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'''Buffs''' are temporary boosts or drains on [[The Player|the player]]'s stats and abilities. They can be achieved by consuming various [[Cooking|foods]] and drinks, or from [[Monsters|monster]] attacks.
'''Buffs''' are temporary boosts or drains on [[The Player|the player's]] stats and abilities. They can be achieved by consuming various [[Cooking|foods]] and drinks, or from [[Monsters|monster]] attacks.
== Combining Buffs ==
== Combining Buffs ==
In general, buffs do not stack, but instead replace any previous buffs. More specifically, buffs from exactly one food and one drink can be active at a given time. There are some special-effect buffs that are handled separately as described below.<ref name="cumulativebuffs"/> Eating a food with buffs will wipe out any buffs from previously-eaten food (but not buffs from a previous drink); one drink's buffs will replace any previous drink's buffs, but have no effect on existing food buffs. Foods or drinks that have no buffs (but restore [[Health]] and [[Energy]]) can be safely consumed without any effect on active buffs.
In general, buffs do not stack, but instead replace any previous buffs. More specifically, buffs from exactly one food and one drink can be active at a given time. There are some special-effect buffs that are handled separately as described below.<ref name="cumulativebuffs"/> Eating a food with buffs will wipe out any buffs from previously-eaten food (but not buffs from a previous drink); one drink's buffs will replace any previous drink's buffs, but have no effect on existing food buffs. Foods or drinks that have no buffs (but restore [[Health]] and [[Energy]]) can be safely consumed without any effect on active buffs.
Only three buffs, namely [[Luck]], [[Speed]], and [[Energy|Max Energy]], are available from both food and drink and can therefore be stacked:
Only three buffs, namely [[Luck]], [[Speed]], and [[Energy#Maximum Energy|Max Energy]], are available from both food and drink and can therefore be stacked:
* +1 Speed from [[Coffee]] or [[Triple Shot Espresso]] can be added to the +1 Speed from a food.
* +1 Speed from [[Coffee]] or [[Triple Shot Espresso]] can be added to the +1 Speed from a food.
* +30 Max Energy from [[Green Tea]] can be added to the +30 to +50 Max Energy from a food.
* +30 Max Energy from [[Green Tea]] can be added to the +30 to +50 Max Energy from a food.