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As a Newbie [[newbie]], you will get free [[food ]] for the first 24 hours [[hour]]s of playtime (if you play 3 hours every real life day, you will have access to free food for 8 real life days) , at the bistro of the starting [[village]]s. During this time you should learn how to [[Newtowncook]].

You In order to make meals, you will likely need to forage and botanize to make your [[stew]], [[soup]], or [[casserole]]ssome ingredients. To do this, right-click a [[tile types|grass tile]], and select ''[[Nature ]] > Forage'' or ''Botanize''. NOTE: A [[player]] can do both forage and botanize, once on the same tile, every 24 hours. Any attempts beyond this on a single tile then will find nothing. Because of this, it's often a good idea to find a less populated area to forage in.

NOTE: A player can do both== [[Pottery bowl]] ==To make your pottery bowl for cooking, you will need to first find [[clay]]. When you find a deposit, forage and botanizedouble-click (activate) your [[shovel]], once on right-click the same [[Terrain:Clay|clay tile every 24 hours]], and select "Dig". You will get clay. Any attempts past Now, double-click your left or right [[hand]], then right-click and select "Create > [[Containers]] > [[Clay bowl]]". You will find nothingnow either [[fail]], get an [[unfinished]] clay bowl, so it's or get a good idea (finished) clay bowl. If the bowl is unfinished, you will need to find a less populated area perform actions on it to forage infinish it.

== Put the unfinished clay bowl in the campfire (or another [[Pottery Bowlfire container]] ==To make your Pottery Bowl for cooking, you will need ) to first find clayfinish it. When you find a deposit Double Click your [[Shovel]], than Right click the [[Terrain:Clay|Clay Tile]] It should change color and Select Dig. You will get be called [[Claypottery bowl]], now Double click your left or right hand than right click once it has heated up and select Create > Containers > Clay Bowl. You will now either fail, get an Unfinished Clay Bowl or get a Clay Bowl. If the bowl is unfinished you will need to perform actions on it to finish itcured.

Put == Combining ingredients to cook ==After finding ingredients and making a pottery bowl, before you heat up the clay bowl, put the foraged and botanized items in the bowl and put it in a campfire (not unfinished) Clay Bowl please note that the food will only cook in a Fire ''pottery'' bowl, so you may have to finish wait for a clay bowl to turn into a pottery bowl). If you already have a finished pottery bowl, just put your food in the bowl, and put it should change colour and be called in the campfire. Note that you can add more than just one foraged or botanized item in a bowl for a larger prepared food dish. We'll cover the recipe for [[Pottery Bowlmeal]] once it has heated up and cureds on this page as they are currently the most useful recipe.

To create a [[campfire]], first , find a [[Terrain:Tree|tree]], double -click your Small Axe and [[hatchet]], right -click the tree than , then select Chop Down, keep selecting Chop Down to "cut down". Keep chopping down the same tree until the tree vanishes. Now , there should be a [[log ]] or a [[felled tree on the floor]]. For the felled tree , right -click than and select Chop Down "chop up" to create [[log]]slogs. Now, Now double -click either your Small Axe hatchet or [[Carving Knifecarving knife]] than Right , right-click the log , and select "Create > Miscellaneus Miscellaneous > [[Kindling]]". Now that you have a [[Kindling]] Double kindling, double-click your [[Steel steel and Flintflint]] and , right -click the Kindling kindling, and Select: select "Create > [[Campfire]] == Combining all three things to cook ==First off you should Forage and Botanize, now create your Clay Bowl and BEFORE you heat up the Clay Bowl put the Foraged and Botanized items in the Bowl then put it in a Campfire (Please note that the food will only cook in a pottery bowl, so you may have to wait for a clay bowl to turn into a pottery bowl). If you already have a finished pottery bowl just put your food in the bowl and put it in the campfire. Note that you can add more than just one Foraged or Botanized Item in a bowl for a Larger Casserole. We'll cover the recipe for [[Meal]] on this page as it's currently the most useful recipe. ==[[Meal]]==To create a meal you will need a [[Vegetables|Vegetable]] and a piece of [[Meat]] or [[Fish]]. Heat them up to searing hot and put them in a [[Frying Pan]], and you will have a meal. Various low-nutrition foods like bread, berries or cheese can be added to the frying pan to make your meal larger. QL of the meal will in most cases equal your skill in hot food cooking, unless you try to cook a meal with too high difficulty. ==My cooking will not go up, why?==You are probably cooking too high or low difficulty food, at Cooking Level 1 cook a couple of 3-5 Difficulty Foods, to check the difficulty Right Click then Examine the bowl it will also tell you what the food will turn out as. Try cooking lots of stews at once to gain cooking skill faster. Gaining cook skill is a mystery, although Rolf has posted on the forums the way it should work, what works for one player doesn't always work for another. Use trial and error to find what works best for you. Using 1 [[cooked meat]] and 1 veggie works well until about skill 30. Once you get to 30, skill gain seems to slow down and you will prolly only get skill for every 5-10 meals. You can also use [[corn]] as a component, which is especially nice since you can grow your own and will not have to go out search for ingredients".