Nightingale: Best Food, Ranked

Although Nightingale is not a very difficult game, in some battles you will need additional buffs to be able to win. You can get powerful buffs using a variety of potions, but they can be difficult to craft. Finding ingredients for food is easier and can give you a huge boost to your base stats that will last longer than most potions.

More importantlly, though, since Nightingale is a survival game, fending off hunger is an important mechanic. These recipes are not only good for providing players with buffs, but for keeping them fed throughout their adventures.

Food Stats in Nightingale, Explained

In Nightingale, food items can have additional effects that can boost other stats. Hunger Mitigation is the main thing you need food for. If you stay hungry for a long time, your stamina and health will decrease, and then the character may die. A meal’s Hunger Mitigation indicates how much of the hunger bar that meal fills.

Stamina/Health Regeneration indicates that a meal will increase how fast the respective resource recovers. The higher this value is, the better, as you will recover faster during battle. Maximum Stamina/Health, meanwhile, increases the amount of health or stamina that you have access to. However, a huge amount of health or stamina will be much more useful if you can regenerate quickly. Maximum Stamina/Health and Stamina/Health Regeneration are interconnected and should be kept in balance.

Best Recipes in Nightingale

Catch of the Day

If you need a boost to maximum health and regeneration at the same time, one of the best dishes for this is Catch of the Day. You can purchase the Catch of the Day recipe for 30 T1 Essence by visiting Ascended Antiquarian Essence Trader. Make this dish with the following ingredients:

• 1 Fileted Raw Fish
• 1 Marinade

Captain’s Plate

As you can see in the table, the stats of Captain’s Plate are not very different from Catch of the Day. Captain’s Plate will give you twice as much stamina, but its bonus to maximum health is slightly lower. If you often climb mountains and use melee weapons, the Captain’s Plate is more suitable for you. You can buy the recipe for 30 T1 Essence from the Ascended Forest Astrolabe Essence Trader. Cook it with the following ingredients:

Sashimi

Sashimi is the best food for health regeneration. Although the buff lasts only 12 minutes, during this time you get as much as 400 health regeneration and 80 to maximum stamina. You can also raise the health regeneration buff to 480 if you make the recipe using Prismatic Pupfish. The Sashimi recipe can be bought from the Ascended Swamp Provider Essence Trader for 30 T1 Essence, and can be crafted from the following ingredients:

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Gazpacho

Gazpacho is a great dish that ensures you never run out of stamina because it increases its maximum value by up to 300. In addition, you will also get heat resistance. Heat is a status effect you can get in the Desert Biome. Staying under the scorching sun for a certain period will reduce your stamina, so if you forget your umbrella, Gazpacho will help you stay under the sun longer. Another advantage of Gazpacho is its buff duration, so you don’t need to craft the dish very often. The Desert Gloom Essence Trader sells the Gazpacho recipe for 30 T1 Essence, and you can make it using the following ingredients:

Beef Wellington

Beef Wellington will give you a huge boost to your health, perfectly satisfy your hunger, and even provide good stamina regeneration. At the same time, the buff lasts a full hour, making it one of the longest-lasting foods in the game. The Ascended Desert Hunt Essence Trader will sell you the recipe for 30 T1 Essence, and then you can cook the dish with these ingredients:

• 1 Marinated Raw Meat
• 1 Fragrant Dough
• 1 Raw Mushroom (Shiitake)

Nightingale

Released

February 20, 2024

Developer(s)

Inflexion Games

Publisher(s)

Inflexion Games