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Cooking

Cook meals at the stove; optional ingredients change a meal's duration, comfort and strength.

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Patch history

4 versions

Every fact about Cooking by game version, newest first.

VersionWhat we know
Planned
  • Developers want to add cooking upgrades like the other benches and are rethinking how recipes unlock.
Dev build
  • Cooking and the way recipes are obtained and distributed were being reworked.
  • Meals let you tune duration, comfort or intensity via optional ingredients.
  • Meal names reflect their ingredients, like cliff pepper roasted pork; the names are a localisation challenge.
  • Cooking is a deep system, and caught fish feed into it.
  • Mixing different ingredients in meals gives different benefits.
  • Cooking was sped up and simplified; meals last shorter, so players cook and eat more often.
  • Cooked food can have intensity levels that boost its effect, such as better climbing. Unconfirmed
  • Cooking is in the dev build.
  • Each food gives a different bonus, and food recipes are unlocked.
Alpha 4
  • Recipes unlock faster now; kitchen accessories add optional extras rather than gating recipes.
  • Cooking at the stove burns fuel such as Joshua wood; players swap fuel to avoid wasting rare wood.
Alpha 3
  • Cooking was reworked in Alpha 3.

Sources

9

Official posts, videos and game data this page is built from.

SourceDateUsed
Alpha Weekend Livestream - Jeff & Tim Play on Dread Rock (PvP server) (opens in a new tab) VideoSep 20, 20261
The Legend of California Dev Livestream (August) (opens in a new tab) VideoAug 15, 20261
The Legend of California Dev Livestream (July) (opens in a new tab) VideoJul 18, 20261
The Legend of California Alpha 3 Playtest is Live! (opens in a new tab) Steam postJun 12, 20261
The Legend of California Dev Livestream (June) (opens in a new tab) VideoJun 6, 20261
Dev Update: Work in Progress (opens in a new tab) Steam postApr 29, 20261
EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK - The Legend of California: A Sprawling Western Adventure (noclip) (opens in a new tab) VideoMar 28, 20261
Jeff Kaplan + Tim Ford Play 10 MORE HOURS of The Legend of California (opens in a new tab) VideoMar 22, 20265
Cooking in The Legend of California (opens in a new tab) VideoMar 21, 20261

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