Other than the name suggests, food items can be given to your monsters, to permanently increase their attributes. They will not be consumed in the process. Each food item gives different attributes to the monster, like strength, power, etc. Also you can always readjust the food distribution when you are resting on a bench.

Each monster has a limited amount of food slots, that can be filled by you. The number of slots increases with the monster's level. 

Different monster types will drop a different kind of food. You can battle against those monsters, to find exactly the food that you want, to improve your monsters.

This system will give you a lot of options to customize your monster's attributes and make them unique. 

Changelog - Version 0.3.0

Food Items

• Added a new menu to equip food items to monsters.
• Wild monsters are now dropping different foods.
• A candy store opened in Kyst and sells sweets with special bonuses.

Shops

• A new shop opened in Kyst. Look around for new items.
  
• Wild monsters are now also dropping gold. Gold can be used to buy items in shops.

Other

• Zone names are now being displayed, when entering a zone. 
• Mouse-over hints were added to monster attributes (strength, power, etc.)

Bugfixes

• Fix tiling problems with bridges in Kyst.
• Fix NPC positions inside the battle arena.