How To Boil Water & Cook Food In Once Human

Even during the tutorial of Once Human, players will notice their energy and hydration will begin to decrease. As these continue to go down, the character won't function properly, being overall weaker and not able to handle the various threats of the world properly.

On top of dealing with the monsters of the world, players will also need to have a steady supply of food and water that is safe to consume, otherwise they will greatly lose Sanity and lower their max health. The challenge of staying fed and well-hydrated only increases when playing with friends and having more mouths to feed. Cooking food and boiling water will be the first and main ways players will manage these systems; here's how to do both.

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How To Boil Water In Once Human

The main and easiest way to get water is to find the nearest lake or river and wade into the shallowest part. Look down at the water to get the prompt to collect dirty water. This will have the character collect an infinite amount of water, 15 units a piece. While Dirty Water can be drunk to clear the player's dehydration, this will greatly lower their Sanity.

Instead, use a Meme Point to unlock the first upgrade in the Logistics tree to be able to build a Stove. With a stove built in your base, boiled water can be made using:

3 Dirty Water
3 Logs

Drinking Boiled Water gives the player +20 to Hydration and has no negative effects, making it a simple source of water that can be used throughout the game without it being too much work or having a slight downside to worry about.

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How To Cook Food In Once Human

There are a few sources of food in Once Human: plants and animals. Some fruit plants can be found throughout forested areas and can be picked and eaten, but these fruits will make the player lose Sanity. Animals can also be found running around and can be killed with ranged weapons easily to be skinned for Raw Meat. Raw meat also loses sanity, but players can instead cook these foods to make them completely safe.

Cooking food is also done at a Stove that players can unlock with the first upgrade in the Logistics tree. Cooking food of any type follows the same recipe:

1 raw meat/fruit
3 logs

Cooked food can be eaten to restore Energy with no negative effect on Sanity, but will also give the player various timed boosts depending on what they eat. It's also important to remember that food does spoil, and unless it is eaten within 24 hours of being cooked, it will go bad. Food will always be a necessary resource, so be sure to bring some if you choose to change worlds.

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