If I understand correctly the real race, where time is of the essence, is for the stuff that lies around outside of containers, therefore decaying much faster than otherwise. Originally posted by luftatmer:Thanks guys, many very helpful answers. Kitted is kitted, and there is nothing on the summit that can improve on that enough to make it a priority to me at any loot level. I am usually kitted as much as possible before I even do a forge run anymore, and do coats once I have a knife. Same, even though I mostly play BRA=Low instead of Med. After I am kitted out, all other clothing I find just gets harvested whether it is good condition or ruined. I also play voyager, and there is so much loot that it becomes a literal chore to loot everything in places like CH, MT, and PV. I'm all about the premium clothes and once I have them (or most of them, I'm on day 110 in current run and still haven't found the mukluks) I slow down and try for 50 days in each region. I've never put any importance on looting the whole world.
That last one became more difficult with BI and BRM but I still try. Originally posted by vinyblaster:My rule of thumb is summit in the first 20 days (depending on spawn can be much sooner) and the whole world looted in 100 days or so. What the item is and where it is (indoors, outdoors, in a container) varies the rate of decay of items that decay over time. TL DR- decay starts in all regions, visited or not, from Day 1. Though I have found items in containers after Day 100 that are at 99% or 100%- so I suspect containers do not start the decay process until you open the container and search it the first time, and I am not sure that the contents of a container is set on game start- that may be a spawn-when-opening thing when you search a container the first time- so items are randomly chosen from a table of items that may be found in that particular type of container when you first find and open it. The starting condition of items is not set at 100%- some items may spawn in pn game start at a low condition or a medium condition or a high condition- it is a dice roll what condition the game spawns items in at the start of a save. There has been a long-running debate on these forums and the online forums about items in containers (like drawers, metal containers, plastic containers, and cargo containers) about whether they decay over time from Day 1 or only start decaying once the container is opened. Tools decay with use, so they will still exists in their original condition when you enter a new region, but food and clothing left out in the open will decay from Day1. It is world decay- so *most* items that decay over time will begin decaying from Day 1, in all regions- whether you have entered them or not.
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