Food in Aloft is needed to temporarily increase the character’s stats: damage, max HP, attack speed, momentum, movement, and so on. Most food can only be cooked, but some drinks can be crafted at a Workbench. Any dish is a combination of three ingredients, some of which can be replaced with similar ones (e.g., vegetables, fruits).
How to Cook a Meal
To cook in Aloft, you first need to unlock a Campfire and a Cooking Plate. You will also need Charcoal to start a fire. Here is the list of tools you need to cook a meal:
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Image |
Name |
How to Unlock |
Resources |
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Campfire |
Knowledge Stones (before passing the first barrier) |
Wood x 5 |
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Cooking Plate |
Knowledge Stones (before passing the first barrier) |
Stone x 6 |
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Workbench |
Available from the beginning |
Wood x 5 |
Place a Campfire, then install a Cooking Plate on it, as shown in the screenshot below. Start a fire and interact with the Cooking Plate.
To cook a dish, you must mix 3 ingredients. The cooking process will start immediately. You can simply wait until the meal is ready or speed up the process by playing the mini-game.
Press “F” to increase the intensity of the fire. The closer it is to the red mark on the icon, the faster your dish will be cooked. Your goal is to keep the temperature as close to this mark as possible by pressing “F”, and the food will be prepared much faster.
If you reach the red mark, the meal will burn, and you will get a Burnt dish instead of a normal one.
How Food Buffs Work
Food types eaten are displayed next to the HP bar. You can consume two dishes to increase HP at the same time and one Coffee to get its separate buff that doubles Momentum gain.
You can see the list of effects affecting your character in the “Conditions” tab of the menu (Inventory (I) → Conditions). For example, the “Hydrated” effect increases attack speed. Food buffs and effects have a duration. Here is the list of the special effects that you can get from food.
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Effect |
Description |
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Hydrated |
Increased attack speed |
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Efficient |
Attack damage increased |
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Energetic |
Shorter Combos |
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Digesting |
Clearing eaten meals |
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Productive |
Gather more resources |
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Zippy |
Momentum gains doubled |
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Enthusiastic |
Increased damage, movement, attack speed, and momentum |
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At Peace |
Minor health regeneration |
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Gourmet |
Lasts longer and offers a better health boost |
An interesting fact about food in Aloft: Even after the food buff duration ends, your HP will remain increased until you lose it in combat or clean using Digestive Tea.
Also, pay attention that Digestive Tea only removes food effects, but not drink ones. The effects of “Cup of Coffee” and “Wisteria Tea” will not be removed by Digesting effect.
All Cooking Recipes
Here is the list of all known cooking recipes.
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Image |
Dish Name |
Recipe |
Max HP bonus |
Duration (minutes) |
Special Effects |
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Bland Soup |
Dry + Dry + Liquid |
+10 |
6 |
Hydrated |
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Burnt |
Any + Any + Any |
+6 |
2 |
– |
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Overseasoned Soup |
Seasoning + Seasoning + Liquid |
+10 |
6 |
Hydrated |
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Overseasoned Meal |
Seasoning + Seasoning + Dry |
+10 |
6 |
– |
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Stale Meal |
Dry + Dry + Dry |
+10 |
6 |
– |
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Underwhelming Soup |
Liquid + Liquid + Any (not egg) |
+10 |
6 |
Hydrated |
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Broth |
Dry + Seasoning + Liquid |
+10 |
8 |
Hydrated |
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Fresh Bowl |
Fruit + Veggies + (Dry or Seasoning) |
+24 |
10 |
– |
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Fried Egg |
Egg + Any + Any |
+28 |
10 |
– |
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Fruit Salad |
Fruit + Fruit + Fruit |
+28 |
8 |
– |
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Grilled Fruit |
Fruit + (Fruit or Dry) + (Dry or Seasoning) |
+24 |
8 |
– |
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Healthy Smoothie |
Fruit + Liquid + Veggie |
+18 |
10 |
Hydrated |
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Mixed Veggies |
Veggie + Veggie + Veggie |
+28 |
10 |
– |
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Savory Smoothie |
Fruit + Liquid + (Fruit/Dry/Seasoning) |
+18 |
8 |
Hydrated |
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Soup |
Veggie + Liquid + (Veggie/Dry/Seasoning) |
+18 |
10 |
Hydrated |
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Veggie Skewer |
Veggie + (Veggie/Dry) + (Dry/Seasoning) |
+24 |
10 |
– |
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Apple Loaf |
? + ? + ? | ? | ? | ? |
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Berry Loaf |
Berries + Flour + Egg |
+38 |
14 |
Efficient |
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Blueberry Pie |
Blueberry + Sugar + Flour |
+30 |
14 |
Efficient |
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Carrot Loaf |
Carrots + Flour + Egg |
+44 |
14 |
Efficient |
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Corn on the Cob |
Corn + Corn + Salt |
+30 |
14 |
Efficient |
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Flat Bread |
Flour + Salt + Flax Seeds |
+32 |
14 |
Energetic |
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Corn Loaf |
Corn + Flour + Egg |
+44 |
14 |
Efficient |
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Digestive Tea |
Water + Leaves + Leaves |
– |
– | Digesting Gourmet |
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Gnocchi |
Potato + Flour + Egg |
+44 |
18 |
Efficient |
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Marrons Glacés |
Great Chestnut Seed + Water + Sugar |
+44 |
18 |
Efficient |
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Oatmeal |
Wheat + Blueberry + Salt |
+24 |
11 |
Energetic |
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Pumpkin Loaf |
Pumpkin + Flour + Egg |
+44 |
14 |
Efficient |
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Pumpkin Pie |
Pumpkin + Flour + Sugar |
+36 |
14 |
Efficient |
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Stew |
Potatoes + Carrots + Water |
+42 |
18 |
Productive |
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Summer Salad |
Tomato + Corn + Garlic |
+38 |
14 |
Efficient |
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Sweet Roll |
Milk + Sugar + Flour |
+35 |
11 |
Efficient |
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Tomato Soup |
Tomato + Liquid + Seasoning |
+32 |
18 |
Productive |
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Yogurt Bowl |
Milk + Honey + Blueberry |
+48 |
10 |
Efficient |
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Cup of Coffee |
Clean Water + Coffee + Coffee |
– |
5 |
Zippy |
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Wisteria Tea |
Clean Water + Wisteria + Wisteria |
– |
10 |
Enthusiastic At Peace |
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Clean Water |
Dirty Water + Charcoal (workbench) |
– |
5 |
Hydrated |
