Food & Cooking

 General

Food is required for survival - as you regenerate less health/stamina while hungry/thirsty (read about your Character). Most crafting recipes require a certain quality tier of meal to be consumed while working on it. Also your character will refuse to craft in general if he is extremely hungry or thirsty. You might have to eat some food manually to craft new snacks.

Usage

Food can be eaten manually by dragging it to the food slot in your inventory.

Meals can also be served while offline with a “Rest & Eat" task. Better meals need better dining tables.

Tier	Table	Food
0	Campfire	small snacks
1	Copper Dining Table	medium snacks, medium meals
3	Bronze Dining Table	large meals, advanced meals
3	Iron Dining Table	delicious meals, exquisite meals
4	Mithril Dining Table	masterpiece meals

Production

Vegetables and eggs can be gathered in the wild as well as grown by farming. Animals for meat can be hunted or bred, fish can be fished.

Snacks and Meals need to be prepared in a kitchen and require cooking skill depending on tier. They are made from core, base and side ingredients, which can be crafted from basic ingredients. Prepared food is generally more efficient in reducing hunger and thirst than its ingredients, but will also decay a lot faster than the non processed components. An efficient cook will have to find an optimal balance here to minimize food usage.

Ingredient Model

Ingredients	Food resources
Core	Meat*, Fish*, Eggs)
Base	Potatoes*, Bread, Beans*
Side	Tomatoes*, Carrots*, Kraut

* These foods can also be found as quality foods that produce quality ingredients, which are needed to produce advanced, delicious, exquisite, and masterpiece meals.

Drinks

Drinks	Food resources
Basic	Berries or Water
Tasty	Juice
Advanced	Beer or Wine

Meals

Nutrition Value : Meals and Snacks will still your hunger as well as your thirst. While you need a good bunch of Small Snacks to still your hunger, a single Masterpiece Meal will be far more than enough. The higher meals will also make you slightly warm.
Durability : While the snacks will rot quick, the lower meals can be stored longer and the higher meals will last quite a while.

Meals	Ingredients
Small Snacks	Core ingredient & Basic drink Base ingredient & Basic drink Side ingredient & Basic drink
Medium Snacks	Core & Base ingredients & Basic drink Core & Side ingredients & Basic drink Base & Side ingredients & Basic drink
Medium Meals	Core & Base ingredients & Tasty drink Core & Side ingredients & Tasty drink Base & Side ingredients & Tasty drink
Large Meals	Core, Base & Side ingredients & Tasty drink
Advanced Meals	Core, Base & Side ingredients & Advanced drink & Salt
Delicious Meals	Core* Base & Side ingredients, Advanced drink & Salt Core Base* & Side ingredients, Advanced drink & Salt Core Base & Side* ingredients, Advanced drink & Salt
Exquisite Meals	Core*, Base* & Side ingredients, Advanced drink, Salt & Spices Core*, Base & Side* ingredients, Advanced drink, Salt & Spices Core, Base* & Side* ingredients, Advanced drink, Salt & Spices
Masterpiece Meals	Core*, Base* & Side* ingredients, Advanced drink, Salt & Herbs

*Quality ingredients

Food Ingredients

Meat

Sources : Hunt in the wild or breed sheep, chickens, rabbits, rats or pigs.
Preparation : Meat can be grilled in campfires and quality meat in ovens.
Nutrition value : You can eat raw or grilled meat to still your hunger, but it will be more effective as a meal. Grilled meat will make you a bit thirsty.
Durability : Meat is most durable when grilled, less so when raw, and least when prepared into Core Ingredients.

Fish

Sources : Can be fished in Ocean, Lake, River, Spring, or Swamp.
Preparation : Fish can be grilled in campfires and quality Fish in ovens.
Nutrition value : You can eat raw or grilled meat to still your hunger, but it will be more effective as a meal. Grilled fish will make you a bit thirsty.
Durability : Fish is most durable when grilled, less so when raw, and least when prepared into Core Ingredients.

Eggs

Sources : Gather in forests from chickens or breed at chicken pen.
Preparation : Can be cooked in a cauldron.
Nutrition value : You need to eat a good bunch of eggs to still your hunger. Cooking the eggs will not change that a lot and, these will make you slightly thirsty though. They are more effective when used in meals.
Durability : Eggs are quite durable in their basic form. Less when cooked. And least when prepared into Core Ingredients.

Potatoes

Sources : Can be gathered in temperate climate or planted.
Preparation : Can be cooked in a copper cooking fire.
Nutrition value : Potatoes can only be eaten when they are cooked. A few will suffice to make you full, though they will make you slightly thirsty. They are more effective when used in meals.
Durability : Potatoes are quite durable in their basic form. Less when cooked. And least when prepared into Base Ingredients.

Bread

Sources : Wheat seeds can be gathered in temperate climate or planted.
Preparation : Wheat seeds have to be ground to flour in a mill, then made to dough with salt and water in a kitchen, then baked in an oven.
Nutrition value : A single bread will be more than enough to make you full, you will be a little bit thirsty. For its high nutrition value it is very light, that makes bread a very good travel food.
Durability : Seeds are by far the most durable, bread is quite durable, flour is less durable, and dough will decay very fast.

Beans

Sources : Can be gathered in warm climate or planted.
Preparation : Can be baked in a cauldron.
Nutrition value : Beans can only be eaten in cooked form. A few will suffice to make you full, though they will make you slightly thirsty. They are more effective when used in meals.
Durability : Beans are not very durable, but most in their basic form. Less when cooked or prepared into Base Ingredients.

Tomatoes

Sources : Can be gathered in warm climate or planted.
Preparation : n.a.
Nutrition value : You can eat them raw. Tomatoes are not very effective to still your hunger, but they will still your thirst too. They are most effective when used in meals.
Durability : Tomatoes will rot almost as fast as they do when prepared into Side Ingredients.

Carrots

Sources : Can be gathered in temperate climate or planted.
Preparation : n.a.
Nutrition value : You can eat them raw. Carrots are not very effective to still your hunger. Using them as a meal component increases the effectiveness a lot.
Durability : Carrots are quite durable in their basic form. Not so much when prepared into Side Ingredients.

Kraut

Sources : Cabbage can be gathered in colder climate or planted. Salt can be found at the coast or cooked from salt water in a cauldron.
Preparation : Cabbage with salt can be fermented into Kraut using a barrel.
Nutrition value : While it can be used to still hunger, it is a lot more effective as a meal component. It will make you a little bit thirsty.
Durability : In the form of the fermented Kraut it is one of the most durable foods, especially in large quantities. The fresh cabbage will not last very long and should be used for fermentation as soon as possible.

Salt

Sources : Salt can be found at the coast.
Preparation : Salt can be cooked from salt water in a cauldron.
Nutrition value : n.a.
Durability : It will last a long time.

Water

Sources : Can be gathered with a bucket from a river or lake.
Preparation : Dirty water has to be cooked in a cauldron before using.
Nutrition value : You can use the basic drink to quench your thirst.
Durability : Water will not last that long in a bucket and will go bad even faster in the form of prepared drinks.

Juice

Sources : Berries can be gathered in warm and temperate climates.
Preparation : Berries have to be pressed in a cold press to make juice.
Nutrition value : You can use the juice or the tasty drink to quench your thirst, water is a less effortful alternative though.
Durability : While the juice is quite durable, the prepared drinks will not last that long and the berries will rot very quick.

Wine

Sources : Berries can be gathered in warm and temperate climates.
Preparation : Berries have to be pressed in a cold press to make juice. Juice then can be made to wine in a barrel.
Nutrition value : You can use the wine or the advanced drink to quench your thirst, water is a lot less effortful alternative though. Wine will increase your temperature a bit and make you slightly hungry.
Durability : Wine is very durable.

Beer

Sources : Wheat seeds can be gathered in colder climate or planted. Spring water can be obtained at the spring of a river.
Preparation : Wheat seeds have to be cooked with spring water in a cauldron. Then made to beer in a barrel.
Nutrition value : You can use the beer or the advanced drink to quench your thirst, water is a lot less effortful alternative though. Beer will increase your temperature slightly and make you a bit hungry.
Durability : Beer is very durable.