Cooking and Crafting
You can restore your cores, craft items and cook meals at your campfire. Upgrade your campfire to craft and cook faster. Buying a 'Efficient Cooking Skill Page' at a fence for $950 allowes you to cook 3 pieces of meat at once. The skill page is not level restricted.
To set up a campfire as you are traveling, open your item wheel and select the camp option in the bottom slot.
Cooking
Some meat provisions can be seasoned with a herb, which determines which core attribute is affected:
- Oregano: yields a Gold Stamina Core for a day.
- Thyme: yields a Gold Dead Eye Core for a day.
- Wild Mint: yields a Gold Health Core for a day.
| Provision | Recipe | Source | Restore Effects |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffee | 1 Ground Coffee | Coffe | moderately stamina / Dead Eye |
| Plain Game Bird | 1 Gamey Bird Meat | Waxwing, Cardinal, Blue Jay, Condor, Cormorant, Crow, Eagle, Egret, Hawk, Heron, Loon, Oriole, Owl, Pigeon, Raven, Booby, Robin, Spoonbill, Gull, Songbird, Sparrow, Vulture, Crane, Woodpecker | slightly all cores |
| Plain Herptile | 1 Herptile Meat | Bullfrog, Gila Monster, Iguana, Toad, Turtle | slightly all cores |
| Plain Exotic Bird | 1 Exotic Bird Meat | Parakeet, Parrot, Pelican | greatly all cores |
| Plain Flaky Fish | 1 Flaky Fish Meat | Redfin Pickerel, Perch, Chain Pickerel, Rock Bass, Muskie, Lake Sturgeon, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass | moderately all cores |
| Plain Big Game | 1 Big Game Meat | Alligator, Bear, Cougar, Panther, Wolf | fully all cores |
| Plain Pork | 1 Tender Pork Loin | Boar, Peccary, Pig | greatly all cores |
| Plain Plump Bird | 1 Plain Bird Meat | Chicken, Goose, Turkey, Rooster | moderately all cores |
| Gritty Fish | 1 Gritty Fish Meat | Bluegill, Bullhead Catfish, Channel Catfish, Longnose Gar | slightly all cores |
| Plain Prime Beef | 1 Prime Beef Joint | Bison, Bull, Cow, Oxen | greatly all cores |
| Plain Crustacean | 1 Crustacean Meat | Crab | moderately all cores |
| Plain Succulent Fish | 1 Succulent Fish Meat | Sockeye Salmon, Steelhead Trout | greatly all cores |
| Plain Mutton | 1 Gristly Mutton | Goat, Ram, Sheep | moderately all cores |
| Plain Stringy Meat | 1 Stringy Meat | Armadillo, Badger, Bat, Beaver, Chipmunk, Coyote, Fox, Muskrat, Opossum, Raccoon, Rat, Skunk, Snake, Squirrel | slightly all cores |
| Plain Game | 1 Game Meat | Duck, Pheasant, Quail, Rabbit | greatly all cores |
| Plain Venison Meat | 1 Mature Venison Meat | Buck, Deer, Elk, Moose, Pronghorn | greatly all cores |
Crafting
Crafting can only be done by a campfire. Many of the items available for crafting can also be purchased in stores, but crafting them will allow you to save some money, which is important at the beginning of the game when funds are almost always lacking.
Tonics
| Item | Recipe | Restore Effects |
|---|---|---|
| Special Bitters | 2 Sage, 2 Burdock Root, 2 Wild Feverfew | fully stamina / fortifies greatly |
| Potent Bitters | 1 Sage, 1 Burdock Root | fully stamina / fortifies moderately |
| Special Miracle Tonic | 6 Currant, 6 Yarrow, 6 Burdock Root | fully all cores / fortifies moderately |
| Potent Miracle Tonic | 4 Indian Tobacco, 4 Ginseng, 4 Sage | fully all cores / fortifies moderately |
| Special Health Cure | 2 English Mace, 2 Ginseng, 2 Yarrow | fully health / fortifies greatly |
| Potent Health Cure | 1 Ginseng, 1 Yarrow | fully health / fortifies moderately |
| Special Snake Oil | 2 Indian Tobacco, 2 Currant | fully Dead Eye / fortifies greatly |
| Potent Snake oil | 1 Indian Tobacco | fully Dead Eye / fortifies moderately |
Ammo
| Item | Recipe | Effects |
|---|---|---|
| Revolver Cartridges - Explosive | 1 Revolver Cartridge Express, 1 Animal Fat | Explodes on impact with target, increasing damage. |
| Shotgun Slugs - Explosive | 1 Shotgun Slug, 1 Animal Fat | Fires a heavy projectile that explodes on impact. |
| Pistol Cartridges - Explosive | 1 Pistol Cartridge Express, 1 Animal Fat | Explodes on impact with target, increasing damage. |
| Rifle Cartridges - Explosive | 1 Rifle Cartridge Express, 1 Animal Fat | Explodes on impact with target, increasing damage. |
| Repeater Cartridges - Explosive | Repeater Cartridge Express, 1 Animal Fat | Explodes on impact with target, increasing damage. |
| Revolver Cartridges - Split Point | 1 Revolver Cartridge Regular | Slightly increases damage, and slower Dead Eye drain when chambered. |
| Rifle Cartridges - Split Point | 1 Rifle Cartridge Regular | Slightly increases damage, and slower Dead Eye drain when chambered. |
| Pistol Cartridges - Split Point | 1 Pistol Cartridge Regular | Slightly increases damage, and slower Dead Eye drain when chambered. |
| Repeater Cartridges - Split Point | 1 Repeater Cartridge Regular | Slightly increases damage, and slower Dead Eye drain when chambered. |
| Rifle Cartridges - Sedative Varmint | 1x Rifle Cartridge Varmint, 1 Crushed Valerian Root | Put animals safely to sleep. |
| Shotgun Shells - Buckshot Incendiary | 1 Shotgun Shell Regular, 1 Moonshine | Contains flammable pellets which set fire to targets and the environment. |
| Arrow - Dynamite | 1 Arrow, 1 Dynamite, 1 Flight Feather | Explodes on impact. |
| Arrow - Poison | 1 Arrow, 1 Oleander Sage, 1 Flight Feather | Designed for a quick kill without causing a lot of visible damage. |
| Arrow - Fire | 1 Arrow, 1 Animal Fat, 1 Flight Feather | Sets fire to target and surroundings. |
| Arrow - Tracking | 1 Arrow, 1 Indian Tobacco, 1 Scent Glands | A vial-headed arrow that drains the target's stamina and creates a distinct trail in Eagle Eye. Vial bursts on impact. |
| Arrow - Small Game | 1 Arrow, 1 Flight Feather, 1 Shotgun Shell Regular | Designed for hunting small game without damaging the pelt. |
Weapons
| Item | Recipe | Effects |
|---|---|---|
| Dynamite - Volatile | 1 Dynamite, 1 Animal Fat, 1 High-Velocity Cartridge | Creates a larger explosion radius on detonation. |
| Toxic Moonshine | 1 Moonshine, 1 Oleander Sage, 1 Milkweed | Creates a cloud of toxic fumes on impact, choking and disorienting enemies. |
| Poison Throwing Knife | 1 Throwing Knife, 1 Oleander Sage | Designed for a quick kill without causing a lot of visible damage. |
| Fire Bottle - Volatile | 1 Moonshine, 1 Animal Fat | Designed to cause a larger spread of fire on impact. |
| Fire Bottle | 1 Gin, 1 Animal Fat | Spreads fire upon breakage. |
Hunting Items
| Item | Recipe | Effects |
|---|---|---|
| Potent Predator Bait | 1 Gritty Fish Meat, 1 Evergreen Huckleberry | Attracts pristine predators in the vicinity. |
| Potent Herbivore Bait | 1 Vanilla Flower, 1 Violet Snowdrop, 1 Bay Bolete | Attracts pristine herbivores in the vicinity. |
| Predator Bait | 1 Stringy Meat, 1 Evergreen Huckleberry | Attracts average predators in the vicinity. |
| Animal Reviver | 1 Ginseng, 1 Horse Reviver | Revives a sedated animal. |
| Legendary Animal Pheromones | Blood Samples: 1 Striped Skunk, 1 Black-tailed Jackrabbit, 1x Grey Wolf | This scent provokes a reaction from nearby Legendary Animals, revealing their location. |
Horse Care
| Item | Recipe | Restore Effects |
|---|---|---|
| Horse Meal | 3 Currant, 3 Beets, 3 Hay | fully all cores / yields gold cores for a day |
| Special Horse Stimulant | 2 Sage, 2 Common Bulrush, 2 Wild Carrot | fully stamina / fortifies greatly |
| Potent Horse Stimulant | 1 Sage, 1 Common Bulrush | fully stamina / fortifies moderately |
| Special Horse Medicine | 2 Ginseng, 2 Common Bulrush, 2 Wild Carrot | fully health / fortifies moderately |
| Potent Horse Medicine | 1 Ginseng, 1 Common Bulrush | fully health / fortifies moderately |
| Special Horse Reviver | 2 Ginseng, 2 Wild Carrot, 2 Parasol Mushroom | revives horse / yields a gold health core for a day |
| Horse Ointment | 1 Sage, 1 Common Bulrush, 1 Yarrow | greatly health / fully stamina, yields a gold stamina core for a day |
Plants
| Plant | Benefit | Cooking | Crafting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alascan Ginseng | Health (snake bite) | Medicine | |
| American Ginseng | Health (snake bite) | Medicine | |
| Bay Bolete | Health | Bait | |
| Black Currant | Tonic | ||
| Blackberry | Health | Bait | |
| Burdock Root | Bitter | ||
| Chanterelle | Health | Bait | |
| Common Bulbrush | Horse Ointment | ||
| Creeping Thyme | Dead Eye | seasoning | |
| Desert Sage | Stamina | Bitter | |
| Englisch Mace | Health, Horse Stamina | Health Cure | |
| Evergreen Huckleberry | Health | Bait | |
| Golden Currant | Dead Eye | Snake Oil | |
| Hummingbird Sage | Stamina | Bitter | |
| Indian Tobacco | Dead Eye | Snake Oil | |
| Milkweed | Health | ||
| Oleander Sage | Weapons | ||
| Oregano | Stamina | seasoning | |
| Parasol Mushroom | Health | Bait | |
| Prairie Poppy | |||
| Rams Head | Health | Bait | |
| Red Raspberry | Health | Bait | |
| Red Sage | Stamina | Bitters | |
| Vanilla Flower | Health | Bait | |
| Violet Snowdrop | Stamina | Bait | |
| Wild Carrot | Health | Horse | |
| Wild Feverfew | Stamina | Bitters | |
| Wild Mint | Health | seasoning | |
| Wintergreen Berry | Health | Bait | |
| Yarrow | Health | Medicine |
Stew Pot
At Trader Rank 1 you can buy a Stew Pot for $650 which keeps stew for you and others to eat and to heal the 3 attribute cores. Mr. Cripps' Special stews have unique names and ingredients and fortify your 3 cores for 3 days. Superior Quality Stew requires 3 Big Game Meat and fortifies your 3 cores for 1 day.
Cripps' Special Stew
| Recipe | Ingredients | Effects | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chocolate Game Chilli | 3 Game Meat 1 Chocolate Bar 1 Canned Kidney Beans |
Fully restores all cores and yields Gold Cores for 3 days. | Last for 3 days at camp. |
| Colter Hot-Pot | 3 Gristly Mutton 3 Assorted Salted Offal 5 Wintergreen Berry |
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| Cowboy Bean Stew | 3 Beets 1 Canned Kidney Beans 1 Baked Beans |
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| Cowpoke Supper | 3 Stringy Meat 3 Bread Roll 1 Kentucky Bourbon |
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| Drunkards Lunch | 3 Big Game Meat 1 Kentucky Bourbon 1 Guarma Rum |
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| Fish O' The Sea | 3 Succulent Fish Meat 1 Canned Salmon 3 Celery |
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| Fruit And Bird Medley | 3 Plump Bird Meat 1 Canned Apricots 5 Currant |
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| Guarma Stew | 3 Flaky Fish Meat 1 Guarma Rum 1 Canned Pineapples |
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| Herbalist's Heaven | 5 Ginsenf 5 Yarrow 3 Corn |
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| Minty Lamb And Peas | 3 Gristly Mutton 5 Wild Mint 1 Canned Peas |
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| Pork And Apple | 3 Tender Pork Loin 3 Apple 5 Creeping Thyme |
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| Saint Denis | 3 Herptile Meat 5 Parasol Mushroom 1 Fine Brandy |
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| Son Of A Gun | 3 Prime Beef Joint 3 Tender Pork Loin 5 Sage |
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| Stew Of The Earth | 3 Prime Beef Joint 5 Bay Bolete 5 Wild Carrot |
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| Venison And Mushroom | 3 Mature Venison Meat 5 Chanterelle 5 Oregano |
Quality Stew
| Recipe | Ingredients | Effects | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Quality Stew | 3 Big Game Meat | Fully restores all cores and yields Gold Cores for a day. | Last for 3 days at camp. |
| High Quality Stew | 1 Prime Beef Joint | Fully restores all cores. | |
| 1 Mature Venison Meat | |||
| 1 Tender Pork Loin | |||
| 1 Game Meat | |||
| 1 Succulent Fish Meat | |||
| 1 Exotic Bird Meat | |||
| Medium Quality Stew | 1 Gristly Mutton | Greatly restores all cores. | |
| 1 Flaky Fish Meat | |||
| 1 Plump Bird Meat | |||
| 1 Crustacean Meat | |||
| Low Quality Stew | 1 Gamey Bird Meat | Moderately restores all cores. | |
| 1 Stringy Meat | |||
| 1 Herptile Meat | |||
| 1 Gritty Fish Meat |
