From time to time, you'll probably wonder, "How can I get the most Meat from foes I slay?" This guide will hopefully help you to answer that question. (But note that it might be the wrong question to ask! Depending on where you're adventuring, you might be better off trying to maximize the number of items you get instead and selling those items.

Here's everything that I know of which gets you more meat. Note that all gains are percentages of the basic meat drop, so the gains are bigger for monsters which drop a lot of meat (like Yetis). Also, all percentages are additive; that is, if you have something giving you +20% meat and something giving you +50% meat, they'll combine to give you +70% meat (Jick recently changed this, to the dismay of a lot of people; before, some of the bonuses would multiply instead of add, giving you more meat).

Skills

• Nimble Fingers (Disco Bandit skill) -- +20% meat
  • Empathy of The Newt(Turtle Tamer skill, buff) -- +5 lbs. of familiars
    • Leach of linguini(pastamancer skill selfbuff) --+5 lbs. of familiar
    • Expert Panhandling (Sauceror skill) -- +10% meat

    Familiars

    • Leprechaun or equivalent -- +5% meat/level
    The coffee pixie, cheshire bat, and hand turkey all have the same functionality as a leprechaun. There are also some familiars, like the dice, cocoabo, driedl, and feather boa constrictor, which occasionally give random amounts of meat, but this is separate from your normal meat gain.

    Items

    • penguin whip (weapon) -- +3% meat
    • stainless steel slacks (pants; hardcore Disco Bandit Ascension reward) -- +20% meat
    • tiny plastic hermit (accessory) -- +6% meat
    • incredibly dense meat gem (accessory) -- +25% meat
    • lucky Tam O' Shanter (familiar accessory) -- +10 lbs. of Leprechaun (that is, +50% meat)
    If you have a leprechaun or equivalent, having a tiny plastic familiar accessory is almost as effective as a tiny plastic hermit, since the tiny plastic familiar is +1 level, which is +5% meat (and is much cheaper to get in the first place).

    Effects

    • Polka of Plenty (Accordion Thief buff) -- +50% meat
    • Egg-stortionary Tactics (eat a black striped, black paisley, or black polka-dot oyster egg) -- +50% meat