Cooking Station: recipes and upgrade costs
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Kun teaches the Cooking Station recipe. Its level 2 upgrade is tied to Forest Cook at the Overgrowth Research Station, and level 3 to Urban Eats at the Museum Research Station. Owning a dish recipe does not bypass its cooking-station requirement.
Construction and upgrade payments
| Stage | Materials | Energy |
|---|---|---|
| Build at Project Station Lv.1 | 5 Metal Scraps, 5 Scrap Wire, 5 Clay | 3 |
| Upgrade to Lv.2 | 10 Screws, 2 Copper Bar | 7 |
| Upgrade to Lv.3 | 4 Bricks, 10 Screws, 2 Power Cable | 10 |
Reserve the station’s upgrade ingredients separately from food ingredients. Two Copper Bar in the level 2 payment need their own refining work if you do not already have them.
Examples of dish gates
Bioluminescent Ivy Soup uses a level 2 Cooking Station, one Ivy and one Onion, for 2 energy. Tomato Basil Soup uses a level 3 station, two Tomato and one Basil, for 4 energy. Their recipe-shop availability also follows quest progress; upgrading the station alone does not populate every recipe.
Use missing cooking recipes to check the recipe, quest and station conditions independently. A dish name in a contribution request is not a promise that your character has already unlocked it.
Compare sale value with inputs
A dish’s sale price is not all profit. Include purchased ingredients and the value of crops you could otherwise sell. Cooking quality, your current shop prices and gathering time can change the comparison. The Seed Maker value guide works through the same opportunity-cost issue for seeds instead of treating homegrown ingredients as automatically free.
For a level 1 cooking route, the early Dew guide budgets Wild Berries, Sugar and energy for Fruit Smoothies while keeping quest crops separate.
