Guide:Cooking

Cooking guide explains how to cook in Anvil Empires. Cooking involves preparing ingredients, combining them, and heating them to create food.

Basics

Cooking is simple. First, build a cooking structure from the build menu. Then, press to interact with it and open its menu. Place ingredients in the available slots and add fuel. If the ingredients match a recipe, a button icon in the station's UI will display the output food. Click this button to start cooking the food.

Cooking Stations

There are three primary cooking stations, each used for different recipes.

Hearth UI with Boiled Cabbages getting cooked.

The Firepit is the simplest cooking structure, used for basic recipes. It can be built anywhere without requiring a settlement. Food burns after 10 minutes.

Input(s)	Output	Method	Value
1 x Deer Meat	1 x Roasted Game	Craft Duration	4 Minutes
1 x Boar Meat	1 x Roasted Hog’s Leg	Craft Duration	4 Minutes
1 x Berries	1 x Bloodberry Field Bar	Craft Duration	30 Seconds
1 x Common Meat	1 x Small Roasted Game	Craft Duration	30 Seconds

The Hearth is used for boiled or stewed foods, with its most popular dish being Boiled Cabbage . Food burns after 12 minutes and 30 seconds. It only accepts Charcoal as fuel.

Input(s)	Output	Method	Value
1 x Deer Meat	1 x Roasted Game	Craft Duration	1 Minute, 15 Seconds
1 x Boar Meat	1 x Roasted Hog’s Leg	Craft Duration	1 Minute, 15 Seconds
1 x Common Meat 2 x Berries	1 x Pemmikan	Craft Duration	45 Seconds
2 x Cabbage 1 x Water Bucket	1 x Boiled Cabbage	Craft Duration	30 Seconds
2 x Chicken Egg 1 x Water Bucket	1 x Boiled Eggs	Craft Duration	30 Seconds

The Oven is used for baking, with its most popular dish being Trencher Bread . Food burns after 15 minutes. It only accepts Charcoal as fuel.

Input(s)	Output	Method	Value
2 x Flour 2 x Deer Meat 2 x Boiled Cabbage	1 x Water Pie	Craft Duration	2 Minutes
2 x Flour 2 x Boar Meat 2 x Boiled Cabbage	1 x Water Pie	Craft Duration	2 Minutes
2 x Flour 1 x Water Bucket	1 x Trencher Bread	Craft Duration	1 Minute, 30 Seconds
2 x Chicken Egg 1 x Flour 1 x Cabbage	1 x Egg Tarte	Craft Duration	1 Minute, 30 Seconds
1 x Wights Island Dace	1 x Grilled Whitefish	Craft Duration	1 Minute
1 x Bludgeon	2 x Grilled Whitefish	Craft Duration	1 Minute
1 x Astrian Trout	3 x Grilled Whitefish	Craft Duration	1 Minute
1 x Trencher Bread 1 x Chicken Egg	1 x Lost Bread	Craft Duration	45 Seconds
2 x Chicken Egg	1 x Plain Alemette	Craft Duration	30 Seconds
1 x Berries	1 x Bloodberry Field Bar	Craft Duration	20 Seconds
1 x Common Meat	1 x Small Roasted Game	Craft Duration	20 Seconds

All primary cooking stations require fuel to operate, with each fuel type having a specific burn duration.

Name	Duration
Charcoal	4 Minutes
Wood Planks	3 Minutes
Fibre	1 Minute
Branches	30 Seconds

Quality and Burning

Once cooking is complete, the station emits black smoke, and the cooked food is placed in the output slot at the highest quality level (). If left in the station too long, the food's quality decreases until it burns, turning into Wood Ash within 10–15 minutes, depending on the station.

Food Order

Foods have a specific cooking priority. For example, Bloodberry Field Bar cooks before Common Meat in a Firepit , even if the Common Meat is in a higher slot.

Note: You can reset the cooking timer by adding an item with higher priority to the station. For example, adding berries to a Firepit cooking meat will reset the timer, wasting the previous cooking progress.

Additional Structures

Additional cooking structures enhance your cooking area and support food preparation.

Structure	Description
Meat Rack	A rack for storing uncooked meats. Preserves items inside.
Pantry	A cupboard for storing dry food goods. Preserves items inside.
Banquet Table	A table for storing prepared meals.
Liquid Barrel	A barrel for storing water.

Food Statistics

Each food item you cook has unique statistics when consumed.

Food	Food Type	Hunger	Health	Stamina	Regen	Cooldown
Bloodberry Field Bar	Berry	15%	10%	15%	1.5% for 2 Minutes (Total: 180)	5 Minutes
Grilled Whitefish	Fish	30%	30%	30%	1.5% for 8 Minutes (Total: 720)	5 Minutes
Roasted Hog’s Leg	Boar Meat	35%	35%	10%	1.5% for 8 Minutes (Total: 720)	5 Minutes
Mead	Common Meat	20%	20%	20%	2% for 4 Minutes (Total: 480)	5 Minutes
Pemmikan	Common Meat	25%	25%	20%	1.5% for 3 Minutes (Total: 270)	5 Minutes
Water Pie	Common Meat	32%	32%	32%	1.5% for 8 Minutes (Total: 720)	5 Minutes
Small Roasted Game	Common Meat	15%	15%	10%	1.5% for 2 Minutes (Total: 180)	5 Minutes
Roasted Game	Deer Meat	35%	35%	10%	1.5% for 8 Minutes (Total: 720)	5 Minutes
Boiled Eggs	Produce	25%	15%	20%	1% for 4 Minutes (Total: 240)	5 Minutes
Plain Alemette	Produce	25%	20%	15%	1% for 3 Minutes (Total: 180)	5 Minutes
Egg Tarte	Produce	35%	30%	32%	1.5% for 8 Minutes (Total: 720)	5 Minutes
Boiled Cabbage	Produce	30%	25%	35%	1.5% for 6 Minutes (Total: 540)	5 Minutes
Lost Bread	Wheat	32%	25%	25%	2% for 4 Minutes (Total: 480)	5 Minutes
Trencher Bread	Wheat	30%	25%	35%	1.5% for 8 Minutes (Total: 720)	5 Minutes