Best Recipes In Avowed

Avowed is quite a unique RPG experience, with players required to eat food and drink alcoholic beverages if they hope to replenish their Health and Essence outside of combat. With plenty of resources to gather and cooking recipes to choose from at the campfire, there are some cooking recipes that are valued a lot higher than others.

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Some of these recipes in Avowed are not only great for replenishing a lot of Health or Essence, but some are also great as they improve certain stats for a short period of time. When deciding what foods and drinks to prioritize, these few are by far the best to have a supply of when taking on the Living Lands.

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Mariner’s Porridge

Regenerate Both Essence And Health

• Cooked Fish or Animal Product
• Vegetable or Grain/Filler

When exploring in Avowed, a player is likely to obtain a lot of meat. Although a player can cook it and eat it by itself to replenish their health, combining it with a vegetable or grain to make Mariner’s Porridge is a lot more useful.

This simple meal that can be made without any skill points put into anything will replenish 70 Essence and 70 Health. Although it may not sound like a lot, this is a great way to top up a player’s bars without wasting more valuable meals.

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Darkest Rauataian Cookies

A Must For The Speed Boost

• 2 Grain/Filler
• Honey or Fruit

As mentioned, not all recipes in Avowed make foods and drinks that replenish Essence and Stamina. Some things that can be cooked at the campfire, instead help with attributes. Cookies are incredibly important for players hoping to explore every nook and cranny in Avowed. Eating one of these delicious Darkest Rauataian Cookies increases the player’s speed by 10%.

Combining these cookies with a gulp of fresh water will stack the speed buff to allow players to explore at a breakneck speed. Additionally, these cookies also boost the player’s Perception and Dexterity, which adds a slight buff in combat.

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All-Leaf’s Tea

Essence Replenished And A Boost To It

Players that find themselves getting through a lot of Essence in Avowed may be interested in brewing themselves a lot of All-Leaf’s Tea back at camp. This beverage doesn’t only replenish 150 Essence, but also increases the player’s maximum Essence by 20%.

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While this may only be a small boost to Essence, the real reason for drinking All-Leaf’s Tea is because of how much Essence it replenishes, especially as the ingredients needed to brew this tea are incredibly easy to come across while exploring, allowing the Envoy to create a lot of it.

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Pargrun Ale

Increase Maximum Health

• Grain/Filler
• Vegetable
• Rotten Food

Rotten Food is something players may feel is useless to them, but there are a few recipes in Avowed that make the most of the fruit and vegetables that have gone long past their expiry date. Pargrun Ale is an alcoholic beverage that combines rotten food, grain, and vegetables to create a drink that increases the player’s overall maximum health by 20%.

As players advance throughout the story and explore new areas in Avowed, many battles will become more of a challenge and being able to drink an ale before combat could save an Envoy’s life, with this extra health being what they need to survive.

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Savory Skewer

A Stronger Replenish Of Health And Essence

Players that are willing to invest skill points in their cooking may be interested in getting three ranks into the Survivalist Passive Ranger skill. This skill unlocks further recipes that can be crafted back at camp, with one useful option being the Savory Skewer.

Players that need a lot of Essence and Health should be sure to cook Savory Skewers, as eating one of these will replenish each by 100. While this may not be a viable reason to get the Survivalist perk, there are plenty of other recipes alongside the Savory Skewers that do more than replenish.

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Wizard’s Mind Bomb

A Must For Any Spell User

• Essence Potion
• Mushroom
• Rotten Food

At first glance, some players may be shocked to see that a cooking recipe would require the player to sacrifice one of their Essence Potions to make it. However, the Wizard’s Mind Bomb is certainly worth this sacrifice for those with the Survivalist Ranger skill.

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With the name of the beverage mentioning Wizards, it’s no surprise that after drinking this, the player is granted many Essence-themed buffs. The Essence cost of grimoire spells is reduced by 25% and the cooldown time for these spells is also reduced by 25%. Therefore, during a battle, a player can use far more magic without ever needing the Essence potion they used to make it in the first place.

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Strangebrew

A Drink That Can Revive Companions

• 2 Monster Parts
• Health Potion
• Rotten Food

Another Survivalist recipe that is incredibly expensive to craft but certainly worth it is the Strangebrew. Players that have this available to them after drinking this potion will revive all their downed companions, as well as replenish their Second Wind.

While a player may not commonly make use of this brew, having at least one available during lethal battles or when facing Avowed on the Path of Damnation difficulty can certainly save a player’s life. Players should note that it does cost a health potion to craft, which can be just as valuable when playing on harder difficulties.

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Enutanik Pickles

Strongest Way To Replenish Essence

• Vegetable
• Fruit or Vegetable
• Rotten Food

By far, one of the best recipes in Avowed is another that can only be created once the player has unlocked the higher ranks of the Survivalist Ranger perk. Enutanik Pickles are a must for any player that gets through a lot of Essence during a fight, as just eating one of these Enutanik Pickles will replenish 500 Essence.

While this may not be as useful during the start of the game as the player’s Essence isn’t that large, by the end of the game players will likely be using a lot more Essence as well as having a bigger bar of it. Plus, when creating these pickles, the ingredients used will reward the player with three Enutanik Pickles, which are well worth the price of crafting them.

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February 18, 2025

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