Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin Pie is a Gourmet Food item that can be eaten by the player or given to NPCs for a temporary benefit. When consumed by the player, it grants +10% damage, +15% crit chance, and +0.75 health regen for 20 minutes. It is one of the food items that combines offense and survivability, making it useful before extended combat, dangerous expeditions, or boss attempts.

NPCs can also consume Pumpkin Pie, and when they do, it provides +35% happiness. That makes it useful in settlements where keeping residents happy matters, since it can serve both as a valuable meal and as a morale-boosting food supply. Because it is classified as Gourmet Food, it fits into the broader group of higher-quality foods that are more than just basic hunger restoration and can have meaningful secondary effects.

Pumpkin Pie has a spoilage time of 2 hours, so it is not a long-term storage food. Players should plan around that limited shelf life if they intend to use it for buffs or NPC happiness rather than immediately consuming it. In practice, that makes it best used soon after crafting, looting, or acquiring it, rather than stockpiling it for later.

• Best used before combat, since its bonuses improve both damage output and critical hits while also adding passive healing.
• Useful for NPC management because it directly raises happiness when eaten by residents.
• Its short spoilage time means it should be treated as a fresh-use item instead of a pantry staple.
• Since the buff lasts 20 minutes, it is effective for longer fights or exploration sessions where the bonuses can stay active throughout the encounter.

Overall, Pumpkin Pie is a flexible food item with strong combat value and a clear settlement-use case, but its short spoilage window makes timing important.