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Overview
A tale of food, woven by countless gastronomic delights──
Since ancient times, food is the God of the people.* idiom
In order to help food culture flourish, culinary delicacies manifest as «Food Souls» and appear in the mortal realm.
Food Souls uphold the lifelong mission of transmitting food culture.
Should the delicacies’ traditions die out in the mortal realm, so would the life of the Food Souls themselves.
The Food God, Yi Zhi, thus signed a «contract» with these Food Souls.
In order to maintain the unceasing transmission of culinary traditions, the names of the Food Souls were recorded in a revered book known as «The Tale of Food», and «Kong Sang» was built as a protective haven.
Years have passed since, and «Kong Sang» has become the most famous gourmet paradise of the Three Realms.
«The Tale of Food» is not merely proof of the contracts with the Food Souls, it is also a comprehensive compilation of the cooking methods and cultural history of Chinese gourmet cuisine.
And now, «The Tale of Food» has been inherited by you, the «Young Master» who is the heir of the Food God.
Every day, with the protection of the Food Souls who watched over you, you grew up and eventually became an exemplary «Food God’s Representative».
However, times have changed, and malevolent spirits have become rampant.
The enemies of the Food God harbour an overwhelming conspiracy, plotting to carry out their grudges of ages past, and stands in your way.
As the Food God’s Representative, you shoulder the grave responsibility of protecting the Food Souls, and set forth towards an unknown world.
Contents
Setting
As explained above, the world of 食物语 is divided into 3 realms. You are the child of the Food God, and your father is currently away, so it falls to you to manage Kong Sang, the home of all Food Souls.
For more information on the player character, please see the [Player Character] page. However, please be warned that it contains spoilers from the later parts of the [Main Story].
Food Souls
All characters that can be recruited in the game are Food Souls (食魂). Food Souls are, as the name implies, incarnations of famous dishes. When a dish starts to fade from collective human memory (e.g. dishes that were invented in bygone eras and lost over time), its Food Soul will fall into a berserk state, eventually devolving into 食魇 (food demons/nightmares, also known as your standard enemies in the combat portions of the game). Food Souls are usually obtained through [Summoning] or collecting Soul Embers.
For a list of all Food Souls that have been released so far, see here.
Basic Gameplay Overview
Gameplay is divided into several portions.
The [Story] portion follows a visual novel format that sometimes requires combat to unlock further chapters. Most [Events] also have a similar story portion, but may have other chapter unlock requirements.
The base management portion includes running a Restaurant and Farming ingredients, as well as decorating rooms in a House with furniture sets.
Players can set up or join [Guilds], which is highly recommended for its many benefits, including features like [fragment trading] and a [guild points shop].
The [Combat] portion mostly involves raising character levels and potential, as well as organizing them into teams of four. You will be making use of this in the PVP arena, weekly raids, guild raids, in farming for equipment and materials, as well as in events, so focusing your early resources on one good team first will make obtaining everything else easier.
In-Game Currency
There are currently 15 types of regular currency or points in the game, each used in a different segment of the shop. Some will be introduced to other servers in a later update.
Events, of course, have their own event currencies and event shops.
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Dish Type
Class
Character Info
Pinyin
Traditional Chinese
CV CN
CV JP
Artist
Food Introduction
Said to be born from the delicacy Yizhi(伊挚) presented to the royalties of Shang, Hugeng is a gentle and considerate man. Once a right-hand man of Yizhi, Hugeng now accompanies Young Master in rebuilding the destroyed Kongsang(空桑).
Stats
| Rating | Level 1 | Level 20 | Level 40 | Level 60 | Level 80 | Level 100 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | B | 1162 | 2213 | 3445 | 4801 | 6810 | 7890 |
| Attack | B | 111 | 212 | 339 | 485 | 703 | 838 |
| Defense | C | 94 | 180 | 280 | 391 | 554 | 641 |
| Dodge | A | 5% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 11% | 15% |
| Critical Rate | C | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% |
| Critical Damage | A | 60% | 60% | 66% | 78% | 96% | 120% |
| Effect Hit | 0 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Effect Res | 0 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Skills
| Petal | Effect |
|---|---|
 | Gain additional trait [15% chance to stun target for 1 turn] |
 | Chance to activate effect increased by 10% |
| Petal | Effect |
|---|---|
 | Gain additional trait [Recover health for 1 other target with less than 50% health equivalent to 100% of self attack] |
 | Main target’s health regeneration increased to 300% of self attack |
| Petal | Effect |
|---|---|
 | Invincibility buff extended by 1 turn |
 | Initial cooldown removed. When target’s health is less than 50%, Invincibility buff extended by 1 turn |
 | Grant Unconditional Invincibility for 3 turns |
| Other Skills | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Icon | Skill | Effect | |||||||||
 | 精进不休 | Party members receive additional 5% experience. | |||||||||
Title: 忆往昔 / 憶往昔 / 追憶
Title Translation: Memories
Unlocks at Affection Level 2
Hugeng(鹄羹) is born during the Shang and Zhou Dynasty when the God of Food Yizhi(伊挚) make soup out of crane meat. He is a gentle and considerate person. He travels the world under the alias ‘Hu Geng(胡更)’ until Kongsang(空桑) was built.
Hugeng was Yijin’s closest friend and right-hand man, and now he accompanies the Young Master, though no one knows why he has been sleeping in ‘The Tales of Food(《食物语》)’ for so long.
Title: 摹形貌 / 摹形貌 / 容姿
Title Translation: Appearance
Unlocks at Affection Level 4
Hugeng wears white clothes as white as a crane’s. The long feathers of a crane is his trademark, and he is always seen holding the whitest feather among all.
Title: 战四海 / 戰四海 / 技能
Title Translation: Abilities
Unlocks at Affection Level 8
Hugeng’s feather could turn into an arrow that pierces the ranks of the enemies, a feather shroud that heals, and could even summon a cauldron that protects a person from harm.
It was said that Yizhi had used Hugeng’s cauldron(鼎) to serve delicacies to the royalties of the Shang. The book《天问》records that: «缘鹄饰玉，后帝是飨。» The cauldron, being Yizhi’s old belonging, contains the abundant spiritual powers of the God of Food.
Title Translation: Flavour
Unlocks at Affection Level 10
The recipe has been lost in the mortal realm, only Yizhi knows the method to making it.
Title: 解赋性 / 解賦性 / 天性の才
Title Translation: Nature / Innate Talents
Unlocks at Affection Level 12
Having taken care of Young Master when they are still babies, Hugeng pampers the Young Master a lot. Although he does not understand the exact meaning of the terms ‘protective’ and ‘wife’, he is practising it all to the fullest.
Title Translation: Recent Diary Entry / Bonds
Unlocks at Affection Level 14
«Made peanut crisps and flower cakes for Young Master today, though it seems too sweet for them. I’ll change the recipe tomorrow, decreasing the sugar amount by a further one-tenth.
Young Master is going out for an outing tomorrow, have to remind them to bring a parasol, sunscreen and green bean soup. I should probably go with Young Master. Qingtuan(青团) and the others would not be able to take good care of Young Master since they can’t even take care of themselves.»