Meat Salad

Meat Salad is an uncommon-tier cooked food in Windrose. Increases Maximum Health, +5 Vitality

Summary

Recipe

Sweet, simple, and cheap: the dish takes one Meat and one Tomato at the Cooking Fire. Always confirm the exact counts against the in-game crafting panel, since cooking inputs can shift between patches.

Acquiring Ingredients

Both ingredients are early-game staples, which is why this is the first +5 Vitality food most crews can make. Meat drops from boars and other wildlife in the starting Coastal Jungle and from wolves and goats in the Foothills, while Tomato is foraged or farmed from the Foothills.

How Food Buffs Work

Windrose allows up to two active food buffs at once, which must come from different dishes. Eating Meat Salad while another uncommon-tier dish is active replaces one of the two slots. Pairing Meat Salad with a different-stat dish (for example, a Vitality food alongside a Strength food) gives the full benefit of both slots.

See Also

• Cooking - the crafting system this recipe belongs to

• Cooking Recipes - full recipe index

• Food - food category overview

Verified Recipe Data

Ingredients

Best Use

The cheapest +5 Vitality food in the game. Both ingredients drop from the Coastal Jungle and Foothills, so this is the default HP stacker for Vitality builds before Beans with Mushrooms and Sweet Potato unlocks. Once a higher-tier kitchen and the right crops are online, builds usually graduate to Beans with Mushrooms and Sweet Potato for a stronger payoff, but Meat Salad stays the most accessible Vitality buff for fresh characters.

Flavor

"A perfect dish when you have a bit of this, a bit of that, and whatever else you can find."

Game Data

Properties

Crafted By

Crafted at: Cooking Fire

Unlocked By

• DISCOVERY Tomato

• Foothills

• Tomato