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Revision as of 11:39, 10 November 2025
Everyone is aware one has to eat and drink to stay in good shape. This little guide will explain how food and drink works in P99. Please note that most of the time I will speak about food. The same applies to drinks. Just copy/paste the following text in your favorite editor, search/replace "food" with "drink" and "eat" with "drink". (forum ref thread ref2)
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Basics
One of the realistic aspects of EverQuest is the need for food and drink. Although you can never actually starve to death, nor die of thirst, failing to keep yourself nourished does have some serious consequences. But the details of eating and drinking, like many other specifics of EverQuest’s inner-workings, can be hard to determine without a serious investigation. Here are the results of a recent study on the effects of going without food and drink.
Your stomach
Everyone has a stomach, not only trolls and ogres. It can be empty (when you got messages saying you are hungry / thirsty) or full (saying you would explode if you eat any more), or even in between. When your stomach is empty, the game automatically checks whether there is a piece of food in your inventory, takes it out of your bag/box/whatever and put it in your stomach. When you right-click a piece of food it also goes in your stomach. If it's full, you cannot eat anymore. You can also eat successive pieces of food, going right-click frenzy on a stack of food, until it's full. That way, you can have several pieces of food in your stomach, and they will be consumed one after the other till it's empty.
Food and drink categories
NOTE: As of March 2015, all food/drink categories seem to have the same duration and will be consumed every 33 minutes and 45 seconds. [1] Feel free to stock up on milk and muffins to save yourself some cash.
NOTE: As of the October 29, 2025 patch, food and drink durations are now respected!!!
Note: Food/drink with duration of 1 will last 144 seconds in real-time, which represents 48 minutes in game-time. Food/drink with a longer duration will last a multiple of that time, up to an estimated 9 hours 36 minutes for Twice Brewed Constitutional.
There are seven categories describing how long a piece of food/drink will last in your stomach before it is consumed:
- snack/whistle wetter: 000-005 Duration - (0 - 12 minutes)
- meal/drink: 006-020 Duration - (14.4 - 48 minutes)
- hearty meal/refreshing drink: 021-030 Duration - (50.4 - 72 minutes)
- banquet size meal/lasting drink: 031-040 Duration - (74.4 - 96 minutes)
- feast/flowing drink: 041-050 Duration - (98.4 - 120 minutes)
- enduring meal/enduring drink: 051-060 Duration - (122.4 - 144 minutes)
- miraculous meal/miraculous drink: 061-240 Duration - (146.4 - 576 minutes)
Why intervals and not precise amount of minutes? Because every piece of food has it's own digestive timer. A Bear Sandwich is 20 Duration(48 minutes). A Beer Braised Mammoth is 35 Duration(84 Minutes). Starting from an empty stomach, you can force-eat (right-click) more snacks than hearty meals, for example.
Zone differences
It is widely known that expansion continents (Kunark and Velious) force the character to consume food faster.
Food and drink timers
First, you should be aware of two timers that appear to be used to control eating and drinking. The first is the one I’ve labeled the Food/Drink Status Timer. For a Halfling, it expires every 45 seconds real-time (18 minutes Norrath time) resulting in a check of your food and drink supplies. A Humans Food/Drink Status Timer expires every 90 seconds real-time. If you only have one food item remaining at the expiration of the timer, you’ll get the message “You are low on food.” An equivalent message shows when you have only one drink item remaining.
If you have no food items, then you’ll see the message: “You are out of food.” Again, there is an equivalent message for being out of drink items. Also, when this timer expires, you will get the message that you are hungry and/or thirsty if you have reached Stage 1 which will be described below.
The other timer is the Meal Timer. It expires every 30 minutes real-time (12 hours Norrath time) for a Halfling and 60 minutes real-time for a Human. When it does, you actually consume one of your food and one of your drink items. Therefore, Halflings have two meals a day within the EverQuest world, while Humans have only one.
As far as other races are concerned, their exact timer values haven’t been tested, however, since the two timers are proportional, you can quickly determine your character’s values. Simply place all your food and drink into the bank and then time the delay between “You are out of food and drink” messages. 45-second Food/Drink Status Timers equate to a 30-minute Meal Timer, so simply scale accordingly from there.
Stages of Hunger and Thirst
(Note: All of the times mentioned in this section are for Halflings unless otherwise indicated. See the previous paragraph to determine applicable times for your character)
If the Meal Timer expires and you have no food or drink, then you will enter Stage 1 of Hunger/Thirst. The only impact during this stage is the constant reminder every 45 seconds that you are hungry and/or thirsty.
If 30 more minutes real-time goes by and you still haven’t solved your food/drink shortage problem, then you will reach Stage 2. There is nothing that will actually show this status change and there is still no detriment to your abilities, but you’re one step closer to the dreaded Stage 3.
Stage 3 begins after 30 more minutes of no food and/or drink. If you reach this stage, it means you’ve gone one-and-a-half Norrathian days without food and/or drink (see the table below). Sometime during this stage (usually in about 15 to 20 minutes), hit-points and mana will no longer regenerate and your fatigue bar will slowly drop to zero, taking about 10 minutes (regardless of race) to bottom-out unless you help it along by jumping or engaging in other vigorous activities. When there is only about 1 bubble of fatigue showing, your Strength, Agility, and Dexterity will all start dropping and eventually each face a 10 point reduction.
Engaging in battle during Stage 3 is suicide; not only because of the penalty to your three primary combat abilities, but also since you won’t regain Hit Points or Mana without the help of magic.
The only silver-lining to all of this is that you can’t go beyond Stage 3, no matter how much you continue to deny yourself food and/or drink. Although it’s also important to realize that it doesn’t matter whether you are lacking food or drink, both are just as important and having an excess of one while being out of the other provides no benefit.
| STAGE | TIME SINCE LAST MEAL/DRINK (Halfling) | TIME SINCE LAST MEAL/DRINK (Human) | Consequences |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 to 60 minutes | 1 to 2 hours | Hunger/thirst reminder every 45 seconds |
| 2 | 60 to 90 minutes | 2 to 3 hours | |
| 3 | 90 minutes or more | 3 hours or more | Regeneration halted |
Recovering from hunger and thirst
To recover from the negative effects of Stage 3, simply place the missing food and/or drink into your inventory. When the Food/Drink Status Timer expires (within 45 seconds real-time), you will consume whichever of the two types of items you need. At this point, your Hit Points, Mana, and Fatigue bars will all begin to recharge at their normal rates. However, if you were in Stage 3 of hunger/thirst and you only provide yourself with one food/drink item to achieve the recovery, you’ll find yourself back into Stage 3 in 30 minutes. You have to eat/drink enough to bring yourself back out through all 3 stages. Therefore, you’ll need to buy 3 items of food and/or drink. In fact, if you purchase 3 items and watch your inventory, you’ll see that one item gets consumed every 45 seconds.
Next piece of food
As said before, the game will locate the next piece of food as soon as your stomach is empty. If you only have one stack of food in your whole inventory, say a full stack (20) of bear sandwiches, it's easy to understand that the game will automatically take one and put it in your stomach, and that your stack will only have 19 pieces left. Something very important is how the game determines what will go in your stomach next time it's empty, aka "the next food slot". It's easy: he will scan your inventory, starting from the top left slot and going to the bottom right slot. If a slot is filled with a container (box, bag, ...) the game will look into it and scan it left right and top-down. Following is a more precise and visual description of the slot scan order. In the personnal inventory (main level where you can put bags):
1 5 2 6 3 7 4 8
In the bags (not the same order!):
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Crafted food
Food and drink can be created via Baking. The advantages of player-made food are mainly:
- Usually weighs only 0.1WT and can have long duration. If you go raiding for hours, just a stack of Misty Thicket Picnic, weighing 0.1, will last for 40 hours;
- May grant stat bonuses to you. Blackened Teir'Dal gives you DEX+1, INT+2, AGI+1, for example.
The benefits of crafted food are obvious: it's like having an extra equipment slot where you can put stat enhancing food. If we take the example of a single piece of Bear Steaks (STR+1), the game will add 1 to your strength if you put it in "the next food slot" (as described before). And it will only eat it if your stomach is empty. So, if you are careful enough and right-click some food now and then to keep your stomach busy, that single piece of Bear Sandwich will last forever.
Food List
| Food | Category | Satiation | Stats |
|---|---|---|---|
Sandwich of Foul Smelling Herbs
Sandwich of Foul Smelling Herbs MAGIC ITEM |
Miraculous | 100 | STA +5, HP +50 |
Deep Cavern Toadstool
Deep Cavern Toadstool This is a enduring meal! |
Enduring | 60 | |
17lb Fetid Bass
17lb Fetid Bass This meal is a feast! |
Feast | 46 | |
Chokidai Jerky
Chokidai Jerky MAGIC ITEM |
Feast | 45 | |
Dragon Egg
Dragon Egg This is a feast! |
Feast | 45 | |
Shellcracker's Seaside Salad
Shellcracker's Seaside Salad DEX: +5 CHA: +5 |
Feast | 45 | DEX +5, CHA +5, SV COLD +5 |
16lb Fetid Bass
16lb Fetid Bass This meal is a feast! |
Feast | 44 | |
15lb Fetid Bass
15lb Fetid Bass This meal is a feast! |
Feast | 42 | |
14lb Fetid Bass
14lb Fetid Bass This is a banquet size meal. |
Banquet | 40 | |
13lb Fetid Bass
13lb Fetid Bass This is a banquet size meal. |
Banquet | 38 | |
Caynar Nut Stuffed Trout
Caynar Nut Stuffed Trout STA: +2 |
Banquet | 37 | STA +2, SV DISEASE +2 |
12lb Fetid Bass
12lb Fetid Bass This is a banquet size meal. |
Banquet | 36 | |
Barbequed Erudite
Barbequed Erudite INT: +3 |
Banquet | 35 | INT +3 |
Beer Braised Mammoth
Beer Braised Mammoth STR: +3 INT: -1 |
Banquet | 35 | STR +3, INT -1 |
Fish Rolls
Fish Rolls This is a banquet sized meal! |
Banquet | 35 | |
Gator Rolls
Gator Rolls This is a banquet sized meal! |
Banquet | 35 | |
Rolled Cutlassfish
Rolled Cutlassfish This is a banquet sized meal! |
Banquet | 35 | |
Shark Rolls
Shark Rolls This is a banquet sized meal! |
Banquet | 35 | |
11lb Fetid Bass
11lb Fetid Bass This is a banquet size meal. |
Banquet | 34 | |
10lb Fetid Bass
10lb Fetid Bass This is a banquet size meal. |
Banquet | 32 | |
Frost Giant Steak
Frost Giant Steak This is a Banquet
|
Banquet | 31 | STR +4, STA +1 |
Icy Mushrooms
Icy Mushrooms This is a banquet sized meal! |
Banquet | 31 | |
Storm Giant Steak
Storm Giant Steak This is a Banquet
|
Banquet | 31 | STR +4, STA +1 |
Vegetable Roughy
Vegetable Roughy SV DISEASE: +2 SV POISON: +2 |
Banquet | 31 | SV DISEASE +2, SV POISON +2 |
9lb Fetid Bass
9lb Fetid Bass This is a hearty meal. |
Hearty | 30 | |
Bread Cakes*
Bread Cakes* NO DROP |
Hearty | 30 | |
humongous Fetid Bass
humongous Fetid Bass This is a hearty meal. |
Hearty | 30 | |
Mammoth Steaks
Mammoth Steaks STR: +2 |
Hearty | 30 | STR +2 |
Rat Ear Turnovers
Rat Ear Turnovers This is a hearty meal! |
Hearty | 30 | |
Snow Griffin Souffle
Snow Griffin Souffle MAGIC ITEM NO DROP |
Hearty | 30 | |
8lb Fetid Bass
8lb Fetid Bass This is a hearty meal. |
Hearty | 28 | |
Smoked Shark
Smoked Shark QUEST ITEM |
Hearty | 28 | |
Fish Head Soup
Fish Head Soup This is a hearty meal! |
Hearty | 27 | |
7lb Fetid Bass
7lb Fetid Bass This is a hearty meal. |
Hearty | 26 | |
Bear Steaks
Bear Steaks STR: +1 |
Hearty | 25 | STR +1 |
Berry Pie
Berry Pie This is a hearty meal! |
Hearty | 25 | |
Clamcakes
Clamcakes This is a hearty meal. |
Hearty | 25 | |
Crunchy Coldain Head
Crunchy Coldain Head NO TRADE |
Hearty | 25 | |
Drake Egg
Drake Egg WT: 0.6 Size: SMALL |
Hearty | 25 | |
Elven Trail Mix
Elven Trail Mix This is a hearty meal! |
Hearty | 25 | |
gigantic Fetid Bass
gigantic Fetid Bass NO DROP |
Hearty | 25 | |
Griffon Eggs
Griffon Eggs This is a hearty meal! |
Hearty | 25 | |
Honey Berry Pie
Honey Berry Pie This is a hearty meal. |
Hearty | 25 | |
Iron Ration
Iron Ration This is a hearty meal. |
Hearty | 25 | |
Lion Steaks
Lion Steaks AGI: +1 |
Hearty | 25 | AGI +1 |
Orange Flavored Cod
Orange Flavored Cod SV DISEASE: +2 SV POISON: +1 |
Hearty | 25 | SV DISEASE +2, SV POISON +1 |
Royal Jelly
Royal Jelly QUEST ITEM |
Hearty | 25 | |
Shark Fillet
Shark Fillet This is a hearty meal! |
Hearty | 25 | |
Ulthork Meat Pie
Ulthork Meat Pie NO DROP |
Hearty | 25 | |
Vegetable Soup
Vegetable Soup This is a hearty meal! |
Hearty | 25 | |
6lb Fetid Bass
6lb Fetid Bass This is a hearty meal. |
Hearty | 24 | |
Dragon Steaks
Dragon Steaks STR: +4 DEX: +4 STA: +4 CHA: +4 WIS: +4 INT: +4 AGI: +4 |
Hearty | 24 | STR +4, DEX +4, STA +4, CHA +4, WIS +4, INT +4, AGI +4 |
5lb Fetid Bass
5lb Fetid Bass This is a hearty meal. |
Hearty | 22 | |
Aviak Eggs
Aviak Eggs QUEST ITEM |
Hearty | 21 | |
large Fetid Bass (WT 1.8, 1.9)
large Fetid Bass This is a meal. |
Hearty | 21 | |
Yakman Steak
Yakman Steak STR: +2 STA: +1 |
Hearty | 21 | STR +2, STA +1 |
Alligator Egg
Alligator Egg This is a snack! |
Snack | 5 | |
Animal Shaped Cookie
Animal Shaped Cookie This is a snack! |
Snack | 5 | |
Armadillo Husk
Armadillo Husk This is a snack. |
Snack | 5 | |
Barbarian Shaped Cookie
Barbarian Shaped Cookie This is a snack! |
Snack | 5 | |
Bixie Berry Buns
Bixie Berry Buns This is a snack! |
Snack | 5 | |
Cactus Tart
Cactus Tart This is a snack. |
Snack | 5 | |
Chocolate Cookies
Chocolate Cookies This is a snack! |
Snack | 5 | |
Chocolate Marr Cherries
Chocolate Marr Cherries CHA: +3 |
Snack | 5 | CHA +3 |
Chocolate Muffins
Chocolate Muffins This is a snack! |
Snack | 5 | |
Clump of Dough
Clump of Dough This is a snack! |
Snack | 5 | |
Cup Cakes
Cup Cakes This is a snack! |
Snack | 5 | |
Freshly Cleaned Vegetables
Freshly Cleaned Vegetables This is a snack. |
Snack | 5 | |
Gnome Shaped Cookie
Gnome Shaped Cookie This is a snack! |
Snack | 5 | |
Hot Cross Buns
Hot Cross Buns This is a snack! |
Snack | 5 | |
Ice Berry Muffin
Ice Berry Muffin This is a snack! |
Snack | 5 | |
Jumjum Stalk
Jumjum Stalk This is a snack. |
Snack | 5 | |
Kromdul Carrot
Kromdul Carrot This is a snack! |
Snack | 5 | |
Miller Carrot
Miller Carrot This is a snack. |
Snack | 5 | |
Mudcomb Muffin
Mudcomb Muffin This is a snack. |
Snack | 5 | |
Muffin
Muffin This is a snack! |
Snack | 4 | |
Pixie Powder Cinnesticks
Pixie Powder Cinnesticks AGI: +2 |
Snack | 5 | AGI +2, SV MAGIC +2 |
Prickly Pear
Prickly Pear This is a snack! |
Snack | 5 | |
Rotgrub Rye
Rotgrub Rye This is a snack. |
Snack | 5 | |
Seahorse Roe
Seahorse Roe This is a snack! |
Snack | 5 | |
Snake Egg
Snake Egg QUEST ITEM |
Snack | 5 | |
Summoned: Cake
Summoned: Cake MAGIC ITEM TEMPORARY |
Snack | 5 | |
Swamp Vegetables
Swamp Vegetables This is a snack! |
Snack | 5 | |
Troll Shaped Cookie
Troll Shaped Cookie This is a snack! |
Snack | 5 | |
Vegetables
Vegetables This is a snack! |
Snack | 5 | |
Wooly Fungus
Wooly Fungus This is a snack! |
Snack | 5 | |
White Chocolate
White Chocolate QUEST ITEM |
Snack | 5 | |
White Chocolate Cookies
White Chocolate Cookies This is a snack! |
Snack | 5 | |
White Chocolate Muffins
White Chocolate Muffins This is a snack! |
Snack | 5 | |
Winter Chocolate
Winter Chocolate This is a snack! |
Snack | 5 | |
Cookies
Cookies This is a snack! |
Snack | 4 | |
Tasty Candy
Tasty Candy This is a snack. |
Snack | 4 | |
Candied Spider
Candied Spider QUEST ITEM |
Snack | 3 | |
Birthday Cake Slice
Birthday Cake Slice This is a snack! |
Snack | 2 | |
Wedding Cake Slice
Wedding Cake Slice This is a snack! |
Snack | 2 |
Drink List
| Drink | Category | Hydration | Stats |
|---|---|---|---|
Vile Sarnak Brew
Vile Sarnak Brew MAGIC ITEM |
Miraculous | 100 | Mana +50, SV COLD +10 |
Fuzzlecutter Formula 5000
Fuzzlecutter Formula 5000 This is a enduring drink! |
Enduring | 60 | |
Louie's Thick 'n Hearty
Louie's Thick 'n Hearty MAGIC ITEM |
Enduring | 60 | |
Canteen of Slush Water
Canteen of Slush Water This is a flowing drink! |
Flowing | 45 | |
Sarnak Travel Canteen
Sarnak Travel Canteen MAGIC ITEM |
Flowing | 45 | |
Skin of Milk
Skin of Milk NO DROP |
Refreshing | 30 | |
Steamfont Spring Water
Steamfont Spring Water This is a refreshing drink! |
Refreshing | 30 | |
Surefall Sap
Surefall Sap This is a refreshing drink. |
Refreshing | 30 | |
Bladder of Otter Milk
Bladder of Otter Milk This is a refreshing drink! |
Refreshing | 25 | |
Jumjum Juice
Jumjum Juice This is a refreshing drink! |
Refreshing | 25 | |
Egg Nog
Egg Nog This is a drink! |
Drink | 20 | |
Oasis Water
Oasis Water This is a drink! |
Drink | 20 | |
Crow's Special Brew
Crow's Special Brew This is a drink! |
Drink | 18 | |
Flask of Orange Juice
Flask of Orange Juice SV DISEASE: +1 |
Drink | 18 | SV DISEASE +1 |
Glob of Slush Water
Glob of Slush Water This is a drink |
Drink | 17 | |
Pod of Water
Pod of Water This is a drink! |
Drink | 16 | |
Flask of Bloodwater
Flask of Bloodwater QUEST ITEM |
Drink | 15 | |
Flask of Icy Water
Flask of Icy Water This is a drink. |
Drink | 15 | |
Issued Water
Issued Water This is a drink! |
Drink | 15 | |
Large Bottle of Milk
Large Bottle of Milk This is a drink. |
Drink | 15 | |
Purified Water
Purified Water This is a drink! |
Drink | 15 | |
Skin of Slush Water
Skin of Slush Water This is a drink. |
Drink | 15 | |
Summoned: Globe of Water
Summoned: Globe of Water TEMPORARY |
Drink | 15 | |
Water Flask
Water Flask This is a drink. |
Drink | 15 | |
Flask of Karana Brown Tea
Flask of Karana Brown Tea SV POISON: +1 |
Drink | 13 | SV POISON +1 |
Bladder of Lizard Milk
Bladder of Lizard Milk This is a drink! |
Drink | 12 | |
Flask of Rathe Berry Juice
Flask of Rathe Berry Juice This is a drink! |
Drink | 10 | |
Flask of Sylvan Berry Juice
Flask of Sylvan Berry Juice QUEST ITEM |
Drink | 10 | AGI +1 |
Root Beer Float
Root Beer Float This is a drink! |
Drink | 10 | |
Stormguard Root Beer
Stormguard Root Beer This is a drink! |
Drink | 10 | |
Tagglefoot Tingle Drink
Tagglefoot Tingle Drink This is a drink! |
Drink | 10 | |
Bottle of Milk
Bottle of Milk This is a drink! |
Drink | 8 | |
Flask of Berry Juice
Flask of Berry Juice This is a drink! |
Drink | 8 | |
Flask of Fruit Juice
Flask of Fruit Juice This is a drink! |
Drink | 8 | |
Neriak Nectar
Neriak Nectar This is a drink! |
Drink | 8 | |
Brackish Water
Brackish Water This is a whistle wetter. |
Whistle Wetter | 5 | |
Malted Milk
Malted Milk QUEST ITEM |
Whistle Wetter | 5 |