How to unlock
Opens at Cooking Lv 1.
What goes in
Any ingredient of each kind works. Takes 0 pot slots.
The four qualities
Every pot comes out as one of these. The better the roll, the better the dish.
| Failed | Average | Good | Perfect | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score needed | below 100 | 100+ | 100+ | 100+ |
| When eaten | Satiety +2 | Satiety +2 | Satiety +2 | Satiety +2 |
| Taste | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Price | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Trade value | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
What it's for4
How to cook it Perfect
- Every pot rolls a score from your cooking level's lowest roll up to 100, then adds the bonuses below. 100 or more is Perfect.
- Fresh ingredients: +10. Any ingredient going off: -20 instead.
- A better stove:
Electric Oven +5 
Large Stove +5 Stove +5 - Seasoning in the pot's free slots: +18 for the first, then +9, +5, +2. This dish leaves 5 free slots on the Electric Oven.
| Cooking | Lowest roll | Fresh, no seasoning | Best setup (+50) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lv 0 (not yet) | 0 | 11% | 50% |
| Lv 1 | 10 | 12% | 56% |
| Lv 2 | 25 | 14% | 67% |
| Lv 3 | 40 | 18% | 84% |
| Lv 4 | 55 | 24% | 100% |
| Lv 5 | 70 | 35% | 100% |
Practice Makes Perfect plans raise the Perfect chance further (+15% each); the table leaves them out. A seasoning can also make the pot match a different recipe that uses more ingredients.
Practice Makes Perfect I
Practice Makes Perfect II
Practice Makes Perfect III
Black Bean Sauce
Soy Sauce
Honey
Japanese Curry
Salt
Unsalted Butter
White Sugar
Black Pepper
Instant Miso
Aged Vinegar
CoffeeStoves that cook it
7| Stove | Pot slots | Quality bonus | Time | Free for seasoning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Fueled Stove | 4 | 0 | 20m | 4 |
| Electric Oven | 5 | +5 | 17m | 5 |
 Microwave | 4 | 0 | 20m | 4 |
| Large Stove | 5 | +5 | 17m | 5 |
 Juicer | 3 | 0 | 20m | 3 |
| Stove | 5 | +5 | 17m | 5 |
 Coffee Machine | 3 | 0 | 20m | 3 |
Talents that help
11| Talent | Kind | What it does |
|---|---|---|
 Cooking Memory | Ability (between runs) | +1 Lv / +2 Lv |
 Mold Master | Ability (between runs) | |
| Practice Makes Perfect I | Survival plan | +15% chance to create a Perfect Meal when cooking. |
 Kitchen Sense | Survival plan | Cooking time -30%. |
 Perfect Morale I | Survival plan | Consuming Perfect quality dishes restores +3 Morale. |
 Nourishing Richness I | Survival plan | Recovery effects +5% when consuming dishes you have cooked. |
 Cooking XP I | Survival plan | Cooking XP +25%. |
 Fuel Conservation | Survival plan | -20% Fuel consumption when cooking with fuel stoves. |
 Tag Master I | Survival plan | Creative cooking (based on ingredient combinations, not fixed recipes) adds +5 to dish quality. |
 Creative Cook (Medium) | Survival plan | Creative cooking dishes are guaranteed to be at least mid-tier quality. |
 Creative Cook (Premium) | Survival plan | Creative cooking dishes are guaranteed to be at least high-tier quality |
Trap bait
Counts as Balanced Bait (Soft Drinks) when you put it in a trap.
Goes in: Live Capture CageIron Animal TrapAuto Trap CageSimple MousetrapSimple Bird Net
Details1
Keeping it
Spoils after 3 days. After 7.5 days it rots into 
Basic Fertilizer.
From the game files7
CookingRecipe 100
| ID | 100 |
|---|---|
| RecipeName | CookingRecipe_RecipeName_100 |
| RecipeName_Local | 黑暗料理 |
| PerfectItemID | 8100 |
| GoodItemID | 8100 |
| NormalItemID | 8100 |
| FailItemID | 8100 |
| QualityMap | [0,100,100,100] |
| CookTime | 1200 |
| SatietyStandard | 32 |
| CookExp | 50 |
| show_level | -1 |
| craft_level | 1 |
| discovery_exp | 50 |
Item 8100
| ID | 8100 |
|---|---|
| ItemName | Item_ItemName_8100 |
| ItemName_Local | 黑暗料理 |
| ItemDes1 | Item_ItemDes1_8100 |
| ItemDes1_Local | 无法辨认的食物 |
| ValueDisplay1 | 2 |
| StackLimit | 1 |
| Category | 1 |
| FoodTag1 | 3 |
| Size | [1,1] |
| price | 1 |
| weight | 300 |
| Life | 3 |
| IT_Rot_Threshold | 2.5 |
| It_Rot_Product_Id | [15501] |
| Taste | 1 |
| Icon | Assets/RuntimeAssets/Texture/Food/UI_Item_Icon_Food_heianliaoli |
| WebIcon | ../../Res/Food/UI_Item_Icon_Food_heianliaoli.png |
| Model | Assets/RuntimeAssets/Prefabs/Furniture/P_Food_001_S1_M01 |
| TradeValue | 2 |
| RecommendWeight | 2 |
| UseAction | 100008100 |
Item 8100
| ID | 8100 |
|---|---|
| ItemName | Item_ItemName_8100 |
| ItemName_Local | 黑暗料理 |
| ItemDes1 | Item_ItemDes1_8100 |
| ItemDes1_Local | 无法辨认的食物 |
| ValueDisplay1 | 2 |
| StackLimit | 1 |
| Category | 1 |
| FoodTag1 | 3 |
| Size | [1,1] |
| price | 1 |
| weight | 300 |
| Life | 3 |
| IT_Rot_Threshold | 2.5 |
| It_Rot_Product_Id | [15501] |
| Taste | 1 |
| Icon | Assets/RuntimeAssets/Texture/Food/UI_Item_Icon_Food_heianliaoli |
| WebIcon | ../../Res/Food/UI_Item_Icon_Food_heianliaoli.png |
| Model | Assets/RuntimeAssets/Prefabs/Furniture/P_Food_001_S1_M01 |
| TradeValue | 2 |
| RecommendWeight | 2 |
| UseAction | 100008100 |
Item 8100
| ID | 8100 |
|---|---|
| ItemName | Item_ItemName_8100 |
| ItemName_Local | 黑暗料理 |
| ItemDes1 | Item_ItemDes1_8100 |
| ItemDes1_Local | 无法辨认的食物 |
| ValueDisplay1 | 2 |
| StackLimit | 1 |
| Category | 1 |
| FoodTag1 | 3 |
| Size | [1,1] |
| price | 1 |
| weight | 300 |
| Life | 3 |
| IT_Rot_Threshold | 2.5 |
| It_Rot_Product_Id | [15501] |
| Taste | 1 |
| Icon | Assets/RuntimeAssets/Texture/Food/UI_Item_Icon_Food_heianliaoli |
| WebIcon | ../../Res/Food/UI_Item_Icon_Food_heianliaoli.png |
| Model | Assets/RuntimeAssets/Prefabs/Furniture/P_Food_001_S1_M01 |
| TradeValue | 2 |
| RecommendWeight | 2 |
| UseAction | 100008100 |
Item 8100
| ID | 8100 |
|---|---|
| ItemName | Item_ItemName_8100 |
| ItemName_Local | 黑暗料理 |
| ItemDes1 | Item_ItemDes1_8100 |
| ItemDes1_Local | 无法辨认的食物 |
| ValueDisplay1 | 2 |
| StackLimit | 1 |
| Category | 1 |
| FoodTag1 | 3 |
| Size | [1,1] |
| price | 1 |
| weight | 300 |
| Life | 3 |
| IT_Rot_Threshold | 2.5 |
| It_Rot_Product_Id | [15501] |
| Taste | 1 |
| Icon | Assets/RuntimeAssets/Texture/Food/UI_Item_Icon_Food_heianliaoli |
| WebIcon | ../../Res/Food/UI_Item_Icon_Food_heianliaoli.png |
| Model | Assets/RuntimeAssets/Prefabs/Furniture/P_Food_001_S1_M01 |
| TradeValue | 2 |
| RecommendWeight | 2 |
| UseAction | 100008100 |