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EXPLANATIONS

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Tier 1 food items aren't included in the "Cookbook" because, let's face it, there's not much use for them. If you have a character with an adventurer level under 10 who's not actually adventuring, you don't need to worry about health regeneration; if you have one who is adventuring, he'll almost certainly be ready for tier 2 foods before his newbie food supply runs out.

In the listings, "m/c" stands for "minutes per combine," and is included as a basic estimate of the "efficiency" of a food item. Granted, not all combines are equal, since some are easier than others and since some components don't have to be of top-tier quality, but still, the number of combines is the best rough estimate available of the amount of work required. The "m/c" number shows how many minutes' duration you get per combine required to make the item. A food item with a longer duration isn't necessarily a better food item to create, if it requires too much work!

The listed durations are for top-tier (delectable or refreshing) items. Items of lower quality won't last quite as long.

The number in parentheses after a food item's name is, of course, the level of the item.

The foraged raw materials required to create a given food or drink are included in the list. (Ingredients which can be purchased from NPC vendors are not.) This information is obviously relevant when considering which food items are most worth making, not just because you need to be sure you have the correct raw materials on hand, but also because items requiring many foraged materials are more wasteful than those requiring only one or two.

The number of combines listed for food items requiring bread, dough or pasta do not include the combines required to make those components. It is assumed that you'll simply buy them from NPC vendors.

The number of combines listed for drinks requiring "homebrew beer" assume that making the beer will require two combines. It should be noted, though, that some of the beers that can be used for the purpose actually require more, so you might want to be careful which beer you use!

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