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 when you are inspired. When you cook from ingredients while inspired, you also remember the recipe, allowing you to cook it again and receive the same outcome, with a few exceptions.
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.
- For example, cooking with
- 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.
- For example, cooking with
Recipes
When cooking, you can choose either to cook from ingredients, or you can cook from a recipe. When cooking from a recipe, you will always use the ingredients of the recipe and receive the benefit of that specific recipe, even if there are other possible outcomes from cooking with that combination of ingredients.
There are a few different ways to learn recipes.
- You can create your own recipes by cooking with ingredients while inspired from the Carbide Chef skill.
- Recipes can also be learned while performing the water ritual with certain creatures, particularly those residing in villages and settlements, as well as legendary chefs.
- Recipes can also be learned by reading recipe books, which will always have a green name.
Recipes can also be traded as secrets with the pariahs faction.
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 Effect | Cooking Domain | Possible Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| +10-15 Acid Resist | acid | No Results! |
| Can use Corrosive Gas Generation at level 1-2. If you already have Corrosive Gas Generation, it's enhanced by 2-3 levels. | acid | No Results! |
| Can use Corrosive Breath at level 1-2. If you already have Corrosive Breath, it's enhanced by 2-3 levels. | acid | No Results! |
| +4 Agility | agility |  congealed skulk
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| +2 AV | armor |  bone meal
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| Can use Psychometry at level (1-2). If you already have Psychometry, it's enhanced by (3-4) levels. | artifact |  sun-dried banana
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| Can use Burrowing Claws at level 5-6. If you already have Burrowing Claws, it's enhanced by 3-4 levels. | burrowing | congealed skulk
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| +10-15 Cold Resist | cold | freeze-dried hoarshrooms
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| Can use Freezing Hands at level 1-2. If you already have Freezing Hands, it's enhanced by 2-3 levels. | cold | freeze-dried hoarshrooms
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| Can use Cryokinesis at level 1-2. If you already have Cryokinesis, it's enhanced by 2-3 levels. | cold | freeze-dried hoarshrooms
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| Can use Ice Breath at level 1-2. If you already have Ice Breath, it's enhanced by 2-3 levels. | cold | freeze-dried hoarshrooms
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| Can use Confusing Breath at level 5. If you already have Confusing Breath, it's enhanced by 5 levels. | confusion gas-breathing |  mazebeard gland paste
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| Can use Corrosive Breath at level 5. If you already have Corrosive Breath, it's enhanced by 5 levels. | corrosive gas-breathing |  tartbeard gland paste
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| Can use Quills at level 5-6. If you already have Quills, it's enhanced by 3-4 levels. | damage reflection |  spine fruit jam
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| Reflect 3-4% damage back at your attackers, rounded up. | damage reflection | spine fruit jam
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| +4 DV | darkness | congealed skulk,  dried vanta petals
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| +3 to saves vs. Disease | disease prevention and curing |  fermented yuckwheat stem
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| You only get Ill for 1/10th the usual length of time. | disease prevention and curing | fermented yuckwheat stem
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| As long as your body isn't your own, you gain +(40-70) Quickness. | dissociation |  dream smoke
|
| Can use Electromagnetic Pulse at level 2-3. If you already have Electromagnetic Pulse, it's enhanced by 3-4 levels. | electric |  spark tick plasma
|
| Can use Electrical Generation at level 1-2. If you already have Electrical Generation, it's enhanced by 2-3 levels. | electric | spark tick plasma
|
| +10-15 Electric Resist | electric | spark tick plasma
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| +2 MA | fear | dried lah petals
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| Can use Intimidate. If you already have Intimidate, gain a +2 bonus on the Ego roll when using Intimidate. | fear | dried lah petals
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| Can use Fire Breath at level 5. If you already have Fire Breath, it's enhanced by 5 levels. | fire-breathing |  flamebeard gland paste
|
| +300 reputation with fungi | fungus | freeze-dried hoarshrooms,  pickled mushrooms
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| 75% chance that itchy skin doesn't develop into a fungal infection | fungus | freeze-dried hoarshrooms, pickled mushrooms
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| Can use Flaming Hands at level (1-2). If you already have Flaming Hands, it's enhanced by (2-3) levels. | heat and fire |  congealed blaze,  cured dawnglider tail,  fire ant gaster paste
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| Can use Fire Breath at level (1-2). If you already have Fire Breath, it's enhanced by (2-3) levels. | heat and fire | congealed blaze, cured dawnglider tail, fire ant gaster paste
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| Can use Pyrokinesis at level (1-2). If you already have Pyrokinesis, it's enhanced by (2-3) levels. | heat and fire | congealed blaze, cured dawnglider tail, fire ant gaster paste
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| +10-15 Heat Resist | heat and fire | congealed blaze, cured dawnglider tail, fire ant gaster paste
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| +10-15% max HP | HP |  barkbiter 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-breathing |  sleetbeard gland paste
|
| +4 Ego | love and loyalty |  congealed love
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| Can use Beguiling at level (1-2). If you already have Beguiling, it's enhanced by (2-3) levels. | love and loyalty | congealed love
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| Can use Normality Breath at level 5. If you already have Normality Breath, it's enhanced by 5 levels. | normality gas-breathing |  nullbeard gland paste
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| Whenever you take damage, there's a 15-20% chance you start phasing for 8-10 turns. | phasing |  congealed shade oil,  phase silk
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| Can use Phasing at level 1-2. If you already have Phasing, it's enhanced by 2-3 levels. | phasing | congealed shade oil, phase silk
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| Phase effects last twice as long. | phasing | congealed shade oil, phase silk
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| Can use Poison Breath at level 5. If you already have Poison Breath, it's enhanced by 5 levels. | poison gas-breathing |  gallbeard gland paste
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| Can use Confusing Breath at level 10. If you already have Confusing Breath, it's enhanced by 10 levels. | powerful confusion gas-breathing |  concentrated mazebeard gland paste
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| Can use Corrosive Breath at level 10. If you already have Corrosive Breath, it's enhanced by 10 levels. | powerful corrosive gas-breathing |  concentrated tartbeard gland paste
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| Reflect 15-18% damage back at your attackers, rounded up. | powerful damage reflection |  mirror dust
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| Can use Fire Breath at level 10. If you already have Fire Breath, it's enhanced by 10 levels. | powerful fire-breathing |  concentrated flamebeard gland paste
|
| Can use Ice Breath at level 10. If you already have Ice Breath, it's enhanced by 10 levels. | powerful ice-breathing |  concentrated sleetbeard gland paste
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| Can use Normality Breath at level 10. If you already have Normality Breath, it's enhanced by 10 levels. | powerful normality gas-breathing |  concentrated nullbeard gland paste
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| Can use Burgeoning at level 7-8. If you already have Burgeoning, it's enhanced by 5-6 levels. | powerful plant |  crushed grave moss
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| +200 reputation with flowers, roots, succulents, trees, vines, and the Consortium of Phyta | powerful plant | crushed grave moss
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| Can use Poison Breath at level 10. If you already have Poison Breath, it's enhanced by 10 levels. | powerful poison gas-breathing |  concentrated gallbeard gland paste
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| +100% to natural healing rate | powerful regeneration and healing |  soul curd
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| Whenever you jump, you may immediately jump two more times. | powerful rubber |  sliced bop cheek
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| +50-75 Electric Resist | powerful rubber | sliced bop cheek
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| Falling damage you take is reduced by 90%. | powerful rubber | sliced bop cheek
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| Can use Sleep Breath at level 10. If you already have Sleep Breath, it's enhanced by 10 levels. | powerful sleep gas-breathing |  concentrated dreambeard gland paste
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| Can use Stun Breath at level 10. If you already have Stun Breath, it's enhanced by 10 levels. | powerful stun gas-breathing |  concentrated stillbeard gland paste
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| +8-12 to saves vs. Bleeding | regeneration and healing |  congealed salve,  starapple jam
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| +10-15% to natural healing rate | regeneration and healing | congealed salve, starapple jam
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| Whenever you jump, you may immediately jump again. | rubber |  congealed rubbergum
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| +10-15 Electric Resist | rubber | congealed rubbergum
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| Falling damage you take is reduced by 50%. | rubber | congealed rubbergum
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| Reveals a secret to you. | secret |  psychal gland paste
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| Causes your tongue to rot away. | self-diseasing |  black ooze
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| Poisons you. | self-poisoning |  brown sludge,  green goo
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| +10-15 Acid Resist | simple acid |  acid
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| Can use Corrosive Gas Generation at level 1-2. If you already have Corrosive Gas Generation, it's enhanced by 2-3 levels. | simple acid | acid
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| Can use Corrosive Breath at level 1-2. If you already have Corrosive Breath, it's enhanced by 2-3 levels. | simple acid | acid
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| Causes you to multiply 1 to 3 times. | simple cloning |  cloning draught
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| +10-15 Cold Resist | simple cold |  convalessence
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| Can use Freezing Hands at level 1-2. If you already have Freezing Hands, it's enhanced by 2-3 levels. | simple cold | convalessence
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| Can use Cryokinesis at level 1-2. If you already have Cryokinesis, it's enhanced by 2-3 levels. | simple cold | convalessence
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| Can use Ice Breath at level 1-2. If you already have Ice Breath, it's enhanced by 2-3 levels. | simple cold | convalessence
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| +3 to saves vs. Disease | simple disease prevention | honey
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| You only get Ill for 1/10th the usual length of time. | simple disease prevention | honey
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| Can use Flaming Hands at level (1-2). If you already have Flaming Hands, it's enhanced by (2-3) levels. | simple heat and fire |  lava
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| Can use Fire Breath at level (1-2). If you already have Fire Breath, it's enhanced by (2-3) levels. | simple heat and fire | lava
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| Can use Pyrokinesis at level (1-2). If you already have Pyrokinesis, it's enhanced by (2-3) levels. | simple heat and fire | lava
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| +10-15 Heat Resist | simple heat and fire | lava
|
| Can use Burgeoning at level 1-2. If you already have Burgeoning, it's enhanced by 2-3 levels. | simple plant |  Ekuemekiyyen greens,  algae
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| +100 reputation with flowers, roots, succulents, trees, vines, and the Consortium of Phyta | simple plant | Ekuemekiyyen greens, algae
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| +4-5 Quickness | simple Quickness |  cider
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| +8-12 to saves vs. Bleeding | simple regeneration and healing | convalessence
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| +10-15% to natural healing rate | simple regeneration and healing | convalessence
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| +6 to saves vs. Move, Knockdown, Knockback, and Restraint. | simple stability |  asphalt
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| Guaranteed to be tasty if eaten while hungry. | simple taste |  crusty loaf,  salthopper chip, salt
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| +4 Willpower | simple Willpower |  mashed lag
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| Can use Sleep Breath at level 5. If you already have Sleep Breath, it's enhanced by 5 levels. | sleep gas-breathing |  dreambeard gland paste
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| Can use Slime Glands at level 1. | slime-spitting |  slime
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| +13 + (Photosynthetic Skin level * 2) Quickness | special Quickness | No Results! |
| +20% + (Photosynthetic Skin level * 10)% to natural healing rate | special regeneration | No Results! |
| +4 Strength | strength |  congealed hulk honey
|
| Can use Intimidate. If you already have Intimidate, gain a +2 bonus on the Ego roll when using Intimidate. | strength | congealed hulk honey
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| Can use Stun Breath at level 5. If you already have Stun Breath, it's enhanced by 5 levels. | stun gas-breathing |  stillbeard gland paste
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| Can use Teleport Other at level (1-2). If you already have Teleport Other, it's enhanced by (2-3) levels. | teleport |  fermented yondercane,  voider gland paste
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| Whenever you take damage, there's a 20-25% chance you teleport to a random space on the map instead. | teleport | fermented yondercane, voider gland paste
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| Can use Sticky Tongue at level (4-5). If you already have Sticky Tongue, it's enhanced by (4-5) levels. | tongue |  fermented tongue
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| 25% chance to gain +1 Strength, Agility, Toughness, Intelligence, Willpower, and Ego permanently. | uncertain attribute |  drop of nectar
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| +1 AV permanently. Small chance of gravitational collapse. | volatile density |  neutron flux
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| You thirst at half rate. | water and thirst |  pickles,  vinewafer sheaf
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List of Trigger Conditions and Ingredients
| Trigger Condition | Cooking Domain | Possible Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Whenever you perform a critical hit,... | agility | congealed skulk
|
| Whenever you suffer a 2X or greater physical penetration,... | armor | bone meal
|
| Whenever you identify an artifact,... | artifact | sun-dried banana
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| Whenever you deal cold damage, there's a 25% chance... | cold | freeze-dried hoarshrooms
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| Whenever you are slowed by cold,... | cold | freeze-dried hoarshrooms
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| Whenever you take damage, there's a 8-10% chance... | damage reflection | spine fruit jam
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| Whenever you reflect damage, there's a 50% chance... | damage reflection | spine fruit jam
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| Whenever you drink honey,... | disease prevention and curing | fermented yuckwheat stem
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| Whenever you eat an unfermented yuckwheat stem,... | disease prevention and curing | fermented yuckwheat stem
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| Whenever you deal electric damage, there's a 25% chance... | electric | spark tick plasma
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| Whenever you eat a dreadroot tuber or lah petal,... | fear | dried lah petals
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| Whenever you become afraid,... | fear | dried lah petals
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| Whenever you eat a mushroom,... | fungus | freeze-dried hoarshrooms, pickled mushrooms
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| Whenever you get itchy skin,... | fungus | freeze-dried hoarshrooms, pickled mushrooms
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| Whenever you deal fire damage, there's a 10% chance... | heat and fire | congealed blaze, cured dawnglider tail, fire ant gaster paste
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| Whenever you are set on fire,... | heat and fire | congealed blaze, cured dawnglider tail, fire ant gaster paste
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| Whenever you take damage, there's a 8-10% chance... | HP | barkbiter jerky, bear jerky, beetle jerky, boar jerky, crab jerky, croc jerky, fish jerky, frog jerky, goat jerky, scorpiock jerky, worm jerky
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| Whenever you drop below 20% HP,... | HP | barkbiter jerky, bear jerky, beetle jerky, boar jerky, crab jerky, croc jerky, fish jerky, frog jerky, goat jerky, scorpiock jerky, worm jerky
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| Whenever you gain a new follower,... | love and loyalty | congealed love
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| Whenever you phase in,... | phasing | congealed shade oil, phase silk
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| Whenever you phase out,... | phasing | congealed shade oil, phase silk
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| Whenever you take damage, there's a 16-20% chance... | powerful damage reflection | mirror dust
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| Whenever you reflect damage, there's a 100% chance... | powerful damage reflection | mirror dust
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| Whenever you take damage from a plant,... | powerful plant | crushed grave moss
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| Whenever you take damage, there's a 30-40% chance... | powerful regeneration and healing | soul curd
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| Whenever you use a salve or ubernostrum injector,... | powerful regeneration and healing | soul curd
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| Whenever you go prone,... | powerful rubber | sliced bop cheek
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| Whenever you jump,... | powerful rubber | sliced bop cheek
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| Whenever you take damage, there's a 8-10% chance... | regeneration and healing | congealed salve, starapple jam
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| Whenever you use a salve or ubernostrum injector,... | regeneration and healing | congealed salve, starapple jam
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| Whenever you go prone,... | rubber | congealed rubbergum
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| Whenever you jump,... | rubber | congealed rubbergum
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| Whenever you take damage, there's a 12-15% chance... | strength | congealed hulk honey
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| Whenever you drop below 30% HP,... | strength | congealed hulk honey
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| Whenever you teleport,... | teleport | fermented yondercane, voider gland paste
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| Whenever you get stuck, there's a 50% chance... | tongue | fermented tongue
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| Whenever you drink freshwater, there's a 25% chance... | water and thirst | pickles, vinewafer sheaf
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List of Triggered Effects and Ingredients
| Triggered Effect | Cooking Domain | Possible Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| ...you shank your opponent. | agility | congealed skulk
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| ...you gain +8 Agility for 50 turns. | agility | congealed skulk
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| ...you gain +6 AV for 50 turns. | armor | bone meal
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| ...you identify all artifacts on the local map. | artifact | sun-dried banana
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| ...you gain 40-50 Cold Resist for 6 hours. | cold | freeze-dried hoarshrooms
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| ...you freeze an area per Cryokinesis at level 5-6. | cold | freeze-dried hoarshrooms
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| ...you emit a ray of frost per Freezing Hands at level 5-6. | cold | freeze-dried hoarshrooms
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| ...you gain 125-175 Cold Resist for 50 turns. | cold | freeze-dried hoarshrooms
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| ...you expel quills per the Quills mutation at level 8-9. | damage reflection | spine fruit jam
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| ...you reflect 100% damage the next time you take damage within 50 turns. | damage reflection | spine fruit jam
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| ...you can't acquire new diseases for 6 hours. | disease prevention and curing | fermented yuckwheat stem
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| ...you are cured of an incubating disease with a 25% chance. | disease prevention and curing | fermented yuckwheat stem
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| ...you are cured of the Ill status effect. | disease prevention and curing | fermented yuckwheat stem
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| ...you release an electrical discharge per Electrical Generation at level 5-6. | electric | spark tick plasma
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| ...you release an electromagnetic pulse at level 8-9. | electric | spark tick plasma
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| ...you gain 125-175 Electric Resist for 50 turns. | electric | spark tick plasma
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| ...you gain 40-50 Electric Resist for 6 hours. | electric | spark tick plasma
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| ...you become immune to fear for 6 hours. | fear | dried lah petals
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| ...you intimidate creatures around you. | fear | dried lah petals
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| ...you are immune to fungal spores for 6 hours. | fungus | freeze-dried hoarshrooms, pickled mushrooms
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| ...you gain 40-50 Heat Resist for 6 hours. | heat and fire | congealed blaze, cured dawnglider tail, fire ant gaster paste
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| ...you emit a ray of flame per Flaming Hands at level 5-6. | heat and fire | congealed blaze, cured dawnglider tail, fire ant gaster paste
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| ...you toast an area per Pyrokinesis at level 5-6. | heat and fire | congealed blaze, cured dawnglider tail, fire ant gaster paste
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| ...you gain 125-175 Heat Resist for 50 turns. | heat and fire | congealed blaze, cured dawnglider tail, fire ant gaster paste
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| ...you heal to full 15% of the time. | HP | barkbiter 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. | HP | barkbiter jerky, bear jerky, beetle jerky, boar jerky, crab jerky, croc jerky, fish jerky, frog jerky, goat jerky, scorpiock jerky, worm jerky
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| ...you beguile a creature at per Beguiling at level 7-8. | love and loyalty | congealed love
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| ...you can't be phased for 2 hours. | phasing | congealed shade oil, phase silk
|
| ...you phase out for 20 turns. | phasing | congealed shade oil, phase silk
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| ...you reflect 100% damage the next 3 times you take damage within 50 turns. | powerful damage reflection | mirror dust
|
| ...you cause plants to spontaneously grow in a random nearby area. | powerful plant | crushed grave moss
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| ...you heal 40-50 HP. | powerful regeneration and healing | soul curd
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| ...all of your negative status effects are removed. | powerful regeneration and healing | soul curd
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| ...you jump three times in a row, each time at +2 range. | powerful rubber | sliced bop cheek
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| ...you heal 15-20 HP. | regeneration and healing | congealed salve, starapple jam
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| ...one of your negative status effects is removed at random. | regeneration and healing | congealed salve, starapple jam
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| ...you stop bleeding. | regeneration and healing | congealed salve, starapple jam
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| ...you jump twice in a row, each time at +1 range. | rubber | congealed rubbergum
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| ...you have a 50% chance to Dismember or Slam your opponent. | strength | congealed hulk honey
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| ...you gain +8 Strength for 50 turns. | strength | congealed hulk honey
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| ...you teleport. | teleport | fermented yondercane, voider gland paste
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| ...you teleport all creatures surrounding you. | teleport | fermented yondercane, voider gland paste
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| ...you shoot out up to three sticky tongues per Sticky Tongue at rank 10. | tongue | fermented tongue
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| ...you don't thirst for the next 12 hours. | water and thirst | pickles, vinewafer sheaf
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