Roots of Pacha is a Stardew Valley-esque farming and life sim set in the Stone Age. In this guide farming and animal cultivation are a little different from other games you might have played. You’ll have stone tools that slowly work up to bronze and iron. You’ll have a pot on a fire and an oven in the ground. And you’ll be trading in riding a horse for a bison.

In Roots of Pacha, you and your clan need to gather resources and craft tools and items to advance your clan. But all this is going to tire you out. That’s when cooking comes in! Maximise your crop harvest and other food to make it into tasty meals in your kitchen. Most will provide you with more stamina replenishment and some will give you useful buffs for your other skills.

In this guide, we’ll go over everything you need to know about cooking and all 76 recipes in Roots of Pacha.

 

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How To Start Cooking

Recipe List

• Any Hearth
• Leather Pot
• Ground Oven
• Metate
• Steamer
• Copper Pan
• Obsidian Knife
• Clay Oven
• Copper Pot
• Serrated Bronze Knife

 

How To Start Cooking

Cooking in Roots of Pacha is quite simple, just put the right ingredients into the appropriate cooking utensil to create a meal. At the beginning of the game, you won’t have a kitchen in your own house but you can use the communal Pachan Hearth to cook some basic recipes. But once you have enough money though you can have Croll make you a house that comes with its own kitchen.

You’ll be able to buy cooking utensils from Tare later in the game. More utensils become available after completing specific Ideas or upgrading your house.

Utensil	Cost	Unlock
Leather Pot	1,000	–
Ground Oven	–	Upgrade to Medium Hut
Metate	1,500	Upgrade to Medium Hut
Steamer	2,600	Upgrade to Medium Hut
Copper Pan	1,500	Upgrade to Medium Hut. Complete the ‘Hammering’ Idea.
Obsidian Knife	1,200	Complete the ‘Obsidian’ Idea.
Clay Oven	–	Upgrade to Large Hut. Complete the ‘Clay Oven’ Idea.
Copper Pot	2,500	Upgrade to Large Hut. Complete the ‘Hammering’ Idea.
Serrated Bronze Knife	3,000	Upgrade to Large Hut

 

Roots of Pacha – Recipe List

 

Any Hearth

Recipe	Ingredients	Stamina	Buff	Sell Price
Baba Ganoush	1x Eggplant 1x Sesame	70	+1 Endurance	18
Fish Taco	1x Any Fish 1x Plain Tortillas 1x Avocado	96	–	32
Traveling Cake	1x Any Grain 1x Any Fat 1x Any Dried Fruit	54	+10 Max Stamina	27
Roasted Fish	1x Any Fish	38	+1 Fish Spawn	19
Meat Filled Squash	1x Any Squash 1x Any Vegetable 1x Any Meat	70	–	23
Mix Salad	3x Harvest Crop	38	–	13
Porridge	1x Any Dried Fruit 1x Oats	70	–	23
Potato Salad	1x Carrot 1x Potato 1x Any Egg	78	+1 Foot Speed	39
Roast Meat	1x Red Meat	38	–	13
Seaweed Salad	1x Seaweed	54	–	9
Vegetable Stew	1x Any Vegetable 1x Any Legume	46	–	8

 

Leather Pot

Recipe	Ingredients	Stamina	Buff	Sell Price
Injera	1x Teff Flour	94	–	16
Locro	1x Garbanzo 1x Tomato	76	+1 Ore Yield	19
Meat Stew	1x Any Vegetable 1x Any Meat	52	–	9
Moretum	1x Any Herb 1x Any Cheese	52	–	17
Onion Soup	1x Onion 1x Garlic 1x Potatoes	92	–	31
Ramen	1x Any Mushroom 1x Any Egg 1x Any Root 1x Wheat Flour	92	+1 Gathering Yield	46

 

 

Ground Oven

Recipe	Ingredients	Stamina	Buff	Sell Price
Compote	1x Tree Fruit	46	–	8
Faina	1x Garbanzo 1x Any Herb	62	–	21
Lentil Pie	1x Any Vegetable 1x Wild Lentils	46	–	15
Multigrain Bread	1x Any Grain 1x Any Fermented Grain	46	–	15
Pineapple Chicken	1x White Meat 1x Pineapple	70	–	23
Pizza	1x Any Cheese 1x Wheat Flour	70	–	23
Roasted Vegetables	1x Any Harvest Crop 1x Garlic	70	–	23
Tamales	1x Any Mushroom 1x Any Meat	78	–	26

 

Metate

Recipe	Ingredients	Stamina	Buff	Sell Price
Humita	1x Any Squash 1x Any Dried Fruit 1x Chile 1x Corn	112	+4 Endurance	56
Hummus	1x Any Garbanzo 1x Parsley	96	+4 Wood Yield	24
Lucanica	1x Any Fat 1x Any Meat	72	–	12
Marzipan	1x Almond	80	–	13
Plain Tortillas	1x Corn	88	–	15

 

Steamer

Recipe	Ingredients	Stamina	Buff	Sell Price
Buns	1x Meat 1x Carrot 1x White Flour	104	+4 Charm	52
Dumplings	1x Any Vegetable 1x Any Meat 1x Wheat Flour	110	–	37
New Year’s Pudding	1x Any Flour 1x Any Dried Fruit	66	+4 Honey Making	16
Souffle	1x Any Vegetable 1x Any Egg	72	–	24
Steamed Vegetables	1x Any Vegetable 1x Any Root	72	+4 Gift Giving	18

 

Copper Pan

Recipe	Ingredients	Stamina	Buff	Sell Price
Buns	1x Meat 1x Carrot 1x White Flour	104	+4 Charm	52
Falafel	1x Any Sour Cream 1x Garbanzo 1x Parsley	104	–	52
Fried Eggs	1x Any Oil 1x Any Egg	80	–	27
Frittata	1x Any Oil 1x Oregano 1x Any Egg	88	–	29
Kefir Pancakes	1x Any Milk 1x Any Butter 1x Any Flour	80	+20 Max Stamina	40
Popcorn	1x Any Fat 1x Corn	96	–	32
Tuna Pancake	1x Any Fish 1x Any Root 1x Any Flour	80	+4 Fish Catching	40

 

 

Obsidian Knife

Recipe	Ingredients	Stamina	Buff	Sell Price
Calamari Salad	1x Cephalopod 1x Olive Oil 1x Citron	84	+4 Fish Spawn	42
Duxelles	1x Any Mushroom 1x Garlic	76	–	38
Ensalada Criolla	1x Tomato 1x Onion 1x Chile	92	+2 Stamina Recover	23
Fruit Platter	3x Any Tree Fruit	52	+1 Gift Giving	26
Kuluban	1x Any Legume 1x Chile 1x Coconut	76	–	25
Mediterranean Grilled Fish	1x Any Fish 1x Oregano	52	–	26
Sushi	1x Wild Rice 1x Seaweed 1x Any Fish	76	–	25

 

Clay Oven

Recipe	Ingredients	Stamina	Buff	Sell Price
Empanadas	1x Any Vegetable 1x Any Herb 1x Any Meat 1x Wheat Flour	162	–	54
Oil Cake	1x Olive Oil 1x Any Dried Fruit	138	+1 Wood Yield	34
Flan	1x Any Milk 1x Any Egg	122	+6 Honey Making	30
Focaccia	1x Any Herb 1x Wheat Flour	146	–	24
Fruit Crumble	1x Any Fruit Tree 1x Any Flour 1x Any Fat	138	+6 Charm	34
Mushroom Tart	1x Any Mushroom 1x Any Flour	122	+6 Wood Yield	30
Pumpkin Pie	1x Pumpkin 1x Wheat Flour	154	–	51
Quinoa Cake	1x Quinoa 1x Any Vegetable	146	+6 Endurance	36
Rye Bread	1x Wild Rye Flour	114	–	19
Wheat Bread	1x Wheat Flour	138	–	23

 

 

Copper Pot

Recipe	Ingredients	Stamina	Buff	Sell Price
Arroz Con Leche	1x Any Milk 1x Wild Rice	122	+30 Max Stamina	30
Chutney	1x Any Dried Fruit 1x Chile	138	–	23
Congee	1x Wild Rice 1x Any Herb	122	+6 Animal Friend	30
Curry	1x Any Herb 1x Any Dried Fruit 1x Chile	146	–	36
Stuffed Calamari	1x Any Cephalopod 2x Any Root 1x Tomato Juice	152	+6 Fish Catching	38
Hardtack	1x Any Flour	64	+4 Animal Friends HP	16
Maccu	1x Any Legume 1x Fennel	146	–	24
Oxygala	1x Any Sour Cream	144	+6 Fish Rarity	28
Papadzules	1x Any Sour Cream 1x Chile 1x Corn 1x Plain Tortillas	112	–	37
Spaghetti	1x Tomato 1x Any Flour	138	+6 Ore Yield	34

 

Serrated Bronze Knife

Recipe	Ingredients	Stamina	Buff	Sell Price
Legume Patty	1x Any Plant Meat 1x Any Bread	78	+4 Gathering Yield	20
Milanesa	1x Any Herb 1x Any Meat 1x Any Bread	130	–	22
Parfait	1x Oxygala 1x Any Honey 1x Any Tree Fruit	62	+1 Charm	31
Pomegranate Toast	1x Pomegranate 1x Any Bread 1x Goat Cheese	146	+6 Gift Giving	73
Smorrebrod	1x Any Fermented Vegetable 1x Rye Bread 1x Any Butter	130	–	22
Tomato Bisque	1x Tomato 1x Any Bread 1x Garlic	154	–	26

 

ROOTS OF PACHA

Be a part of a thriving stone age community in Roots of Pacha. Discover “ideas,” domesticate crops, befriend animals, and contribute to the growth of your village. Play with friends in co-op or explore the early days of civilization in single-player.

Discover, gather, and farm vegetables and herbs. Explore the surrounding wilderness to find animals to befriend and domesticate; fish the shallow and deep waters to see what lies in their depths; and mine the darkest caves filled with mysteries and secret powers.

Out now on PC – Steam.

 

ROOTS OF PACHA GUIDES

• Roots of Pacha – Bachelor Romance Guide
• Roots of Pacha – Bachelorette Romance Guide
• Roots of Pacha – Complete Farming Guide
• Roots of Pacha – The Complete Fishing Guide
• Roots of Pacha – Cooking and Recipe Guide