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Honey Tea - Version 5 vs Version 6
Apr 12, 2026, 10:00 PM
Add verified trust-gift uses for orcs and trolls
Apr 13, 2026, 08:39 PM
Append quest use for Scholar's Stone Institute research unlock
11Overview223344Honey Tea is a drink in Crimson Desert brewed from honey and herbs at a cauldron. The tea restores spirit on consumption and temporarily boosts stamina regeneration, which is useful for players who rely on dodging, sprinting, and other stamina-heavy actions during combat.5566Honey Tea is categorized under Drinks within the Provisions system. It requires a cauldron to brew, available at the Greymane Camp and in town crafting areas. Honey is a relatively uncommon ingredient compared to basic vegetables and meat, so players should stockpile it when they find beehives during exploration.7788Recipe991010IngredientQuantityWhere to FindHoney2Harvested from beehives found on trees and cliff facesMedicinal Herb1Foraging from herb patches in meadows and forest clearingsWater1Collected from rivers, lakes, and wells1111Crafting Station: Cauldron12121313Effects14141515EffectValueDurationSpirit Restoration+14.0InstantStamina Regeneration+15%45 seconds1616Sell Value: 1017171818How to Obtain19192020The Honey Tea recipe can be obtained from merchants in major settlements or through quest rewards in the Greymane storyline. Honey is harvested from beehives attached to large trees and occasionally found on cliff faces. Beehive locations are scattered throughout Pywel, but they appear more frequently near rivers and forest edges.21212222Honey Tea is not commonly sold by vendors, making it worth crafting for personal use rather than relying on merchant supply.23232424Tips25252626Honey Tea is excellent before fights that require heavy dodging, like the Stag Lord encounter.If you raise livestock at the Greymane Camp, beekeeping provides a steady honey supply.The stamina regeneration buff lasts long enough to cover most boss fight phases.27272828Related Articles29293030CraftingCookingConsumablesRecipes31313232Honey Tea as a Trust Gift33333434Outside of its cooking-and-buff role, Honey Tea is one of the more targeted gifts in the NPC Trust System. It hits two races for a solid +10 trust per cup, which makes it the preferred stock for anyone planning to cap shopkeepers and named NPCs from those populations.35353636Orcs: +10 trust per Honey Tea. They also love Ivory for +20 each, so the optimal orc loadout is a split stack of Honey Tea and ivory.Trolls: +10 trust per Honey Tea. Trolls also accept multiple hide types for +10 each, so hides plus Honey Tea covers their entire preference list.37373838Honey Tea does not count as a drink for the peasant, farmer, or peddler profession gift tables, so the +10 per cup comes purely from the race layer. A troll quarryman will not take Honey Tea twice, but the combined race-plus-profession effective value is still +10 because only the race preference applies.39394040Why This Matters For Farming41414242Several of the most reward-dense max-trust sources are troll scholars and orc shopkeepers. Troll scholars hand over two pieces of advanced alchemy material at cap, and orc profession NPCs cover a range of valuable rewards. Because Honey Tea stacks and is easy to brew from Pywel's abundant honey supply, building up 20 or 30 cups before a farm run is a low-effort way to guarantee enough +10 gifts to top several NPCs at once.43434444Pairing With Trust Gain Bonuses45454646Every Honey Tea gift benefits from the Rabbit Leather Mask's +2 trust gain (each cup becomes +12) and stacks with any abyss gear trust-gain affix. Wearing both during an orc or troll farm is the meta-correct play.47+48+Quest Use: Starting Scholar's Stone Research49+50+Honey Tea is the consumable trigger that unlocks the research chain at the Scholar's Stone Institute inside Skala Stone. A specific scholar at the institute's marked desk asks for one. Most players already have a Honey Tea in inventory by the time they reach Skala Stone; if not, the NPC drops a marker pointing to a nearby pickup so the gating step takes only a couple of minutes.51+52+What the Honey Tea Unlocks53+54+Abyssal Environment Research. Handing over the tea and talking to the scholar a second time opens this entry-level project on the institute's Research System board.Abyssal Energy Research. After clearing the short Skala Stone Institute prerequisite quests in the Journal, the Abyssal Energy Research project becomes available. At 50% progress, this project spawns Research Scholars who can be pickpocketed for Abyss Artifact drops.Refresh loop. The on-site Abyss Nexus NPC respawns the scholar group on demand, so the artifact farm runs effectively forever once the Honey Tea has done its job.55+56+This single-tea handover is the first link in the chain documented by the Abyss Artifacts Farming Guide, which most players treat as the fastest way to bank Abyss Artifacts in bulk.