Meat from Monsters

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Here's a list of everything in the game that increases the Meat drop rate from monsters. To see various maximum levels of meat drops, see Maximizing Your Meat Drops.

Keep in mind that well-equipped item farmer can usually do better than a Meat farmer by farming for high-priced items and selling them at the mall.

If you have multiple percentage increases active at the same time, the percentages are added together. For example, if a player has a 20 lb. leprechaun (100%), Polka of Plenty (50%), and Expert Panhandling (10%) active, then Meat drops will be increased by 100+50+10 = 160%. A monster that normally drops about 100 Meat would then drop about 260 Meat.

When the Meat drop rate is increased using the items listed on this page, the Meat drops from monsters will no longer fall in a continuous range. This is caused by the unbuffed Meat drop being calculated first, followed by the Meat drop bonus being applied. Any decimals are then rounded down to achieve an integer value for the Meat drop. For example, if +160% Meat drops are applied to a monster that normally drops 7-9 Meat, only three Meat drops will be encountered: 18, 20, and 23.

The first table lists known, percentage modifiers. The second table lists a small number of special Meat-gaining effects. The last recaps gains from familiars, which are more completely listed at Familiars by type.

Meat Drop Modifiers

Special

Aside from the special modifiers listed below, be aware that there are special penalties (and ways to nullify penalties) for underwater adventuring.

Familiars

There are a number of familiars that gain Meat during combat. Typically, familiar gains increase as the weight of the familiar increases. The maximum normal weight a familiar can attain is 20 pounds; this can be augmented via Familiar Weight modifiers.

A full listing of familiars that increase or produce Meat is maintained in two sections of the familiars article. Briefly, Meat-gaining familiars are can be subdivided into various classes:

• Leprechaun Types: The Leprechaun is probably the most commonly used. The Leprechaun quickly increases to a bonus of 100% at 20 pounds, with each additional pound giving diminishing returns, typically 3.0-3.5%. These familiars can all equip the lucky Tam O'Shanter/lucky Tam O'Shatner which gives a +50% Meat bonus instead of the +5 pounds that standard equipment gives. The Meat gains from these familiars is shown below in the Leprechaun Familiars column. The Hobo Monkey is a "super leprechaun," acting as if it were a leprechaun of 1.25 times the monkey's effective weight.
• Cocoabo Familiars: The Cocoabo will occasionally find a decent amount of Meat, as will the Feather Boa Constrictor, which has a slightly better Meat-producing formula than the Cocoabo. Both of these familiars have a variety of other behaviors as well. The Meat gain for the Cocoabo is shown below.
• Hanukkimbo Dreidl: The Hanukkimbo Dreidl will sometimes give you a small amount of Meat (and has other behaviors as well). The Meat gain ranges from 1 Meat to 3 times its weight.
• Fuzzy Dice: The Fuzzy Dice sometimes (if it rolls a 10) gives you 10 Meat, regardless of its weight. This familiar should be viewed as a negligible source of Meat as it averages less than 1 Meat per turn. It is not included in the table below.
• Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: The Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot familiar will occasionally produce a couple of hundred Meat during combat, in addition to other functions.
• Fire ant tools: The swarm of fire ants sometimes drops an ant tool that you can equip to any familiar. The ant rake, ant hoe, ant pitchfork, ant pick and ant sickle all increase the amount of Meat a monster drops by 10-15 Meat. These items don't increase the Meat from monsters without a Meat drop at all.

NPZR Nerf: In order to cut down on the exploitation of the NPZR's Meat-producing mechanic, both the NPZR and Cocoabo were adjusted, and no longer produce Meat from round 10 and after.

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