Well Fed

Well Fed
Statistics
Type	Buff
Cause	Food items (see list)
Effects	Minor improvements to all stats
Duration	10 / 15 / 20 / 30 / 35 / 45 minutes
Tooltip	Minor improvements to all stats Minor improvements to all stats and increased life regeneration
Internal IDs
Buff ID	26
Internal name	WellFed

Well Fed is a buff granted to the player upon consuming certain consumables. The buff slightly improves all stats (listed below). This lasts for 10 to 45 minutes (depending on the item used), but can be canceled at any time by right-clicking the icon ( ), by selecting the icon and canceling it in the equipment menu ( ), by double-tapping the buff icon (  ), or by canceling the buff from the buffs screen ().

Well Fed gives the following stat bonuses:

• +2 defense
• +2% critical hit chance for all attacks (except from Summon weapons)
• +5% melee speed
• +5% damage (including summons)
• +0.5 minion knockback
• +20% movement speed

Additionally, in Expert mode, life regeneration will only be fully effective while the player is under the effects of this buff.

Causes

From item

From		Duration
	Cooked Marshmallow	10 minutes
	Pad Thai	10 minutes / 4 minutes
	Pho	15 minutes / 7 minutes
	Cooked Fish	20 minutes / 3 minutes
	Cooked Shrimp	20 minutes / 3 minutes
	Sashimi	20 minutes / 3 minutes
	Bacon	30 minutes
	Bowl of Soup	30 minutes / 10 minutes
	Grub Soup	30 minutes
	Gingerbread Cookie	30 minutes / 15 minutes
	Sugar Cookie	30 minutes / 15 minutes
	Christmas Pudding	35 minutes / 15 minutes
	Pumpkin Pie	45 minutes / 15 minutes

Tips

• This buff is extremely useful as it is easy to obtain, extremely versatile, and has a long duration.
  • During Halloween, Pumpkins for Pumpkin Pie are plentiful, and even at other times the Dryad can supply Pumpkin Seeds to farm them. Other food items can be crafted or picked up from varied sources.
  • On the flip side: An old proverb says "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach the man to fish for himself, and you feed him for a lifetime". While fish in Terraria don't quite last a full day, even a modest amount of fishing for other purposes can certainly provide enough fish to keep a player well fed despite the shorter duration.
• Most players should carry a stack of "food" items, and try to keep the buff always active. The movement bonus alone would make that worthwhile, but in Expert mode food is even more important, as it is required to regenerate health normally. In any mode, the small but broad boost to combat abilities comes in handy.
• Use this buff before boss fights or venturing into dangerous areas to gain a cheap and easy advantage. The movement buff makes it worthwhile even for exploring and mining.

Trivia

• The Cooked Marshmallow is currently the only item to have the same duration on all platforms.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Added Grub Soup and Bacon, both grant Well Fed.
  • Grants full Life Regen in new Expert mode.
  • Duration changes:
    • Pumpkin Pie increased from 15 to 45 minutes.
    • Christmas Pudding increased from 15 to 35 minutes.
    • Sugar Cookie and Gingerbread Cookie increased from 15 to 30 minutes.
    • Bowl of Soup increased from 10 to 30 minutes.
    • Cooked Fish, Cooked Shrimp, and Sashimi increased from 3 to 20 minutes.
    • Pho increased from 7 to 15 minutes.
    • Pad Thai increased from 4 to 10 minutes.

• Desktop 1.2.4:
  • Added Cooked Fish, Cooked Shrimp and Sashimi, all grant Well Fed.
  • Fixed bug that made Well Fed give 10% magic damage and no ranged damage instead of each having a 5% damage increase.

• Desktop 1.2.3: Added Pad Thai and Pho, both grant Well Fed.

• Desktop 1.2.2: Added Sugar Cookie, Gingerbread Cookie and Christmas Pudding, all grant Well Fed.

• Desktop 1.2.1: Added Pumpkin Pie, grants Well Fed.

• Desktop 1.2: Added Cooked Marshmallow, grants Well Fed.

• Desktop 1.0.6: Introduced with Bowl of Soup.