Taste Identification

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Summary

  • Used to determine if a food item is Poisoned
  • Also used in the Plant system where players use the Taste Identification skill and a Planter's Spade to attempt to determine the Ideal values for Heat, Water, and Soil
  • Whenever players have Food Satisfaction from eating food, they gain increased mana regeneration & swing speed
  • Skill Cooldown for using the TasteID skill on Food is 2 seconds


Poisoning and Taste ID

  • Player-applied Poison (from spells or weapons) to a creature will have its damage increased by (100% * (Taste Id Skill / 100)) patch Feb 14,2020
  • The TasteID skill will no longer reduce a target creature's Poison Resistance (Players can still reduce Poison Resistance through Poison Kit upgrades / Mastery Chain Links, etc)
  • Will reduce the chance that a player's Poison spell is resisted by (50% * (Taste Id Skill / 100)) of normal (can stack with Poisoning skill effect)
  • The Taste ID skill reduces the chance for a target to cure Poison by (50% * (Taste ID Skill / 100))
  • Read more about this topic on the Poisoning page

Food Satisfaction

  • Players can eat food every 60 seconds and upgrade their Food Satisfaction to a higher bonus type
  • Satisfaction Bonuses received from Food will now use whichever skill is higher between a player's Cooking skill or Taste Identification skill
    • The Add. Bonus is not active while PvP Flagged

Mana Regen

Type % Chance for 2 Mana Regen Add. Bonus
Measly 2.5% + 5% * (Highest Skill / 100)
Paltry 5% + 10% * (Highest Skill / 100)
Meager 10% + 20% * (Highest Skill / 100)
Adequate 15% + 30% * (Highest Skill / 100)
Appetizing 20% + 40% * (Highest Skill / 100)
Delectable 25% + 50% * (Highest Skill / 100)
  • If the player is actively Meditating, the chance is reduced to 50% of normal

Swing Speed Bonus

Type Swing Speed Bonus Add. Bonus
Measly +0.5% + 1% * (Highest Skill / 100)
Paltry +1% + 2% * (Highest Skill / 100)
Meager +2% + 4% * (Highest Skill / 100)
Adequate +3% + 6% * (Highest Skill / 100)
Appetizing +4% + 8% * (Highest Skill / 100)
Delectable +5% + 10% * (Highest Skill / 100)


Herbal Poultice Bonus

  • Players with Taste ID gain a Herbal Poultice Bonus, they have a (50% * (Taste ID skill / 100)) chance to ignore any damage from a Poison, Bleed, or Disease tick
    • Currently there is sadly no way to see if the buff is active
  • as of the Patch from January 26th you can no longer apply that buff to other Players and you can no longer target the Ground while using Taste ID


Training

Skill Activity
0-50 Train from NPC
50-80 Use Taste Identification on food in New Player Dungeon
80-120 Use Taste Identification on food