Sons of the Forest: How to Cook with Pot + Cooking Buffs

With the cooking pot, you can cook more complex meals in Sons of The Forest since patch 5. First of all, you need to find the pot. It has several spawn points, including at most of the tent camps spread across the island. Found the pot? Then you can start cooking now:

How to cook in SOTF:

• Take the cooking pot in hand and fill it with water from a river.
• Place the filled pot on a fire.
• Now hold the E key on PC (A on Xbox) until your food inventory opens.
• Hover over the gear icon to discover all 11 recipes.
• Add the respective ingredients to your pot and click on the gear icon
• Now the pot lid closes and as soon as the food is cooked, the pot will automatically open.

We also have a guide on where to find which food.

What Do the Yellow Symbols Mean (Cooking Buffs)

Out of the 11 recipes you can currently cook in Sons of The Forest, 10 give you an additional buff, aside from the normal basic needs like hunger and thirst, which are shown in the game's HUD:

All Cooking Buffs in SOTF:

• Eye: Improved stealth ability
• Smoke: Increases body warmth.
• Relaxed Figure: Improves stamina recovery.
• Arm: Increases strength
• Axe: Increases speed in tree felling.

All Cooking Recipes Overview

Go Hunting & Setting Traps - How to Get Fish & Meat

A small note beforehand: Of course, it's not necessary to eat meat if you don't like to. There are plenty of berries you can eat instead. However, they fill your hunger indicator much slower than meat, so you'll need to invest more energy in procurement.

Build yourself a weapon, such as a bow or a spear, and hunt the island's animals with it. Approach the animals slowly and stop at a certain distance to not scare them away. Shoot the animals with the bow, or throw the spear at them. Once you hit them, go to them and press the action button E, with which you can gut the animals. You can find the raw meat in your inventory.

Often, you can also run towards the animals equipped with a spear. Especially squirrels or seagulls can be quickly taken down.

How to Cook with Meat and Fish

To make the raw meat suitable for food, you need a campfire, in which you can cook or rather roast it. Once your campfire is lit, stand in front of it and interact with it to open your inventory. With the left mouse button, you can throw the meat into the fire. You can roast several pieces of meat at the same time in the fire.

You can simply grill meat over the fire.

Stay next to the campfire and make sure your meat does not burn, but still reaches a good browning. As soon as the meat changes color after about 10 seconds, you can take it off the fire and gobble it up.