Effects Reference

Effects Reference

Nourished rewards a balanced diet with passive buffs and penalizes neglect with debuffs. Everything runs automatically — no potions required.

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⚖️ How It Works

Effects are checked every 2 seconds based on your current nutrient levels. When a nutrient crosses a threshold, the associated effect kicks in or fades out.

Category	What triggers it
🟢 Balance Bonuses	All nutrients are high
🔴 Neglect Penalties	A specific nutrient is low
🌿 Raw Food Penalties	Eating raw or undercooked food

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🟢 Balance Bonuses

When all five nutrients are above 75%, you'll receive:

Effect	What it does
❤️ Health Boost I	Increases your maximum health
💚 Regeneration I	Slowly restores health over time

Both effects last as long as your diet stays balanced.

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🔴 Neglect Penalties

Each nutrient group has its own penalty when it drops below 25%:

Neglected Group	Penalty Effect
🍎 Fruits	Unluck I
🥦 Vegetables	Slowness I
🥩 Proteins	Mining Fatigue I
🌾 Grains	Weakness I
🥛 Dairy	None (by default)

Penalties fade as soon as you eat something in that group and your bar recovers past the threshold.

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🛌 Sleep Bonus

If all your nutrients are at 50% or higher when you sleep, you'll wake up with Regeneration I for 30 seconds.

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🥩 Raw Food Penalty

Eating raw or undercooked meat will hurt you. The severity depends on how raw the food is.

Tier	Effects	Duration
🟡 Mild	Hunger	30 seconds
🟠 Medium	Slowness + Weakness	60 seconds
🔴 Severe	Poison + Nausea + Blindness	60 seconds

A high Proteins nutrient level builds resistance to raw food penalties.

Raw food penalties can be disabled in config under Effects → Enable Raw Food Penalty.

Tag foods with nourished:raw_food/* tiers — see Community Tags.

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⚙️ Customizing Effects

All effects are stored in config/nourished/effects.json and are fully customizable.

You can:

• Change which vanilla effect is applied
• Adjust the trigger threshold
• Change effect duration and amplifier
• Add entirely new effects tied to any nutrient

Effect rules support multiple trigger types:

Trigger	When it fires
below	Nutrient is below the threshold
above	Nutrient is above the threshold
all_above	All nutrients are above the threshold
any_below	Any nutrient is below the threshold
between	Nutrient is between two thresholds

Edit effects.json directly, or use the in-game Effect Builder under Mod Options → Nourished → Effects.

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💡 Tips

• Watch the Diet Screen — the Active Effects section shows what's running right now.
• Balance first, perfection second. Avoid leaving any group empty for too long.
• Cook your food. Raw food penalties stack fast.

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📚 Related Pages

• Food Groups
• Configuration
• Community Tags