Bad Soup

Bad Soup is a consumable food item made from a mixture of odds and ends. It appears as a low-quality ration that restores little or no hunger and offers negligible nutritional benefit. The item is characterized by its poor taste and texture; it is intended to represent improvised or spoiled provisions rather than a proper meal.

Consuming Bad Soup carries a risk of causing illness. Every source description states that there is a chance the eater will become sick after consumption, representing effects such as food poisoning or a negative status ailment rather than beneficial buffs. Because of its low filling value and the chance of adverse effects, Bad Soup is primarily a last-resort food, used only when no safer or more nutritious options are available.

• Restores very little hunger or nutrition and does not provide positive modifiers.
• Has a nonzero probability to inflict illness or a food-poisoning status on the consumer.
• Flavor and mouthfeel are explicitly poor; the item is described as unappetizing in all language variants.
• Best avoided when cleaner or higher-quality food is accessible; acceptable only in emergencies when any consumable is needed.
• Treat illness effects with appropriate remedies or wait until negative status expires, depending on game mechanics.

Bad Soup functions as a thematic warning about scavenged or improvised sustenance: it fills stomachs poorly and risks compromising the consumer’s condition.