Cooking is a crucial survival skill allowing to prepare various meals that provide essential health, stamina, and other beneficial effects. Utilizing ingredients found throughout the island and grown in gardens over time, players can craft a range of recipes to enhance their survival experience.
To begin cooking, one must first find a Cooking Pot, which can be located in various camps across the island. Once obtained, the pot must be filled with water from a nearby source such as a river or lake. Setting up a campfire is essential, as it provides the heat required to cook the meals.
Gather Sticks and Stones: Collect two sticks and break them in half on clear ground to start a small fire. For a reinforced campfire, gather about seven large stones and place them around the fire to increase its durability.
Light the Fire: Use a lighter to ignite the sticks and create a campfire. Place the filled Cooking Pot on the fire to begin cooking.
With the pot on the fire, players can add ingredients directly from their Inventory. Various recipes can be crafted by combining different ingredients, each offering unique buffs and benefits. If the player fails a recipe by adding the wrong ingredients or leaves the recipe unfinished for a certain time, all ingredients will be returned to their inventory. Rotten ingredients are not accepted.
Cooking not only restores health and stamina but also provides temporary boosts such as increased energy or resistance to environmental hazards. This makes mastering the cooking mechanics vital for long-term survival.
Maintaining a steady supply of clean water is vital for survival. You need to stay hydrated to maintain stamina, perform basic activities, and ensure overall health and resilience in the game's challenging environment.
1. Boiling Water:
To boil water, you need a Cooking Pot, which can be found in various camps and bunkers across the island. Follow these steps:
Collect Water: Fill the pot with water from a river or stream.
Build a Fire: Gather sticks and use your lighter to start a campfire.
Boil the Water: Place the pot on the fire and wait for it to boil. Once the water is boiling, it becomes safe to drink.
2. Using a Rain Catcher: Rain Catcher are a passive method to collect clean water.
Crafting a Rain Catcher: You'll need 12 sticks and a turtle shell. Turtles can be found along the beach, and their shells can be collected after killing them.
Collecting Rainwater: Place the rain catcher at your camp. It will fill up during rainfall, providing a source of clean water.
3. Using a Flask:
A Printed Flask allows you to store clean water for later use.
Crafting a Flask: Use a 3D printer found in bunkers to create a flask. You’ll need 100ml of printer resin, which can be found in supply crates inside bunkers and caves.
Drinking clean water is essential to avoid health risks associated with contaminated water. Drinking from lakes or ponds can reduce health due to contamination, emphasizing the need to purify water before consumption.
Staying hydrated helps maintain stamina, supports environmental adaptation, and aids in health recovery, making it a crucial aspect of surviving on the island.
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You can take the soup on your adventures by filling the Printed Flask with it.
The Cooking Pot let's you eat any soup up to four times.
Soups can also spoil so keep in mind eating them while fresh.
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You can take the soup on your adventures by filling the Printed Flask with it.
The Cooking Pot let's you eat any soup up to four times.
Soups can also spoil so keep in mind eating them while fresh.
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You can take the soup on your adventures by filling the Printed Flask with it.
The Cooking Pot let's you eat any soup up to four times.
Soups can also spoil so keep in mind eating them while fresh.
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You can take the soup on your adventures by filling the Printed Flask with it.
The Cooking Pot let's you eat any soup up to four times.
Soups can also spoil so keep in mind eating them while fresh.
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You can take the soup on your adventures by filling the Printed Flask with it.
The Cooking Pot let's you eat any soup up to four times.
Soups can also spoil so keep in mind eating them while fresh.
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Hydration:100% full regeneration.
Fullness:100% full regeneration.
Health:10% healing regeneration.
Warmth Attribute: Increases warmth, helping you survive in cold environments.
You can take the soup on your adventures by filling the Printed Flask with it.
The Cooking Pot let's you eat any soup up to four times.
Soups can also spoil so keep in mind eating them while fresh.
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You can take the soup on your adventures by filling the Printed Flask with it.
The Cooking Pot let's you eat any soup up to four times.
Soups can also spoil so keep in mind eating them while fresh.
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You can take the soup on your adventures by filling the Printed Flask with it.
The Cooking Pot let's you eat any soup up to four times.
Soups can also spoil so keep in mind eating them while fresh.
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Hydration:100% ensuring you stay fully hydrated.
Fullness:100% keeping your hunger levels in check.
Health:10% negligible healing, but still useful.
Lumberjack Attribute: Helps cutting down trees with less effort.
You can take the soup on your adventures by filling the Printed Flask with it.
The Cooking Pot let's you eat any soup up to four times.
Soups can also spoil so keep in mind eating them while fresh.
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You can take the soup on your adventures by filling the Printed Flask with it.
The Cooking Pot let's you eat any soup up to four times.
Soups can also spoil so keep in mind eating them while fresh.
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Hydration:100% ensuring you stay fully hydrated.
Fullness:100% keeping your hunger levels in check.
Health:25% health boost, aiding in recovery from injuries.
You can take the soup on your adventures by filling the Printed Flask with it.
The Cooking Pot let's you eat any soup up to four times.
Soups can also spoil so keep in mind eating them while fresh.
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If a fire is broken while the pot is cooking, the pots contents is reset back to water. The recipe is retained if the pot was done cooking when the fire is destroyed
Added some water movement to the pot when not boiling
The pot can now be re-added to the fire even if it has a completed recipe in it
Added UI for current cooking bonuses
Improved UI for cooking recipes
Lumberjack Juice recipe has been reworked so that it's easier to make in peaceful games (Switched from x2 Arms to x2 Raw Meats)
Cooking buff durations changed from 8 hours to 4 hours in game time
