Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Food and Cooking Guide

Do not overcook your budget

Cooking is cheap healing and nourishment, but expensive ingredients are better sold or brewed. The needs guide explains how hunger and nourishment actually affect Henry. Cook the meat you already hunted; do not buy meals you can make free.

Cook the right thing for the moment

A roasted joint restores a lot of nourishment for a long ride, while a quick potage is enough between skirmishes. Match the meal to the gap before your next fight so you are not carrying spoiled food. The hunting guide covers sourcing the meat without spending coin.

Keep it from spoiling

Cooked food rots, and rotten food sickens Henry at the worst time. Dry or smoke what you cannot eat soon, and cook in small batches before a journey. The herb gathering page feeds into the alchemy that preserves and heals better than any meal.

Brew instead when you can

For healing, potions from the alchemy basics page outclass food and do not spoil. Use cooking for nourishment and morale, and save your healing for brews.

Cook before a long ride

A journey across the map burns nourishment faster than a village fight, so eat a proper meal before you travel and carry dried food for the road. The needs guide explains the stats that drop when you are hungry. A fed Henry sneaks and fights better than a starved one.

Cook the perks you cannot brew

Some meals grant temporary buffs that potions cannot, so save the cooking for those rather than for plain healing. The alchemy basics page covers the brews that do the heavy lifting. Food is the support act; alchemy is the star.

Related guides

• KCD2 Needs Guide
• KCD2 Herb Gathering
• KCD2 Alchemy Basics