A guide on how to cook, the initial setup and what to cook
- Cooking Station/Smoking Rack.
- Ingredients & Recipes.
- Food Buffs.
- Canned Food/Looted Food Items.
- Refrigerator and Freezer.
- Canning Machine.
- Fishing.
- Update 0089- Map 03 & Fruit Trees and Raspberry Bushes.
- Cooking Video.
Cooking basics
Click on “Cook” when using the Pot and don’t let the food overcook (remove it) as it will burn.
Stay in the UI to gain Cooking experience.
Sticks (60), Planks (60) Logs (120), Charcoal (240) and Coal (600) are suitable fuel for Campfires. (Burn Times in Secs).




Be aware that containers (Pots, Water Bottles/Canteens) have a condition level when used and once its gone the item will be destroyed. Each drink from a Canteen or Water Bottle will give +30 Thirst.
A Cooking Pot is required to boil water and is part of the Starter Kit or looted from Houses, Farms and Industrial Buildings.
Water can be found from a River, Sea, Rainwater Collector and Wells but must be boiled first to make it Clean Water to avoid any illnesses.
Only using a Water Purifier with a Water Filter gives Clean Water.
Cooking Station
Once Electricity is available in your base, a more advanced cooking method can be unlocked which is the Cooking Station. It requires everything up to the Battery Table to be unlocked and for itself Engineering 4 , Electrical 3 , Cooking 2 and x2 Electrical Wire. To build it needs x2 Iron Ingots, x10 Advanced Parts, x5 Electrical Wire, x5 Electronic Components, x1 Electric Furnace (little white square things), x9 Planks, x4 Pots and x2 Toolboxes. It allows 4 things to be cooked at once, to cook Canned Food (Tins) put two cans MAX in each row.


Make the Rich sandwich using on the Cooking Station to get the “Master Chef” Steam Achievement.
Smoking Rack
This is where you can turn any raw meat into Jerky. It holds upto 4 pieces and requires any wood fuel source to “smoke” the items.


It requires Engineering 1, Cooking 1 and x3 Logs to unlock and needs x10 Wooden Sticks and x2 iron Ingots to build.
Ingredients
Below is a list of currently available ingredients to use in Cooking. Growable Vegetables and Fruits are able to be grown from Seeds and the rest are found when looting (Mushrooms can be gathered) or bartered from Traders. Farm Animals are the ones used in farming whilst the rest can be hunted in the wild. More information on Farming and Crops is here. Update (0089) saw the introduction of Fruits Trees (Orchards) which are Apple, Peach and Orange and also Raspberry Bushes making fruit easier to get hold of so therefore an extra recipe list is here specifically with these ingredients.
*For the purposes of this game, Tomatoes are vegetables but Cucumber is classified as a vegetable but it acts like a fruit in many recipes and like a vegetable in others. The freshness or Condition of ingredients or Canned Food does not matter as the final cooked item should be in a “Blue” condition, but beware, somethings won’t last long…
- All Vegetables: Carrot, Potato, Tomato*, Wheat, Mushroom and Corn.
- Growable Vegetables: Carrot, Potato, Tomato*, Wheat, and Corn.
- All Fruits: Strawberries, Cucumbers, Raspberries, Peaches, Apples and Oranges.
- Growable Fruit: Strawberries and Cucumbers
- All Meats1: Wolf, Pork, Rabbit, Bear, Venison (Deer), Mutton, Chicken and Dried Meat2.
- Farm Animals: Mutton (Ram, Ewe or Lamb) and Chicken
- Fish: Sea Bass, Salmon, Catfish and Fish Meat3 .
- Flavorings: Honey4 and Medicinal Herbs5.
- Water: Dirty or Clean.
Key:
- Interact with any dead animal to skin it with an equipped knife. ↩︎
- Fill a Smoking Rack with any raw Meat or Fish. ↩︎
- Dismantle a Fish with an equipped knife. ↩︎
- Dismantle Honeycomb (found when chopping trees) with an equipped knife. ↩︎
- Can be grown, looted or bartered for at Traders ↩︎
Recipes
Below is a recipe list to make certain dishes and as there are too many combinations for each dish to fully list here, this isn’t a definitive guide it just shows what results can be achieved for the desired dish and is a tested combination. Some names, recipes and buffs have changed over the games evolution so this will be a ongoing WIP.
Items marked with an asterisk (*) are created when your Cooking Skill is 3+. Items marked in blue are the recipes for the Canning Machine and ** are items renamed in (Update 0.0.8.7).
Any combinations that does not produce a dish results in a “Failed Recipe” and can be discarded, but you still get Cooking experience for making it.
FOOD ITEM (DISH) | SLOT | SLOT | SLOT |
Coffee | Coffee Beans | Water | Water |
Herbal Tea (Cures Dysentery) | Medicinal Herb | Water | Water |
Boiled Egg | Egg | Water | Water |
Bread | Wheat | Water | Water |
Sandwich | Bread | Meat | Honey |
Rich Sandwich* | Bread | Meat | Honey |
Roasted Vegetables | Any Veg | – | – |
BBQ | Any Meat/Fish | – | – |
Grilled Fish | Any Fish | – | – |
Stew | Tomato | Water | Water |
Large Stew* | Tomato | Water | Water |
Broth | Meat | Water | Water |
Potato Dish | Potato | Veg | Veg |
Full Meal | Potato Dish | Meat | Strawberry/Cucumber |
Large Full Meal* | Potato Dish | Meat | Fruit |
Fruit Stew | Any Fruit | Water | Water |
Large Fruit Stew* | Any Fruit | Water | Water |
Savoury Fruit Stew | Peach | Meat | Water |
Honey Stew | Fruit | Honey | Honey |
Large Honey Stew* | Grown Fruits | Honey | Honey |
Meat with Herbs | Bear | Medicinal Herb | Medicinal Herb |
Meat with Fine Herbs* | Bear | Medicinal Herb | Medicinal Herb |
Vegetable Broth** | Corn | Corn | Medicinal Herb |
Minestrone | Mushroom | Mushroom | Meat |
Large Minestrone* | Tomato | Meat | Water |
Fruit Soup | Cucumber | Water | Water |
Vegetable Soup** | Carrot/Roast Veg | Water | Water |
Rich Stew | Mutton/Venison | Medicinal Herb | Medicinal Herb |
Large Rich Stew* | Mutton | Medicinal Herb | Medicinal Herb |
Fruit Dish | Meat | Water | Orange/Peach |
Pie** | Bread | Honey | Tomato/Corn |
Dumplings | Wheat | Meat | Corn/Carrot |
Fish Soup | Fish Meat | Water | Water |
Rich Fish Soup* | Fish Meat | Water | Water |
Fish Steak | Fish Meat | Fish Meat | Veg |
Rich Fish Steak* | Fish Meat | Fish Meat | Veg |
Honey Grilled Fish | Fish | Fish | Honey |
Rich Honey Grilled Fish* | Fish | Fish | Honey |
Ceviche | Fish | Fish | Straw |
Rich Ceviche* | Fish | Fish | Straw |
Seafood Steak | Fish | Fruit | Honey |
Rich seafood steak* | Fish | Fruit | Honey |
Fish Bread | Fish | Corn/Mushrooms | Honey |
Rich Fish Bread* | Sea Bass/Catfish | Corn/Mushrooms | Honey |
Seafood Soup | Fish | Cucumber/Strawberry/Orange | Honey |
NPC’s can be used the gather any hard to find things if you have Botanical Greenhouse and/or Livestock Farm built, More information here.
Food Buffs
Below is the Dishes available to make, how long they last before spoiling and any buffs/boosts they may give.
Food Item | Stat Boost | Condition Days | Buff Duration (s) | Stamina Limit | Stamina Regen | Health Regen |
Coffee | Thirst+20 Mood+5 Fatigue+20 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – |
Herbal Tea (Cures Dysentery) | Thirst+10 Mood+5 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – |
Boiled Egg | Protein+6 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
Jerky | Protein+5 Thirst-10 | 30 | – | – | – | – |
Honey | Carbohydrate+5 Mood+5 | 10 | – | – | – | – |
Bread | Carbohydrate+20 Mood+2 Thirst-5 | 3 | – | – | – | – |
Sandwich | Carbohydrate+40 Protein+15 Mood+10 Fatigue+30 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
Rich Sandwich* | Carbohydrate+40 Protein+15 Mood+15 Fatigue+35 | 2 | 150 | +50 | +10 | – |
Roasted Vegetables | Carbohydrate+8 Thirst-5 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – |
BBQ | Protein+10 Thirst-5 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
Grilled Fish | Protein+20 Thirst-5 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
Stew | Carbohydrate+40 Fatigue+5 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
Large Stew* | Carbohydrate+15 Mood+15 Fatigue+5 | 2 | 300 | +10 | – | – |
Broth | Carbohydrate+5 Protein+15 Thirst+15 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
Potato Dish | Carbohydrate+25 Mood+2 Thirst-10 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
Full Meal | Carbohydrate+40 Protein+30 Fatigue+40 Mood+5 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
Large Full Meal* | Carbohydrate+40 Protein+30 Fatigue+45 Mood+10 | 2 | 300 | +30 | +5 | – |
Fruit Stew | Carbohydrate+15 Mood+15 Fatigue+5 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
Large Fruit Stew* | Carbohydrate+15 Mood+15 Fatigue+5 | 2 | 150 | +30 | – | – |
Honey Stew | Carbohydrate+30 Mood+5 Fatigue+10 | 2 | – | – | – | |
Large Honey Stew* | Carbohydrate+30 Mood+5 Fatigue+10 | 2 | 300 | +10 | – | – |
Meat with Herbs | Carbohydrate+1 Protein+10 | 0.5 | 200 | – | – | +0.15 |
Meat with Fine Herbs* | Carbohydrate+1 Protein+10 | 0.5 | 200 | – | – | +0.15 |
Vegetable Broth** | Carbohydrate+10 Protein+1 | 0.5 | 200 | – | – | +0.2 |
Fruit Stew | Carbohydrate+15 Protein+15 Mood+10 Fatigue+15 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
Savoury Fruit Stew | Carbohydrate+15 Protein+15 Fatigue+15 Mood+10 | 2 | 150 | +30 | +6 | – |
Minestrone | Carbohydrate+30 Protein+20 Fatigue+15 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
Large Minestrone* | Carbohydrate+30 Protein+20 Fatigue+15 | 2 | 300 | +10 | +3 | – |
Fruit Soup | Carbohydrate+15 Thirst+15 Mood+5 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
Vegetable Soup** | Carbohydrate+15 Thirst+15 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
Rich Stew | Carbohydrate+10 Protein+30 Fatigue+25 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
Large Rich Stew* | Carbohydrate+10 Protein+30 Fatigue+25 | 2 | 300 | +10 | +3 | – |
Fruit Dish | Carbohydrate+15 Protein+15 Fatigue+15 Mood+10 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
Pie** | Carbohydrate+40 Protein+10 Fatigue+30 Mood+5 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
Dumplings | Carbohydrate+15 Protein+30 Thirst+15 Fatigue+15 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – |
Fish Meat | Protein+5 Thirst-10 Mood-2 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
Fish Soup | Carbohydrate+15 Protein+15 Thirst+15 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – |
Rich Fish Soup* | Carbohydrate+30 Protein+30 Thirst+30 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – |
Fish Steak | Carbohydrate+25 Protein+15 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – |
Rich Fish Steak* | Carbohydrate+50 Protein+30 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – |
Honey Grilled Fish | Carbohydrate+10 Protein+20 Mood+10 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – |
Rich Honey Grilled Fish* | Carbohydrate+20 Protein+40 Mood+30 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – |
Ceviche | Carbohydrate+5 Protein+25 Thirst+10 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – |
Rich Ceviche* | Carbohydrate+10 Protein+30 Thirst+10 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – |
Seafood Steak | Carbohydrate+10 Protein+30 Fatigue+15 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – |
Rich Seafood steak* | Carbohydrate+15 Protein+55 Fatigue+25 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – |
Fish Bread | Carbohydrate+30 Protein+10 Fatigue+10 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – |
Rich Fish Bread* | Carbohydrate+50 Protein+15 Fatigue+20 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – |
Seafood Soup | Carbohydrate+20 Protein+20 Fatigue+10 | 0.5 | – | – | – | – |
Although the Basic Foods do not offer much Stat boosts, they can often keep you alive a bit longer!
Food Item | Stat Boost | Condition Days |
Caught Fish | Protein+10 Mood-5 | 2 |
Raw Meat | Protein+10 Mood-5 Thirst-10 | 2-3 |
Raw Egg | Protein+3 | 5 |
Carrot | Carbohydrate+6 | 3 |
Corn | Carbohydrate+6 Protein+2 Thirst-5 | 3 |
Cucumber | Carbohydrate+3 Mood+1 Thirst+5 | 3 |
Mushroom | Carbohydrate+3 Thirst-1 | 3 |
Potato | Carbohydrate+5 Protein+2 Thirst-3 | 4 |
Tomato | Carbohydrate+5 Mood+1 Thirst+2 | 3 |
Wheat | Carbohydrate+3 Protein+2 Thirst-5 | 10 |
Apple | Carbohydrate+5 Mood+3 | 3 |
Orange | Carbohydrate+5 Mood+3 Thirst+1 | 3 |
Peach | Carbohydrate+5 Mood+3 | 3 |
Raspberry | Carbohydrate+2 | 2 |
Strawberry | Carbohydrate+5 Mood+1 Thirst+1 | 3 |
Cooked Dishes Models, Icons & Animations

In Update 0089, some of the Food, Cooked Dishes and Canned Food (Tins) World Models, Icons were changed along with the eating animations.




Canned/Looted Food
Canned Food, Energy Bars, Compressed Biscuits and Alcoholic drinks (Beer, Corn Wine and Cider) can be looted or bought at certain Traders. Update 0089– New Food Icons.

Dog Food (#11) cannot be cooked and only eaten as is (cold).
Some Foods can be crafted into certain cans in the Canning Machine.
- Rich Canned Honey Meat.
- Canned Honey Meat.
- Rich Canned Meat.
- Canned Meat.
- Rich Canned Fruit Meat. (Yummy!)
- Rich Canned Vegetable Meat.
- Canned Vegetable Meat.
- Canned Meat.
- Canned Vegetables.
- Canned Fruit Pulp.
- Canned Dog Food.
- Energy Bar.
- Compressed Biscuits.
- Beer.
- Corn Wine.
- Cider.
Some cooked Canned Food can give foods with the same name as other dishes but will have different properties.
Canned Item | Stat Buff | Condition Days | Buff Duration | Stamina Limit | Stamina Regen |
Rich Canned Honey Meat | Carbohydrates+5 Protein+15 Mood+5 Fatigue+15 | 40 | 150 | 30 | 6 |
Canned Honey Meat | Carbohydrates+5 Protein+15 Mood+5 Fatigue+15 | 35 | – | – | – |
Rich Canned Meat | Carbohydrates+5 Protein+25 Fatigue+20 | 40 | 300 | 10 | 3 |
Canned Meat | Carbohydrates+5 Protein+25 Fatigue+20 | 35 | – | – | – |
Rich Canned Fruit Meat | Carbohydrates+10 Protein+10 Mood+10 Fatigue+10 | 40 | 150 | 30 | 6 |
Rich Canned Vegetable Meat | Carbohydrates+25 Protein+15 Fatigue+10 | 40 | 300 | 10 | 3 |
Canned Vegetable Meat | Carbohydrates+25 Protein+15 Fatigue+10 | 35 | – | – | – |
Canned Meat | Carbohydrates+10 Protein+30 Fatigue+25 | 60 | – | – | – |
Canned Vegetables | Carbohydrates+30 Protein+20 Fatigue+15 | 60 | – | – | – |
Canned Fruit Pulp | Carbohydrates+10 Protein+10 Mood+5 Fatigue+10 | 35 | – | – | – |
Canned Dog Food | Carbohydrates+15 Protein+15 | 60 | – | – | – |
Energy Bar | Carbohydrates+5 p5 Mood+5 Fatigue+25 | 25 | – | – | – |
Compressed Biscuits | Carbohydrate+20 Protein+20 Thirst -30 | 30 | – | – | – |
Beer | Carbohydrate+2 Thirst+20 Mood+20 | 60 | – | – | – |
Corn Wine | Carbohydrate+2 Thirst+20 Mood+20 | 60 | – | – | – |
Cider | Carbohydrate+3 Thirst+20 Mood+20 | 50 | – | – | – |
Cooking (Heating Up) Canned food gives better stat buffs.
In the campfire, all three “slots” can be filled with Canned Food but only put two cans MAX per row in the Cooking Station.
Canned Food | When cooked it turns into: | After cooking> Stat Buffs | Buff Duration | Stamina Limit | Stamina Regen |
Rich Canned Honey Meat | Large Honey Stew | Carbohydrate+10 Protein+20 Fatigue+20 Mood+10 | 150 | 30 | 6 |
Canned Honey Meat | Honey Stew | Carbohydrate+10 Protein+20 Fatigue+20 Mood+10 | – | – | – |
Rich Canned Meat | Large Rich Stew | Carbohydrate+10 Protein+30 Fatigue+25 | 300 | +10 | +3 |
Canned Meat | Rich Stew | Carbohydrate+10 Protein+30 Fatigue+25 | – | – | – |
Rich Canned Fruit Meat | Savoury Fruit Stew | Carbohydrate+15 Protein+15 Fatigue+15 Mood+10 | 150 | 30 | 6 |
Rich Canned Vegetable Meat | Large Minestrone | Carbohydrate+30 Protein+20 Fatigue+15 | 300 | 10 | 3 |
Canned Vegetable Meat | Minestrone | Carbohydrate+30 Protein+20 Fatigue+15 | – | – | – |
Canned Meat | Rich Stew | Carbohydrate+10 Protein+30 Fatigue+25 | – | – | – |
Canned Vegetables | Minestrone | Carbohydrate+30 Protein+20 Fatigue+15 | – | – | – |
Canned Fruit Pulp | Fruit Dish | Carbohydrate+15 Protein+15 Fatigue+15 Mood+10 | – | – | – |
Refrigerator and Freezer
Currently there is difference in game mechanics between the two cold storages (other than storage capacity) regarding keeping food fresher which is roughly extends the time it turns into Rotten Food (Condition) by x3. IE: A Full Meal would normally last 2 days in a Storage Box, but in a Refrigerator/Freezer it lasts 6 days.

The Freezer requires x2 Blueprint:Refrigerator, Electrical 4, Engineering 4, Mechanical 4, and x3 Electrical wire to unlock.
The Refrigerator and Freezer require Power via the Battery Table and are found under “Furniture” when unlocked.
The Refrigerator requires x1 Blueprint:Refrigerator, Electrical 4, Engineering 4, Mechanical 3, and x3 Electrical wire to unlock.
The Refrigerator needs x5 Aluminum Ingots, x20 Advanced Parts, x5 Electrical Wire, x10 Electronic Components, x1 Condenser, x3 Plastic, x3 Rubber and x5 Glass to build.
The Freezer needs x10 Aluminum Ingots, x40 Advanced Parts, x10 Electrical Wire, x20 Electronic Components, x2 Condenser, x6 Plastic, x6 Rubber and x10 Glass to build.
Canning Machine
The Canning Machine takes known recipes that have been cooked (see above) and turns them into Canned Food using Aluminium Ingots so the food lasts longer in condition or “freshness”.
It requires Power and the Machining Table unlocked as well as Advanced Parts and itself needs to unlock:
- Electrical 5.
- Mechanical 5.
- Engineering 4.
- x1 Steel Ingot.
To build:



Below is what is crafted (canned) using x1 Aluminium Ingot and the > “cooked item” required.

- Canned Vegetable Meat> Minestrone.
- Canned Fruit Pulp> Fruit Dish.
- Canned Honey Meat> Honey Stew.
- Canned Meat> Rich Stew.
- Rich Canned Vegetable Meat> Large Minestrone.
- Rich Canned Fruit Meat> Savoury Fruit Stew.
- Rich Canned Honey Meat> Large Honey Stew.
- Rich Canned Meat> Large Rich Stew.
Fishing
Fishing 101
This an excellent guide on how to Fish.
Rods are bought from Traders and Fish Line and Fish Bait is made in the Agriculture Bench.
@313VeeGaming
Update 0089- New Map with Fruit Trees and Raspberry Bushes



Fruit trees are chopped with the tree model remaining but any fruits will drop from the branches and be collected from the floor.
There is currently an issue as the fruit when dropped instantly rots.
Raspberry Bushes can be collected by chopping with an equipped Knife or Axe and you will get x3 Sticks, x4 Plant Fibre and x2 Raspberries.
Map 03 has some Wheat Seeds as static spawns (loot on the ground) at D8 and H3 buildings (WIP).

Fruit Recipe List
Again, below is a recipe list to make certain dishes and as there are too many combinations for each dish to fully list here, this isn’t a definitive guide it just shows what results can be achieved for the desired dish and is a tested combination. Some names, recipes and buffs have changed over the games evolution so this will be a ongoing WIP.
Slot 1 | Slot 2 | Slot 3 | Item | Cooking Skill 3+ |
Raspberry | Raspberry | Raspberry | Failed Recipe | Failed Recipe |
Raspberry | Raspberry | Water | Large Fruit Stew | Large Fruit Stew |
Raspberry | Water | Water | Fruit Soup | Fruit Soup |
Raspberry | Jerky | Water | Broth | Broth |
Raspberry | Honey | Water | Fruit Soup | Fruit Soup |
Raspberry | Jerky | Mushroom | Failed Recipe | Failed Recipe |
Apple | Apple | Apple | Failed Recipe | Failed Recipe |
Apple | Apple | Water | Fruit Stew | Fruit Stew |
Apple | Water | Water | Fruit Stew | Fruit Stew |
Apple | Jerky | Water | Fruit Dish | Fruit Dish |
Apple | Honey | Water | Fruit Stew | Large Fruit Stew |
Apple | Jerky | Mushroom | Savoury Fruit Stew | Savoury Fruit Stew |
Orange | Orange | Orange | Failed Recipe | Failed Recipe |
Orange | Orange | Water | Large Fruit Stew | Large Fruit Stew |
Orange | Water | Water | Fruit Stew | Fruit Stew |
Orange | Jerky | Water | Fruit Dish | Savoury Fruit Stew |
Orange | Honey | Water | Large Fruit Stew | Fruit Stew |
Orange | Jerky | Mushroom | Fruit Dish | Savoury Fruit Stew |
Peach | Peach | Peach | Failed Recipe | Failed Recipe |
Peach | Peach | Water | Large Fruit Stew | Large Fruit Stew |
Peach | Water | Water | Fruit Stew | Large Fruit Stew |
Peach | Jerky | Water | Fruit Dish | Savoury Fruit Stew |
Peach | Honey | Water | Fruit Stew | Fruit Stew |
Peach | Jerky | Mushroom | Fruit Dish | Savoury Fruit Stew |
Apple | Orange | Peach | Fruit Stew | Large Fruit Stew |
Apple | Raspberry | Orange | Fruit Stew | Large Fruit Stew |
Apple | Peach | Raspberry | Large Fruit Stew | Fruit Stew |
Raspberry | Orange | Peach | Fruit Stew | Large Fruit Stew |
Strawberry | Orange | Peach | Fruit Stew | Fruit Stew |
Strawberry | Apple | Raspberry | Fruit Stew | Large Fruit Stew |
Strawberry | Raspberry | Water | Fruit Stew | Fruit Stew |
Wheat | Mushroom | Raspberry | Stew | Large Stew |
Honey | Honey | Raspberry | Honey Stew | Large Honey Stew |
Honey | Raspberry | Raspberry | Fruit Stew | Fruit Stew |
Bread | Strawberry | Strawberry | Fruit Stew | Fruit Stew |
Bread | Raspberry | Raspberry | Fruit Stew | Fruit Stew |
Bread | Strawberry | Raspberry | Fruit Stew | Large Fruit Stew |