Cooking Ingredients

Cooking goals are easier to complete when you work backward from a recipe and collect the exact ingredients from their biome sources.

PC / Global, full release as of Dec 5, 2023

WHERE & HOW TO FARM

Where to farm

The source biome for each recipe ingredient, followed by any available stove.

Use the recipe as your checklist. Ingredients may come from crop plots, fishing pools, trees, bushes, or ground forage, so identify the source for each item before traveling. Gather the required amount, cook at a stove, and reserve servings tied to quests or duties. This method avoids collecting a pile of unrelated ingredients and gives surplus a clear storage or sale decision.

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GET STARTED

How to farm

Before you go

Unlock a cooking station.
Know the exact recipe or quest dish.
Have access to the biomes where its ingredients are found.

Open the recipe or quest and list each required ingredient.
Identify whether each ingredient comes from crops, fish, fruit, or forage.
Travel to the source biome and collect the required amount.
Use a relevant companion role while harvesting if bonus drops would help.
Return to a stove and cook the dish using the recipe.
Reserve quest servings and store or use any extra meals.

Farming tips

Check ingredient sources before traveling; multiple recipes may share the same biome materials.
Keep requested quest ingredients aside before selling or cooking them into a different dish.

Repeat, collect and use

Repeat the gather-and-cook loop whenever a recipe, quest, or meal-stock goal calls for more servings.

Common mistakes

Collecting without reading the recipe can leave one required ingredient missing; make a checklist first.
Assuming ingredients are all purchased or all farmed ignores biome sources; identify each source type.
Using quest ingredients in another recipe can force a second collection trip; reserve them immediately.