Where to restock before your next expedition
Gather Apples and Mushrooms near the starting area for an early restock; later, collect supplies from the boat-side sewer room, the Black Beans bush on the goblin-cave route and the upper fountain's Wild Corn. Return to camp to prepare meals, then keep surplus perishables in a Food Basket or physically place them in a Sorting Box.
Food sources and the landmarks to look for
| Food or Ingredient | Where to Look |
|---|---|
| Apples and Mushrooms | Near the starting area. Revisit familiar spawn points while making your supply rounds. |
| Apples and Mushrooms in the deeper sewers | Beyond the Water Clock, inside the room opened by installing and activating the fuse switch beside the boat. |
| Wild Corn | By the upper fountain on the way to the final room. Clear the central rocks with Explosives, then operate the fountain's lever to make corn grow. |
| Black Beans | On the goblin-cave route beyond the railroad tracks. Continue past the ladder toward the large door leading back to the hub; the path contains a Black Beans bush. |
| Tomatoes and Cheese | Past the high doorway on the right side of the room used for the Corn Gem route. Reach the doorway with a Grappling Hook. |
| Lime | Behind the Hammer-breakable gate on the upper sewer route near the final drainage wheel. |
| Guarana Berries | Beside the Giant Moray Eel's body after defeating the boss. |
| Raw Meat and drumsticks | Capture Rats for Raw Meat. Harvest defeated Giant Bats and Giant Red Bats, then prepare their carcasses at a Cooking Table. |
| Scorpion Tail | Scorpions inhabit the open area in the dining hall's left side room. Harvest their carcasses and process them at a Cooking Table. |
| Fish | Catch regular Moray Eels with a Harpoon, then turn them into Raw Fish Filet at a Cooking Table. |
| Basil and Cilantro | Harvest Basil at its plants. Cilantro comes from harvest points and spawn points around the dungeon. |
Make an early food run
Revisit the starting area for Apples and Mushrooms. Check the familiar gathering spots before committing to a longer trip.Playing this video connects to YouTube.
- Cook your Apples and Mushrooms at the starting campfire to prepare an early meal.
Capture Rats encountered along your familiar routes. A captured Rat supplies the ingredient for Raw Meat in the Crafting menu.Playing this video connects to YouTube.
- Return to camp with the ingredients you intend to use. The small inventory makes a focused food run easier to manage than collecting every resource along the way.
Choose a turnaround point before leaving camp. Once you have the ingredients for your next meals, head back and cook instead of extending the trip into an unfamiliar area. Keep your food run focused on restocking.
Reach the upper Tomatoes and Cheese
Bring a Grappling Hook for this food stop. Craft the Grappling Hook in your inventory; the Hook itself is made at the Workbench.
- Climb the stairs from the main hub to begin the upper route.
- Take the left route, then the next left across the wooden plank, to reach the stairs beyond.
- Climb the stairs to enter the room used for the Corn Gem route.
- Grapple to the high doorway on the right side of the room. The passage beyond contains Cheese and Tomatoes.
Turn your haul into expedition meals
- Build a Cooking Table from 2 Wood Planks and 1 Leather. Leather is the crafting unlock prerequisite, so pick it up before checking for the table recipe.
- Process harvested carcasses at the Cooking Table. A Bat Carcass gives 2 Raw Drumsticks, a Red Bat Carcass gives 3, and a Scorpion Carcass gives 1 Scorpion Tail.
- Cut 1 Raw Meat into 3 Raw Steaks at the Cooking Table to get more portions ready for roasting.
- Build a Rotisserie from 2 Sticks and 2 Wood Planks over a Bonfire to create a roasting station.
- Roast your Raw Steaks or Raw Drumsticks on the Rotisserie. Retrieve the cooked food promptly, because food left on too long burns.
- Cook 2 Tomatoes in a Cooking Pot for Tomato Soup, or 2 Mushrooms for Mushroom Soup. Keep the fire beneath the pot burning so cooking can progress.
Store the surplus before leaving camp
Craft a Food Basket from 3 Vines for ingredients and meals you want to keep fresh longer. Ordinary chests let food spoil much faster than a Food Basket. Food physically placed in a Sorting Box does not use the same spoilage timer.
Plan your carrying space around the finished dishes. Boiled Corn, Fruit Compote, Cooked Veggies, Seafood Pasta, Ramen and Spaghetti each have a stack size of 1. Prepare what you intend to carry, and store the remaining ingredients before heading out.
A Backpack stays with you after death, while items that are not retained go into a death pack. Keep surplus supplies at camp when you can, and avoid leaving ingredients sitting in inactive cooking slots.