Nut Pound Cake

[Lunch] A pound cake with plenty of nuts.

*This article is about the Nut Pound Cake. For the Manana variant, see Manana Pound Cake.*

## Obtaining

### Cooking

The easiest method of obtaining one or more Nut Pound Cakes is by cooking them. The required ingredients are one Zel Fruit and one Gheat Flour, and combining these will give you one Nut Pound Cake. If you're a traveller, you cannot do this, as you cannot cook. You should attempt to become a citizen to unlock cooking.

### Receiving from Others

#### Friends

Citizens and travelers who are friends, close friends, dear friends, or family members (excluding babies) may approach you and offer to give a Nut Pound Cake. Accepting their offer will grant you one Nut Pound Cake and improve your relationship with whoever made the offer. You also have the option to refuse if you don't want Nut Pound Cake or don't want to improve your relationship. **The food that NPCs offer to give is mostly random, so if you need Nut Pound Cakes, you should not rely on this method.**

#### Astral Day

Every year on the 20th, the sky becomes dark for Astral Day. On this day, children can be seen walking around with masks asking for candy. If you're a child, you also have the ability to ask for candy. To do this, approach any adult and select the "Candy Please" option. If the adult agrees, there is a chance they'll give a Nut Pound Cake. **You must be wearing a mask to do this.**

#### Asking Parents

If you're a child, you have the ability to ask your parents for a lunchbox. To do this, talk to one of your parents at home and select the "Give me a Lunchbox" option. If they accept, you'll receive a random Lunchbox item, and there is a chance it'll be a Nut Pound Cake. **You must have no Lunchboxes in your bag to do this.**

## Quests

Nut Pound Cake is required to complete one quest requested by the tavern. It refreshes weekly, meaning you can continue to get the rewards each week.

## Other Uses

### Eating

The primary use for a Nut Pound Cake is to be eaten. Because it is considered both a Lunchbox Item and a Food Item, is can be eaten anywhere. Doing this will boost your strength by 15 points, but will not improve your speed or spirit. Eating at breakfast or for lunch at school will double the effect to 30 points.

### Selling

Nut Pound Cakes will give you 7 bea when sold to a shop. If you purchased the Gheat Flour to make you Nut Pound Cakes, there is no reason to do this, as selling them would give a profit of 0 bea. It's much more efficient to sell you Zel Fruit instead, as you won't have to bother cooking it. If someone gave you a Nut Pound Cake, however, and you are in desperate need of bea, this is a somewhat decent option, though you should seek out other alternatives first.

### Giving to Others

Much like how citizens and travelers can give you Nut Pound Cakes, you can give it to them as well. To do this, hold a Nut Pound Cake in your hands and talk to a friend, close friend, dear friend, Ihm, or family member (excluding babies) and select the "Give Lunchbox" option. If they accept your offer, you'll give a Nut Pound Cake and improve your relationship. If they refuse, you can try again. Adults, children, and Ihms will have different reactions when accepting your offer:

* Adults will say it looks delicious and save it for later
* Children will celebrate and say it looks yummy
* Ihms will celebrate and consume the Nut Pound Cake on the spot

#### Astral Day

If you're not a child on Astral Day, children will approach you and ask for candy. If you have any Nut Pound Cakes on you, it may appear as an option when a child approaches, and selecting it will give the child one Nut Pound Cake.

You also have the option to approach children and give them a Nut Pound Cake. To do this, hold a Nut Pound Cake in your hands and talk to any child wearing a mask (including strangers). The option "Give Candy" will appear, and selecting it offers to give the child a Nut Pound Cake. The child will always accept unless they're full, in which case they'll always refuse.

## Trivia

* Though similar, the Nut Pound Cake and Manana Pound Cake do have different artworks. Them sharing identical looks is a common misconception among newer players and even some experienced ones.
* The quest "Help with Desserts", which Nut Pound Cakes are involved in, is the only quest requested by shops to give Small Health Potions as a reward.
* Of all the foods that can be cooked with Zel Fruit, Nut Pound Cakes have the lowest Food Effects, only improving 15 points across all stats.