# How do I level cooking(Past 4)

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-level-cooking-past-4/17179>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [October 26, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-level-cooking-past-4/17179 "2018-10-26T18:45:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Krisu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/krisu/32/11683_2.png) [@Krisu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Krisu)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-level-cooking-past-4/17179/1 "2018-10-26T18:45:12Z")

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I was able to get cooking to 4 but now I’m stuck. Whats the best way to level it? Or would it be better to find books? If so, which books do you recommend?

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**Author:** ![nameless\_survivor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/nameless_survivor/32/4476_2.png) [@nameless\_survivor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/nameless_survivor)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-level-cooking-past-4/17179/2 "2018-10-26T18:57:40Z")

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All of the books! I pick up any unique book that has red colored text. Don’t throw them away. Even when grey, you can use them to teach NPCs. Yellow text ones have recipes you can reference the book to make. I have an entire storage area tile in my deathmobile tank dedicated to hoarding books for these reasons.

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**Author:** ![DeWolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@DeWolf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DeWolf)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-level-cooking-past-4/17179/3 "2018-10-26T19:46:40Z")

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Possible exception of phone books. They make great fletching.

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**Author:** ![nameless\_survivor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/nameless_survivor/32/4476_2.png) [@nameless\_survivor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/nameless_survivor)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-level-cooking-past-4/17179/4 "2018-10-26T20:07:15Z")

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I always eat those. To fuel the Internal Furnace. My guy is as omnivorous as a forest fire.

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**Author:** ![mlangsdorf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mlangsdorf/32/2462_2.png) [@mlangsdorf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/mlangsdorf)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-level-cooking-past-4/17179/5 "2018-10-26T21:30:45Z")

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Get some books for recipes, then cook stuff. Cooking 4 is pastas and preserved foods: sausage, bologna, canned meat, canned soups, and raw lasagna and lasagna. You can also tan pelts and make some first aid items to raise Cooking.

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**Author:** ![TheZoneWizard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/thezonewizard/32/1397_2.png) [@TheZoneWizard](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheZoneWizard)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 10:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-level-cooking-past-4/17179/6 "2018-10-26T22:30:49Z")

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What would be the purpose of teaching anything to an NPC when they are little more than fodder because bad coding?

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**Author:** ![Trigon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/trigon/32/2668_2.png) [@Trigon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Trigon)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-level-cooking-past-4/17179/7 "2018-10-27T00:09:36Z")

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Batch crafting and playing an illiterate character.

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**Author:** ![TheZoneWizard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/thezonewizard/32/1397_2.png) [@TheZoneWizard](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheZoneWizard)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 12:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-level-cooking-past-4/17179/8 "2018-10-27T00:16:24Z")

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Interesting. Thanks for the angle. 🙂

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**Author:** ![nameless\_survivor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/nameless_survivor/32/4476_2.png) [@nameless\_survivor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/nameless_survivor)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-level-cooking-past-4/17179/9 "2018-10-27T18:20:08Z")

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Also, NPCs won’t always suck. Plan for the future. I’ve got a bunker I’m cramming full of robots, weapons, ammo, armor, and supplies in preparation for the day when NPCs become useful. When that day comes, my army will go forth and reclaim the world in my name.