# Age penalties / old age death?

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**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [August 22, 2020, 2:40am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/age-penalties-old-age-death/24528 "2020-08-22T02:40:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 10:58am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/age-penalties-old-age-death/24528/5 "2020-08-22T10:58:16Z")

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> [@Sir\_Scarfalot](#):
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> So, wait, higher age means you use less food?

Yes. I’ve actually made some calculations in an other topic that lead to an intersting finding (unless that has changed)…:

> [@Best way to store food](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/best-way-to-store-food/23816/36):
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> I don’t see anything stopping you from reaching an age of 65+ at which, with almost no fat reserves and the smallest possible height, you’d never again need to eat, as you will actually gain kcal just from existing and even more from exercising. Just… don’t do anything that modifies your stored calories directly, like digging/mining or cutting wood… or you’ll starve to death.

With “smallest possible height” I mean:

> 145 cm & “tiny” mutation, making you 45 cm small

Other than that I don’t know of any positive/negative associasions for age yet.

> [@Sir\_Scarfalot](#):
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> Does it increase by in-game years?

Yes, it does.

> [@Sir\_Scarfalot](#):
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> Is it a guaranteed death?

I don’t think so, no, but on the other hand… the longer you live, the closer you get to dying.

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