diff --git a/core/src/main/assets/messages/items/items.properties b/core/src/main/assets/messages/items/items.properties
index 2fe4536bb..b6379ff8e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/assets/messages/items/items.properties
+++ b/core/src/main/assets/messages/items/items.properties
@@ -1356,6 +1356,11 @@ items.trinkets.ratskull.desc=This macabre trinket isn't much larger than the sku
 items.trinkets.ratskull.typical_stats_desc=Typically this trinket will make rare exotic enemies _%dx_ as likely to appear. The skull is only half as effective at attracting crystal mimics and armored statues, however.
 items.trinkets.ratskull.stats_desc=At its current level this trinket will make rare exotic enemies _%dx_ as likely to appear. The skull is only half as effective at attracting crystal mimics and armored statues, however.
 
+items.trinkets.saltcube.name=salt cube
+items.trinkets.saltcube.desc=This large salt crystal was cut into an almost perfect cube shape, and it somehow managed to drain half the water from the alchemy pot instead of dissolving. It seems to be magically dehydrating and preserving the food you eat, extending the satiety you get, but also lessening your health restoration when not starving.
+items.trinkets.saltcube.typical_stats_desc=Typically this trinket will increase the amount of time before you grow hungry by _%1$s%%_, but will also reduce your rate of health regeneration by _%2$s%%_.
+items.trinkets.saltcube.stats_desc=At its current level this trinket will increase the amount of time before you grow hungry by _%1$s%%_, but will also reduce your rate of health regeneration by _%2$s%%_.
+
 items.trinkets.thirteenleafclover.name=thirteen leaf clover
 items.trinkets.thirteenleafclover.desc=Somehow stewing in the alchemy pot has caused this clover to grow a bunch of extra leaves! It's not really clear if this trinket is lucky or unlucky, perhaps this trinket will make your luck more chaotic?
 items.trinkets.thirteenleafclover.typical_stats_desc=Normally when the hero deals damage, numbers closer to the average are more common. Typically this trinket has a _%d%%_ chance to invert this, making your attacks much more likely to deal the maximum or minimum damage instead.\n\nThis trinket costs relatively little energy to upgrade.
diff --git a/core/src/main/assets/sprites/items.png b/core/src/main/assets/sprites/items.png
index a7c6d1d0f..6a819573c 100644
Binary files a/core/src/main/assets/sprites/items.png and b/core/src/main/assets/sprites/items.png differ
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/actors/buffs/Hunger.java b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/actors/buffs/Hunger.java
index fe7750186..28a82daef 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/actors/buffs/Hunger.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/actors/buffs/Hunger.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.Dungeon;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.SPDSettings;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.actors.hero.Hero;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.items.scrolls.exotic.ScrollOfChallenge;
+import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.items.trinkets.SaltCube;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.journal.Document;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.messages.Messages;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.scenes.GameScene;
@@ -106,8 +107,14 @@ public class Hunger extends Buff implements Hero.Doom {
 				level = newLevel;
 
 			}
+
+			float hungerDelay = STEP;
+			if (target.buff(Shadows.class) != null){
+				hungerDelay *= 1.5f;
+			}
+			hungerDelay /= SaltCube.hungerGainMultiplier();
 			
-			spend( target.buff( Shadows.class ) == null ? STEP : STEP * 1.5f );
+			spend( hungerDelay );
 
 		} else {
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/actors/buffs/Regeneration.java b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/actors/buffs/Regeneration.java
index 989279540..59bc3f2db 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/actors/buffs/Regeneration.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/actors/buffs/Regeneration.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.Dungeon;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.actors.hero.Hero;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.items.artifacts.ChaliceOfBlood;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.items.rings.RingOfEnergy;
+import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.items.trinkets.SaltCube;
 
 public class Regeneration extends Buff {
 	
@@ -40,6 +41,12 @@ public class Regeneration extends Buff {
 	public boolean act() {
 		if (target.isAlive()) {
 
+			//cancel regenning entirely in thie case
+			if (SaltCube.healthRegenMultiplier() == 0){
+				spend(REGENERATION_DELAY);
+				return true;
+			}
+
 			if (target.HP < regencap() && !((Hero)target).isStarving()) {
 				if (regenOn()) {
 					target.HP += 1;
@@ -61,6 +68,7 @@ public class Regeneration extends Buff {
 					delay /= RingOfEnergy.artifactChargeMultiplier(target);
 				}
 			}
+			delay /= SaltCube.healthRegenMultiplier();
 			spend( delay );
 			
 		} else {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/actors/buffs/WellFed.java b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/actors/buffs/WellFed.java
index 85a89af58..c2b87db1c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/actors/buffs/WellFed.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/actors/buffs/WellFed.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.Challenges;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.Dungeon;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.actors.hero.Hero;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.effects.FloatingText;
+import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.items.trinkets.SaltCube;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.messages.Messages;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.sprites.CharSprite;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.ui.BuffIndicator;
@@ -56,8 +57,9 @@ public class WellFed extends Buff {
 				((Hero) target).resting = false;
 			}
 		}
-		
-		spend(TICK);
+
+		//salt cube does slow this buff down, but doesn't lessen the bonus health
+		spend(TICK / SaltCube.hungerGainMultiplier());
 		return true;
 	}
 	
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/items/Generator.java b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/items/Generator.java
index 761431949..0e60bb325 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/items/Generator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/items/Generator.java
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.items.trinkets.MossyClump;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.items.trinkets.ParchmentScrap;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.items.trinkets.PetrifiedSeed;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.items.trinkets.RatSkull;
+import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.items.trinkets.SaltCube;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.items.trinkets.ThirteenLeafClover;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.items.trinkets.TrapMechanism;
 import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.items.trinkets.Trinket;
@@ -574,9 +575,10 @@ public class Generator {
 					TrapMechanism.class,
 					MimicTooth.class,
 					WondrousResin.class,
-					EyeOfNewt.class
+					EyeOfNewt.class,
+					SaltCube.class
 			};
-			TRINKET.defaultProbs = new float[]{ 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 };
+			TRINKET.defaultProbs = new float[]{ 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 };
 			TRINKET.probs = TRINKET.defaultProbs.clone();
 
 			for (Category cat : Category.values()){
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/items/trinkets/SaltCube.java b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/items/trinkets/SaltCube.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ee0da1c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/items/trinkets/SaltCube.java
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*
+ * Pixel Dungeon
+ * Copyright (C) 2012-2015 Oleg Dolya
+ *
+ * Shattered Pixel Dungeon
+ * Copyright (C) 2014-2024 Evan Debenham
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+ */
+
+package com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.items.trinkets;
+
+import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.messages.Messages;
+import com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon.sprites.ItemSpriteSheet;
+
+public class SaltCube extends Trinket {
+
+	{
+		image = ItemSpriteSheet.SALT_CUBE;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected int upgradeEnergyCost() {
+		//5 -> 8(13) -> 10(23) -> 12(35)
+		return 6+2*level();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String statsDesc() {
+		if (isIdentified()){
+			return Messages.get(this,
+					"stats_desc",
+					Messages.decimalFormat("#.##", 100*(1f-hungerGainMultiplier(buffedLvl()))),
+					Messages.decimalFormat("#.##", 100*(1f-healthRegenMultiplier(buffedLvl()))));
+		} else {
+			return Messages.get(this,
+					"typical_stats_desc",
+					Messages.decimalFormat("#.##", 100*(1f-hungerGainMultiplier(buffedLvl()))),
+					Messages.decimalFormat("#.##", 100*(1f-healthRegenMultiplier(buffedLvl()))));
+		}
+	}
+
+	public static float hungerGainMultiplier(){
+		return hungerGainMultiplier(trinketLevel(SaltCube.class));
+	}
+
+	public static float hungerGainMultiplier( int level ){
+		if (level == -1){
+			return 1;
+		} else {
+			return 1f - 0.125f*(level+1);
+		}
+	}
+
+	public static float healthRegenMultiplier(){
+		return healthRegenMultiplier(trinketLevel(SaltCube.class));
+	}
+
+	public static float healthRegenMultiplier( int level ){
+		if (level == -1){
+			return 1;
+		} else {
+			return 1f - 0.25f*(level+1);
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/sprites/ItemSpriteSheet.java b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/sprites/ItemSpriteSheet.java
index dc7730448..eff771852 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/sprites/ItemSpriteSheet.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/shatteredpixel/shatteredpixeldungeon/sprites/ItemSpriteSheet.java
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ public class ItemSpriteSheet {
 	public static final int MIMIC_TOOTH     = TRINKETS+8;
 	public static final int WONDROUS_RESIN  = TRINKETS+9;
 	public static final int EYE_OF_NEWT     = TRINKETS+10;
+	public static final int SALT_CUBE       = TRINKETS+11;
 	static{
 		assignItemRect(RAT_SKULL,       16, 11);
 		assignItemRect(PARCHMENT_SCRAP, 10, 14);
@@ -499,6 +500,7 @@ public class ItemSpriteSheet {
 		assignItemRect(MIMIC_TOOTH,     8,  15);
 		assignItemRect(WONDROUS_RESIN,  12, 11);
 		assignItemRect(EYE_OF_NEWT,     12, 12);
+		assignItemRect(SALT_CUBE,       12, 13);
 	}
 
 	private static final int SCROLLS        =                               xy(1, 19);  //16 slots