Cooking is both a skill and the reliable way to fill Hunger. The official FAQ says a cooked meal is the best hunger restore, and a quick meal is the backup when a shift is about to start.
Set up a kitchen
- In Build Mode, place a fridge and a stove or other cooking station your recipe needs.
- Leave Build Mode and use the fridge to pick a meal your Cooking level allows.
- Follow the counter, stove, grill, or appliance prompts for that dish.
- Eat the result. Some meals also apply a short hunger status effect after the first bite.
Watching the cooking channel on a TV raises the skill when you cannot stand at the stove. It does not fill Hunger by itself.
A few documented meals
This is not the full recipe book. A public catalog counted 115 recipes, and the hunger figures below come from a food list marked Version 1.38.0. Prices and restores can change.
| Food | Hunger | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Water | 10 percent | Free |
| Apple, carrot, banana, or grapes | 15 percent | $2 |
| Applesauce | 28 percent | $2 |
| Grape juice | 15 percent | $2 |
| Baby Food | 37 percent, plus 12 percent from the status effect | $3 |
| Garden Salad | 38 percent, plus 11 percent | $4 |
| Hot Dogs | 38 percent, plus 11 percent | $5 |
| Vegetable Soup | 45 percent, plus 47 percent | $5 |
| Fruit Salad | 37 percent | $5 |
| Plate of Corn | 34 percent, plus 24 percent | $5 |
| Mini Corndogs | 29 percent | $6 |
| Sushi Rolls | 87 percent, plus 13 percent | $62 |
| Steak | 87 percent, plus 13 percent | $74 |
| Lobster | 93 percent, plus 7 percent | $80 |
| Cotton candy from a cotton-candy machine | 9 percent | $5 |
| Chocolate-covered strawberry, banana, or marshmallow | 6 percent | $10 |
| Espresso from an espresso machine or ExpressBrew 800 | 30 percent Energy, not a full meal | $4 |
Condiments such as ketchup and maple syrup can go on a plate and do not add hunger. Epic Sauce and straight coffee drinks are exceptions that do not fill Hunger the way food does. Epic Sauce and sprinting lower Hunger.
If the fridge is being emptied by visitors, open phone, My Plot, Permissions, Settings, and turn off taking food.
Gardening can supply ingredients later. It is a separate skill and does not replace the stove.