Core Keeper Food Recipes

In order to embark on long expeditions, it is crucial to have the means to keep your character well-fed. Not only is food essential for survival, but it also offers various buffs and advantages that can prove useful in different scenarios. In this article, we will explore the process of cooking food recipes in Core Keeper and their functionality. Additionally, we will share a link to the community’s Core Keeper cheat sheet containing all food recipes.

How Many Food Recipes in Core Keeper?

At the time of this writing, there are a total of 74 cooking ingredients available in the game, resulting in an impressive 2,775 potential food combinations. This number is already quite remarkable, but it becomes even more intricate when taking into account modifiers, rarity levels, and the secret food system.

Our aim is to provide a comprehensive explanation of Core Keeper’s cooking system and the mechanics behind modifiers, prefixes, and rarities. Additionally, we will suggest the top food recipes in Core Keeper.

Cooking in Core Keeper Explained

Core Keeper makes cooking a simple process by limiting all recipes to just two components. Follow these steps to begin cooking in Core Keeper:

Use the Basic Crafting Table to create a Cooking Pot (2x Wood, 2x Copper Bar)
Position the pot on a vacant surface and add your ingredients into it.
After the food is done cooking, collect it.

Core Keeper cooking screen glowing tulip salad recipe — Image Source: Pugstorm

When two ingredients are combined, they will typically contribute their strongest attributes to the resulting dish. Rather than offering a vast array of recipes, Core Keeper uses a stat-based approach that limits the potential outcomes of cooking. While it is possible to use different recipes to cook the same food, the main distinction will lie in the stats it receives.

One crucial aspect when discussing the stats that food obtains from recipes is the quality of the ingredients. The stats of superior quality ingredients will take precedence, and typically, any detrimental effects of the ingredients will be disregarded. Keep these points in mind:

When cooking food, the highest buff value type is determined by both ingredients and the ingredient with the higher numerical value is given priority.
Multiple dishes of the same type will not result in stacked buffs.
Cooking food will always replenish the food bar to some extent.
Cooked foods will continue to provide a steady stream of health for 20 seconds.

Below is a compilation of abilities and enhancements that can be utilized to prepare rarer dishes with heightened potency:

The ‘Master Chef’ talent increases the chances (by up to 25%) of improving the bonus food statistics, resulting in uncommon dishes becoming rare (+25%) and rare dishes becoming epic (+50%).
By utilizing the ‘Long-Lasting Food’ ability, food buffs can be prolonged by a margin of 6-30%.
Having a higher level of cooking skill can enhance the likelihood (by up to 20%) of creating an additional dish while removing food from the Cooking Pot.
Including one golden vegetable or Starlight Nautilus ingredient in the dish guarantees that it will be at least rare, providing a minimum increase of 25% to stats. Furthermore, incorporating two golden vegetables will result in an additional, concealed 15% modifier to stats.
The talent known as ‘Expert Gardener’ gives a possibility (up to 15%) for seeds to produce golden vegetables.

For a thorough understanding of all the details, we highly recommend referring to this post on the Steam Forum created by a user. It delves deeply into the likelihood of food buffs and rarities.

Best Food Recipes in Core Keeper

Check out these top food recipes to experiment with in your Core Keeper cooking:

Food Name	Recipe	Effect (Primary Benefit)
Dark Crystal Sushi	Jasper Angle Fish + Dark Lava Eater	Boost to health restoration, good for melee builds
7 Shiny Meat Steak	Marbled Meat + Shiny Larva Meat	Increase to critical hit chance and damage
Rare Yummy Mold Cheese	Dodo Egg + Golden Puffungi	Boost to damage against bosses, reduces damage taken from them
White Fossil Sushi	White Coralotl + Terra Trilobite	Increase mining damage and speed, and max health
Rare Sweet Fruit Smoothie	Golden Pewpaya + Golden Pinegrapple	Boost to damage and attack speed for melee and ranged weapons
Rare Radiant Moon Sandwich	Golden Lunacorn + Golden Sunrice	Boost to minion and magic damage, plus a magic barrier
Rare Crunchy Pepper Wrap	Golden Carrock + Golden Bomb Pepper	Boost to movement speed, armor, and attack speed
Rare Moldy Berry Pudding	Mold Shark + Golden Heart Berry	Boost to melee damage and max health
Hearty Pepper Wrap	Bomb Pepper + Heart Berry	Increase to movement speed and max health
Yellow Pepper Wrap	Bomb Pepper + Yellow Blister Head	Immunity to slow debuff and increase to movement speed

Core Keeper Recipes Cheat Sheet Link

The link for the spreadsheet is: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1erMQU7OUfXMyWR5qAl40zdcnLtQPTR9KpID4KqQdZt0/edit?gid=1970180488#gid=1970180488, which has a character count of 118.

This Google document contains a wealth of information on the various foods and fish rarities in Core Keeper, including their effects when cooked. By utilizing this resource, you can discover the optimal ingredients and cooking techniques for creating the most delicious recipes that suit your playstyle.

Within Core Keeper, the best food recipes and cooking techniques are essential knowledge. Additionally, be sure to explore our other guides on how to locate the Crystal Skull Shard and the Clear Gemstone.