Unlock all food recipes in No Rest for the Wicked! Learn how to get ingredients, craft powerful meals, and discover the best recipes for health and focus.
Alright, so you want to get into cooking in No Rest for the Wicked, huh? It's a smart move, because food is your main source of healing and buffs. To get your hands on all the recipes, you'll first need to help out a guy named Gordon. This involves a quest called 'The Innkeeper's Husband'.
Basically, you'll need to chat with Caroline, Gordon's wife, who hangs out near Sacrament's entrance. She'll tell you Gordon's gone missing, and you'll have to track him down way out southwest, near Mariner's Keep. Once you find him and bring him back to Sacrament, he'll be super grateful and set you up with his shop. That's where you'll snag your first few recipes: Crab Chowder, Fish Skewer, and Mushroom and Meat Curry, plus some raw ingredients.
Now, Gordon's starting stock is a bit basic. To unlock more, you'll need to upgrade his pantry. Just find Danos in the main courtyard of Sacrament and talk to him about upgrades. The more you upgrade, the more recipes become available. If you're lost on how to upgrade structures, there's a separate guide for that!
All Food Recipes in No Rest for the Wicked
Once you've got access to Gordon's shop and maybe found some recipes as random loot from chests or fallen enemies, you'll want to know what you can actually make. Here's a rundown of all the food recipes available in the early access, along with what you need to craft them and the buffs they give you:
| Recipe | Ingredients | Effects |
| Angler’s Delight Chowder | x1 Potato, x1 Dracaena Herb, 2 Raw Bass | Restores 100 Health and 50 Focus |
| Chewy Steak | x1 Standard Meat Chunk, x2 Dracaena Herb | Restores 50 Health |
| Crab Chowder | x1 Horseshoe Crab | Restores 35 Health |
| Dracaena Dumpling | x1 Potato, x2 Dracaena Herb | Restores 50 Health |
| Fish Salad | x1 Dracaena Herb, x2 Mushroom, x2 Raw Trout | Restores 80 Health and 50 Focus |
| Fish Skewer | x1 Artemisia Herb, x1 Raw Carp | Restores 40 Health and 100 Focus |
| Mushroom Soup | x1 Mushroom, x1Artemisia Herb | Restores 35 Health |
| Mushroom and Meat Curry | x1 Artemisia Herb, x1 Roughcut Meat, x2 Mushroom | Restores 50 Health and increases Stamina by 10 for 60 seconds |
| Tomato Bisque | x1 Dracaena Herb, x2 Tomato | Restores 75 Health |
As you can see, there are plenty of ways to keep yourself healed up. Angler's Delight Chowder is a top-tier choice because it gives you a massive health boost and a good chunk of Focus back, which is super handy for using your skills. Fish Salad is a close second, and don't sleep on the Mushroom and Meat Curry – that extra 10 stamina can be a game-changer for those crucial dodges or landing that finishing blow.
My advice? Whenever you find the ingredients for any of these, especially the better ones, try to craft them as soon as you can get to a campfire. You can make a bunch of each and keep them in your inventory. Then, you can set them up in your quickslots. This way, you can save your best healing items for the really tough bosses, and use the more common ones for everyday fights. It's all about managing your resources!
If you're struggling to find specific ingredients, there are other guides that can help you pinpoint their locations. Happy cooking!
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