I have flagrantly disregarded this advice in an attempt to uncover its secrets. I’m assuming there are still a bunch of patterns that remain obscure, but the ones I have picked up on allowed me to end day 60 with 5581 food just now. So I’m calling that good enough.
Rat Ruins:
Starts out rich but becomes depleted after repeat visits
Dragon Lake:
I don’t think I’ve ever seen food here. Dragons not edible?
Goat Grove:
Good at the beginning, gradually runs down as time passes
Horse Hills:
A few random hours of each day (if there’s a pattern I haven’t spotted it) will return numbers in the 20s or 30s, small numbers otherwise
Tiger Forest:
Good in the last 2 or 3 hours of each day, small numbers otherwise
The rest:
Experimented with spending all day every day in any given territory—some broadly net-positive, some net-negative, but nothing seemed very exciting. Possibly they respond to more complicated conditions that I haven’t yet tried
Combined strategy:
Alternate 14 hours in Goat Grove with 2 hours in Tiger Forest as a daily routine. When Goat Grove starts to drop off to single digits per hour (around day 12–14), switch to Horse Hills. At some point hit Rat Ruins for 10 hours or so.
I have flagrantly disregarded this advice in an attempt to uncover its secrets. I’m assuming there are still a bunch of patterns that remain obscure, but the ones I have picked up on allowed me to end day 60 with 5581 food just now. So I’m calling that good enough.
Rat Ruins:
Starts out rich but becomes depleted after repeat visits
Dragon Lake:
I don’t think I’ve ever seen food here. Dragons not edible?
Goat Grove:
Good at the beginning, gradually runs down as time passes
Horse Hills:
A few random hours of each day (if there’s a pattern I haven’t spotted it) will return numbers in the 20s or 30s, small numbers otherwise
Tiger Forest:
Good in the last 2 or 3 hours of each day, small numbers otherwise
The rest:
Experimented with spending all day every day in any given territory—some broadly net-positive, some net-negative, but nothing seemed very exciting. Possibly they respond to more complicated conditions that I haven’t yet tried
Combined strategy:
Alternate 14 hours in Goat Grove with 2 hours in Tiger Forest as a daily routine. When Goat Grove starts to drop off to single digits per hour (around day 12–14), switch to Horse Hills. At some point hit Rat Ruins for 10 hours or so.