I've recently become invested in the Gourmand achievements so I've never really known how the hunger mechanic works up til now. I was googling and found a super old news post from 2016 that said the hunger will decrease a bit faster with more unique foods eaten. Does it still work like this?

They have messed around a lot with the hunger mechanic. I'm really not sure where its at right now. I know its broken down more than once between 2016 and now, so any changes made in 2016 may have been rolled back, intensified or not changed. I also can't remember when they made the hunger clearing pool - which may also have necessitated changes to the hunger mechanic.

The only thing that I feel really matters are the few foods that feed more than 1 point. Be aware of those, and only feed those to your gourmand when they are at 9 hunger to maximize feeding. There's a thread somewhere that maintains a list of foods that feed more than 1, but I can't find it right now. Maybe someone else knows it...I'll look around a bit more and edit if I find it.

Here's the list of foods worth more than one point: Foods that Decrease Hunger More Than 1 Point c:

thank you! I've subscribed to it so shouldn't lose it again :D

Thank you both!

I had no idea there were foods that could increase by more than 1 point! I definitely remember some times where I would cleanse the hunger and then it shot right back up and I thought I’d lost count of how much food I had fed already 😳

Awesome thanks for that list! I was looking for more info about the hunger and foods yesterday so this is perfect! I subscribed to the post <3