Consumables Stack?

Zephyr01 · July 2015

I've been wondering for a while if Consumables stack effect. For instance; if I eat something to increase my health as well as my stamina for, say, 35 mins will they both take effect? What about if I drink a consumable that will Restore my health, and my stamina, as well at the increase food? Will they take effect too?
I think by my Character number Health and Stamina will increase, but I'm not sure about the Restore.

Thanks in advance.

Allyhoo811 · July 2015

You can only have one consumable buff active at a time. If you have a buff for increased health and then eat a food that buffs stamina, the stamina buff would replace the health buff.

If you want to increase multiple stats (most do lol), there are consumables that buff 2 stats (blue food or drinks) or 3 stats (purple food or drinks).

Also, just in case you weren't already aware:

Food always buffs your total magicka, stamina, and/or health.

Drinks always buff the recovery of magicka, stamina, and/or health.

Zephyr01 · July 2015

Thanks for that info.

Yes, I'd realised the Food and Drink buffed different ways.

So if I eat a Blue buff, say, Health and Stamina, can I not then also Drink a Recovery as well? Or is it just one or the other?

Thanks again.

Allyhoo811 · July 2015

Food and drink unfortunately do not stack at this time (though, it has been asked for many times by players). Maybe one day.

Zephyr01 · July 2015

Any news on the Consumables stacking yet?

It'd be good if at least 1 Food and 1 Beverage stacked.

mklundub17_ESO · July 2015

It don't see that ever happening, that's the point of the purple tri-food/drink, will buff health, stamina and magicka.

Allyhoo811 · July 2015

The most recent word I remember hearing on this was that the devs had at least temporarily scrapped plans to allow food and drink to stack in favor of buffing drinks to make them more desirable. Since they buffed drinks I have heard no feedback whatsoever on if they are currently happy with the state of consumables.

requin02 · July 2015

The only consumable that will stack is the xp boost drink with any other consumable.

Zephyr01 · August 2015

mklundub17_ESO wrote: »

It don't see that ever happening, that's the point of the purple tri-food/drink, will buff health, stamina and magicka.

Yes, but who can find the purple tri-food recipes? I've had my Provisioning Skills maxed out for a few weeks and I only found my first purple the other night (and I have a suspicion I'll never find Frost Mirium) - and I have only a couple of blues. They're scarce.

Allyhoo811 · August 2015

Anyone can find purple recipes. It has nothing to do with your Provisioning skill, it is just random luck. Purple recipes are relatively scare, especially if you have moral qualms about stealing from desks, trunks, backpacks, etc.

Frost Miriam is obtained via hireling emails, it isn't something that drops in the open world. The more points you have in the provisioner hireling the more likely you are to receive it.

Suisyo · August 2015

You can also get Frost Miriam etc from completing your daily Provisioning writs. They're hard to complete early on when you don't have a lot of recipes but as you collect more, completing these are very easy and worth it. I don't know if you saw the messages I posted to your profile earlier, but it outlines some extra info on Provisioning and acquiring more recipes.

Zephyr01 · August 2015

Yes, I check everything. In fact I can't walk past anything without stopping to see what's inside, lol. I have no qualms about stealing a decent recipe, it's just that I'm having trouble finding decent ones - I have a ton of greens, but only a handful of blues and one purple. Still, I'm a Veteran now so maybe I'll begin to find better ones :-)

Suisyo · August 2015

I don't know when you get access to the Ebonheart Pact areas, but when you reach Mournhold the bank has 3 desks in it. Nearly every time I logged in and went to the bank I checked those three desks and a few of the backpacks and wardrobes etc within the City Center building and have found many many recipes...mostly greens but the occasional blue (maybe a higher chance of purples for you since it will be a vet zone for you).

I started working on Provisioning very early on and have been taking my time leveling my character...just hit about lvl 42 on my main now, and still only have a few purples even though my provisioning itself is max level...primarily found in Coldharbour or from friends with access to Vet areas, so you should have better luck in Vet areas I would presume. It just seems those purples are not easy to come by, so hopefully you don't feel too disheartened. It's not just you having trouble with them. If I wasn't lucky enough to have friends helping I probably would still only have 1 or 2.

I personally enjoy provisioning, I just wish the system was better. Thankfully they've already made improvements, but there's still more work to be done to make it worth more people's time.

Anyway, wishing you luck! Hope you start finding more of what you're looking for!

Allyhoo811 · August 2015

I don't think Veteran Level characters are more likely to find purple recipes. Purple Recipes are a much rarer drop than greens, and I don't believe the RNG changes any based on character level. It might seem like you find more purple recipes when you get to Vet Levels, but you also spend significantly more time leveling at that point -- so it's probably just a perception thing.

chevalierknight · August 2015

Allyhoo811 wrote: »

You can only have one consumable buff active at a time. If you have a buff for increased health and then eat a food that buffs stamina, the stamina buff would replace the health buff.

If you want to increase multiple stats (most do lol), there are consumables that buff 2 stats (blue food or drinks) or 3 stats (purple food or drinks).

Also, just in case you weren't already aware:

Food always buffs your total magicka, stamina, and/or health.

Drinks always buff the recovery of magicka, stamina, and/or health.

They will stack with the next patch cant wait

Suisyo · August 2015

Allyhoo811 wrote: »

I don't think Veteran Level characters are more likely to find purple recipes. Purple Recipes are a much rarer drop than greens, and I don't believe the RNG changes any based on character level. It might seem like you find more purple recipes when you get to Vet Levels, but you also spend significantly more time leveling at that point -- so it's probably just a perception thing.

Yea that seems likely. You don't think there are any improvement in drops within Veteran areas though? Like how you find rarer motifs when you get to the respective vet areas? Or maybe recipes don't work the same way...

FilteredRiddle · August 2015

chevalierknight wrote: »

They will stack with the next patch cant wait

There are plans to let food and drink stack? That would be awesome.

Allyhoo811 · August 2015

FilteredRiddle wrote: »

chevalierknight wrote: »

They will stack with the next patch cant wait

There are plans to let food and drink stack? That would be awesome.

I have not seen this anywhere. Can anyone confirm? I don't remember reading it in the PTS patch notes.

UrQuan · August 2015

Allyhoo811 wrote: »

FilteredRiddle wrote: »

chevalierknight wrote: »

They will stack with the next patch cant wait

There are plans to let food and drink stack? That would be awesome.

I have not seen this anywhere. Can anyone confirm. I don't remember reading it in the PTS patch notes.

I can confirm that food and drinks do not stack on PTS, and I haven't seen any talk from anyone at ZOS about them potentially being changed to stack since the discussion around the provisioning changes that came with 1.6 (when they were originally going to make them stack, but changed their mind before anything hit PTS).