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# Consumables
Temporary Efficiency boosts to your interns.
Consumables provide short-term Efficiency boosts to individual Interns.
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## Consumables
Consumables are temporary boosts that last **24 hours** and can be applied to a single Intern. Each Intern can have a maximum of **1 Consumable active** at a time.
### Pack Cost: 25 $CASH
Each Consumable Pack contains one Consumable — either a **flat boost** (additive Efficiency) or a **multiplier boost** (percentage Efficiency). Both types share the same pack, giving you 12 possible outcomes.
### Flat Boosts
Flat boosts add a fixed amount of Efficiency to the Intern they're applied to.
| Consumable | Name | Rarity | Boost | Drop Rate |
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| Coffee | Common | +10 | 22.5% |
| Eye Drops | Uncommon | +30 | 15% |
| Steak Dinner | Rare | +50 | 7.5% |
| Joint | Epic | +200 | 3.5% |
| Pills | Legendary | +600 | 1.25% |
| Fortune Cookie | Mythic | +2,000 | 0.25% |
### Multiplier Boosts
Multiplier boosts increase the Intern's Efficiency by a percentage of their base value.
| Consumable | Name | Rarity | Boost | Drop Rate |
|---|
| Protein Bar | Common | +1% | 22.5% |
| Energy Drink | Uncommon | +3% | 15% |
| Cigarettes | Rare | +5% | 7.5% |
| Adderall | Epic | +20% | 3.5% |
| Insider Info | Legendary | +60% | 1.25% |
| Cocaine | Mythic | +200% | 0.25% |
### How They Stack
Flat and multiplier boosts work differently depending on which Intern you apply them to:
* **Uncommon Intern (300)** + Rare flat boost (+50) = **350 Efficiency** for 24 hours
* **Epic Intern (2,000)** × Epic multiplier (1.2) = **2,400 Efficiency** for 24 hours
Multiplier boosts scale with the Intern's base Efficiency, making them significantly more valuable on higher-rarity Interns.
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### Strategy Notes
Consumables are not always worth their 25 $CASH cost. Their value depends entirely on which Intern you apply them to:
* On a **Common Intern** (100 efficiency), the average consumable barely moves the needle — often negative expected value.
* On an **Epic Intern** (2,000 efficiency), you're roughly breaking even.
* On a **Legendary or Mythic Intern**, consumables are clearly profitable.
**Optimal play:** Save your best consumables for your highest-rarity Interns. A Mythic multiplier (+200%) on a Mythic intern (20,000) gives you 60,000 effective Efficiency from that single desk for 24 hours.