Winter Burrow Best Recipes - Top Hearth Staples

Baseline hunger math

Every hour drains about 15 hunger. Aim for 90 hunger worth of food for standard four hour loops and 120+ for storm routes.

• Use roasted nuts as filler (30 hunger, no warmth).
• Stack berry pies for 60 hunger spikes.
• Reserve stew for healing and warmth.

Pies vs stews vs teas

Pies excel at hunger per ingredient, stews deliver warmth, teas top off both stats mid-run. Mix at least two categories to avoid overcapping.

• Berry Pie = 60 hunger, 0 warmth, cheap fruit.
• Mushroom Stew = 50 hunger, +10 warmth, regen buff.
• Hot Tea = 10 hunger, +40 warmth, stackable.

Batch cooking workflow

Keep flour, berries, and mushrooms staged near the oven. Assign NPC helpers to dough to shave 25% crafting time.

Festival-only ingredients

Seasonal gatherings unlock maple drizzle and cloudberry tarts. Save rare sugars for morale boosts and NPC gifting, not daily runs.

• Maple custard gives +15% warmth regen for 30 minutes.
• Cloudberry tart adds storm resistance for one run.
• Rose hip tea reduces hunger decay by 2 per hour temporarily.