Rankings

The short answers, no digging.

Best weapons by damage

Raw damage per hit or throw. Throwables rank high because a single use dumps the full number.

#	Weapon	Type	Damage
1	Rocket Launcher	Science Ranged	1150
2	Megaton Flask	Throwable	600
3	Frag Grenade	Throwable	400
4	Null Grenade	Throwable	400
5	REDACTION Grenade	Throwable	400
6	Mugnade	Throwable	350
7	Magma Skink (Weapon)	Science Ranged	180
8	Hypercross Magbow	Science Ranged	170
9	Cluster Grenade	Throwable	150
10	Hardlight Sledge	Heavy Blunt Melee	150
11	Ice X Rifle	Overworld Ranged	150
12	Magbow	Science Ranged	120
13	Rail Rifle	Overworld Ranged	120
14	Manomin Magnum	Overworld Ranged	115
15	Wessex Rifle	Overworld Ranged	105

#	Food	Hunger	Thirst
1	Rad Rice Bowl	76.6	4
2	Unadon and Egg	73.4	4.4
3	Cooked Egg & Peccary Tartine	71.3	23
4	Cooked Fr-eyed Rice	71.3	29.8
5	Honey Apple Ice Cream	63.8	17.6
6	Cooked Stuffed Roast Peccary	63	28.8
7	Raw Egg & Peccary Tartine	62	20
8	Raw Fr-eyed Rice	62	35
9	Silky Temaki	58.9	4.4
10	PLT Sandwich	57.8	19.8
11	Unagi Temaki	57.8	4.4
12	Raw Stuffed Roast Peccary	55	25
13	Gooey Tulip Salad	52.5	11
14	Cosmato Salad Wrap	51.7	45.1
15	Melted Honey Apple Ice Cream	51	30.4

#	Item	Thirst	Hunger
1	Cosmato Salad Wrap	45.1	51.7
2	Greyeb Chowder	42.9	12.5
3	Kizz Cola	40	—
4	Rootbear Float	38.5	16.5
5	Creamy Tomato Bisque	37.9	12.5
6	Bowl of Pumpkin Ravioli	35.5	39.1
7	Raw Fr-eyed Rice	35	62
8	Mashed Potatoes	33.5	8.1
9	Harmonious Rice	31.6	25
10	Spicy Royal Bisque	31	22

Torso hitpoints — aim for the head to cut these numbers down fast.

#	Enemy	Torso HP	Head HP	Melee dmg
1	The Wayseeker (Enemy)	3000	500	—
2	Giant Power Leech	2000	2000	—
3	Behemoth	1250	2000	100
4	Volatile Exor	1100	1100	50
5	Coworker	1000	1000	—
6	Flame Rat	800	1000	60
7	Armored Exor	600	650	50
8	Exor Cha	600	700	50
9	Corrupted Bot	550	550	100
10	Guardian of the Fallow	550	550	50
11	Jotun	550	550	50
12	Jotun of the Fallow	550	550	50

Use the food planner to total hunger and thirst across everything you're cooking.