10 Incredibly Useful Mechanics Video Games Never Bothered To Explain
6. Sleeping And Eating Is Essential Even In Night City - Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077 is an incredibly detailed game, and yet most of its mechanics are explained to you in detail.
Still, the title has quite a few secrets as well, one of which is the fact that spending your time at V’s apartment does more than just provide immersion.
Whenever you grab food and drinks from containers (or your enemies corpses), they don’t seem to do much, aside from providing short and small buffs to your stamina.
However, although their description doesn’t mention it, regularly consuming food items will secretly grant you an additional health bonus for keeping V well-fed.
Not only that, if you frequent V's home after completing missions, you can gain additional bonuses by taking a shower and going to bed. Showering allows you to regenerate health in combat, and sleeping gives you a 10% XP boost, making levelling up much easier!
For this reason, it’s definitely a good idea to treat your V like a Sim and make sure their needs are taken care of. It can make cruising through Night City a lot smoother, since your character will not be a sleep-deprived and starving skeleton just begging to get at least a little bit of rest.