# Basic Needs ## Overview Each Basic Need is represented on the HUD as a meter just below the Health and Stamina bars. These meters display and hide automatically based on context. As each Basic Need value decreases, you will begin to experience a variety of negative Status Effects. These effects will appear as an icon next to the Health Bar, and are detailed on the Radial Menu.

Top (Pink): Nerve, Left to Right (Blue): Hydration, Nutrition, Energy

## The Quick Access Menu **The Quick Access Menu is very important in Dark Future.** It's where you'll go to view your current Status Effects for each of your Basic Needs, as well as other new effects.

Closing the Quick Access Menu will also force the HUD meters to display. It's handy if you want to quickly take a peek at your current status. Default keybindings: **Keyboard and Mouse: ****Hold Alt** **Controller:** **Hold Y / Triangle** *** ## Hydration **Hydration** represents how well your thirst has been quenched. Your Hydration depletes as time passes, resulting in status effects that become increasingly severe. * **Sprinting, dodging, and Dashing** will cause your Hydration to deplete more quickly. * Hydration is restored by drinking non-alcoholic drinks. * You will be too nauseous to eat or drink if your Nerve is low. The penalties for low Hydration are:

Status Name	Hydration Value	Effect
Slight Thirst	85	-10% Stamina Regen Rate
Thirsty	75	-25% Stamina Regen Rate. Sprinting and jumping consume Stamina. Slowly losing Nerve over time.
Parched	50	-50% Stamina Regen Rate. Sprinting and jumping rapidly consume Stamina. Slowly losing Nerve over time.
Dehydrated	25	-75% Stamina Regen Rate. Sprinting and jumping consume Stamina very rapidly. Nerve is depleting over time and no longer recovers automatically when critical.

*** ## Nutrition Nutrition represents how well your hunger has been satisfied. Your Nutrition depletes as time passes. * Nutrition is restored by eating food. * You will be too nauseous to eat or drink if your Nerve is low. The penalties for low Nutrition are:

Status Name	Nutrition Value	Effect
Slight Hunger	85	-10% Max Health. -10% Health Regen Rate.
Hungry	75	-20% Max Health. -25% Health Regen Rate. All melee attacks are -20% slower. Slowly losing Nerve over time.
Famished	50	-30% Max Health. -50% Health Regen Rate. All melee attacks are -30% slower. Slowly losing Nerve over time.
Starving	25	-40% Max Health. -75% Health Regen Rate. All melee attacks are -40% slower. Nerve is depleting over time and no longer recovers automatically when critical.

*** ## Energy Energy represents how rested you are. Your Energy depletes as time passes. * Energy is restored by sleeping in one of your hideouts. Energy can also be restored by consuming caffeinated drinks, as well as narcotics, which carry the risk of addiction. * You will be too restless to sleep if your Nerve is low.

{% hint style="info" %} ## Caffeine and Stimulants Some consumables, like coffee, can temporarily restore Energy. These items apply stacks of the **Energized** status. Each stack of Energized grants +10 Energy for 10 minutes per stack. When the duration expires, the Energy granted by that stack of Energized is lost. Caffeinated items, like coffee and energy drinks, can stack this effect up to 3 times. (+30 temporary Energy total at any given time.) Narcotics can stack this effect up to 6 times, at the cost of eventual addiction. (+60 temporary Energy total at any given time.) ***Developer's Note:** The Energized effect is temporary in order to prevent V subsisting entirely on caffeine and narcotics long-term and never needing to sleep.* {% endhint %} The penalties for low Energy are:

Status Name	Energy Value	Effect
Drained	85	-15% Max Stamina, -10% RAM Recovery Rate.
Tired	75	-30% Max Stamina, -25% RAM Recovery Rate, -20% reload speed. Slowly losing Nerve over time.
Fatigued	50	-45% Max Stamina, -50% RAM Recovery Rate, -30% reload speed. Slowly losing Nerve over time.
Exhausted	25	-60% Max Stamina, -75% RAM Recovery Rate, -40% reload speed. Nerve is depleting over time and no longer recovers automatically when critical.

*** ## Nerve Nerve is the most vital Basic Need, and affects your ability to manage all other Needs. See the [**Nerve** ](/gameplay/nerve.md)page for more details. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://wiki.darkfuture2077.com/gameplay/basic-needs.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.