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User:Arrowmaster

2023-04-25T09:07:58Z

Arrowmaster: /* Arrowmaster Necesse Home */ Added link to my new Project page and info on what things are.

[[File:User_Arrowmaster_Tanya_pets.jpg|thumb|Tanya Arrowmaster with 2 of her pets]]

== Arrowmaster Necesse Home ==

This is my User page for the wiki.

Some links:

1. My [[User:Arrowmaster/Sandbox|Sandbox]]. General ad-hoc stuff I am experimenting with.

2. My [[User:Arrowmaster/Projects|Projects]]. This shows main things I have done and what I am currently up to :)

2. My [[User:Arrowmaster/Tests|Tests]]. This is where I test stuff.

3. My [[Special:Contributions/Arrowmaster|Arrowmaster User Contributions]]. What I have recently changed.

[[Image:User Arrowmaster_Sig.png| ]]'''[[User:Arrowmaster|''Arrowmaster'']]''' ([[User talk:Arrowmaster|talk]]) 09:07, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 

== My New Forest Settlement ==

This is currently the best settlement on my "TanyaVille" dedicated server (I have a number of others with over 20 residents each). Although the settlement currently has 66 rooms for settlers (plus a number of others for visitors, including a "holiday island villa to the north out of range of this map), there are currently only 52 settlers.

This is actually a "Dungeon Entrance" island, but I completely cleared out the dungeon, so got rid of most of the above-ground structure. As it is a forest, like TanyaVille my first forest settlement, I called it New Forest (which is also the name of the forest that I lived next to for most of my early life in Hampshire, which is the middle of the South of England). After living in California for 8 years, I settled in Cornwall which is the far South-West of England and I have lived there now for 14 years, am retired and 71 years old in May 2023.
 

[[File:User_Arrowmaster_New_forest_map.jpg|800px|New Forest Settlement]]

User:Arrowmaster/Projects

2023-04-25T08:51:12Z

Arrowmaster: My new User Projects page to show what I am up to :)

== About My Projects ==

This page is about things that I am up to in regarding creating new content for the wiki (or doing revisions of existing content).

== Current Active Projects ==

=== 1. Settlement Interface ===

I have created a [[Settlement Interface]] page (as a stub) with the content produced relating to the [[Settlement_Interface#Diets_button|Diets button]]. I intend to gradually produce the full content for the Interface over time, adding content for each button as I have published the related linked pages.

== Completed Projects ==

=== 1. Diets ===

I have now published my new [[Diets]] page, detailing how to use the [[Settlement Interface]], [[Settlement_Interface#Diets_button|Diets button]] to bring up the dialog to set Diets for your settlers. Full information is given on the types of food that can be included in a diet and some recommendations on what might work best for you.

Talk:Fine Food

2023-04-25T08:27:08Z

Arrowmaster: added proper link to Fine Food in my new note

I have added this page to [[Category:Work_in_progress]], although I intend to just have it as a redirect to the Fine Food section of the Diets page I am developing [[User:Arrowmaster/Tests/Diets]] when added to the main wiki. All Fine Food has now been added too [[Category:Fine Food]] but that is not used for anything useful at the moment. There is not a category for Simple Food or Gourmet Food yet either. Hopefully, the Diets page will be published this week.
[[Image:User Arrowmaster_Sig.png| ]]'''[[User:Arrowmaster|''Arrowmaster'']]''' ([[User talk:Arrowmaster|talk]]) 23:26, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

: Ok, so I have published the [[Diets]] page I have created, so this page now redirects to the [[Diets#Fine_Food|Fine Food]] section on that page. [[Image:User Arrowmaster_Sig.png| ]]'''[[User:Arrowmaster|''Arrowmaster'']]''' ([[User talk:Arrowmaster|talk]]) 08:26, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Talk:Diets

2023-04-25T08:18:02Z

Arrowmaster: added note regarding diet food categories

== The Diets page and my ideas regarding its content ==

I have spent quite a long time developing this page with content that I personally find useful and (hopefully!) will be useful to others. I am proposing, over time, to produce content for all of the other tabs of what I have called the [[Settlement Interface]] that you get by pressing '''C''' on the keyboard (by default).

I am not an expert with templates and produced the first two tables without using one, but made use of the [[Template:Item|Item Template]] for the Gourmet Food one (although I could not be bothered to go back and change the first two tables to use it (on the basis of if it is not broke, why fix it?).

I have included quite a lot of content under '''Advice on Setting Diets''', as I had to learn a lot of the things the hard way during gameplay, so hopefully, some of the things I have said will be helpful to others? There may well be things that I have not thought of that should be included, or you may not agree with something that I have written.

Please feel free to add comments/suggestions here, or do your own edits.

[[Image:User Arrowmaster_Sig.png| ]]'''[[User:Arrowmaster|''Arrowmaster'']]''' ([[User talk:Arrowmaster|talk]]) 19:39, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

: I thought that I should add another note regarding [[Special:Categories|Categories]]. Someone had already created a [[Diets#Fine_Food|Fine Food]] Category. I added a couple of missing items to it, so it should be complete in relation to [[Diets#Fine_Food|Fine Food]] but did not use this Category when producing the [[Diets]] page. There is currently no [[Diets#Simple_Food|Simple Food]] or [[Diets#Gourmet_Food|Gourmet Food]] Category. These missing Categories should probably be produced at some stage (?), although I am not sure if they are actually necessary ''(at least not for now)''. [[Image:User Arrowmaster_Sig.png| ]]'''[[User:Arrowmaster|''Arrowmaster'']]''' ([[User talk:Arrowmaster|talk]]) 08:17, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Diets

2023-04-25T07:50:08Z

Arrowmaster: /* Which settlers (if any) do you give a better diet to? */ gender

[[File:Diets.png|thumb|600px|Diets menu]]

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== About Diets ==

[[Diets]] is the fifth settings button from the left in the [[Settlement Interface]].

To avoid [[Hunger]], you and all of your settlers need to eat food regularly. There are three main classes of food set by '''Diets''' for each settler:

# '''Simple Food'''
# '''Fine Food'''
# '''Gourmet Food'''

A Diet can be set for each settler, which may include any number of items within each food type. This page lists all of the food that can be selected as part of a diet, but only once that particular food item is available to the player. As well as how to set a default diet for all new settlers (which is highly recommended, as we will explain later), we will detail the advantages and disadvantages of setting each item for each particular type of settler [[NPC]].

== Consumable Food Types ==

Before we look at the diets that you set for each of your settlers, it is good to know a little about the Consumable food types that you choose items from when you [[Assign Storage]] for a [[Chest]].

There are two Consumable food types that you (and your [[NPC|NPCs]]) can ''(mostly)'' eat:

* [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]]
* '''Food''' ([[Meals]])

There is also one that nobody can even attempt to eat ''(raw)'':

* [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]]

Here is a brief description of these food types and how they relate to the Food classes for setting Diets:

* '''The Consumable: [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]] type''' is always a '''Simple''' Food class, if it is possible to attempt to eat an item included. Although most ''(but not all)'' Raw Food can be eaten (except things like [[Wheat]]), some items are healthy like fruit (e.g. [[Apple|Apples]]), whereas other Raw Food is not good for you (e.g. [[Raw_Pork|Raw Pork]]).

* '''The Consumable: Food type''' comprises cooked '''[[Meals]]''' (but these also include some Drinks, e.g. [[Cappuccino]] ). Food of this type is in either the '''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class.

* '''Consumable: [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]] type''' can be grilled (as a '''Simple''' food class) or cooked as part of a [[Meals|Meal]] ('''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class).

== Using Change Diet ==

When you click a '''Change Diet''' button, a dialog box will be displayed with ''(by default)'' all three food classes ticked, which means all possible food available can be eaten by your settlers. This is not a good idea, as we will explain later. Here is an example of the dialog box for showing three possible types of selection, for New Settlers:

* '''Green horizontal line''' - Some food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Green tick''' - All food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Red cross''' - No food in the class is included in the Diet.

 
[[File:Diet_New_Settlers_1.png|border|left|text-bottom|Change Diet Dialog Box]]

 

Again, a selection like this for '''New Settlers''' is not a good idea as it is ''highly recommended'' to exclude some Fine Food items from the diet of '''''all''''' settlers; for example [[Bread]] is more valuable to be kept and used as an ingredient for cooking Gourmet food. It is best to drill down and individually check, or un-check, each food item that you have currently available. As with other settings in the [[Settlement Interface]] (such as those used for [[Assign storage]] under [[Assign work]]), you can Copy one set of Diet settings and Paste it for use by any number of other settlers.

Note: Raw food items like vegetables will only be available to be checked/unchecked once you have obtained some of them: either as grown vegetables, or after you have grown some from [[Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] and harvested them (e.g. [[Onion Seeds]] can be obtained in some underground locations).

It is ''highly recommended'' that you have a quick glance through the Diet food sections on this page, then read the [[#Advice on Setting Diets]] section thoroughly, before attempting to set Diets for your settlers.

== Simple Food ==

There are two tiers of Simple Food:

* '''Tier 1 (Green)''' - Best Simple Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).
* '''Tier 2 (White)''' - Common Simple Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).

Tier 1 Simple food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as the Duration is always 4 minutes).
 
[[File:Simple_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Apple.png|32px]] [[Apple]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Apple Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Banana.png|32px]] [[Banana]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Banana Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Beef.png|32px]] [[Beef]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Beef]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blackberry.png|32px]] [[Blackberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blackberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blueberry.png|32px]] [[Blueberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blueberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Cabbage.png|32px]] [[Cabbage]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Cabbage Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Carrot.png|32px]] [[Carrot]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Carrot Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Chili Pepper.png|32px]] [[Chili Pepper]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Chili Pepper Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Coconut.png|32px]] [[Coconut]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Coconut Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Corn.png|32px]] [[Corn]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Corn Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Duck Breast]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Eggplant.png|32px]] [[Eggplant]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Eggplant Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Frog Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Lemon.png|32px]] [[Lemon]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Lemon Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Milk.png|32px]] [[Milk]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Onion.png|32px]] [[Onion]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Onion Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Potato.png|32px]] [[Potato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Potato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Pumpkin.png|32px]] [[Pumpkin]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Pumpkin Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Rabbit Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Mutton.png|32px]] [[Raw Mutton]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] - [[Raw Mutton]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Pork.png|32px]] [[Raw Pork]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Raw Pork]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Strawberry.png|32px]] [[Strawberry]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Strawberry Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Tomato.png|32px]] [[Tomato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Tomato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: All items are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food. Although Fruit is good, how many people eat most raw vegetables (?), and it is not at all advisable to eat raw meat (although you may let your settlers do so, if you really must and they have acute [[Hunger]])!

== Fine Food ==

There are two tiers of Fine Food:

* '''Tier 1 (Green)''' - Best Fine Food (Duration '''8''' minutes).
* '''Tier 2 (White)''' - Common Fine Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).

Tier 1 Fine food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as well as Duration).
 
[[File:Fine_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Bread.png|32px]] [[Bread]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Candyapple.png|32px]] [[Candy Apple]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Apple Tree]] || Cooked Fruit
|-
| [[File:Cheese.png|32px]] [[Cheese]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Donut.png|32px]] [[Donut]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || Cooked Pastry
|-
| [[File:Popcorn.png|32px]] [[Popcorn]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Corn]] || Cooked Snack
|-
| [[File:Roasted Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Roasted Duck Breast]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Fish.png|32px]] [[Roasted Fish]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Angler]] - [[Common Fish]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Frog Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Mutton.png|32px]] [[Roasted Mutton]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Pork.png|32px]] [[Roasted Pork]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Pig]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Rabbit Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Steak.png|32px]] [[Steak]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] || Domestic Meat
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: Bread and Cheese are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food.

== Gourmet Food ==

There are three tiers of Gourmet Food:

# '''Tier 1 (Purple)''' - Finest Gourmet Food (Duration '''20''' minutes).
# '''Tier 2 (Yellow)''' - Great Gourmet Food (Duration '''16''' minutes).
# '''Tier 3 (Blue)''' - Good Gourmet Food (Duration '''12''' minutes).

Tier 1 Gourmet food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as well as Duration).
 
[[File:Gourmet_Food_Tiers.png|left|671px|Gourmet Food Tiers]]

 

The following table list all Gourmet [[Meals|meals]]. Here are some key points:

* All '''Gourmet''' food is a [[Meals|Meal]] cooked in either a [[Cooking Pot]] or [[Cooking Station]].
* No Gourmet food can act as an '''Ingredient''' for another cooked meal/dish.
* The '''Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar''' column is provided to help you understand how difficult it may be for your settlers to regularly cook these meals, bearing in mind that those ingredients need to be milked or pressed (Dairy: Milk, Cheese) or milled (Flour and Sugar) or produced from milled ingredient (Bread from Flour). Coffee is milled too, but that should be obvious for [[Black Coffee]] and [[Cappuccino]]. All other Gourmet food is easier for your settlers to cook regularly, provided that you grow a sufficient quantity of the plants/trees/bushes required for those ingredients and have [[Hunter|Hunters]], [[Animal Keeper|Animal Keepers]] and/or [[Angler|Anglers]] configured to obtain the meat or fish items for use in the relevant meal types.
* The '''Tier''' column is more to give you an idea of how useful a particular food is for your own use, rather than use by your settlers. You may consider banning some items for settler Diet use (for example: [[Pork Tenderloin]] which can provide the maximum possible +80 Max Health).
* See [[Meals]] to see a list of the Effects and Recipes for all meals, or click any single item to see that information for a single one individually. Note: This information is not generally important when setting Settler Diets (except, possibly, with regard to defense against [[Raid|Raids]]).

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar? !! Remarks
|-
| {{Item|Banana Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Beef Goulash}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Black Coffee}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Blackberry Ice Cream}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Blueberry Cake}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Cappuccino}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Cheese Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Bread]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Eggplant Parmesan}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fish Taco}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fish and Chips}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Flour]] || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fresh Potato Salad}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fried Pork}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fruit Smoothie}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Hotdog}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Bread]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Junior Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Lemon Tart}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Meatballs}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Flour]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Miners Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Nachos}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Flour]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Pork Tenderloin}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Pumpkin Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Rice Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Shish Kebab}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Smoked Fillet}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Spaghetti Bolognese}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Strawberry Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Sushi Rolls}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Sweet Lemonade}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Sugar]] || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Tropical Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Meat Dish
|}

== Advice on Setting Diets ==

Before attempting to set Diets for your settlers, there are some things that you need to be aware of including:

* '''Food Quality'''.
* '''Diet Variety'''.
* '''Optimising Settings for Settlers and Yourself'''.

=== Food quality ===
Having settlers eat better quality food is perhaps the easiest way to increase their happiness. 
Settlers will only eat from chests assigned as settlement storage (using [[Assign storage]] under [[Assign work]] of the [[Settlement Interface]]).

{| class="wikitable"
! Food quality || Happiness
|-
| Simple || +10%
|-
| Fine || +20%
|-
| Gourmet || +35%
|}

=== Diet Variety ===
Providing your villager with a wider variety of foods for them to eat will increase their happiness.
{| class="wikitable"
! Name || Different Foods || Happiness
|-
| No Variety || 0 || +0%
|-
| Slightly Varied || 2-4 || +10%
|-
| Somewhat Varied || 5-7 || +20%
|-
| Nicely Varied || 8-11 || +30%
|-
| Extremely Varied || 12+ || +40%
|}

=== Optimising Settings for Settlers and Yourself ===

As can be seen from the information above, '''Food quality''' and '''Diet Variety''' are important, but there are some other factors to consider too, including:

* How many settlers do you currently have?
* What foods are better not to be used in a diet due to their negative effects when eaten?
* What food is better used as ingredients for cooking better food (once they are able to use the Recipe)?
* Which settlers (if any) do you give a better diet to?
* How to ensure you keep a sufficient quantity of food you would like to use yourself?
* How many settlers should concentrate on doing the cooking and how many cooking stations?

This list is not comprehensive and may be added to later, but it includes some of the main points to consider.

==== How many settlers? ====

When a settlement is small (less than 5 settlers) it is considered '''Not Crowded''' and the Diet you set for them is not so important. Once you have '''over 24''' settlers, then it is considered '''Extremely Crowded''' which is '''-40% happiness''' for each of them. At that point, giving them a selection of 12 or more Gourmet foods (and banning them from Simple and Fine foods) will give them the best happiness boost from their diet. See also [[Settlements#Crowding|Crowding]] information.

==== Ban food items? ====

As you will see from the table for [[Diets#Simple_Food|Simple Food]], some foods are best not eaten Raw due to the ill effects of doing so. These are the raw meat items: [[Beef]], [[Frog Leg]], [[Rabbit Leg]], [[Raw Mutton]] and [[Raw Pork]]. It is recommended to ban those items from all diets.

==== Allow eating a food item or ban it from their diet? ====

Most of the items in the [[Diets#Simple_Food|Simple Food]] list are used as ingredients to cook [[Diets#Fine_Food|Fine Food]] and/or [[Diets#Gourmet_Food|Gourmet Food]], so (when possible) it is best to stop settlers eating them as part of their Diet, or they will not have enough left (if any) to create the better food.

When you have first started a settlement, it is generally fine to let them eat things like Fruit ([[Apple|Apples]], [[Banana|Bananas]], [[Blackberry|Blackberries]], etc.) if you can grow them, as well as some Vegetables ([[Tomato|Tomatoes]], etc.), although it is recommended not to include [[Milk]] unless you really need to, or you or they will have none left of this vital ingredient to cook many dishes. Bear in mind, it is much easier to increase the amount of some food items by just growing more of them, but it is not so easy to produce a large quantity of [[Milk]], even with a lot of [[Cow|Cows]] and several [[Animal Keeper|Animal Keepers]].

As your settlement increases in size and you gain more settlers, then upgrade their diets to eat more '''Fine''' and '''Gourmet''' meals and ban them from eating Simple food when you can so that you can use this class of food entirely as ingredients. When possible, limit their diets to [[Diets#Gourmet_Food|Gourmet Food]] completely.

==== Which settlers (if any) do you give a better diet to? ====

When you have limited food of different value available, you may like to consider giving certain settlers a better Diet than normal. As an example, when you have a [[Mage]] as one of your settlers, you may like to prioritize giving him/her a diet of only a good selection of Gourmet food (12 plus items) to maximize their Happiness, as doing so may provide you with better prices in [[Coins|Coin]] transactions that you make and he/she may offer you better [[Enchanting|Enchantments]] more often.

==== How to keep some of the best food for yourself? ====

This has been somewhat answered already and may be somewhat obvious. The best technique is to keep some storage chests in your room ('''''not''''' added to the settlement storage) to contain food that you do not want the settlers to eat. You can also get the settlers to cook a good Gourmet food item, but not include it in any of their diets so they will not touch the stock of that item once it is cooked.

==== How many Cooks and Cooking facilities do you need? ====

This is not an easy question to answer! But if you have a very large settlement (e.g. over 50 villagers), then managing them all becomes far more complex. Generally, you will need to use the [[Settlement Interface]], [[Work priorities]] to dedicate sufficient settlers to [[Crafting]]. It is recommended to dedicate a number of [[Villager|Villagers]] to cooking, perhaps renaming them to ''Cook Christine'', ''Cook Dave'', etc. and restricting their area (using the [[Settlement Interface]], [[Restrict]]) to the cook's room and their route to and from the cooking facilities they are going to use ([[Roasting Station]], [[Cooking Pot]] and/or [[Cooking Station]]).

Regarding the number of cooking workstations, it is generally better to have at least as many of them as the settlers you wish to concentrate on cooking, plus at least one spare for use by occasional cooks, who may normally specialize in their main professional task (e.g. an [[Angler]] mainly concentrating on [[Fishing]]) but sometimes cook for themselves. It is better to have a number of cooking workstations with one (or a small number) of recipes added, rather than one cooking pot with a long list of recipes.

Diets

2023-04-25T07:48:41Z

Arrowmaster: /* Advice on Setting Diets */ Added new sub-section on considering giving some settlers a better diet

[[File:Diets.png|thumb|600px|Diets menu]]

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== About Diets ==

[[Diets]] is the fifth settings button from the left in the [[Settlement Interface]].

To avoid [[Hunger]], you and all of your settlers need to eat food regularly. There are three main classes of food set by '''Diets''' for each settler:

# '''Simple Food'''
# '''Fine Food'''
# '''Gourmet Food'''

A Diet can be set for each settler, which may include any number of items within each food type. This page lists all of the food that can be selected as part of a diet, but only once that particular food item is available to the player. As well as how to set a default diet for all new settlers (which is highly recommended, as we will explain later), we will detail the advantages and disadvantages of setting each item for each particular type of settler [[NPC]].

== Consumable Food Types ==

Before we look at the diets that you set for each of your settlers, it is good to know a little about the Consumable food types that you choose items from when you [[Assign Storage]] for a [[Chest]].

There are two Consumable food types that you (and your [[NPC|NPCs]]) can ''(mostly)'' eat:

* [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]]
* '''Food''' ([[Meals]])

There is also one that nobody can even attempt to eat ''(raw)'':

* [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]]

Here is a brief description of these food types and how they relate to the Food classes for setting Diets:

* '''The Consumable: [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]] type''' is always a '''Simple''' Food class, if it is possible to attempt to eat an item included. Although most ''(but not all)'' Raw Food can be eaten (except things like [[Wheat]]), some items are healthy like fruit (e.g. [[Apple|Apples]]), whereas other Raw Food is not good for you (e.g. [[Raw_Pork|Raw Pork]]).

* '''The Consumable: Food type''' comprises cooked '''[[Meals]]''' (but these also include some Drinks, e.g. [[Cappuccino]] ). Food of this type is in either the '''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class.

* '''Consumable: [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]] type''' can be grilled (as a '''Simple''' food class) or cooked as part of a [[Meals|Meal]] ('''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class).

== Using Change Diet ==

When you click a '''Change Diet''' button, a dialog box will be displayed with ''(by default)'' all three food classes ticked, which means all possible food available can be eaten by your settlers. This is not a good idea, as we will explain later. Here is an example of the dialog box for showing three possible types of selection, for New Settlers:

* '''Green horizontal line''' - Some food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Green tick''' - All food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Red cross''' - No food in the class is included in the Diet.

 
[[File:Diet_New_Settlers_1.png|border|left|text-bottom|Change Diet Dialog Box]]

 

Again, a selection like this for '''New Settlers''' is not a good idea as it is ''highly recommended'' to exclude some Fine Food items from the diet of '''''all''''' settlers; for example [[Bread]] is more valuable to be kept and used as an ingredient for cooking Gourmet food. It is best to drill down and individually check, or un-check, each food item that you have currently available. As with other settings in the [[Settlement Interface]] (such as those used for [[Assign storage]] under [[Assign work]]), you can Copy one set of Diet settings and Paste it for use by any number of other settlers.

Note: Raw food items like vegetables will only be available to be checked/unchecked once you have obtained some of them: either as grown vegetables, or after you have grown some from [[Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] and harvested them (e.g. [[Onion Seeds]] can be obtained in some underground locations).

It is ''highly recommended'' that you have a quick glance through the Diet food sections on this page, then read the [[#Advice on Setting Diets]] section thoroughly, before attempting to set Diets for your settlers.

== Simple Food ==

There are two tiers of Simple Food:

* '''Tier 1 (Green)''' - Best Simple Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).
* '''Tier 2 (White)''' - Common Simple Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).

Tier 1 Simple food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as the Duration is always 4 minutes).
 
[[File:Simple_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Apple.png|32px]] [[Apple]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Apple Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Banana.png|32px]] [[Banana]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Banana Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Beef.png|32px]] [[Beef]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Beef]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blackberry.png|32px]] [[Blackberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blackberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blueberry.png|32px]] [[Blueberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blueberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Cabbage.png|32px]] [[Cabbage]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Cabbage Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Carrot.png|32px]] [[Carrot]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Carrot Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Chili Pepper.png|32px]] [[Chili Pepper]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Chili Pepper Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Coconut.png|32px]] [[Coconut]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Coconut Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Corn.png|32px]] [[Corn]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Corn Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Duck Breast]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Eggplant.png|32px]] [[Eggplant]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Eggplant Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Frog Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Lemon.png|32px]] [[Lemon]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Lemon Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Milk.png|32px]] [[Milk]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Onion.png|32px]] [[Onion]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Onion Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Potato.png|32px]] [[Potato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Potato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Pumpkin.png|32px]] [[Pumpkin]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Pumpkin Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Rabbit Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Mutton.png|32px]] [[Raw Mutton]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] - [[Raw Mutton]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Pork.png|32px]] [[Raw Pork]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Raw Pork]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Strawberry.png|32px]] [[Strawberry]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Strawberry Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Tomato.png|32px]] [[Tomato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Tomato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: All items are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food. Although Fruit is good, how many people eat most raw vegetables (?), and it is not at all advisable to eat raw meat (although you may let your settlers do so, if you really must and they have acute [[Hunger]])!

== Fine Food ==

There are two tiers of Fine Food:

* '''Tier 1 (Green)''' - Best Fine Food (Duration '''8''' minutes).
* '''Tier 2 (White)''' - Common Fine Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).

Tier 1 Fine food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as well as Duration).
 
[[File:Fine_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Bread.png|32px]] [[Bread]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Candyapple.png|32px]] [[Candy Apple]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Apple Tree]] || Cooked Fruit
|-
| [[File:Cheese.png|32px]] [[Cheese]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Donut.png|32px]] [[Donut]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || Cooked Pastry
|-
| [[File:Popcorn.png|32px]] [[Popcorn]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Corn]] || Cooked Snack
|-
| [[File:Roasted Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Roasted Duck Breast]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Fish.png|32px]] [[Roasted Fish]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Angler]] - [[Common Fish]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Frog Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Mutton.png|32px]] [[Roasted Mutton]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Pork.png|32px]] [[Roasted Pork]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Pig]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Rabbit Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Steak.png|32px]] [[Steak]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] || Domestic Meat
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: Bread and Cheese are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food.

== Gourmet Food ==

There are three tiers of Gourmet Food:

# '''Tier 1 (Purple)''' - Finest Gourmet Food (Duration '''20''' minutes).
# '''Tier 2 (Yellow)''' - Great Gourmet Food (Duration '''16''' minutes).
# '''Tier 3 (Blue)''' - Good Gourmet Food (Duration '''12''' minutes).

Tier 1 Gourmet food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as well as Duration).
 
[[File:Gourmet_Food_Tiers.png|left|671px|Gourmet Food Tiers]]

 

The following table list all Gourmet [[Meals|meals]]. Here are some key points:

* All '''Gourmet''' food is a [[Meals|Meal]] cooked in either a [[Cooking Pot]] or [[Cooking Station]].
* No Gourmet food can act as an '''Ingredient''' for another cooked meal/dish.
* The '''Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar''' column is provided to help you understand how difficult it may be for your settlers to regularly cook these meals, bearing in mind that those ingredients need to be milked or pressed (Dairy: Milk, Cheese) or milled (Flour and Sugar) or produced from milled ingredient (Bread from Flour). Coffee is milled too, but that should be obvious for [[Black Coffee]] and [[Cappuccino]]. All other Gourmet food is easier for your settlers to cook regularly, provided that you grow a sufficient quantity of the plants/trees/bushes required for those ingredients and have [[Hunter|Hunters]], [[Animal Keeper|Animal Keepers]] and/or [[Angler|Anglers]] configured to obtain the meat or fish items for use in the relevant meal types.
* The '''Tier''' column is more to give you an idea of how useful a particular food is for your own use, rather than use by your settlers. You may consider banning some items for settler Diet use (for example: [[Pork Tenderloin]] which can provide the maximum possible +80 Max Health).
* See [[Meals]] to see a list of the Effects and Recipes for all meals, or click any single item to see that information for a single one individually. Note: This information is not generally important when setting Settler Diets (except, possibly, with regard to defense against [[Raid|Raids]]).

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar? !! Remarks
|-
| {{Item|Banana Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Beef Goulash}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Black Coffee}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Blackberry Ice Cream}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Blueberry Cake}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Cappuccino}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Cheese Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Bread]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Eggplant Parmesan}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fish Taco}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fish and Chips}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Flour]] || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fresh Potato Salad}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fried Pork}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fruit Smoothie}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Hotdog}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Bread]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Junior Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Lemon Tart}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Meatballs}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Flour]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Miners Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Nachos}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Flour]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Pork Tenderloin}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Pumpkin Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Rice Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Shish Kebab}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Smoked Fillet}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Spaghetti Bolognese}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Strawberry Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Sushi Rolls}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Sweet Lemonade}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Sugar]] || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Tropical Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Meat Dish
|}

== Advice on Setting Diets ==

Before attempting to set Diets for your settlers, there are some things that you need to be aware of including:

* '''Food Quality'''.
* '''Diet Variety'''.
* '''Optimising Settings for Settlers and Yourself'''.

=== Food quality ===
Having settlers eat better quality food is perhaps the easiest way to increase their happiness. 
Settlers will only eat from chests assigned as settlement storage (using [[Assign storage]] under [[Assign work]] of the [[Settlement Interface]]).

{| class="wikitable"
! Food quality || Happiness
|-
| Simple || +10%
|-
| Fine || +20%
|-
| Gourmet || +35%
|}

=== Diet Variety ===
Providing your villager with a wider variety of foods for them to eat will increase their happiness.
{| class="wikitable"
! Name || Different Foods || Happiness
|-
| No Variety || 0 || +0%
|-
| Slightly Varied || 2-4 || +10%
|-
| Somewhat Varied || 5-7 || +20%
|-
| Nicely Varied || 8-11 || +30%
|-
| Extremely Varied || 12+ || +40%
|}

=== Optimising Settings for Settlers and Yourself ===

As can be seen from the information above, '''Food quality''' and '''Diet Variety''' are important, but there are some other factors to consider too, including:

* How many settlers do you currently have?
* What foods are better not to be used in a diet due to their negative effects when eaten?
* What food is better used as ingredients for cooking better food (once they are able to use the Recipe)?
* Which settlers (if any) do you give a better diet to?
* How to ensure you keep a sufficient quantity of food you would like to use yourself?
* How many settlers should concentrate on doing the cooking and how many cooking stations?

This list is not comprehensive and may be added to later, but it includes some of the main points to consider.

==== How many settlers? ====

When a settlement is small (less than 5 settlers) it is considered '''Not Crowded''' and the Diet you set for them is not so important. Once you have '''over 24''' settlers, then it is considered '''Extremely Crowded''' which is '''-40% happiness''' for each of them. At that point, giving them a selection of 12 or more Gourmet foods (and banning them from Simple and Fine foods) will give them the best happiness boost from their diet. See also [[Settlements#Crowding|Crowding]] information.

==== Ban food items? ====

As you will see from the table for [[Diets#Simple_Food|Simple Food]], some foods are best not eaten Raw due to the ill effects of doing so. These are the raw meat items: [[Beef]], [[Frog Leg]], [[Rabbit Leg]], [[Raw Mutton]] and [[Raw Pork]]. It is recommended to ban those items from all diets.

==== Allow eating a food item or ban it from their diet? ====

Most of the items in the [[Diets#Simple_Food|Simple Food]] list are used as ingredients to cook [[Diets#Fine_Food|Fine Food]] and/or [[Diets#Gourmet_Food|Gourmet Food]], so (when possible) it is best to stop settlers eating them as part of their Diet, or they will not have enough left (if any) to create the better food.

When you have first started a settlement, it is generally fine to let them eat things like Fruit ([[Apple|Apples]], [[Banana|Bananas]], [[Blackberry|Blackberries]], etc.) if you can grow them, as well as some Vegetables ([[Tomato|Tomatoes]], etc.), although it is recommended not to include [[Milk]] unless you really need to, or you or they will have none left of this vital ingredient to cook many dishes. Bear in mind, it is much easier to increase the amount of some food items by just growing more of them, but it is not so easy to produce a large quantity of [[Milk]], even with a lot of [[Cow|Cows]] and several [[Animal Keeper|Animal Keepers]].

As your settlement increases in size and you gain more settlers, then upgrade their diets to eat more '''Fine''' and '''Gourmet''' meals and ban them from eating Simple food when you can so that you can use this class of food entirely as ingredients. When possible, limit their diets to [[Diets#Gourmet_Food|Gourmet Food]] completely.

==== Which settlers (if any) do you give a better diet to? ====

When you have limited food of different value available, you may like to consider giving certain settlers a better Diet than normal. As an example, when you have a [[Mage]] as one of your settlers, you may like to prioritize giving him/her a diet of only a good selection of Gourmet food (12 plus items) to maximize their Happiness, as doing so may provide you with better prices in [[Coins|Coin]] transactions that you make and he may offer you better [[Enchanting|Enchantments]] more often.

==== How to keep some of the best food for yourself? ====

This has been somewhat answered already and may be somewhat obvious. The best technique is to keep some storage chests in your room ('''''not''''' added to the settlement storage) to contain food that you do not want the settlers to eat. You can also get the settlers to cook a good Gourmet food item, but not include it in any of their diets so they will not touch the stock of that item once it is cooked.

==== How many Cooks and Cooking facilities do you need? ====

This is not an easy question to answer! But if you have a very large settlement (e.g. over 50 villagers), then managing them all becomes far more complex. Generally, you will need to use the [[Settlement Interface]], [[Work priorities]] to dedicate sufficient settlers to [[Crafting]]. It is recommended to dedicate a number of [[Villager|Villagers]] to cooking, perhaps renaming them to ''Cook Christine'', ''Cook Dave'', etc. and restricting their area (using the [[Settlement Interface]], [[Restrict]]) to the cook's room and their route to and from the cooking facilities they are going to use ([[Roasting Station]], [[Cooking Pot]] and/or [[Cooking Station]]).

Regarding the number of cooking workstations, it is generally better to have at least as many of them as the settlers you wish to concentrate on cooking, plus at least one spare for use by occasional cooks, who may normally specialize in their main professional task (e.g. an [[Angler]] mainly concentrating on [[Fishing]]) but sometimes cook for themselves. It is better to have a number of cooking workstations with one (or a small number) of recipes added, rather than one cooking pot with a long list of recipes.

Diets

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[[File:Diets.png|thumb|600px|Diets menu]]

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== About Diets ==

[[Diets]] is the fifth settings button from the left in the [[Settlement Interface]].

To avoid [[Hunger]], you and all of your settlers need to eat food regularly. There are three main classes of food set by '''Diets''' for each settler:

# '''Simple Food'''
# '''Fine Food'''
# '''Gourmet Food'''

A Diet can be set for each settler, which may include any number of items within each food type. This page lists all of the food that can be selected as part of a diet, but only once that particular food item is available to the player. As well as how to set a default diet for all new settlers (which is highly recommended, as we will explain later), we will detail the advantages and disadvantages of setting each item for each particular type of settler [[NPC]].

== Consumable Food Types ==

Before we look at the diets that you set for each of your settlers, it is good to know a little about the Consumable food types that you choose items from when you [[Assign Storage]] for a [[Chest]].

There are two Consumable food types that you (and your [[NPC|NPCs]]) can ''(mostly)'' eat:

* [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]]
* '''Food''' ([[Meals]])

There is also one that nobody can even attempt to eat ''(raw)'':

* [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]]

Here is a brief description of these food types and how they relate to the Food classes for setting Diets:

* '''The Consumable: [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]] type''' is always a '''Simple''' Food class, if it is possible to attempt to eat an item included. Although most ''(but not all)'' Raw Food can be eaten (except things like [[Wheat]]), some items are healthy like fruit (e.g. [[Apple|Apples]]), whereas other Raw Food is not good for you (e.g. [[Raw_Pork|Raw Pork]]).

* '''The Consumable: Food type''' comprises cooked '''[[Meals]]''' (but these also include some Drinks, e.g. [[Cappuccino]] ). Food of this type is in either the '''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class.

* '''Consumable: [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]] type''' can be grilled (as a '''Simple''' food class) or cooked as part of a [[Meals|Meal]] ('''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class).

== Using Change Diet ==

When you click a '''Change Diet''' button, a dialog box will be displayed with ''(by default)'' all three food classes ticked, which means all possible food available can be eaten by your settlers. This is not a good idea, as we will explain later. Here is an example of the dialog box for showing three possible types of selection, for New Settlers:

* '''Green horizontal line''' - Some food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Green tick''' - All food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Red cross''' - No food in the class is included in the Diet.

 
[[File:Diet_New_Settlers_1.png|border|left|text-bottom|Change Diet Dialog Box]]

 

Again, a selection like this for '''New Settlers''' is not a good idea as it is ''highly recommended'' to exclude some Fine Food items from the diet of '''''all''''' settlers; for example [[Bread]] is more valuable to be kept and used as an ingredient for cooking Gourmet food. It is best to drill down and individually check, or un-check, each food item that you have currently available. As with other settings in the [[Settlement Interface]] (such as those used for [[Assign storage]] under [[Assign work]]), you can Copy one set of Diet settings and Paste it for use by any number of other settlers.

Note: Raw food items like vegetables will only be available to be checked/unchecked once you have obtained some of them: either as grown vegetables, or after you have grown some from [[Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] and harvested them (e.g. [[Onion Seeds]] can be obtained in some underground locations).

It is ''highly recommended'' that you have a quick glance through the Diet food sections on this page, then read the [[#Advice on Setting Diets]] section thoroughly, before attempting to set Diets for your settlers.

== Simple Food ==

There are two tiers of Simple Food:

* '''Tier 1 (Green)''' - Best Simple Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).
* '''Tier 2 (White)''' - Common Simple Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).

Tier 1 Simple food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as the Duration is always 4 minutes).
 
[[File:Simple_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Apple.png|32px]] [[Apple]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Apple Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Banana.png|32px]] [[Banana]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Banana Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Beef.png|32px]] [[Beef]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Beef]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blackberry.png|32px]] [[Blackberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blackberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blueberry.png|32px]] [[Blueberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blueberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Cabbage.png|32px]] [[Cabbage]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Cabbage Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Carrot.png|32px]] [[Carrot]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Carrot Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Chili Pepper.png|32px]] [[Chili Pepper]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Chili Pepper Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Coconut.png|32px]] [[Coconut]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Coconut Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Corn.png|32px]] [[Corn]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Corn Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Duck Breast]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Eggplant.png|32px]] [[Eggplant]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Eggplant Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Frog Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Lemon.png|32px]] [[Lemon]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Lemon Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Milk.png|32px]] [[Milk]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Onion.png|32px]] [[Onion]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Onion Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Potato.png|32px]] [[Potato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Potato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Pumpkin.png|32px]] [[Pumpkin]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Pumpkin Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Rabbit Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Mutton.png|32px]] [[Raw Mutton]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] - [[Raw Mutton]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Pork.png|32px]] [[Raw Pork]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Raw Pork]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Strawberry.png|32px]] [[Strawberry]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Strawberry Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Tomato.png|32px]] [[Tomato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Tomato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: All items are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food. Although Fruit is good, how many people eat most raw vegetables (?), and it is not at all advisable to eat raw meat (although you may let your settlers do so, if you really must and they have acute [[Hunger]])!

== Fine Food ==

There are two tiers of Fine Food:

* '''Tier 1 (Green)''' - Best Fine Food (Duration '''8''' minutes).
* '''Tier 2 (White)''' - Common Fine Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).

Tier 1 Fine food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as well as Duration).
 
[[File:Fine_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Bread.png|32px]] [[Bread]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Candyapple.png|32px]] [[Candy Apple]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Apple Tree]] || Cooked Fruit
|-
| [[File:Cheese.png|32px]] [[Cheese]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Donut.png|32px]] [[Donut]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || Cooked Pastry
|-
| [[File:Popcorn.png|32px]] [[Popcorn]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Corn]] || Cooked Snack
|-
| [[File:Roasted Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Roasted Duck Breast]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Fish.png|32px]] [[Roasted Fish]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Angler]] - [[Common Fish]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Frog Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Mutton.png|32px]] [[Roasted Mutton]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Pork.png|32px]] [[Roasted Pork]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Pig]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Rabbit Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Steak.png|32px]] [[Steak]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] || Domestic Meat
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: Bread and Cheese are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food.

== Gourmet Food ==

There are three tiers of Gourmet Food:

# '''Tier 1 (Purple)''' - Finest Gourmet Food (Duration '''20''' minutes).
# '''Tier 2 (Yellow)''' - Great Gourmet Food (Duration '''16''' minutes).
# '''Tier 3 (Blue)''' - Good Gourmet Food (Duration '''12''' minutes).

Tier 1 Gourmet food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as well as Duration).
 
[[File:Gourmet_Food_Tiers.png|left|671px|Gourmet Food Tiers]]

 

The following table list all Gourmet [[Meals|meals]]. Here are some key points:

* All '''Gourmet''' food is a [[Meals|Meal]] cooked in either a [[Cooking Pot]] or [[Cooking Station]].
* No Gourmet food can act as an '''Ingredient''' for another cooked meal/dish.
* The '''Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar''' column is provided to help you understand how difficult it may be for your settlers to regularly cook these meals, bearing in mind that those ingredients need to be milked or pressed (Dairy: Milk, Cheese) or milled (Flour and Sugar) or produced from milled ingredient (Bread from Flour). Coffee is milled too, but that should be obvious for [[Black Coffee]] and [[Cappuccino]]. All other Gourmet food is easier for your settlers to cook regularly, provided that you grow a sufficient quantity of the plants/trees/bushes required for those ingredients and have [[Hunter|Hunters]], [[Animal Keeper|Animal Keepers]] and/or [[Angler|Anglers]] configured to obtain the meat or fish items for use in the relevant meal types.
* The '''Tier''' column is more to give you an idea of how useful a particular food is for your own use, rather than use by your settlers. You may consider banning some items for settler Diet use (for example: [[Pork Tenderloin]] which can provide the maximum possible +80 Max Health).
* See [[Meals]] to see a list of the Effects and Recipes for all meals, or click any single item to see that information for a single one individually. Note: This information is not generally important when setting Settler Diets (except, possibly, with regard to defense against [[Raid|Raids]]).

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar? !! Remarks
|-
| {{Item|Banana Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Beef Goulash}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Black Coffee}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Blackberry Ice Cream}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Blueberry Cake}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Cappuccino}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Cheese Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Bread]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Eggplant Parmesan}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fish Taco}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fish and Chips}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Flour]] || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fresh Potato Salad}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fried Pork}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fruit Smoothie}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Hotdog}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Bread]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Junior Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Lemon Tart}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Meatballs}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Flour]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Miners Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Nachos}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Flour]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Pork Tenderloin}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Pumpkin Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Rice Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Shish Kebab}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Smoked Fillet}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Spaghetti Bolognese}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Strawberry Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Sushi Rolls}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Sweet Lemonade}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Sugar]] || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Tropical Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Meat Dish
|}

== Advice on Setting Diets ==

Before attempting to set Diets for your settlers, there are some things that you need to be aware of including:

* '''Food Quality'''.
* '''Diet Variety'''.
* '''Optimising Settings for Settlers and Yourself'''.

=== Food quality ===
Having settlers eat better quality food is perhaps the easiest way to increase their happiness. 
Settlers will only eat from chests assigned as settlement storage (using [[Assign storage]] under [[Assign work]] of the [[Settlement Interface]]).

{| class="wikitable"
! Food quality || Happiness
|-
| Simple || +10%
|-
| Fine || +20%
|-
| Gourmet || +35%
|}

=== Diet Variety ===
Providing your villager with a wider variety of foods for them to eat will increase their happiness.
{| class="wikitable"
! Name || Different Foods || Happiness
|-
| No Variety || 0 || +0%
|-
| Slightly Varied || 2-4 || +10%
|-
| Somewhat Varied || 5-7 || +20%
|-
| Nicely Varied || 8-11 || +30%
|-
| Extremely Varied || 12+ || +40%
|}

=== Optimising Settings for Settlers and Yourself ===

As can be seen from the information above, '''Food quality''' and '''Diet Variety''' are important, but there are some other factors to consider too, including:

* How many settlers do you currently have?
* What foods are better not to be used in a diet due to their negative effects when eaten?
* What food is better used as ingredients for cooking better food (once they are able to use the Recipe)?
* Which settlers (if any) do you give a better diet to?
* How to ensure you keep a sufficient quantity of food you would like to use yourself?
* How many settlers should concentrate on doing the cooking and how many cooking stations?

This list is not comprehensive and may be added to later, but it includes some of the main points to consider.

==== How many settlers? ====

When a settlement is small (less than 5 settlers) it is considered '''Not Crowded''' and the Diet you set for them is not so important. Once you have '''over 24''' settlers, then it is considered '''Extremely Crowded''' which is '''-40% happiness''' for each of them. At that point, giving them a selection of 12 or more Gourmet foods (and banning them from Simple and Fine foods) will give them the best happiness boost from their diet. See also [[Settlements#Crowding|Crowding]] information.

==== Ban food items? ====

As you will see from the table for [[Diets#Simple_Food|Simple Food]], some foods are best not eaten Raw due to the ill effects of doing so. These are the raw meat items: [[Beef]], [[Frog Leg]], [[Rabbit Leg]], [[Raw Mutton]] and [[Raw Pork]]. It is recommended to ban those items from all diets.

==== Allow eating a food item or ban it from their diet? ====

Most of the items in the [[Diets#Simple_Food|Simple Food]] list are used as ingredients to cook [[Diets#Fine_Food|Fine Food]] and/or [[Diets#Gourmet_Food|Gourmet Food]], so (when possible) it is best to stop settlers eating them as part of their Diet, or they will not have enough left (if any) to create the better food.

When you have first started a settlement, it is generally fine to let them eat things like Fruit ([[Apple|Apples]], [[Banana|Bananas]], [[Blackberry|Blackberries]], etc.) if you can grow them, as well as some Vegetables ([[Tomato|Tomatoes]], etc.), although it is recommended not to include [[Milk]] unless you really need to, or you or they will have none left of this vital ingredient to cook many dishes. Bear in mind, it is much easier to increase the amount of some food items by just growing more of them, but it is not so easy to produce a large quantity of [[Milk]], even with a lot of [[Cow|Cows]] and several [[Animal Keeper|Animal Keepers]].

As your settlement increases in size and you gain more settlers, then upgrade their diets to eat more '''Fine''' and '''Gourmet''' meals and ban them from eating Simple food when you can so that you can use this class of food entirely as ingredients. When possible, limit their diets to [[Diets#Gourmet_Food|Gourmet Food]] completely.

==== How to keep some of the best food for yourself? ====

This has been somewhat answered already and may be somewhat obvious. The best technique is to keep some storage chests in your room ('''''not''''' added to the settlement storage) to contain food that you do not want the settlers to eat. You can also get the settlers to cook a good Gourmet food item, but not include it in any of their diets so they will not touch the stock of that item once it is cooked.

==== How many Cooks and Cooking facilities do you need? ====

This is not an easy question to answer! But if you have a very large settlement (e.g. over 50 villagers), then managing them all becomes far more complex. Generally, you will need to use the [[Settlement Interface]], [[Work priorities]] to dedicate sufficient settlers to [[Crafting]]. It is recommended to dedicate a number of [[Villager|Villagers]] to cooking, perhaps renaming them to ''Cook Christine'', ''Cook Dave'', etc. and restricting their area (using the [[Settlement Interface]], [[Restrict]]) to the cook's room and their route to and from the cooking facilities they are going to use ([[Roasting Station]], [[Cooking Pot]] and/or [[Cooking Station]]).

Regarding the number of cooking workstations, it is generally better to have at least as many of them as the settlers you wish to concentrate on cooking, plus at least one spare for use by occasional cooks, who may normally specialize in their main professional task (e.g. an [[Angler]] mainly concentrating on [[Fishing]]) but sometimes cook for themselves. It is better to have a number of cooking workstations with one (or a small number) of recipes added, rather than one cooking pot with a long list of recipes.

Diets

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[[File:Diets.png|thumb|600px|Diets menu]]

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== About Diets ==

[[Diets]] is the fifth settings button from the left in the [[Settlement Interface]].

To avoid [[Hunger]], you and all of your settlers need to eat food regularly. There are three main classes of food set by '''Diets''' for each settler:

# '''Simple Food'''
# '''Fine Food'''
# '''Gourmet Food'''

A Diet can be set for each settler, which may include any number of items within each food type. This page lists all of the food that can be selected as part of a diet, but only once that particular food item is available to the player. As well as how to set a default diet for all new settlers (which is highly recommended, as we will explain later), we will detail the advantages and disadvantages of setting each item for each particular type of settler [[NPC]].

== Consumable Food Types ==

Before we look at the diets that you set for each of your settlers, it is good to know a little about the Consumable food types that you choose items from when you [[Assign Storage]] for a [[Chest]].

There are two Consumable food types that you (and your [[NPC|NPCs]]) can ''(mostly)'' eat:

* [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]]
* '''Food''' ([[Meals]])

There is also one that nobody can even attempt to eat ''(raw)'':

* [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]]

Here is a brief description of these food types and how they relate to the Food classes for setting Diets:

* '''The Consumable: [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]] type''' is always a '''Simple''' Food class, if it is possible to attempt to eat an item included. Although most ''(but not all)'' Raw Food can be eaten (except things like [[Wheat]]), some items are healthy like fruit (e.g. [[Apple|Apples]]), whereas other Raw Food is not good for you (e.g. [[Raw_Pork|Raw Pork]]).

* '''The Consumable: Food type''' comprises cooked '''[[Meals]]''' (but these also include some Drinks, e.g. [[Cappuccino]] ). Food of this type is in either the '''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class.

* '''Consumable: [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]] type''' can be grilled (as a '''Simple''' food class) or cooked as part of a [[Meals|Meal]] ('''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class).

== Using Change Diet ==

When you click a '''Change Diet''' button, a dialog box will be displayed with ''(by default)'' all three food classes ticked, which means all possible food available can be eaten by your settlers. This is not a good idea, as we will explain later. Here is an example of the dialog box for showing three possible types of selection, for New Settlers:

* '''Green horizontal line''' - Some food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Green tick''' - All food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Red cross''' - No food in the class is included in the Diet.

 
[[File:Diet_New_Settlers_1.png|border|left|text-bottom|Change Diet Dialog Box]]

 

Again, a selection like this for '''New Settlers''' is not a good idea as it is ''highly recommended'' to exclude some Fine Food items from the diet of '''''all''''' settlers; for example [[Bread]] is more valuable to be kept and used as an ingredient for cooking Gourmet food. It is best to drill down and individually check, or un-check, each food item that you have currently available. As with other settings in the [[Settlement Interface]] (such as those used for [[Assign storage]] under [[Assign work]]), you can Copy one set of Diet settings and Paste it for use by any number of other settlers.

Note: Raw food items like vegetables will only be available to be checked/unchecked once you have obtained some of them: either as grown vegetables, or after you have grown some from [[Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] and harvested them (e.g. [[Onion Seeds]] can be obtained in some underground locations).

It is ''highly recommended'' that you have a quick glance through the Diet food sections on this page, then read the [[#Advice on Setting Diets]] section thoroughly, before attempting to set Diets for your settlers.

== Simple Food ==

There are two tiers of Simple Food:

* '''Tier 1 (Green)''' - Best Simple Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).
* '''Tier 2 (White)''' - Common Simple Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).

Tier 1 Simple food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as the Duration is always 4 minutes).
 
[[File:Simple_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Apple.png|32px]] [[Apple]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Apple Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Banana.png|32px]] [[Banana]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Banana Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Beef.png|32px]] [[Beef]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Beef]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blackberry.png|32px]] [[Blackberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blackberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blueberry.png|32px]] [[Blueberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blueberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Cabbage.png|32px]] [[Cabbage]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Cabbage Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Carrot.png|32px]] [[Carrot]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Carrot Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Chili Pepper.png|32px]] [[Chili Pepper]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Chili Pepper Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Coconut.png|32px]] [[Coconut]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Coconut Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Corn.png|32px]] [[Corn]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Corn Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Duck Breast]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Eggplant.png|32px]] [[Eggplant]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Eggplant Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Frog Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Lemon.png|32px]] [[Lemon]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Lemon Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Milk.png|32px]] [[Milk]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Onion.png|32px]] [[Onion]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Onion Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Potato.png|32px]] [[Potato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Potato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Pumpkin.png|32px]] [[Pumpkin]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Pumpkin Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Rabbit Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Mutton.png|32px]] [[Raw Mutton]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] - [[Raw Mutton]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Pork.png|32px]] [[Raw Pork]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Raw Pork]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Strawberry.png|32px]] [[Strawberry]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Strawberry Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Tomato.png|32px]] [[Tomato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Tomato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: All items are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food. Although Fruit is good, how many people eat most raw vegetables (?), and it is not at all advisable to eat raw meat (although you may let your settlers do so, if you really must and they have acute [[Hunger]])!

== Fine Food ==

There are two tiers of Fine Food:

* '''Tier 1 (Green)''' - Best Fine Food (Duration '''8''' minutes).
* '''Tier 2 (White)''' - Common Fine Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).

Tier 1 Fine food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as well as Duration).
 
[[File:Fine_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Bread.png|32px]] [[Bread]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Candyapple.png|32px]] [[Candy Apple]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Apple Tree]] || Cooked Fruit
|-
| [[File:Cheese.png|32px]] [[Cheese]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Donut.png|32px]] [[Donut]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || Cooked Pastry
|-
| [[File:Popcorn.png|32px]] [[Popcorn]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Corn]] || Cooked Snack
|-
| [[File:Roasted Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Roasted Duck Breast]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Fish.png|32px]] [[Roasted Fish]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Angler]] - [[Common Fish]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Frog Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Mutton.png|32px]] [[Roasted Mutton]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Pork.png|32px]] [[Roasted Pork]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Pig]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Rabbit Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Steak.png|32px]] [[Steak]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] || Domestic Meat
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: Bread and Cheese are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food.

== Gourmet Food ==

There are three tiers of Gourmet Food:

# '''Tier 1 (Purple)''' - Finest Gourmet Food (Duration '''20''' minutes).
# '''Tier 2 (Yellow)''' - Great Gourmet Food (Duration '''16''' minutes).
# '''Tier 3 (Blue)''' - Good Gourmet Food (Duration '''12''' minutes).

Tier 1 Gourmet food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as well as Duration).
 
[[File:Gourmet_Food_Tiers.png|left|671px|Gourmet Food Tiers]]

 

The following table list all Gourmet [[Meals|meals]]. Here are some key points:

* All '''Gourmet''' food is a [[Meals|Meal]] cooked in either a [[Cooking Pot]] or [[Cooking Station]].
* No Gourmet food can act as an '''Ingredient''' for another cooked meal/dish.
* The '''Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar''' column is provided to help you understand how difficult it may be for your settlers to regularly cook these meals, bearing in mind that those ingredients need to be milked or pressed (Dairy: Milk, Cheese) or milled (Flour and Sugar) or produced from milled ingredient (Bread from Flour). Coffee is milled too, but that should be obvious for [[Black Coffee]] and [[Cappuccino]]. All other Gourmet food is easier for your settlers to cook regularly, provided that you grow a sufficient quantity of the plants/trees/bushes required for those ingredients and have [[Hunter|Hunters]], [[Animal Keeper|Animal Keepers]] and/or [[Angler|Anglers]] configured to obtain the meat or fish items for use in the relevant meal types.
* The '''Tier''' column is more to give you an idea of how useful a particular food is for your own use, rather than use by your settlers. You may consider banning some items for settler Diet use (for example: [[Pork Tenderloin]] which can provide the maximum possible +80 Max Health).
* See [[Meals]] to see a list of the Effects and Recipes for all meals, or click any single item to see that information for a single one individually. Note: This information is not generally important when setting Settler Diets (except, possibly, with regard to defense against [[Raid|Raids]]).

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar? !! Remarks
|-
| {{Item|Banana Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Pudding / Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Beef Goulash}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Black Coffee}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Blackberry Ice Cream}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Blueberry Cake}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Cappuccino}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Cheese Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Bread]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Eggplant Parmesan}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fish Taco}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fish and Chips}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Flour]] || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fresh Potato Salad}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fried Pork}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fruit Smoothie}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Hotdog}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Bread]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Junior Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Lemon Tart}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Meatballs}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Flour]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Miners Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Nachos}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Flour]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Pork Tenderloin}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Pumpkin Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Rice Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Shish Kebab}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Smoked Fillet}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Spaghetti Bolognese}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Strawberry Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Sushi Rolls}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Sweet Lemonade}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Sugar]] || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Tropical Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Meat Dish
|}

== Advice on Setting Diets ==

Before attempting to set Diets for your settlers, there are some things that you need to be aware of including:

* '''Food Quality'''.
* '''Diet Variety'''.
* '''Optimising Settings for Settlers and Yourself'''.

=== Food quality ===
Having settlers eat better quality food is perhaps the easiest way to increase their happiness. 
Settlers will only eat from chests assigned as settlement storage (using [[Assign storage]] under [[Assign work]] of the [[Settlement Interface]]).

{| class="wikitable"
! Food quality || Happiness
|-
| Simple || +10%
|-
| Fine || +20%
|-
| Gourmet || +35%
|}

=== Diet Variety ===
Providing your villager with a wider variety of foods for them to eat will increase their happiness.
{| class="wikitable"
! Name || Different Foods || Happiness
|-
| No Variety || 0 || +0%
|-
| Slightly Varied || 2-4 || +10%
|-
| Somewhat Varied || 5-7 || +20%
|-
| Nicely Varied || 8-11 || +30%
|-
| Extremely Varied || 12+ || +40%
|}

=== Optimising Settings for Settlers and Yourself ===

As can be seen from the information above, '''Food quality''' and '''Diet Variety''' are important, but there are some other factors to consider too, including:

* How many settlers do you currently have?
* What foods are better not to be used in a diet due to their negative effects when eaten?
* What food is better used as ingredients for cooking better food (once they are able to use the Recipe)?
* Which settlers (if any) do you give a better diet to?
* How to ensure you keep a sufficient quantity of food you would like to use yourself?
* How many settlers should concentrate on doing the cooking and how many cooking stations?

This list is not comprehensive and may be added to later, but it includes some of the main points to consider.

==== How many settlers? ====

When a settlement is small (less than 5 settlers) it is considered '''Not Crowded''' and the Diet you set for them is not so important. Once you have '''over 24''' settlers, then it is considered '''Extremely Crowded''' which is '''-40% happiness''' for each of them. At that point, giving them a selection of 12 or more Gourmet foods (and banning them from Simple and Fine foods) will give them the best happiness boost from their diet. See also [[Settlements#Crowding|Crowding]] information.

==== Ban food items? ====

As you will see from the table for [[Diets#Simple_Food|Simple Food]], some foods are best not eaten Raw due to the ill effects of doing so. These are the raw meat items: [[Beef]], [[Frog Leg]], [[Rabbit Leg]], [[Raw Mutton]] and [[Raw Pork]]. It is recommended to ban those items from all diets.

==== Allow eating a food item or ban it from their diet? ====

Most of the items in the [[Diets#Simple_Food|Simple Food]] list are used as ingredients to cook [[Diets#Fine_Food|Fine Food]] and/or [[Diets#Gourmet_Food|Gourmet Food]], so (when possible) it is best to stop settlers eating them as part of their Diet, or they will not have enough left (if any) to create the better food.

When you have first started a settlement, it is generally fine to let them eat things like Fruit ([[Apple|Apples]], [[Banana|Bananas]], [[Blackberry|Blackberries]], etc.) if you can grow them, as well as some Vegetables ([[Tomato|Tomatoes]], etc.), although it is recommended not to include [[Milk]] unless you really need to, or you or they will have none left of this vital ingredient to cook many dishes. Bear in mind, it is much easier to increase the amount of some food items by just growing more of them, but it is not so easy to produce a large quantity of [[Milk]], even with a lot of [[Cow|Cows]] and several [[Animal Keeper|Animal Keepers]].

As your settlement increases in size and you gain more settlers, then upgrade their diets to eat more '''Fine''' and '''Gourmet''' meals and ban them from eating Simple food when you can so that you can use this class of food entirely as ingredients. When possible, limit their diets to [[Diets#Gourmet_Food|Gourmet Food]] completely.

==== How to keep some of the best food for yourself? ====

This has been somewhat answered already and may be somewhat obvious. The best technique is to keep some storage chests in your room ('''''not''''' added to the settlement storage) to contain food that you do not want the settlers to eat. You can also get the settlers to cook a good Gourmet food item, but not include it in any of their diets so they will not touch the stock of that item once it is cooked.

==== How many Cooks and Cooking facilities do you need? ====

This is not an easy question to answer! But if you have a very large settlement (e.g. over 50 villagers), then managing them all becomes far more complex. Generally, you will need to use the [[Settlement Interface]], [[Work priorities]] to dedicate sufficient settlers to [[Crafting]]. It is recommended to dedicate a number of [[Villager|Villagers]] to cooking, perhaps renaming them to ''Cook Christine'', ''Cook Dave'', etc. and restricting their area (using the [[Settlement Interface]], [[Restrict]]) to the cook's room and their route to and from the cooking facilities they are going to use ([[Roasting Station]], [[Cooking Pot]] and/or [[Cooking Station]]).

Regarding the number of cooking workstations, it is generally better to have at least as many of them as the settlers you wish to concentrate on cooking, plus at least one spare for use by occasional cooks, who may normally specialize in their main professional task (e.g. an [[Angler]] mainly concentrating on [[Fishing]]) but sometimes cook for themselves. It is better to have a number of cooking workstations with one (or a small number) of recipes added, rather than one cooking pot with a long list of recipes.

Settlements

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Settlements are Player made Villages. To start one, craft a [[Settlement Flag]] and place it down. [[Settlers]] can be recruited to join your settlement at other villages, or when you run into them in the world. 
For settlers to join, you need to build houses. Settlers will join if you meet their requirements, and your settlement has less then 2 homeless Settlers. 
A house or room needs to be at least 4 tiles inside, be completely covered in a valid flooring, have a door, and have at least one light source. In order for more settlers to move in under one settlement, an empty room has to have a bed. Some settlers have special requirements, like the Alchemist needs an Alchemist Table, and the Blacksmith needs an Anvil. It will say what they need when you try to move them into a house or room. 
Settlers will have jobs in a settlement, which they perform around their house. The Settlement Flag location does not matter. 

The [[Settlement Interface]] is displayed when you use the '''Open settlement''' keyboard Control ('''C''' by default). It is used to control your Settlement and to automate the actions of your settlers within it.
 
==Settlement Chests==
[[File:SettlerChest.png|thumb|right|]]
To allow settlers to use Storageboxes and Chests, Right-Click the chest to open its inventory, then press the Settlement Button at the top.
In the next screen, you can choose what items are allowed inside this chest. 

==Jobs==
[[File:Farmland Example.png|thumb|right|Example of a Farm]]
===Farming===
The [[Farmer]] will farm Farmland around his house 
Make a Farmland field close to the Farmer's house, and plant the seeds yourself. 
Once the seeds can be harvested, the Farmer will do this, and plant the same seed back on the tile. 
Be sure the Farmer has access to a chest with Seeds and Plants Allowed. 
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===Fertilize===
The Farmer will fertilize Farmland that is within assigned Fertilize Zone around his house. 
Go to Inventory (default=E) and press '''Settlement''', Then '''Work''', and choose '''Assign Fertilize Zone''', then select the land you want to use. 
The farmer will fertilize Farmland with planted seeds. 
Fertilized Farmland speeds up growth of the crop. 
Be sure the Farmer has access to a storage with [[Fertilizer]]. 
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[[File:Animals Fenced.png|thumb|thumb|right|Example of Fenced in Animals. The Cows will reproduce automatically, the Sheep won't.]]
===Animal Husbandry===
The [[Animal Keeper]] will take care of animals around his house. 
You will want your animals to be fenced in. Make some Fences, (ex. [[Wood Fence]]) and a Gate (Ex. [[Wood Fence Gate]]), and place them near the Animal Keepers house.
Go to Inventory (default=E) and press '''Settlement''', Then '''Work''', and choose '''Assign Husbandry Zone''', Then select your entire fenced area. 
Next, buy a [[Rope]] from the [[Farmer]] or [[Traveling Merchant]]. Use the rope (Right Mouse button) on a wild [[Sheep]] or [[Cow]], so it will follow you around. You can use multiple ropes at the same time. Right click on doors to keep them open. Lead the Animal into the fenced of area, and Right-Click to let it go. 
If you bring at least 2 Cows or 2 Sheep, you can start breeding them. Do this either by giving them [[Wheat]] by hand, or via a [[Feeding Trough]].
A Feeding Trough is a container, that can be filled with Wheat and, if placed inside the fenced off area, will keep the animals fed and multiplying. If the area gets too crowded with animals, they will stop feeding from the trough and you'll need to either kill some or enlarge the fenced in area for them to start eating again. You can also set a maximum number of animals to keep in a husbandry zone by left clicking the highlighted zone. Excess animals will be slaughtered. 
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===Forestry===
A Forestry zone can be assigned, for all Settlers to work in. 
Go to Inventory (default=E) and press '''Settlement''', Then '''Work''', and choose '''Assign Forestry Zone''', then select the land you want to use. 
Next, plant some [[Saplings]] in the selected area, and be sure to place a chest nearby with Sapplings and Logs allowed.
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==Other Tasks==
[[File:SettlementAnvil.png|thumb|right|]]
[[File:SettlementAnvil2.png|thumb|right|]]
When you set Recipes in [[Crafting Stations]], Settlers will use available Items from Chests, to craft these recipes. 
To set up a recipe, Right-Click a Workstation, and press the Settlement Button at the top. 
In the next screen, press '''Add Recipe''', and choose an item. To change the amount of items the settlers will craft, use the '+' and '-' in the itemline. 
For other settings, like 'Do until X' or Do Forever', press the arrows button in front of the '-', and choose the option. 
Holding shift and left clicking the '+' or '-' will move the number up or down by 10. 
Example: 
The Farmer can farm [[wheat]] automatically, and put it in a [[Chest]]. 
Place a [[Grain Mill]] nearby, and add the 'Flour' Recipe, so Settlers will get the [[Wheat]], and make [[Flour]]. 
Place a [[Cooking Station]] nearby, and add the 'Bread' Recipe. Settlers will get the [[Flour]], and make [[Bread]]. 

==Settlement Quests==
Settlement quests are quests given by the [[Elder]] settler. The quests follow the intended boss progression by first giving a regular quest to obtain an item from the next area, and then the quest to defeat the boss from that area. After completing the first area quest, you can always take more regular quests from a pool of all the areas you have completed quests in. The defeat boss quests give unique items as a reward, only obtainable from settlement quests. After the first time obtaining these unique items, they will start to be sold by the [[Traveling Merchant]]. Other quests give various rewards including rare ones like trinkets for the [[Toolbox]] and some unique costumes.

Quests from the same settlement are shared between all players that accept it. If one player completes it, other players will not be able to. The quest progression is unique to the settlement, meaning if you start a new settlement, you will have to start from the first quest tiers.

{| class="wikitable"
! Boss Quest || Reward
|-
| [[Evils Protector]] || [[Ammo Pouch]]
|-
| [[Queen Spider]] || [[Lunchbox]]
|-
| [[Void Wizard]] || [[Void Pouch]]
|-
| [[Swamp Guardian]] || [[Homestone]] and [[Waystone]]
|-
| [[Ancient Vulture]] || [[Recall Flask]]
|-
| [[Pirate Captain]] || [[Coin Pouch]]
|-
| [[Reaper]] || [[Hoverboard]]
|-
| [[Cryo Queen]] || [[Banner Stand]]
|-
| [[Sage and Grit]] || [[Blink Scepter]]
|-
| [[Fallen Wizard]] || [[Void Bag]]
|}

==Happiness==
Happy settlers give better shop prices and take shorter work breaks. If they get unhappy enough, they'll go on strike until you improve things. 
There are 5 different ways to increase settler happiness. Having more than 100% happiness on a settler has no effect.
{| class="wikitable"
! Happiness Levels || Happiness
|-
| Unhappy || 30%+
|-
| Somewhat Happy || 50%+
|-
| Even more Happy || 60%+
|-
| Very Happy || 80%+
|-
| Extremely Happy || 90%+
|}

===Food Quality===
Having settlers eat better quality food is perhaps the easiest way to increase their happiness. 
Settlers will only eat from chests assigned as settlement storage.
{| class="wikitable"
! Food quality || Happiness
|-
| Simple || +10%
|-
| Fine || +20%
|-
| Gourmet || +35%
|}

Use the [[Diets]] button in the [[Settlement Interface]] to control which food your settlers can eat, limiting their choices to [[Diets#Gourmet_Food|Gourmet Food]] items, when possible.

===Room Size===
Providing your villagers with larger rooms will increase their happiness.
{| class="wikitable"
! Name || Internal tiles || Happiness
|-
| Baby || 0-9 || +0
|-
| Tiny || 10-19 || +4
|-
| Small || 20-24 || +8
|-
| Mediocre || 25-29 || +10
|-
| Decent || 30-39 || +12
|-
| Large || 40-49 || +15
|-
| Huge || 50-59 || +18
|-
| Enormous || 60+ || +20
|}

===Furniture===
Proving your villagers with more and more varied furniture will increase their happiness. 
A room's furniture score is based on the different types and how much furniture is in the room. 
Examples of furniture types are: Chairs, Tables, Bed, Clock, Dresser, Flower, Candelabra etc. 
Having more than 1 of one type of furniture has diminishing returns on happiness.
{| class="wikitable"
! Name || Score || Happiness
|-
| Plain || 0 || +0%
|-
| Dull || 1 || +4%
|-
| Simple || 2 || +7%
|-
| Normal || 3 || +10%
|-
| Good || 4 || +13%
|-
| Impressive || 5 || +15%
|-
| Wonderful || 6 || +17%
|-
| Unrivaled || 7 || +20%
|}

===Diet Variety===
Providing your villager with a wider variety of foods for them to eat will increase their happiness.
{| class="wikitable"
! Name || Different Foods || Happiness
|-
| No Variety || 0 || +0%
|-
| Slightly Varied || 2-4 || +10%
|-
| Somewhat Varied || 5-7 || +20%
|-
| Nicely Varied || 8-11 || +30%
|-
| Extremely Varied || 12+ || +40%
|}

Use the [[Diets]] button in the [[Settlement Interface]] to control which food your settlers can eat, ensuring that they have a choice of at least 12 food items, if possible.

===Crowding===
If a villager is feeling crowded their happiness will be decreased. 
Crowding happens when you invite many settlers to your settlement. It is only dependent on the number of settlers, not on how close they are together.
{| class="wikitable"
! Name || Settlers || Happiness
|-
| Not Crowded || 0-5 || -0%
|-
| A Little Crowded || 6-11 || -10%
|-
| Somewhat Crowded || 12-17 || -20%
|-
| Very Crowded || 18-23 || -30%
|-
| Extremely Crowded || 24+ || -40%
|}

===Barracks===
If settlers have to share a sleeping area, they will have decreased mood.
This caps off at -50 mood.

{| class="wikitable"
! Number of Settlers|| Happiness

|-
| 2 || -30
|-
| 3 || -40
|-
| 4 || -50
|-

|}

Talk:Fine Food

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Arrowmaster:

I have added this page to [[Category:Work_in_progress]], although I intend to just have it as a redirect to the Fine Food section of the Diets page I am developing [[User:Arrowmaster/Tests/Diets]] when added to the main wiki. All Fine Food has now been added too [[Category:Fine Food]] but that is not used for anything useful at the moment. There is not a category for Simple Food or Gourmet Food yet either. Hopefully, the Diets page will be published this week.
[[Image:User Arrowmaster_Sig.png| ]]'''[[User:Arrowmaster|''Arrowmaster'']]''' ([[User talk:Arrowmaster|talk]]) 23:26, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

: Ok, so I have published the [[Diets]] page I have created, so this page now redirects to the Fine Food section on that page. [[Image:User Arrowmaster_Sig.png| ]]'''[[User:Arrowmaster|''Arrowmaster'']]''' ([[User talk:Arrowmaster|talk]]) 20:07, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

Simple Food

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Fine Food

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Gourmet Food

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Gourmet Food

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Simple Food

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#REDIRECT [[[[Diets#Simple_Food|Simple Food]]]]

Fine Food

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#REDIRECT [[[[Diets#Fine_Food|Fine Food]]]]

Talk:Diets

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Settlement Interface

2023-04-24T19:16:49Z

Arrowmaster: New Settlement Interface page

[[File:Settlement_Interface_Bar.png|thumb|400px|Settlement Interface Control Bar]]

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== About the Settlement Interface ==

The '''Settlement Interface''' is displayed when the player uses the '''Open settlement''' keyboard [[Controls|Control]] ('''C''' by default). It is used to control your [[Settlement]] and to automate the actions of your settlers within it. The buttons are:

# Settings
# Settlers
# Command
# Equipment
# [[Diets]]
# Restrict
# Defend Zone
# Work priorities
# Assign work

Here follows a brief introduction to the function of each button's purpose, but view the linked pages for full information on each one.

=== Settings button ===

=== Settlers button ===

=== Command button ===

=== Equipment button ===

=== Diets button ===

To avoid [[Hunger]], you and all of your settlers need to eat food regularly. There are three main classes of food set by [[Diets]] for each settler:

# [[Diets#Simple_Food|Simple Food]]
# [[Diets#Fine_Food|Fine Food]]
# [[Diets#Gourmet Food|Gourmet Food]]

A Diet can be set which may include any number of items within each food type.

Use the [[Diets]] button to set:

* The default Diet for '''New settlers''' joining the [[Settlement]].
* An individual Diet for '''each current Settler'''.

=== Restrict button ===

=== Defend zone button ===

=== Work priorities button ===

=== Assign work button ===

Diets

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[[File:Diets.png|thumb|600px|Diets menu]]

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== About Diets ==

[[Diets]] is the fifth settings button from the left in the [[Settlement Interface]].

To avoid [[Hunger]], you and all of your settlers need to eat food regularly. There are three main classes of food set by '''Diets''' for each settler:

# '''Simple Food'''
# '''Fine Food'''
# '''Gourmet Food'''

A Diet can be set for each settler, which may include any number of items within each food type. This page lists all of the food that can be selected as part of a diet, but only once that particular food item is available to the player. As well as how to set a default diet for all new settlers (which is highly recommended, as we will explain later), we will detail the advantages and disadvantages of setting each item for each particular type of settler [[NPC]].

== Consumable Food Types ==

Before we look at the diets that you set for each of your settlers, it is good to know a little about the Consumable food types that you choose items from when you [[Assign Storage]] for a [[Chest]].

There are two Consumable food types that you (and your [[NPC|NPCs]]) can ''(mostly)'' eat:

* [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]]
* '''Food''' ([[Meals]])

There is also one that nobody can even attempt to eat ''(raw)'':

* [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]]

Here is a brief description of these food types and how they relate to the Food classes for setting Diets:

* '''The Consumable: [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]] type''' is always a '''Simple''' Food class, if it is possible to attempt to eat an item included. Although most ''(but not all)'' Raw Food can be eaten (except things like [[Wheat]]), some items are healthy like fruit (e.g. [[Apple|Apples]]), whereas other Raw Food is not good for you (e.g. [[Raw_Pork|Raw Pork]]).

* '''The Consumable: Food type''' comprises cooked '''[[Meals]]''' (but these also include some Drinks, e.g. [[Cappuccino]] ). Food of this type is in either the '''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class.

* '''Consumable: [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]] type''' can be grilled (as a '''Simple''' food class) or cooked as part of a [[Meals|Meal]] ('''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class).

== Using Change Diet ==

When you click a '''Change Diet''' button, a dialog box will be displayed with ''(by default)'' all three food classes ticked, which means all possible food available can be eaten by your settlers. This is not a good idea, as we will explain later. Here is an example of the dialog box for showing three possible types of selection, for New Settlers:

* '''Green horizontal line''' - Some food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Green tick''' - All food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Red cross''' - No food in the class is included in the Diet.

 
[[File:Diet_New_Settlers_1.png|border|left|text-bottom|Change Diet Dialog Box]]

 

Again, a selection like this for '''New Settlers''' is not a good idea as it is ''highly recommended'' to exclude some Fine Food items from the diet of '''''all''''' settlers; for example [[Bread]] is more valuable to be kept and used as an ingredient for cooking Gourmet food. It is best to drill down and individually check, or un-check, each food item that you have currently available. As with other settings in the [[Settlement Interface]] (such as those used for [[Assign storage]] under [[Assign work]]), you can Copy one set of Diet settings and Paste it for use by any number of other settlers.

Note: Raw food items like vegetables will only be available to be checked/unchecked once you have obtained some of them: either as grown vegetables, or after you have grown some from [[Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] and harvested them (e.g. [[Onion Seeds]] can be obtained in some underground locations).

It is ''highly recommended'' that you have a quick glance through the Diet food sections on this page, then read the [[#Advice on Setting Diets]] section thoroughly, before attempting to set Diets for your settlers.

== Simple Food ==

There are two tiers of Simple Food:

* '''Tier 1 (Green)''' - Best Simple Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).
* '''Tier 2 (White)''' - Common Simple Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).

Tier 1 Simple food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as the Duration is always 4 minutes).
 
[[File:Simple_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Apple.png|32px]] [[Apple]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Apple Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Banana.png|32px]] [[Banana]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Banana Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Beef.png|32px]] [[Beef]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Beef]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blackberry.png|32px]] [[Blackberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blackberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blueberry.png|32px]] [[Blueberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blueberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Cabbage.png|32px]] [[Cabbage]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Cabbage Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Carrot.png|32px]] [[Carrot]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Carrot Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Chili Pepper.png|32px]] [[Chili Pepper]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Chili Pepper Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Coconut.png|32px]] [[Coconut]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Coconut Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Corn.png|32px]] [[Corn]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Corn Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Duck Breast]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Eggplant.png|32px]] [[Eggplant]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Eggplant Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Frog Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Lemon.png|32px]] [[Lemon]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Lemon Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Milk.png|32px]] [[Milk]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Onion.png|32px]] [[Onion]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Onion Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Potato.png|32px]] [[Potato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Potato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Pumpkin.png|32px]] [[Pumpkin]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Pumpkin Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Rabbit Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Mutton.png|32px]] [[Raw Mutton]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] - [[Raw Mutton]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Pork.png|32px]] [[Raw Pork]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Raw Pork]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Strawberry.png|32px]] [[Strawberry]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Strawberry Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Tomato.png|32px]] [[Tomato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Tomato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: All items are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food. Although Fruit is good, how many people eat most raw vegetables (?), and it is not at all advisable to eat raw meat (although you may let your settlers do so, if you really must and they have acute [[Hunger]])!

== Fine Food ==

There are two tiers of Fine Food:

* '''Tier 1 (Green)''' - Best Fine Food (Duration '''8''' minutes).
* '''Tier 2 (White)''' - Common Fine Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).

Tier 1 Fine food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as well as Duration).
 
[[File:Fine_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Bread.png|32px]] [[Bread]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Candyapple.png|32px]] [[Candy Apple]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Apple Tree]] || Cooked Fruit
|-
| [[File:Cheese.png|32px]] [[Cheese]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Donut.png|32px]] [[Donut]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || Cooked Pastry
|-
| [[File:Popcorn.png|32px]] [[Popcorn]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Corn]] || Cooked Snack
|-
| [[File:Roasted Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Roasted Duck Breast]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Fish.png|32px]] [[Roasted Fish]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Angler]] - [[Common Fish]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Frog Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Mutton.png|32px]] [[Roasted Mutton]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Pork.png|32px]] [[Roasted Pork]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Pig]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Rabbit Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Steak.png|32px]] [[Steak]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] || Domestic Meat
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: Bread and Cheese are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food.

== Gourmet Food ==

There are three tiers of Gourmet Food:

# '''Tier 1 (Purple)''' - Finest Gourmet Food (Duration '''20''' minutes).
# '''Tier 2 (Yellow)''' - Great Gourmet Food (Duration '''16''' minutes).
# '''Tier 3 (Blue)''' - Good Gourmet Food (Duration '''12''' minutes).

Tier 1 Gourmet food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as well as Duration).
 
[[File:Gourmet_Food_Tiers.png|left|671px|Gourmet Food Tiers]]

 

The following table list all Gourmet [[Meals|meals]]. Here are some key points:

* All '''Gourmet''' food is a [[Meals|Meal]] cooked in either a [[Cooking Pot]] or [[Cooking Station]].
* No Gourmet food can act as an '''Ingredient''' for another cooked meal/dish.
* The '''Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar''' column is provided to help you understand how difficult it may be for your settlers to regularly cook these meals, bearing in mind that those ingredients need to be milked or pressed (Dairy: Milk, Cheese) or milled (Flour and Sugar) or produced from milled ingredient (Bread from Flour). Coffee is milled too, but that should be obvious for [[Black Coffee]] and [[Cappuccino]]. All other Gourmet food is easier for your settlers to cook regularly, provided that you grow a sufficient quantity of the plants/trees/bushes required for those ingredients and have [[Hunter|Hunters]], [[Animal Keeper|Animal Keepers]] and/or [[Angler|Anglers]] are configured to obtain the meat or fish items for use in the relevant meal types.
* The '''Tier''' column is more to give you an idea of how useful a particular food is for your own use, rather than use by your settlers. You may consider banning some items for settler Diet use (for example: [[Pork Tenderloin]] which can provide the maximum possible +80 Max Health).
* See [[Meals]] to see a list of the Effects and Recipes for all meals, or click any single item to see that information for a single one individually. Note: This information is not generally important when setting Settler Diets (except, possibly, with regard to defense against [[Raid|Raids]]).

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar? !! Remarks
|-
| {{Item|Banana Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Pudding / Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Beef Goulash}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Black Coffee}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Blackberry Ice Cream}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Blueberry Cake}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Cappuccino}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Cheese Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Bread]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Eggplant Parmesan}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fish Taco}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fish and Chips}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Flour]] || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fresh Potato Salad}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fried Pork}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fruit Smoothie}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Hotdog}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Bread]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Junior Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Lemon Tart}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Meatballs}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Flour]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Miners Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Nachos}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Flour]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Pork Tenderloin}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Pumpkin Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Rice Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Shish Kebab}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Smoked Fillet}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Spaghetti Bolognese}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Strawberry Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Sushi Rolls}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Sweet Lemonade}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Sugar]] || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Tropical Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Meat Dish
|}

== Advice on Setting Diets ==

Before attempting to set Diets for your settlers, there are some things that you need to be aware of including:

* '''Food Quality'''.
* '''Diet Variety'''.
* '''Optimising Settings for Settlers and Yourself'''.

=== Food quality ===
Having settlers eat better quality food is perhaps the easiest way to increase their happiness. 
Settlers will only eat from chests assigned as settlement storage (using [[Assign storage]] under [[Assign work]] of the [[Settlement Interface]]).

{| class="wikitable"
! Food quality || Happiness
|-
| Simple || +10%
|-
| Fine || +20%
|-
| Gourmet || +35%
|}

=== Diet Variety ===
Providing your villager with a wider variety of foods for them to eat will increase their happiness.
{| class="wikitable"
! Name || Different Foods || Happiness
|-
| No Variety || 0 || +0%
|-
| Slightly Varied || 2-4 || +10%
|-
| Somewhat Varied || 5-7 || +20%
|-
| Nicely Varied || 8-11 || +30%
|-
| Extremely Varied || 12+ || +40%
|}

=== Optimising Settings for Settlers and Yourself ===

As can be seen from the information above, '''Food quality''' and '''Diet Variety''' are important, but there are some other factors to consider too, including:

* How many settlers do you currently have?
* What foods are better not to be used in a diet due to their negative effects when eaten?
* What food is better used as ingredients for cooking better food (once they are able to use the Recipe)?
* Which settlers (if any) do you give a better diet to?
* How to ensure you keep a sufficient quantity of food you would like to use yourself?
* How many settlers should concentrate on doing the cooking and how many cooking stations?

This list is not comprehensive and may be added to later, but it includes some of the main points to consider.

==== How many settlers? ====

When a settlement is small (less than 5 settlers) it is considered '''Not Crowded''' and the Diet you set for them is not so important. Once you have '''over 24''' settlers, then it is considered '''Extremely Crowded''' which is '''-40% happiness''' for each of them. At that point, giving them a selection of 12 or more Gourmet foods (and banning them from Simple and Fine foods) will give them the best happiness boost from their diet. See also [[Settlements#Crowding|Crowding]] information.

==== Ban food items? ====

As you will see from the table for [[Diets#Simple_Food|Simple Food]], some foods are best not eaten Raw due to the ill effects of doing so. These are the raw meat items: [[Beef]], [[Frog Leg]], [[Rabbit Leg]], [[Raw Mutton]] and [[Raw Pork]]. It is recommended to ban those items from all diets.

==== Allow eating a food item or ban it from their diet? ====

Most of the items in the [[Diets#Simple_Food|Simple Food]] list are used as ingredients to cook [[Diets#Fine_Food|Fine Food]] and/or [[Diets#Gourmet_Food|Gourmet Food]], so (when possible) it is best to stop settlers eating them as part of their Diet, or they will not have enough left (if any) to create the better food.

When you have first started a settlement, it is generally fine to let them eat things like Fruit ([[Apple|Apples]], [[Banana|Bananas]], [[Blackberry|Blackberries]], etc.) if you can grow them, as well as some Vegetables ([[Tomato|Tomatoes]], etc.), although it is recommended not to include [[Milk]] unless you really need to, or you or they will have none left of this vital ingredient to cook many dishes. Bear in mind, it is much easier to increase the amount of some food items by just growing more of them, but it is not so easy to produce a large quantity of [[Milk]], even with a lot of [[Cow|Cows]] and several [[Animal Keeper|Animal Keepers]].

As your settlement increases in size and you gain more settlers, then upgrade their diets to eat more '''Fine''' and '''Gourmet''' meals and ban them from eating Simple food when you can so that you can use this class of food entirely as ingredients. When possible, limit their diets to [[Diets#Gourmet_Food|Gourmet Food]] completely.

==== How to keep some of the best food for yourself? ====

This has been somewhat answered already and may be somewhat obvious. The best technique is to keep some storage chests in your room ('''''not''''' added to the settlement storage) to contain food that you do not want the settlers to eat. You can also get the settlers to cook a good Gourmet food item, but not include it in any of their diets so they will not touch the stock of that item once it is cooked.

==== How many Cooks and Cooking facilities do you need? ====

This is not an easy question to answer! But if you have a very large settlement (e.g. over 50 villagers), then managing them all becomes far more complex. Generally, you will need to use the [[Settlement Interface]], [[Work priorities]] to dedicate sufficient settlers to [[Crafting]]. It is recommended to dedicate a number of [[Villager|Villagers]] to cooking, perhaps renaming them to ''Cook Christine'', ''Cook Dave'', etc. and restricting their area (using the [[Settlement Interface]], [[Restrict]]) to the cook's room and their route to and from the cooking facilities they are going to use ([[Roasting Station]], [[Cooking Pot]] and/or [[Cooking Station]]).

Regarding the number of cooking workstations, it is generally better to have at least as many of them as the settlers you wish to concentrate on cooking, plus at least one spare for use by occasional cooks, who may normally specialize in their main professional task (e.g. an [[Angler]] mainly concentrating on [[Fishing]]) but sometimes cook for themselves. It is better to have a number of cooking workstations with one (or a small number) of recipes added, rather than one cooking pot with a long list of recipes.

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[[File:Settlement_Interface_Bar.png|thumb|400px|Settlement Interface Control Bar]]
== About the Settlement Interface ==

The '''Settlement Interface''' is displayed when the player uses the '''Open settlement''' keyboard [[Controls|Control]] ('''C''' by default). It is used to control your [[Settlement]] and to automate the actions of your settlers within it. The buttons are:

# Settings
# Settlers
# Command
# Equipment
# [[Diets]]
# Restrict
# Defend Zone
# Work priorities
# Assign work

Here follows a brief introduction to the function of each button's purpose, but view the linked pages for full information on each one.

=== Settings button ===

=== Settlers button ===

=== Command button ===

=== Equipment button ===

=== Diets button ===

To avoid [[Hunger]], you and all of your settlers need to eat food regularly. There are three main classes of food set by [[Diets]] for each settler:

# [[Diets#Simple_Food|Simple Food]]
# [[Diets#Fine_Food|Fine Food]]
# [[Diets#Gourmet Food|Gourmet Food]]

A Diet can be set which may include any number of items within each food type.

Use the [[Diets]] button to set:

* The default Diet for '''New settlers''' joining the [[Settlement]].
* An individual Diet for '''each current Settler'''.

=== Restrict button ===

=== Defend zone button ===

=== Work priorities button ===

=== Assign work button ===

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[[File:Settlement_Interface_Bar.png|thumb|400px|Settlement Interface Control Bar]]
== About the Settlement Interface ==

The '''Settlement Interface''' is displayed when the player uses the '''Open settlement''' keyboard [[Controls|Control]] ('''C''' by default). It is used to control your [[Settlement]] and to automate the actions of your settlers within it. The buttons are:

# Settings
# Settlers
# Command
# Equipment
# [[Diets]]
# Restrict
# Defend Zone
# Work priorities
# Assign work

Here follows a brief introduction to the function of each button's purpose, but view the linked pages for full information on each one.

=== Settings ===

=== Settlers ===

=== Command ===

=== Equipment ===

=== Diets ===

To avoid [[Hunger]], you and all of your settlers need to eat food regularly. There are three main classes of food set by '''Diets''' for each settler:

# '''Simple Food'''
# '''Fine Food'''
# '''Gourmet Food'''

A Diet can be set for each settler, which may include any number of items within each food type.

Use the [[Diets button]] to set:

* The default Diet for New Settlers for the [[Settlement]].
* An Individual Diet for each Settler.

=== Restrict ===

=== Defend Zone ===

=== Work priorities ===

=== Assign work ===

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== Summary ==
Settlement Interface Control Bar

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[[File:Diets.png|thumb|600px|Diets menu]]

== About Diets ==

[[Diets]] is the fifth settings button from the left in the [[Settlement Interface]].

To avoid [[Hunger]], you and all of your settlers need to eat food regularly. There are three main classes of food set by '''Diets''' for each settler:

# '''Simple Food'''
# '''Fine Food'''
# '''Gourmet Food'''

A Diet can be set for each settler, which may include any number of items within each food type. This page lists all of the food that can be selected as part of a diet, but only once that particular food item is available to the player. As well as how to set a default diet for all new settlers (which is highly recommended, as we will explain later), we will detail the advantages and disadvantages of setting each item for each particular type of settler [[NPC]].

== Consumable Food Types ==

Before we look at the diets that you set for each of your settlers, it is good to know a little about the Consumable food types that you choose items from when you [[Assign Storage]] for a [[Chest]].

There are two Consumable food types that you (and your [[NPC|NPCs]]) can ''(mostly)'' eat:

* [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]]
* '''Food''' ([[Meals]])

There is also one that nobody can even attempt to eat ''(raw)'':

* [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]]

Here is a brief description of these food types and how they relate to the Food classes for setting Diets:

* '''The Consumable: [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]] type''' is always a '''Simple''' Food class, if it is possible to attempt to eat an item included. Although most ''(but not all)'' Raw Food can be eaten (except things like [[Wheat]]), some items are healthy like fruit (e.g. [[Apple|Apples]]), whereas other Raw Food is not good for you (e.g. [[Raw_Pork|Raw Pork]]).

* '''The Consumable: Food type''' comprises cooked '''[[Meals]]''' (but these also include some Drinks, e.g. [[Cappuccino]] ). Food of this type is in either the '''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class.

* '''Consumable: [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]] type''' can be grilled (as a '''Simple''' food class) or cooked as part of a [[Meals|Meal]] ('''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class).

== Using Change Diet ==

When you click a '''Change Diet''' button, a dialog box will be displayed with ''(by default)'' all three food classes ticked, which means all possible food available can be eaten by your settlers. This is not a good idea, as we will explain later. Here is an example of the dialog box for showing three possible types of selection, for New Settlers:

* '''Green horizontal line''' - Some food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Green tick''' - All food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Red cross''' - No food in the class is included in the Diet.

 
[[File:Diet_New_Settlers_1.png|border|left|text-bottom|Change Diet Dialog Box]]

 

Again, a selection like this for '''New Settlers''' is not a good idea as it is ''highly recommended'' to exclude some Fine Food items from the diet of '''''all''''' settlers; for example [[Bread]] is more valuable to be kept and used as an ingredient for cooking Gourmet food. It is best to drill down and individually check, or un-check, each food item that you have currently available. As with other settings in the [[Settlement Interface]] (such as those used for [[Assign storage]] under [[Assign work]]), you can Copy one set of Diet settings and Paste it for use by any number of other settlers.

Note: Raw food items like vegetables will only be available to be checked/unchecked once you have obtained some of them: either as grown vegetables, or after you have grown some from [[Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] and harvested them (e.g. [[Onion Seeds]] can be obtained in some underground locations).

It is ''highly recommended'' that you have a quick glance through the Diet food sections on this page, then read the [[#Advice on Setting Diets]] section thoroughly, before attempting to set Diets for your settlers.

== Simple Food ==

There are two tiers of Simple Food:

* '''Tier 1 (Green)''' - Best Simple Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).
* '''Tier 2 (White)''' - Common Simple Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).

Tier 1 Simple food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as the Duration is always 4 minutes).
 
[[File:Simple_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Apple.png|32px]] [[Apple]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Apple Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Banana.png|32px]] [[Banana]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Banana Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Beef.png|32px]] [[Beef]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Beef]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blackberry.png|32px]] [[Blackberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blackberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blueberry.png|32px]] [[Blueberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blueberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Cabbage.png|32px]] [[Cabbage]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Cabbage Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Carrot.png|32px]] [[Carrot]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Carrot Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Chili Pepper.png|32px]] [[Chili Pepper]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Chili Pepper Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Coconut.png|32px]] [[Coconut]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Coconut Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Corn.png|32px]] [[Corn]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Corn Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Duck Breast]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Eggplant.png|32px]] [[Eggplant]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Eggplant Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Frog Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Lemon.png|32px]] [[Lemon]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Lemon Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Milk.png|32px]] [[Milk]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Onion.png|32px]] [[Onion]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Onion Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Potato.png|32px]] [[Potato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Potato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Pumpkin.png|32px]] [[Pumpkin]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Pumpkin Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Rabbit Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Mutton.png|32px]] [[Raw Mutton]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] - [[Raw Mutton]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Pork.png|32px]] [[Raw Pork]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Raw Pork]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Strawberry.png|32px]] [[Strawberry]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Strawberry Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Tomato.png|32px]] [[Tomato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Tomato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: All items are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food. Although Fruit is good, how many people eat most raw vegetables (?), and it is not at all advisable to eat raw meat (although you may let your settlers do so, if you really must and they have acute [[Hunger]])!

== Fine Food ==

There are two tiers of Fine Food:

* '''Tier 1 (Green)''' - Best Fine Food (Duration '''8''' minutes).
* '''Tier 2 (White)''' - Common Fine Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).

Tier 1 Fine food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as well as Duration).
 
[[File:Fine_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Bread.png|32px]] [[Bread]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Candyapple.png|32px]] [[Candy Apple]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Apple Tree]] || Cooked Fruit
|-
| [[File:Cheese.png|32px]] [[Cheese]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Donut.png|32px]] [[Donut]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || Cooked Pastry
|-
| [[File:Popcorn.png|32px]] [[Popcorn]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Corn]] || Cooked Snack
|-
| [[File:Roasted Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Roasted Duck Breast]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Fish.png|32px]] [[Roasted Fish]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Angler]] - [[Common Fish]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Frog Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Mutton.png|32px]] [[Roasted Mutton]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Pork.png|32px]] [[Roasted Pork]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Pig]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Rabbit Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Steak.png|32px]] [[Steak]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] || Domestic Meat
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: Bread and Cheese are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food.

== Gourmet Food ==

There are three tiers of Gourmet Food:

# '''Tier 1 (Purple)''' - Finest Gourmet Food (Duration '''20''' minutes).
# '''Tier 2 (Yellow)''' - Great Gourmet Food (Duration '''16''' minutes).
# '''Tier 3 (Blue)''' - Good Gourmet Food (Duration '''12''' minutes).

Tier 1 Gourmet food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as well as Duration).
 
[[File:Gourmet_Food_Tiers.png|left|671px|Gourmet Food Tiers]]

 

The following table list all Gourmet [[Meals|meals]]. Here are some key points:

* All '''Gourmet''' food is a [[Meals|Meal]] cooked in either a [[Cooking Pot]] or [[Cooking Station]].
* No Gourmet food can act as an '''Ingredient''' for another cooked meal/dish.
* The '''Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar''' column is provided to help you understand how difficult it may be for your settlers to regularly cook these meals, bearing in mind that those ingredients need to be milked or pressed (Dairy: Milk, Cheese) or milled (Flour and Sugar) or produced from milled ingredient (Bread from Flour). Coffee is milled too, but that should be obvious for [[Black Coffee]] and [[Cappuccino]]. All other Gourmet food is easier for your settlers to cook regularly, provided that you grow a sufficient quantity of the plants/trees/bushes required for those ingredients and have [[Hunter|Hunters]], [[Animal Keeper|Animal Keepers]] and/or [[Angler|Anglers]] are configured to obtain the meat or fish items for use in the relevant meal types.
* The '''Tier''' column is more to give you an idea of how useful a particular food is for your own use, rather than use by your settlers. You may consider banning some items for settler Diet use (for example: [[Pork Tenderloin]] which can provide the maximum possible +80 Max Health).
* See [[Meals]] to see a list of the Effects and Recipes for all meals, or click any single item to see that information for a single one individually. Note: This information is not generally important when setting Settler Diets (except, possibly, with regard to defense against [[Raid|Raids]]).

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar? !! Remarks
|-
| {{Item|Banana Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Pudding / Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Beef Goulash}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Black Coffee}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Blackberry Ice Cream}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Blueberry Cake}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Cappuccino}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Cheese Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Bread]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Eggplant Parmesan}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fish Taco}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fish and Chips}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Flour]] || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fresh Potato Salad}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fried Pork}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fruit Smoothie}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Hotdog}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Bread]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Junior Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Lemon Tart}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Meatballs}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Flour]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Miners Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Nachos}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Flour]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Pork Tenderloin}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Pumpkin Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Rice Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Shish Kebab}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Smoked Fillet}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Spaghetti Bolognese}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Strawberry Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Sushi Rolls}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Sweet Lemonade}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Sugar]] || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Tropical Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Meat Dish
|}

== Advice on Setting Diets ==

Before attempting to set Diets for your settlers, there are some things that you need to be aware of including:

* '''Food Quality'''.
* '''Diet Variety'''.
* '''Optimising Settings for Settlers and Yourself'''.

=== Food quality ===
Having settlers eat better quality food is perhaps the easiest way to increase their happiness. 
Settlers will only eat from chests assigned as settlement storage (using [[Assign storage]] under [[Assign work]] of the [[Settlement Interface]]).

{| class="wikitable"
! Food quality || Happiness
|-
| Simple || +10%
|-
| Fine || +20%
|-
| Gourmet || +35%
|}

=== Diet Variety ===
Providing your villager with a wider variety of foods for them to eat will increase their happiness.
{| class="wikitable"
! Name || Different Foods || Happiness
|-
| No Variety || 0 || +0%
|-
| Slightly Varied || 2-4 || +10%
|-
| Somewhat Varied || 5-7 || +20%
|-
| Nicely Varied || 8-11 || +30%
|-
| Extremely Varied || 12+ || +40%
|}

=== Optimising Settings for Settlers and Yourself ===

As can be seen from the information above, '''Food quality''' and '''Diet Variety''' are important, but there are some other factors to consider too, including:

* How many settlers do you currently have?
* What foods are better not to be used in a diet due to their negative effects when eaten?
* What food is better used as ingredients for cooking better food (once they are able to use the Recipe)?
* Which settlers (if any) do you give a better diet to?
* How to ensure you keep a sufficient quantity of food you would like to use yourself?
* How many settlers should concentrate on doing the cooking and how many cooking stations?

This list is not comprehensive and may be added to later, but it includes some of the main points to consider.

==== How many settlers? ====

When a settlement is small (less than 5 settlers) it is considered '''Not Crowded''' and the Diet you set for them is not so important. Once you have '''over 24''' settlers, then it is considered '''Extremely Crowded''' which is '''-40% happiness''' for each of them. At that point, giving them a selection of 12 or more Gourmet foods (and banning them from Simple and Fine foods) will give them the best happiness boost from their diet. See also [[Settlements#Crowding|Crowding]] information.

==== Ban food items? ====

As you will see from the table for [[Diets#Simple_Food|Simple Food]], some foods are best not eaten Raw due to the ill effects of doing so. These are the raw meat items: [[Beef]], [[Frog Leg]], [[Rabbit Leg]], [[Raw Mutton]] and [[Raw Pork]]. It is recommended to ban those items from all diets.

==== Allow eating a food item or ban it from their diet? ====

Most of the items in the [[Diets#Simple_Food|Simple Food]] list are used as ingredients to cook [[Diets#Fine_Food|Fine Food]] and/or [[Diets#Gourmet_Food|Gourmet Food]], so (when possible) it is best to stop settlers eating them as part of their Diet, or they will not have enough left (if any) to create the better food.

When you have first started a settlement, it is generally fine to let them eat things like Fruit ([[Apple|Apples]], [[Banana|Bananas]], [[Blackberry|Blackberries]], etc.) if you can grow them, as well as some Vegetables ([[Tomato|Tomatoes]], etc.), although it is recommended not to include [[Milk]] unless you really need to, or you or they will have none left of this vital ingredient to cook many dishes. Bear in mind, it is much easier to increase the amount of some food items by just growing more of them, but it is not so easy to produce a large quantity of [[Milk]], even with a lot of [[Cow|Cows]] and several [[Animal Keeper|Animal Keepers]].

As your settlement increases in size and you gain more settlers, then upgrade their diets to eat more '''Fine''' and '''Gourmet''' meals and ban them from eating Simple food when you can so that you can use this class of food entirely as ingredients. When possible, limit their diets to [[Diets#Gourmet_Food|Gourmet Food]] completely.

==== How to keep some of the best food for yourself? ====

This has been somewhat answered already and may be somewhat obvious. The best technique is to keep some storage chests in your room ('''''not''''' added to the settlement storage) to contain food that you do not want the settlers to eat. You can also get the settlers to cook a good Gourmet food item, but not include it in any of their diets so they will not touch the stock of that item once it is cooked.

==== How many Cooks and Cooking facilities do you need? ====

This is not an easy question to answer! But if you have a very large settlement (e.g. over 50 villagers), then managing them all becomes far more complex. Generally, you will need to use the [[Settlement Interface]], [[Work priorities]] to dedicate sufficient settlers to [[Crafting]]. It is recommended to dedicate a number of [[Villager|Villagers]] to cooking, perhaps renaming them to ''Cook Christine'', ''Cook Dave'', etc. and restricting their area (using the [[Settlement Interface]], [[Restrict]]) to the cook's room and their route to and from the cooking facilities they are going to use ([[Roasting Station]], [[Cooking Pot]] and/or [[Cooking Station]]).

Regarding the number of cooking workstations, it is generally better to have at least as many of them as the settlers you wish to concentrate on cooking, plus at least one spare for use by occasional cooks, who may normally specialize in their main professional task (e.g. an [[Angler]] mainly concentrating on [[Fishing]]) but sometimes cook for themselves. It is better to have a number of cooking workstations with one (or a small number) of recipes added, rather than one cooking pot with a long list of recipes.

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== Summary ==
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== Licensing ==
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== Summary ==
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== Licensing ==
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== List of New Test Pages ==

I will create new pages under this top-level page to test them before considering them for general wiki incorporation.

Here are my current test pages:

* [[User:Arrowmaster/Tests/Settlement_Interface|Settlement Interface]]
* [[User:Arrowmaster/Tests/Diets|Diets]]

== Useful Templates ==

Here are some templates that I may use:

* [[Template:Infobox_item]]
* [[Template:Item]]
* [[Template:ShopTable]]
* [[Template:Printimage]]

== MediaWiki Help Stuff ==

Some useful MediaWiki Help pages (as image, as no external links are allowed!):

[[File:User_Arrowmaster_Mediawiki_help.jpg|left]]

 

There are links to some of the above on the [[Necesse_Wiki:How_to_help|How to Help]] page.

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Arrowmaster:

== About the Settlement Interface ==

The '''Settlement Interface''' is displayed when the player uses the '''Open settlement''' keyboard [[Controls|Control]] ('''C''' by default). It is used to control your [[Settlement]] and to automate the actions of your settlers within it. Please see the relevant pages for each of the interface settings buttons for information on each of them.

The main interface settings buttons:

# Settings
# Settlers
# Command
# Equipment
# [[Diets]]
# Restrict
# Defend Zone
# Work priorities
# Assign work

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== About the Settlement Interface ==

The '''Settlement Interface''' is displayed when the player uses the '''Open settlement''' keyboard [[Controls|Control]] (C by default).

The main interface settings buttons:

# Settings
# Settlers
# Command
# Equipment
# [[Diets]]
# Restrict
# Defend Zone
# Work priorities
# Assign work

User:Arrowmaster/Tests/Diets

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Arrowmaster: /* Advice on Setting Diets */ main content for this section now written.

[[File:Diets.png|thumb|600px|Diets menu]]

== About Diets ==

[[Diets]] is the fifth settings button from the left in the [[Settlement Interface]].

To avoid [[Hunger]], you and all of your settlers need to eat food regularly. There are three main classes of food set by '''Diets''' for each settler:

# '''Simple Food'''
# '''Fine Food'''
# '''Gourmet Food'''

A Diet can be set for each settler, which may include any number of items within each food type. This page lists all of the food that can be selected as part of a diet, but only once that particular food item is available to the player. As well as how to set a default diet for all new settlers (which is highly recommended, as we will explain later), we will detail the advantages and disadvantages of setting each item for each particular type of settler [[NPC]].

== Consumable Food Types ==

Before we look at the diets that you set for each of your settlers, it is good to know a little about the Consumable food types that you choose items from when you [[Assign Storage]] for a [[Chest]].

There are two Consumable food types that you (and your [[NPC|NPCs]]) can ''(mostly)'' eat:

* [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]]
* '''Food''' ([[Meals]])

There is also one that nobody can even attempt to eat ''(raw)'':

* [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]]

Here is a brief description of these food types and how they relate to the Food classes for setting Diets:

* '''The Consumable: [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]] type''' is always a '''Simple''' Food class, if it is possible to attempt to eat an item included. Although most ''(but not all)'' Raw Food can be eaten (except things like [[Wheat]]), some items are healthy like fruit (e.g. [[Apple|Apples]]), whereas other Raw Food is not good for you (e.g. [[Raw_Pork|Raw Pork]]).

* '''The Consumable: Food type''' comprises cooked '''[[Meals]]''' (but these also include some Drinks, e.g. [[Cappuccino]] ). Food of this type is in either the '''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class.

* '''Consumable: [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]] type''' can be grilled (as a '''Simple''' food class) or cooked as part of a [[Meals|Meal]] ('''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class).

== Using Change Diet ==

When you click a '''Change Diet''' button, a dialog box will be displayed with ''(by default)'' all three food classes ticked, which means all possible food available can be eaten by your settlers. This is not a good idea, as we will explain later. Here is an example of the dialog box for showing three possible types of selection, for New Settlers:

* '''Green horizontal line''' - Some food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Green tick''' - All food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Red cross''' - No food in the class is included in the Diet.

 
[[File:Diet_New_Settlers_1.jpg|border|left|text-bottom|Change Diet Dialog Box]]

 

Again, a selection like this for '''New Settlers''' is not a good idea as it is ''highly recommended'' to exclude some Fine Food items from the diet of '''''all''''' settlers; for example [[Bread]] is more valuable to be kept and used as an ingredient for cooking Gourmet food. It is best to drill down and individually check, or un-check, each food item that you have currently available. As with other settings in the [[Settlement Interface]] (such as those used for [[Assign storage]] under [[Assign work]]), you can Copy one set of Diet settings and Paste it for use by any number of other settlers.

Note: Raw food items like vegetables will only be available to be checked/unchecked once you have obtained some of them: either as grown vegetables, or after you have grown some from [[Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] and harvested them (e.g. [[Onion Seeds]] can be obtained in some underground locations).

It is ''highly recommended'' that you have a quick glance through the Diet food sections on this page, then read the [[#Advice on Setting Diets]] section thoroughly, before attempting to set Diets for your settlers.

== Simple Food ==

There are two tiers of Simple Food:

* '''Tier 1 (Green)''' - Best Simple Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).
* '''Tier 2 (White)''' - Common Simple Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).

Tier 1 Simple food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as the Duration is always 4 minutes).
 
[[File:Simple_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Apple.png|32px]] [[Apple]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Apple Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Banana.png|32px]] [[Banana]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Banana Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Beef.png|32px]] [[Beef]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Beef]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blackberry.png|32px]] [[Blackberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blackberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blueberry.png|32px]] [[Blueberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blueberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Cabbage.png|32px]] [[Cabbage]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Cabbage Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Carrot.png|32px]] [[Carrot]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Carrot Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Chili Pepper.png|32px]] [[Chili Pepper]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Chili Pepper Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Coconut.png|32px]] [[Coconut]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Coconut Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Corn.png|32px]] [[Corn]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Corn Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Duck Breast]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Eggplant.png|32px]] [[Eggplant]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Eggplant Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Frog Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Lemon.png|32px]] [[Lemon]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Lemon Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Milk.png|32px]] [[Milk]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Onion.png|32px]] [[Onion]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Onion Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Potato.png|32px]] [[Potato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Potato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Pumpkin.png|32px]] [[Pumpkin]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Pumpkin Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Rabbit Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Mutton.png|32px]] [[Raw Mutton]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] - [[Raw Mutton]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Pork.png|32px]] [[Raw Pork]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Raw Pork]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Strawberry.png|32px]] [[Strawberry]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Strawberry Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Tomato.png|32px]] [[Tomato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Tomato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: All items are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food. Although Fruit is good, how many people eat most raw vegetables (?), and it is not at all advisable to eat raw meat (although you may let your settlers do so, if you really must and they have acute [[Hunger]])!

== Fine Food ==

There are two tiers of Fine Food:

* '''Tier 1 (Green)''' - Best Fine Food (Duration '''8''' minutes).
* '''Tier 2 (White)''' - Common Fine Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).

Tier 1 Fine food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as well as Duration).
 
[[File:Fine_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Bread.png|32px]] [[Bread]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Candyapple.png|32px]] [[Candy Apple]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Apple Tree]] || Cooked Fruit
|-
| [[File:Cheese.png|32px]] [[Cheese]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Donut.png|32px]] [[Donut]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || Cooked Pastry
|-
| [[File:Popcorn.png|32px]] [[Popcorn]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Corn]] || Cooked Snack
|-
| [[File:Roasted Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Roasted Duck Breast]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Fish.png|32px]] [[Roasted Fish]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Angler]] - [[Common Fish]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Frog Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Mutton.png|32px]] [[Roasted Mutton]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Pork.png|32px]] [[Roasted Pork]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Pig]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Rabbit Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Steak.png|32px]] [[Steak]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] || Domestic Meat
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: Bread and Cheese are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food.

== Gourmet Food ==

There are three tiers of Gourmet Food:

# '''Tier 1 (Purple)''' - Finest Gourmet Food (Duration '''20''' minutes).
# '''Tier 2 (Yellow)''' - Great Gourmet Food (Duration '''16''' minutes).
# '''Tier 3 (Blue)''' - Good Gourmet Food (Duration '''12''' minutes).

Tier 1 Gourmet food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as well as Duration).
 
[[File:Gourmet_Food_Tiers.png|left|671px|Gourmet Food Tiers]]

 

The following table list all Gourmet [[Meals|meals]]. Here are some key points:

* All '''Gourmet''' food is a [[Meals|Meal]] cooked in either a [[Cooking Pot]] or [[Cooking Station]].
* No Gourmet food can act as an '''Ingredient''' for another cooked meal/dish.
* The '''Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar''' column is provided to help you understand how difficult it may be for your settlers to regularly cook these meals, bearing in mind that those ingredients need to be milked or pressed (Dairy: Milk, Cheese) or milled (Flour and Sugar) or produced from milled ingredient (Bread from Flour). Coffee is milled too, but that should be obvious for [[Black Coffee]] and [[Cappuccino]]. All other Gourmet food is easier for your settlers to cook regularly, provided that you grow a sufficient quantity of the plants/trees/bushes required for those ingredients and have [[Hunter|Hunters]], [[Animal Keeper|Animal Keepers]] and/or [[Angler|Anglers]] are configured to obtain the meat or fish items for use in the relevant meal types.
* The '''Tier''' column is more to give you an idea of how useful a particular food is for your own use, rather than use by your settlers. You may consider banning some items for settler Diet use (for example: [[Pork Tenderloin]] which can provide the maximum possible +80 Max Health).
* See [[Meals]] to see a list of the Effects and Recipes for all meals, or click any single item to see that information for a single one individually. Note: This information is not generally important when setting Settler Diets (except, possibly, with regard to defense against [[Raid|Raids]]).

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar? !! Remarks
|-
| {{Item|Banana Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Pudding / Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Beef Goulash}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Black Coffee}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Blackberry Ice Cream}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Blueberry Cake}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Cappuccino}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Cheese Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Bread]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Eggplant Parmesan}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fish Taco}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fish and Chips}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Flour]] || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fresh Potato Salad}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fried Pork}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fruit Smoothie}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Hotdog}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Bread]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Junior Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Lemon Tart}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Meatballs}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Flour]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Miners Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Nachos}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Flour]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Pork Tenderloin}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Pumpkin Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Rice Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Shish Kebab}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Smoked Fillet}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Spaghetti Bolognese}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Strawberry Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Sushi Rolls}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Sweet Lemonade}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Sugar]] || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Tropical Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Meat Dish
|}

== Advice on Setting Diets ==

Before attempting to set Diets for your settlers, there are some things that you need to be aware of including:

* '''Food Quality'''.
* '''Diet Variety'''.
* '''Optimising Settings for Settlers and Yourself'''.

=== Food quality ===
Having settlers eat better quality food is perhaps the easiest way to increase their happiness. 
Settlers will only eat from chests assigned as settlement storage (using [[Assign storage]] under [[Assign work]] of the [[Settlement Interface]]).

{| class="wikitable"
! Food quality || Happiness
|-
| Simple || +10%
|-
| Fine || +20%
|-
| Gourmet || +35%
|}

=== Diet Variety ===
Providing your villager with a wider variety of foods for them to eat will increase their happiness.
{| class="wikitable"
! Name || Different Foods || Happiness
|-
| No Variety || 0 || +0%
|-
| Slightly Varied || 2-4 || +10%
|-
| Somewhat Varied || 5-7 || +20%
|-
| Nicely Varied || 8-11 || +30%
|-
| Extremely Varied || 12+ || +40%
|}

=== Optimising Settings for Settlers and Yourself ===

As can be seen from the information above, '''Food quality''' and '''Diet Variety''' are important, but there are some other factors to consider too, including:

* How many settlers do you currently have?
* What foods are better not to be used in a diet due to their negative effects when eaten?
* What food is better used as ingredients for cooking better food (once they are able to use the Recipe)?
* Which settlers (if any) do you give a better diet to?
* How to ensure you keep a sufficient quantity of food you would like to use yourself?
* How many settlers should concentrate on doing the cooking and how many cooking stations?

This list is not comprehensive and may be added to later, but it includes some of the main points to consider.

==== How many settlers? ====

When a settlement is small (less than 5 settlers) it is considered '''Not Crowded''' and the Diet you set for them is not so important. Once you have '''over 24''' settlers, then it is considered '''Extremely Crowded''' which is '''-40% happiness''' for each of them. At that point, giving them a selection of 12 or more Gourmet foods (and banning them from Simple and Fine foods) will give them the best happiness boost from their diet. See also [[Settlements#Crowding|Crowding]] information.

==== Ban food items? ====

As you will see from the table for [[Diets#Simple_Food|Simple Food]], some foods are best not eaten Raw due to the ill effects of doing so. These are the raw meat items: [[Beef]], [[Frog Leg]], [[Rabbit Leg]], [[Raw Mutton]] and [[Raw Pork]]. It is recommended to ban those items from all diets.

==== Allow eating a food item or ban it from their diet? ====

Most of the items in the [[Diets#Simple_Food|Simple Food]] list are used as ingredients to cook [[Diets#Fine_Food|Fine Food]] and/or [[Diets#Gourmet_Food|Gourmet Food]], so (when possible) it is best to stop settlers eating them as part of their Diet, or they will not have enough left (if any) to create the better food.

When you have first started a settlement, it is generally fine to let them eat things like Fruit ([[Apple|Apples]], [[Banana|Bananas]], [[Blackberry|Blackberries]], etc.) if you can grow them, as well as some Vegetables ([[Tomato|Tomatoes]], etc.), although it is recommended not to include [[Milk]] unless you really need to, or you or they will have none left of this vital ingredient to cook many dishes. Bear in mind, it is much easier to increase the amount of some food items by just growing more of them, but it is not so easy to produce a large quantity of [[Milk]], even with a lot of [[Cow|Cows]] and several [[Animal Keeper|Animal Keepers]].

As your settlement increases in size and you gain more settlers, then upgrade their diets to eat more '''Fine''' and '''Gourmet''' meals and ban them from eating Simple food when you can so that you can use this class of food entirely as ingredients. When possible, limit their diets to [[Diets#Gourmet_Food|Gourmet Food]] completely.

==== How to keep some of the best food for yourself? ====

This has been somewhat answered already and may be somewhat obvious. The best technique is to keep some storage chests in your room ('''''not''''' added to the settlement storage) to contain food that you do not want the settlers to eat. You can also get the settlers to cook a good Gourmet food item, but not include it in any of their diets so they will not touch the stock of that item once it is cooked.

==== How many Cooks and Cooking facilities do you need? ====

This is not an easy question to answer! But if you have a very large settlement (e.g. over 50 villagers), then managing them all becomes far more complex. Generally, you will need to use the [[Settlement Interface]], [[Work priorities]] to dedicate sufficient settlers to [[Crafting]]. It is recommended to dedicate a number of [[Villager|Villagers]] to cooking, perhaps renaming them to ''Cook Christine'', ''Cook Dave'', etc. and restricting their area (using the [[Settlement Interface]], [[Restrict]]) to the cook's room and their route to and from the cooking facilities they are going to use ([[Roasting Station]], [[Cooking Pot]] and/or [[Cooking Station]]).

Regarding the number of cooking workstations, it is generally better to have at least as many of them as the settlers you wish to concentrate on cooking, plus at least one spare for use by occasional cooks, who may normally specialize in their main professional task (e.g. an [[Angler]] mainly concentrating on [[Fishing]]) but sometimes cook for themselves. It is better to have a number of cooking workstations with one (or a small number) of recipes added, rather than one cooking pot with a long list of recipes.

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[[File:Diets.png|thumb|600px|Diets menu]]

== About Diets ==

[[Diets]] is the fifth settings button from the left in the [[Settlement Interface]].

To avoid [[Hunger]], you and all of your settlers need to eat food regularly. There are three main classes of food set by '''Diets''' for each settler:

# '''Simple Food'''
# '''Fine Food'''
# '''Gourmet Food'''

A Diet can be set for each settler, which may include any number of items within each food type. This page lists all of the food that can be selected as part of a diet, but only once that particular food item is available to the player. As well as how to set a default diet for all new settlers (which is highly recommended, as we will explain later), we will detail the advantages and disadvantages of setting each item for each particular type of settler [[NPC]].

== Consumable Food Types ==

Before we look at the diets that you set for each of your settlers, it is good to know a little about the Consumable food types that you choose items from when you [[Assign Storage]] for a [[Chest]].

There are two Consumable food types that you (and your [[NPC|NPCs]]) can ''(mostly)'' eat:

* [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]]
* '''Food''' ([[Meals]])

There is also one that nobody can even attempt to eat ''(raw)'':

* [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]]

Here is a brief description of these food types and how they relate to the Food classes for setting Diets:

* '''The Consumable: [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]] type''' is always a '''Simple''' Food class, if it is possible to attempt to eat an item included. Although most ''(but not all)'' Raw Food can be eaten (except things like [[Wheat]]), some items are healthy like fruit (e.g. [[Apple|Apples]]), whereas other Raw Food is not good for you (e.g. [[Raw_Pork|Raw Pork]]).

* '''The Consumable: Food type''' comprises cooked '''[[Meals]]''' (but these also include some Drinks, e.g. [[Cappuccino]] ). Food of this type is in either the '''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class.

* '''Consumable: [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]] type''' can be grilled (as a '''Simple''' food class) or cooked as part of a [[Meals|Meal]] ('''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class).

== Using Change Diet ==

When you click a '''Change Diet''' button, a dialog box will be displayed with ''(by default)'' all three food classes ticked, which means all possible food available can be eaten by your settlers. This is not a good idea, as we will explain later. Here is an example of the dialog box for showing three possible types of selection, for New Settlers:

* '''Green horizontal line''' - Some food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Green tick''' - All food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Red cross''' - No food in the class is included in the Diet.

 
[[File:Diet_New_Settlers_1.jpg|border|left|text-bottom|Change Diet Dialog Box]]

 

Again, a selection like this for '''New Settlers''' is not a good idea as it is ''highly recommended'' to exclude some Fine Food items from the diet of '''''all''''' settlers; for example [[Bread]] is more valuable to be kept and used as an ingredient for cooking Gourmet food. It is best to drill down and individually check, or un-check, each food item that you have currently available. As with other settings in the [[Settlement Interface]] (such as those used for [[Assign storage]] under [[Assign work]]), you can Copy one set of Diet settings and Paste it for use by any number of other settlers.

Note: Raw food items like vegetables will only be available to be checked/unchecked once you have obtained some of them: either as grown vegetables, or after you have grown some from [[Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] and harvested them (e.g. [[Onion Seeds]] can be obtained in some underground locations).

It is ''highly recommended'' that you have a quick glance through the Diet food sections on this page, then read the [[#Advice on Setting Diets]] section thoroughly, before attempting to set Diets for your settlers.

== Simple Food ==

There are two tiers of Simple Food:

* '''Tier 1 (Green)''' - Best Simple Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).
* '''Tier 2 (White)''' - Common Simple Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).

Tier 1 Simple food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as the Duration is always 4 minutes).
 
[[File:Simple_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Apple.png|32px]] [[Apple]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Apple Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Banana.png|32px]] [[Banana]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Banana Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Beef.png|32px]] [[Beef]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Beef]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blackberry.png|32px]] [[Blackberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blackberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blueberry.png|32px]] [[Blueberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blueberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Cabbage.png|32px]] [[Cabbage]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Cabbage Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Carrot.png|32px]] [[Carrot]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Carrot Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Chili Pepper.png|32px]] [[Chili Pepper]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Chili Pepper Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Coconut.png|32px]] [[Coconut]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Coconut Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Corn.png|32px]] [[Corn]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Corn Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Duck Breast]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Eggplant.png|32px]] [[Eggplant]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Eggplant Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Frog Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Lemon.png|32px]] [[Lemon]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Lemon Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Milk.png|32px]] [[Milk]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Onion.png|32px]] [[Onion]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Onion Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Potato.png|32px]] [[Potato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Potato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Pumpkin.png|32px]] [[Pumpkin]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Pumpkin Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Rabbit Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Mutton.png|32px]] [[Raw Mutton]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] - [[Raw Mutton]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Pork.png|32px]] [[Raw Pork]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Raw Pork]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Strawberry.png|32px]] [[Strawberry]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Strawberry Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Tomato.png|32px]] [[Tomato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Tomato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: All items are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food. Although Fruit is good, how many people eat most raw vegetables (?), and it is not at all advisable to eat raw meat (although you may let your settlers do so, if you really must and they have acute [[Hunger]])!

== Fine Food ==

There are two tiers of Fine Food:

* '''Tier 1 (Green)''' - Best Fine Food (Duration '''8''' minutes).
* '''Tier 2 (White)''' - Common Fine Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).

Tier 1 Fine food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as well as Duration).
 
[[File:Fine_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Bread.png|32px]] [[Bread]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Candyapple.png|32px]] [[Candy Apple]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Apple Tree]] || Cooked Fruit
|-
| [[File:Cheese.png|32px]] [[Cheese]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Donut.png|32px]] [[Donut]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || Cooked Pastry
|-
| [[File:Popcorn.png|32px]] [[Popcorn]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Corn]] || Cooked Snack
|-
| [[File:Roasted Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Roasted Duck Breast]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Fish.png|32px]] [[Roasted Fish]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Angler]] - [[Common Fish]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Frog Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Mutton.png|32px]] [[Roasted Mutton]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Pork.png|32px]] [[Roasted Pork]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Pig]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Rabbit Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Steak.png|32px]] [[Steak]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] || Domestic Meat
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: Bread and Cheese are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food.

== Gourmet Food ==

There are three tiers of Gourmet Food:

# '''Tier 1 (Purple)''' - Finest Gourmet Food (Duration '''20''' minutes).
# '''Tier 2 (Yellow)''' - Great Gourmet Food (Duration '''16''' minutes).
# '''Tier 3 (Blue)''' - Good Gourmet Food (Duration '''12''' minutes).

Tier 1 Gourmet food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as well as Duration).
 
[[File:Gourmet_Food_Tiers.png|left|671px|Gourmet Food Tiers]]

 

The following table list all Gourmet [[Meals|meals]]. Here are some key points:

* All '''Gourmet''' food is a [[Meals|Meal]] cooked in either a [[Cooking Pot]] or [[Cooking Station]].
* No Gourmet food can act as an '''Ingredient''' for another cooked meal/dish.
* The '''Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar''' column is provided to help you understand how difficult it may be for your settlers to regularly cook these meals, bearing in mind that those ingredients need to be milked or pressed (Dairy: Milk, Cheese) or milled (Flour and Sugar) or produced from milled ingredient (Bread from Flour). Coffee is milled too, but that should be obvious for [[Black Coffee]] and [[Cappuccino]]. All other Gourmet food is easier for your settlers to cook regularly, provided that you grow a sufficient quantity of the plants/trees/bushes required for those ingredients and have [[Hunter|Hunters]], [[Animal Keeper|Animal Keepers]] and/or [[Angler|Anglers]] are configured to obtain the meat or fish items for use in the relevant meal types.
* The '''Tier''' column is more to give you an idea of how useful a particular food is for your own use, rather than use by your settlers. You may consider banning some items for settler Diet use (for example: [[Pork Tenderloin]] which can provide the maximum possible +80 Max Health).
* See [[Meals]] to see a list of the Effects and Recipes for all meals, or click any single item to see that information for a single one individually. Note: This information is not generally important when setting Settler Diets (except, possibly, with regard to defense against [[Raid|Raids]]).

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar? !! Remarks
|-
| {{Item|Banana Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Pudding / Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Beef Goulash}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Black Coffee}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Blackberry Ice Cream}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Blueberry Cake}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Cappuccino}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Cheese Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Bread]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Eggplant Parmesan}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fish Taco}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fish and Chips}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Flour]] || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fresh Potato Salad}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fried Pork}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fruit Smoothie}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Hotdog}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Bread]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Junior Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Lemon Tart}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Meatballs}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Flour]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Miners Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Nachos}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Flour]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Pork Tenderloin}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Pumpkin Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Rice Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Shish Kebab}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Smoked Fillet}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Spaghetti Bolognese}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Strawberry Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Sushi Rolls}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Sweet Lemonade}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Sugar]] || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Tropical Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Meat Dish
|}

== Advice on Setting Diets ==

Before attempting to set Diets for your settlers, there are some things that you need to be aware of including:

* '''Food Quality'''.
* '''Diet Variety'''.
* '''Optimising Settings for Settlers and Yourself'''.

=== Food quality ===
Having settlers eat better quality food is perhaps the easiest way to increase their happiness. 
Settlers will only eat from chests assigned as settlement storage (using [[Assign storage]] under [[Assign work]] of the [[Settlement Interface]]).

{| class="wikitable"
! Food quality || Happiness
|-
| Simple || +10%
|-
| Fine || +20%
|-
| Gourmet || +35%
|}

=== Diet Variety ===
Providing your villager with a wider variety of foods for them to eat will increase their happiness.
{| class="wikitable"
! Name || Different Foods || Happiness
|-
| No Variety || 0 || +0%
|-
| Slightly Varied || 2-4 || +10%
|-
| Somewhat Varied || 5-7 || +20%
|-
| Nicely Varied || 8-11 || +30%
|-
| Extremely Varied || 12+ || +40%
|}

=== Optimising Settings for Settlers and Yourself ===

As can be seen from the information above, [[#Food quality] and [[#Diet Variety]] are important, but there are some other factors to consider too, including:

* How many settlers do you currently have?
* What foods are better not to be used in a diet due to their negative effects when eaten?
* What food is better used as ingredients for cooking better food (once they are able to use the Recipe)?
* Which settlers (if any) do you give a better diet to?
* How to ensure you keep a sufficient quantity of food you would like to use yourself?

This list is not comprehensive and may be added to later, but it lists some of the main points to consider.

==== How many settlers? ====

When a settlement is small (less than 5 settlers) it is considered '''Not Crowded''' and the Diet you set for them is not so important. Once you have '''over 24''' settlers, then it is considered '''Extremely Crowded''' which is '''-40% happiness''' for each of them. At that point, giving them a selection of 12 or more Gourmet foods (banning them from Simple and Fine foods) will give them the best happiness boost from their diet. See also [[Settlements#Crowding|Crowding]] information.

==== Ban food items? ====

As you will see from the table for [[Diets#Simple_Food]], some foods are best not eaten Raw due to the ill effects of doing so. These are the raw meat items: [[Beef]], [[Frog Leg]], [[Rabbit Leg]], [[Raw Mutton]] and [[Raw Pork]]. It is recommended to ban those items from all diets.

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[[File:Diets.png|thumb|600px|Diets menu]]

== About Diets ==

[[Diets]] is the fifth settings button from the left in the [[Settlement Interface]].

To avoid [[Hunger]], you and all of your settlers need to eat food regularly. There are three main classes of food set by '''Diets''' for each settler:

# '''Simple Food'''
# '''Fine Food'''
# '''Gourmet Food'''

A Diet can be set for each settler, which may include any number of items within each food type. This page lists all of the food that can be selected as part of a diet, but only once that particular food item is available to the player. As well as how to set a default diet for all new settlers (which is highly recommended, as we will explain later), we will detail the advantages and disadvantages of setting each item for each particular type of settler [[NPC]].

== Consumable Food Types ==

Before we look at the diets that you set for each of your settlers, it is good to know a little about the Consumable food types that you choose items from when you [[Assign Storage]] for a [[Chest]].

There are two Consumable food types that you (and your [[NPC|NPCs]]) can ''(mostly)'' eat:

* [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]]
* '''Food''' ([[Meals]])

There is also one that nobody can even attempt to eat ''(raw)'':

* [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]]

Here is a brief description of these food types and how they relate to the Food classes for setting Diets:

* '''The Consumable: [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]] type''' is always a '''Simple''' Food class, if it is possible to attempt to eat an item included. Although most ''(but not all)'' Raw Food can be eaten (except things like [[Wheat]]), some items are healthy like fruit (e.g. [[Apple|Apples]]), whereas other Raw Food is not good for you (e.g. [[Raw_Pork|Raw Pork]]).

* '''The Consumable: Food type''' comprises cooked '''[[Meals]]''' (but these also include some Drinks, e.g. [[Cappuccino]] ). Food of this type is in either the '''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class.

* '''Consumable: [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]] type''' can be grilled (as a '''Simple''' food class) or cooked as part of a [[Meals|Meal]] ('''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class).

== Using Change Diet ==

When you click a '''Change Diet''' button, a dialog box will be displayed with ''(by default)'' all three food classes ticked, which means all possible food available can be eaten by your settlers. This is not a good idea, as we will explain later. Here is an example of the dialog box for showing three possible types of selection, for New Settlers:

* '''Green horizontal line''' - Some food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Green tick''' - All food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Red cross''' - No food in the class is included in the Diet.

 
[[File:Diet_New_Settlers_1.jpg|border|left|text-bottom|Change Diet Dialog Box]]

 

Again, a selection like this for '''New Settlers''' is not a good idea as it is ''highly recommended'' to exclude some Fine Food items from the diet of '''''all''''' settlers; for example [[Bread]] is more valuable to be kept and used as an ingredient for cooking Gourmet food. It is best to drill down and individually check, or un-check, each food item that you have currently available. As with other settings in the [[Settlement Interface]] (such as those used for [[Assign storage]] under [[Assign work]]), you can Copy one set of Diet settings and Paste it for use by any number of other settlers.

Note: Raw food items like vegetables will only be available to be checked/unchecked once you have obtained some of them: either as grown vegetables, or after you have grown some from [[Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] and harvested them (e.g. [[Onion Seeds]] can be obtained in some underground locations).

It is ''highly recommended'' that you have a quick glance through the Diet food sections on this page, then read the [[#Advice on Setting Diets]] section thoroughly, before attempting to set Diets for your settlers.

== Simple Food ==

There are two tiers of Simple Food:

* '''Tier 1 (Green)''' - Best Simple Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).
* '''Tier 2 (White)''' - Common Simple Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).

Tier 1 Simple food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as the Duration is always 4 minutes).
 
[[File:Simple_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Apple.png|32px]] [[Apple]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Apple Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Banana.png|32px]] [[Banana]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Banana Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Beef.png|32px]] [[Beef]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Beef]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blackberry.png|32px]] [[Blackberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blackberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blueberry.png|32px]] [[Blueberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blueberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Cabbage.png|32px]] [[Cabbage]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Cabbage Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Carrot.png|32px]] [[Carrot]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Carrot Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Chili Pepper.png|32px]] [[Chili Pepper]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Chili Pepper Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Coconut.png|32px]] [[Coconut]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Coconut Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Corn.png|32px]] [[Corn]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Corn Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Duck Breast]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Eggplant.png|32px]] [[Eggplant]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Eggplant Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Frog Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Lemon.png|32px]] [[Lemon]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Lemon Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Milk.png|32px]] [[Milk]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Onion.png|32px]] [[Onion]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Onion Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Potato.png|32px]] [[Potato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Potato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Pumpkin.png|32px]] [[Pumpkin]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Pumpkin Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Rabbit Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Mutton.png|32px]] [[Raw Mutton]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] - [[Raw Mutton]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Pork.png|32px]] [[Raw Pork]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Raw Pork]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Strawberry.png|32px]] [[Strawberry]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Strawberry Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Tomato.png|32px]] [[Tomato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Tomato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: All items are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food. Although Fruit is good, how many people eat most raw vegetables (?), and it is not at all advisable to eat raw meat (although you may let your settlers do so, if you really must and they have acute [[Hunger]])!

== Fine Food ==

There are two tiers of Fine Food:

* '''Tier 1 (Green)''' - Best Fine Food (Duration '''8''' minutes).
* '''Tier 2 (White)''' - Common Fine Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).

Tier 1 Fine food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as well as Duration).
 
[[File:Fine_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Bread.png|32px]] [[Bread]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Candyapple.png|32px]] [[Candy Apple]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Apple Tree]] || Cooked Fruit
|-
| [[File:Cheese.png|32px]] [[Cheese]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Donut.png|32px]] [[Donut]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || Cooked Pastry
|-
| [[File:Popcorn.png|32px]] [[Popcorn]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Corn]] || Cooked Snack
|-
| [[File:Roasted Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Roasted Duck Breast]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Fish.png|32px]] [[Roasted Fish]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Angler]] - [[Common Fish]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Frog Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Mutton.png|32px]] [[Roasted Mutton]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Pork.png|32px]] [[Roasted Pork]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Pig]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Rabbit Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Steak.png|32px]] [[Steak]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] || Domestic Meat
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: Bread and Cheese are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food.

== Gourmet Food ==

There are three tiers of Gourmet Food:

# '''Tier 1 (Purple)''' - Finest Gourmet Food (Duration '''20''' minutes).
# '''Tier 2 (Yellow)''' - Great Gourmet Food (Duration '''16''' minutes).
# '''Tier 3 (Blue)''' - Good Gourmet Food (Duration '''12''' minutes).

Tier 1 Gourmet food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as well as Duration).
 
[[File:Gourmet_Food_Tiers.png|left|671px|Gourmet Food Tiers]]

 

The following table list all Gourmet [[Meals|meals]]. Here are some key points:

* All '''Gourmet''' food is a [[Meals|Meal]] cooked in either a [[Cooking Pot]] or [[Cooking Station]].
* No Gourmet food can act as an '''Ingredient''' for another cooked meal/dish.
* The '''Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar''' column is provided to help you understand how difficult it may be for your settlers to regularly cook these meals, bearing in mind that those ingredients need to be milked or pressed (Dairy: Milk, Cheese) or milled (Flour and Sugar) or produced from milled ingredient (Bread from Flour). Coffee is milled too, but that should be obvious for [[Black Coffee]] and [[Cappuccino]]. All other Gourmet food is easier for your settlers to cook regularly, provided that you grow a sufficient quantity of the plants/trees/bushes required for those ingredients and have [[Hunter|Hunters]], [[Animal Keeper|Animal Keepers]] and/or [[Angler|Anglers]] are configured to obtain the meat or fish items for use in the relevant meal types.
* The '''Tier''' column is more to give you an idea of how useful a particular food is for your own use, rather than use by your settlers. You may consider banning some items for settler Diet use (for example: [[Pork Tenderloin]] which can provide the maximum possible +80 Max Health).
* See [[Meals]] to see a list of the Effects and Recipes for all meals, or click any single item to see that information for a single one individually. Note: This information is not generally important when setting Settler Diets (except, possibly, with regard to defense against [[Raid|Raids]]).

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar? !! Remarks
|-
| {{Item|Banana Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Pudding / Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Beef Goulash}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Black Coffee}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Blackberry Ice Cream}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Blueberry Cake}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Cappuccino}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Cheese Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Bread]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Eggplant Parmesan}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fish Taco}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fish and Chips}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Flour]] || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fresh Potato Salad}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fried Pork}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fruit Smoothie}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Hotdog}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Bread]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Junior Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Lemon Tart}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Meatballs}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Flour]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Miners Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Nachos}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Flour]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Pork Tenderloin}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Pumpkin Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Rice Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Shish Kebab}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Smoked Fillet}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Spaghetti Bolognese}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Strawberry Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Sushi Rolls}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Sweet Lemonade}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Sugar]] || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Tropical Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Meat Dish
|}

== Advice on Setting Diets ==

Before attempting to set Diets for your settlers, there are some things that you need to be aware of including:

* Food Quality.
* Diet Variety.
* Optimising Settings for Settlers and Yourself.

=== Food quality ===
Having settlers eat better quality food is perhaps the easiest way to increase their happiness. 
Settlers will only eat from chests assigned as settlement storage.

{| class="wikitable"
! Food quality || Happiness
|-
| Simple || +10%
|-
| Fine || +20%
|-
| Gourmet || +35%
|}

=== Diet Variety ===
Providing your villager with a wider variety of foods for them to eat will increase their happiness.
{| class="wikitable"
! Name || Different Foods || Happiness
|-
| No Variety || 0 || +0%
|-
| Slightly Varied || 2-4 || +10%
|-
| Somewhat Varied || 5-7 || +20%
|-
| Nicely Varied || 8-11 || +30%
|-
| Extremely Varied || 12+ || +40%
|}

=== Optimising Settings for Settlers and Yourself ===

User:Arrowmaster/Tests/Diets

2023-04-24T09:22:01Z

Arrowmaster: Additional information including start of content for Advice on Setting Diets section

[[File:Diets.png|thumb|600px|Diets menu]]

== About Diets ==

[[Diets]] is the fifth settings button from the left in the [[Settlement Interface]].

To avoid [[Hunger]], you and all of your settlers need to eat food regularly. There are three main classes of food set by '''Diets''' for each settler:

# '''Simple Food'''
# '''Fine Food'''
# '''Gourmet Food'''

A Diet can be set for each settler, which may include any number of items within each food type. This page lists all of the food that can be selected as part of a diet, but only once that particular food item is available to the player. As well as how to set a default diet for all new settlers (which is highly recommended, as we will explain later), we will detail the advantages and disadvantages of setting each item for each particular type of settler [[NPC]].

== Consumable Food Types ==

Before we look at the diets that you set for each of your settlers, it is good to know a little about the Consumable food types that you choose items from when you [[Assign Storage]] for a [[Chest]].

There are two Consumable food types that you (and your [[NPC|NPCs]]) can ''(mostly)'' eat:

* [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]]
* '''Food''' ([[Meals]])

There is also one that nobody can even attempt to eat ''(raw)'':

* [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]]

Here is a brief description of these food types and how they relate to the Food classes for setting Diets:

* '''The Consumable: [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]] type''' is always a '''Simple''' Food class, if it is possible to attempt to eat an item included. Although most ''(but not all)'' Raw Food can be eaten (except things like [[Wheat]]), some items are healthy like fruit (e.g. [[Apple|Apples]]), whereas other Raw Food is not good for you (e.g. [[Raw_Pork|Raw Pork]]).

* '''The Consumable: Food type''' comprises cooked '''[[Meals]]''' (but these also include some Drinks, e.g. [[Cappuccino]] ). Food of this type is in either the '''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class.

* '''Consumable: [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]] type''' can be grilled (as a '''Simple''' food class) or cooked as part of a [[Meals|Meal]] ('''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class).

== Using Change Diet ==

When you click a '''Change Diet''' button, a dialog box will be displayed with ''(by default)'' all three food classes ticked, which means all possible food available can be eaten by your settlers. This is not a good idea, as we will explain later. Here is an example of the dialog box for showing three possible types of selection, for New Settlers:

* '''Green horizontal line''' - Some food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Green tick''' - All food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Red cross''' - No food in the class is included in the Diet.

 
[[File:Diet_New_Settlers_1.jpg|border|left|text-bottom|Change Diet Dialog Box]]

 

Again, a selection like this for '''New Settlers''' is not a good idea as it is ''highly recommended'' to exclude some Fine Food items from the diet of '''''all''''' settlers; for example [[Bread]] is more valuable to be kept and used as an ingredient for cooking Gourmet food. It is best to drill down and individually check, or un-check, each food item that you have currently available. As with other settings in the [[Settlement Interface]] (such as those used for [[Assign storage]] under [[Assign work]]), you can Copy one set of Diet settings and Paste it for use by any number of other settlers.

Note: Raw food items like vegetables will only be available to be checked/unchecked once you have obtained some of them: either as grown vegetables, or after you have grown some from [[Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] and harvested them (e.g. [[Onion Seeds]] can be obtained in some underground locations).

== Simple Food ==

There are two tiers of Simple Food:

* '''Tier 1 (Green)''' - Best Simple Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).
* '''Tier 2 (White)''' - Common Simple Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).

Tier 1 Simple food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as the Duration is always 4 minutes).
 
[[File:Simple_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Apple.png|32px]] [[Apple]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Apple Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Banana.png|32px]] [[Banana]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Banana Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Beef.png|32px]] [[Beef]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Beef]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blackberry.png|32px]] [[Blackberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blackberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blueberry.png|32px]] [[Blueberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blueberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Cabbage.png|32px]] [[Cabbage]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Cabbage Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Carrot.png|32px]] [[Carrot]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Carrot Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Chili Pepper.png|32px]] [[Chili Pepper]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Chili Pepper Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Coconut.png|32px]] [[Coconut]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Coconut Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Corn.png|32px]] [[Corn]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Corn Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Duck Breast]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Eggplant.png|32px]] [[Eggplant]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Eggplant Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Frog Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Lemon.png|32px]] [[Lemon]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Lemon Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Milk.png|32px]] [[Milk]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Onion.png|32px]] [[Onion]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Onion Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Potato.png|32px]] [[Potato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Potato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Pumpkin.png|32px]] [[Pumpkin]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Pumpkin Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Rabbit Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Mutton.png|32px]] [[Raw Mutton]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] - [[Raw Mutton]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Pork.png|32px]] [[Raw Pork]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Raw Pork]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Strawberry.png|32px]] [[Strawberry]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Strawberry Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Tomato.png|32px]] [[Tomato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Tomato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: All items are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food. Although Fruit is good, how many people eat most raw vegetables (?), and it is not at all advisable to eat raw meat (although you may let your settlers do so, if you really must and they have acute [[Hunger]])!

== Fine Food ==

There are two tiers of Fine Food:

* '''Tier 1 (Green)''' - Best Fine Food (Duration '''8''' minutes).
* '''Tier 2 (White)''' - Common Fine Food (Duration '''4''' minutes).

Tier 1 Fine food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as well as Duration).
 
[[File:Fine_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Bread.png|32px]] [[Bread]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Candyapple.png|32px]] [[Candy Apple]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Apple Tree]] || Cooked Fruit
|-
| [[File:Cheese.png|32px]] [[Cheese]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Donut.png|32px]] [[Donut]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || Cooked Pastry
|-
| [[File:Popcorn.png|32px]] [[Popcorn]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Corn]] || Cooked Snack
|-
| [[File:Roasted Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Roasted Duck Breast]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Fish.png|32px]] [[Roasted Fish]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Angler]] - [[Common Fish]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Frog Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Mutton.png|32px]] [[Roasted Mutton]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Pork.png|32px]] [[Roasted Pork]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Pig]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Rabbit Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Steak.png|32px]] [[Steak]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] || Domestic Meat
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: Bread and Cheese are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food.

== Gourmet Food ==

There are three tiers of Gourmet Food:

# '''Tier 1 (Purple)''' - Finest Gourmet Food (Duration '''20''' minutes).
# '''Tier 2 (Yellow)''' - Great Gourmet Food (Duration '''16''' minutes).
# '''Tier 3 (Blue)''' - Good Gourmet Food (Duration '''12''' minutes).

Tier 1 Gourmet food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect, as well as Duration).
 
[[File:Gourmet_Food_Tiers.png|left|671px|Gourmet Food Tiers]]

 

The following table list all Gourmet [[Meals|meals]]. Here are some key points:

* All '''Gourmet''' food is a [[Meals|Meal]] cooked in either a [[Cooking Pot]] or [[Cooking Station]].
* No Gourmet food can act as an '''Ingredient''' for another cooked meal/dish.
* The '''Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar''' column is provided to help you understand how difficult it may be for your settlers to regularly cook these meals, bearing in mind that those ingredients need to be milked or pressed (Dairy: Milk, Cheese) or milled (Flour and Sugar) or produced from milled ingredient (Bread from Flour). Coffee is milled too, but that should be obvious for [[Black Coffee]] and [[Cappuccino]]. All other Gourmet food is easier for your settlers to cook regularly, provided that you grow a sufficient quantity of the plants/trees/bushes required for those ingredients and have [[Hunter|Hunters]], [[Animal Keeper|Animal Keepers]] and/or [[Angler|Anglers]] are configured to obtain the meat or fish items for use in the relevant meal types.
* The '''Tier''' column is more to give you an idea of how useful a particular food is for your own use, rather than use by your settlers. You may consider banning some items for settler Diet use (for example: [[Pork Tenderloin]] which can provide the maximum possible +80 Max Health).
* See [[Meals]] to see a list of the Effects and Recipes for all meals, or click any single item to see that information for a single one individually. Note: This information is not generally important when setting Settler Diets (except, possibly, with regard to defense against [[Raid|Raids]]).

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar? !! Remarks
|-
| {{Item|Banana Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Pudding / Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Beef Goulash}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Black Coffee}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Blackberry Ice Cream}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Blueberry Cake}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Cappuccino}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Cheese Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Bread]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Eggplant Parmesan}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fish Taco}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fish and Chips}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Flour]] || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fresh Potato Salad}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fried Pork}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fruit Smoothie}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Hotdog}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Bread]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Junior Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Lemon Tart}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Meatballs}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Flour]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Miners Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Nachos}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Flour]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Pork Tenderloin}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Pumpkin Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Rice Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Shish Kebab}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Smoked Fillet}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Spaghetti Bolognese}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Strawberry Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Sushi Rolls}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Sweet Lemonade}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Sugar]] || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Tropical Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Meat Dish
|}

== Advice on Setting Diets ==

Before attempting to set Diets for your settlers, there are some things that you need to be aware of including:

* Food Quality.
* Diet Variety.
* Optimising Settings for Settlers and Yourself.

=== Food quality ===
Having settlers eat better quality food is perhaps the easiest way to increase their happiness. 
Settlers will only eat from chests assigned as settlement storage.

{| class="wikitable"
! Food quality || Happiness
|-
| Simple || +10%
|-
| Fine || +20%
|-
| Gourmet || +35%
|}

=== Diet Variety ===
Providing your villager with a wider variety of foods for them to eat will increase their happiness.
{| class="wikitable"
! Name || Different Foods || Happiness
|-
| No Variety || 0 || +0%
|-
| Slightly Varied || 2-4 || +10%
|-
| Somewhat Varied || 5-7 || +20%
|-
| Nicely Varied || 8-11 || +30%
|-
| Extremely Varied || 12+ || +40%
|}

=== Optimising Settings for Settlers and Yourself ===

User:Arrowmaster/Tests/Diets

2023-04-24T08:11:55Z

Arrowmaster: /* Gourmet Food */

[[File:Diets.png|thumb|600px|Diets menu]]

== About Diets ==

To avoid [[Hunger]], you and all of your settlers need to eat food regularly. There are three main classes of food set by '''Diets''' for each settler:

# '''Simple Food'''
# '''Fine Food'''
# '''Gourmet Food'''

A Diet can be set for each settler, which may include any number of items within each food type. This page lists all of the food that can be selected as part of a diet, but only once that particular food item is available to the player. As well as how to set a default diet for all new settlers (which is highly recommended, as we will explain later), we will detail the advantages and disadvantages of setting each item for each particular type of settler [[NPC]].

== Consumable Food Types ==

Before we look at the diets that you set for each of your settlers, it is good to know a little about the Consumable food types that you choose items from when you [[Assign Storage]] for a [[Chest]].

There are two Consumable food types that you (and your [[NPC|NPCs]]) can ''(mostly)'' eat:

* [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]]
* '''Food''' ([[Meals]])

There is also one that nobody can even attempt to eat ''(raw)'':

* [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]]

Here is a brief description of these food types and how they relate to the Food classes for setting Diets:

* '''The Consumable: [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]] type''' is always a '''Simple''' Food class, if it is possible to attempt to eat an item included. Although most ''(but not all)'' Raw Food can be eaten (except things like [[Wheat]]), some items are healthy like fruit (e.g. [[Apple|Apples]]), whereas other Raw Food is not good for you (e.g. [[Raw_Pork|Raw Pork]]).

* '''The Consumable: Food type''' comprises cooked '''[[Meals]]''' (but these also include some Drinks, e.g. [[Cappuccino]] ). Food of this type is in either the '''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class.

* '''Consumable: [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]] type''' can be grilled (as a '''Simple''' food class) or cooked as part of a [[Meals|Meal]] ('''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class).

== Using Change Diet ==

When you click a '''Change Diet''' button, a dialog box will be displayed with ''(by default)'' all three food classes ticked, which means all possible food available can be eaten by your settlers. This is not a good idea, as we will explain later. Here is an example of the dialog box for showing three possible types of selection, for New Settlers:

* '''Green horizontal line''' - Some food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Green tick''' - All food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Red cross''' - No food in the class is included in the Diet.

 
[[File:Diet_New_Settlers_1.jpg|border|left|text-bottom|Change Diet Dialog Box]]

 

Again, a selection like this for a New Settler is not a good idea as it is highly recommended to exclude some Fine Food items from the diet of '''''all''''' settlers. For example [[Bread]] is more valuable to be kept and used as an ingredient for cooking Gourmet food.

== Simple Food ==

There are two tiers of Simple Food:

* Tier 1 (Green) - Best Simple Food (Duration 4 minutes).
* Tier 2 (White) - Common Simple Food (Duration 4 minutes).

Tier 1 food generally offers the best bonus attributes.
 
[[File:Simple_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Apple.png|32px]] [[Apple]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Apple Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Banana.png|32px]] [[Banana]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Banana Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Beef.png|32px]] [[Beef]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Beef]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blackberry.png|32px]] [[Blackberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blackberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blueberry.png|32px]] [[Blueberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blueberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Cabbage.png|32px]] [[Cabbage]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Cabbage Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Carrot.png|32px]] [[Carrot]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Carrot Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Chili Pepper.png|32px]] [[Chili Pepper]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Chili Pepper Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Coconut.png|32px]] [[Coconut]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Coconut Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Corn.png|32px]] [[Corn]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Corn Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Duck Breast]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Eggplant.png|32px]] [[Eggplant]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Eggplant Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Frog Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Lemon.png|32px]] [[Lemon]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Lemon Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Milk.png|32px]] [[Milk]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Onion.png|32px]] [[Onion]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Onion Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Potato.png|32px]] [[Potato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Potato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Pumpkin.png|32px]] [[Pumpkin]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Pumpkin Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Rabbit Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Mutton.png|32px]] [[Raw Mutton]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] - [[Raw Mutton]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Pork.png|32px]] [[Raw Pork]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Raw Pork]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Strawberry.png|32px]] [[Strawberry]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Strawberry Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Tomato.png|32px]] [[Tomato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Tomato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: All items are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food. Although Fruit is good, how many people eat most raw vegetables (?), and it is not at all advisable to eat raw meat (although you may let your settlers do so, if you really must and they have acute [[Hunger]])!

== Fine Food ==

There are two tiers of Fine Food:

* Tier 1 (Green) - Best Fine Food (Duration 8 minutes).
* Tier 2 (White) - Common Fine Food (Duration 4 minutes).

Tier 1 food generally offers the best bonus attributes.
 
[[File:Fine_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Bread.png|32px]] [[Bread]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Candyapple.png|32px]] [[Candy Apple]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Apple Tree]] || Cooked Fruit
|-
| [[File:Cheese.png|32px]] [[Cheese]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Donut.png|32px]] [[Donut]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || Cooked Pastry
|-
| [[File:Popcorn.png|32px]] [[Popcorn]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Corn]] || Cooked Snack
|-
| [[File:Roasted Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Roasted Duck Breast]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Fish.png|32px]] [[Roasted Fish]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Angler]] - [[Common Fish]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Frog Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Mutton.png|32px]] [[Roasted Mutton]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Pork.png|32px]] [[Roasted Pork]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Pig]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Rabbit Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Steak.png|32px]] [[Steak]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] || Domestic Meat
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: Bread and Cheese are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food.

== Gourmet Food ==

There are three tiers of Gourmet Food:

# '''Tier 1 (Purple)''' - Finest Gourmet Food (Duration '''20''' minutes).
# '''Tier 2 (Yellow)''' - Great Gourmet Food (Duration '''16''' minutes).
# '''Tier 3 (Blue)''' - Good Gourmet Food (Duration '''12''' minutes).

Tier 1 food generally offers the best bonus attributes (Effect as well as Duration).
 
[[File:Gourmet_Food_Tiers.png|left|671px|Gourmet Food Tiers]]

 

The following table list all Gourmet [[Meals|meals]]. Here are some key points:

* All '''Gourmet''' food is a [[Meals|Meal]] cooked in either a [[Cooking Pot]] or [[Cooking Station]].
* No Gourmet food can act as an '''Ingredient''' for another cooked meal/dish.
* The '''Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar''' column is provided to help you understand how difficult it may be for your settlers to regularly cook these meals, bearing in mind that those ingredients need to be milked or pressed (Dairy: Milk, Cheese) or milled (Flour and Sugar) or produced from milled ingredient (Bread from Flour). Coffee is milled too, but that should be obvious for [[Black Coffee]] and [[Cappuccino]]. All other Gourmet food is easier for your settlers to cook regularly, provided that you grow a sufficient quantity of the plants/trees/bushes required for those ingredients and have [[Hunter|Hunters]], [[Animal Keeper|Animal Keepers]] and/or [[Angler|Anglers]] are configured to obtain the meat or fish items for use in the relevant meal types.
* The '''Tier''' column is more to give you an idea of how useful a particular food is for your own use, rather than use by your settlers. You may consider banning some items for settler Diet use (for example: [[Pork Tenderloin]] which can provide the maximum possible +80 Max Health).
* See [[Meals]] to see a list of the Effects and Recipes for all meals, or click any single item to see that information for a single one individually. Note: This information is not generally important when setting Settler Diets (except, possibly, with regard to defense against [[Raid|Raids]]).

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar? !! Remarks
|-
| {{Item|Banana Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Pudding / Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Beef Goulash}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Black Coffee}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Blackberry Ice Cream}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Blueberry Cake}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Cappuccino}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Cheese Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Bread]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Eggplant Parmesan}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fish Taco}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fish and Chips}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Flour]] || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fresh Potato Salad}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fried Pork}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Fruit Smoothie}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Hotdog}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Bread]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Junior Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Lemon Tart}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Meatballs}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Flour]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Miners Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Nachos}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Flour]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Pork Tenderloin}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Pumpkin Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Vegetarian Dish
|-
| {{Item|Rice Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Shish Kebab}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Smoked Fillet}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Spaghetti Bolognese}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] || Meat Dish
|-
| {{Item|Strawberry Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] || Pudding/Dessert
|-
| {{Item|Sushi Rolls}} || Cooked || 1 || No || Fish Dish
|-
| {{Item|Sweet Lemonade}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Sugar]] || Drink
|-
| {{Item|Tropical Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No || Meat Dish
|}

== Advice on Setting Diets ==

Something to be said here to help people...

User:Arrowmaster/Tests/Diets

2023-04-23T23:51:29Z

Arrowmaster: Added durations for each tier of food

[[File:Diets.png|thumb|600px|Diets menu]]

== About Diets ==

To avoid [[Hunger]], you and all of your settlers need to eat food regularly. There are three main classes of food set by '''Diets''' for each settler:

# '''Simple Food'''
# '''Fine Food'''
# '''Gourmet Food'''

A Diet can be set for each settler, which may include any number of items within each food type. This page lists all of the food that can be selected as part of a diet, but only once that particular food item is available to the player. As well as how to set a default diet for all new settlers (which is highly recommended, as we will explain later), we will detail the advantages and disadvantages of setting each item for each particular type of settler [[NPC]].

== Consumable Food Types ==

Before we look at the diets that you set for each of your settlers, it is good to know a little about the Consumable food types that you choose items from when you [[Assign Storage]] for a [[Chest]].

There are two Consumable food types that you (and your [[NPC|NPCs]]) can ''(mostly)'' eat:

* [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]]
* '''Food''' ([[Meals]])

There is also one that nobody can even attempt to eat ''(raw)'':

* [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]]

Here is a brief description of these food types and how they relate to the Food classes for setting Diets:

* '''The Consumable: [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]] type''' is always a '''Simple''' Food class, if it is possible to attempt to eat an item included. Although most ''(but not all)'' Raw Food can be eaten (except things like [[Wheat]]), some items are healthy like fruit (e.g. [[Apple|Apples]]), whereas other Raw Food is not good for you (e.g. [[Raw_Pork|Raw Pork]]).

* '''The Consumable: Food type''' comprises cooked '''[[Meals]]''' (but these also include some Drinks, e.g. [[Cappuccino]] ). Food of this type is in either the '''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class.

* '''Consumable: [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]] type''' can be grilled (as a '''Simple''' food class) or cooked as part of a [[Meals|Meal]] ('''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class).

== Using Change Diet ==

When you click a '''Change Diet''' button, a dialog box will be displayed with ''(by default)'' all three food classes ticked, which means all possible food available can be eaten by your settlers. This is not a good idea, as we will explain later. Here is an example of the dialog box for showing three possible types of selection, for New Settlers:

* '''Green horizontal line''' - Some food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Green tick''' - All food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Red cross''' - No food in the class is included in the Diet.

 
[[File:Diet_New_Settlers_1.jpg|border|left|text-bottom|Change Diet Dialog Box]]

 

Again, a selection like this for a New Settler is not a good idea as it is highly recommended to exclude some Fine Food items from the diet of '''''all''''' settlers. For example [[Bread]] is more valuable to be kept and used as an ingredient for cooking Gourmet food.

== Simple Food ==

There are two tiers of Simple Food:

* Tier 1 (Green) - Best Simple Food (Duration 4 minutes).
* Tier 2 (White) - Common Simple Food (Duration 4 minutes).

Tier 1 food generally offers the best bonus attributes.
 
[[File:Simple_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Apple.png|32px]] [[Apple]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Apple Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Banana.png|32px]] [[Banana]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Banana Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Beef.png|32px]] [[Beef]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Beef]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blackberry.png|32px]] [[Blackberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blackberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blueberry.png|32px]] [[Blueberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blueberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Cabbage.png|32px]] [[Cabbage]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Cabbage Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Carrot.png|32px]] [[Carrot]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Carrot Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Chili Pepper.png|32px]] [[Chili Pepper]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Chili Pepper Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Coconut.png|32px]] [[Coconut]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Coconut Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Corn.png|32px]] [[Corn]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Corn Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Duck Breast]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Eggplant.png|32px]] [[Eggplant]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Eggplant Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Frog Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Lemon.png|32px]] [[Lemon]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Lemon Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Milk.png|32px]] [[Milk]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Onion.png|32px]] [[Onion]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Onion Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Potato.png|32px]] [[Potato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Potato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Pumpkin.png|32px]] [[Pumpkin]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Pumpkin Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Rabbit Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Mutton.png|32px]] [[Raw Mutton]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] - [[Raw Mutton]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Pork.png|32px]] [[Raw Pork]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Raw Pork]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Strawberry.png|32px]] [[Strawberry]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Strawberry Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Tomato.png|32px]] [[Tomato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Tomato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: All items are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food. Although Fruit is good, how many people eat most raw vegetables (?), and it is not at all advisable to eat raw meat (although you may let your settlers do so, if you really must and they have acute [[Hunger]])!

== Fine Food ==

There are two tiers of Fine Food:

* Tier 1 (Green) - Best Fine Food (Duration 8 minutes).
* Tier 2 (White) - Common Fine Food (Duration 4 minutes).

Tier 1 food generally offers the best bonus attributes.
 
[[File:Fine_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Bread.png|32px]] [[Bread]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Candyapple.png|32px]] [[Candy Apple]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Apple Tree]] || Cooked Fruit
|-
| [[File:Cheese.png|32px]] [[Cheese]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Donut.png|32px]] [[Donut]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || Cooked Pastry
|-
| [[File:Popcorn.png|32px]] [[Popcorn]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Corn]] || Cooked Snack
|-
| [[File:Roasted Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Roasted Duck Breast]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Fish.png|32px]] [[Roasted Fish]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Angler]] - [[Common Fish]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Frog Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Mutton.png|32px]] [[Roasted Mutton]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Pork.png|32px]] [[Roasted Pork]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Pig]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Rabbit Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Steak.png|32px]] [[Steak]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] || Domestic Meat
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: Bread and Cheese are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food.

== Gourmet Food ==

There are three tiers of Gourmet Food:

# Tier 1 (Purple) - Finest Gourmet Food (Duration 20 minutes).
# Tier 2 (Yellow) - Great Gourmet Food (Duration 16 minutes).
# Tier 3 (Blue) - Good Gourmet Food (Duration 12 minutes).

Tier 1 food generally offers the best bonus attributes.
 
[[File:Gourmet_Food_Tiers.png|left|671px|Gourmet Food Tiers]]

 

The following table list all Gourmet [[Meals|meals]]. Here are some key points:

* All Gourmet food is cooked in either a [[Cooking Pot]] or [[Cooking Station]].
* The Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar column is provided to help you understand how difficult it may be for your settlers to regularly cook these meals, bearing in mind that those ingredients need to be milked or pressed (Dairy: Milk, Cheese) or milled (Flour and Sugar) or produced from milled ingredient (Bread from Flour). Coffee is milled too, but that should be obvious for [[Black Coffee]] and [[Cappuccino]]. All other Gourmet food is easier for your settlers to cook regularly, provided that you grow a sufficient quantity of the plants/trees/bushes required for those ingredients and have [[Hunter|Hunters]], [[Animal Keeper|Animal Keepers]] and/or [[Angler|Anglers]] are configured to obtain the meat or fish items for use in the relevant meal types.
* The Tier column is more to give you an idea of how useful a particular food is for your own use, rather than use by your settlers. You may consider banning some items for settler Diet use (for example: [[Pork Tenderloin]] which can provide the maximum possible +80 Max Health).
* See [[Meals]] to see a list of the Effect, Duration, and Recipe for all meals, or click any single item to see that information for it individually. Note: This information is not generally important when setting Settler Diets (except, possibly, with regard to defense against [[Raid|Raids]]).

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar? !! Remarks
|-
| {{Item|Banana Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Beef Goulash}} || Cooked || 1 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Black Coffee}} || Cooked || 2 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Blackberry Ice Cream}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Blueberry Cake}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Cappuccino}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Cheese Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Bread]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Eggplant Parmesan}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Fish Taco}} || Cooked || 3 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Fish and Chips}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Flour]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Fresh Potato Salad}} || Cooked || 2 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Fried Pork}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Fruit Smoothie}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Hotdog}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Bread]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Junior Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Lemon Tart}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Meatballs}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Flour]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Miners Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Nachos}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Flour]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Pork Tenderloin}} || Cooked || 1 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Pumpkin Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Rice Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Shish Kebab}} || Cooked || 1 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Smoked Fillet}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Fillet of Fish
|-
| {{Item|Spaghetti Bolognese}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Strawberry Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Sushi Rolls}} || Cooked || 1 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Sweet Lemonade}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Tropical Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No ||
|}

== Advice on Setting Diets ==

Something to be said here to help people...

Talk:Fine Food

2023-04-23T23:26:57Z

Arrowmaster:

Talk:Fine Food

2023-04-23T23:25:51Z

Arrowmaster:

Talk:Fine Food

2023-04-23T23:24:09Z

Arrowmaster: My comments on likely page useage and Diets page I am developing.

User:Arrowmaster/Tests/Diets

2023-04-23T23:03:10Z

Arrowmaster: /* Gourmet Food */

[[File:Diets.png|thumb|600px|Diets menu]]

== About Diets ==

To avoid [[Hunger]], you and all of your settlers need to eat food regularly. There are three main classes of food set by '''Diets''' for each settler:

# '''Simple Food'''
# '''Fine Food'''
# '''Gourmet Food'''

A Diet can be set for each settler, which may include any number of items within each food type. This page lists all of the food that can be selected as part of a diet, but only once that particular food item is available to the player. As well as how to set a default diet for all new settlers (which is highly recommended, as we will explain later), we will detail the advantages and disadvantages of setting each item for each particular type of settler [[NPC]].

== Consumable Food Types ==

Before we look at the diets that you set for each of your settlers, it is good to know a little about the Consumable food types that you choose items from when you [[Assign Storage]] for a [[Chest]].

There are two Consumable food types that you (and your [[NPC|NPCs]]) can ''(mostly)'' eat:

* [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]]
* '''Food''' ([[Meals]])

There is also one that nobody can even attempt to eat ''(raw)'':

* [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]]

Here is a brief description of these food types and how they relate to the Food classes for setting Diets:

* '''The Consumable: [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]] type''' is always a '''Simple''' Food class, if it is possible to attempt to eat an item included. Although most ''(but not all)'' Raw Food can be eaten (except things like [[Wheat]]), some items are healthy like fruit (e.g. [[Apple|Apples]]), whereas other Raw Food is not good for you (e.g. [[Raw_Pork|Raw Pork]]).

* '''The Consumable: Food type''' comprises cooked '''[[Meals]]''' (but these also include some Drinks, e.g. [[Cappuccino]] ). Food of this type is in either the '''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class.

* '''Consumable: [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]] type''' can be grilled (as a '''Simple''' food class) or cooked as part of a [[Meals|Meal]] ('''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class).

== Using Change Diet ==

When you click a '''Change Diet''' button, a dialog box will be displayed with ''(by default)'' all three food classes ticked, which means all possible food available can be eaten by your settlers. This is not a good idea, as we will explain later. Here is an example of the dialog box for showing three possible types of selection, for New Settlers:

* '''Green horizontal line''' - Some food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Green tick''' - All food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Red cross''' - No food in the class is included in the Diet.

 
[[File:Diet_New_Settlers_1.jpg|border|left|text-bottom|Change Diet Dialog Box]]

 

Again, a selection like this for a New Settler is not a good idea as it is highly recommended to exclude some Fine Food items from the diet of '''''all''''' settlers. For example [[Bread]] is more valuable to be kept and used as an ingredient for cooking Gourmet food.

== Simple Food ==

There are two tiers of Simple Food:

* Tier 1 (Green) - Best Simple Food.
* Tier 2 (White) - Common Simple Food.

Tier 1 food generally offers the best bonus attributes.
 
[[File:Simple_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Apple.png|32px]] [[Apple]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Apple Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Banana.png|32px]] [[Banana]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Banana Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Beef.png|32px]] [[Beef]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Beef]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blackberry.png|32px]] [[Blackberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blackberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blueberry.png|32px]] [[Blueberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blueberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Cabbage.png|32px]] [[Cabbage]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Cabbage Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Carrot.png|32px]] [[Carrot]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Carrot Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Chili Pepper.png|32px]] [[Chili Pepper]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Chili Pepper Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Coconut.png|32px]] [[Coconut]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Coconut Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Corn.png|32px]] [[Corn]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Corn Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Duck Breast]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Eggplant.png|32px]] [[Eggplant]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Eggplant Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Frog Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Lemon.png|32px]] [[Lemon]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Lemon Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Milk.png|32px]] [[Milk]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Onion.png|32px]] [[Onion]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Onion Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Potato.png|32px]] [[Potato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Potato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Pumpkin.png|32px]] [[Pumpkin]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Pumpkin Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Rabbit Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Mutton.png|32px]] [[Raw Mutton]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] - [[Raw Mutton]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Pork.png|32px]] [[Raw Pork]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Raw Pork]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Strawberry.png|32px]] [[Strawberry]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Strawberry Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Tomato.png|32px]] [[Tomato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Tomato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: All items are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food. Although Fruit is good, how many people eat most raw vegetables (?), and it is not at all advisable to eat raw meat (although you may let your settlers do so, if you really must and they have acute [[Hunger]])!

== Fine Food ==

There are two tiers of Fine Food:

* Tier 1 (Green) - Best Fine Food.
* Tier 2 (White) - Common Fine Food.

Tier 1 food generally offers the best bonus attributes.
 
[[File:Fine_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Bread.png|32px]] [[Bread]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Candyapple.png|32px]] [[Candy Apple]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Apple Tree]] || Cooked Fruit
|-
| [[File:Cheese.png|32px]] [[Cheese]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Donut.png|32px]] [[Donut]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || Cooked Pastry
|-
| [[File:Popcorn.png|32px]] [[Popcorn]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Corn]] || Cooked Snack
|-
| [[File:Roasted Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Roasted Duck Breast]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Fish.png|32px]] [[Roasted Fish]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Angler]] - [[Common Fish]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Frog Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Mutton.png|32px]] [[Roasted Mutton]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Pork.png|32px]] [[Roasted Pork]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Pig]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Rabbit Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Steak.png|32px]] [[Steak]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] || Domestic Meat
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: Bread and Cheese are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food.

== Gourmet Food ==

There are three tiers of Gourmet Food:

# Tier 1 (Purple) - Finest Gourmet Food.
# Tier 2 (Yellow) - Great Gourmet Food.
# Tier 3 (Blue) - Good Gourmet Food.

Tier 1 food generally offers the best bonus attributes.
 
[[File:Gourmet_Food_Tiers.png|left|671px|Gourmet Food Tiers]]

 

The following table list all Gourmet [[Meals|meals]]. Here are some key points:

* All Gourmet food is cooked in either a [[Cooking Pot]] or [[Cooking Station]].
* The Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar column is provided to help you understand how difficult it may be for your settlers to regularly cook these meals, bearing in mind that those ingredients need to be milked or pressed (Dairy: Milk, Cheese) or milled (Flour and Sugar) or produced from milled ingredient (Bread from Flour). Coffee is milled too, but that should be obvious for [[Black Coffee]] and [[Cappuccino]]. All other Gourmet food is easier for your settlers to cook regularly, provided that you grow a sufficient quantity of the plants/trees/bushes required for those ingredients and have [[Hunter|Hunters]], [[Animal Keeper|Animal Keepers]] and/or [[Angler|Anglers]] are configured to obtain the meat or fish items for use in the relevant meal types.
* The Tier column is more to give you an idea of how useful a particular food is for your own use, rather than use by your settlers. You may consider banning some items for settler Diet use (for example: [[Pork Tenderloin]] which can provide the maximum possible +80 Max Health).
* See [[Meals]] to see a list of the Effect, Duration, and Recipe for the items, or click any single item to see that information for it individually. Note: This information is not generally important when setting Settler Diets (except, possibly, with regard to defense against [[Raid|Raids]]).

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar? !! Remarks
|-
| {{Item|Banana Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Beef Goulash}} || Cooked || 1 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Black Coffee}} || Cooked || 2 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Blackberry Ice Cream}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Blueberry Cake}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Cappuccino}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Cheese Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Bread]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Eggplant Parmesan}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Fish Taco}} || Cooked || 3 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Fish and Chips}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Flour]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Fresh Potato Salad}} || Cooked || 2 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Fried Pork}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Fruit Smoothie}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Hotdog}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Bread]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Junior Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Lemon Tart}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Meatballs}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Flour]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Miners Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Nachos}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Flour]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Pork Tenderloin}} || Cooked || 1 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Pumpkin Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Rice Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Shish Kebab}} || Cooked || 1 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Smoked Fillet}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Fillet of Fish
|-
| {{Item|Spaghetti Bolognese}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Strawberry Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Sushi Rolls}} || Cooked || 1 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Sweet Lemonade}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Tropical Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No ||
|}

== Advice on Setting Diets ==

Something to be said here to help people...

User:Arrowmaster/Tests/Diets

2023-04-23T22:44:12Z

Arrowmaster: added "generally" to "Tier 1 food offers the best bonus attributes" (as not sure that this is always true!).

[[File:Diets.png|thumb|600px|Diets menu]]

== About Diets ==

To avoid [[Hunger]], you and all of your settlers need to eat food regularly. There are three main classes of food set by '''Diets''' for each settler:

# '''Simple Food'''
# '''Fine Food'''
# '''Gourmet Food'''

A Diet can be set for each settler, which may include any number of items within each food type. This page lists all of the food that can be selected as part of a diet, but only once that particular food item is available to the player. As well as how to set a default diet for all new settlers (which is highly recommended, as we will explain later), we will detail the advantages and disadvantages of setting each item for each particular type of settler [[NPC]].

== Consumable Food Types ==

Before we look at the diets that you set for each of your settlers, it is good to know a little about the Consumable food types that you choose items from when you [[Assign Storage]] for a [[Chest]].

There are two Consumable food types that you (and your [[NPC|NPCs]]) can ''(mostly)'' eat:

* [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]]
* '''Food''' ([[Meals]])

There is also one that nobody can even attempt to eat ''(raw)'':

* [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]]

Here is a brief description of these food types and how they relate to the Food classes for setting Diets:

* '''The Consumable: [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]] type''' is always a '''Simple''' Food class, if it is possible to attempt to eat an item included. Although most ''(but not all)'' Raw Food can be eaten (except things like [[Wheat]]), some items are healthy like fruit (e.g. [[Apple|Apples]]), whereas other Raw Food is not good for you (e.g. [[Raw_Pork|Raw Pork]]).

* '''The Consumable: Food type''' comprises cooked '''[[Meals]]''' (but these also include some Drinks, e.g. [[Cappuccino]] ). Food of this type is in either the '''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class.

* '''Consumable: [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]] type''' can be grilled (as a '''Simple''' food class) or cooked as part of a [[Meals|Meal]] ('''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class).

== Using Change Diet ==

When you click a '''Change Diet''' button, a dialog box will be displayed with ''(by default)'' all three food classes ticked, which means all possible food available can be eaten by your settlers. This is not a good idea, as we will explain later. Here is an example of the dialog box for showing three possible types of selection, for New Settlers:

* '''Green horizontal line''' - Some food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Green tick''' - All food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Red cross''' - No food in the class is included in the Diet.

 
[[File:Diet_New_Settlers_1.jpg|border|left|text-bottom|Change Diet Dialog Box]]

 

Again, a selection like this for a New Settler is not a good idea as it is highly recommended to exclude some Fine Food items from the diet of '''''all''''' settlers. For example [[Bread]] is more valuable to be kept and used as an ingredient for cooking Gourmet food.

== Simple Food ==

There are two tiers of Simple Food:

* Tier 1 (Green) - Best Simple Food.
* Tier 2 (White) - Common Simple Food.

Tier 1 food generally offers the best bonus attributes.
 
[[File:Simple_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Apple.png|32px]] [[Apple]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Apple Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Banana.png|32px]] [[Banana]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Banana Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Beef.png|32px]] [[Beef]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Beef]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blackberry.png|32px]] [[Blackberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blackberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blueberry.png|32px]] [[Blueberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blueberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Cabbage.png|32px]] [[Cabbage]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Cabbage Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Carrot.png|32px]] [[Carrot]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Carrot Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Chili Pepper.png|32px]] [[Chili Pepper]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Chili Pepper Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Coconut.png|32px]] [[Coconut]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Coconut Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Corn.png|32px]] [[Corn]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Corn Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Duck Breast]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Eggplant.png|32px]] [[Eggplant]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Eggplant Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Frog Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Lemon.png|32px]] [[Lemon]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Lemon Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Milk.png|32px]] [[Milk]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Onion.png|32px]] [[Onion]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Onion Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Potato.png|32px]] [[Potato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Potato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Pumpkin.png|32px]] [[Pumpkin]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Pumpkin Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Rabbit Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Mutton.png|32px]] [[Raw Mutton]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] - [[Raw Mutton]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Pork.png|32px]] [[Raw Pork]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Raw Pork]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Strawberry.png|32px]] [[Strawberry]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Strawberry Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Tomato.png|32px]] [[Tomato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Tomato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: All items are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food. Although Fruit is good, how many people eat most raw vegetables (?), and it is not at all advisable to eat raw meat (although you may let your settlers do so, if you really must and they have acute [[Hunger]])!

== Fine Food ==

There are two tiers of Fine Food:

* Tier 1 (Green) - Best Fine Food.
* Tier 2 (White) - Common Fine Food.

Tier 1 food generally offers the best bonus attributes.
 
[[File:Fine_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Bread.png|32px]] [[Bread]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Candyapple.png|32px]] [[Candy Apple]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Apple Tree]] || Cooked Fruit
|-
| [[File:Cheese.png|32px]] [[Cheese]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Donut.png|32px]] [[Donut]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || Cooked Pastry
|-
| [[File:Popcorn.png|32px]] [[Popcorn]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Corn]] || Cooked Snack
|-
| [[File:Roasted Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Roasted Duck Breast]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Fish.png|32px]] [[Roasted Fish]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Angler]] - [[Common Fish]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Frog Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Mutton.png|32px]] [[Roasted Mutton]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Pork.png|32px]] [[Roasted Pork]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Pig]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Rabbit Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Steak.png|32px]] [[Steak]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] || Domestic Meat
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: Bread and Cheese are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food.

== Gourmet Food ==

There are three tiers of Gourmet Food:

# Tier 1 (Purple) - Finest Gourmet Food.
# Tier 2 (Yellow) - Great Gourmet Food.
# Tier 3 (Blue) - Good Gourmet Food.

Tier 1 food generally offers the best bonus attributes.
 
[[File:Gourmet_Food_Tiers.png|left|671px|Gourmet Food Tiers]]

 

The following table list all Gourmet [[Meals|meals]]. Here are some key points:

* All Gourmet food is cooked in either a [[Cooking Pot]] or [[Cooking Station]].
* The Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar column is provided to help you understand how difficult it may be for your settlers to regularly cook these meals, bearing in mind that those ingredients need to be milked or pressed (Dairy: Milk, Cheese) or milled (Flour and Sugar) or produced from milled ingredient (Bread from Flour). Coffee is milled too, but that should be obvious for [[Black Coffee]] and [[Cappuccino]]. All other Gourmet food is easier for your settlers to cook regularly, provided that you grow a sufficient quantity of the plants/trees/bushes required for those ingredients and have [[Hunter|Hunters]], [[Animal Keeper|Animal Keepers]] and/or [[Angler|Anglers]] correctly configured to obtain the meat or fish items.
* The Tier column is more to give you an idea of how useful a particular food is for your own use, rather than use by your settlers. You may consider banning some items for settler Diet use (for example: [[Pork Tenderloin]] which can provide the maximum possible +80 Max Health).
* See [[Meals]] to see a list of the Effect, Duration, and Recipe for the items, or click any single item to see that information for it individually. Note: This information is not generally important when setting Settler Diets (except, possibly, with regard to defense against [[Raid|Raids]]).

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar? !! Remarks
|-
| {{Item|Banana Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Beef Goulash}} || Cooked || 1 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Black Coffee}} || Cooked || 2 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Blackberry Ice Cream}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Blueberry Cake}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Cappuccino}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Cheese Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Bread]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Eggplant Parmesan}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Fish Taco}} || Cooked || 3 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Fish and Chips}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Flour]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Fresh Potato Salad}} || Cooked || 2 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Fried Pork}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Fruit Smoothie}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Hotdog}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Bread]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Junior Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Lemon Tart}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Meatballs}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Flour]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Miners Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Nachos}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Flour]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Pork Tenderloin}} || Cooked || 1 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Pumpkin Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Rice Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Shish Kebab}} || Cooked || 1 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Smoked Fillet}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Fillet of Fish
|-
| {{Item|Spaghetti Bolognese}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Strawberry Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Sushi Rolls}} || Cooked || 1 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Sweet Lemonade}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Tropical Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No ||
|}

== Advice on Setting Diets ==

Something to be said here to help people...

User:Arrowmaster/Tests/Diets

2023-04-23T22:35:35Z

Arrowmaster: /* Consumable Food Types */ corrected Meal -> Meals link

[[File:Diets.png|thumb|600px|Diets menu]]

== About Diets ==

To avoid [[Hunger]], you and all of your settlers need to eat food regularly. There are three main classes of food set by '''Diets''' for each settler:

# '''Simple Food'''
# '''Fine Food'''
# '''Gourmet Food'''

A Diet can be set for each settler, which may include any number of items within each food type. This page lists all of the food that can be selected as part of a diet, but only once that particular food item is available to the player. As well as how to set a default diet for all new settlers (which is highly recommended, as we will explain later), we will detail the advantages and disadvantages of setting each item for each particular type of settler [[NPC]].

== Consumable Food Types ==

Before we look at the diets that you set for each of your settlers, it is good to know a little about the Consumable food types that you choose items from when you [[Assign Storage]] for a [[Chest]].

There are two Consumable food types that you (and your [[NPC|NPCs]]) can ''(mostly)'' eat:

* [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]]
* '''Food''' ([[Meals]])

There is also one that nobody can even attempt to eat ''(raw)'':

* [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]]

Here is a brief description of these food types and how they relate to the Food classes for setting Diets:

* '''The Consumable: [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]] type''' is always a '''Simple''' Food class, if it is possible to attempt to eat an item included. Although most ''(but not all)'' Raw Food can be eaten (except things like [[Wheat]]), some items are healthy like fruit (e.g. [[Apple|Apples]]), whereas other Raw Food is not good for you (e.g. [[Raw_Pork|Raw Pork]]).

* '''The Consumable: Food type''' comprises cooked '''[[Meals]]''' (but these also include some Drinks, e.g. [[Cappuccino]] ). Food of this type is in either the '''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class.

* '''Consumable: [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]] type''' can be grilled (as a '''Simple''' food class) or cooked as part of a [[Meals|Meal]] ('''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class).

== Using Change Diet ==

When you click a '''Change Diet''' button, a dialog box will be displayed with ''(by default)'' all three food classes ticked, which means all possible food available can be eaten by your settlers. This is not a good idea, as we will explain later. Here is an example of the dialog box for showing three possible types of selection, for New Settlers:

* '''Green horizontal line''' - Some food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Green tick''' - All food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Red cross''' - No food in the class is included in the Diet.

 
[[File:Diet_New_Settlers_1.jpg|border|left|text-bottom|Change Diet Dialog Box]]

 

Again, a selection like this for a New Settler is not a good idea as it is highly recommended to exclude some Fine Food items from the diet of '''''all''''' settlers. For example [[Bread]] is more valuable to be kept and used as an ingredient for cooking Gourmet food.

== Simple Food ==

There are two tiers of Simple Food:

* Tier 1 (Green) - Best Simple Food.
* Tier 2 (White) - Common Simple Food.

Tier 1 food offers the best bonus attributes.
 
[[File:Simple_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Apple.png|32px]] [[Apple]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Apple Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Banana.png|32px]] [[Banana]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Banana Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Beef.png|32px]] [[Beef]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Beef]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blackberry.png|32px]] [[Blackberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blackberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blueberry.png|32px]] [[Blueberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blueberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Cabbage.png|32px]] [[Cabbage]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Cabbage Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Carrot.png|32px]] [[Carrot]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Carrot Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Chili Pepper.png|32px]] [[Chili Pepper]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Chili Pepper Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Coconut.png|32px]] [[Coconut]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Coconut Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Corn.png|32px]] [[Corn]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Corn Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Duck Breast]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Eggplant.png|32px]] [[Eggplant]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Eggplant Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Frog Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Lemon.png|32px]] [[Lemon]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Lemon Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Milk.png|32px]] [[Milk]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Onion.png|32px]] [[Onion]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Onion Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Potato.png|32px]] [[Potato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Potato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Pumpkin.png|32px]] [[Pumpkin]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Pumpkin Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Rabbit Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Mutton.png|32px]] [[Raw Mutton]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] - [[Raw Mutton]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Pork.png|32px]] [[Raw Pork]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Raw Pork]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Strawberry.png|32px]] [[Strawberry]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Strawberry Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Tomato.png|32px]] [[Tomato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Tomato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: All items are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food. Although Fruit is good, how many people eat most raw vegetables (?), and it is not at all advisable to eat raw meat (although you may let your settlers do so, if you really must and they have acute [[Hunger]])!

== Fine Food ==

There are two tiers of Fine Food:

* Tier 1 (Green) - Best Fine Food.
* Tier 2 (White) - Common Fine Food.

Tier 1 food offers the best bonus attributes.
 
[[File:Fine_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Bread.png|32px]] [[Bread]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Candyapple.png|32px]] [[Candy Apple]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Apple Tree]] || Cooked Fruit
|-
| [[File:Cheese.png|32px]] [[Cheese]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Donut.png|32px]] [[Donut]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || Cooked Pastry
|-
| [[File:Popcorn.png|32px]] [[Popcorn]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Corn]] || Cooked Snack
|-
| [[File:Roasted Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Roasted Duck Breast]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Fish.png|32px]] [[Roasted Fish]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Angler]] - [[Common Fish]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Frog Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Mutton.png|32px]] [[Roasted Mutton]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Pork.png|32px]] [[Roasted Pork]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Pig]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Rabbit Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Steak.png|32px]] [[Steak]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] || Domestic Meat
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: Bread and Cheese are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food.

== Gourmet Food ==

There are three tiers of Gourmet Food:

# Tier 1 (Purple) - Finest Gourmet Food.
# Tier 2 (Yellow) - Great Gourmet Food.
# Tier 3 (Blue) - Good Gourmet Food.

Tier 1 food offers the best bonus attributes.
 
[[File:Gourmet_Food_Tiers.png|left|671px|Gourmet Food Tiers]]

 

The following table list all Gourmet [[Meals|meals]]. Here are some key points:

* All Gourmet food is cooked in either a [[Cooking Pot]] or [[Cooking Station]].
* The Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar column is provided to help you understand how difficult it may be for your settlers to regularly cook these meals, bearing in mind that those ingredients need to be milked or pressed (Dairy: Milk, Cheese) or milled (Flour and Sugar) or produced from milled ingredient (Bread from Flour). Coffee is milled too, but that should be obvious for [[Black Coffee]] and [[Cappuccino]]. All other Gourmet food is easier for your settlers to cook regularly, provided that you grow a sufficient quantity of the plants/trees/bushes required for those ingredients and have [[Hunter|Hunters]], [[Animal Keeper|Animal Keepers]] and/or [[Angler|Anglers]] correctly configured to obtain the meat or fish items.
* The Tier column is more to give you an idea of how useful a particular food is for your own use, rather than use by your settlers. You may consider banning some items for settler Diet use (for example: [[Pork Tenderloin]] which can provide the maximum possible +80 Max Health).
* See [[Meals]] to see a list of the Effect, Duration, and Recipe for the items, or click any single item to see that information for it individually. Note: This information is not generally important when setting Settler Diets (except, possibly, with regard to defense against [[Raid|Raids]]).

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar? !! Remarks
|-
| {{Item|Banana Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Beef Goulash}} || Cooked || 1 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Black Coffee}} || Cooked || 2 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Blackberry Ice Cream}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Blueberry Cake}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Cappuccino}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Cheese Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Bread]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Eggplant Parmesan}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Fish Taco}} || Cooked || 3 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Fish and Chips}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Flour]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Fresh Potato Salad}} || Cooked || 2 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Fried Pork}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Fruit Smoothie}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Hotdog}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Bread]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Junior Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Lemon Tart}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Meatballs}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Flour]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Miners Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Nachos}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Flour]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Pork Tenderloin}} || Cooked || 1 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Pumpkin Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Rice Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Shish Kebab}} || Cooked || 1 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Smoked Fillet}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Fillet of Fish
|-
| {{Item|Spaghetti Bolognese}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Strawberry Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Sushi Rolls}} || Cooked || 1 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Sweet Lemonade}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Tropical Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No ||
|}

== Advice on Setting Diets ==

Something to be said here to help people...

User:Arrowmaster/Tests/Diets

2023-04-23T22:10:07Z

Arrowmaster: /* Gourmet Food */ added food tiers, notes and table

[[File:Diets.png|thumb|600px|Diets menu]]

== About Diets ==

To avoid [[Hunger]], you and all of your settlers need to eat food regularly. There are three main classes of food set by '''Diets''' for each settler:

# '''Simple Food'''
# '''Fine Food'''
# '''Gourmet Food'''

A Diet can be set for each settler, which may include any number of items within each food type. This page lists all of the food that can be selected as part of a diet, but only once that particular food item is available to the player. As well as how to set a default diet for all new settlers (which is highly recommended, as we will explain later), we will detail the advantages and disadvantages of setting each item for each particular type of settler [[NPC]].

== Consumable Food Types ==

Before we look at the diets that you set for each of your settlers, it is good to know a little about the Consumable food types that you choose items from when you [[Assign Storage]] for a [[Chest]].

There are two Consumable food types that you (and your [[NPC|NPCs]]) can ''(mostly)'' eat:

* [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]]
* '''Food''' ([[Meals]])

There is also one that nobody can even attempt to eat ''(raw)'':

* [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]]

Here is a brief description of these food types and how they relate to the Food classes for setting Diets:

* '''The Consumable: [[Raw_Food|Raw Food]] type''' is always a '''Simple''' Food class, if it is possible to attempt to eat an item included. Although most ''(but not all)'' Raw Food can be eaten (except things like [[Wheat]]), some items are healthy like fruit (e.g. [[Apple|Apples]]), whereas other Raw Food is not good for you (e.g. [[Raw_Pork|Raw Pork]]).

* '''The Consumable: Food type''' comprises cooked '''[[Meals]]''' (but these also include some Drinks, e.g. [[Cappuccino]] ). Food of this type is in either the '''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class.

* '''Consumable: [[Common_Fish|Common Fish]] type''' can be grilled (as a '''Simple''' food class) or cooked as part of a [[Meal]] ('''Fine''' or '''Gourmet''' food class).

== Using Change Diet ==

When you click a '''Change Diet''' button, a dialog box will be displayed with ''(by default)'' all three food classes ticked, which means all possible food available can be eaten by your settlers. This is not a good idea, as we will explain later. Here is an example of the dialog box for showing three possible types of selection, for New Settlers:

* '''Green horizontal line''' - Some food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Green tick''' - All food in the class is included in the Diet.
* '''Red cross''' - No food in the class is included in the Diet.

 
[[File:Diet_New_Settlers_1.jpg|border|left|text-bottom|Change Diet Dialog Box]]

 

Again, a selection like this for a New Settler is not a good idea as it is highly recommended to exclude some Fine Food items from the diet of '''''all''''' settlers. For example [[Bread]] is more valuable to be kept and used as an ingredient for cooking Gourmet food.

== Simple Food ==

There are two tiers of Simple Food:

* Tier 1 (Green) - Best Simple Food.
* Tier 2 (White) - Common Simple Food.

Tier 1 food offers the best bonus attributes.
 
[[File:Simple_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Apple.png|32px]] [[Apple]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Apple Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Banana.png|32px]] [[Banana]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Banana Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Beef.png|32px]] [[Beef]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Beef]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blackberry.png|32px]] [[Blackberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blackberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Blueberry.png|32px]] [[Blueberry]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Blueberry Bush]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Cabbage.png|32px]] [[Cabbage]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Cabbage Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Carrot.png|32px]] [[Carrot]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Carrot Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Chili Pepper.png|32px]] [[Chili Pepper]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Chili Pepper Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Coconut.png|32px]] [[Coconut]] || Fruit || 2 || [[Coconut Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Corn.png|32px]] [[Corn]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Corn Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Duck Breast]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Eggplant.png|32px]] [[Eggplant]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Eggplant Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Frog Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Lemon.png|32px]] [[Lemon]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Lemon Tree]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Milk.png|32px]] [[Milk]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Onion.png|32px]] [[Onion]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Onion Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Potato.png|32px]] [[Potato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Potato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Pumpkin.png|32px]] [[Pumpkin]] || Vegetable || 1 || [[Pumpkin Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Rabbit Leg]] || Raw Meat || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Mutton.png|32px]] [[Raw Mutton]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] - [[Raw Mutton]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Raw Pork.png|32px]] [[Raw Pork]] || Raw Meat || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Raw Pork]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Strawberry.png|32px]] [[Strawberry]] || Fruit || 1 || [[Strawberry Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Tomato.png|32px]] [[Tomato]] || Vegetable || 2 || [[Tomato Seeds]] in [[Farmland]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>mainly Ingredient
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: All items are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food. Although Fruit is good, how many people eat most raw vegetables (?), and it is not at all advisable to eat raw meat (although you may let your settlers do so, if you really must and they have acute [[Hunger]])!

== Fine Food ==

There are two tiers of Fine Food:

* Tier 1 (Green) - Best Fine Food.
* Tier 2 (White) - Common Fine Food.

Tier 1 food offers the best bonus attributes.
 
[[File:Fine_Food_Tiers.png|left|413px|Fine Food Tiers]]

 

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Main Origin !! Remarks
|-
| [[File:Bread.png|32px]] [[Bread]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Candyapple.png|32px]] [[Candy Apple]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Apple Tree]] || Cooked Fruit
|-
| [[File:Cheese.png|32px]] [[Cheese]] || Dairy || 1 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] - [[Milk]] || <nowiki>*</nowiki>also Ingredient
|-
| [[File:Donut.png|32px]] [[Donut]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] milled from [[Wheat]] || Cooked Pastry
|-
| [[File:Popcorn.png|32px]] [[Popcorn]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Corn]] || Cooked Snack
|-
| [[File:Roasted Duck Breast.png|32px]] [[Roasted Duck Breast]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Duck]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Fish.png|32px]] [[Roasted Fish]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Angler]] - [[Common Fish]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Frog Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Frog Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Frog]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Mutton.png|32px]] [[Roasted Mutton]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Sheep]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Pork.png|32px]] [[Roasted Pork]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Pig]] || Domestic Meat
|-
| [[File:Roasted Rabbit Leg.png|32px]] [[Roasted Rabbit Leg]] || Cooked || 1 || [[Hunter]] - [[Rabbit]] || Wild Meat
|-
| [[File:Steak.png|32px]] [[Steak]] || Cooked || 2 || [[Animal Keeper]] - [[Cow]] || Domestic Meat
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Note: Bread and Cheese are also Ingredients ([[Crafting material|Crafting materials]]) used for cooking some Gourmet food.

== Gourmet Food ==

There are three tiers of Gourmet Food:

# Tier 1 (Purple) - Finest Gourmet Food.
# Tier 2 (Yellow) - Great Gourmet Food.
# Tier 3 (Blue) - Good Gourmet Food.

Tier 1 food offers the best bonus attributes.
 
[[File:Gourmet_Food_Tiers.png|left|671px|Gourmet Food Tiers]]

 

The following table list all Gourmet [[Meals|meals]]. Here are some key points:

* All Gourmet food is cooked in either a [[Cooking Pot]] or [[Cooking Station]].
* The Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar column is provided to help you understand how difficult it may be for your settlers to regularly cook these meals, bearing in mind that those ingredients need to be milked or pressed (Dairy: Milk, Cheese) or milled (Flour and Sugar) or produced from milled ingredient (Bread from Flour). Coffee is milled too, but that should be obvious for [[Black Coffee]] and [[Cappuccino]]. All other Gourmet food is easier for your settlers to cook regularly, provided that you grow a sufficient quantity of the plants/trees/bushes required for those ingredients and have [[Hunter|Hunters]], [[Animal Keeper|Animal Keepers]] and/or [[Angler|Anglers]] correctly configured to obtain the meat or fish items.
* The Tier column is more to give you an idea of how useful a particular food is for your own use, rather than use by your settlers. You may consider banning some items for settler Diet use (for example: [[Pork Tenderloin]] which can provide the maximum possible +80 Max Health).
* See [[Meals]] to see a list of the Effect, Duration, and Recipe for the items, or click any single item to see that information for it individually. Note: This information is not generally important when setting Settler Diets (except, possibly, with regard to defense against [[Raid|Raids]]).

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|-
! Name !! Type !! Tier !! Dairy/Flour/Bread/Sugar? !! Remarks
|-
| {{Item|Banana Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Beef Goulash}} || Cooked || 1 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Black Coffee}} || Cooked || 2 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Blackberry Ice Cream}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Blueberry Cake}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Cappuccino}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Cheese Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Bread]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Eggplant Parmesan}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Fish Taco}} || Cooked || 3 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Fish and Chips}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Flour]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Fresh Potato Salad}} || Cooked || 2 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Fried Pork}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Fruit Smoothie}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Hotdog}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Bread]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Junior Burger}} || Cooked || 3 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Lemon Tart}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Meatballs}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Flour]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Miners Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Nachos}} || Cooked || 3 || [[Cheese]], [[Flour]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Pork Tenderloin}} || Cooked || 1 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Pumpkin Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Rice Pudding}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Shish Kebab}} || Cooked || 1 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Smoked Fillet}} || Cooked || 3 || No || Fillet of Fish
|-
| {{Item|Spaghetti Bolognese}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Flour]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Strawberry Pie}} || Cooked || 1 || [[Milk]], [[Flour]], [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Sushi Rolls}} || Cooked || 1 || No ||
|-
| {{Item|Sweet Lemonade}} || Cooked || 2 || [[Sugar]] ||
|-
| {{Item|Tropical Stew}} || Cooked || 2 || No ||
|}

== Advice on Setting Diets ==

Something to be said here to help people...

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{{Infobox mob
|name = Stylist
|image = Stylist.png
|type = [[Settler]]
}}

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===Shop===
{{ShopTable|Stylist}}

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{{Infobox item
|type = [[Consumables]]
}}
 
{{TypeTable|Fine Food}}
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