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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. The 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 many combines!

(The listed durations, by the way, are for delectable/refreshing items. Items of lower quality won't last 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.

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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