All Special Recipes in Once Human & where to find them
Starry StudiosFood and drink in Once Human can give you various powerful buffs, but there are some Special Recipes outside of the normal ones you can find across the map for even more bonuses.
It may take some searching, and you’ll need the right ingredients too. So, here are all the Special Recipes in Once Human and where you can find them.
All Once Human Special Recipe locations
Dayton Wetlands
| Recipe | Ingredients | Effects | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borscht Deluxe | Purified Water (1) Morel (1) | Energy: 100 Hydration: 50 Doubles the amount of Energy Links you get after opening Gear Crates and Weapon Crates. | Sutherland Family Orchard |
Borscht Deluxe is a great recipe that is one of the easier ones to craft on this list, and you can find it in the large barn on the Sutherland Family Orchard in Dayton Wetlands. This location can be found to the west of the area, just below the middle Teleportation Tower.
Broken Delta
| Recipe | Ingredients | Effects | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bacon Burger | Deviated Pumpkin (1) Purified Water (2) Ice Cube (1) | Energy: 50 Hydration: 100 +30% chance to obtain ammo from crates | Sunbury Building |
| Cold Pumpkin Soup | Deviated Pumpkin (1) Purified Water (2) Ice Cube (1) | Energy: 50 Hydration: 100 +30% chance to obtain ammo from crates | Harborside |
| Herbal Tea | Purified Water (2) Sugar (2) | Hydration: 100 Sanity: 800 Allows Hydration and Energy to remain full for 2 hours. | High Banks Building |
The Bacon Burger can be found just as you go through the main door of the Sunbury building, while the Cold Pumpkin Soup recipe is located in the flooded house in Harborside. Herbal Tea is a really strong recipe, and you can get it inside the High Banks building.
Iron River
| Recipe | Ingredients | Effects | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assorted Canned Fruit | Deviated Beet (1) Coconut (1) Aluminum (1) | Energy: 80 Hydration: 40 Increases Weakspot DMG by 25% when your Sanity is above 80%. | Alkirk |
| Creamy Spaghetti Soup | Deviated Corn (1) Wheat (3) Aluminum (1) | Energy: 100 Hydration: 30 Increases the chance of successful Deviation Securement by 20%. | East Blackfell Junction |
| Miracle Tea | Deviated Saffron (1) Purified Water (5) Sugar (2) | Hydration: 100 Healing Effect +10. | Ridge Farmland |
| Potato Salad | Deviated Pumpkin (1) Salt (2) Butter (1) | Energy: 80 Increases chances of doubling the items you get out in the wilderness by 15%. | Rippleby |
| Safety Sandwich | Deviated Cucumber (1) Butter (2) Corn Oil (2) | Energy: 100 Reduces other players’ DMG by 20%. | Riverside Souvenirs |
| Shattered Bread | Bread (2) Deviated Aloe Vera (1) Sugar (2) Corn Oil (1) | Energy: 100 +10 Weapon DMG. | Rippleby Market |
| Stargazey Pie | Deviated Pumpkin (3) Deviated Saffron (1) Deviated Wheat (5) | Energy: 100 Increases your Critical DMG by 25% when your Energy is full. | Highland Diner |
Iron River has a ton of recipes to find, both normal and Special, so be sure to visit this area as soon as you can. The Safety Sandwich is a particularly nice one if you’re playing PvP, and you can find it in the Riverside Souvenirs hamlet.
Shattered Bread is another great one if you’re looking to progress through difficult areas a little easier. Look for it in Rippleby Market, just upstairs in the house you find here.
Chalk Peak
| Recipe | Ingredients | Effects | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-Gravity Milkshake | Deer Milk (3) Deviated Cucumber (1) Banana (3) Cheese (2) | Energy: 100 Hydration: 100 Reach Max Load for a short period of time. | Grandma Nina’s Diner |
| Croquette | Cactus (2) Deviated Wheat (1) Pickle (1) | Energy: 80 Sell it to a merchant for 2,000 Energy Links. | Greenlake Hill |
| French Fries | Deviated Potato (1) Masala (2) Cheese (1) | Energy: 100 Decreases DMG taken from Deviants by 20%. | Silvershore Resort |
| Mixed Fried Hot Dog | Deviated Mushroom (2) Corn Oil (2) | Energy: 100 Increases damage by 20% toward enemies affected by The Bull’s Eye. | Holt Town |
| Signature Ice Brew | Deviated Aloe Vera (1) Cucumber (3) Tomato (3) Ice Cube (3) | Hydration: 100 Sanity: 100 Increases Pollution Resist by 30% and Sanity recovery speed when you’re out of combat. | Evergreen Vineyard |
| Spectral Canned Mushroom | Deviated Morel (1) Mushroom (5) Purified Water (2) Aluminum Ingot (1) | Hydration: 100 Sanity: 100 Emit a blinding light every 5 seconds, causing a 3-second Stun to nearby enemies. | Norton Farm |
| Stargazy Pizza | Deviated Aloe Vera (1) Shellfish (2) Caviar (2) | Energy: 100 Breathe underwater indefinitely. | Fisherman Wharf |
| Whimsical Drink | Deviated Saffron (1) Purified Water (5) Ice Cubes (2) | Hydration: 100 Sanity: 100 PSI Intensity increases by 30%. | Brewery Estate |
| Yuanbao Dumplings | Wheat (5) Deviated Morel (1) Cabbage (2) Masala (3) | Energy: 100 Sell to merchants for Energy Links. | Ubran Food Motel |
Chalk Peak is another area in Once Human where you can find a ton of recipes, but one of the best ones to look out for are the French Fries and Anti-Gravity Shake. You can find the Fries recipe in the Silvershore Resort, while the Shake recipe is lying in Grandma Nina’s Diner.
If you’re looking to make some extra Energy Links, the Yuanbao Dumplings are a nice option for that. You can find the recipe in the Ubran Food motel.
Lone Wolf Wastes
| Recipe | Ingredients | Effects | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bone-In Deviated Sausage | Deviated Mushroom (2) Masala (2) | Energy: 100 Deal 10+ DMG to Boss enemies. | Blackfell Fallen Zone |
| Fish & Chips | Deviated Peppercorn (1) Potato (3) Corn Oil (1) | Energy: 100 Gain weight. | Evergreen |
| Honey Glazed Meat | Deviated Aloe Vera (1) Salt (3) Purified Water (5) | Energy: 100 Hydration: 100 Deal +25% Critical DMG after hitting enemies affected by Frost Vortex. | Alternative Reality Research Institute |
| Securement Soup | Deviated Peppercorn (1) Masala (2) Pickle (2) | Hydration: 100 Increases chances of successful Deviation Securement by 50%. | HP Evolution Institute |
Lone Wolf Wastes is quite a high-level area in Once Human, so you may need to level a bit before you try and get the recipes on this list.
The Bone-Deviated Sausage is a great one to go for first, though, since it gives you an overall bonus to boss damage – which can help a lot in the endgame. Look for it in the Blackfell Fallen Zone.
Variable Ingredients
All recipes can be improved in Once Human, and one of the best ways to do so is by using Variable Ingredients. Not all of them work, though, and some have better bonuses than others. Here are the effects you can get from them and which Special Recipes they work with:
| Ingredient | Effect | Recipes |
|---|---|---|
| Beast Meat | N/A | Borscht Deluxe Mixed Fried Hot Dog Bone-In Deviated Sausage Honey Glazed Meat |
| Pork | +50 to Max HP | Borscht Deluxe Mixed Fried Hot Dog Bone-In Deviated Sausage Honey Glazed Meat |
| Rabbit Meat | +40 to Max Stamina | Borscht Deluxe Mixed Fried Hot Dog Bone-In Deviated Sausage Honey Glazed Meat |
| Goat Meat | Restore HP slowly | Borscht Deluxe Mixed Fried Hot Dog Bone-In Deviated Sausage Honey Glazed Meat |
| Bear Meat | +100 to Max HP | Borscht Deluxe Mixed Fried Hot Dog Bone-In Deviated Sausage Honey Glazed Meat |
| Crocodile Meat | +5% to Pollution Resist | Borscht Deluxe Mixed Fried Hot Dog Bone-In Deviated Sausage Honey Glazed Meat |
| Snapping Turtle | +10% to Pollution Resist | Borscht Deluxe Mixed Fried Hot Dog Bone-In Deviated Sausage Honey Glazed Meat |
| Sanity Gummy | +25 to Max Stamina | Borscht Deluxe Mixed Fried Hot Dog Bone-In Deviated Sausage Honey Glazed Meat |
| Yellow Lotus | +20% to Dish Durability | Herbal Tea Miracle Tea Stargazey Pizza Whimsical Drink Securement Soup |
| Coneflower | Sanity-restore bonus | Herbal Tea Miracle Tea Stargazey Pizza Whimsical Drink Securement Soup |
| Honeysuckle | HP-restore bonus | Herbal Tea Miracle Tea Stargazey Pizza Whimsical Drink Securement Soup |
| Bellflower | +10% to Dish bonus effect | Herbal Tea Miracle Tea Stargazey Pizza Whimsical Drink Securement Soup |
| Sage | +10% to Dish bonus effect | Herbal Tea Miracle Tea Stargazey Pizza Whimsical Drink Securement Soup |
| Scarlet Calamus | Sanity-restore bonus | Herbal Tea Miracle Tea Stargazey Pizza Whimsical Drink Securement Soup |
How to cook food in Once Human
You can cook food at a Stove in Once Human, which you unlock in the Logistics tree. It’s the first upgrade you’ll get, and food is an important part of surviving, so you should unlock it as soon as you can.
Starry StudiosA lot of the Special Recipes will require you to have an Electric Stove, but there are a few others you can cook normally at your camp.
Gather your ingredients by killing and skinning animals and finding plants across the map. Be careful about eating raw ingredients, though, because it’s likely that you’ll lose Sanity if you do. It’s better to make sure you have a good stock of ingredients to use for cooking.
Food is not the only important resource in the game, so make sure you also know where to find Gold Ore if you want to upgrade your gear. Putting your base in the optimal location will help with gathering all kinds of resources and ingredients, so be sure you’re prepared the next time you log in.