animals and cooking.

Not a bug, just a query: I was making meals to build up to 25% skill.

You cooked a ingredient (Fish) for your meal.
You prepared your meal (Fish).
It has been placed in your meal inventory.
You gained 0.08 experience on your Cooking Skill.

My experience went down when I made a 2 fish meal to .064 and then when I went to check making one meal again, it seems the experience sticks.

You cooked a ingredient (Fish) for your meal.
You cooked a ingredient (Fish) for your meal.
You prepared your meal (Fish, Fish).
It has been placed in your meal inventory.
You gained 0.064 experience on your Cooking Skill.

You cooked a ingredient (Fish) for your meal.
You prepared your meal (Fish).
It has been placed in your meal inventory.
You gained 0.064 experience on your Cooking Skill.

Plus I thought that the stamina it cost to make a meal also went down? But this could be just rumour...as its still asking me to use 8 stamina.

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And a possible bug: I bought 2 cows and a chicken y'day and Im pretty sure I checked whether or not I had to feed them, and I thought it said no...but today I lost .05 experience from each animal for not feeding them.

Did you just hit 20%? That would be why you notice the change...

The stamina seems right (cost of stamina goes down as your skill goes up).
It might be you just reached a 'plateau' so to speak, and the experience gains get less and less as your skill gets higher and higher.

Every 20% XP gained, you reach a higher plateau. Once you get to 25%, you can make 2 item meals without fail, but the XP gain changes every 20%, along with amount of stamina it costs.

You get same XP for making 1 item meal, or 5 item meals.

Your Cooking Skill: 69.928%.
Cooking a meal costs: 6 stamina.

So, when i get 80%, it will cost me 5 stamina and the xp I gain from cooking will lower once again...

I forgot to say I was at 25% and I didnt notice the change until I got there, experience was .08, right before, as I was watching that intently...so close to my goal...you see ^^

And okay, I can live with it, if experience goes down when I hit 25%. That just seemed odd thats all.

edit: so what your saying is that I dont get the first drop in stamina until 40%

Edit to add: If Im getting what your saying correctly, Im a slow thinker when it comes to numbers..

You might be right about experience dropping every 25%, i never paid attention myself

My guess is its something like this, if Aro can confirm/deny would be great:

Cooking skill:

1%: Meals cost 9 stamina to make, can only make 1 item meals without fail. Experienced gained per meal is max: (.08??)
20%: Meals cost 8 stamina to make, can only make 1 item meals without fail. Experience gained per meal made is lowered: (.064?)
25%: Can now make 2 item meals without fail.
40%: Meals cost 7 stamina to make, can only make 2 item meals without fail. Experience gained per meal made is lowered: (.044?)
50%: Can now make 3 item meals without fail.
60%: Meals cost 6 stamina to make, can only make 3 item meals without fail. Experience gained per meal made is lowered: (.024)

I'm not sure how much xp is gained at the mid levels, and I am not sure when the XP gains change (every 20%, or every 25%). I am pretty sure the stamina changes at every 20%, because it costs me 6 stamina to make a meal with 69% skill.

I know with 69% skill it costs me 6 stamina to make a meal and I get .024% skill each meal I make.