Caffeine

Introduction

Caffeine is one of the two consumables in Twilight Heroes, the other being Sugar. 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.

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
postprecoffee	57-69	3	21	2		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
Rainbow's Ark pill	50-60	3	18.333	3.33	Level 6
fortified coffee	85-95	5	18	2	Level 4
Blue Oxford drink	33-39	2	18	3	Level 4
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
the Mick's Thunderbolt	60-68	4	16	2	Level 10	also gives some XP, 5 Strength, 5 Intellect, 5 Reflexes
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
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
caffeinated cloth	?-26-32-?	2	14.5	3		Gives 10 XP
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

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 adventures, 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