Soups, Stews and Crunchies in Dragonwilds: The Foods With No Numbers
Most Dragonwilds food publishes a plain number for sustenance. Seven dishes do not — they say "Moderate (30)" instead, and six of the seven carry a Hearty or Fortifying prefix. Read the list together and a pattern falls out: the prefixed versions all share the same food value, which means the prefix is buying the effect rather than the meal. (The Mixed Platter is the odd one out — same value, no prefix.)
The Moderate (30) Family
| Dish | Sustenance | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Hearty Soup | Moderate (30) | 0.8 |
| Fortifying Soup | Moderate (30) | 0.8 |
| Hearty Fortifying Soup | Moderate (30) | 0.8 |
| Fortifying Stew | Moderate (30) | 1.4 |
| Hearty Crunchies | Moderate (30) | 0.6 |
| Fortifying Crunchies | Moderate (30) | 0.6 |
| Mixed Platter | Moderate (30) | 2.0 |
All seven share the same sustenance value, and none of them publishes a health figure at all — which is unusual, since nearly every other dish does.
The weights vary and the food value does not. Crunchies at 0.6 are the lightest, soups at 0.8, stews at 1.4 and the Mixed Platter at 2.0 — so on the sustenance-per-weight measure they run from 50 per unit down to 15.
Which makes the Mixed Platter the worst-value item in this group by a wide margin — 2.0 weight for the same 30 sustenance a 0.6 crunchie provides.
Take the crunchies if you are packing. Same food value, a third of the weight of a soup and less than a third of a platter.
The Named Ones Have Numbers
The unprefixed versions publish real figures, and they are unremarkable:
| Dish | Health | Sustenance | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pumpkin Soup | 70 | 75 | 2.0 |
| Meat Stew | 50 | 50 | 1.4 |
| Vegetable Soup | 40 | 50 | 0.8 |
| Dwellberry Crunchies | 70 | 40 | 1.0 |
| Redberry Crunchies | 50 | 35 | 0.6 |
So a plain Vegetable Soup gives 50 sustenance and 40 health, where a Fortifying Soup at the same 0.8 weight gives Moderate (30) and no listed health.
On raw food value the plain versions win. Which is the strongest hint that the prefixed dishes are buff foods — you are paying food value for whatever "Hearty" and "Fortifying" do, in the same way that infusions trade nothing for their perk but a drink slot.
Redberry Crunchies are the standout of the plain group — 50 health and 35 sustenance at 0.6 weight gives a ratio of 58 per unit, better than every 2.0-kilo meal in the game.
And Vegetable Soup at 0.8 weight for 50/40 is a genuinely efficient light meal, which is easy to overlook among flashier recipes.
Reading the Naming
"Hearty" and "Fortifying" each appear across three dish types — Soup, Stew and Crunchies — which is a strong indication that they are two independent buff lines rather than two names for the same thing.
And they combine. Hearty Fortifying Soup exists as a distinct item, which only makes sense if the two prefixes stack into one dish.
Every prefixed version shares Moderate (30) sustenance, regardless of which prefix or how many. So the prefix does not change the food value at all — it changes something the item page does not put in the infobox.
Which is the honest limit of what the data shows. The wiki publishes the sustenance, the weight and the recipe, but not what "Hearty" and "Fortifying" actually do — so the sensible reading is that they are perks, and the confirmation has to come from in game.
The practical takeaway does not depend on knowing. If you want food value, cook the plain versions — Vegetable Soup, Meat Stew, Redberry Crunchies all beat their prefixed cousins on published numbers. If you want the effect, the prefix is what you are cooking for, and the 30 sustenance is the price.
Carry crunchies over soups either way. At 0.6 weight against 0.8 and 1.4, the crunchie form is the efficient shape for every version of this family.
Practical tips
- Seven dishes share "Moderate (30)" sustenance and publish no health figure.
- All of them carry a Hearty or Fortifying prefix — except the Mixed Platter.
- The prefix does not change food value, so it is buying an effect.
- Hearty and Fortifying combine — Hearty Fortifying Soup exists.
- Crunchies weigh 0.6, soups 0.8, stews 1.4, the Mixed Platter 2.0.
- The Mixed Platter is the worst value here — 2.0 weight for 30 sustenance.
- Plain versions publish real numbers and beat the prefixed ones on food value.
- Redberry Crunchies: 50 health, 35 sustenance, 0.6 weight — 58 per unit.
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Conclusion
Seven Dragonwilds dishes publish "Moderate (30)" instead of a sustenance number and no health value at all — Hearty Soup, Fortifying Soup, Hearty Fortifying Soup, Fortifying Stew, Hearty Crunchies, Fortifying Crunchies and the unprefixed Mixed Platter. Since every prefixed version shares the same food value regardless of prefix, the prefix is clearly buying an effect rather than nutrition, and the existence of Hearty Fortifying Soup shows the two lines combine. Their unprefixed cousins publish ordinary figures and beat them on food value: Pumpkin Soup 70/75, Meat Stew 50/50, Vegetable Soup 40/50 and Redberry Crunchies 50 health and 35 sustenance at just 0.6 weight — a ratio of 58 per unit, better than any 2.0-kilo meal. Whichever you cook, take the crunchie form: at 0.6 weight against a soup's 0.8, a stew's 1.4 and the platter's 2.0, it is the efficient shape for the whole family.
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