Food Recipe Locations in Once Human The Way of Winter
All Gourmet Recipe Locations in Once Human: The Way of Winter
If you're playing Once Human: The Way of Winter and wondering why your buffs aren’t quite cutting it, it might be because you're missing out on gourmet recipes. Though you receive many useful food recipes with each oven upgrade, there are numerous gourmet recipes throughout Nalcott Island’s harsh North. Each gourmet dish gives you a buff that will boost your damage, protect you from damage, or help you survive the harsh weather.
Finding them isn’t always easy, especially when you're traversing the frigid Onyx Tundra’s icy town of Mousseville. But you’re in the right place. Here’s exactly where to go to find each gourmet recipe by region and stronghold.
Why You Need to Find These Gourmet Recipes in Once Human: The Way of Winter
Cooking recipes in Once Human do more than just fill your hunger bar. The gourmet recipes in The Way of Winter scenario add buffs for health regen, stamina efficiency, cold/heat resistance, and more. That means less time crafting consumables and more time carrying out missions and survival objectives.
Some recipes even tie into the Memetics system, offering synergy boosts and additional crafting opportunities. So, if you're hunting rare materials, facing hostile environments, or trying to take down a powerful deviant, having these recipes can only help you in the long run.
Vena Fjord Recipe Locations
Compared to Onyx Tundra, this area has slightly milder cold zones but still packs a punch. Be ready for slippery terrain and unexpected threats.
Wish Land – East: Popcorn
Location: This one’s fairly straightforward to reach. Go to the front entrance of Wish Land East. On the main street to your right, you will see a pink dessert shop called Kores Desserts. Go inside, defeat the baddies, then go into the kitchen. Watch out for killer fridge inside. The recipe will be on the table.
Buff Effect: Get a 10% Unstable Bomber Damage boost from Popcorn.
Wish Land – West: Ginger Poppers
Location: This recipe takes some time to get to as it’s across from a building guarded by a Balloon boss and surrounded by dark tentacles. Check the hotdog stand located in the northeast corner of the area.
Buff Effect: Increase all Shrapnel damage by 10%.
Frost Forge: Sparkling Pumpkin Soup
Location: Northwest corner of the forge past the elite and to the left. It’s resting on a small metal table. Expect enemy patrols in this area. Either clear them out or use stealth to get in and grab the recipe quickly.
Buff Effects: Increases Power Surge damage by 10%.
Fiskur Harbor: Flaming Eggtart
Location: Go just past the Rift Anchor on the docks. On your left, you’ll find a table with the recipe.
Buff Effect: Hot Hand. Deal 15% more Burn damage.
Bear’s Den: Butter Matsutake Mushroom
Location: Inside Baker’s Bon Bons Café in Bear’s Den. It’s in the same location as the Energy Links vendor, Ms. Harley. Enter the café and just to your right, on the corner, is the Butter Matsutake Mushroom recipe.
Buff Effect: You gain 8% status damage reduction. If both your hydration and food are full, you gain 12% status damage reduction.
Onyx Tundra Recipe Locations
This frostbitten region holds some of the most powerful recipes in the scenario. Be ready for freezing winds and bring cold resistance gear or buffs. Each location is tied to a specific landmark or settlement.
Mousseville: Mixed Fruit Pie
Location: Inside the Mousseville lodge building on your left with a lot of tents, before you get to the giant boss. Enter the building and go left. It’s on the kitchen counter at the back of the building. There is a gear crate behind the counter, also.
Buff Effect: Gain a Healing Effect buff that recovers 50% Sanity and HP over 60 seconds. Using Ice Melon also adds +5 heat resist while using Spikemato adds +5 cold resist.
Mousseville Sweet Factory: Fruit Cake
Location: Inside the main food factory, in an office, usually blocked off by ice, on the desk behind the gear crate. You will have to enter this room to complete one of your first quests in Onyx Tundra.
Buff Effect: Gain a Healing Effect buff that recovers 50% Sanity and HP over 60 seconds. Using Ice Melon also adds +5 heat resist while using Spikemato adds +5 cold resist.
Camp Igloo: Snow Mushroom Fried Rice
Location: On the kitchen counter in Camp Igloo, just past Nisa. When you enter the main building of Camp Igloo, turn right and go into the kitchen. The recipe will be on the counter on your left.
Buff Effect: Increases your status damage resistance by 5% when your Energy is sufficient.
Ember Strands Recipe Locations
Ground Unfallen Site: Gingerdrop
Location: When you enter Ground Unfallen settlement walk past the Teleportation Tower and up the ramp into the bunker just behind it. The Gingerdrop recipe is on the table to the right of Severin.
Buff Effect: Increase Fortress Warfare duration by 5 seconds.
Oblivion: Canned Spicy Rabbit Dices
Location: When you enter Oblivion, head toward Severin. Just before you reach him, go up onto the platform and on the table behind Severin, you will see the recipe.
Buff Effect: Overheat. Deals an increase of 15% Blaze damage when you’re in an environment where the temperature is 30 degrees or higher.
Fire Throat Fortress: Canned Minty Meat
Location: On your way to the Rift Anchor, there will be a group of Vultures in what looks like a market section. In the very last stall, on the right, you will see the recipe.
Buff Effect: Frost damage is increased by 15%.
Ashenton: Hearty Meat Stew
Location: The easiest way to get to the recipe is to make your way to the Panorama Mall. Across from the mall is a tall building with an elevator. Take the elevator to the top and go left. Make another left, then another where you will be facing a crumbled layered building with a field in the background. Take the zip line to that building. The floor beneath it has the Hearty Meat Stew recipe on a table underneath a canopy.
Buff Effect: Blaze damage is increased by 15%.
Sunshroud Cave: Stardust Raspberry Shaved Ice
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Buff Effect:
Tips to Find Once Human Way of Winter Cooking Recipes
Gourmet recipes aren’t always sitting out in plain sight. Once Human rewards loot goblins players who explore with intent.
Use Personal Markers. Every time you reach a settlement or stronghold, mark food stalls, kitchen spaces, and restaurants. These areas are the most likely to hide gourmet recipes.
Check Tables and Stoves. Game logic puts recipes in believable spots. If you see a kitchen with pots, stoves, or pan racks, search every table and counter in the area.
Prep Before You Head Out. The Way of Winter’s extreme weather is very unforgiving if you’re caught lacking, especially the cold zones. If you’re still at a low level and have not unlocked the Advanced Stove that allows you to make All Weather Stew, you’ll need to make sure you have cold/hot weather gear, Salty Roasted Spikemato, and Heatium/Coldium. Onyx Tundra in particular is most unforgiving to under-prepared players.
Watch Enemy Patterns. Some recipes are hidden in enemy-dense zones. You’ll either need to clear the area or sneak in when enemies patrol away from key entry points.
If you’ve been skipping kitchens or ignoring food stalls, now’s the time to start paying attention. The gourmet recipes in Once Human: The Way of Winter give you more than a quick hunger fix. They power up your character, support your survival, and open new gameplay paths through synergy systems.
Grab your gear, check your map, and start hitting the places above. If you’re having trouble tracking a recipe at Oblivion or want help with your Memetics upgrades, reach out in the comments or forums. The Wasteland is cold, but a good meal can keep you going.
