Cooking

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Cooking is a major gameplay system that, unlike thirst, does not act as a resource limiter but instead as a means of receiving buffs. It's tied in to hunger.

Cooking can be done at a lit campfire or a clay oven. At a campfire, Cooking and Gathering is required in order to receive meal effects. Ovens have pre-cooked meals available depending on what village or chef they're associated with.

The player may cook at a campfire or oven up to three times. After that, they must wait until they become hungry or famished before they can cook again.

Cooking effects

Cooking effects are granted when a player prepares a cooked meal, which grants a metabolizing effect. The types of effect(s) granted by the meal are controlled by the particular ingredients that are selected when cooking.

  • The Meal Preparation skill allows cooking with up to two selected ingredients.
  • The Spicer skill allows cooking with up to three selected ingredients.
  • The Fasting Way and Mind over Body skills extend the duration of metabolizing and its associated cooking effects.
  • The Carbide Chef skill allows choosing from 3 of the possible random recipe outcomes based on the ingredients you cook with.

Basic and Triggered Effects

There are two different types of effects one may gain from a cooked meal.

  • Basic effects: Singular effects that are associated with one ingredient.
    • For example, cooking with honey can grant the basic effect +3 to saves vs. Disease.
    • A basic effect always occurs when cooking with one ingredient. Multiple basic effects may be granted when cooking with two or more ingredients.
  • Triggered effects: Dual effects that represent the combination of two different ingredients. One of the provided ingredients randomly provides a trigger condition, while the other provides the resulting effect.
    • For example, cooking with dried lah petals and freeze-dried hoarshrooms can grant the triggered effect: Whenever you become afraid, you emit a ray of frost per Freezing Hands at level 5-6.
    • A triggered effect has a chance of occurring whenever cooking with two or more ingredients. The game randomly selects which ingredient will provide the trigger condition and which will provide the resulting effect.
    • Not all ingredients are capable of being combined with other ingredients to create a triggered effect. Some ingredients have only basic effects.

Tasty Bonus

There is a 10% chance when cooking a meal that it'll give the message "It's tastier than usual." This will give the player one small bonus in addition to the meal effects already given. These can be guaranteed if one of the cooking ingredients is salt.

Possible Effects
+10% HP
+1 MA
+6% Movement Speed
+3% Quickness
+1 Strength, Intelligence, Willpower, Agility, Toughness, or Ego
+10% to natural healing rate
+1 to hit for melee weapons

Additional Notes

  • canned Have-It-All is a notable ingredient because it contributes random cooking effects to recipes. It can generate almost any cooking effect that would normally be caused by other ingredients. For more information about the probabilities of obtaining specific effects from canned Have-It-All, refer to its wiki page.
  • To see a full list of cooking effect domains, refer to the Category:Cooking Effects page.
  • Adding the same cooking domain to the same recipe multiple times has no effect; you cannot, for instance, meaningfully combine two different types of jerky.

List of Basic Effects and Ingredients

Basic EffectCooking DomainPossible Ingredients
+10-15 Acid ResistacidNo Results!
Can use Corrosive Gas Generation at level 1-2. If you already have Corrosive Gas Generation, it's enhanced by 2-3 levels.acidNo Results!
Can use Corrosive Breath at level 1-2. If you already have Corrosive Breath, it's enhanced by 2-3 levels.acidNo Results!
+4 Agilityagilitycongealed skulk
+2 AVarmorbone meal
Can use Psychometry at level (1-2). If you already have Psychometry, it's enhanced by (3-4) levels.artifactsun-dried banana
Can use Burrowing Claws at level 5-6. If you already have Burrowing Claws, it's enhanced by 3-4 levels.burrowingcongealed skulk
+10-15 Cold Resistcoldfreeze-dried hoarshrooms
Can use Freezing Hands at level 1-2. If you already have Freezing Hands, it's enhanced by 2-3 levels.coldfreeze-dried hoarshrooms
Can use Cryokinesis at level 1-2. If you already have Cryokinesis, it's enhanced by 2-3 levels.coldfreeze-dried hoarshrooms
Can use Ice Breath at level 1-2. If you already have Ice Breath, it's enhanced by 2-3 levels.coldfreeze-dried hoarshrooms
Can use Confusing Breath at level 5. If you already have Confusing Breath, it's enhanced by 5 levels.confusion gas-breathingmazebeard gland paste
Can use Corrosive Breath at level 5. If you already have Corrosive Breath, it's enhanced by 5 levels.corrosive gas-breathingtartbeard gland paste
Can use Quills at level 5-6. If you already have Quills, it's enhanced by 3-4 levels.damage reflectionspine fruit jam
Reflect 3-4% damage back at your attackers, rounded up.damage reflectionspine fruit jam
+4 DVdarknesscongealed skulk, dried vanta petals
+3 to saves vs. Diseasedisease prevention and curingfermented yuckwheat stem
You only get Ill for 1/10th the usual length of time.disease prevention and curingfermented yuckwheat stem
As long as your body isn't your own, you gain +(40-70) Quickness.dissociationdream smoke
Can use Electromagnetic Pulse at level 2-3. If you already have Electromagnetic Pulse, it's enhanced by 3-4 levels.electricspark tick plasma
Can use Electrical Generation at level 1-2. If you already have Electrical Generation, it's enhanced by 2-3 levels.electricspark tick plasma
+10-15 Electric Resistelectricspark tick plasma
+2 MAfeardried lah petals
Can use Intimidate. If you already have Intimidate, gain a +2 bonus on the Ego roll when using Intimidate.feardried lah petals
Can use Fire Breath at level 5. If you already have Fire Breath, it's enhanced by 5 levels.fire-breathingflamebeard gland paste
+300 reputation with fungifungusfreeze-dried hoarshrooms, pickled mushrooms
75% chance that itchy skin doesn't develop into a fungal infectionfungusfreeze-dried hoarshrooms, pickled mushrooms
Can use Flaming Hands at level (1-2). If you already have Flaming Hands, it's enhanced by (2-3) levels.heat and firecongealed blaze, cured dawnglider tail, fire ant gaster paste
Can use Fire Breath at level (1-2). If you already have Fire Breath, it's enhanced by (2-3) levels.heat and firecongealed blaze, cured dawnglider tail, fire ant gaster paste
Can use Pyrokinesis at level (1-2). If you already have Pyrokinesis, it's enhanced by (2-3) levels.heat and firecongealed blaze, cured dawnglider tail, fire ant gaster paste
+10-15 Heat Resistheat and firecongealed blaze, cured dawnglider tail, fire ant gaster paste
+10-15% max HPHPbarkbiter jerky, bear jerky, beetle jerky, boar jerky, crab jerky, croc jerky, fish jerky, frog jerky, goat jerky, scorpiock jerky, worm jerky
Can use Ice Breath at level 5. If you already have Ice Breath, it's enhanced by 5 levels.ice-breathingsleetbeard gland paste
+4 Egolove and loyaltycongealed love
Can use Beguiling at level (1-2). If you already have Beguiling, it's enhanced by (2-3) levels.love and loyaltycongealed love
Can use Normality Breath at level 5. If you already have Normality Breath, it's enhanced by 5 levels.normality gas-breathingnullbeard gland paste
Whenever you take damage, there's a 15-20% chance you start phasing for 8-10 turns.phasingcongealed shade oil, phase silk
Can use Phasing at level 1-2. If you already have Phasing, it's enhanced by 2-3 levels.phasingcongealed shade oil, phase silk
Phase effects last twice as long.phasingcongealed shade oil, phase silk
Can use Poison Breath at level 5. If you already have Poison Breath, it's enhanced by 5 levels.poison gas-breathinggallbeard gland paste
Can use Confusing Breath at level 10. If you already have Confusing Breath, it's enhanced by 10 levels.powerful confusion gas-breathingconcentrated mazebeard gland paste
Can use Corrosive Breath at level 10. If you already have Corrosive Breath, it's enhanced by 10 levels.powerful corrosive gas-breathingconcentrated tartbeard gland paste
Reflect 15-18% damage back at your attackers, rounded up.powerful damage reflectionmirror dust
Can use Fire Breath at level 10. If you already have Fire Breath, it's enhanced by 10 levels.powerful fire-breathingconcentrated flamebeard gland paste
Can use Ice Breath at level 10. If you already have Ice Breath, it's enhanced by 10 levels.powerful ice-breathingconcentrated sleetbeard gland paste
Can use Normality Breath at level 10. If you already have Normality Breath, it's enhanced by 10 levels.powerful normality gas-breathingconcentrated nullbeard gland paste
Can use Burgeoning at level 7-8. If you already have Burgeoning, it's enhanced by 5-6 levels.powerful plantcrushed grave moss
+200 reputation with flowers, roots, succulents, trees, vines, and the Consortium of Phytapowerful plantcrushed grave moss
Can use Poison Breath at level 10. If you already have Poison Breath, it's enhanced by 10 levels.powerful poison gas-breathingconcentrated gallbeard gland paste
+100% to natural healing ratepowerful regeneration and healingsoul curd
Whenever you jump, you may immediately jump two more times.powerful rubbersliced bop cheek
+50-75 Electric Resistpowerful rubbersliced bop cheek
Falling damage you take is reduced by 90%.powerful rubbersliced bop cheek
Can use Sleep Breath at level 10. If you already have Sleep Breath, it's enhanced by 10 levels.powerful sleep gas-breathingconcentrated dreambeard gland paste
Can use Stun Breath at level 10. If you already have Stun Breath, it's enhanced by 10 levels.powerful stun gas-breathingconcentrated stillbeard gland paste
+8-12 to saves vs. Bleedingregeneration and healingcongealed salve, starapple jam
+10-15% to natural healing rateregeneration and healingcongealed salve, starapple jam
Whenever you jump, you may immediately jump again.rubbercongealed rubbergum
+10-15 Electric Resistrubbercongealed rubbergum
Falling damage you take is reduced by 50%.rubbercongealed rubbergum
Reveals a secret to you.secretpsychal gland paste
Causes your tongue to rot away.self-diseasingblack ooze
Poisons you.self-poisoningbrown sludge, green goo
+10-15 Acid Resistsimple acidacid
Can use Corrosive Gas Generation at level 1-2. If you already have Corrosive Gas Generation, it's enhanced by 2-3 levels.simple acidacid
Can use Corrosive Breath at level 1-2. If you already have Corrosive Breath, it's enhanced by 2-3 levels.simple acidacid
Causes you to multiply 1 to 3 times.simple cloningcloning draught
+10-15 Cold Resistsimple coldconvalessence
Can use Freezing Hands at level 1-2. If you already have Freezing Hands, it's enhanced by 2-3 levels.simple coldconvalessence
Can use Cryokinesis at level 1-2. If you already have Cryokinesis, it's enhanced by 2-3 levels.simple coldconvalessence
Can use Ice Breath at level 1-2. If you already have Ice Breath, it's enhanced by 2-3 levels.simple coldconvalessence
+3 to saves vs. Diseasesimple disease preventionhoney
You only get Ill for 1/10th the usual length of time.simple disease preventionhoney
Can use Flaming Hands at level (1-2). If you already have Flaming Hands, it's enhanced by (2-3) levels.simple heat and firelava
Can use Fire Breath at level (1-2). If you already have Fire Breath, it's enhanced by (2-3) levels.simple heat and firelava
Can use Pyrokinesis at level (1-2). If you already have Pyrokinesis, it's enhanced by (2-3) levels.simple heat and firelava
+10-15 Heat Resistsimple heat and firelava
Can use Burgeoning at level 1-2. If you already have Burgeoning, it's enhanced by 2-3 levels.simple plantEkuemekiyyen greens, algae
+100 reputation with flowers, roots, succulents, trees, vines, and the Consortium of Phytasimple plantEkuemekiyyen greens, algae
+4-5 Quicknesssimple Quicknesscider
+8-12 to saves vs. Bleedingsimple regeneration and healingconvalessence
+10-15% to natural healing ratesimple regeneration and healingconvalessence
+6 to saves vs. Move, Knockdown, Knockback, and Restraint.simple stabilityasphalt
Guaranteed to be tasty if eaten while hungry.simple tastecrusty loaf, salthopper chip, salt
+4 Willpowersimple Willpowermashed lag
Can use Sleep Breath at level 5. If you already have Sleep Breath, it's enhanced by 5 levels.sleep gas-breathingdreambeard gland paste
Can use Slime Glands at level 1.slime-spittingslime
+13 + (Photosynthetic Skin level * 2) Quicknessspecial QuicknessNo Results!
+20% + (Photosynthetic Skin level * 10)% to natural healing ratespecial regenerationNo Results!
+4 Strengthstrengthcongealed hulk honey
Can use Intimidate. If you already have Intimidate, gain a +2 bonus on the Ego roll when using Intimidate.strengthcongealed hulk honey
Can use Stun Breath at level 5. If you already have Stun Breath, it's enhanced by 5 levels.stun gas-breathingstillbeard gland paste
Can use Teleport Other at level (1-2). If you already have Teleport Other, it's enhanced by (2-3) levels.teleportfermented yondercane, voider gland paste
Whenever you take damage, there's a 20-25% chance you teleport to a random space on the map instead.teleportfermented yondercane, voider gland paste
Can use Sticky Tongue at level (4-5). If you already have Sticky Tongue, it's enhanced by (4-5) levels.tonguefermented tongue
25% chance to gain +1 Strength, Agility, Toughness, Intelligence, Willpower, and Ego permanently.uncertain attributedrop of nectar
+1 AV permanently. Small chance of gravitational collapse.volatile densityneutron flux
You thirst at half rate.water and thirstpickles, vinewafer sheaf

List of Trigger Conditions and Ingredients

Trigger ConditionCooking DomainPossible Ingredients
Whenever you perform a critical hit,...agilitycongealed skulk
Whenever you suffer a 2X or greater physical penetration,...armorbone meal
Whenever you identify an artifact,...artifactsun-dried banana
Whenever you deal cold damage, there's a 25% chance...coldfreeze-dried hoarshrooms
Whenever you are slowed by cold,...coldfreeze-dried hoarshrooms
Whenever you take damage, there's a 8-10% chance...damage reflectionspine fruit jam
Whenever you reflect damage, there's a 50% chance...damage reflectionspine fruit jam
Whenever you drink honey,...disease prevention and curingfermented yuckwheat stem
Whenever you eat an unfermented yuckwheat stem,...disease prevention and curingfermented yuckwheat stem
Whenever you deal electric damage, there's a 25% chance...electricspark tick plasma
Whenever you eat a dreadroot tuber or lah petal,...feardried lah petals
Whenever you become afraid,...feardried lah petals
Whenever you eat a mushroom,...fungusfreeze-dried hoarshrooms, pickled mushrooms
Whenever you get itchy skin,...fungusfreeze-dried hoarshrooms, pickled mushrooms
Whenever you deal fire damage, there's a 10% chance...heat and firecongealed blaze, cured dawnglider tail, fire ant gaster paste
Whenever you are set on fire,...heat and firecongealed blaze, cured dawnglider tail, fire ant gaster paste
Whenever you take damage, there's a 8-10% chance...HPbarkbiter jerky, bear jerky, beetle jerky, boar jerky, crab jerky, croc jerky, fish jerky, frog jerky, goat jerky, scorpiock jerky, worm jerky
Whenever you drop below 20% HP,...HPbarkbiter jerky, bear jerky, beetle jerky, boar jerky, crab jerky, croc jerky, fish jerky, frog jerky, goat jerky, scorpiock jerky, worm jerky
Whenever you gain a new follower,...love and loyaltycongealed love
Whenever you phase in,...phasingcongealed shade oil, phase silk
Whenever you phase out,...phasingcongealed shade oil, phase silk
Whenever you take damage, there's a 16-20% chance...powerful damage reflectionmirror dust
Whenever you reflect damage, there's a 100% chance...powerful damage reflectionmirror dust
Whenever you take damage from a plant,...powerful plantcrushed grave moss
Whenever you take damage, there's a 30-40% chance...powerful regeneration and healingsoul curd
Whenever you use a salve or ubernostrum injector,...powerful regeneration and healingsoul curd
Whenever you go prone,...powerful rubbersliced bop cheek
Whenever you jump,...powerful rubbersliced bop cheek
Whenever you take damage, there's a 8-10% chance...regeneration and healingcongealed salve, starapple jam
Whenever you use a salve or ubernostrum injector,...regeneration and healingcongealed salve, starapple jam
Whenever you go prone,...rubbercongealed rubbergum
Whenever you jump,...rubbercongealed rubbergum
Whenever you take damage, there's a 12-15% chance...strengthcongealed hulk honey
Whenever you drop below 30% HP,...strengthcongealed hulk honey
Whenever you teleport,...teleportfermented yondercane, voider gland paste
Whenever you get stuck, there's a 50% chance...tonguefermented tongue
Whenever you drink freshwater, there's a 25% chance...water and thirstpickles, vinewafer sheaf

List of Triggered Effects and Ingredients

Triggered EffectCooking DomainPossible Ingredients
...you shank your opponent.agilitycongealed skulk
...you gain +8 Agility for 50 turns.agilitycongealed skulk
...you gain +6 AV for 50 turns.armorbone meal
...you identify all artifacts on the local map.artifactsun-dried banana
...you gain 40-50 Cold Resist for 6 hours.coldfreeze-dried hoarshrooms
...you freeze an area per Cryokinesis at level 5-6.coldfreeze-dried hoarshrooms
...you emit a ray of frost per Freezing Hands at level 5-6.coldfreeze-dried hoarshrooms
...you gain 125-175 Cold Resist for 50 turns.coldfreeze-dried hoarshrooms
...you expel quills per the Quills mutation at level 8-9.damage reflectionspine fruit jam
...you reflect 100% damage the next time you take damage within 50 turns.damage reflectionspine fruit jam
...you can't acquire new diseases for 6 hours.disease prevention and curingfermented yuckwheat stem
...you are cured of an incubating disease with a 25% chance.disease prevention and curingfermented yuckwheat stem
...you are cured of the Ill status effect.disease prevention and curingfermented yuckwheat stem
...you release an electrical discharge per Electrical Generation at level 5-6.electricspark tick plasma
...you release an electromagnetic pulse at level 8-9.electricspark tick plasma
...you gain 125-175 Electric Resist for 50 turns.electricspark tick plasma
...you gain 40-50 Electric Resist for 6 hours.electricspark tick plasma
...you become immune to fear for 6 hours.feardried lah petals
...you intimidate creatures around you.feardried lah petals
...you are immune to fungal spores for 6 hours.fungusfreeze-dried hoarshrooms, pickled mushrooms
...you gain 40-50 Heat Resist for 6 hours.heat and firecongealed blaze, cured dawnglider tail, fire ant gaster paste
...you emit a ray of flame per Flaming Hands at level 5-6.heat and firecongealed blaze, cured dawnglider tail, fire ant gaster paste
...you toast an area per Pyrokinesis at level 5-6.heat and firecongealed blaze, cured dawnglider tail, fire ant gaster paste
...you gain 125-175 Heat Resist for 50 turns.heat and firecongealed blaze, cured dawnglider tail, fire ant gaster paste
...you heal to full 15% of the time.HPbarkbiter jerky, bear jerky, beetle jerky, boar jerky, crab jerky, croc jerky, fish jerky, frog jerky, goat jerky, scorpiock jerky, worm jerky
...you get +30-40% max HP for 1 hour.HPbarkbiter jerky, bear jerky, beetle jerky, boar jerky, crab jerky, croc jerky, fish jerky, frog jerky, goat jerky, scorpiock jerky, worm jerky
...you beguile a creature at per Beguiling at level 7-8.love and loyaltycongealed love
...you can't be phased for 2 hours.phasingcongealed shade oil, phase silk
...you phase out for 20 turns.phasingcongealed shade oil, phase silk
...you reflect 100% damage the next 3 times you take damage within 50 turns.powerful damage reflectionmirror dust
...you cause plants to spontaneously grow in a random nearby area.powerful plantcrushed grave moss
...you heal 40-50 HP.powerful regeneration and healingsoul curd
...all of your negative status effects are removed.powerful regeneration and healingsoul curd
...you jump three times in a row, each time at +2 range.powerful rubbersliced bop cheek
...you heal 15-20 HP.regeneration and healingcongealed salve, starapple jam
...one of your negative status effects is removed at random.regeneration and healingcongealed salve, starapple jam
...you stop bleeding.regeneration and healingcongealed salve, starapple jam
...you jump twice in a row, each time at +1 range.rubbercongealed rubbergum
...you have a 50% chance to Dismember or Slam your opponent.strengthcongealed hulk honey
...you gain +8 Strength for 50 turns.strengthcongealed hulk honey
...you teleport.teleportfermented yondercane, voider gland paste
...you teleport all creatures surrounding you.teleportfermented yondercane, voider gland paste
...you shoot out up to three sticky tongues per Sticky Tongue at rank 10.tonguefermented tongue
...you don't thirst for the next 12 hours.water and thirstpickles, vinewafer sheaf