Food Buffing Guide

• Friggerton wrote on 2014-02-11 21:19
  [FONT="Palatino Linotype"][SIZE="3"]This guide is a repost of this topic, which includes some further conversation on the topic. The guide points to some of the most efficient food buffs available, in terms of least amount of time/gold spent for the best buffs. There are dishes that may be more potent, but they are generally multiple steps or require ingredients that may be tedious to obtain (pies, pastas, and seafood dishes are notable categories of examples)
  
  If eaten alone, the dish effects and their duration are dependent on cooking rank.
  
  If eaten as part of a Picnic from the Festival Food skill, the effects of foods are stacked with up to 10 dishes at once at r1 (making them much more effective) and (presumably) the duration is dependent on the rank of Festival Food of the consumer rather than the rank of the chef who prepared the food that prepared the Picnic. This skill has yet to be implemented in NA, and is part of Project Dream.
  
  Other things to mention: The use of food buffs will be best used with Festival Food skill Picnics/Baskets, and at r1 you can stack the effects of 10 dishes for a buff duration of 20 minutes. Because of the time invested in preparing a Picnic, it would be impractical for most players to use picnics constantly. The stats from most foods will likely make little difference to players with more than 1k levels and/or nearly capped stats, but the Picnics may prove useful for situations like increasing lucky gathers, boss rooms, MA tourneys, etc. that are not expected to last a long time.
  
  The guide will be edited once Project Dream is released, to allow for screenshots, examples, etc.
  
  The stats, ingredients needed, etc. are captured in screenshots from the wiki. Foods are separated into categories of skillsets they would be most useful for. Some foods repeat in several categories. I have noted the costs of ingredients that can be purchased, whether ingredients can be purchased or must be gathered, and if the food requires more than one step to make.
  
  [SPOILER="Melee: Warriors load up on hard beverages to become stronger, if a little duller, but get lucky (figures)"]
  Several beverages are listed, and there are a few more on the wiki. Since most of them reduce DEX/INT to some degree, you can choose which is the best for you based on how important those stats are to you.
  
  [SPOILER="Beverages, generally +STR and LUCK but -DEX and INT, varying degrees"]There are a few dishes I included that provide may less strength but nearly no negatives.
  

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  Ingredient cost: 1140g
  1 step
  Can be purchased at 3 star quality
  
  

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  Ingredient cost: 4220g
  1 step
  Can be purchased at 3 star quality
  
  

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  Ingredient cost: 2760g
  1 step
  Can be purchased at 3 star quality
  
  

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  Ingredient price: 2785g
  1 step
  Can be purchased at 3 star quality
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  My top picks: No cons, still decent STR. Onion Rings would be good for Melee Fighter hybrids and Hot Chocolate would be good for Gunners or Spellswords. Steamed corn has decent strength and very good HP, with OK levels of others stats.
  

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  Ingredient cost: 35g, 1 water and 1 egg must be gathered
  2 step
  
  

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  Ingredient cost: 570g
  1 step (alternatively you can make it a 2 step dish and make the steamed milk yourself)
  Can be purchased at 3 star quality
  
  

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  Both ingredients must be gathered
  1 step
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  [SPOILER="Magic: Radagast the Brown ate mushrooms, you should too!"]
  Only a couple of easier options here, most of the most potent +INT/+MP dishes involve seafood.
  

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  Ingredient cost: 495g, the mushroom must be gathered
  1 step
  
  

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  Ingredient cost: 570g
  1 step (alternatively you can make it a 2 step dish and make the steamed milk yourself)
  Can be purchased at 3 star quality
  
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  [SPOILER="Martial Arts: Onion rings make as much sense as wax on, wax off, but just try it."]
  

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  Ingredient cost: 35g, 1 water and 1 egg must be gathered
  2 step
  
  

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  Ingredient cost: 3450g
  1 step
  
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  [SPOILER="Archery: An entire meal you can hold in one hand, though you should still have two on the bow"]
  There's really nothing (outside of gacha/event food) better I've seen for DEX on the wiki, and it's really easy to make. The only thing that doesn't make any sense is why it's a baked food.
  
  

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  Ingredient cost: 1539g
  1 step
  
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  [SPOILER="Alchemy/Defense: Nothing wrong with being able to take a few more punches"]
  There are one or two other +MP/SP/HP dishes, but I believe this is the strongest, and you can bake it with a very lenient 3-5 star quality for the same buff potency.
  

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  Ingredient cost: 1235g, but the mana herb must be gathered
  1 step
  
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  [SPOILER="Hybrid: For the Renaissance Man"]
  Note: It is possible that the best way to build a hybrid Picnic using Festival Food would be to use stronger, single stat dishes that have 1-2 stats than to use multiples of these more generic buffing foods. Each of these has some of my comments on them.
  
  

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  Both ingredients must be gathered
  1 step
  Useful to melee leaning (or melee lacking) hybrids or fire alchemists.
  
  

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  Ingredient cost: 9630g the fish can be optionally gathered
  1 step
  Moderate boosts to anyone but an alchemist.
  Can be purchased at 3 star quality
  
  

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  Ingredient cost: 6210g, water must be gathered, fish can be optionally gathered
  1 step
  Marginally more potent in certain areas than the previous dish.
  
  

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  Ingredient cost: 570g
  1 step (alternatively you can make it a 2 step dish and make the steamed milk yourself)
  Can be purchased at 3 star quality
  A good choice for gunners
  
  

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  Ingredient cost: 1539g
  1 step
  I don't think any of the melee dishes had more than 20 STR as well as not decreasing DEX, so this is probably one of the best choices for puppeteers.
  
  

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  Ingredient cost: 35g, 1 water and 1 egg must be gathered
  2 step
  Probably a favorite of melee-fighter hybrids, without any cons.
  
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  [SPOILER="Life:"]
  For lucky gathering bonuses, mostly.
  
  

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  All ingredients must be gathered
  2 step
  Can be purchased from an NPC for the 3 star quality, which is notably only a couple points less potent than 4/5 stars.
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  Specials thanks to Azareel and Kingofrunes for particularly useful information prior to this post's revision.
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• Kingofrunes wrote on 2014-02-11 23:29
  One thing I forgot to mention in the original thread that you should probably know.
  
  Here is a list of future recipes:
  
  New Mixing Foods (LIST COMPLETE)
  [spoiler="Foods"]
  

  
  
  • Meat Seasoning - 80% Garlic, 10% Pepper, 10% Salt
    
  • Bread Crumbs - 100% Sliced Bread
    
  • Celery Salad - 35% Celery, 27% Carrot, 38% Cabbage (4Star: +10stam, -13int, +6 will)
    
  • Baked Soymilk - 25% Water, 75% Baked Bean Powder
    
  • Scaled Soymilk - 25% Water, 75% Peeled Bean Powder (Prpbably will be Peeled Soymilk)
    
  • Macerated Soymilk - 25% Water, 75% Bloated Bean Powder (Probably will be Bloated Soymilk)
    
  • Halloween Cookie Box - 30% Halloween Hat Cookie, 35% Halloween Star Cookie, 35% Halloween Owl Cookie (4Star: +9Stam)
    
  • Halloween Candy Box - 30% Halloween Pumpkin Candy, 35% Halloween Ghost Jelly, 35% Halloween Pumpkin Jelly (4Star: +13HP)
    
  • Tara Sausage Sandwich - 30% Cabbage, 35% Garlic Bread, 35% Sausage (4Star: +9Dex, +9Int)
    

  
  NOTE: There was 2 100% recipes in there from old KR Events that are just there for compatibility.
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  New Baking Foods (LIST COMPLETE)
  [spoiler="Foods"]
  

  
  
  • Big Star-Candy - 65% Sugar, 10% Water, 25% Cooking Potion (5Star: HP +10, DEX +7, Luck +5)
    
  • Halloween Owl Cookie - 70% Wheat Flour, 25% Butter, 5% Owls-Shaped Frame (4Star: +9Dex)
    
  • Halloween Hat Cookie - 70% Wheat Flour, 25% Butter, 5% Hat-Shaped Frame (5Star: Will +10)
    
  • Halloween Star Cookie - 70% Wheat Flour, 25% Butter, 5% Star-Shaped Frame (5Star: Luck +10)
    
  • Roast Rice-Cake - 100% White Rice-Cake (4Star: +14HP)
    
  • Roast Turkey - 90% Turkey, 10% Olive Oil (4Star: +27HP, +9str, +9will)
    
  • Roast Corn - 95% Corn, 5% Butter (3Star: +12HP)
    
  • Fried Bun - 50% Wheat Flour, 35% Slice of Meat, 15% Chives (4Star: +7Int)
    
  • Double Size Fried Bun - 70% Fried Bun, 20% Slice of Meat, 10% Chives (4Star: +7Int, +7Dex, +14Will)
    
  • Super Size Fried Bun - 80% Fried Bun, 12% Slice of Meat, 8% Chives (4Star: +14Str, +18HP, +7Int, +7Dex, +14Will)
    
  • Pancake - 75% Wheat Flour, 17% Sugar, 8% Milk (4Star: +14HP, +2Str, +9Int)
    
  • 3-fold Pancake - 60% Pancake, 30% Whipped Cream, 10% Berry (3Star: +18Luck)
    
  • Sausage - 85% Slice of Meat, 5% Wheat Flour, 10% Onion (4Star: +5Str, +16HP)
    
  • Fortune Cookie - 50% Wheat Flour, 15% Egg, 35% Butter
    
  • Chocolate Souffle - 45% Wheat Flour, 50% Chocolate Ingredient, 5% Milk (4Star: +13HP, -4Str)
    
  • Chocolate Cake - 65% Wheat Flour, 25% Chocolate Ingredient, 10% Whipped Cream (4Star: +4HP, -9Int, +9Luck)
    

  
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  New Simmering Foods (LIST COMPLETE)
  [spoiler="Foods"]
  

  
  
  • Autumn Squash Puree - 90% Autumn Squash, 10% Water
    
  • Boiled Chestnut - 15% Water, 85% Chestnut (4Star: +7HP)
    
  • Boiled Cabbage - 15% Water, 85% Cabbage (4Star: +7MP)
    
  • Samgyetang - 50% Chicken, 10% Water, 40% Rice (4Star: +26st, -13dex, +13luck)
    
  • Boiled Sweet Potato - 85% Sweet Potato, 15% Water (4Star: +7Dex)
    
  • Boiled Octopus - 85% Octopus, 15% Water (4Star: +7Stam)
    
  • Bean Jam - 85% Adzuki Bean, 15% Water
    
  • Boiled Bean - 85% Bean, 15% Water (4Star: +7 Str)
    

  
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  New Boiling Foods (LIST COMPLETE)
  [spoiler="Foods"]
  

  
  
  • Meat Broth - 60% Beef, 40% Water
    
  • Tteokguk - 50% White Rice-Cake, 35% Beef, 15% Egg (5Star: +7HP, +1Str)
    
  • Double Size Tteokguk - 70% Tteokguk, 20% White Rice-Cake, 10% Egg (4Star: +8HP, +6Str, +3Dex)
    
  • Super Size Tteokguk - 80% Double Size Tteokguk, 12% White Rice-Cake, 8% Egg(4 Star: +9HP, +17str, +3dex, +7int, +0Prot)
    

  
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  New Make Noodles Foods (LIST COMPLETE)
  [spoiler="Foods"]
  

  
  
  • Chicken Fried-Noodles - 65% Noodle, 27% Chicken, 8% Paprika (4Star: -11Stam, +18str, +9will)
    
  • Phat-thai - 75% Noodle, 20% Mixed Vegetables, 5% Soy Sauce (4Star: +13HP, -26Int, +17will)
    
  • Shrimp Tempura Udon - 50% Noodle, 5% Fried Shrimp, 45% Meat Broth (4Star: +9HP, -9Str, +9 Luck)
    
  • Curry Udon - 60% Noodle, 5% Curry Powder, 35% Water (5Star: +21HP, +2 Dex)
    
  • Tofu Noodles - 43% Thin Noodle, 17% Mashed Tofu(Any of the 3 variations will work), 40% Meat Broth (4Star: +38HP, -28Str)
    
  • Cold Baked Bean-soup Noodles - 75% Thin Noodle, 25% Baked Soymilk (4Star: +16HP, +2Int)
    
  • Cold Scaled Bean-soup Noodles - 75% Thin Noodle, 25% Scaled Soymilk (4Star: +16HP, +2Int)
    
  • Cold Macerated Bean-soup Noodles - 75% Thin Noodle, 25% Macerated Soymilk (4Star: +16HP, +2Int)
    
  • Curry Udon - 60% Noodle, 5% Curry Powder, 35% Water (4Star: +21HP, +2Dex)
    
  • Seafood Stir-Fried Noodles - 80% Noodle, 15% Mixed Vegetables, 5% Shellfish (4Star: +14HP, +14Luck)
    

  
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  New Make Pasta Foods (LIST COMPLETE)
  [spoiler="Foods"]
  

  
  
  • Pane - 50% Bread, 45% Long Pasta, 5% Whipping Cream (4Star: +11HP, +4 Will)
    
  • Aglio E Olio - 80% Long Pasta, 5% Olive Oil, 15% Garlic (4Star: -9HP, +16MP)
    
  • Amatiriciana - 80% Short Pasta, 18% Tomato Sauce, 2% Tabasco Pepper (4Star: +14HP, -7Stam)
    
  • Vongole - 80% Short Pasta, 2% Olive Oil, 18% Shellfish (3Star: +17HP, -17Int)
    
  • Carbonara - 80% Long Pasta, 3% Whipping Cream, 17% Pasta Ingredient (4Star: +14Stam, -9MP)
    

  
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  New Deep-frying Foods (LIST COMPLETE)
  [spoiler="Foods"]
  

  
  
  • Potato Croquette - 65% Steamed Potato, 20% Slice of Meat, 15% Bread Crumbs (4Star: -24dex, +33luck)
    
  • Pork Cutlet - 75% Slice of Meat, 7% Egg, 18% Bread Crumbs (4Star: +14HP, +8 will)
    
  • Sweet potato Mat-Tang - 85% Sweet Potato, 15% Sugar (4Star: +10HP, +4Will)
    
  • Fried Sweet Potato - 75% Sweet Potato, 25% Fry Batter (4Star: +13Dex, +13Luck)
    

  
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  New Stir-fying Foods (LIST COMPLETE)
  [spoiler="Foods"]
  

  
  
  • Pasta Ingredient - 45% Onion, 15% Garlic, 40% Bacon
    
  • Stir-Fried Eggplant - 80% Eggplant, 10% Onion, 10% Salt (4Star: +14HP, +0Def)
    
  • Stir-Fried Sausage Vegetables - 70% Sausage, 15% Onion, 15% Carrot (4Star: +13Stam, +0Def)
    
  • Stir-Fried Small Octopus - 75% Small Octopus, 15% Cabbage, 10% Fry Powder (5Star: MP +15, DEF +1)
    

  
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  New Jam Making Foods (LIST COMPLETE)
  [spoiler="Foods"]
  

  
  
  • Blueberry Jam - 70% Blueberry, 30% Sugar (4Star: +16HP, +7Str)
    
  • Lemon Jam - 80% Lemon, 20% Sugar (5Star: +29HP, -19Str)
    
  • Orange Marmalade - 70% Orange, 25% Sugar, 5% Water (4Star: +13HP, +7Will)
    
  • Halloween Ghost Jelly - 85% Geletin, 15% Lemon (4Star: +9Int)
    
  • Halloween Pumpkin Chocolate - 30% Pumpkin, 20% Whipping Cream, 50% Chocolate Ingredient (4Star: +9MP)
    
  • Halloween Pumpkin Candy - 30% Pumpkin, 50% Sugar, 20% Starch Syrup (4Star: +4HP, +4MP)
    
  • Halloween Pumpkin Jelly - 85% Geletin, 15% Pumpkin (5Star: +9Str)
    
  • Garakyeot - 7% Rice, 73% Malt, 20% Water (3Star: +12Str)
    

  
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  New Pie Baking Foods (LIST COMPLETE)
  [spoiler="Foods"]
  

  
  
  • Moon Cake - 50% Flour Dough, 35% Bean Jam, 15% Peanuts (5Star: +7HP, +1Str)
    
  • Double Size Moon Cake - 70% Moon Cake, 20% Bean Jam, 10% Peanuts (4Star: +13HP, +7Str)
    
  • Super Size Moon Cake - 80% Double Size Moon Cake, 12% Bean Jam, 8% Peanuts (4Star: +14HP, +9Str, +9Dex, +11Int, +0Protection)
    
  • Sweet Potato Pie - 35% Pan Pie Crust, 55% Sweet Potato, 10% Egg (5Star: +11HP, +4Will)
    
  • Meat Pie - 50% Pan Pie Crust, 38% Large Meat, 12% Meat Seasoning (4Star: +14HP, +4Will, +4Luck)
    
  • Almond Pie - 50% Pan Pie Crust, 45% Almond, 5% Egg (4Star: +9MP, +6Int)
    
  • Truffles Pie - 75% Pan Pie Crust, 25% Truffle (4Star: +36HP, +9Str, -15Dex, +7Luck)
    
  • Walnut Pie - 45% Pan Pie Crust, 45% Walnut, 10% Butter (5Star: +22MP)
    
  • Halloween Pumpkin Pie - 45% Pan Pie Crust, 35% Autumn Squash Puree, 20% Almond (4Star: +9HP)
    
  • Almond Tart with Strawberry Jam - 50% Tart Crust, 40% Strawberry Jam, 10% Almond (4Star: +13Stam, +9Dex)
    

  
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  New Steaming Foods (LIST COMPLETE)
  [spoiler="Foods"]
  

  
  
  • Steamed Egg - 1% Salt, 11% Water, 88% Egg (4Star: +7HP, +9 Luck)
    
  • Steamed Pork Ribs - 70% Large Meat, 20% Meat Seasoning, 10% Mixed Vegetables (4Star: +25HP, +4Dex, +7Int, +4Will)
    
  • Songpyeon - 75% Rice, 18% Water, 7% Sugar (5Star: +9Str, +14 Dex)
    
  • Steamed Vegetable Chicken - 75% Chicken, 20% Mixed Vegetables, 5% Meat Seasoning (4Star: +14Stam, +14 Will)
    
  • White Rice Cake - 90% Rice, 10% Water (4Star: +11HP)
    
  • Steamed Sweet Pumpkins Ribs - 80% Autumn Squash, 17% Slice of Meat, 3% Meat Seasoning (4Star: +18HP, +9Str)
    
  • Steamed Eggplant - 95% Eggplant, 2% Salt, 3% Garlic (4Star: +9MP)
    
  • Steamed Cabbage Bean - 60% Cabbage, 20% Water, 20% Bean (4Star: +14HP, +2Will)
    
  • Steamed Dumpling - 50% Wheat Flour, 45% Slice of Meat, 5% Chives (4Star: +14Stam)
    
  • Steamed Sweet Pumpkins' Seafood - 75% Autumn Squash, 15% Small Octopus, 10% Shrimp (5Star: MP +15, INT +15)
    

  
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  Also something to note is Food Mastery which adds a further bonus to the foods (+10 to a food stat at r1). For festival food though this bonus is added AFTER the festival food is created, not for each food put into the picnic. A very important distinction.
• claypot19 wrote on 2014-02-24 16:08

  Quote from Kingofrunes;1197295:

  
  Also something to note is Food Mastery which adds a further bonus to the foods (+10 to a food stat at r1). For festival food though this bonus is added AFTER the festival food is created, not for each food put into the picnic. A very important distinction.

  
  
  What about the +15 quality on the food from r1? is it just a flat +15 to quality to help for higher stars? so 50 ->65?
  Also theoretically with a master chef training mark could you just train the skill by eating food for every rank? (80*1.5=120)
• Syliara wrote on 2014-05-01 05:04
  Necroing this due to its increased relevance because of the Culinary Artist update. I would like to point out, Mana Herb Garlic Steak cannot be made at this point in time. At least I cant make it with r6 cooking, even while following the recipe to the letter.
• Aubog007 wrote on 2014-05-01 09:24

  Quote from Nui;1218096:

  Necroing this due to its increased relevance because of the Culinary Artist update. I would like to point out, Mana Herb Garlic Steak cannot be made at this point in time. At least I cant make it with r6 cooking, even while following the recipe to the letter.

  
  
  Lots of things changed. Cheese bread is a baking recipe now instead of a mixing one.
  
  
  MUCH TO MY RAGE.
• Kingofrunes wrote on 2014-05-07 17:48
  Just as an update:
  
  "the duration is dependent on the rank of Festival Food of the consumer rather than the rank of the chef who prepared the food that prepared the Picnic"
  
  Found out the other day when I ate a party members catering pack that the duration of buff is dependent on the person who layed down the picnic. Party Member A had r1 festival food and layed down the catering pack. I touched it with rF catering, buff lasted me 20 minutes (length of entire mission)
  
  Unsure if this translates to the person who prepared it as well though.
• Iyasenu wrote on 2014-05-07 19:13

  Quote from Kingofrunes;1219125:

  Just as an update:
  
  "the duration is dependent on the rank of Festival Food of the consumer rather than the rank of the chef who prepared the food that prepared the Picnic"
  
  Found out the other day when I ate a party members catering pack that the duration of buff is dependent on the person who layed down the picnic. Party Member A had r1 festival food and layed down the catering pack. I touched it with rF catering, buff lasted me 20 minutes (length of entire mission)
  
  Unsure if this translates to the person who prepared it as well though.

  
  
  Ah, here's a thing!
  
  The duration of the buff effect is in fact based on the rank of the person who laid down the feast.
  
  The amount of time the picnic stays around on the ground, however, is based on the rank of the person who originally crafted the thing.
  
  Me and a friend did some testing.
  A friend (hadn't learned catering, probably uses rN stats) laid down my Catering Dish (i made it at r1).
  The picnic lasted for the r1 duration (5 minutes), but when we ate from it, the buff lasted only a few seconds.
  Then later, after she learned Catering (yeesh random chance), we tested if the duration of the picnic itself was based on rank, or rank when it was crafted.
  She made a dish at rE, and gave it to me.
  She then blasted her way to r1 (lmao chocolates), and then I laid down the feast she made at rE.
  It lasted for a little bit of time, nowhere near 5 minutes.
  
  So, I think we found out...
  Buff Duration = rank of the one who lays it out
  Picnic Duration = rank the picnic was crafted at
• Kingofrunes wrote on 2014-05-07 19:51
  Good find Iya, thanks for helping look into that