Buffs

Players in combat are expected to have at least a food buff.

Weekend buffs

• The game developers can choose to have a buff active during weekends or holidays.

(Examples : 10% chance to yield extra items from Gardening or picking mushrooms; increase in the money given when turning in workorders.)

Long term buffs (45 minutes or more)

• Food, usually from Cooking:
  • Meals and Snacks are different and stack.
  • However eating multiple meals will not stack. Only the highest level food buff will be displayed. Food buffs usually give regeneration of Health and Power.
  • Most foods will also give a straight increase in the total amount of Health or Power the player has.
• Nature Appreciation 1 (appreciate a flower): increases maximum Power for 1 hour.
• Nature Appreciation 2 (appreciate a bouquet, arrangement, or display): buffs for 4 hours.
  • One flower and one bouquet buff can stack.
  • Example bouquet buff: Gardening Luck, +10% chance to yield 2 items while Gardening instead of 1.
• Music Performance (you or fellow players have made music by using a musical instrument):
  • Increase in earned combat XP.
  • Bonus out-of-combat Armor regeneration.
• Dance Appreciation (while player-music was made, other players did an Interpretive Dance):
  • Increase in crafting XP.
  • Increase in Metabolism.
• Candle Buff (from candles made with Candle Making.
• Potions:
  • Many potions will stack if they do not buff the same stat.
  • Example potion:
    

     

    Memory Enhancer
    gives an hour of +10% earned combat XP.
• Meditation:
  • Most useful to players using Unarmed.
  • There are meditation recipes that give extra buffs like cold resistance.
  • Using a Meditation Stool will substantially increase the buff duration.
• Calligraphy:
  • Most useful for players using the Sword skill.
  • There are calligraphy recipes that buff slashing, piercing, crushing, or cold damage, reduce rage, etc.
  • Using a Calligraphy Bench will increase the buff duration.
• Buffs from Art Appreciation
  • (Click on a deployed statue like
    

     

    Huge Silver Dragon Statue
    ) : 10% increase in crafting XP.
• Augury gives one hour buffs with many effects.

Medium term buffs (10 to 15 minutes)

• Certain advanced player abilities give an increase to Haste : being able to move more quickly.
• Through Alchemy several potions or drugs can be made that either boost damage done or increase the players resistance to certain damage types.
• Alcohol buffs last 15 minutes, 3 beers and 1 liquor can be stacked.

Short term buffs (up to a minute)

• These are mostly Buffs from Combat Skill Abilities.