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Cooking is the act of creating food using a Campfire Campfire, a Cooking Pot Cooking Pot, an Industrial Grill Industrial Grill, or an Industrial Cooker Industrial Cooker.

Cooking meat requires a Campfire Campfire or an Industrial Grill Industrial Grill, while cooking recipes requires a Cooking Pot Cooking Pot or an Industrial Cooker Industrial Cooker.

The Basics[]

All recipes except Jerky[]

  • Require a Waterskin Waterskin, Water Jar Water Jar or Canteen Canteen that is at least 25% full.
  • Take 60 seconds to cook in a Cooking Pot Cooking Pot (8x Thatch Thatch or 2x Wood Wood or 1x Sparkpowder Sparkpowder per recipe.)
  • Cook using an Industrial Cooker Industrial Cooker is 12x faster, and it can hold much more items, can be irrigated and is powered by 1 × Gasoline Gasoline for 15 minutes.
  • Take 5 hours to spoil.
  • Can be placed on a creature to extend spoiling time to 20 hours.
  • Can be placed in a Preserving Bin Preserving Bin to extend spoiling time to 2 days.
  • Can be placed in a Refrigerator Refrigerator to extend spoiling time to 20 days.

Some recipes require ingredients that you can only acquire through farming, like Citronal Citronal, Longrass Longrass, Rockarrot Rockarrot, and Savoroot Savoroot.

Recipes[]

Recipes can be found in the inventories of various carnivores. Recipes list the ingredients that can be put in the Cooking Pot Cooking Pot or Industrial Cooker Industrial Cooker in order to craft food that gives extra buffs such as increased insulation, hp regeneration, stamina regeneration, prolonged oxygen and more. The Rockwell recipe items are not required to make any foods, acting only as an in-world guideline to cook the food items.

Some advanced food can be utilized by dinosaurs. They do get the benefit of the food (195.2).

Below is an updated list of current recipes found in the world:

Recipe Product Effect(s) Duration Spoilage Water Mejoberry Amarberry Azulberry Tintoberry Citronal Longrass Rockarrot Savoroot Narcotic Stimulant Cooked Meat Cooked Prime Meat
Rockwell Recipes- Enduro Stew Enduro Stew Enduro Stew +35% Melee Damage

+1.2 Health per second

15m 5h 1 10 5 5 2 9
Rockwell Recipes- Focal Chili Focal Chili Focal Chili +25% Movement Speed

+100% Crafting Skill

15m 5h 1 10 20 20 20 5 9
Rockwell Recipes- Lazarus Chowder Lazarus Chowder Lazarus Chowder -85% Oxygen consumption underwater

+1.2% Stamina per second (allow constant swimming)

10m 5h 1 10 5 5 2 9
Rockwell Recipes- Calien Soup Calien Soup Calien Soup +50 Hyperthermic Insulation

-25% Water consumption

15m 5h 1 10 20 20 5 2
Rockwell Recipes- Fria Curry Fria Curry Fria Curry +50 Hypothermic Insulation

-25% Food consumption

15m 5h 1 10 20 5 5 2
Recipe Product Effect(s) Duration Spoilage Water Fiber Amarberry Azulberry Tintoberry Citronal Longrass Rockarrot Savoroot Narcotic Stimulant Sap Giant Bee Honey
Rockwell Recipes- Medical Brew Medical Brew Medical Brew +40 Health 5s 2h 1 20 2
Rockwell Recipes- Energy Brew Energy Brew Energy Brew +40 Stamina 5s 1h 1 20 2
Sweet Vegetable Cake Sweet Vegetable Cake +500 Health and heals 15% HP (over 10s)

when force fed to a tamed herbivore

Instant 2h40m 1 25 2 2 2 4 4 2
Recipe Product Effect(s) Duration Spoilage Water Mejoberry Rare Mushroom Rare Flower Raw Prime Meat Citronal Longrass Rockarrot Savoroot Narcotic Stimulant Cooked Meat Cooked Prime Meat
Rockwell Recipes- Shadow Steak Saute Shadow Steak Saute Shadow Steak Saute +50 Hypothermic Insulation

+50 Hyperthermic Insulation -80% Weapon recoil

3m 5h 1 20 2 1 1 8 3
Rockwell Recipes- Battle Tartare Battle Tartare Battle Tartare +65% Melee Damage +15% Damage resistance

+50% Movement Speed +50% Food/Water consumption +Increased Stamina regen
-0.45 Health per second (-90HP total)

3m20 5h 1 20 2 3 1 1 8
Rockwell Recipes- Mindwipe Tonic Mindwipe Tonic Mindwipe Tonic +Reset Attributes and Engrams Instant 5h 1 200 20 20 72 72 24
Recipe Product Effect(s) Duration Spoilage Water Mejoberry Oil Sparkpowder Raw Prime Meat Citronal Longrass Rockarrot Savoroot Woolly Rhino Horn Black Pearl Cooked Meat Cooked Prime Meat
Broth of Enlightenment Broth of Enlightenment +50% increased Experience gain 20m 5h 1 10 2 2 2 2 5 1
Rockwell Recipes- Meat Jerky Cooked Meat Jerky Cooked Meat Jerky Used for cooking kibbles 2d 1 3 1
Rockwell Recipes- Meat Jerky Prime Meat Jerky Prime Meat Jerky Used for cooking kibbles 2d 1 3 1
Recipe Product Effect(s) Duration Spoilage Water Mejoberry Amarberry Azulberry Tintoberry Cactus Sap
Cactus Broth (Scorched Earth) Cactus Broth (Scorched Earth) Reduce water consumption and hide partly from wild animals 10m 1h30 1 10 10 10 30
Recipe Product Effect(s) Duration Spoilage Water Aggeravic Mushroom Aquatic Mushroom Ascerbic Mushroom Auric Mushroom Sap Congealed Gas Ball (Aberration)
Mushroom Brew (Aberration) Mushroom Brew (Aberration) Protects tame dinos from the effects of radiation 2m 5h 1 5 5 5 5 3 3
Recipe Product Effect(s) Duration Spoilage Water Mejoberry Azulberry Tintoberry Narcotic Stimulant Rare Flower Rare Mushroom Cooked Prime Meat Potent Dust (Mobile)
Rockwell Recipes- Nir---a Tonic (torn) (Mobile) Nirvana Tonic (Mobile) Nirvana Tonic (ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile) Resets Attributes but saves Engrams Instant 5h 1 200 72 72 20 20 24 207
Medical Brew (Potent) (Mobile) Medical Brew (Potent) (ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile) +70 Health 5s 2h 1 20 2 1
Energy Brew (Potent) (Mobile) Energy Brew (Potent) (ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile) +70 Stamina 5s 2h 1 20 2 1

Kibble[]

Egg-based Kibble are also cooked in a Cooking Pot, taking 30 seconds (4 thatch) and are used as specialized food when taming a creature. Although all kibble types will technically work to tame all creatures, certain creatures have a favorite type of Kibble that is 5x faster than regular food with much less taming effectiveness lost but using the wrong kibble is only 2/3 as effective as using the creature's regular food and will instead decrease the taming effectiveness.

In addition to the ingredients listed below, all kibble recipes require a Waterskin Waterskin with at least 25% water in it (any other Water-container works, but will be completely used up regardless of capacity).

Fertilized eggs can also be used to make Kibble. Breeding creatures is a great way to generate eggs on-demand.

Kibble Egg Type First Resource Second Resource Third Resource Fourth Resource Fifth Resource Sixth Resource
Basic Kibble Basic Kibble Extra Small Egg Extra Small Egg 5x Mejoberry Mejoberry 10x Amarberry Amarberry 10x Tintoberry Tintoberry 1x Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 5x Fiber Fiber Water (such as 1x Full Waterskin Waterskin)
Simple Kibble Simple Kibble Small Egg Small Egg 2x Rockarrot Rockarrot 1x Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat -
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble Medium Egg Medium Egg 2x Longrass Longrass 2x Savoroot Savoroot 1x Cooked Meat Jerky Cooked Meat Jerky -
Superior Kibble Superior Kibble Large Egg Large Egg 2x Citronal Citronal 2x Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 1x Prime Meat Jerky Prime Meat Jerky 1x Sap Sap
Exceptional Kibble Exceptional Kibble Extra Large Egg Extra Large Egg 10x Mejoberry Mejoberry 1x Rare Flower Rare Flower 1x Focal Chili Focal Chili -
Extraordinary Kibble Extraordinary Kibble Special Egg Special Egg 1x Giant Bee Honey Giant Bee Honey 1x Lazarus Chowder Lazarus Chowder -

Kibble (Mobile)[]

Logo Mobile This section is about a feature exclusively available on Mobile

Each Kibble, shown below, is cooked with a specific egg with 1 of the Crops Crops and 1 of either Cooked Meat Cooked Meat, Cooked Meat Jerky Cooked Meat Jerky or Prime Meat Jerky Prime Meat Jerky, in addition, almost all kibble recipes require 2 × Mejoberry Mejoberries, 3 × Fiber Fiber and a Waterskin Waterskin (or other water-container) with at least 25% water in it. Quetzal Egg kibble is currently the only exception which requires 100 × Mejoberry Mejoberries and 120 × Fiber Fiber instead of the aforementioned quantities.

RP Oriented Cooking System[]

The Custom Cooking System allows survivors to create their own Custom Consumable Custom Consumable items with custom names and ingredients to provide different effects. In order to create a custom recipe, the items one wishes to use in the recipe should be placed into a Cooking Pot Cooking Pot (However, this is not required as they can be added into the recipe in the cooking screen).

  • A Note Note MUST be placed in the Cooking Pot Cooking Pot before continuing. Once the note is placed inside the inventory, exit the inventory and hold E to access the options menu and select the Create New Recipe option. A new menu will appear with the ingredients in the cooking pot and other options as well, such as the options to choose the name and description of the consumable, as well as the dish type and icon/icon color, with 3 icons for each and a precise RGB color slider with color presets. Currently, the menu does not allow hotkey transfer of items, so they must be moved by dragging and dropping the items.
  • Once satisfied with all options, click Make Recipe to finalize the recipe, and the new recipe will placed into the character inventory.
  • Place the finished recipe into the cooking pot or Industrial Cooker Industrial Cooker with the required ingredients and light the fire to begin the cooking process.
  • Only eight stacks of ingredients can be in a single recipe.
  • Drugs and Premade Dishes can not be used in a recipe.
  • All drinks require a Waterskin Waterskin with at least 25% water; however, foods do not require water, unlike any Notes on Rockwell Recipes Rockwell Recipes.
  • See the Custom Consumable page for values and the consumable calculator.
  • Crafting Skill provides a bonus to the stats of the recipe when it's created. When cooking, the crafting speed has no influence.
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