What should I bring on a Medium Mission?

[Argon]

I usually bring 8 supplies, 8 torches, and a shovel on short missions. What should I bring on a Medium mission?

[Captain Keen]

Around 150% that - in other words, 12 and 12. Depending on how you play, how risk averse you are, and where you go. Weald, for instance, is prone to throw you more food.

[Helena Redgrave]

I always bring 18 food, 12 torches, 2 shovels, and depending on the area a couple bandages or antidotes in case things get rough. I usually end up not using a lot of the food, but I'd rather be cautious instead of getting screwed over by hunger.

[Anva]

20 Food - 8 for camp, 12 for hunger checks
12 Torches

is my setup.

[DuckieMcduck]

10 torches is enough for Medium. Just be sure to run out once so you may re-light it with the Campfire.

I always buy all the food, except maybe for Weald/Warrens where you can get free food stacks off Curios.

2~3 Shovels too.

[BandAid]

3 Blood Rings, to hell with food! Assuming you do not have those: minimum of 12 Food, I usually bring 20. Food is rather cheap, can be used to heal in an emergency and I rather trow away some food then suffer from hunger induced stress and damage when the RNG decides to trow too much hunger traps at me. Feasting on Rest is also a must. Since I lack the proper trinkets in my current run, I always 16 torches. Gold stops beeing such an issue if you drag the antiquarian along, which I always do if possible since the update.
For other supplies, It drastically varies depending on the area.
I always bring skeleton keys and keep at least one until I have either looted an secret room or have confirmed there is none or it becomes to risky to keep searching.
In the Cove, I bring a full stack of medical herbs. The traps are nasty and medical herbs can remove the debuffs. Also, a certain curio will get rid of one random negative quirk, including locked ones. Thats a lot of gold and time saved in my opinion(Check the wikia for details if you want to know more).
My last two runs(both cove) were ridiculous, I found 7 cove specific curios and one common curio and managed to rid my heroes of 8 negative quirks that way.( I keep waiting for the horrible trap the RNG is setting me up for.)

[Chara the Explorer]

As has been said, it vastly depends on your lineup, where you're going and how much risk you're willing to take

1. If you have no in-fight healers, bring extra food to compensate. Bring even more if your team has limited to no healing camping skills, as you will be relying heavily on camping feasts and post-battle snacks for healing (it may pay to purchase skills from the Survilalist Instructor).

Just make sure you always have at least a little food in case you hit a hunger check. It's entirely possible for your heroes to go hungry right after a feast.

2. Different areas have different curios and status effects. I won't give you a full run-down, but in regards to food, you generally want to pack extra for the Ruins, while the Warrens have a lot of curios that grant large amounts of food with the right items (Weald and Cove are in between). I would also recommend bringing at least two shovels just in case (they can also be used on certain curios for loot!). For torches I would bring 10-12 for medium quests, maybe more if you're relying on light-dependant quirks or trinkets.

3. Item are expensive and take up space for loot. You don't want to leave your heroes exposed to status effects or hunger, but patching up every hero with a paper cut is expensive. Personally I usually lean on the cautious side since preperation is expensive anyway so what's another thousand or so gold, but it's up to you to decide how much you want to prepare for fringe events.

[BG88HE_FD_PA]

My numbers are:

Short: 8 torches, 8 food, 2 shovels
Short treasure run: 8 food, 2 shovels
Medium: 14 torches, 16-20 food, 3 shovels
Long: Max food, 16 torches, 4 shovels

These numbers pretty much ensure you party will not have supply issues. It may not be numerically optimal, but it's a safe option without going overboard. Shovels and food are the most important since not having an adequate amount will demolish your party. Torches are optional in many cases unless you are going Champion where you should really bring them usually.

You can add in a smattering of other supplies depending on the difficulty of the dungeon and what curios you want to use reagants on. Bring more anti-venom to Champion Weald/Warrens and more Bandages to Ruins/Cove.

[Balgin Stondraeg]

For medium?

16 food.
12 torches
2-4 bandages
3 shovels (add 1 more if it's the Weald or the Cove)
0-2 keys (optional luxury if you can afford them)

Then...

For the Ruins add 2 holy water (add up to 2 medicinal herbs and 1 anti venom if you really want to).

For the Warrens add 2 medicinal herbs and 1 anti venom.

The the Weald add 1 medicinal herbs and 2 anti venom.

For The Cove add 2 medicinal herbs and either 1 anti venom or 1 holy water. Your choice.

My regional recommendations are based on a short run. For a medium run you might want to add a little bit more of the regioanl favourite supplies.

[red255]

I always bring 16 torches and all the food regardless of dungeon, 2 shovels and 3 keys.

I bring a vestal so I don't bother with bandages. Just keep your light at max burn torches every time it goes to 75%

But then I've mainly run ruins.

[Superfluous J]

I built up charts of what to bring to each place. Your mileage may vary (as said above, play style and party composition affects things. No healers means more food, probably, as one example) but if you start with this and pay attention to what you need or have excess of as you play, you should be okay:

ruin srt 10food 8torch 0herb 1shovel 0anti 0band 1key 2holy
ruin med 16food 8torch 1herb 2shovel 0anti 0band 2key 2holy
ruin lng 20food 10torch 2herb 3shovel 0anti 0band 3key 3holy

warn srt 12food 8torch 2herb 1shovel 0anti 1band 1key 1holy
warn med 16food 8torch 4herb 1shovel 0anti 1band 1key 3holy
warn lng 20food 12torch 5herb 2shovel 0anti 2band 2key 4holy

weld srt 16food 8torch 0herb 2shovel 1anti 1band 1key 2holy
weld med 18food 10torch 1herb 3shovel 1anti 1band 1key 3holy
weld lng 24food 16torch 1herb 4shovel 2anti 2band 2key 4holy

cove srt 8food 8torch 2herb 2shovel 0anti 0band 1key 0holy
cove med 18food 10torch 4herb 3shovel 0anti 0band 2key 0holy
cove lng 24food 12torch 5herb 4shovel 0anti 0band 2key 0holy

I've been told I bring way too much food, but I've also seen many people suggest "just get all the food" so I figure a middle ground is just fine there :)

[Satoru]

I bring lots of shovels

Its just easier to bury the dead in teh dungeon (also cheaper because the Caretaker isn't funding the Brothel 24/7 doing charity work)

[!?!]

Put a bloodthrist ring on so you can have 6 food feasts.
Bring enough food to feast on every campfire + a full stack.
Torches, 1 stack minimum depending on how bright you want to keep it.

[Sausagetalk]

Originally posted by Satoru:

I bring lots of shovels

Its just easier to bury the dead in teh dungeon (also cheaper because the Caretaker isn't funding the Brothel 24/7 doing charity work)

I always bring a full stack for medium and longer. You never know how many barricades the game is suddenly going to throw at you, and they're brutal if you don't have a shovel.

[wckowalski]

Yeah, remember that in the weald or warrens you can get lots of extra food by using herbs on certain curios, but there is always a chance you won't see those curios.

Also, keep in mind there are 2 trinkets that reduce food useage (and some that increase it).

[Solo Death]

I usually take 16 food, 12 torches, 2-4 each of bandages and antivenoms (depends on what area of course), 3 shovels, and 2-4 herbs depending on location, 2 holy water, and 2-3 keys, depending on if i'm going to the ruins or not, since the display cases are really good.

I like being safe but not too safe that i'm almost certainly spending too much.