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11 Food and Drink are optional consumables in HUNGER that reward forward planning. Neither is required to survive an Expedition, but both grant temporary bonuses that can support a chosen playstyle, smooth over a weakness, or set up a decisive moment. They sit alongside Trinkets and Masteries as ways to tune how a character performs in the field.
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33 Food
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55 Food grants long-lasting bonuses suited to a sustained approach. The effects run for several minutes, making food the better choice for buffs a player wants active across most of a run. For example, Stewed Apple increases container loot identification speed by 20 percent for 10 minutes, which suits a scavenger who plans to open many containers. Effects from the same food category do not stack, so eating two similar dishes does not double the bonus: only the stronger of the two applies.
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77 Drink
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99 Drink delivers stronger but shorter bursts of benefit. Where food is about steady support, drink is about a sharp, time-limited edge. Boiled Water, for instance, grants 10 percent faster movement for 40 seconds, which is well suited to an escape, a sudden push, or closing distance in a fight. The short duration means drinks are typically saved for a specific moment rather than kept running constantly.
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1111 Examples
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1313 ConsumableTypeEffectDurationStewed AppleFood+20% container loot identification speed10 minutesBoiled WaterDrink+10% movement speed40 seconds
1414 These are representative examples drawn from the developers’ own breakdown of the system rather than the full menu; the complete range of dishes and drinks expands the same way the rest of the game does through Early Access.
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1616 Acquiring Food and Drink
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1818 Food and Drink reach a player through several routes: buying them from NPC vendors at The Chateau, crafting them through a profession, looting them in the world, or earning them as quest rewards. Because the bonuses are optional and situational, they are most valuable to players who think ahead about which buff a particular run calls for rather than consuming them at random.