In Soulmask, survival goes beyond just crafting and combat. Understanding the food and drink system can make or break your long expeditions, influence your tribesmen’s productivity, and determine how well you fare against the deadliest wildlife and barbarian tribes. This guide breaks down everything—from basic survival foods to advanced five-star dishes, automation tips, and essential buffs. Let’s dig in.

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🥩 Early-Game Survival: Basic Food and Hunting

In your first hours, food is essential to prevent starvation and fainting. Your easiest options:

• Roasted Locusts – Found from bushes.
• Mushrooms – Available after rainfall.
• Boar meat – Hunt animals using a butcher knife to yield more meat and animal products.

🔪 Pro Tip: Carcass Chunks don’t spoil and can be converted into Fresh Meat at the Butcher Table. One chunk = 10 fresh meat.

🔥 Cook all meat at a campfire to gain beneficial buffs and avoid waste. Loot enemies for cooked meals like:

• Roasted Corn
• Roasted Potatoes
• Roasted Locusts

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🍳 Midgame Upgrades: Cooking Stove and Fishing

At Awareness Strength 8, unlock the Cooking Stove. New recipes:

• Broth
• Cooked Potatoes
• Mushroom Soup
• Boiled Eggs
• Juice

🎣 Fishing:

Unlock fish traps under Animal Breeding. Bait with:

• Locusts (for Catfish)
• Raw Meat (for Piranhas)

Trap placement near water bodies yields fish over time. Gather meat, then use it for Fish Soup or more advanced meals later.

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🧂 Premium Recipes: Crude Salt, Drying Racks, and Advanced Ingredients

As you expand, you’ll unlock:

• Seasoned Meals
• Salsas
• Premium Jerky (via Drying Rack at Awareness 18)

🎯 Where to Find Rare Ingredients:

• Crude Salt – Found by mining salt nodes at beach camps.
• Chili and Veggies – Loot barbarian camps or harvest with a Scythe.
• Seeds – Found in enemy chests or made in the Grinder.

🍳 Seed Tip: Eating vegetables like tomatoes or pumpkins gives you 2 seeds each if no grinder is available.

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🧊 Preserving Food: Spoilage and Long-Term Storage

Most food spoils over time unless dried or preserved.

🏔️ Drying Rack (Awareness 18):

• Use Premium or Rare Meat + Crude Salt for jerky.
• Doesn’t spoil quickly and is great for journeys.

❄️ Ice Cellar (Late Game):

• Great for slowing down spoilage of high-end meals.

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🍷 Brewing: Wine, Yeast, and Mood Buffs

At Awareness Strength 20, you’ll unlock the Brewing Tank.

🍷 Fruit Wine:

• Requires: 5 Fiber, 2 Fruit, Tree Bark, Yeast, and a Cup.
• Buffs:
  • +Damage
  • +Tribe Morale
  • Prevents morale reduction for 20 minutes

🪑 Pro Tip: Place wine and uplifting meals on a Dining Table with chairs to passively boost tribesmen morale and productivity.

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😊 Mood and Buff Management

Meals with the tag “uplift mood” boost tribesmen performance.

🔍 Mood Buff Examples:

• Juice: ~+80 mood
• Pineapple: +10 mood
• Fruit Kebabs: Increases movement speed and mood
• Quinoa Porridge: +200% body XP gain for 30 minutes

⚠️ Max Buff Slots: You can have up to five active food/drink buffs at once. Watch out not to overwrite valuable ones.

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🧈 Cooking Oil and Worktop Meals (Awareness 30+)

To access five-star meals like Fried Tacos and Spicy Soup, you’ll need:

• Oil Press (Requires a Level 2 Carpenter’s Table)
• Cooking Oil from nuts or seeds (e.g., cashews)

🔥 Use Charcoal (crafted in Earth Kiln) as fuel for the Worktop Station.

🍽️ Advanced Recipes:

• Fish Hodgepodge: +200 Max HP, -80% water use, +60 satiety, +40 hydration
• Spicy Soup: High fire resistance
• Fried Tacos: High satiety and fast HP regen

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📌 Food and Buff Tips Summary

Phase	Key Foods	Key Stations	Benefits
Early Game	Cooked Meat, Roasted Corn	Campfire	Prevent starvation
Midgame	Broth, Mushroom Soup, Juice	Cooking Stove, Drying Rack	Buffs for combat & travel
Late Game	Fried Tacos, Spicy Soup, Wine	Worktop, Brewing Tank, Ice Cellar	Mood, Max HP, Buff stack control

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🎯 Final Tips:

• Plan ahead for dungeon dives or boss fights by stacking the right buffs.
• Use uplifting meals to stabilize morale and avoid inefficiency in tribesmen.
• Explore enemy camps frequently for seeds, salt, and unique ingredients.
• Don’t eat rare veggies—plant them instead!

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If this guide helped you prepare your camp like a five-star jungle inn, consider checking back for the full farming guide soon. Stay fed, stay buffed, and good luck surviving the wilds of Soulmask.