Hunger

  

Desktop/Console/Mobile-Only Content: This information applies only to the Desktop, Console, and Mobile versions of Terraria.

"Hungry" redirects here. For the enemy spawned by the Wall of Flesh, see The Hungry.

Hunger is a gameplay mechanic that is only present in The Constant and Get fixed boi secret worlds. It consists of three stages, indicated by separate debuffs. The first stage appears immediately after world creation, but has no actual effect. After some time, the second and third stages are reached, which reduce the player's stats and eventually make the player continuously lose health.

Consuming any type of food temporarily disables hunger. The debuff will be suppressed for the duration of the food buff, but once the buff expires, the first stage of hunger will appear again.

Eating a Mushroom while hunger is active also resets the debuff to the beginning of the first stage.

Emotes

Peckish

Hungry

Starving

At the beginning of each stage, a corresponding emote will appear.

Stages

Peckish
Statistics
Type	Debuff
Effects	No actual effect
Duration	5 minutes (The Constant) / 8 minutes (Get fixed boi)
Tooltip	You could eat, but it's not so bad.
Internal IDs
Buff ID	332
Internal name	NeutralHunger

Hungry
Statistics
Type	Debuff
Effects	Decreased stats
Duration	5 minutes (The Constant) / 8 minutes (Get fixed boi)
Tooltip	You are quite hungry and feeling weak.
Internal IDs
Buff ID	333
Internal name	Hunger

Starving
Statistics
Type	Debuff
Effects	Lose health each second and decreased stats
Duration	Until the player consumes a food item
Tooltip	You are starving to death! Eat immediately!
Internal IDs
Buff ID	334
Internal name	Starving

The first stage of Hunger is Peckish, and lasts 5 minutes in Constant worlds or 8 minutes in Get fixed boi worlds. After this duration, the second stage is activated and the player becomes Hungry. After another 5 minutes / 8 minutes, the final stage, Starving, is reached. It lasts until the player consumes any food or dies. While Starving, the player loses health equal to 2% of their maximum health per second (4% in Desert and Snow biomes), and all positive health regeneration is nullified.

Peckish does not have any functional effects, whereas Hungry and Starving decrease the player's stats:

Stat	Hungry	Starving
Defense	−2	−4
Damage	−5%	−10%
Melee speed	−5%	−10%
Critical strike chance	−2%	−4%
Minion knockback	−50%	−100%
Mining speed	−5%	−15%

Trivia

• Dying from starvation will display one of the following unique death messages:
  • "<Player name> starved to death."
  • "<Player name> couldn't find food."
  • "<Player name> forgot to eat."
• The icons of these debuffs are based on the Hunger icon from Don't Starve.
• All characters spawn with Peckish upon world generation, but the debuff is removed instantly if not in a Constant or Get fixed boi world.

See also

• Hunger at the Don't Starve Wiki

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4: Eating regular Mushrooms will now reset hunger back to full duration of Peckish.

• Desktop 1.4.3.2: Fixed an issue where changing hunger status would delete certain buffs.

• Desktop 1.4.3: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.4.3.2.0: Introduced with changes from Desktop 1.4.3.2.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.4.3.2.0: Introduced with changes from Desktop 1.4.3.2.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.3.2.0: Introduced with changes from Desktop 1.4.3.2.