Welcome to our Eastward How to Cook guide. This guide will help you learn the basics of recipes, cooking, and the roulette wheel that determines how well your dishes turn out.
In Eastward, cooking food at stoves is an essential part of John and Sam’s survival. You can eat food to recover health or get special buffs. You can just buy recovery items at many of Eastward’s shops, but it’s better to cook food for yourself.
Eastward How to Cook
Where to Cook Food
At the beginning of the game on Potcrock Isle, John’s trailer has a stove where you can cook food. However, once you’re out in the wider world, you’ll need to look elsewhere. Generally, you can find cooking stoves next to the Fridges you use to save at.
How to Cook Food
Once you’re at a stove, you’ll be able to bring up your ingredients. This menu shows everything in your inventory at the time. Ingredients for food, like Potatoes, are dropped by enemies after defeating them, or found in Treasure Chests throughout the game.
Select three of your ingredients to cook a meal. It’s important to mix and match ingredients to discover new recipes, which will then be saved within the cooking menu for you to refer back to.
Important: If you do not have an empty space in your Backpack, you will not be able to cook any food. John’s backpack inventory can be upgraded throughout the game using Salt and Gear Parts found in Treasure Chests.
After picking your ingredients, a slot machine minigame will pop up. You’ll need to do your best to line up two or three of the symbols.
Doing so will boost the benefits of the food you cook. After it’s done cooking, the dish will take up a slot in John’s backpack.
