Food and drink

Food and drink are necessary for efficient progress in Norrath. Without food, your Health will regenerate very slowly after a fight. Without drink, your Power will regenerate equally slowly. This will increase your downtime between fights, and slow your progress.

Food increases the amount of Health you regain when out of combat. Beverages increase the amount of Power you regain when out of combat. Different foods and beverages provide different amounts of Health or Power regained, depending on the level of the food or beverage.

You must also be of an appropriate adventuring level to gain the full effect of the regen provided by the food or beverage. For example, Sweet Onion Omelet is a level 30 food item, and will provide 53 points of Health regained per "tick" out of combat. However, if your adventuring level is 10 or lower, you will only get 10 points of Health regained per tick out of combat. If your adventuring level is 11-20, you will get 28 points of Health regained per tick.

On the other hand, if your adventuring level is far above the item level of the food or beverage, you don't get any additional regeneration. If you are level 70, the Sweet Onion Omelet will still only provide 53 points of Health regained per tick out of combat.

Therefore, it is most efficient to use food or drink that is appropriate for your level. Low-level characters will not get any extra benefit from using high-level food, and high-level characters will have increased downtime from using low-level food.