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==Introduction==
Caffeine is one of the three consumables in Twilight Heroes, the others being [[Sugar]] and [[Vegetable]]. Consuming caffeine increases your Bedtime, allowing you more time to play.
Each caffeine item has a size in "units" of caffeine. You can consume 12 such units per day. Trying to consume more will get you the message:
: You've had enough caffeine for one night. Any more and you're going to get twitchy and start acting weird instead of heroic. And trust me, nobody wants that.
Trying to multi-use too much caffeine will get you the message:
:That's way more caffeine than you should drink in one night. You think better of it, and your nerves silently thank you.
Trying to multi-use caffeine when you are under decaf restrictions gets you the message:
:You have opted to go without caffeine this run, so you can't have that, no matter how much you'd like to.
==Summary Table==
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{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" align="center" style="text-align:center" class="sortable"
|+style="font-size:150%"|Caffeine
|- style="background-color:#EFEFEF"
|- style="background-color:#EFEFEF"
! '''Item''' !! '''Time''' !! '''Caffeine''' !! '''Time/Caffeine''' !! '''Autosell''' !! class="unsortable"|'''Notes'''
! '''Item''' !! '''Time''' !! '''Caffeine''' !! '''Avg Time/Caffeine''' !! '''Variance Time/Caffeine''' !! '''Requirement''' !! class="unsortable"|'''Notes'''
|-
| [[bowling ball]] || 144 || 6 || 24 || 0 || Level 5 ||
|-
| [[Bray energy drink]] || 115-125 || 5 || 24 || 2 || Level 6 ||
|-
| [[Scalpel energy drink]] || 115-125 || 5 || 24 || 2 || Level 6 ||
|-
| [[Exigen-C cocktail]] || 90-100 || 4 || 23.75 || 2.5 || Level 7 ||
|-
| [[Turkish coffee]] || 65-75 || 3 || 23.33 || 3.33 || Level 5 ||
|-
| [[stimpack]] || 88-96 || 4 || 23 || 2 || Level 9 ||
|-
| [[EOL drink]] || 130-140 || 6 || 22.5 || 1.67 || Level 6 || Gives effect: [[Moore Power]] 300 minutes
|-
| [[ice latte]] || 130-140 || 6 || 22.5 || 1.67 || Level 10 ||
|-
| [[nanovolt]] || 42-48 || 2 || 22.5 || 3 || ||
|-
| [[postprecoffee]] || 57-69 || 3 || 21 || 2 || Level 5 || Gives effect: [[Temporal Jitters]] 60 minutes
|-
| [[pre-coffee]] || 55-65 || 3 || 20 || 3.33 || Level 4 ||
|-
| [[hyper-c, drop]] || 17-21 || 1 || 19 || 4 || Level 5 || Gain 1 reflexes
|-
| [[white pill]] || 132-172 || 8 || 19 || 5 || Level 4 || Gives effects: [[Euphoria]] 60 minutes<br>[[Utter Wretchedness]] 240 minutes
|-
| [[Frostheim mocha]] || 137-149 || 6 || {{#expr: (((137+149)/2) - 10*3)/6 round 3}}<sup>see [[#Notes|notes]]</sup> || 2 || Level 12 || 3 [[Sugar]]
|-
| [[moleroot]] || 137-149 || 6 || {{#expr: (((137+149)/2) - 10*3)/6 round 3}}<sup>see [[#Notes|notes]]</sup> || 2 || Level 12 || 3 [[Sugar]]
|-
| [[the undiet soda]] || 137-149 || 6 || {{#expr: (((137+149)/2) - 10*3)/6 round 3}}<sup>see [[#Notes|notes]]</sup> || 2 || Level 12 || 3 [[Sugar]]
|-
| [[anachronistic Gingerette]] || 45-50 || 2 || {{#expr: (((45+50)/2) - 10*1)/2 round 3}}<sup>see [[#Notes|notes]]</sup> || 2.5 || Level 5 || 1 [[Sugar]]
|-
| [[Powdered Moleroot]] || 90-100 || 4 || {{#expr: (((90+100)/2) - 10*2)/4 round 3}}<sup>see [[#Notes|notes]]</sup> || 2.5 || Level 5 || 2 [[Sugar]]
|-
| [[Rainbow's Ark pill]] || 50-60 || 3 || 18.333 || 3.33 || Level 6 ||
|-
| [[fortified coffee]] || 85-95 || 5 || 18 || 2 || Level 4 ||
|-
| [[laurel root beer]] || 34-38 || 2 || 18 || 2 || Level 6 || Gives effect: [[Hardy Rester]] 60 minutes
|-
| [[Blue Oxford drink]] || 33-39 || 2 || 18 || 3 || Level 4 ||
|-
| [[goat latte]] || 32-40 || 2 || 18 || 4 || Level 5 || When used in combat can reduce turn length<br>up to 60 seconds, capped at 4 minutes
|-
| [[oil can coffee]] || 64-80 || 4 || 18 || 4 || Level 5 ||
|-
| [[Shift soda]] || 49-56 || 3 || 17.5 || 2.33 || Level 4 ||
|-
| [[Mister Tea]] || 97-113 || 6 || 17.5 || 2.67 || Level 5 ||
|-
| [[dose of X-presso]] || 32-38 || 2 || 17.5 || 3 || Level 4 ||
|-
| [[Guatemalan pepperjuice]] || 32-38 || 2 || 17.5 || 3 || Level 3 || Gives effect: [[The Sweats]] 35 minutes
|-
| [[hyper-c, small]] || 48-57 || 3 || 17.5 || 3 || Level 3 || Gain 2 reflexes
|-
| [[hyper-c, large]] || 96-114 || 6 || 17.5 || 3 || Level 5 || Gain 4 reflexes
|-
| [[ground coffee]] || 48-54 || 3 || 17 || 2 || Level 10 || Restore some PP
|-
| [[gigavolt]] || ?-41-44-? || 2 || 16.25?<sup>see [[#Notes|notes]]</sup> || 1.5? || || 1 [[Sugar]]
|-
| [[the Mick's Thunderbolt]] || 60-68 || 4 || 16 || 2 || Level 10 || also gives some XP, 5 Strength, 5 Intellect, 5 Reflexes
|-
| [[imp teacup]] || 29-35 || 2 || 16 || 3 || ||
|-
| [[koffee of the future]] || 29-35 || 2 || 16 || 3 || ||
|-
| [[Tanzanian cola]] || 58-70 || 4 || 16 || 3 || Level 5 || Gives effect: [[Soda-Licious]] 60 minutes
|-
| [[boogie monster energy drink]] || 42-54 || 3 || 16 || 4 || Level 6 || restores some PP
|-
| [[Dungeon Darjeeling]] || 14-18 || 1 || 16 || 4 || || Extends effect [[Dungeon Durability]], [[Dungeon Dinner]], or [[Dungeon Dash]]
|-
| [[bag of PG Tips]] || 42-48 || 3 || 15 || 2 || Level 3 ||
|-
| [[pep-up pill]] || 55-65 || 4 || 15 || 2.5 || Level 5 || Gain 3 Intellect
|-
| [[scorched coffee]] || 55-65 || 4 || 15 || 2.5 || Level 7 ||
|-
| [[buzzing dew]] || 27-33 || 2 || 15 || 3 || Level 9 || Gain 3 strength
|-
|-
| [[JitterSpout Coffee|- all coffee shop items -]] || 30 || 3 || 10 || varies || [[Coffee Snob]] [[Merit Badges|Merit Badge]]
| [[Gingerette Black]] || 27-33 || 2 || 15 || 3 || Level 2 ||
|-
|-
| [[Coffee mochi ball]] || 30 || 3 || 10 || 32 ||  
| [[cracked chockfulo nuts]] || 40-50 || 3 || 15 || 3.33 || || restore some HP
|-
|-
| [[Smart juice]] || 30 || 3 || 10 || 15 || +10xp
| [[can of Gingerelle]]<br>[[can of Gingerette]] || 13-17 || 1 || 15 || 4 || ||
|-
|-
| [[Vial of powdered mojo]] || 50 || 4 || 12.5 || 30 ||  
| [[spilled tea]] || ?-13-17-? || 1 || 15? || 4? || ||
|-
|-
| [[Can of Gingerelle]] || 15 || 1 || 15 || 1 || [[Black Market]] item
| [[caffeinated cloth]] || ?-26-32-? || 2 || 14.5 || 3 || || Gives 10 XP
|-
|-
| [[Can of Gingerette]] || 15 || 1 || 15 || 1 || [[Black Market]] item
| [[festive coffee bonsai]] || ?-14-? || 1 || 14? || ? || ||
|-
|-
| [[Bag of PG Tips]] || 45 || 3 || 15 || 20 ||  
| [[Manly Man energy drink]] || 73-92 || 6 || 13.75 || 3.17 || Level 8 || Take 6 damage
|-
|-
| [[Pep-up pill]] || 60 || 4 || 15 || 30 ||
| [[green tea]] || 24-28 || 2 || 13 || 2 || Level 4 || Gives [[Seeing Green]] (60 minutes)
|-
| [[Guatemalan pepperjuice]] || 35 || 2 || 17.5 || 120 || Gives effect: [[The Sweats]] 35 minutes
|-
|-
| [[Mister Tea]] || 105 || 6 || 17.5 || 50 || [[Black Market]] item
| [[vial of powdered mojo]] || 46-54 || 4 || 12.5 || 2 || Level 4 ||
|-
|-
| [[White pill]] || 180 || 8 || 22.5 || 10 || Gives effects: [[Euphoria]] 60 minutes<br>[[Utter Wretchedness]] 240 minutes
| [[caffeine pill]] || 23-27 || 2 || 12.5 || 2 || Level 4 ||
|-
|-
| [[Bray energy drink]] || 120 || 5 || 24 || 50 ||  
| [[smart juice]] || 27-33 || 3 || 10 || 2 || Level 2 || Gives 10 XP
|-
|-
| [[Scalpel energy drink]] || 120 || 5 || 24 || 50
| [[coffee mochi ball]] || 27-33 || 3 || 10 || 2 || ||
| -
|-
| [[fancy latte]] || 27-33 || 3 || 10 || 2 || || [[Coffee Snob]] [[Merit Badges|Merit Badge]]
|-
| [[latte]] || 27-33 || 3 || 10 || 2 || ||
|-
| [[shot of espresso]] || 27-33 || 3 || 10 || 2 || ||
|-
| [[cup of coffee]]<br>[[cup of tea]] || 27-33 || 3 || 10 || 2 || ||
|-
| [[Brad energy drink]] || 18-22 || 4 || 5 || 1 || ||
|-
| [[unsoda]] || ? || 1 || ? || ? || ||
|}
|}


 
==Notes==
== Analysis ==
* It is hard to compare items which consume contain both [[sugar]] and caffeine to items that contain only one of them. The values used in the table above assume that each sugar unit yields 10 minutes, such as the amount given by [[eyeball gumball]] and other standard sugar items. Other useful comparisons might be:
Caffeine toleration is your character's maximum level of caffeine per day. Every item has a set caffeine level, and every person has a set caffeine toleration of 12 (unless content comes out that alters your caffeine toleration). As such, knowing the caffeine level of an item can help you see if you're wasting chips/caffeine in your day. While some items may appear to be less effective, it may end up that due to their caffeine level, they're more useful than a higher time yielding item. The basic calculation for efficiency is to take 12, the caffeine toleration, divide it by the caffeine level, round <b>down</b>, and multiply it by the time given. This, of course, does not take into account difficulty to obtain items or bad side effects. Here's a rough chart, in order from least to most effective, effectiveness being higher for items that you need to use less of for the same amount of time (for convenience, denote coffee shop items as being every item in the coffee shop except the herbal tea):
{| align=center style="text-align:center"
 
! Sugar yield/unit !! Caffeine yield/unit
[[JitterSpout Coffee|coffee shop items]]: 2 hours<br>
|-
[[Vial of powdered mojo]]: 2.5 hours<br>
| 10 (e.g. [[eyeball gumball]]) || {{#expr: (((137+149)/2) - 10*3)/6 round 3}}
[[Can of Gingerelle]]: 3 hours<br>
|-
[[Bag of PG Tips]]: 3 hours<br>
| 11.75 (e.g. [[sugar substitute]]) ||{{#expr: (((137+149)/2) - 11.75*3)/6 round 3}}
[[Pep-up pill]]: 3 hours<br>
|-
[[White pill]]: 3 hours<br>
| 12.5 (e.g. [[stroopwafel]]) || {{#expr: (((137+149)/2) - 12.5*3)/6 round 3}}
[[Guatemalan pepperjuice]]: 3.5 hours<br>
|}
[[Mister Tea]]: 3.5 hours<br>
[[Category:Caffeine|*]][[Category:Guides]][[Category: Limited Daily Usage]]
[[Bray energy drink]]: 4 hours*
 
== Notes ==
 
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Brays leave room for 2 caffeine left, which means 2 gingers would bring it to 4.5 hours, or 1 pepperjuice would bring it to 4 hours and 35 minutes.
 
A [[Coffee mochi ball]] yields the same results as coffee shop items. The [[Can of Gingerette]] yields the same results as [[Can of Gingerelle]]. The [[Scalpel energy drink]] yields the same results as the [[Bray energy drink]]. The [[white pill]] has a good side-effect ([[Euphoria]]) and then a very bad side-effect following it ([[Utter Wretchedness]]), so it's best to stay away from this item, as it's not even the best.
 
[[Category:Caffeine]]
[[Category:Guides]]
[[Category:Equipment Summary Tables]]

Latest revision as of 11:14, 19 December 2016

Introduction

Caffeine is one of the three consumables in Twilight Heroes, the others being Sugar and Vegetable. Consuming caffeine increases your Bedtime, allowing you more time to play.

Each caffeine item has a size in "units" of caffeine. You can consume 12 such units per day. Trying to consume more will get you the message:

You've had enough caffeine for one night. Any more and you're going to get twitchy and start acting weird instead of heroic. And trust me, nobody wants that.

Trying to multi-use too much caffeine will get you the message:

That's way more caffeine than you should drink in one night. You think better of it, and your nerves silently thank you.

Trying to multi-use caffeine when you are under decaf restrictions gets you the message:

You have opted to go without caffeine this run, so you can't have that, no matter how much you'd like to.

Summary Table

Item Time Caffeine Avg Time/Caffeine Variance Time/Caffeine Requirement Notes
bowling ball 144 6 24 0 Level 5
Bray energy drink 115-125 5 24 2 Level 6
Scalpel energy drink 115-125 5 24 2 Level 6
Exigen-C cocktail 90-100 4 23.75 2.5 Level 7
Turkish coffee 65-75 3 23.33 3.33 Level 5
stimpack 88-96 4 23 2 Level 9
EOL drink 130-140 6 22.5 1.67 Level 6 Gives effect: Moore Power 300 minutes
ice latte 130-140 6 22.5 1.67 Level 10
nanovolt 42-48 2 22.5 3
postprecoffee 57-69 3 21 2 Level 5 Gives effect: Temporal Jitters 60 minutes
pre-coffee 55-65 3 20 3.33 Level 4
hyper-c, drop 17-21 1 19 4 Level 5 Gain 1 reflexes
white pill 132-172 8 19 5 Level 4 Gives effects: Euphoria 60 minutes
Utter Wretchedness 240 minutes
Frostheim mocha 137-149 6 18.833see notes 2 Level 12 3 Sugar
moleroot 137-149 6 18.833see notes 2 Level 12 3 Sugar
the undiet soda 137-149 6 18.833see notes 2 Level 12 3 Sugar
anachronistic Gingerette 45-50 2 18.75see notes 2.5 Level 5 1 Sugar
Powdered Moleroot 90-100 4 18.75see notes 2.5 Level 5 2 Sugar
Rainbow's Ark pill 50-60 3 18.333 3.33 Level 6
fortified coffee 85-95 5 18 2 Level 4
laurel root beer 34-38 2 18 2 Level 6 Gives effect: Hardy Rester 60 minutes
Blue Oxford drink 33-39 2 18 3 Level 4
goat latte 32-40 2 18 4 Level 5 When used in combat can reduce turn length
up to 60 seconds, capped at 4 minutes
oil can coffee 64-80 4 18 4 Level 5
Shift soda 49-56 3 17.5 2.33 Level 4
Mister Tea 97-113 6 17.5 2.67 Level 5
dose of X-presso 32-38 2 17.5 3 Level 4
Guatemalan pepperjuice 32-38 2 17.5 3 Level 3 Gives effect: The Sweats 35 minutes
hyper-c, small 48-57 3 17.5 3 Level 3 Gain 2 reflexes
hyper-c, large 96-114 6 17.5 3 Level 5 Gain 4 reflexes
ground coffee 48-54 3 17 2 Level 10 Restore some PP
gigavolt ?-41-44-? 2 16.25?see notes 1.5? 1 Sugar
the Mick's Thunderbolt 60-68 4 16 2 Level 10 also gives some XP, 5 Strength, 5 Intellect, 5 Reflexes
imp teacup 29-35 2 16 3
koffee of the future 29-35 2 16 3
Tanzanian cola 58-70 4 16 3 Level 5 Gives effect: Soda-Licious 60 minutes
boogie monster energy drink 42-54 3 16 4 Level 6 restores some PP
Dungeon Darjeeling 14-18 1 16 4 Extends effect Dungeon Durability, Dungeon Dinner, or Dungeon Dash
bag of PG Tips 42-48 3 15 2 Level 3
pep-up pill 55-65 4 15 2.5 Level 5 Gain 3 Intellect
scorched coffee 55-65 4 15 2.5 Level 7
buzzing dew 27-33 2 15 3 Level 9 Gain 3 strength
Gingerette Black 27-33 2 15 3 Level 2
cracked chockfulo nuts 40-50 3 15 3.33 restore some HP
can of Gingerelle
can of Gingerette		 13-17 1 15 4
spilled tea ?-13-17-? 1 15? 4?
caffeinated cloth ?-26-32-? 2 14.5 3 Gives 10 XP
festive coffee bonsai ?-14-? 1 14? ?
Manly Man energy drink 73-92 6 13.75 3.17 Level 8 Take 6 damage
green tea 24-28 2 13 2 Level 4 Gives Seeing Green (60 minutes)
vial of powdered mojo 46-54 4 12.5 2 Level 4
caffeine pill 23-27 2 12.5 2 Level 4
smart juice 27-33 3 10 2 Level 2 Gives 10 XP
coffee mochi ball 27-33 3 10 2
fancy latte 27-33 3 10 2 Coffee Snob Merit Badge
latte 27-33 3 10 2
shot of espresso 27-33 3 10 2
cup of coffee
cup of tea		 27-33 3 10 2
Brad energy drink 18-22 4 5 1
unsoda ? 1 ? ?

Notes

  • It is hard to compare items which consume contain both sugar and caffeine to items that contain only one of them. The values used in the table above assume that each sugar unit yields 10 minutes, such as the amount given by eyeball gumball and other standard sugar items. Other useful comparisons might be:
Sugar yield/unit Caffeine yield/unit
10 (e.g. eyeball gumball) 18.833
11.75 (e.g. sugar substitute) 17.958
12.5 (e.g. stroopwafel) 17.583
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