Consumables are vital for sustaining yourself in combat and during exploration. Always keep a stock of these essential items:

- Healing Potions: Restore health instantly or over time. Different tiers offer varying amounts of healing.
- Stamina Potions: Restore stamina, crucial for continuous combat, sprinting, and blocking.
- Food: Provides health and stamina regeneration over time, often with additional buffs (e.g., increased damage, crafting speed). Cooked food is generally more potent.
- Bandages: Stop bleeding effects, which can be deadly.
- Repair Kits: Used to repair weapons and armor in the field, preventing them from breaking. Different kits for different item types.
- Torches: Illuminate dark areas, especially useful in dungeons or at night.
- Siege Engines: Ballistas, Trebuchets, Catapults. Key items for attacking and defending castles. Crafted by engineers.
- Crafting Tools: Axes, Pickaxes, Sickles, Skinning Knives. Essential for gathering resources.
Manage your inventory space carefully, as carrying too many items can encumber you, reducing your movement speed.
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