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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]].

== [[Foraging]] And and [[Botanizingbotanizing]] ==You In order to make meals, you will likely need to Forage forage and Botanize to make your [[Stew]], [[Soup]], or [[Casserole|Casseroles]]botanize some ingredients. To do this , right -click a [[Tile Typestile types|Grass Tilegrass tile]] than , and select ''[[Nature ]] > Forage '' or ''Botanize ''.

NOTE: You A [[player]] can only do both forage/and botanize , once on the same tile , every 24 hours. Any attempts past 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.

== [[Pottery Bowlbowl]] ==To make your Pottery Bowl pottery bowl for cooking, you will need to first find [[clay]]. When you find a deposit Double Click , double-click (activate) your [[Shovelshovel]], than Right right-click the [[Terrain:Clay|Clay Tileclay tile]] , and Select select "Dig". You will get [[Clay]]clay. Now, now Double double-click your left or right [[hand than ]], then right -click and select "Create > [[Containers ]] > [[Clay Bowlbowl]]". You will now either [[fail]], get an Unfinished Clay Bowl [[unfinished]] clay bowl, or get a Clay Bowl(finished) clay bowl. If the bowl is unfinished , you will need to perform actions on it to finish it.

Put the unfinished clay bowl in the campfire (not unfinishedor another [[fire container]]) Clay Bowl in a Fire to finish the bowl, it . It should change colour color and be called [[Pottery Bowlpottery bowl]] once it has heated up and cured. == 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 (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 prepared food dish. We'll cover the recipe for [[meal]]s 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 Wont 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".