Cooking
Boil dirty water in a kettle or cooking pot to make it safe to drink. Build a campfire, use 3 firewood to build supports, then attach the kettle or metal bucket. Add the dirty water and wait for it to boil (campfire must be lit). Once the water is clean, you can drink it directly, add it back to a container, or use it to make a stew.
Using a kettle, you can brew many different kinds of tea, each with its own unique effects. Boil water in a kettle at a campfire and then select the "Brew Tea" option to add an ingredient.
Some teas will help cure various illnesses such as the flu, dysentery or food poisoning. Others provide mild but long lasting buffs, and yet others help protect you from the elements or help you sleep.
| Tea Name | Effect |
|---|---|
| Bittergreen Tea | Fortify Magicka 15 Points |
| Black Anther Tea | Light 5 Points on Self |
| Chokeweed Tea | Resist Common Disease 30 Points |
| Gold Kanet Tea | Fortify Strength 5 Points |
| Heather Tea | Feather 20 Points |
| Stoneflower Tea | Fortify Speechcraft 10 Points |
| Belladonna Tea | Resist Magicka 15 Points |
| Belladonna Tea | Resist Magicka 10 Points |
| Coda Flower Tea | Detect Animal 50 Points |
| Kreshweed Tea | Cures Food Poisoning |
| Roobrush Tea | Cures Dysentery |
| Comberry Tea | Cures the Flu |
| Scathecraw Tea | Resist Blight 40 Points |
| Fire Petal Tea | Reduce Cold Weather Effects by 20% |
| Holly Tea | Reduce Cold Weather Effects by 10% |
| Hackle-lo Tea | Tiredness Gain Reduced by 25% |
| Trama Root Tea | 1.5x Sleep Recovery |
| Moon Sugar Coffee | Well Rested Effect |
| Golden Sedge Tea | Fortify Attack Power 10 Points |
| Meadow Rye Tea | Fortify Speed 5 Points |
| Noble Sedge Tea | Fortify Agility 10 Points |
| Timsa-come-by Tea | Resist Paralysis 40 Points |
Grilling food increases its nutritional value. It also makes meat safe to eat, as eating it raw can give you food poisoning.
Attach a grill to a lit campfire, and directly place a piece of meat, vegetable or mushroom onto the grill to start cooking it. Wait until the food turns brown, then pick it up from the grill. Wait too long and the food will burn and turn black, which significantly reduces its nutrition value.
Your survival skill determines the time in between fully cooking and burning food.
Attach a cooking pot (i.e. a metal bucket) and an iron ladle in order to make stew. Fill the cooking pot with water and add ingredients, then wait for the stew to cook. Stew can be eaten directly from the cooking pot, or transferred to a container to eat later. All misc pot items (clay pots, redware pots etc) can be used to store stew.
Each food type provides a different buff when added to a stew. These buffs can last for many hours, depending on how much stew you have eaten.
| Food Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Food | - Pre-made food such as bread and scuttle. - Provides a large amount of nutrition without needing to cook. |
| Meat | - Eating raw meat can cause food poisoning. - Must be cooked in a grill or a stew before it is safe to eat. - Provides a high amount of nutrition. - Adding meat to a stew adds the “Hearty” buff. |
| Egg | - Eggs can be eaten raw and provide a moderate amount of nutrition. |
| Vegetable | - Can be eaten raw for a medium amount of nutrition, or grilled to improve nutrition value even further. - Adding to a stew adds the “Nutritious” buff. |
| Mushroom | - Doesn't provide much nutrition when eaten raw, but can be grilled to increase nutrition. - Adding to a stew adds the “Chunky” buff. |
| Herb | - Does not provide much nutrition at all. Can be added to stew to add the “Aromatic” buff. - Many herbs can also be used to brew tea. |
| Seasoning | - Provides next to no nutrition. - Can be added to stew to add the “Tasty” buff. |
| Other | - Provides no satiation when eaten. |
