Birch Bark Tea

Birch Bark Tea
Renewable	Yes
Properties
Item type	First Aid
Examine	A natural tea, brewed from prepared Birch Bark. Drink to gradually restore some lost Condition.
Values
Calories	100 kcal
Hydration	30%
Vitamin C	Minor (6%)
Weight	0.10 kg (0.22 lbs)

Birch Bark Tea is a natural medical and food item in The Long Dark.

Overview

Birch Bark Tea is a renewable crafted medical and food/drink item which when consumed, restores 100 Calories, 30% Hydration and grants the benefit "Restore Condition". Additionally it may grant benefit "Warming Up" if the beverage is also hot. Cooking Birch Bark Tea increases Cooking Skill.

Restore Condition heals 5% Condition (2.5% per hour, for 2 hours), regardless if the player is awake/asleep, or even if Needs are not met. Drinking multiple teas stacks this condition.

To cook Birch Bark Tea, one Prepared Birch Bark (2 Birch Bark) and 0.25 liters of potable water must be cooked for 10 minutes at a lit Fire with a Cooking Pot or Recycled Can. Birch Bark can can be found in the wilderness near lone birch trees or abundantly at birch forests, typically in single pieces after High Winds or Blizzards. Raw Birch Bark cannot be consumed directly and must first be crafted into Birch Bark Tea.

No form of Birch Bark/Birch Bark Tea decays.

Recipe

Birch Bark Tea
Cooking
Cooking
-
-
12.5 minutes
12.5 minutes
Requirements
Facility	Fire
Tool	Recycled Can
Materials
Item	Prepared Birch Bark
Item	Prepared Birch Bark
Quantity	1
Quantity	1
Water (Potable)
Water (Potable)
0.25 L
0.25 L

Tips

• The effects of Restore Condition are continuous, despite the player being awake, asleep, or even actively losing Condition (e.g. from a Need not being met).
• Drinking multiple Birch Bark Teas will add 2 hours onto the Restore Condition buff for each Birch Bark Tea drank and the effect will not be wasted if one already has the buff. The rate of recovery, however, will not change.
• Teas may be heated/reheated to grant the Warming Up Benefit by placing them on a fire's cooking spot, or nearby a lit fire.
• Teas are more weight efficient than Water for the Hydration they grant. (0.1kg of a tea grants 30% Hydration, equivalent to 0.25kg of water).
• Birch Bark, Prepared Birch Bark, and Birch Bark Tea never decay.

History

• Introduced. 1.48 (6 May, 2019)

Trivia

• It is possible to survive exclusively on Birch Bark Tea, especially on easier difficulties or by using the starvation strategy (only eating just before sleep).
• Birch Bark Tea is disabled during the Challenge: As the Dead Sleep, but Birch Bark may still be collected and used as Tinder.
• Cup of Coffee is the only item which can restore all 4 Needs (if consumed while hot), but Birch Bark Tea functions similarly with its Benefit "Restore Condition", since this heals Condition (2.5% hourly) faster than Fatigue damages it (1% hourly), so it is possible to survive indefinitely without Sleep by drinking 1 cup of Birch Bark Tea every 3 hours (albeit at 0% Fatigue, moving slowly and unable to climb/sprint).