Expensive spices

This article is about the quest reward. For the quest item, see Expensive spices (Let Them Eat Pie).

Expensive spices
Release	31 January 2012 (Update)
Also known as	Spice pouch
Members	No
Members	No
Quest item	Let Them Eat Pie
Quest item	Let Them Eat Pie
Tradeable	No
Tradeable	No
Equipable	Yes
Equipable	Yes
Stackable	No
Stackable	No
Disassembly	No
Disassembly	No
Value	1 coin
Value	1 coin
Alchemy	Not alchemisable
Alchemy	Not alchemisable
Destroy	If you throw these spices away, you can reclaim them from Nails Newton.
On death	Always kept outside Wild
Exchange	Not sold
Weight	0.15 kg
Examine	This container of really expensive spices is sure to improve any meal.

Expensive spices is a necklace rewarded from the Let Them Eat Pie quest. The special ability of this necklace allows an extra 50 life points restored for every piece of food eaten. The necklace does not need to be equipped for the special ability to work, it only needs to be in a player's inventory. This necklace does not work with restorative items, such as Saradomin brews, beer, or purple sweets, as they have restorative effects as well as healing effects.

The item is always kept on death. If lost a spare one can be received by talking to Nails Newton in Taverley near the lodestone.

Combat Stats

Requirements
None
Class			Slot
None
Tier
None
Weapons		Main		Off
Damage		-		-
Accuracy		-		-
Style		-
Range		-
Attributes						Damage reduction
Armour				0		PvM: 0%			PvP: 0%
Life points				0		Style bonuses
Prayer				0		0		0		0
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Mechanics

To determine if the necklace is worth carrying in an inventory slot, here are three equations:

• Life points restore without necklace = $n \times h$
• Life points restore with necklace worn = $n \times (h+50)$
• Life points restore with necklace in inventory = $(n-1) \times (h+50)$

where

$n$ is number of inventory spaces available for food

$h$ is life points restored by the food players plan on bringing with them.

This effect will work on every bite of food, e.g. it will heal an additional 100 life points for any pies, it also work with the stackable magnetic minnow. For baron shark and juju gumbo, this increases the amount healed by 50 only once for the initial bite and has no effect on the heal over time effect; therefore, eating a baron shark with the necklace would heal 2,050 life points, followed by 50 life points every second for 10 seconds.

One more suggestion is to use this item with the bones to peaches or bones to bananas spells, as over time, the extra life will become worth the item slot. This is very useful on long trips to aviansie, ankou, or bloodveld.

This table displays the number of food items a player must be carrying for it to be worth taking the expensive spices in an inventory slot over just bringing another piece of food:

Fish	Number required	Healed normally	Healed with necklace
Magnetic minnow	-	100	150
Trout	9	375	425
Salmon	14	625	675
Tuna	16	750	800
Lobster	25	1200	1250
Cake	8	999	1149
Chocolate cake	10	1248	1398
Swordfish	29	1400	1450
Desert sole	30	1450	1500
Catfish	31	1500	1550
Monkfish	33	1600	1650
Beltfish	34	1650	1700
Shark	41	2000	2050
Great white shark	43	2100	2150
Rocktail	47	2300	2350
Blue blubber jellyfish	16	2250	2400
Sailfish	49	2400	2450
Summer pie	25	2374	2474
Rocktail soup	51	2500	2550
Sailfish soup	53	2600	2650

These numbers do not include the necklace itself e.g. players must bring 32 monkfish & necklace to equal having 33 monkfish - both heal a total of 52,800 life points.

A general rule is to divide the number of life points restored by a food item by 50 and then add 1 to find when spices should be brought. Using food that is consumed in multiple bites like cakes and pies do not follow this rule.

This does not take into account things like the decreased cost of the food and the ability to heal more per click which can be particularly useful in hard fights, such as against bosses or other players.

Trivia

• Items with multiple bites gain the most from the necklace. A cake normally heals a total of 999 in three bites but will heal 1149 with the necklace. A chocolate cake normally heals a total of 1,248 in three bites but will heal 1,398 with the necklace. However, if a lot of healing may be needed in a short time, a cake with its three bites may take too long to be useful.
• Expensive spices don't provide a life point bonus to the cornucopia.
• In the Rewards menu, the Expensive spices is referred to as Spice pouch, and is labelled to give +10 healing, instead of the actual +50.