Gourmand is a Vintage Story mod by bluelightning32. Gourmand rewards dietary variety with extra health, encouraging players to discover foods, meals, pies, and preservation options.
Why this mod is worth installing
This mod suits players who want exploration, farming, foraging, and cooking to have a lasting health benefit. It is also useful for anyone seeking a clear reason to try foods they normally ignore.
What Gourmand adds
Gourmand tracks food achievements rather than rewarding repeated meals. Eating distinct food types, prepared meals, and pies grants food points, while broader milestones provide larger bonuses. The points are converted into additional health through a gradually scaling formula.
The system encourages a wider playstyle: grow different crops, forage, preserve ingredients, and use varied cooking methods. Some optional food-content mods add their own achievement groups, covering specialties such as sweet and savory treats, fried foods, hardtack, tea, and regional ingredients.
Open the character screen and select the Gourmand tab to see progress. The list highlights foods lost after death first, followed by uneaten entries in each category, making it easier to decide what to prepare next.
Death removes part of the achievements already earned, so the health reward is not completely permanent. The loss can be adjusted through the world setting, allowing servers to make the system gentler or more demanding.
Where to download Gourmand
The official Vintage Story Mod DB page is the right place to get the current release through the in-game mod manager.