Cooking > Bases

Why this is useful

The below recipe sets you up for a food that lasts a long time. Starting from there, and adding herbs (and/or mushrooms), you modify the stats affected by the food, without having to worry about the duration so much. Add in the fact that the ingredients can be found/made in quantity by most people, and voila!

Note, though, that the higher your cooking skill, the better your results are likely to be.

What to add to your Base

Base by Djehuty

1

Duration: 65 minutes

Servings: 21

• 12 Phagrus (3:16)
• 12 Chromis (5:00)
• 12 Camel Meat (7:38 - see below)
• 11 Abdju
• 11 Carrot
• 10 Catfish
• 10 Mutton
• 9 Garlic
• 9 Perch
• 8 Cabbage
• 8 Carp
• 7 Dates (2:14)
• 7 Tilapia (3:53)
• 6 Grilled Fish (2:00)
• 5 Leeks (0:08)
• 5 Camel Milk (1:15)
• 5 Cabbage Juice (3:26)

You can drop items in order from the top and bottom of the list (the amount of duration lost is listed) - so if you don't have Phagrus, you can just start at Chromis (but if you don't have Chromis, you won't be able to use Phagrus and will have to start at the Camel Meat).

If you drop Camel Meat, it will slightly adjust all the remaining times upward, so the actual loss of time will be less than 7:38. It also looks like your herbs may have a slightly increased effect. However, it is a significant decrease in duration (dropping from around a 1 hour base to a 45 minute base since you will also lose the Chromis and Phagrus - if you got an actual 30 minutes with the 1 hour base, you'd get only 15 with the 45 minute base).

Bases by Promiscuous

1

Duration: 46 minutes

Servings: 9

• 8 Dates
• 8 Tilapia
• 8 Onions
• 7 Leeks
• 7 Grilled fish
• 6 Camel Meat
• 5 Abdju
• 5 Phargus
• 4 Garlic
• 4 Perch
• 3 Cabbage
• 3 Carp

...increasing by one deben each 11 servings 48 minutes

w/cooking 3: +1 FOC +1 PER

2

Duration: 39 minutes

Servings: 7

• 7 Camel Milk
• 7 Cabbage Juice
• 7 Tilapia
• 6 Abdju
• 6 Carrots
• 5 Catfish
• 5 Mutton
• 4 Leeks
• 4 Grilled fish
• 3 Camel Meat

w/cooking 3: -2 DEX -2 END +4 FOC ==

Bases by Derusha

1 Poor Man's Hour

Duration: 51 minutes

Servings: 18

• 15 grilled fish
• 14 Catfish
• 14 Mutton
• 13 Garlic
• 13 Perch
• 12 Carrots
• 11 Leeks
• 10 Dates
• 10 Onions
• 9 Cabbage
• 9 flax seed oil

Theoretical, effect TBA

Fourth Course

Add this on top of the Poor Man's Hour to bump base duration to 70 minutes and 29 servings.

• 16 Camel Meat
• 15 Abdju
• 15 Phagrus
• 15 Chromis
• 15 Tilapia

Base by Monthar

1

Duration: 49 min

Servings: 9

• 8 Dates
• 8 Tilapia
• 8 Onions
• 7 Leeks
• 7 Grilled Fish
• 6 Catfish
• 6 Mutton
• 5 Garlic
• 5 Perch
• 4 Cabbage
• 4 Flax Seed Oil

w/ cooking 3: +2 end, +1 con, +2 foc (possibly +1 per as well. not sure since I have 1 per already and no gastro skill to check)

Special thanks to Java for testing this base for me. She's the cook in the guild, I just figure out what to try. You'll notice only common, easy to find fish are used. ;-)

Base by Sord

1 - Single Serving Base

Duration: 15 minutes

Servings: (almost 1)

• 2 Garlic
• 2 Perch
• 2 Carrots

w/ cooking 3: +1 con

Good for cheap single serving recipies. Add just 1 herb for the effect you want (or 1 each of 2 herbs).

2 - Small Speed Base (for fishing)

Duration: 24 minutes

Servings: 8

• 8 Tiny Clover (nutrient)
• 7 Honey
• 6 Cabbage
• 6 Carp
• 5 Dates
• 5 Wild Lettuce (nutrient)
• 5 Onions
• 4 Leeks
• 4 Mutton
• 3 Garlic
• 3 Pippali (nutrient)

w/ cooking 3: +13 Speed, +2 Str/+3 Dex (- con,end,per)

Inexpensive fishing base (it uses some herbs, but they are common ones). Can also leave out Onions-Pippali for a shorter/cheaper base with -str if you are fishing close to your kitchen.

I made this (with cooking 3) and got only +8 speed, +1 str, +2 dex (-end, per). -- Nefer-Bast

3 - Speed Base (for fishing)

Duration: 52 minutes

Servings: 21

• 12 Camel Milk
• 11 Watermelon
• 11 Phagrus
• 11 Chromis
• 11 Camel Meat
• 10 Abdju
• 10 Perch
• 10 Carrots
• 9 Tiny Clover (nutrient)
• 8 Honey
• 7 Cabbage
• 7 Carp
• 7 Dates
• 6 Wild Lettuce (nutrient)
• 6 Onions
• 5 Leeks
• 5 Mutton
• 4 Garlic
• 4 Pippali (nutrient)

w/ cooking 3: estimated +5 Speed, maybe +1 Str/+1 Dex (needs in game test)

4 - Long Lasting Base

Duration: 79 minutes (verified in game to within 2 seconds)

Servings: 22

• 11 Leeks
• 11 Mushroom: Peasants Foot
• 11 Carrots

• 10 Catfish
• 10 Mutton
• 9 Garlic
• 9 Perch
• 9 Camel Milk
• 9 Cabbage Juice
• 8 Dates
• 8 Tilapia

• 8 Grilled Fish
• 7 Camel Meat
• 6 Abdju
• 6 Phagrus
• 6 Chromis
• 6 Oxyrynchus
• 5 Cabbage
• 5 Flax Seed Oil

Includes both cabbage and cabbage juice - be careful!!

w/ cooking 3: -3 Dex +1 Con +4 Foc

Bases by Gada

One serving, high stats

Duration: 25 minutes, 2str -2dex, 1spd, 2con (w/cooking 3)
Servings: almost one

• 1 Watermelon
• 1 Abdju
• 1 Phagrus
• 1 Chromis
• 1 Camel meat
• 1 Camel's mane

This base is for a quick medium duration snack. Since it is only (almost) one serving, you will get very high stat points from just a single herb. Adding 1 Digweed for example gives 12 str, -2dex, -9spd, 2con, -10foc (24 minutes). You may see dramatic drops in duration, if the herb is sorted into an unlucky place.

Endurance/strength base

Duration: 1 hour, 1str -2dex, 1end, 2con 1foc (w/cooking 3)
Servings: 8

• 6 Watermelon, Abdju, Chromis, Camel meat, Camel's Mane
• 5 Cabbage, Carrots, Perch,
• 4 Leeks, Catfish, Mutton
• 3 Dates, Tilapia, Onions
• 2 Flax oil

Bases by Knives

Focus Base

Duration: ~1 hour, 6 minutes
Stats: -2Dex, -1End, +4Foc (with cooking 3)
Base Servings: 14

• 8 Cabbage, Perch, Carrots
• 7 Leeks, Camel Milk, Cabbage Juice, Tilapia, Grilled Fish
• 6 Catfish, Mutton
• 5 Garlic, Phagrus, Chromis, Camel Meat
• 4 Abdju, Flax Seed Oil

Old Fashioned Homemade Endurance Base

Duration: Approx. 1 hour, probably a bit less.
Stats: +1Str, -2Dex, +2End, -1Spd, +1Con, +1Foc (with cooking 3)
Base Servings: 13

• 8 Cabbage, Perch, Rabbit Meat
• 7 Catfish, Mutton
• 6 Garlic, Phagrus, Chromis, Camel Meat
• 5 Abdju, Carrots
• 4 Leeks, Camel Milk, Cabbage Juice, Tilapia, Grilled Fish

Look below for the CA-generated recipes, they beat mine ;).

Bases by Redrac

Duration: 22 mins
Stats: 0Str, 0Dex, +5End, 0Spd, 0Con, +1Foc, -3 perc
Base Servings: 2

• 3 Cabbage, Carp, Oxy, Common Sage
• 2 Camel Meat, Camel Mane
• 1 flax oil

Duration: 21 mins
Stats: -1 Str, 0Dex, +6End, 0Spd, 0Con, +3Foc, -4 perc
Base Servings: 4

• 5 Oxy
• 4 Cabbage, Carp, Common Sage
• 3 abdju, onions, lemondrop, Flax oil

Duration: 32 mins
Stats: 0 Str, 0Dex, 0End, 0Spd, 1Con, 0Foc, 0 perc
Base Servings: 4

• 5 garlic, perch, carrots
• 4 leeks, grilled fish
• 3 catfish, mutton

Duration: 34 mins
Stats: 6 Str, 0Dex, 0End, -4Spd, 3Con, -4Foc, 0perc
Base Servings: 4

• 5 garlic, perch, carrots
• 4 leeks, grilled fish
• 3 catfish, mutton
• 2 pulmonaria opal, digweed

Bases by LittleCleo / Cooking Research Coordination

Speed Base (no herbs)

Duration: 1 hour
Stats: -3Dex, 4Spd, 2Con, 3Per
Base Servings: 18

• 10 Abdju, Phagrus
• 9 Garlic, Perch, Carrots, Gunpowder, Grilled Fish
• 8 Catfish, Mutton
• 7 Dates, Honey
• 6 Cabbage, Carp, Cobra Hood, Barley (Medium roasted)
• 5 Camel Milk
• 4 Cabbage Juice

Improvement on this base (don't know its stats and duration though):

• 10 Watermelon, Ink, Barley (Light)
• 9 Abdju, Phagrus
• 8 Garlic, Perch, Carrots, Gunpowder, Grilled Fish
• 7 Catfish, Mutton
• 6 Dates, Honey
• 5 Cabbage, Carp, Cobra Hood, Barley (Medium roasted)
• 4 Camel Milk, Cabbage Juice

Cheap Endurance Base (common herbs, Dung Rot)

Duration: 33 mins
Stats: -3Dex, 10End, -1Con, 3Foc, -6Per (pre 10/Jan/05)
Stats: -3Dex, 9End, -1Con, 3Foc, -5Per (10/Jan/05)
Stats: -2Dex, 8End, -1Con, 3Foc, -5Per (22/Jan/05)
Base Servings: 6

• 5 Abdju, Flax Seed Oil, Lemondrop, Onions
• 4 Cabbage, Carp, Common Sage, Oxyrynchus, Mutton
• 3 Dung Rot mushrooms, Rabbit Meat

Big Endurance Base (herbs, shrooms, END 12)

Duration: more than 1 hour
Stats: -4Dex, 12End, -1Spd, 2Foc, -3Per
Stats: -4Dex, 9End, 3Foc, -4Per (Feb 19)
Base Servings: 17
Add up to 2 of each further END herb to this - make sure not to add more Cinnamon, Common Sage, Lemondrop, Xanosi

• 10 Flax Seed Oil
• 9 Perch, Rabbit Meat
• 8 Dung Rot, Cat Fish, Lemondrop, Onions
• 7 Xanosi
• 6 Abdju, Carrots, Cinnamon, Tilapia, Grilled Fish
• 5 Camel Meat, Camels Mane
• 4 Dates, Oxyrynchus
• 3 Cabbage, Carp, Common Sage

Bases by Sedelyan

Strength/Constitution base; should add at least 5 str/con to stats with no dexterity or speed reduction.

• 4 Silvertongue Damia
• 3 Abjdu, Garlic, Carrots
• 1 Phagrus

+6 Str/Con -4 End/Foc for 10 minutes. 1/14/05 by Kenhotep

Poor Man's Focus; -2 str/dex, -5 end, +8 foc for 9 minutes as of 1/22/05.

• 6 Coconut Meat

• 5 Rabbit Meat, 5 Cabbage Juice
• 4 Phagrus

Bases by Beren

Prospecting/Pyramid Base

Duration: 41 mins
Stats: -5str, -5end, +3foc, +9per
Base Servings: 12

• 11 Barley(Dark Roasted)
• 10 catfish
• 10 mutton
• 9 garlic
• 9 perch
• 8 cabbage
• Stop here for 8 servings, 29mins of -3str, -3end, +5foc, +5per
• 8 Barley(Burnt)
• 7 carp
• Stop here for 10 servings, 34mins of -3str, -2dex, -6end, +5foc, +8per
• 6 malt(raw)
• 6 oxyrynchus

Improved Prospecting/Pyramid

Duration: 47 mins
Stats: -17str, -9dex, -15end, -1spd, 3con, 13foc, 17per
Base Servings: 18

• 11 Barley (Dark)
• 11 Mutton
• 10 Chromis
• 10 Common Rosemary
• 9 Barley (Burnt)
• 9 Coconut Meat
• 9 Indigo Damia
• 8 Perch
• 8 Thyme
• 7 Garlic
• 7 Malt (Medium)
• 6 Leeks
• 6 Xanosi
• 6 Catfish
• 6 Onions
• 5 Sorrel

Speed Base

Duration: 51 mins
Stats: -1str, -3dex, -4end, +14spd, -2con, -3per
Base Servings: 13

• 8 Tiny Clover
• 8 Barley (Light)
• 8 Tilapia
• 8 Grilled Fish
• 7 Camel Meat
• 7 Wild Lettuce
• 7 Onions
• 6 Cabbage
• 6 Common Basil
• 5 Leeks
• 5 Bleeding Hand
• 4 Carp
• 4 Cobra Hood
• 4 Chromis
• 3 Honey
• 3 Tsangto

Add 2 of these herbs : Ginger Root, Honey Mint, Ice Mint, Meadowsweet, Mountain Mint, Myrrh, Pippali, Sandy Dustweed for 38 min, STR 0, DEX-12, END-11, SPD+29, CON-3, FOC-2, PER-4.

High Speed Base

Duration: 1 hour 45 mins
Stats: 73spd, 0str, -31dex
Base Servings: 13

• 3 Mountain Mint, Dwarf Wild Lettuce, Cobra Hood, Common Basil, Ink, Barley (Light), Khokali, Camel Milk, Tsangto, Dung Rot, Honey Mint, Daggerleaf, Chromis, Camel Meat, Wild Lettuce, Tangerine Dream, Onions
• 2 Iron Knot, Dates, Honey, Spinach, Garlic, Colt's Foot, Scorpian's Brood, Ice Mint, Leeks, Tiny Clover, Sagar Ghota, Phagrus, Blue Damia, Salt, Catfish, Carrots, Gunpowder, Oxyrynchus, Meadowsweet, Blue Tarafern

Honey mint can be swapped for bleeding hand with no loss of duration, speed will drop slightly, dex will increase slightly.

Bases Generated by Cooking Assistant

Small Endurance/Focus Base

Duration: 47 minutes
Stats: -5 str, -11 dex, +4 end, -6 spd, -2 con, +11 foc, -1 per
Base Servings: 4

• 2 Eye of Osiris, Garlic, Colt's Foot, Scorpion's Brood, Leeks, Pool of Tranquility, Watermelon, Malt (Light Roasted), Common Sage, Chromis, Cinnamon, Tilapia, Grilled Fish, Lemondrop, Onions, Indigo Damia
• ...and up to 1 each of any herbs other than Common Sage, Cinnamon, Lemondrop, or Indigo Damia.

Note: Too many herbs can have a big impact on the duration.
Also, you can take out the Indigo Damia if you can't handle the -str/dex from it.
Herbs you add should have a much greater effect on this recipe than the cheap one below.

Medium Endurance Base

Duration: ~1 hour 7 minutes
Stats: Dunno, but guaranteed to give end.
Base Servings: 10

• 3 Eye of Osiris, Dates, Honey, Garlic, Colt's Foot, Scorpion's Brood, Leeks, Pool of Tranquility, Cobra Hood, Perch, Carrots, Gunpowder, Oxyrynchus, Camel's Mane, Lemondrop, Onions
• 2 Cabbage, Carp, Dung Rot, Nature's Jug, Abdju, Flax Seed Oil, Common Sage, Cinnamon, Tilapia, Grilled Fish, Rabbit Meat, Bluebottle Clover, Mutton
• ...and up to 1 each of any herbs other than Lemondrop, Common Sage, Cinnamon, or Bluebottle Clover.

Large Endurance Base

Duration: ~1 hour 25 minutes
Stats: -5 Dex +9 End -1 Con -1 Foc -3 Per
Base Servings: 27

• 10 Garlic, Colt's Foot, Scorpion's Brood, Lemondrop, Onions
• 9 Cabbage, Perch, Rabbit Meat
• 8 Watermelon, Catfish, Mutton
• 7 Dates, Honey, Carrots
• 6 Eye of Osiris, Nature's Jug, Abdju, Flax Seed Oil, Cinnamon, Tilapia, Grilled Fish
• 5 Dung Rot, Barley (Medium Roasted)
• 4 Carp, Common Sage, Gunpowder, Oxyrynchus
• ...and up to 3 each of any herbs other than Lemondrop, Cinnamon, or Common Sage.

Huge Endurance Base

Duration: ~1 hour 50 minutes
Stats: Dunno, but it should give end.
Base Servings: 37

• 10 Eye of Osiris, Perch, Carrots, Gunpowder, Oxyrynchus, Bluebottle Clover, Mutton
• 9 Garlic, Colt's Foot, Camel Milk, Barley (Medium Roasted), Cinnamon, Camel Meat, Onions
• 8 Leeks, Pool of Tranquility, Barley (Light Roasted), Tilapia, Camel's Mane
• 7 Cabbage, Carp, Cobra Hood, Nature's Jug, Abdju, Phagrus, Chromis
• 6 Watermelon, Malt (Light Roasted), Malt (Burnt), Grilled Fish
• 5 Scorpion's Brood, Catfish, Lemondrop
• ...and up to 4 each of any herbs other than Bluebottle Clover, Cinnamon, or Lemondrop. (and don't forget the pinch of salt!)

Cheap Endurance Base

Duration: 47 minutes
Stats: -6 str -5 dex +5 end +8 spd +3 con -3 foc +4 per
Base Servings: 7

• 4 Dates, Honey, Leeks, Barley (Medium Roasted), Carrots, Gunpowder, Oxyrynchus
• 3 Cabbage, Carp, Watermelon, Perch, Mutton
• 2 Garlic, Abdju, Flax Seed Oil, Grilled Fish, Rabbit Meat
• ...and up to 1 each of any herbs/shrooms.

Mega End Base

Duration: 101 min
Stats: -14str, -11dex, +5end, +4spd, -6con, -3foc, +4per
Base Servings: 45

• 10 Eye of Osiris,Dates,Honey,Leeks,Pool of Tranquility,Watermelon,Malt (Light Roasted),Chromis,Camel Meat,Camels Mane,
• 9 Cabbage,Carp,Cobra Hood,Perch,Carrots,Gunpowder,Oxyrynchus,Earth Light,Lemondrop,Onions,Indigo Damia,
• 8 Garlic,Colt's Foot,Scorpions Brood,Common Basil,Barley (Light Roasted),Cinnamon,Tilapia,
• 7 Abdju
• 6 Malt (Raw),Pale Dhamasa,Camel Milk,Barley (Medium Roasted),Bluebottle Clover,Mutton,
• 5 Dung Rot,Malt (Burnt),Grilled Fish,Rabbit Meat,
• 4 Phagrus,Common Sage,Catfish,Meadowsweet,

• ... add up to 3 of each end herb except cinnamon, common sage and lemondrop

Big Base by Bifa

no herbs or shrooms, but some tricky ingredients
Duration: 1 hour
Stats: with cooking 3: str-10, dex1, end2, spd6, foc4, per-3
Base Servings: 34

• 14 Malt (Raw)
• 14 Cabbage
• 14 Flax Seed Oil
• 13 Perch
• 13 Carrots
• 13 Gunpowder
• 12 Honey
• 12 Malt (Burnt)
• 12 Grilled Fish
• 11 Camel Meat
• 11 Onions
• 10 Leeks
• 10 Catfish
• 10 Mutton
• 9 Garlic
• 9 Phagrus
• 9 Chromis
• 8 Watermelon
• 8 Ink
• 8 Rabbit Meat
• 7 Malt (Light Roasted)
• 7 Oxyrynchus
• 7 Coconut Meat

add up to 6 of any herbs
be sure to remove extra gunpowder and ink

Joint Efforts from Cooking Research Coordination

Perception Base - Beren / Psychladel

• 1 Cabbage
• 1 Pale Dhamasa
• 1 Pale Russet
• 1 Leeks
• 1 Sorrel
• 1 Abdju
• 1 Perch
• 1 Camel Milk
• 1 Barley(Burnt)
• 1 Daggerleaf
• 1 Chromis
• 1 Camel Meat
• 1 Wild Lettuce
• 1 Onions
• 1 Indigo Damia

Str -14 / Dex -17 / End -17 / Spd 2 / Con -8 / Foc -5 / Per 37 : Duration: 1Hour 43sec (stats updated 21 Jul)

Bases by FoxKids

Huge long lasting End base

Duration: 2 hour 20 min +
Stats: str -24, dex -36, 20 end, spd -2, foc -14, per 6
Base Servings: 55

10: Eye of Osiris, Cabbage, Common Basil, Nature's Jug, Malt (Light Roasted), Dung Rot, Chicken Meat, Xanosi, Houseleek, Camel Meat, Wild Lettuce, Lemondrop, Onions, Indigo Damia
9: Garlic, Colt's Foot, Scorpions Brood, Catfish, Carrots, Dueling Serpents, Cinnamon, Bluebottle Clover, Mutton
8: Leeks, Pool of Tranquility, Watermelon, Fleabane, Flax Seed Oil, Sand Spore, Daggerleaf, Chromis, Tilapia, Camels Mane
7: Dates, Oxyrynchus, Dark Ochoa
6: Abdju, Malt (Burnt), Grilled Fish, Rabbit Meat
5: Malt (Raw), Black Pepper Plant, Pale Dhamasa, Cobra Hood, Perch, Shrub Sage, Camel Milk, Barley (Medium Roasted), Earth Light

Add up to 4 of any+ end herbs not already in the recipe. You can also add +str/+dex herbs to reduce the anti-carry

Large End base

Duration: 2 hours 8 min
Stats: -29 str, -10 dex, 14 end
Base Servings:22

5: Eye of Osiris, Black Pepper Plant, Honey, Malt (Burnt), Chicken Meat, Xanosi, Catfish, Carrots, Gunpowder, Oxyrynchus, Meadowsweet, Lemondrop, Onions, Indigo Damia
4: Garlic, Colt's Foot, Scorpions Brood, Leeks, Pool of Tranquility ,Watermelon, Abdju, Flax Seed Oil, Sand Spore, Daggerleaf, Chromis, Tilapia, Camels Mane
3:Cabbage, Common Basil, Barley (Light Roasted), Yigory, Barley (Medium Roasted), Earth Light
2: Perch, Camel Milk, Crumpled Leaf Basil, Ashoka, Dueling Serpents, Cinnamon, Camel Meat, Wild Lettuce

Add 1 of any+ end herbs not already in the recipe. You can also add +str/+dex herbs to reduce the anti-carry