Editing Ambrosia

| path cost = 14

| joy kind = Chemical

| preferability = Desperate

'''Ambrosia''' is a raw [[social drug]] that moderately boosts mood and recreation at relatively low risk of [[addiction]]. It can only be traded or harvested from [[ambrosia bush]]es that only spawn in [[Events#Ambrosia sprout|ambrosia sprout]] events, but cannot be grown by the player. Ambrosia does spoil if not refrigerated. Although it also provides {{P|Nutrition}} [[nutrition]] it is not a vegetarian food.

The ambrosia event must initially spawn in the growing season of the map tile. The event can only occur, and thus the bush can only be found, in the following [[biomes]]:

A pawn eating an ambrosia will look for a place to sit in a four tile radius first, but will also eat it while standing if it doesn't find one. Eating an ambrosia takes {{Ticks|{{P|Ingestion Time}} }}. It has the following one time effects:

* {{+|{{%|{{P|Joy Offset}} }} }} {{P|Joy Kind}} [[recreation]]

** {{+|20%}} [[Chemical need]]

* '''+{{%|{{#vardefineecho:highSeverity|0.5}} * 0.25}} to +{{%|{{#var:highSeverity}} }}''' Ambrosia high severity, depending on tolerance ''(see "Ambrosia high" below)''

* {{++|{{%|{{#vardefineecho:toleranceSeverityOffset|0.032}} }} }} [[Drugs#Tolerance|Tolerance]] severity, divided by body size ''(see "Tolerance" below)''

* If the pawn has {{%|{{#vardefineecho:minToleranceToAddict|0.15}} }} tolerance already:

** {{Bad|{{%|{{P|Addictiveness}} * ( 1 + 4 * {{#var:minToleranceToAddict}} / 0.5) }} to {{%|{{P|Addictiveness}} * 15}} }} [[Addiction]] chance ''(see "Addiction" below)''

** {{+|{{%|{{#vardefineecho:needOffset|0.9}} }} }} Ambrosia need ''(see "Addiction" below)''

** {{--|{{%|{{#vardefineecho:addictionSeverityOffset|0.1}} }} }} Addiction progress ''(see "Addiction" below)''

Therefore with 0% tolerance the severity increases by {{%|{{#var:highSeverity}} }}, with 100% tolerance by {{%|{{#var:highSeverity}}*0.25}}. It decreases by {{%|{{#vardefineecho:highSeverityPerDay|0.75}} }} per day again, meaning that the high of a single dose lasts between {{#vardefineecho:highDurationMin|{{#expr: {{#var:highSeverity}}*0.25/({{#var:highSeverityPerDay}}/24)}} }} and {{Plural|{{#vardefineecho:highDurationMax|{{#expr: {{#var:highSeverity}}/({{#var:highSeverityPerDay}}/24)}} }}|hour}}. The maximum severity of an ambrosia high is 100% which is reached with {{#expr: 1/{{#var:highSeverity}} }} to {{#expr:1/{{#var:highSeverity}}/0.25}} ambrosia. Regardless of the ambrosia high severity, the effect is always the same. Only the duration changes accordingly:

Each ambrosia consumed increases the tolerance of the pawn by the following formula:

 

 

See sections ''"Ambrosia high"'' and ''"Addiction"'' for how tolerance affects ambrosia high severity and addiction chance respectively. Otherwise tolerance against ambrosia has no ongoing effects.

| rowspan="4" | {{Graph:Chart

| width = 400 | height = 100 | type = line | xAxisTitle = Tolerance (%) | yAxisTitle = Addiction Chance (%)

| x = 0, {{#expr:{{#var:minToleranceToAddict}}*100}}, {{#expr:{{#var:minToleranceToAddict}}*100}}, 50, 80, 100

| y = 0, 0, {{#expr:{{P|Addictiveness}} * ( 1 + 4 * {{#var:minToleranceToAddict}} / 0.5) * 100}}, {{#expr:{{P|Addictiveness}} * 5 * 100}}, {{#expr:{{P|Addictiveness}} * 15 * 100}}, {{#expr:{{P|Addictiveness}} * 15 * 100}}

| {{%|{{#var:minToleranceToAddict}} }} || {{%|{{P|Addictiveness}} * ( 1 + 4 * {{#var:minToleranceToAddict}} / 0.5) }}

The addiction progresses by {{%|{{#vardefineecho:addictionSeverityPerDay|0.1}} }} per day from the initial 50%. Once it reaches 100% the addiction is healed, meaning it takes about {{Plural|0.5/{{#var:addictionSeverityPerDay}} round 1|day}} to overcome the addiction. Consuming ambrosia during an addiction will reduce the addiction progress by {{%|{{#var:addictionSeverityOffset}} }} again ''(see "Upon ingestion" above)''.

Developing an addiction means a pawn has an ambrosia [[Needs#Drug addictions|need]]. The need for ambrosia falls by {{%|{{#vardefineecho:needFall|0.5}} }} per day, consuming ambrosia satisfies the need by {{%|{{#var:needOffset}} }} ''(see "Upon ingestion" above)'', meaning the pawn will need to consume ambrosia at least every {{Plural|{{#var:needOffset}}/{{#var:needFall}} round 1|day}} to prevent withdrawal symptoms.

Ambrosia is easily the safest drug to ingest in the game. Each ambrosia sprout might provide 200-300 fruits, enough to last 5 pawns an entire year. A {{+|5}} moodlet for 16 hours every 2 days can be meaningful in the early game. Unlike [[beer]] and [[smokeleaf joint]]s, ambrosia gives no work-related penalties. Eating the fruit also gives pawns an extra bit of nutrition. At the same time, ambrosia can be useless to a colony already in great spirits. At the very worst, ambrosia can be stored to help pawns in mood emergencies, or be sold immediately.

 

Whenever an ambrosia sprout is worth harvesting largely depends on how far away it is. It isn't worth it to constantly travel halfway across the map just a for a bit of ambrosia. Nearby ambrosia sprouts can be very valuable, however.

 

Ambrosia is a good supplemental source of money. When considering the raw numbers, ambrosia is superior to any other drug. However, it only appears from the ambrosia sprout event, meaning that quantity is ultimately limited.

Compared to [[flake]], each ambrosia fruit is worth {{Icon Small|silver}} 1 [[silver]] more, and each bush has a base yield of 4 fruits when harvested (compared to 2 flake per [[psychoid plant]]). And there is no need (or ability) to process ambrosia any further. This makes ambrosia strictly superior to flake for cash. Of course, this is before travel time.

* [[Version/1.4.3580|1.4.3580]] - Fix: Ambrosia ingestion float menu option displays untranslated key "ConsumeThing".