Chef

Chef
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    SUMMARY

    Chefs provide food and drinks for a wide variety of occasions. Food and drink provide buffs to various attributes and will fill part of the respective food and drink meters, which slowly digest (decay) to allow more food and drink to be consumed. Whether you are crafting, PvP'ing, farming, or harvesting - foods are an incredibly important aspect of the end game and are always in demand.

    Chef can be particularly tricky due to reliance on Flora resource that not many other professions utilize as well as a variety of resource quality combinations. In addition, a Chef needs a good Bio Engineer to help craft top-end goods.



    Primary Products

    • Player Food
    • Player Drink
    • Pet Food
    • Beast Dietary Supplements



    Requirements & Grinding

    Novice Chef requires Domestics IV from the Artisan skill tree. The Chef grind is

    Required (Chef Profession only):
    914,200 Food Crafting XP
    135k Credits (for training)

    The following guide provides a relatively straightforward way to get from novice to master.
    The resources do not need to be of high quality. Find or harvest the cheapest you can.
    A crafting macro is recommended to speed up the process.
    With a decent crafting macro and all of the materials already gathered you can achieve master chef from novice in under an hour.

    The following XP amounts and requirements assume:
    - You do NOT have an experience buff from an entertainer.
    - You craft using practice mode for the experience bonus.

    StageRecipeRequired ResourcesNotes
    Artisan --> Novice ChefGeneric Crafting Tool1100 Metal (12 M / 4 M / 4M each)
    Artisan Domestic Arts IVLarge Glasses100 Gemstone
    Desserts IV-> Master ChefKiwik Clusjo Swirl8800 Berries, 4400 Fruits, 4400 Water (40 B / 20 F / 20 W each)Berries are not "Fruits". Be sure you get "Fruits" and not "Fruit"(singular).

    Tips
    • Use a grinding macro (see Crafting page)
    • Get an entertainer experience buff
    • Use practice mode
    • Get a crafting droid and grind next to the trainer



    Key Resources


    Resource Types

    • Chef will require a wide variety of resources, primarily focused on Flora. This in itself is tricky because not many other professions utilize flora and keeping up with ~150 different varietals of planet-specific resources is a daunting task.

    Qualities & Experimentation

    • OQ/FL (Flavor - Duration of Food)
    • OQ/PE (Nutrition - Effect of Food)
    • PE/DR (Quantity)
    • OQ/DR (Filling)




    ABOUT FOOD & DRINK

    Food provides temporary buffs to your stats. These can be modifiers to your HAM or a wide assortment of skills.

    Filling

    Characters have separate food & drink filling bars on your Character Sheet (c). Each bar goes up to 100 and is emptied over the course of 30 minutes (3-1/2 fill per minute). Consumed food & drink fills up your filling bar and cannot go over 100.

    Stacking

    Food and drink with the same stat buffs cannot be stacked. Rather, whatever you eat or drink last will replace the previous food.

    For example, Kiwik Clusjo Swirl and Caf both have a Mind Regeneration buff and therefore cannot be used at the same time.



    HOW IT WORKS



    Food & Drink

    • Various foods will require sub-components
    • Drinks utilize containers (in various sizes)
    • Additives from Bio-Engineer enhance certain aspects of the food


    Example Food or Drink


    Containers

    Containers are required for drinks and affect the quantity of the final product..
    • Small Glass: 1x multiplier (base quantity)
    • Large Glass: 1.5x multiplier
    • Cask: 3x multiplier




    Pet Food

    Pet food prevents a pet from being hungry and improves loyalty.

    Types of Pet Food

    1. Blubbery Fish Substitute
    2. Coarse Fish Substitute
    3. Cooked Fish Substitute
    4. Cooked Meat Substitute
    5. Dry Fruit Substitute
    6. Fatty Fish Substitute
    7. Fatty Meat Substitute
    8. Juicy Fruit Substitute
    9. Sour Fruit Substitute
    10. Stringy Meat Substitute
    11. Sweet Fruit Substitute
    12. Tender Meat Substitute

    Pet Food Crafting

    Pet foods recently were changed to be able to be run in a factory along with other food items.


    Beast Dietary Supplements


    Beast Dietary Supplements are items given to pets to increase experience gain

    They come in types A-N and strengths Mark I and Mark II.

    Note: Beast Dietary Supplements use Weapon/Droid/General Crafting Tools, Stations, and an Equipment Factory, rather than Food/Chemical



    ADVANCED TECHNIQUES


    Crafting Suit

    • Suggest crafting suit with +Food Experimentation as well as +Artisan Experimentation (if you are Master Artisan for those foods).

    Master Artisan (25 Exp Pts)

    • Many utilized foods are actually in the Artisan skill tree and utilize Artisan Experimentation, of which you can get many more than 12 experimentation points for by learning other Novice crafting professions.
    • Cap for Master Artisan is 25 experimentation points by having a crafting suit + Master Artisan + having Novice Armorsmith, Architect, Chef, Tailor, and Shipwright (You need ALL of them)

    Casks

    • Casks are the most efficient for making drinks due to the 3x quantity multiplier
    • These will require crafted Trim from a Tailor, so find a friend!

    Factory Runs

    • Chef will require many factory runs for sub-components. Recommend to go ahead and opt for the full 1k runs to make things in mass quantities
    • Utilize the Factory Speed buff from Entertainers to gain the +25% bonus while your toon is online

    Food Additives

    • These are supplements to foods that boost properties of crafted foods and are made by Bio Engineers with Medical Experimentation and are a must to craft high quality foods.
    Light Food Additives
    Tissue componentExperimentation bonus
    Multisaccharide Dimate+10 to 30% Flavor (duration)
    Micronutrient Supplement+30% to 60% Nutrition (effect)
    Hyper Yeast Additive+100% to 200% Quantity (quantity)

    Medium Food Additives
    Tissue componentExperimentation bonus
    Multisaccharide Tetramate+30% to 50% Flavor (duration)
    Broad-Spectrum Nutrients+60% to 90% Nutrition (effect)
    Hyper Yeast Concentrate+200% to 300% Quantity (quantity)

    Heavy Food Additives
    Tissue componentExperimentation bonus
    Multisaccharide Pentamate+50% to 70% Flavor (duration)
    Intelligent Nanonutrients+90% to +120% Nutrition (effect)
    Edible Nano Constructors+300% to 400% Quantity (quantity)




    Special Schematics

    Food & Drink Recipes
    • Mandalorian Wine - Looted from DWB Ghosts & Wraiths. This is an unlimited-use schematic
    Decorative Items:
    • Pear Shaped Bottle (loot)
    • Fat Bottle (loot)
    • ... Many many more



    LIST OF FOOD AND DRINK



    Common Food and Drink Quick Reference



    Combat Focused Food and Drink


    TYPENAMEEFFECTDURATION
    FoodBlob CandyAction RegenHIGH
    DrinkCafHealth, Mind RegenHIGH
    FoodAhrisaHealth, Mind Regen
    FoodPikatta PieDodge BonusMED
    FoodCrispic (Ranged)AccuracyMED
    FoodCrispic (Melee)AccuracyMED
    FoodExo ProteinDamage MitigationMED
    FoodSynthsteakDamage MitigationLOW
    DrinkPica ThundercloudRanged DefenseMED
    DrinkT'illa-T'illStamina, PrecisionHIGH
    DrinkDeuturiam PyroRanged AccuracyLOW
    DrinkCorellian AleMelee AccuracyLOW
    FoodVegeparsineMelee DefenseMED
    DrinkRuby BlielStim RoundtimeLOW
    FoodBofa TreatHealth RegenHIGH
    FoodKiwik Clusjo SwirlHealth, Action Regen, Mind RegenMED
    FoodTeltier NoodlesHealth, Action RegenHIGH
    FoodAir CakeDodge BonusMED
    FoodVagnerian CanapeHealth, Mind, Health RegenMED
    DrinkMandalorian WineHealth, Health Regen, Action Regen, Mind RegenMED


    Utility Focused Food & Drink


    TYPENAMEEFFECT
    DrinkBespin PortCrafting Experimentation Bonus on Next Experimentation
    FoodBivoli TempariBuffing Efficiency
    FoodCaramelized PknebCure Efficiency
    FoodPyollion CakeCrafting Assembly Bonus
    FoodDustcrepeOpportune Chance Bonus
    FoodVeghashCreature Harvest Bonus
    FoodChandadSurveying Bonus
    FoodKommerken SteakBonus to Foraging and Treasure Maps
    FoodAlmond-KwevvuCreature Taming Bonus
    DrinkStarshine SurpriseExceptional Milk Chance Bonus, Faster Milking
    FoodOrmachekExperience Bonus


    Less Common or Non-Functional Food and Drink

    NAMEEFFECTDURATIONFILL
    Gralinyn JuiceAcc vs Creature +39
    18​
    27​
    JaarAgility +4, Constitution +5
    45​
    64​
    Ithorian MistFire Resistance 27, Fire Absorbtion +15
    15​
    15​
    GarrmorlHealth Regen 162, Action Regen 50, Mind Regen 200
    8​
    49
    Blue MilkCure Efficiency +15
    2​
    34​
    AccarragmHealth Regen 82, Action Regen 200, Mind Regen 200
    9​
    49
    FlameoutMitigation 185
    3​
    69​
    Blood ChowderBleed Resist +23, Bleed Absorbtion +15
    28​
    16​
    Citrus Snow CakeHealing Efficiency +20
    3​
    27​
    GorrnarClone Wound Reduction +17
    20​
    32​
    Gruuvan ShaalHealth +100, Health Regen +200
    20​
    33​
    K-18 RationsAgility +14
    55​
    14​
    Karkan RibenesHealth Regen +56
    1​
    81​
    ThakitilloHealing Efficiency +47
    2​
    45​
    Travel BiscuitsTerrain Negotiation +17
    13​
    9​
    TrimpianFire Resistance +19, Fire Absorbtion +20
    42​
    16​
    Kanali WafersHealth +120, Health Regen +100
    70​
    15​
    Smuggler's DelightSpice Downer Reduction +37
    15​
    29​
    Meat JerkyHealth +88
    56​
    5​
    HalvaDisease Resist +12, Disease Absorb +20
    27​
    32​
    Parwan NutricakeHealing Potency +4, Constitution +65
    41​
    28​
    ScrimpiHealth +84, Action Regen +200
    16​
    32​
    TerrattaCamoflage +8
    15​
    27​
    Won WonHealth +130, Health Regen +200, Action Regen +50
    12​
    37




    -SoloWest, June 2022
    -Grogar, Feb 2022