What is The Best Vitality Food ?

[Jeykama]

2* foods are amazingly bad this tier because their % conversion is so low. E.g. If you want all 19 points out of HQ Pineapple Juice, you need 634 VIT to start with. That's 200 more than I have as a full DL/Relic+1 paladin!

On the other hand is HQ Mulled Tea which gives 15VIT max at 4%, which means you only need 375 to cap it out - way more reasonable - I have 378 VIT as WHM including 3 accessories melded for +8-9 VIT

max 12 @ 400VIT: NQ 3%VIT - Mulled Tea, Buttons, Eft Steak
pro: cheapish as easily quicksynthed con: not likely to get max benefit as a caster due to needing 400VIT being a bit too high

max 15 @ 375VIT: HQ 4%VIT Mulled Tea, Buttons, Eft Steak
pro: less VIT required to get all 15 points, higher stat cap. con: HQs take time so likely to cost twice as much off market

max 19 @ 634VIT: HQ 2* food 3% VIT
pro: still none con: 634VIT is still absurd. If I had 400VIT I still would only gain 12 VIT.... same as NQ Mulled Tea.

tl;dr is, use NQ Mulled Tea (or equivalent) if you want to buy bulk. HQ Mulled Tea if you want the "best". Never use NQ or HQ 2* food for another tier or two unless you like wasting gil.

[Reiterpallasch]

Replacing my crafted gear with 90 is lowering my health A LOT, soon I'll be full 90 so I'll have to depend on food for Vit.

[Wobi]

If you have crafted i70 accessories you can meld VIT on them. Allagan accessory pieces lack Vitality, so this makes sense if that is how they were geared.

[GalaxyGirl]

If you have crafted i70 accessories you can meld VIT on them. Allagan accessory pieces lack Vitality, so this makes sense if that is how they were geared.

Thank you for responding for me, yes I socket vit.

[LiadansWhisper]

HQ Mulled Tea is probably going to give you the best bang for your buck. I'm really not sure why it's so expensive on your server...Pineapple Juice is MUCH more expensive on mine.

Mulled tea is...easy. xD It takes like, 5 ingredients (three of which can be bought off vendors) and water and fire shards. Maybe the shard requirement is why?

[Maqaqa]

Pretty much every food comes with VIT.

I can suggest you HQ mulled tea for piety/spellspeed, HQ buttons in a blanket for determination, HQ deviled eggs for crit rate, HQ la noscean toast for tanking; they all come with more or less 15 VIT.

[ispano]

HQ Mulled Tea is probably going to give you the best bang for your buck. I'm really not sure why it's so expensive on your server...Pineapple Juice is MUCH more expensive on mine.

Mulled tea is...easy. xD It takes like, 5 ingredients (three of which can be bought off vendors) and water and fire shards. Maybe the shard requirement is why?

Shard cost is around the same for other foods that level. Price is prolly just because people use it. But honestly, I just stick with Buttons in a Blanket. As others have said, the Double Star foods, with the exception of Sauteed Coeurl, are worse due to the lower percentages. Coeurl gets 4% for Vit instead of 2% like the other double star foods, but also takes a tome item to make. Though you get like 10 of them for 125 tomes.

Again, Buttons is your best bet, especially for all around since all roles can make good use of it.

[LiadansWhisper]

Shard cost is around the same for other foods that level. Price is prolly just because people use it. But honestly, I just stick with Buttons in a Blanket. As others have said, the Double Star foods, with the exception of Sauteed Coeurl, are worse due to the lower percentages. Coeurl gets 4% for Vit instead of 2% like the other double star foods, but also takes a tome item to make. Though you get like 10 of them for 125 tomes.

Again, Buttons is your best bet, especially for all around since all roles can make good use of it.

The thing with Buttons is that it's much, MUCH more expensive, on average, than Mulled Tea. At least on my server. I don't even bother trying to sell HQ Mulled Tea, whereas HQ Buttons give me an average of 1.5-2k gil a piece.

[Maqaqa]

Again, Buttons is your best bet, especially for all around since all roles can make good use of it.

And you dont need to farm Apkallu eggs.
I love buttons in a blanket!

[ispano]

The thing with Buttons is that it's much, MUCH more expensive, on average, than Mulled Tea. At least on my server. I don't even bother trying to sell HQ Mulled Tea, whereas HQ Buttons give me an average of 1.5-2k gil a piece.

I'm used to just making them myself, not all that hard to get the mats for either. Just takes a little time. I carry about 50 HQ Buttons, Toast, Deviled Eggs, and Stuffed Cabbage with me all the time.

And you dont need to farm Apkallu eggs.
I love buttons in a blanket!

I have to farm them for the Deviled Eggs and La Noscean Toast. Though not difficult on Summoner. I just do it while we wait for Coil Members to log on.