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Cooking is the skill of turning raw ingredients into meals that keep people alive, healthy, and in good spirits. A skilled cook can make the difference between surviving and thriving, providing nourishment, variety, and morale to a community.
<font color="#DAA520"><b>Cooking</b></font> is the skill of turning raw ingredients into meals that keep people alive, healthy, and in good spirits. A skilled cook can make the difference between surviving and thriving, providing nourishment, variety, and morale to a community.


You will need a set of [[Cooking Tools]] and ingredients to begin. As you improve your skill, you will be able to prepare more complex recipes, increase the nutritional value of your meals, and make better use of scarce resources.
You will need a set of [[Cooking Tools]], ingredients, and sometimes a source of heat, to begin your culinary journey. As you improve your skill, you will be able to prepare more complex recipes, increase the nutritional value of your meals, and make better use of scarce resources.


Starting at <font color="#DAA520"><b>25% Skill</b></font>, you gain more detailed information when examining ingredients and prepared dishes. Hovering over an item will reveal more about its nutritional value, effects, and potential uses.
Starting at <font color="#DAA520"><b>25% Skill</b></font>, you gain more detailed information when examining ingredients and prepared dishes. Hovering over an item will reveal more about its nutritional value, effects, and potential uses.
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*<font color="#DAA520"><b>50% Skill</b></font>: Combine up to 2 ingredients.
*<font color="#DAA520"><b>50% Skill</b></font>: Combine up to 2 ingredients.


*<font color="#DAA520"><b>75% Skill</b></font>: Combine up to 4 ingredients.
*<font color="#DAA520"><b>75% Skill</b></font>: Combine up to 3 ingredients.


*<font color="#DAA520"><b>100% Skill</b></font>: Combine up to 5 ingredients.
*<font color="#DAA520"><b>100% Skill</b></font>: Combine up to 5 ingredients.

Latest revision as of 16:01, 7 September 2025

“When we no longer have good cooking in the world, we will have no literature, nor high and sharp intelligence, nor friendly gatherings, no social harmony.”

– Marie-Antoine Carême, Le Cuisinier parisien (1828)


Cooking is the skill of turning raw ingredients into meals that keep people alive, healthy, and in good spirits. A skilled cook can make the difference between surviving and thriving, providing nourishment, variety, and morale to a community.

You will need a set of Cooking Tools, ingredients, and sometimes a source of heat, to begin your culinary journey. As you improve your skill, you will be able to prepare more complex recipes, increase the nutritional value of your meals, and make better use of scarce resources.

Starting at 25% Skill, you gain more detailed information when examining ingredients and prepared dishes. Hovering over an item will reveal more about its nutritional value, effects, and potential uses.

Gastronomy[edit]

At 50% skill, you unlock Gastronomy, the advanced art of creating custom cuisines. Gastronomy lets you combine ingredients into your own unique dishes.

  • 50% Skill: Combine up to 2 ingredients.
  • 75% Skill: Combine up to 3 ingredients.
  • 100% Skill: Combine up to 5 ingredients.



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