COOKING & CRAFTING · FIELD GUIDE
Recipes: choose the station before the ingredients.
By Field Notes · Checked October 23, 2026 · Full game · Source-based guide
Use the Cooking Table for preparation, then the correct cooking station for the finished dish. On 1.0.50.0, Leather is the Cooking Table prerequisite. Match the station, item state and version before spending another batch.[1][4]
Choose the menu for the job
The station roles below follow NPC Tips’ October 15 release-file table (build 25955406). Use them to pick a menu, not as a promise that an undiscovered recipe is already unlocked.[1]
| You want to make | Start here | Then check |
|---|---|---|
| Leather, Chains, tools | Workbench | Materials and discovery state |
| Dough, fish fillets, raw pies | Cooking Table | Prepared ingredient needed by the next station |
| Soups and stews | Cooking Pot | Ingredient combination and lit fire |
| Small roasted meals | Rotisserie / Skillet | Fuel and finished-food pickup |
| Baked pizza, bread or pies | Oven | Raw item prepared first; Coal |
| Potions | Kettle | Water before brewing |
Keep preparation and cooking separate
- Read the required item name: raw pizza and baked pizza are different objects.
- Prepare components at the Cooking Table, then take the raw item to its cooking station.
- For a fire-mounted station, check the Campfire underneath when progress stops. The Oven uses its own Coal.
- Take the completed item before leaving it unattended on the Rotisserie.
NPC Tips’ cooking analysis describes the fuel/progress dependency and burning on an unattended Rotisserie. Its old Corn unlock text predates the official Leather change below; do not apply that old prerequisite to 1.0.50.0.[2]
Selected recipes for progression checks
| Task | Preparation / ingredients | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Three-plate gold door | Raw Meat + Wild Pepper; Corn + Tomato + Wild Pepper; Black Beans + Black Beans | Cook the three separate dishes in the Pot; match the actual three-slot puzzle.[3] |
| Pizza offering | 1 Corn Dough + 1 Tomato + 1 Cheese at Cooking Table | Bake the Raw Deep Dish Pizza in the Oven; follow the offering sequence.[1] |
The three dishes are launch-player reports, not a list of every possible soup substitution. The pizza row is file analysis. No buff ranking or guaranteed boss outcome is inferred from them.
1.0.50.0 changes that can look like missing recipes
The official October 21 notes change the Cooking Table prerequisite from Corn to Leather, move Grappling Hook crafting to the inventory and Hook crafting to the Workbench, and correct the Bean Soup tip. They also set several cooked-food stacks to one, including Cooked Veggies. Check your installed build before treating a changed menu or stack as a failed recipe.[4]
Match the symptom before spending more ingredients
| Symptom | Next check |
|---|---|
| Cooking Table absent | Compare the Leather/version check. |
| Pot has ingredients but no progress | Inspect the fire underneath; adding ingredients does not fuel it.[2] |
| Pizza will not satisfy the bowl | Check that it is baked and that you are at the single-bowl stage. |
| Food became Rotten Food | Compare storage types and fuel reuse. |
| Recipe still missing | Record the station, item names, pickup history and version; no universal unlock-item list is verified here. |
By Field Notes, checked October 23. This is a selected task workflow combining official changes, launch-player reports and labeled older file analysis. It is not an all-recipes database or a claim of hands-on cooking tests.
Sources & verification
- October 15, build 25955406: station groups and pizza row from files; not our cooking test. Re-read October 23. NPC Tips (external, opens in a new tab)
- October 20, build 25955406: fire, preparation and unattended cooking; older unlock claim superseded by official October 21 patch. NPC Tips (external, opens in a new tab)
- Atkael’s launch-week three-dish reply, re-read October 23; relative source timestamps, no site cooking test. Reddit (external, opens in a new tab)
- Official October 21 Patch 1.0.50.0: Leather prerequisite, Hook menus, Bean Soup tip and stack changes; checked October 23. Steam Community (external, opens in a new tab)