Throne and Liberty’s large-scale battles will require you to be at the top of your game; from leveling your equipment, upgrading your skills, and ensuring you’re well-fed. Cooking your own food is an essential skill for all Star-Born, and getting started early will definitely prove beneficial.

There are a variety of cooking recipes in the game, and each provides temporary buffs to various stats. Below, we’ll take a look at where to find Cooking Ovens necessary for cooking food, and how to craft food items.

The crafting recipe for Vegetable Stir Fry, with the option to use Quarba or Herba in place of Celery.

Where To Find Cooking Ovens

Cooking is done atCooking OvensorBonfires, both of which can be foundall over the map. Cooking Ovens are usually located inmajor towns or cities, while Bonfires can be found out in the field, atcamps,outposts, or the like.

To keep things simple, there’s a Cooking Oven in theKastleton Inn, justnorth of the Kastleton Waypointin the city, that you can use for all your cooking needs.

How To Craft Food

To craft food, you’ll first need to select the recipe for the item you want to craft, then gather all the ingredients. You can buy ingredients like Vegetable Oil, Eggs, Cheese, and so on, fromSundries Merchants, while most other ingredients willneed to be gathered.

Most beginner-level food recipes require two or three different ingredients, but most recipes in general allow forsubstitutions. Substituting an ingredient lets you work with different ingredients, and maychange the outcome of the dish. For example, usingrarer ingredientsmight increase the chance for you to craft aQuality meal, versus just a normal one.

Quality food has alonger durationthan its normal counterpart.

Once you’ve obtained all the ingredients, simply press the Cooking button at the bottom of the screen. A short animation will play, and your food will be crafted. If you have a lot of ingredients, you cancraft multiple meals at the same time.