Our Abiotic Factor Cooking and Food Guide will tell you what benefits you get from food, how to cook, how Soup works, and more!
Surviving the horrors of Abiotic Factor is going to take more than a gun and a well-defended base — you're going to need to eat, too. This guide is all about food and how you can cook it to get bigger benefits. Read on to learn more!
How Cooking Works
There are essentially five kinds of cooking in Abiotic Factor.
- Cooking on a Frying Pan
- Boiling water
- Prepping food at a Chef's Counter
- Cooking Soup
- Baking in an Oven
At first, all you'll be able to do is cook raw items on a Frying Pan or boil water in a Cooking Pot. Once you reach Cooking 3, you'll gain the ability to make Soup. Finally, you'll unlock the ability to make an Oven at Cooking 10.
Some of the more complex recipes must be prepared at a Chef's Counter first. This is a specialized station dedicated to cooking food.
In addition to these new abilities, it appears that you cook better food as you level up your Cooking Skill. For example, a new character will make "Cooked Alien Drumstick," but a character with Cooking 3 will make "Carefully Cooked Alien Drumstick" which restores more Hunger.
Most food decays and will eventually go rotten. Cooked food has a higher Decay meter compared to its raw version. Storing food in a powered refrigerator will vastly slow down the decay process.
How Radiation Works with Food
It should be noted that many raw food items — especially alien meat — are radioactive. Carelessly storing these items in a fridge can cause radiation to spread, and it seems that this radiation can infect other food items. Take care to watch for items that are emitting radiation and store them far from your food or in a Hazard Crate.
How to Make Soup in Abiotic Factor
You can make Soup in Abiotic Factor once you've reached Cooking 3. From there, you need to put a Cooking Pot full of water on a Portable Stove. Then, you can place 1–3 ingredients into the Cooking Pot.
If you place enough of the correct ingredients into the pot, you'll learn a new Soup recipe. Any incorrect combination of ingredients will result in "Bad Soup" which restores some Hunger and Thirst but provides little in the way of buffs.
Discovered Soup recipes are stored on your tablet in the GATE Compendium. You do not need to discover a recipe before you make it; if you know the ingredients, you can make that Soup recipe even if you've never made it before! (We have a list of Soup recipes at the bottom of this guide.)
Once a Soup has finished cooking, you must pick up the Cooking Pot and place it on a flat surface. You must then use a Soup Bowl to take a serving out of the Cooking Pot. Each Cooking Pot of Soup has a total of 4 servings by default, but you can increase this with certain Skills.
Vending Machines
Vending Machines in Abiotic Factor are a source of unperishable food and drinks, though they often don't grant benefits as good as cooked food.
While this normally costs money, players with Strength level 5 gain access to the Trait "Step Aside", which allows you to potentially get one of the items inside for free. Vending Machines can be permanently destroyed if you have at least Strength 8, but you'll lose the ability to use them as a long-term source of food.
Abiotic Factor Food Recipe List
Here is a list of all of the food recipes we've found in the game thus far. This list excludes simple cooked food that is made on a Frying Pan. Note that some of this food will need to be cooked in an Oven.
Antemaki
- 1 Raw Antefish Filet
- 1 Bowl of Xanterium Rice
- 1 Roasted Nori Sheet
Colorful Maki Plate
- 2 of Any Raw Fish Filet
- 1 Bowl of Xanterium Rice
- 1 Roasted Nori Sheet
Fogiri Platter
- 2 Raw Chordfish Fillet
- 1 Bowl of Xanterium Rice
Raw Crumbled Darkwater Fish
- 1 Raw Darkwater Fish Filet
- 6 Anteverse Wheat
- 1 Anteverse Cheese
Raw Fr-eyed Rice
- 1 Bowl of Xanterium Rice
- 1 "Egg"
- 1 Canned Peas
- 1 Greyeb
Raw Nori Sheet Tray
- 12 Murkweed
- 1 Fish Oil
- 1 Salt
Roasted Nori Snack
- 1 Roasted Nori Sheet
Pumpkin Ice Cream
- 1 Ice Cream
- 1 Pumpkin
Raw Apple Pie
- 2 Raw Dough
- 6 Apple
- 1 Melted Ice Cream
- 1 "Egg"
Raw Creamy Inkfish
- 1 Raw Inkfish Filet
- 1 Milk Sac
- 1 Carbuncle Mushroom
Raw Pumpkin Cookie Tray
- 1 "Egg"
- 3 Anteverse Wheat
- 1 Melted Ice Cream
- 1 Pumpkin
Raw Pumpkin Dough
- 2 Anteverse Wheat
- 1 Milk Sac
- 1 Pumpkin
Raw Pumpkin Pie
- 2 Raw Dough
- 1 Pumpkin
- 1 Melted Ice Cream
- 2 "Egg"
Anteburger
- 1 Any Cooked Pest
- 1 Any Tomato
- 1 Space Lettuce
- 1 Bread
Cosmato Salad Wrap
- 2 Space Lettuce
- 1 of Any Tomato
- 1 Greyeb
PLT Sandwich
- 1 Cooked Peccary Chop
- 1 Space Lettuce
- 1 Any Tomato
- 1 Bread
Raw "Egg" & Peccary Tartine
- 1 Bread
- 1 Any Tomato
- 1 Raw Peccary Sausages
- 1 "Egg"
Raw Carbuncle Casserole
- 3 Raw Carbuncle
- 2 Potato
- 2 Carbuncle Mushroom
- 1 Anteverse Cheese
Raw Dough
- 2 Anteverse Wheat
- 1 Milk Sac
Raw Pekkie Brekkie Hash
- 3 "Egg"
- 2 Potato
- 2 Anteverse Cheese
- 1 Raw Peccary Sausages
Raw Simple Pest Pie
- 2 Raw Dough
- 4 Raw Pest
- 2 Pest Rump
Antepasta
- 1 Raw Dough
Raw Carbuncle Pizza
- 1 Raw Carbuncle
- 1 Any Tomato
- 1 Anteverse Cheese
- 1 Raw Dough
Raw Creepy Meat Pie
- 2 Raw Dough
- 2 Greyeb
- 2 Carbuncle Mushroom
- 2 Raw Pest
Raw Fries
- 1 Potato
- 1 Salt
Raw Glowing Gateau
- 2 "Egg"
- 6 Anteverse Wheat
- 1 Melted Ice Cream
Raw Gumdrop Cookie Tray
- 1 "Egg"
- 3 Anteverse Wheat
- 1 Melted Ice Cream
- 1 Jowlers
Raw Pest Pot Pie
- 2 Raw Dough
- 1 Canned Peas
- 2 Potato
- 3 Raw Pest Rump
Raw Pestato
- 1 Raw Pest Rump
- 1 Potato
Raw Stuffed Roast Peccary
- 1 Raw Alien Drumstick
- 1 Carbuncle Mushroom
- 1 Greyeb
- 1 Canned Peas
Raw Peccary Sausages
- 2 Raw Peccary Chop
- 1 Bio Scrap
- 1 Salt
You get the recipe for Peccary Sausages by interacting with the computer in the flooded room on the second floor of the Offices Sector.
Abiotic Factor Soup List
Here is a list of all of the Soup recipes we've found so far.
A&L Mega Stew
- Ingredients: 1 Exor Arm, 1 Raw Alien Drumstick, 1 Raw Exor Heart
- Hunger Fill: 37
- Thirst Fill: 16
- Move faster and gain more Strength XP
Anteverse Gumbo
- Ingredients: 1 Raw Antefish Filet, 1 Raw Peccary Sausages, 1 Potato
- Hunger Fill: 25
- Thirst Fill: 17
- Reduced Hunger and Thirst loss
Bad Soup
- Ingredients: Any ingredients that don't make a Soup recipe
- Hunger Fill: 10
- Thirst Fill: 16
Any incorrect combination of ingredients will result in Bad Soup. On the upside, getting enough ingredients for another Soup recipe will unlock that recipe.
Balanced Stew
- Ingredients: 1 Raw Carbuncle, 1 Carbuncle Mushroom, 1 Salt
- Hunger Fill: 13
- Thirst Fill: 17
- Gain Crafting and Construction XP faster
Bland Pea Soup
- Ingredients: 1 Canned Peas, 1 Salt
- Hunger Fill: 12
- Thirst Fill: 21
- Sprinting and Sneaking XP gain increased
Carbuncle N' Dumplings
- Ingredients: 1 Raw Dough, 1 Raw Carbuncle, 1 Canned Peas
- Hunger Fill: 23
- Thirst Fill: 21
- Reduced Hunger and Thirst loss
Creamy Tomato Bisque
- Ingredients: 1 Super Tomato, 1 Milk Sac, 1 Salt
- Hunger Fill: 12
- Thirst Fill: 37
- Reduced Hunger and Thirst loss
Fisherman's Glue
- Ingredients: 1 Fish Bones, 1 Hydrochloric Acid
- Creates Fisherman's Glue
Glue
- Ingredients: 1 Peccary Skull
- Creates Giga Glue
Greyeb Chowder
- Ingredients: 1 Greyeb, 1 Milk Sac, 1 Potato
- Hunger Fill: 12
- Thirst Fill: 42
- Attracts Leyaks more frequently
Harmonious Rice
- Ingredients: 1 Raw Chordfish Filet, 1 Milk Sac, 1 Xanterium Rice
- Hunger Fill: 25
- Thirst Fill: 31
- Reduced Hunger and Thirst loss
Hearty Stew
- Ingredients: 1 Raw Exor Heart, 1 Carbuncle Mushroom, 1 Super Tomato
- Hunger Fill: 23
- Thirst Fill: 23
- Reduced Hunger and Thirst loss, inventory is 25% lighter
Homey Pasta
- Ingredients: 1 Antepasta, 1 Raw Peccary Sausages, 1 Tomato
- Hunger Fill: 33
- Thirst Fill: 22
- Reduced Hunger and Thirst loss
Inky Egg Drop Soup
- Ingredients: 1 Raw Inkfish Filet, 1 Egg, 1 Carbuncle Mushroom
- Hunger Fill: 23
- Thirst Fill: 22
- Reduced Hunger and Thirst loss
Lunar Bisque
- Ingredients: 1 Raw Moon Fish Filet, 1 Raw Exor Heart, 1 Carbuncle Mushroom
- Hunger Fill: 23
- Thirst Fill: 27
- Reduced Hunger and Thirst loss
Mashed Potatoes
- Ingredients: 1 Potato, 1 Milk Sac, 1 Salt
- Hunger Fill: 5
- Thirst Fill: 33
- Reduced Hunger and Thirst loss
Meatrio Medley
- Ingredients: 1 Raw Carbuncle, 1 Raw Pest Pump, 1 Raw Alien Drumstick
- Hunger Fill: 23
- Thirst Fill: 16
- Reduced Hunger and Thirst loss
Meaty Stew
- Ingredients: 1 Raw Peccary Chop, 1 Raw Alien Drumstick, 1 Raw Pest Rump
- Hunger Fill: 26
- Thirst Fill: 16
- Increased Blunt and Sharp Melee XP gain
Peccary Goulash
- Ingredients: 1 Raw Peccary Chop, 1 Raw Alien Drumstick, 1 Salt
- Hunger Fill: 23
- Thirst Fill: 16
- Reduced Hunger and Thirst loss
Peccary Stew
- 1 Raw Peccary Chop, 1 Carbuncle Mushroom, 1 Super Tomato
- Hunger Fill: 21
- Thirst Fill: 23
- Reduced Hunger and Thirst loss
Pest Goulash
- Ingredients: 1 Raw Pest, 1 Raw Pest Rump, 1 Salt
- Hunger Fill: 14
- Thirst Fill: 16
- Reduced Hunger and Thirst loss
Poop Soup
- Ingredients: Bag of Feces
- Hunger Fill: 3
- Thirst Fill: 20
- Applies: Stinky
- Will cause sickness and vomiting
You just had to try it, didn't you?
Portal Fish Stew
- Ingredients: 1 Raw Portal Fish Filet, 1 Potato, 1 Tomato
- Hunger Fill: 21
- Thirst Fill: 24
- Reduced Hunger and Thirst loss
Potato and Sausage Stew
- Ingredients: 1 Raw Peccary Sausages, 1 Potato
- Hunger Fill: 20
- Thirst Fill: 17
- Reduced Hunger and Thirst loss
Radfish Chowder
- Ingredients: 1 Raw Radfish Filet, 1 Potato, 1 Canned Peas
- Hunger Fill: 23
- Thirst Fill: 22
- Reduce incoming radiation, Reduced Hunger and Thirst loss
Reservoir Reserve
- Ingredients: 1 1 Raw Darkwater Fish Filet, 1 Murkweed, 1 Greyeb
- Hunger Fill: 21
- Thirst Fill: 25
- Reduced Hunger and Thirst loss
Simple Tomato Soup
- Ingredients: 1 Super Tomato, 1 Salt
- Hunger Fill: 12
- Thirst Fill: 22
- Reduced Hunger and Thirst loss
Solder
- Ingredients: 1 Metal Scrap, 1 Silver
- Makes Solder
Solder is a crafting item, but it's made in the same way that you make Soup. That makes it a Soup in my book.
Split Pea Soup
- Ingredients: 1 Canned Peas, 1 Salt, 1 Raw Pest
- Hunger Fill: 17
- Thirst Fill: 21
- Reduced Hunger and Thirst loss
Sugary Slop
- Ingredients: 1 Doznuts, 1 Jowlers, 1 Skip
- Hunger Fill: 18
- Thirst Fill: 17
- Slower Stamina drain, increased tiredness and bathroom needs
Sustenance Soup
- Ingredients: 1 Military M.R.E.
- Hunger Fill: 18
- Thirst Fill: 16
- Faster XP for Accuracy and Reloading
Sweet Porridge
- Ingredients: 1 Melted Ice Cream, 1 Anteverse Wheat
- Hunger Fill: 10
- Thirst Fill: 24
- Vending Machine Items give increased Hunger and Thirst fill
Veggie Stew
- Ingredients: 1 Potato, 1 Anteverse Wheat, 1 Super Tomato
- Hunger Fill: 17
- Thirst Fill: 24
- Increased Agriculture XP Gain
Toxic Soup
- Ingredients: Any human parts (such as a Brain)
- Hunger Fill: 15
- Thirst Fill: 20
- Will cause sickness and vomiting
Putting any human body parts such as a Skull or Brain into the soup pot will turn it into Toxic Soup. It's really a bad idea to eat this stuff.
Uncooked Alien Cheese Curds
- Ingredients: Hydrochloric Acid, Anteverse Gel, Milk Sac
- Creates a Ripening Alien Cheese Wheel which must be allowed to spoil in order to ripen
We've reached the end of our Abiotic Factor Cooking and Food Guide. Don't forget to take a look at our other guides below!
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