Cooking

Cooking is a game mechanic in Roots of Pacha.

It is available since the beginning of the game. To start cooking interact with the fire in the Pachan Hearth.

When the Player completes the construction of their own hut they can cook in their own kitchen initially with a Ground Oven and then more Cooking Utensils can be acquired from Tare.

The lowest-quality ingredient determines the quality level of the final dish. This means that the only way to get better qualities for dishes that use ingredients such as rice, which can only be obtained in normal quality, is to make food while affected by the Food Making buff.

Utensils

Cooking Utensils can be obtained from Tare  when the Player completes construction of their own hut.

The Player will need to upgrade their home in order to unlock more cooking utensils from Tare. Each cooking utensil will further unlock more cooking recipes.

Ground Oven

Leather Pot

Metate

Steamer

Copper Pan

Obsidian Knife

Clay Oven

Serrated Bronze Knife

Copper Pot

Ingredient Categories

Some dishes can be made with any of a specific category of ingredient.

Any Vegetable	Any Squash	Any Root	Any Legume	Any Grain	Any Herb	Any Tree Fruit
Any Dried Fruit	Any Mushroom	Any Fish	Any Cephalopod	Any Meat	Any Fat	Any Oil
Any Egg	Any Milk	Any Butter	Any Cheese	Any Sour Cream	Any Flour	Any Bread

Dishes

There are 111 dishes available.

Note: In this table, only the base quality of stamina are shown. For more informations please see the individual page for each dish.

Dishes are in order of where they are placed in the Journal.

Dish	Utensil	Ingredients	Base Stamina	Base Contribution	Base Bonus	Recipe Source
Alinazik Kebab	Copper Pan	Eggplant (1) Red Meat (1) Tomato (1)	145	52	+ 40 Max Stamina	Gin Gift (8 Flowers)
Arroz Con Leche	Copper Pot	Any Milk (1) Wild Rice (1)	122	30	+ 30 Max Stamina	Yakuan gift (4 flowers total)
Baba Ganoush	None	Eggplant (1) Sesame (1)	70	18	+ 1 Endurance	Start
Bife	Copper Pan	Red Meat (1) Mix Salad (1)	72	36	+ 4 Foot Speed	Unlocked with utensil Copper Pan
Buns	Steamer	Any Meat (1) Carrot (1) Wheat Flour (1)	104	52	+ 4 Charm	Unlocked with utensil Steamer
Pasta of the Sea	Copper Pan	Tomato Juice (1) Any Cephalopod (1) Wheat Flour (1) Garlic (1)	168	84	+ 6 Fish Spawn	Unlocked with utensil Copper Pan
Calamari Salad	Obsidian Knife	Any Cephalopod (1) Olive Oil (1) Citron (1)	84	42	+ 4 Fish Spawn	Unlocked with utensil Obsidian Knife
Cassava Cake	Ground Oven	Cassava (1) Coconut Milk (1) Any Egg (1)	132	39	+ 12 Charm	Maeri Gift (7 Flowers)
Chutney	Copper Pot	Any Dried Fruit (1) Chile (1)	138	23	None	Unlocked with utensil Copper Pot
Compote	Ground Oven	Any Tree Fruit (1)	46	8	None	Unlocked with utensil Ground Oven
Congee	Copper Pot	Wild Rice (1) Any Herb (1)	122	30	+ 6 Animal Friendship	Yakuan gift (6 flowers total)
Couscous	Steamer	Wheat Flour (2)	105	44	+ 4 Harvest Yield	Daari Gift (8 Flowers)
Curry	Copper Pot	Any Herb (1) Any Dried Fruit (1) Chile (1)	146	36	+ 6 Foot Speed	Unlocked with utensil Copper Pot
Dumplings	Steamer	Any Vegetable (1) Any Meat (1) Wheat Flour (1)	110	37	None	Unlocked with utensil Steamer
Duxelles	Obsidian Knife	Any Mushroom (1) Garlic (1)	76	38	+ 1 Animal Friendship	Unlocked with utensil Obsidian Knife
Empanadas	Clay Oven	Any Vegetable (1) Any Herb (1) Any Meat (1) Wheat Flour (1)	162	54	None	Unlocked with utensil Clay Oven
Ensalada Criolla	Obsidian Knife	Tomato (1) Onion (1) Chile (1)	92	23	+ 2 Stamina Recovery	Unlocked with utensil Obsidian Knife
Faina	Ground Oven	Garbanzo (1) Any Herb (1)	62	21	None	Unlocked with utensil Ground Oven
Falafel	Copper Pan	Any Sour Cream (1) Garbanzo (1) Parsley (1)	104	52	+ 4 Ore Yield	Unlocked with utensil Copper Pan
Oil Cake	Clay Oven	Olive Oil (1) Any Dried Fruit (1)	138	34	+ 1 Wood Yield	Unlocked with utensil Clay Oven
Fish Larb	Copper Pan	Any Fish (1) Mint (1) Citron (1)	124	26	+ 7 Fish Rarity	Tetih Gift (9 Flowers)
Fish Taco	None	Any Fish (1) Plain Tortillas (1) Avocado (1)	96	32	None	Start
Flan	Clay Oven	Any Milk (1) Any Egg (1)	122	61	+ 6 Honey Making	Unlocked with utensil Clay Oven
Focaccia	Clay Oven	Any Herb (1) Wheat Flour (1)	146	49	None	Unlocked with utensil Clay Oven
Fried Eggs	Copper Pan	Any Oil (1) Any Egg (1)	80	27	None	Unlocked with utensil Copper Pan
Frittata	Copper Pan	Any Oil (1) Oregano (1) Any Egg (1)	88	29	None	Unlocked with utensil Copper Pan
Fruit Crumble	Clay Oven	Any Tree Fruit (1) Any Flour (1) Any Fat (1)	138	69	+ 6 Charm	Unlocked with utensil Clay Oven
Fruit Platter	Obsidian Knife	Any Tree Fruit (3)	52	26	+ 1 Gift Giving	Unlocked with utensil Obsidian Knife
Garum	None	Any Fermented Fish (1) Mint (1) Oregano (1)	93	31	+ 7 Fish Catching	Frer Gift (7 Flowers)
Traveling Cake	None	Any Grain (1) Any Fat (1) Any Dried Fruit (1)	54	27	+ 10 Max Stamina	Start
Stuffed Calamari	Copper Pot	Any Cephalopod (1) Any Root (2) Tomato Juice (1)	152	76	+ 6 Fish Catching	Unlocked with utensil Copper Pot
Roasted Fish	None	Any Fish (1)	38	19	+ 1 Fish Spawn	Start
Hardtack	Copper Pot	Any Flour (1)	64	32	+ 4 Animal Friendshi	Unlocked with utensil Copper Pot
Humita	Metate	Any Squash (1) Any Dried Fruit (1) Chile (1) Corn (1)	112	56	+ 4 Endurance	Unlocked with utensil Metate
Hummus	Metate	Garbanzo (1) Parsley (1)	96	24	+ 4 Wood Yield	Unlocked with utensil Metate
Ibon's Traveling Cakes	Ground Oven	Any Grain (1) Any Fruit (1) Any Fat (1)	108	1	+ 50 Max Stamina -1 Food Making	Ibon Gift (8 Flowers)
Injera	Copper Pan Metate	Teff Flour (1)	94	31	None	Era gift (4 Flowers)
Kefir Pancakes	Copper Pan	Any Milk (1) Any Butter (1) Any Flour (1)	80	40	+ 20 Max Stamina	Unlocked with utensil Copper Pan
Kuluban	Obsidian Knife	Any Legume (1) Chile (1) Coconut (1)	76	25	None	Unlocked with utensil Obsidian Knife
Lavash	Clay Oven	Any Milk (1) Wheat Flour (1) Any Oil (1)	154	77	None	Tare Gift (8 Flowers)
Legume Patty	Serrated Bronze Knife	Any Plant Meat (1) Any Bread (1)	78	20	+ 4 Gathering Yield	Unlocked with utensil Serrated Bronze Knife
Lentil Pie	Ground Oven	Any Vegetable (1) Wild Lentils (1)	46	15	None	Mograni gift (2 flowers total)
Locro	Leather Pot	Garbanzo (1) Tomato (1)	76	19	+ 1 Ore Yield	Unlocked with utensil Leather Pot
Lucanica	Metate	Any Fat (1) Any Meat (1)	72	24	None	Unlocked with utensil Metate
Maccu	Copper Pot	Any Legume (1) Fennel (1)	146	24	None	Unlocked with utensil Copper Pot
Mango Lassi	None	Any Milk (1) Any Honey (1) Mango (2)	140	35	+ 5 Gift Giving	Vor Gift (7 Flowers)
Marzipan	Metate	Almond (1)	80	13	None	Unlocked with utensil Metate
Meat Filled Squash	None	Any Squash (1) Any Vegetable (1) Any Meat (1)	70	23	None	Start
Meat Stew	Leather Pot	Any Vegetable (1) Any Meat (1)	52	9	None	Unlocked with utensil Leather Pot
Mediterranean Grilled Fish	Obsidian Knife	Any Fish (1) Oregano (1)	52	26	+ 1 Fish Catching	Unlocked with Utensil Obsidian Knife
Milanesa	Serrated Bronze Knife	Any Herb (1) Any Meat (1) Any Bread (1)	130	22	None	Unlocked with utensil Serrated Bronze Knife
Mix Salad	None	Any Harvest (3)	38	13	None	Start
Moretum	Leather Pot	Any Herb (1) Any Cheese (1)	52	17	None	Unlocked with utensil Leather Pot
Multigrain Bread	Ground Oven	Any Grain (1) Any Fermented Grain (1)	46	15	None	Unlocked with utensil Ground Oven
Mushroom Tart	Clay Oven	Any Mushroom (1) Any Flour (1)	122	30	+ 6 Wood Yield	Unlocked with utensil Clay Oven
New Year's Pudding	Steamer	Any Flour (1) Any Dried Fruit (1)	66	33	+ 4 Honey Making	Unlocked with utensil Steamer
Nsima	None	Corn (1)	62	31	+ 5 Temp Buffs Duration	Nari Gift (7 Flowers)
Onion Rings	Copper Pan	Onion (1) Any Flour (1) Any Beer (1)	156	52	+ 10 Charm	Ron Gift (8 Flowers)
Onion Soup	Leather Pot	Onion (1) Garlic (1) Potato (1)	92	31	None	Unlocked with utensil Leather Pot
Oxygala	Copper Pot	Any Sour Cream (1)	144	28	+ 6 Fish Rarity	Unlocked with utensil Copper Pot
Papadzules	Copper Pot	Any Sour Cream (1) Chile (1) Corn (1) Plain Tortillas (1)	112	37	None	Unlocked with utensil Copper Pot
Parfait	Serrated Bronze Knife	Oxygala (1) Honey (1) Any Tree Fruit (1)	62	31	+ 1 Charm	Unlocked with utensil Serrated Bronze Knife
Pierogi	Steamer	Onion (1) Potato (1) Any Flour (1)	112	56	+ 6 Wood Yield	Croll Gift (9 Flowers)
Pineapple Chicken	Ground Oven	White Meat (1) Pineapple (1)	70	23	None	Unlocked with utensil Ground Oven
Pineapple Pizza	Ground Oven	Pineapple (1) Wheat Flour (1) Any Cheese (1)	154	43	+ 15 Torch Radius	Zelk Gift (6 Flowers)
Pizza	Ground Oven	Any Cheese (1) Wheat Flour (1)	70	23	None	Unlocked with utensil Ground Oven
Plain Tortillas	Metate	Corn (1)	88	15	None	Unlocked with utensil Metate
Pomegranate Toast	Serrated Bronze Knife	Pomegranate (1) Any Bread (1) Goat Cheese (1)	146	73	+ 6 Gift Giving	Unlocked with utensil Serrated Bronze Knife
Popcorn	Copper Pan	Any Fat (1) Corn (1)	96	32	None	Unlocked with utensil Copper Pan
Porridge	None	Any Dried Fruit (1) Oats (1)	70	23	None	Start
Potato Salad	None	Carrot (1) Potato (1) Any Egg (1)	78	39	+ 1 Foot Speed	Start
Pumpkin Pie	Clay Oven	Pumpkin (1) Wheat Flour (1)	154	51	None	Unlocked with utensil Clay Oven
Quinoa Cake	Clay Oven	Quinoa (1) Any Vegetable (1)	146	36	+ 6 Endurance	Unlocked with utensil Clay Oven
Ramen	Leather Pot	Any Mushroom (1) Any Egg (1) Any Root (1) Wheat Flour (1)	92	46	+ 1 Gathering Yield	Unlocked with utensil Leather Pot
Roasted Vegetables	Ground Oven	Any Harvest (1) Garlic (1)	70	23	None	Unlocked with utensil Ground Oven
Roast Meat	None	Red Meat (1)	38	13	None	Start
Rye Bread	Clay Oven	Wild Rye Flour	114	19	None	Mograni gift (4 flowers total)
Seaweed Salad	None	Seaweed (1)	54	9	None	Start
Shiro	Leather Pot	Garbanzo (2) Garlic (1)	42	26	+ 5 Food Making	Era Gift (8 Flowers)
Smorrebrod	Serrated Bronze Knife	Any Fermented Vegetable (1) Rye Bread Any Butter (1)	130	43	None	Mograni gift (6 flowers total)
Souffle	Steamer	Any Vegetable (1) Any Egg (1)	72	24	None	Unlocked with utensil Steamer
Spaghetti	Copper Pot	Tomato (1) Any Flour (1)	138	34	+ 6 Ore Yield	Unlocked with utensil Copper Pot
Spiedie	None	White Meat (1) Any Vinegar (1) Any Bread (1)	162	36	+ 16 Riding Mastery + 20 Foot Speed	Nokk Gift (9 Flowers)
Steamed Vegetables	Steamer	Any Vegetable (1) Any Root (1)	72	18	+ 4 Gift Giving	Unlocked with utensil Steamer
Stuffed Dates	Ground Oven	Any Cheese (1) Any Honey (1) Date (2)	140	35	+ 4 Gathering Yield	Illoe Gift (7 Flowers)
Sushi	Obsidian Knife	Any Fish (1) Wild Rice (1) Seaweed (1)	76	25	None	Yakuan gift (2 flowers total)
Tamales	Ground Oven	Any Mushroom (1) Any Meat (1) Corn (1)	78	26	None	Unlocked with utensil Ground Oven
Tapenade	None	Garlic (1) Olive (2) Parsley (1)	85	39	+ 10 Ore Yield	Acre Gift (7 Flowers)
Tomato Bisque	Serrated Bronze Knife	Tomato (1) Any Bread (1) Garlic (1)	154	26	None	Unlocked with utensil Serrated Bronze Knife
Tuna Pancake	Copper Pan	Any Fish (1) Any Root (1) Any Flour (1)	80	40	+ 4 Fish Catching	Unlocked with utensil Copper Pan
Vegetable Stew	None	Any Vegetable (1) Any Legume (1)	46	8	None	Start
Wheat Bread	Clay Oven	Wheat Flour (1)	138	46	None	Unlocked with utensil Clay Oven
Banana Chips		Banana (2) Any Oil (2)	86	29		Martina
Berry Tart		Cherry (1) Blackcurrant (1) White Strawberry (1)	160	27		Martina
Blue Corn Tortillas		Blue Corn (2)	88	29		Martina
Fried Cheese Curd		File:Cow Milk Cheese.png Cow Milk Cheese (1) Any Oil (1) Any Flour (1)	88	29		Martina
Coleslaw		Red Cabbage (1) Orange Carrot (1) Any Mayo (1)	92	31		Martina
Crab Cakes		File:Decapod L.png Any Decapod (1) Any Egg (1) Onion (1)	110	37		Todu Gift (? Flowers)
Farikal		Red Meat (1) Cabbage (2)	82	27		Granan Gift (? Flowers)
Fig and Goats Cheese Pizza		Fig (1) File:Goat Milk Cheese.png Goat Milk Cheese (1) Any Flour (1)	142	47		Akhi Gift (? Flowers)
Granola		Oats (1) Black Sesame (1) Vanilla Bean (1)	118	39		Martina
Hot Chocolate		Cacao Bean (4)	114	38		Kocha Gift (6 Flowers)
Kale Crisps		Curly Kale (1) Any Oil (1)	88	29		Martina
Rainbow Chard Pie		Rainbow Chard (1) Giant Leek (1)	146	49		Martina
Parmigiana Bianca		White Eggplant (1) Any Cheese (1)	152	51		Martina
Poached Egg		Chicken Egg (1)	38	13		Martina
Roasted Tromboncino		Tromboncino Squash (1) Shallot (1) Any Oil (1)	104	35		Martina
Spicy Cauliflower Wings		Purple Cauliflower (1) Chile (1)	160	53		Martina
Stuffed Figs		Fig (1) File:Goat Milk Cheese.png Goat Milk Cheese (1)	122	41		Martina
Stuffed Peppers		Orange Bell Pepper (1) Any Egg (1)	144	24		Martina
Tomato Carpaccio		Yellow Tomato (1) (D) Tomato (1) (D) Oregano (1) (D)	146	24		Martina