How to Farm and Cook High-Quality Meals

Sustaining your character in this modpack involves more than eating basic raw ingredients. The deep cooking system rewards you for preparing complex recipes.

Establishing Crop Farms

To cook advanced dishes, you must first establish diverse agricultural plots for fresh crops.

• Prepare tilled soil near a water source using a hoe.
• Plant the fresh crops you discover across the world or receive from early quest rewards.
• Harvest mature crops regularly to build up a steady stockpile of kitchen ingredients.
• Automate your harvesting areas using rotating machinery once your factory infrastructure is operational to supply bulk produce.

Cooking Advanced Dishes

Rather than relying on plain food items, prepare balanced recipes that trigger the high food quality mechanics.

• Consult your quest book and recipe lookups to see the required ingredients for hundreds of available dishes.
• Combine fresh crops, processed ingredients, and animal products according to the altered cooking recipes.
• Monitor the food quality values of the prepared dishes you create, prioritizing high-tier meals that provide long-lasting benefits.
• Stockpile completed high-quality meals in your inventory before leaving on long-distance expeditions to ensure you remain well-fed during tough encounters.