๐ณ Core Keeper โ Cooking Guide & Recipe Database
Master cooking in Core Keeper 1.0! Every recipe, ingredient, buff effect, and farming strategy covered.
๐ฅ How Cooking Works
The Cauldron
- Craft a Cauldron at the Workbench (8 Iron Bar + 4 Copper Bar)
- Place it in your base
- Interact to open the cooking menu
Cooking Mechanics
| Mechanic |
Detail |
| Ingredients |
Combine 1-4 ingredients in the cauldron |
| Recipes |
Specific combos produce specific dishes |
| Buffs |
Most cooked foods give 1-2 stat buffs |
| Duration |
Buffs last 5-15 minutes (real time) |
| Stacking |
You can have 1 food buff + 1 potion buff + 1 seasoning active |
| Quality |
Higher quality ingredients โ better buff values |
Acquiring the Cauldron
- Defeat Glurch and Ghom
- Mine Iron Ore in the Clay/Larva biomes
- Craft Iron Bars at the Furnace
- Build your Cauldron at the Workbench
๐ฅ Recipe Database
๐ฅ Starter Recipes (Early Game)
| Recipe |
Ingredients |
Buffs |
Duration |
| ๐ฅฃ Basic Stew |
Any 3 basic ingredients |
+10 HP regen |
5 min |
| ๐ฅฉ Grilled Meat |
2 Raw Meat |
+15 HP, +5% Damage |
5 min |
| ๐ฅ Hearty Salad |
2 Fibre + 1 Berry |
+20 HP regen, +5% Speed |
5 min |
| ๐ฒ Mushroom Soup |
2 Glowing Mushroom + 1 Water |
+15 HP, +5% Defense |
5 min |
| ๐ Grilled Fish |
2 Raw Fish |
+20 HP, +5% Mining |
5 min |
๐ฅ Mid-Game Recipes
| Recipe |
Ingredients |
Buffs |
Duration |
| ๐ฅง Fish Pie |
2 Cave Guppy + 1 Wheat |
+50 HP, +10% Mining Speed |
10 min |
| ๐ฒ Hearty Stew |
1 Mudfish + 1 Hearty Root + 1 Water |
+80 HP, +15% Max HP |
10 min |
| ๐ฏ Bug Stew |
1 Larva Perch + 1 Larva Meat + 1 Acid Spit |
+50 HP, +10% Damage |
10 min |
| ๐ฅ Spicy Eel Roll |
1 Ancient Eel + 1 Wheat + 1 Spicy Pepper |
+60 HP, +15% Speed |
10 min |
| ๐ฅ Angler Soup |
1 Deep Sea Angler + 1 Coral |
+70 HP, +15% Mining Speed |
10 min |
| ๐ฃ Salmon Roll |
1 Sunken Salmon + 1 Wheat |
+55 HP, +10% Fishing |
10 min |
| ๐ฅ Rainbow Stir Fry |
1 Coral Trout + 1 Sky Trout + 1 Glowing Mushroom |
+90 HP, +10% All Stats |
10 min |
๐ฅ Late-Game Recipes
| Recipe |
Ingredients |
Buffs |
Duration |
| ๐ฅฉ Acid Fish Steak |
1 Acid Carp + 1 Pepper |
+100 HP, +15% Damage, +10% Crit |
12 min |
| ๐ฅฃ Storm Chowder |
1 Storm Bass + 1 Lightning Crystal |
+120 HP, +15% Defense, +10% Max HP |
12 min |
| ๐ฅฉ Thunder Steak |
1 Thunder Pike + 1 Pepper |
+110 HP, +15% Speed, +10% Dodge |
12 min |
| ๐ฅฃ Glowing Broth |
1 Glowing Bass + 1 Glow Tulip |
+85 HP, +15% Light Radius, +10% Mining |
12 min |
| ๐ฎ Desert Stew |
1 Sand Skipper + 1 Cactus Fruit |
+90 HP, +5% All Stats, Heat Resist |
12 min |
| ๐ฅฃ Mirage Soup |
1 Mirage Pike + 1 Mirage Fragment |
+95 HP, +10% Luck, +10% Rare Find |
12 min |
| ๐ Koi Sashimi |
1 Oasis Koi + 1 Pepper + 1 Wheat |
+100 HP, +12% Speed, +10% Fishing |
12 min |
| ๐ฅฉ Glow Tuna Steak |
1 Glow Tuna + 1 Seaweed |
+120 HP, +15% Underwater Breathing, +10% Swim Speed |
15 min |
๐ Boss Meat Recipes (Best in Game)
| Recipe |
Ingredients |
Buffs |
Duration |
| ๐ฅฉ Glurch Steak |
1 Glurch Meat + 1 Pepper |
+70 HP, +10% Melee Damage |
8 min |
| ๐ฅฉ Ghom Delight |
1 Ghom Meat + 1 Wheat |
+65 HP, +10% Ranged Damage |
8 min |
| ๐ฅฉ Hive Mother Roast |
1 Hive Mother Meat + 1 Acid Spit |
+90 HP, +12% Damage, +8% Defense |
10 min |
| ๐ฅฉ Skelly Bone Broth |
1 Skelly Meat + 1 Skeleton Bone |
+85 HP, +12% Defense, +10% Max HP |
10 min |
| ๐ฅฉ Azeos Wing Feast |
1 Azeos Meat + 1 Sky Feather |
+130 HP, +15% Speed, +10% Dodge |
12 min |
| ๐ฅฉ Omoroth Sushi |
1 Omoroth Meat + 1 Seaweed |
+125 HP, +15% Swim Speed, +10% Fishing |
12 min |
| ๐ฅฉ Maluga BBQ |
1 Maluga Meat + 2 Peppers |
+150 HP, +20% Damage, +10% Crit |
15 min |
| ๐ฅฉ Ra-Akar's Feast |
1 Ra-Akar Meat + 1 Void Shard |
+200 HP, +20% All Stats, +15% Lifesteal |
15 min |
๐พ Ingredient Farming Guide
Crops for Cooking
| Crop |
Grows In |
Growth Time |
Used In |
| ๐พ Wheat |
Dirt Biome |
5 min |
Fish Pie, Spicy Eel Roll, Salmon Roll, Koi Sashimi |
| ๐ถ๏ธ Spicy Pepper |
Desert |
15 min |
Spicy Eel Roll, Acid Fish Steak, Thunder Steak, and many more |
| ๐ต Cactus Fruit |
Desert |
12 min |
Desert Stew |
| ๐ธ Glow Tulip |
Larva Biome |
10 min |
Glowing Broth |
| ๐ Glowing Mushroom |
Foraged |
โ |
Mushroom Soup, Rainbow Stir Fry |
| ๐ Hearty Root |
Foraged (Clay) |
โ |
Hearty Stew |
Animal Products
| Product |
Source |
Used In |
| ๐ฅ Egg |
Chickens |
Various baked dishes |
| ๐ฅ Milk |
Cows |
Creamy soups |
| ๐ง Cheese |
Milk โ Processor |
Specialty Recipes |
๐ Buff Strategy Guide
Best Foods by Activity
| Activity |
Best Food |
Buffs |
| โ๏ธ Mining |
Angler Soup |
+15% Mining Speed, +70 HP |
| โ๏ธ Boss Fighting |
Ra-Akar's Feast or Maluga BBQ |
+20% All Stats or +20% Damage |
| ๐ Exploring |
Thunder Steak |
+15% Speed, +10% Dodge |
| ๐ฃ Fishing |
Koi Sashimi |
+12% Speed, +10% Fishing |
| ๐ก๏ธ Survival |
Storm Chowder |
+15% Defense, +10% Max HP |
| ๐ฆ Dark Areas |
Glowing Broth |
+15% Light Radius, +10% Mining |
| ๐ Underwater |
Glow Tuna Steak |
+15% Underwater Breathing, +10% Swim Speed |
Buff Stacking Priority
๐ฅ Top Priority: Boss Meat Dishes (best stats)
๐ฅ Second: Late-Game Fish Dishes (great stats + good buffs)
๐ฅ Third: Mid-Game Recipes (decent, cheaper ingredients)
Note: You can have food buff + potion buff + seasoning buff simultaneously. Always stack!
๐งช Advanced Cooking Tips
- Don't sell boss meat! Boss meat dishes are far more valuable than selling the raw meat
- Grow peppers โ Spicy Pepper is the most versatile cooking ingredient (used in 8+ recipes)
- Quality matters โ higher farming skill produces higher quality crops = better buffs
- Fish traps + cooking = infinite gold โ catch fish, cook them, sell the cooked version
- The Kitchen Counter (late game upgrade) lets you cook 4 dishes at once
- Refrigerator (late game) extends food buff duration by 50%
- Seasons โ in 1.0, placing salt, pepper, or sugar on a dish enhances its buffs
Data sourced from Core Keeper 1.0 full release and gamepedia. Ingredients and buff values tested in-game. Last updated July 2026.