Food

Food
Description	Essential for armies on the march and gathering resources.
Description	Essential for armies on the march and gathering resources.
Rarity	Common
Acquisition	Farms Loot Sites Rebels
In Market	Yes
Storage Type	Wagon
Volume	1

Food is a resource in Conqueror's Blade, used for movement over the Open World.

Acquisition

Food can be obtained in large quantities from gathering at Farms. It is also possibly rewarded in much smaller amounts from Loot Sites and Rebels.

Additionally, a player can refill their food supply via purchase for bronze at Border Forts, Regional Cities, Conqueror's Gates, Trade Colonies, Conqueror's City, Wayside Inns, and any fief controlled by the player's Alliance, at a rate of 20 food per 1 bronze. Entering any of these fiefs (excepting Wayside Inns and Border Forts which cannot be entered) will also automatically replenish the player's food supply. Note that food cannot be purchased as an item in this manner; it can only be used to refill the food supply.

Usage

Food is primarily used to supply warbands marching over the Open World. All players have an initial food supply of 15,000. This food supply is distinct from food stored as an item in either the player's Supply Dump or Wagon, and food cannot be taken out of the food supply except to feed their warband. Food is constantly deducted from this food supply while moving outside of the border of a Regional City, Conqueror's Gate, Conqueror's City, or any fief controlled by the player's Alliance. If a player runs out of food, they cannot initiate Pursuit battles, join Territory Wars, use Forced March, or gather from Resource Sites, although they may still participate in battles against Rebels and join Raider Camps. Food is not consumed while not moving, and the consumption rate is halved for players travelling within the borders of fiefs controlled by alliances friendly to theirs.

The warband's food consumption is determined by its Units. All warbands have a base food consumption rate of 6 per second. Each unit will also consume a certain amount of food per second; this rate of consumption is not affected by any veterancy upgrades or doctrines (including those that alter the unit's headcount) except for any that specifically reduce food consumption. The total warband's food consumption is the sum of the base consumption and the food consumption of all units in it. While under Forced March, food consumption is doubled.

When a player's warband's food supply falls below 1,000, up to 1,500 food will be taken from the player's wagon if possible which will refill the food supply by the taken amount. There is otherwise no mechanism to move food between the player's wagon and their food supply.

Besides supplying warbands, food can also be submitted to fulfill certain Fief Quests.