming too many of them can lead to the [bloated] debuff in the short term and the [obesity] debuff in the long term. But at the same time, forgetting to make use of the [food] items means your stats will temporarily decrease and you’ll miss out on valuable EXP from any quests or minigames you complete, just like when you skip past [sleep]. You can see the items’ stats in the [nutrition information] UI, it helps a lot with figuring out which ones will be best suited to provide the most helpful effects for your particular build.
I know this game can be pretty grindy sometimes, but if you’re able to take advantage of buffs that multiply the impact of your EXP like this, you can level up a lot faster.