Overview

> A tale of food, woven by countless gastronomic delights──
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> Since ancient times, food is the God of the people.\* idiom
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> In order to help food culture flourish, culinary delicacies manifest as "Food Souls" and appear in the mortal realm.
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> Food Souls uphold the lifelong mission of transmitting food culture.
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> Should the delicacies' traditions die out in the mortal realm, so would the life of the Food Souls themselves.
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> The Food God, Yi Zhi, thus signed a "contract" with these Food Souls.
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> In order to maintain the unceasing transmission of culinary traditions, the names of the Food Souls were recorded in a revered book known as "The Tale of Food", and "Kong Sang" was built as a protective haven.
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> Years have passed since, and "Kong Sang" has become the most famous gourmet paradise of the Three Realms.
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> "The Tale of Food" is not merely proof of the contracts with the Food Souls, it is also a comprehensive compilation of the cooking methods and cultural history of Chinese gourmet cuisine.
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> And now, "The Tale of Food" has been inherited by you, the "Young Master" who is the heir of the Food God...
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> Every day, with the protection of the Food Souls who watched over you, you grew up and eventually became an exemplary "Food God's Representative".
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> However, times have changed, and malevolent spirits have become rampant.
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> The enemies of the Food God harbour an overwhelming conspiracy, plotting to carry out their grudges of ages past, and stands in your way.
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> As the Food God's Representative, you shoulder the grave responsibility of protecting the Food Souls, and set forth towards an unknown world...
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> Translated by Xiong\_Hyouka from the official Japanese site
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## Setting

As explained above, the world of 食物语 is divided into 3 realms.
You are the child of the Food God, and your father is currently away, so it falls to you to manage Kong Sang, the home of all Food Souls.

For more information on the player character, please see the [Player Character] page. However, please be warned that it contains spoilers from the later parts of the [Main Story].

## Food Souls

All characters that can be recruited in the game are Food Souls (食魂).
Food Souls are, as the name implies, incarnations of famous dishes. When a dish starts to fade from collective human memory (e.g. dishes that were invented in bygone eras and lost over time), its Food Soul will fall into a berserk state, eventually devolving into 食魇 (food demons/nightmares, also known as your standard enemies in the combat portions of the game).
Food Souls are usually obtained through [Summoning] or collecting Soul Embers.

For a list of all Food Souls that have been released so far, see here.

## Basic Gameplay Overview

Gameplay is divided into several portions.

The [Story] portion follows a visual novel format that sometimes requires combat to unlock further chapters. Most [Events] also have a similar story portion, but may have other chapter unlock requirements.

The base management portion includes running a Restaurant and Farming ingredients, as well as decorating rooms in a Home with furniture sets.

Players can set up or join [Guilds], which is highly recommended for its many benefits, including features like [fragment trading] and a [guild points shop].

The [Combat] portion mostly involves raising character levels and potential, as well as organizing them into teams of four. You will be making use of this in the PVP arena, weekly raids, guild raids, in farming for equipment and materials, as well as in events, so focusing your early resources on one good team first will make obtaining everything else easier.