Cooking on Blight Light turns ingredients into meals with buffs: extra mining yield, immunity to fire or explosions, invisibility to turrets, a second chance instead of going down, and much more. There are 49 meals to cook.
A meal is not really about hunger. Most meals give no calories or water at all. You eat them for the buff.
At a glance#
| Open the cooking menu | /cook or /recipemenu, the Cook button on your screen, or the Cook button on a campfire, barbeque or cooking workbench |
| Ingredient bag | /ibag (30 slots, just for ingredients) |
| Recipes | 49 meals, all unlocked from the start |
| Cook time | 15 seconds per meal (Cheese and the Ingredient Bag take 10) |
| Buff length | Instant up to 60 minutes |
| Active meals at once | 3 |
| Do buffs stack? | Yes, different meals stack |
How cooking works#
- Type
/cookto open the recipe menu. - Pick a meal. The menu shows the buff, how long it lasts and the ingredients you need.
- Choose how many and press CRAFT. Each meal takes 15 seconds and goes into a cooking queue.
- Eat the meal from your inventory to get the buff. Your active buffs show as icons on screen.
- You can have 3 meals active at the same time. Eat a fourth and you are "too full to eat".
- Buffs from different meals stack with each other.
- Buffs end when you die.
- Every recipe is open from day one. There are no recipe cards to find.
Ingredients#
Most ingredients are normal Rust food: eggs, wheat, potatoes, pumpkins, corn, mushrooms, berries, apples, chocolate bars, bread loaves, raw meat and fish. Get them by farming, hunting, fishing and looting. See Farming.
A few are special ingredients that only exist for cooking:
| Special ingredient | Where it comes from |
|---|---|
| Spices | Harvesting hemp |
| Sugar | Harvesting potatoes |
| Milk | Skinning bears, boars, deer, wolves, polar bears, panthers and tigers |
| Seaweed | Fishing, gutting fish and skinning sharks |
| Rice | Harvesting corn or pumpkins |
| Tomato | Harvesting pumpkins |
| Pineapple | Chopping palm trees |
| Cheese | Cook it yourself: 2 Milk |
Special ingredients drop by chance while you gather. Crops you grew yourself give half the normal chance.
The ingredient bag#
Type /ibag to open your personal ingredient bag. It has 30 slots, stacks each ingredient into a single slot, and does not drop when you die. It is emptied on each server wipe.
Every recipe#
Durations are how long the buff lasts after you eat. "Instant" means the effect happens once, the moment you eat.
Gathering and farming#
| Meal | Buff | Lasts | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangers and Mash | +100% ore from mining | 10 min | 6 Raw Pork, 5 Potato, 1 Spices |
| Bear Stew | Always hit the hot spot on ore nodes | 10 min | 4 Pumpkin, 4 Potato, 6 Raw Bear Meat, 1 Spices |
| Grilled Pork Kebab | +100% wood from trees and logs | 10 min | 5 Raw Pork, 1 Wheat, 1 Cheese, 2 Spices |
| Chicken Burger | Always hit the marker on trees | 10 min | 1 Bread Loaf, 1 Cheese, 1 Spices, 6 Raw Chicken Breast |
| Succulent Chicken Sandwich | +100% animal products from skinning | 10 min | 2 Raw Chicken Breast, 1 Tomato, 2 Bread Loaf, 1 Cheese |
| Mozzarella Sticks | +50% resources from wild plants | 10 min | 2 Cheese, 1 Wheat, 1 Spices, 1 Milk |
| Mushroom Soup | +100% resources from plants you grew | 2 min | 1 Spices, 6 Mushroom, 1 Milk |
| Cannelloni | 100% chance to get refined resources instead of ore from sulfur and metal nodes | 5 min | 3 Tomato, 2 Wheat, 1 Spices |
| Fried Chicken | +100% chance to find cooking ingredients | 10 min | 1 Wheat, 6 Raw Chicken Breast, 1 Spices, 1 Milk |
| Baked Trout | +100% fish caught | 10 min | 3 Small Trout, 1 Tomato, 1 Seaweed, 1 Spices |
| Sushi | 10% chance to find a random item while fishing | 10 min | 5 Raw Fish, 1 Rice, 1 Seaweed |
Looting and barrels#
| Meal | Buff | Lasts | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pepperoni Pizza | 100% chance to break a barrel in one hit | 10 min | 1 Wheat, 2 Tomato, 4 Raw Pork, 2 Cheese |
| Chicken Dinner | 100% chance that barrel loot goes straight into your inventory | 10 min | 6 Raw Chicken Breast, 4 Potato, 1 Spices, 2 Pumpkin |
| Dark Chocolate Mousse | 50% chance to find 1 to 3 extra scrap in barrels | 5 min | 5 Chocolate Bar, 1 Sugar, 1 Milk, 1 Egg |
| Chilli Con Carne | 20% chance to find a random component in barrels | 10 min | 3 Tomato, 6 Raw Bear Meat, 1 Spices |
| Chilli Cheese Fries | 25% chance to find a random electrical item in barrels | 10 min | 10 Potato, 3 Cheese, 1 Spices, 1 Raw Pork |
Crafting, building and repairs#
| Meal | Buff | Lasts | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vegetable Pizza | 20% chance to refund components when crafting | 1 min | 1 Wheat, 2 Tomato, 6 Pumpkin, 2 Cheese |
| Pork Omelette | 20% chance to craft a duplicate item | 2 min | 3 Egg, 5 Raw Pork, 1 Spices |
| Fish and Chips | 25% chance of a free building upgrade | 2 min | 5 Raw Fish, 5 Potato, 1 Spices |
| Bear Burger | 20% chance of a scrap refund at the research table | 1 min | 1 Bread Loaf, 1 Cheese, 1 Spices, 6 Raw Bear Meat |
| Spaghetti and Meatballs | Items you repair get their maximum condition reset | 1 min | 5 Raw Bear Meat, 3 Tomato, 2 Wheat, 2 Spices |
| Apple Cake | Worn and held items lose 50% less condition | 10 min | 2 Wheat, 2 Sugar, 1 Milk, 5 Apple |
| Packed Lunch | Worn and held items lose no condition (100% less) | 10 min | 1 Bread Loaf, 2 Potato, 2 Blue Berry, 2 Egg |
Protection#
| Meal | Buff | Lasts | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| French Toast | Explosion damage taken: 0% (100% less) | 1 min | 2 Bread Loaf, 1 Sugar, 1 Spices |
| Curry | Fire and heat damage taken: 0% (100% less) | 5 min | 5 Raw Chicken Breast, 2 Rice, 2 Spices, 1 Milk |
| Chernobyl Casserole | Radiation damage taken: 0% (100% less) | 10 min | 5 Raw Wolf Meat, 5 Potato, 1 Spices, 2 Anti-Radiation Pills |
| Steak Dinner | Bleeding damage taken: 0% (100% less) | 10 min | 5 Raw Bear Meat, 3 Potato, 1 Spices, 2 Pumpkin |
| Scrambled Eggs | Fall damage taken: 0% (100% less) | 5 min | 4 Egg, 1 Milk |
| Sponge Cake | Fall damage taken: 50% (50% less) | 10 min | 2 Wheat, 1 Sugar, 1 Milk, 1 Egg |
| Chocolate Brownie | Melee damage taken: 30% (70% less) | 5 min | 2 Wheat, 5 Chocolate Bar, 1 Milk, 1 Sugar |
| Burrito | Animal damage taken: 50% (50% less) | 20 min | 10 Raw Bear Meat, 3 Cheese, 1 Wheat, 1 Tomato |
| Icecream | Cold damage taken: 50% (50% less) | 20 min | 2 Milk, 2 Sugar, 1 Egg |
| Pancakes | Invisible to auto turrets, flame turrets and shotgun traps | 1 min | 2 Wheat, 5 Blue Berry, 1 Egg, 1 Milk |
| Chocolate Calzone | Invisible to the Bradley APC | 1 min | 10 Chocolate Bar, 1 Sugar, 2 Wheat, 1 Spices |
| Fish Eye Soup | Breathe underwater | 10 min | 1 Small Trout, 5 Mushroom, 1 Spices |
Tip: Chocolate Calzone makes a Bradley ignore you for a minute: the Launch Site tank and the ones that guard the Convoy and the Armored Train. Time it for the moment you need to get close. See World Events.
Health and survival#
| Meal | Buff | Lasts | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottage Pie | If you would go down, you stay on your feet at full health instead, with bleeding and radiation cleared (used up when it triggers) | 1 min | 5 Raw Wolf Meat, 1 Wheat, 1 Spices, 5 Potato |
| Gnocchi Neapolitan | +30% maximum health | 10 min | 1 Spices, 3 Tomato, 1 Wheat, 5 Potato |
| Chicken & Mushroom | Regenerate 1 HP per second (pauses for 5 seconds after you take damage) | 1 min | 1 Wheat, 5 Raw Chicken Breast, 2 Cheese, 5 Mushroom |
| Steak with Red Wine Jus | Heal for 10% of the base damage you deal to people and animals | 1 min | 3 Small Trout, 1 Tomato, 1 Seaweed, 1 Spices |
| Pumpkin Pie | Heals 100% of your maximum health | Instant | 1 Wheat, 1 Spices, 8 Pumpkin, 2 Sugar |
| Beef Stew | Fills 100% of your maximum calories | Instant | 2 Raw Bear Meat, 1 Tomato, 1 Potato, 1 Spices |
| Pineapple Fritta | Fills 100% of your maximum hydration | Instant | 1 Spices, 1 Wheat, 1 Egg, 2 Pineapple |
| Sausage Roll | +50% maximum calories and hydration | 60 min | 5 Raw Pork, 2 Wheat, 1 Spices, 5 Raw Bear Meat |
Team support#
| Meal | Buff | Lasts | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berry Cobbler | Players within 5 m are healed for 100% of the healing you receive | 1 min | 2 Wheat, 5 Blue Berry, 5 Red Berry, 1 Spices |
| Pumpkin Soup | Players within 20 m get 100% of the calories you eat | 1 min | 1 Spices, 10 Pumpkin, 1 Milk |
| Cheese Toasty | Players within 10 m get 100% comfort | 2 min | 2 Bread Loaf, 3 Cheese |
| Roast Chicken Pie | People you revive come back up at 100% health | 5 min | 1 Wheat, 10 Raw Chicken Breast, 1 Spices |
See Health for how wounds, bleeding and revives work.
Other#
| Meal | Buff | Lasts | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horse Feed | +100% speed on any horse you ride | 10 min | 4 Pumpkin, 4 Potato, 4 Corn, 5 Mushroom |
| Ham and Pineapple Pizza | "Madness": you sound strange to everyone nearby | 1 min | 5 Raw Pork, 2 Tomato, 1 Wheat, 2 Pineapple |
| Cheese | A cooking ingredient, no buff | Not eaten | 2 Milk |
| Ingredient Bag | Holds ingredients | Not eaten | 1,000 Cloth |
Note: Steak with Red Wine Jus and Baked Trout currently use exactly the same ingredients.
Tips#
- Pick three meals for the job. Going mining? Bangers and Mash, Bear Stew and Cannelloni together is a huge boost. Going raiding? French Toast and Pancakes.
- Save the instant meals. Pumpkin Pie, Beef Stew and Pineapple Fritta are emergency refills for health, food and water.
- Farm your own base ingredients. Eggs from advanced chicken coops and crops from advanced planters supply the normal-food part of many recipes, including most of Packed Lunch and Horse Feed.
- Cottage Pie before a risky fight. It saves you from going down once.