How to cook and eat food in Sons of the Forest

Shubham Chaurasia
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Sons of the Forest is a survival game and is the sequel to the Forest game released in 2014. The Sons of the Forest is available on Steam as an early-access game. The game just like its predecessor wants you to survive the dangers of the forest and overcome the issues like hunger and diseases. In this guide, you will learn how to cook and eat the food players have gotten in the forest and the surrounding areas in Sons of the Forest. 

How to cook and eat food in Sons of the Forest?

In order to cook the food, players first need to find some food and they can do that by hunting and collecting berries. 


Players can see the full list of food available in Sons of the Forest

Now after collecting the food, players need to eat them but just like in real life, you can not eat raw meat in the game. Players can only eat berries raw as they are sort of fruits and are not risky to eat as players found them.

To cook the food, players need to build the fire and to do so, they need to follow these steps:

  1. After getting the food, players need to open their bag by pressing ‘I’ (This will open the player’s inventory)
  1. The inventory will show everything you have collected so far, players need to collect sticks (found everywhere in the forest)
  2. After this, players need to open their inventory again to drag the sticks in the middle of the inventory and it will show “gear” on top of the sticks which will show the various things players can make with the stick.
  1. In the options, there will be a small fire option and the player needs to select it and then place the fire on the ground. 
  2. Then players simply need to interact with the fire layout and place sticks in the layout. 
  1. After that players can use the lighter to start the fire. 
  2. Then players can place the raw meat near the fire (by pressing ‘E’ and it will cook after some time. 

That’s how you can cook and eat the food in Sons of the Forest. If you find this guide helpful, you can check our website for more such guides and news. 

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