Top 11 Dinkum Best Food

There are different ways for players to find and make food in Dinkum. The primary forms are farming, hunting, fishing, and harvesting.  Some of the food can be eaten as is or raw, but they provide higher effects if it is cooked. There are two ways to cook food. One way is to cook it on a Campfire or BBQ, and the other is to cook it at the Cooking Table through cooking recipes. Cooking with the BBQ is faster than cooking with the campfire, taking half the time to cook. The recipes players gain through the Cooking Table give players even more benefits, such as higher health and energy effects, as well as special buffs to help them out during their gameplay. One note to make is that some recipes have an alternate recipe that can be created with different or higher-quality ingredients. Without further ado, these are the best food items you will want to make and eat in Dinkum.

11-Cooked Quangdong

This fruit comes from the Quangdong tree which can be found in the Plains. It is a tree native to Australia and is considered bush tucker, or bush food, with red or blue fruit. In the game the fruit is only blue.

What makes Cooked Quangdong Great:

• This is a commonly found tree which players can harvest and collect 3 pieces of fruit.
• The tree can be planted and provides fruit every 6 days after growing to maturity.
• An uncooked quangdong gives +3 health and +2 energy.

Cooked Quangdong details:

• It gives +8 health and +8 energy
• Selling price 220 Dinks

10-Cooked Meat

The high energy and health advantages that meat offers players make it a fantastic source of protein. Players can get this food item by hunting Jackaroos, Bush Devils, and Diggos.

What makes Cooked Meat Great:

• Cooked meat is easy to get from Jackaroos and Diggos because these animals are easy to find on the island.
• The player can obtain 0 to 3 pieces of raw meat by hunting.
• Raw meat can be eaten but just like in real life you will get more benefits from cooking the meat first.

Cooked Meat details:

• It gives +10 health and +8 energy
• Selling price 800 Dinks

9-Cooked Flake

Cooked Flake comes exclusively from one sea animal, the shark. Sharks are aggressive by default and attack players with a bite. You can attack sharks with different kinds of weapons but the spear is best due to the distance. One way to hunt them is by pulling them onto land with an Iron Fishing Rod. 

What makes Cooked Flake Great:

• Sharks drop 3 flakes upon death which makes it a great food source.
• It takes less than 30 seconds to cook on the BBQ so you can cook multiple pieces really fast.
• Your hunting technique will get better hunting sharks while learning how to defend yourself from them.

Cooked Flake details:

• It gives +20 health and +20 energy
• Selling price 1,900 Dinks

8-Cooked Croco Meat

Another great source of meat with high health and energy benefits, players can source this food item from hunting Croco or Glowing Croco in the Mines.

What makes Cooked Croco Meat Great:

• Crocos drop 3 pieces of Croco meat which makes this yet another great source of food.
• Crocos are another commonly found animal so it’s easy to source this food item.
• It is a good source of health regeneration for when attacking more Crocs and other animals.

Cooked Croco Meat details:

• It gives +25 health +10 energy
• Selling price 1,750 Dinks

7-Fish and Chips

Dinkum has brought a popular meal from real life into the game which many players will enjoy making. This food item is created at the Cooking Table. 

What makes Fish and Chips Great:

• Its ingredients are easily sourced items with the recipe calling for 1 flake, 2 potatoes, 1 bush lime
• If you like this meal in real life, you'll like having the choice for your character to have it as well.

Fish and Chips details:

• It gives+10 health, +30 energy, 20 min fishing buff
• Selling price 2,900 Dinks

6-Meat on a Stick

This simply named meal seems to be similar to kebabs. This food item is created at the Cooking Table. 

What makes Meat on a Stick Great:

• Making this food item is one of the easiest and quickest items in-game as it only requires 2 types of ingredients.
• Collecting the ingredients for this food doesn’t take long.
• It provides players with a high amount of health andenergy, with the bonus of a defense buff, perfect for when attacking hostile animals.

Meat on a Stick details:

• It gives +35 health, +15 energy, and 3-minute defense buff
• The recipe calls for 3 raw meat 1 mangrove stick/alternative 3 cooked meat 1 mangrove stick
• Selling price 1,612 Dinks

5-Sausage Roll

Sausage rolls are a delicious type of meat filed pastry. This food item is created at the Cooking Table. 

What makes Sausage Roll Great:

• Using two kinds of meat this is a meal high in protein which makes sense because of the high amount of health and energy it provides players.
• This is another easy-to-make meal with only a few ingredients called for.
• There is the added bonus of defense, attack, and speed buffs which will make this a good meal to take down in the Mines.

Sausage Roll details:

•  It gives+30 health, +30 energy, +5 minute attack buff, 5-minute defense buff, 5-minute speed buff
• The recipe calls for 1 four, 1 chicken egg, 1 raw meat, 1 onion
• Selling price 3,600 Dinks

4-Bread

Everyone loves bread so being able to eat it in-game is great! This food item is created at the Cooking Table. 

What makes Bread Great:

• Bread is one of the simplest food items to make as it only uses one ingredient and that is only wheat. Far easier than in real life.
• Despite being a simple meal it gives out a high amount of health and energy as well as a defense buff.
• If you want to make a profit from this food item, it also sells for a lot of money.

Bread details:

• It gives +35 health, +25 energy, and 3-minute defense
• The recipe calls for 3 flour
• Selling price 6,300 Dinks

3-Quiche

A quiche is a type of French tart that has a pastry shell that is filled with savory custard and bits of cheese, pork, fish, or vegetables. Served quiche warm, cold, or hot, this meal is easy to make and carry around for long and busy journeys. This food item is created at the Cooking Table. 

What makes Quiche Great:

• It is a simple and easy to make food item, only using three ingredients.
• The ingredients used to make this dish are easy to collect.
• It is a great food item to have on hand for when foraging and mining.

Quiche details:

• It gives +20 health, +30 energy, +5 minute foraging buff, +5 minute mining buff, +5 minute speed buff
• The recipe calls for 1 flour, 1 chicken egg, 1 cheese/ alternate ` flour, 1 big chicken egg, 1 high quality cheese
• Selling price 5,538 Dinks

2-Lamington

A lamington is a delicious Australian dessert prepared from squares of butter cake or sponge cake rolled in desiccated coconut and covered in a thin coating of chocolate sauce. This food item is created at the Cooking Table. 

What makes Lamington Great:

• Desserts are always nice to have after a meal or anytime you like to have something sweet.
• This food item calls for several ingredients but they don’t take long to collect.
• There are several alternate recipes for Lamingtons just in case you have more of other ingredients.

Lamington details:

• It gives +30 health, +30 energy, 4 min defense, 4 min foraging, 4 min mining, 60-second speed buff
• The recipe calls for 1 flour, 1 sugar, 1 coconut, 1 chicken egg, 1 milk/alternate: 1 high quality milk/1 big chicken egg/1 big chicken egg and 1 high-quality milk
• Sells for 5,939 Dinks

1-Prime Roast

Another delicious meal, Prime Roast is not only a hearty meaty meal but also includes vegetables to make sure you have some greens with your protein. This food item is created at the Cooking Table. 

What makes Prime Roast Great:

• This food item uses many ingredients but it is worth it as it gives a high health and energy effect.
• It is great to make this meal once a farm full of ingredients has been produced to make sure you have everything you need.

Prime Roast details:

• It gives +50 health, +50 energy, +5 minutes attack buff, and +5 minutes defense buff
• The recipe calls for 1 raw prime meat, 3 potatoes, 2 carrots, 1 kale, 3 green beans, 1 pumpkin
• Sells it sells for 12,994 Dinks

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