Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria

Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria is the newest survival-crafting video game title. This immersive game follows a clan of dwarves as they strive to retake their lost homeland, Moria. To face the challenges in Moria's depths, the dwarves need to rely on their survival skills to craft weapons and tools, build base camps from scratch, and cook their meals.

Cooking is an essential gameplay mechanic that allows players to create nutritious meals that provide unique buffs and effectively restore their dwarf’s health. In this guide, gamers can learn how to cook a variety of meals for their dwarf in Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria.

How to Cook in Return to Moria

Return to Moria features a complex cooking system consisting of different cooking equipment, various meal recipes, and unique ingredients. Once players repair and light up the Stone Hearth on their first base, they unlock the ability to cook meals.

Basic cooking requires only two things: a hearth and a meal table. There are two types of Hearths that can be built through the Build Menu.

A Stone Hearth requires 15 Coal, 18 Stone, and 20 Wood Scraps, whereas a simple Camp Hearth requires 6 Stone, 6 Coal, and 10 Wood Scraps. When the fire is placed on the ground, an orange grid indicates the area of the new base where players can build other structures, such as a Meal Table. Meal tables can be built next to the hearth with only 10 wooden scraps.

A Camp Hearth requires minimal materials and is perfect for players to make quick meals on the go.

To cook a meal, players can follow these instructions:

Approach the Hearth and press the “E” key to open the Craft Menu.
Navigate to the “Meals” tab. Here, players can find a list of all available meal recipes.
Click on the desired meal to view its requirements.
If the player has gathered the necessary ingredients, they can click on “Start Cooking” to prepare a meal.

Once the meal has finished cooking, it will be served on the Meal Table for the dwarves to enjoy.

As players advance to new regions of Moria, they can unlock new meal recipes and cooking stations, such as a Roasting Pit, a Stove, and an Oven. Each time they come across a new cooking ingredient, players will unlock a new meal recipe to use that item.

To keep track of all the cooking recipes, gamers can click on the “Recipe List” button in the Crafting Menu.

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Cooking Recipes in Return to Moria

There is a huge variety of cooking recipes in Return to Moria, ranging from quick and simple meals to elaborate and exotic dishes. Meals are sorted into three categories in the game, namely Simple, Reasonable, and Complex Meals. The higher-category meals restore more health points and replenish hunger better than simple meals.

Each meal recipe requires specific ingredients and must be cooked at the appropriate cooking station for a set duration of time, as shown in the table below.

Category	Recipe Name	Ingredients	Cooking Station	Cooking Time
Simple Meals	King’s Omelette	2 Eggs	Hearth	45 seconds
	Mushroom Stew	3 Mushrooms	Hearth	45 seconds
	Roast Meat	3 Meat	Hearth	45 seconds
	Roasted Fruit	3 Grabapple	Hearth	45 seconds
	Roasted Parsnips	3 Parsnips	Hearth	45 seconds
Reasonable Meals	Cranachan	1 Cranberries, 1 Oat Milk, 1 Cave Honey	Stove	90 seconds
	Deep Hash	2 Deep Mushrooms, 1 Egg	Roasting Pit	90 seconds
	Erebor Strip Steak	1 Thyme, 2 Meat	Roasting Pit	90 seconds
	Fruit Pie	1 Dough, 2 Grabapple, 1 Oat Milk	Stove	90 seconds
	Fruit Salad	1 Cave Honey, 2 Grapapple, 1 Cranberry	Hearth	45 seconds
	Glazed Meat Skewers	2 Meat, 1 Cave Honey	Roasting Pit	90 seconds
	Helm-fried Chips	1 Salt, 2 Meat, 2 Mountain Potatoes	Roasting Pit	90 seconds
	Mashed Potatoes	2 Mountain Potatoes, 1 Oat Milk	Stove	90 seconds
	Medley Skewers	2 Mushrooms, 1 Sunion	Hearth	90 seconds
	Mushroom Pie	2 Mushrooms, 1 Dough	Stove	90 seconds
	Overnight Bowl	1 Milled Oats, 1 Cranberries	Stove	90 seconds
	Refreshing Salad	1 Cranberries, 3 Cabbage, 3 Aule Bloom	Hearth	90 seconds
	Rommegrot Pudding	1 Mint, 1 Oat Milk, 1 Cave Honey	Stove	45 seconds
	Scones	1 Dough, 1 Oat Milk 1 Chives	Stove	90 seconds
	Smashed Curry	1 Annuminas Spice, 1 White Beans, 2 Parsnips	Roasting Pit	90 seconds
Complex Meals	Fire Roasted Stew	1 Salt, 1 Parsnips, 1 Deep Mushroom, 2 Meat	Roasting Pit	120 seconds
	Meat Pie	1 Dough, 1 Sunion, 1 Thyme, 2 Meat	Stove	120 seconds
	Meat Stew	2 Meat, 2 Mushrooms, 2 Cabbage, 1 Sunion	Hearth	120 seconds
	Nana’s Casserole	1 Egg, 1 Fennel 1 Thanazutsam 2 Mountain Potato	Stove	120 seconds
	Shire Breakfast	1 Egg, 1 White Beans, 2 Meat	Roasting Pit	120 seconds
	Stuffed Mushrooms	1 Cranberries, 1 Sunion, 3 Mushrooms	Hearth	120 seconds