PEAK Game Hunger Guide
Hunger in PEAK slowly lowers your maximum stamina over time. If you don’t eat, your climb gets shorter and more dangerous until you eventually can't continue.
Here’s how hunger works, how to cure it, and what food is worth bringing.
How Hunger Works
As hunger increases, your stamina cap shrinks.
This doesn’t happen all at once. You’ll lose it bit by bit until you can barely climb.
Tenderfoot mode reduces how fast this happens. You can toggle that at the airport kiosk before starting a run.
How to Refill Hunger Meter
Eating any food will stop your stamina from draining further.
There are two ways to get food:
Foraging from the environment
Looting luggage and containers
Coconuts are the most reliable early on. They give two bites when cracked and are easy to spot.
Packaged food like Trail Mix, Airline Food, or Granola Bars works instantly. If you overeat, the extra fills your stamina to above max for a short time.
Cooking Food
Cook food once to get a big bonus to hunger restoration.
Use a campfire or Portable Stove. Hold the interact button to cook.
One cook gives a 66 percent hunger bonus. Cooking twice removes that bonus. Cooking three times burns it and can poison you.
Always cook once and leave it at that.
Poisoned Food
Some berries and mushrooms can poison you if eaten.
You’ll get a green screen effect and start losing stamina quickly.
To fix it, use an Antidote or Cure-All. If you have neither, the poison wears off eventually, but it’s risky to wait it out.
You can test unknown food by throwing it and checking the tooltip before eating.
Best Food Items
Coconut – Easy to find, two uses per item
Honeycomb – Heals and restores hunger
Granola Bar – Fills hunger and boosts stamina
Cure-All – Rare but removes poison and restores stamina fully
You can also unlock a reward for finishing a climb without eating packaged food.
That means only eating foraged items like fruit or coconuts. If you finish a full climb that way, you unlock a cosmetic hat.
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Final Blurb
Hunger in PEAK is quiet but dangerous. If your stamina bar starts shrinking, that means you waited too long to eat.
Forage what you can, cook smart, and avoid poisoning yourself with random mushrooms unless you're into unnecessary drama.
FAQ
Q: How do I know I’m hungry in PEAK?
Your max stamina will start shrinking. There is no hunger bar.
Q: Does food heal or just fix hunger?
Most food only fixes hunger. Some, like honeycomb, restore health too.
Q: What happens if I overeat?
You get bonus stamina for a short time.
Q: Can cooked food go bad?
Yes. Cooking food three times will burn it and cause poison.
Q: Is it possible to beat the game without eating packaged food?
Yes, and doing so unlocks a secret cosmetic hat.
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