The world of Dragonsaerie is packed with gathering spots. Just walk up to them to collect materials. Aside from foraging in the wild, you can also buy materials from market merchants in cities and from Crimson Crow liaison officers across the land. Their stock refreshes daily. Back at your Camp, you can use these materials to make the ingredients you need. Food Effect 1: Battle Buffs—Temporarily boost your attributes, upping your chances of clearing dungeons. Food Effect 2: Movement Acceleration—Temporarily speeds up your movement, making map exploration more efficient. Food Effect 3: Quest Submissions—Use food to complete quests for specific NPCs. Food Effect 4: NPC Relationships—Give food to NPCs to improve your affinity with them. In the early game, having lots of food makes it easy to build NPC affinity, which helps you earn Elemental Gems and other materials (it's basically like extra Stamina). Food also bumps up your chances of winning battles.