Cheese

"I hope the basic overview of Cheese has been helpful, but the new mechanics are "discovery of ingredient ratios", "discovery of correct ingredients", "discovery of best locations", "maturing system",  in comparison to wine, there is no genetics aspects, Cheese is aimed as a "i'm not that good at cooking but I want stat food", "tradable food with known results" and as a simpler idea to beer/wine. So if you enjoy cheese then Cooking, Wine and Beer are your next progression paths in terms of game complexity." -Malard on Discord

General Notes

• Cheese is a long term stat boost source
• Cheese does not go stale
• Cheese may be traded

Cheese Characteristics

• Different cheeses have different characteristics
  • Example: Rumi cheese is a great carry food but has a small hit to road speed
• Potency level (0-10) determines the amount the stat(s) are changed
  • Potency 0 is worthless, and gives no boost. This is the stage of newly made cheese. It cannot be eaten until aged.
  • Potency 1 (lowest) will give/take a few points in a stat
  • Potency 10 could be as high as +50/-50
• Potency also affects duration - from hours up to days

Cheese Production

• Made in a Creamery
• Some cheeses are faction specific. There may be region-specific cheeses in the future.
• Learning the Cheese Making skill will give you two basic recipes
• Additional cheese recipes can be discovered
• Cheeses take time to mature
  • This happens in either a Small Aging Rack or Large Aging Rack
  • Longer maturation time increases potency (up to the amount allowed based on the recipe used)
  • Both Mishi and Rumi cheeses may gain a point of potency each week they age in a large rack (confirmation needed)
• Once a cheese is removed from an aging rack, maturation stops. Cheeses of Potency 1 and greater cannot be put on an aging rack.

Vomiting

Tortellini had Istanboly (7 focus, 6 perc, -7 dex) and ate a perception herb and got the message "You throw up, the combination of flavours is too much for your body" resetting stats back to normal

Recipes

Recipe Sources:

• Rumi, available to all Egyptians with the Cheesemaking skill, from the Great Hall of the player's Faction.
• Halloumi, available to all Kush players
• Istanboly, available to all Hyksos players
• Mish, available to all Meshwesh players

• Shanklish, Areesh, Baramily, and Domiati, available upon completion of the Stranger's Challenge
  • Challenge may be started at any conflict shrine, at any time. Only one recipe given per avatar.
  • A player may take as much time as they wish, but the Challenge must be completed within two hours to receive a cheese recipe.

Cheese	Ingredients	Positive Stats	Negative Stats
Halloumi	10 Jugs of Cow's Milk, 3 Jugs of Buttermilk, 1 Salt
Istanboly	10 Jugs of Cow's Milk, 4 Oil, 2 Peppers	n Con, floor(2.5n) Foc, 2n Perc	floor(1.5n) Dex, floor(2.5n) Speed
Mish	3 Jugs of Buttermilk, 3 Jugs of Sour Cow's Milk, 3 Peppers, 1 Salt
Rumi	15 Jugs of Cows Milk	floor(2.5n) Str, floor(2.5n) Dex	n Spd
Shanklish	5 Jugs of Buttermilk, 15 Garlic, 3 Oil	Spread on the walls of a sheep pen for "protection" Pot 1 <1day	n all stats, no change to End
Areesh	10 Jugs of Sour Cows Milk, 4 Honey, 1 Salt, 2 Jugs of Buttermilk	floor(-1.5n) to all stats. +25n to quality of all manufactured items (?)
Baramily	2 Cabbage, 3 Cow Milk, 3 Sour Cow Milk, 3 Wood	Silences Cicada Cages for ~1 RL hour/potency (limited sample size)
Domiati	5 Water, 15 Cow Milk, 2 Salt, 5 Wood

NOTE : Areesh tested at Potency 4 gave +100 to blacksmithed and glory hole goods. +25n extrapolated from there. Need more data points.

Known Cheese Stats

Cheese	Potency	Str	Dex	End	Spd	Con	Foc	Per	Duration
Halloumi	1				2			1	3h30m+
Halloumi	2				5			2
Halloumi	3				7			3
Halloumi	4				10			4
Halloumi	5				12			5
Halloumi	6				15			6	18–20 hours
Halloumi	7				17			8
Halloumi	8				20			8	~22 hours
Hallouni	9				22			9	?
Istanboly	1		-1		-2	1	2	2
Istanboly	2		-3		-5	2	5	4
Istanboly	3	0	-4	0	-7	3	7	6	14h
Istanboly	4		-6		-10	4	10	8
Istanboly	5		-7		-12	5	12	10		Asnath
Istanboly	7		-10		-17	7	17	14		Heterika
Istanboly	9	0	-13	0	-22	9	22	18
Istanboly	10	0	-15	0	-25	10	25	20	Heterika
Mish	2	-3	6		8
Mish	3	-4	9		12
Mish	5	-7	15		20
Mish	7	-10	27		28
Mish	10	-15	30		40
Rumi	1	2	2		-1
Rumi	2	5	5		-2				2+ hrs
Rumi	3	7	7		-3				~8 hrs
Rumi	4	10	10		-4				12 hrs
Rumi	5	12	12		-5				~16 hrs
Rumi	6	15	15		-6				x hrs
Rumi	7	17	17		-7				~22 hrs
Rumi	8	20	20		-8				26 hrs
Rumi	9	22	22		-9				30 hrs 37 min
Rumi	10	25	25		-10				?	Qwu
Shanklish	3	-1	-1	0	-1	-1	-1	-1
Domiati	1	0	-1	2	0	0	0	-2	8+ hrs
Domiati	2	0	-3	5	0	1	0	-4
Domiati	3	0	-4	7	0	1	0	-6
Areesh	1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Areesh	2	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3		Heterika
Areesh	3	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4		Heterika
Areesh	4	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6		Sabahl

Odd Barrel of Cheese

• with a crowbar in inventory and the Barrel on the ground
• right click the barrel click a destructive action
• the cheeses will go to your inventory and the crowbar and barrel will poof

Event cheese containers were distributed across the landscape.

• Odd Barrel of Cheese
• Odd Crate of Cheese
• Odd Sacks of Cheese

Event Cheese Types

Odd Barrel of Cheese

Odd Barrel of Cheese

Odd Basket of Cheese

Odd Crate of Cheese

Odd Sacks of Cheese