== [[Foraging]] and [[botanizing]] ==
You will need to forage and botanize to make [[stew]], [[soup]], or [[casserole]]s. 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 past then will find nothing, so it's a good idea to find a less populated area to forage in.
== [[Pottery bowl]] ==
To make your pottery bowl for cooking, you will need to first find [[clay]]. When you find a deposit double-click ([[activate]]) your [[shovel]], right-click the [[Terrain:Clay|clay tile]], and select "[[Dig]]". You will get clay. Now double-click your left or right [[hand]] then right-click and select "[[Create]] > [[Containers]] > [[Clay bowl]]". You will now either [[fail]], get an [[unfinished]] clay bowl, or get a (finished) clay bowl. If the bowl is unfinished you will need to perform [[action]]s actions on it to finish it.
Put the (finished) clay bowl in the campfire (or another [[fire container]]) to finish the bowl; it should change color and be called [[pottery bowl]] once it has heated up and cured.
== [[Campfire]] ==
To create a campfire, first find a [[tree]], double-click your [[hatchet]], right-click the tree, then select "[[cut down]]". Keep chopping down the same tree until the tree vanishes. Now there should be a [[log]] or a [[felled tree]] on the [[ground]]. For the felled tree, right-click and select [["chop up]] " to create logs. Now double-click either your hatchet or [[carving knife]], right-click the log, and select "Create > Miscellaneous > [[Kindling]]". Now that you have kindling, double-click your [[steel and flint]], right-click the kindling, and select "Create > Campfire".
==[[Meal]]==
==Why won't my hot food cooking (HFC) skill go up==
You are probably cooking too high or low difficulty food. At HFC 1, cook a couple of 3-5 difficulty foods (like stews). Keep the difficulty up to 10 more than your current HFC. To check the difficulty, right-click the container the food is in, and select "[[Examine]]" (which will also tell you what the food will turn out as and the container's temperature). Try cooking lots of stews at once to gain cooking skill faster.
Gaining cook skill is a mystery, although [[Rolf]] has posted on the [[forum]]s 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.