Taste Identification

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

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
• Player-applied Poison (from spells or weapons) to a creature will reduce that creature's Poison Resistance value to (50% * (Taste Id Skill / 100)) of normal (i.e. a Taste ID skill of 100 reduces a 50% Poison Resistance to 25% Poison Resistance)
• 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

Swing Speed Bonus

Different levels of Food Satisfaction will provide players a Swing Speed bonus (while not Flagged in PvP) as follows:

Food Type	Swing Speed Bonus
Measly	+0.5%
Paltry	+1%
Meager	+2%
Adequate	+3%
Appetizing	+4%
Delectable	+5%

Players with Taste Identification will increase the effectiveness of their food bonuses by (Taste ID Skill / 100) % of normal

• For example, a player who eats Delectable Food and has 120 Taste ID skill will receive a (5% base + (5% * (120 / 100))) = +11% Swing Speed Bonus

x2 Mana Regen Chance

Different levels of Food Satisfaction provide players a chance to regenerate 2 mana (instead of 1) during each meditation tick (while not flagged in PvP) as follows:

Food Type	Chance for 2 Mana Regen
Measly	2.5%
Paltry	5%
Meager	10%
Adequate	15%
Appetizing	20%
Delectable	25%

• If the player is actively Meditating, the chance is reduced to 50% of normal (so 25% would become 12.5%)
• Players with Taste Identification will increase the effectiveness of their food bonuses by (Taste ID Skill / 100) % of normal
  • For example, a player who eats Delectable Food and has 120 Taste ID skill will have a (25% + (25% * (120 / 100)) = 55% Chance Per Meditation Tick to Regen 2 Mana instead of 1

Herbal Poultice Bonus

• Player 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 no way to see that Buff
• 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 whily using Taste ID

Training

Skill	Activity
0-50	Train from NPC
50-80	Use Taste Identification on food in New Player Dungeon
80-100	Use Taste Identification on food