Stoneshard Cooking Guide
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Cooking after Stoneshard’s Rags to Riches update is a way to turn raw ingredients like meat, fish, mushrooms, and vegetables into tasty dishes that provide better buffs. With the latest update, cooking has expanded to include more complex dishes that require multiple ingredients and special recipes.
How Cooking Works
To cook food, you need a fire source. You can use:
Campfires found in bandit camps.
Brushwood Bundles to create your own fire.
Firepits found in inns, NPC houses, or dungeons like the Bastion.
Once you’ve lit the fire, the cooking menu will open. You’ll see the recipes you already know, either from the start or from Schematas you’ve learned by buying or finding them.
Some dishes can be cooked directly over a fire, while others need a Travel Pot. If you’re at a firepit, you’ll notice there’s a built-in Big Pot, but you can’t take it with you.
Note:
Dishes like Meat Skewers can be carried in your inventory as-is. However, most dishes require a container like a Plate or Bowl to take them with you.
Ingredients have specific tags like Food, Vegetable, Meat, Fish, Berry, and Herb.
You can eat raw food if you’re desperate, but it won’t give you as many buffs—and might cause debuffs!
Spoiled food can’t be cooked.
Cooking different dishes at your Caravan Camp can increase Morale and Sanity, depending on your caravan upgrades and the dish complexity.
Types of Cooking
There are five categories of cooking:
Basic Actions – Simple roasting and preserving.
Soups – Various hearty soups and stews.
Main Courses – Filling meals made with meat, fish, and vegetables.
Side Dishes – Light meals and salads.
Desserts – Sweet treats made with fruits and grains.
Recipes
1. Basic Actions
Roasting – You can roast ingredients like meat, fish, eggs, mushrooms, and potatoes over a fire to improve their buffs.
Meat Salting – Requires Meat/Fish/Bear Fat + 2 Salt. Great for preserving food.
2. Soups
Peasant Stew – Pot of Water + 3 Vegetables/Mushrooms.
Lentil Soup – Pot of Water + 2 Lentils + 1 Vegetable.
Fish Soup – Pot of Water + Fish + 1 Vegetable + Leek/Onion/Rhubarb.
Daytaler Stew – Pot of Water + Meat + 3 Vegetables/Mushrooms. (Recipe sold by Alan at the Mill.)
Fondue – Pot of Milk + Cheese/Goat Cheese + Bread + Garlic. (Recipe sold by Fat Yann.)
3. Main Courses
Pot Roast – Pot + Meat (Large) + 3 Vegetables.
Honey-Glazed Ham – Pot + Meat (Large) + Honeycomb + Leek/Onion/Garlic.
Meat Skewer – Stick + Meat + 2 Vegetables/Mushrooms.
Fish Skewer – Stick + Fish + 2 Vegetables/Mushrooms.
Hunter-Styled Drumsticks – Pot + 3 Raw Drumsticks + Leek/Onion/Garlic.
4. Side Dishes
Potatoes with Mushrooms – Pot + 2 Potatoes + Mushroom + Leek/Onion/Garlic/Rhubarb.
Garlic Cheese Bread – Pot + Bread + Cheese/Goat Cheese + Garlic + Leek.
Fruit Salad – 2 Fruits + 2 Berries.
Vegetable Salad – Combination of vegetables like potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, and garlic.
Mannshire Fair Salad – Grape + Pear + 2 Barberries. (Recipe sold by Agna at Ivy and Vine Inn.)
5. Desserts
Honey Crepes – Pot of Milk + 2 Handfuls of Flour + Honeycomb + Egg. (Recipe sold by Fat Yann.)
Pancakes – Pot of Milk + Handful of Flour + Egg.
Fruit Soup – Pot of Milk + 2 Fruits + 2 Berries. (Recipe sold by Wandering Traders.)
Tips for Cooking
Always carry a Brushwood Bundle to set up campfires.
Check NPCs like Fat Yann, Alan, and Agna for new recipes.
Cook complex dishes at your caravan camp for extra Morale and Sanity.
Keep an eye on ingredient tags—different dishes may require specific types of food.
If food spoils, don’t waste time trying to cook it—it won’t work!
With this guide, you’ll be ready to whip up delicious meals in Rags to Riches! Happy cooking!
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