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[Frumple]

Okay, not specifying location cause spoilers, but can we talk for a second about how creepy stalking a prepubescent tree spirit through a forest is? Because it's just a bit creepy. Yer gettin' weird, link.

E:*¡&£. You can apparently heat cook stuff just by dumping in on the ground in hot enough places. I don't think that would make a difference between cooking it with an open flame, but... eesh. It might. I could totally see a joke/easter egg interaction where eggs did something odd when cooked straight up on the ground.

E2: gods, what if there's stuff you specifically cook in lava? Though I'd suspect if there is, the gorons would hint at it somewhere or another. But if there is... what about other stuff? Frozen water outside of freezing areas? Can you freeze fairy fountain water? Would that have a different effect? So many questions, argh.

[SOLDIER First]

you can kill ganon in your underwear with a pot lid and a soup ladle

[Greiger]

I have been trapped by this game.  I can't stop.  I was told to go to kakoriko (sp?) and went everywhere but.  I'm currently wandering around a desert doing desert shenanigans.

I haven't left this room in more than a day.  Send help. (or at least send more soda my minifridge is running out.)

[Frumple]

... yeah, I won't lie, since release I've watched somewhere over fifty or so hours of gameplay footage. Over two days of my life have been at least partially occupied by this friggin' game. It's gotten worse since I noticed how much weird shit seems to be happening involving cooking. If I didn't have a tablet to use while watching on the laptop, I'm not sure what would have happened.

Haven't even personally played the thing, but I'd say without hesitation this thing is not only at least tied for the best zelda game, it's easily one of the best bloody games I've seen period. Folks who put this thing together did one hell of a job.

also if someone happens to be around one of the bodies of water with giant underwater flora, try cooking something in the water please
tell me if anything unusual happens

[endlessblaze]

I just got something called the rubber helm.
It looks totally redeculous.
But hey.
Shock resist is really useful to me right now.

[SOLDIER First]

You can't cook in water?

[wierd]

Hot water-- yes you can.  Boiled eggs for sure.

[SOLDIER First]

Huh.

[Frumple]

Also...

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you can toss stuff in frozen water to get various sorts of cold cooked food. Haven't seen anyone really play with that, though. Is actually what I imagine will be easiest to test with, since I think ice arrows will freeze stuff for a bit while flame arrows have somewhat more trouble keeping water boiled.

Seriously though, iirc one of the major devs claimed the cooking system is one of the most impressive parts of the game. Seen a fair number of folks scoff at that, but I'm steadily getting more convinced the critter wasn't exaggerating.

[wierd]

When I get home tonight, I really need to get that debugger set up.  I find myself wanting to see what data is stored for cooked food items. It would give me some ideas on what the limits of the system are.

[wierd]

Nintendo devs apparently love Durians.  (gross. Durians smell like gas leak, and taste weird.)

Simmered durians (5 durians in the pot) does full health restore, and gives 20, (yes, TWENTY) extra hearts.

[Frumple]

Heh, that's more a hearty thing in general. Iirc durians aren't even the best, or at least there's higher heart versions. Pretty sure you'd get a 20 heart one with just four of the... big radishes? Maybe. There's one sort that's +5 per. Might even be better out there, but I haven't seen it yet.

Speaking of that, though,

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I've had someone report that spices increase heart effects by some sort of percentage. No clue if it works on max heart or what the magnitude is, but if it does...

[Ozyton]

Then what's the maximum hearts you can possibly have at a time?

[SOLDIER First]

30, be it permanent or temporary.

Infuriatingly, it seems impossible to have both 30 permanent hearts and max stamina. You have to go for either 27 hearts or an incomplete gauge.

[Frumple]

Definitely go for the stamina though, heh. Max heart foods linger and seem much easier to find ingredients for.

E: Oh gods, now I want to see a mod that changes the entire world to the same lighting as that one shrouded area. On one hand, it would be freakishly annoying and deadly in some areas. On the other hand the accentuation of the rest of the world's lighting effects would be a thing of utter splendor.