Cooking station (Fallout 4)

Cooking stations are a constructible settlement object and crafting station in Fallout 4. They are found throughout the Commonwealth and are used to cook food from a variety of ingredients.

Characteristics[]

Cooking stations are workstations consisting of a cooking pot suspended over a campfire by cinder blocks, a modified pre-War stove, and a rotisserie spit. They facilitate the cooking of various food, drink, and aid items from ingredients found in the wastes or grown in settlements. Unlike campfires in Fallout: New Vegas and electric hot plates in Dead Money and Old World Blues, cooking stations in Fallout 4 remove radiation from crafted foods and beverages. Also unlike the latter, recipes from cooking stations in Fallout 4 have no survival skill requirement.

Any cooking station built in a player character owned settlement will share its contents with the location's workshop and crafting stations. When removed from the settlement, its contents will remain accessible from the settlement's shared inventory.

Crafting[]

Campfire variant[]

Materials:		Requirements:		Produces:
Concrete (3) Screw (3) Steel (5) Wood (3)		Workshop Local Leader Rank 2		Cooking station (1)

Spit variant[]

Materials:		Requirements:		Produces:
Gears (3) Screw (2) Steel (4) Wood (2)		Workshop Local Leader Rank 2		Cooking station (1)

Stove variant[]

Materials:		Requirements:		Produces:
Gears (3) Screw (2) Steel (4) Wood (2)		Workshop Local Leader Rank 2		Cooking station (1)

Crafting recipes[]

All XP amounts are shown for a player character with 1 Intelligence.

Beverage[]

Name	XP Gain	Effect	Items Needed
Dirty Wastelander	6 XP	-2 INT, +3 STR, +1 CHR	Mutfruit Nuka-Cola Whiskey x2
Fire Belly¹		-60 Hit Points Damage gradually increases at low health	Aster x3 Black bloodleaf x2 Vodka
Purified water	3 XP	+40 Hit Points	Dirty water x3
Vim²		+6.5 Hit Points for 10 seconds +2 Action Points for 5 seconds	Acid Corn Mutfruit Purified water
Vim Captain's Blend²		+67.5 Hit Points for 10 seconds +100 Action Points -2 CHR Sea creatures are more hesitant to attack you.	Aster Mirelurk meat Vim
Vim Quartz²		+10.5 Hit Points for 10 seconds +5 Action Points for 5 seconds +15 Carry Weight	Bubblegum Carrot Vim
Vim Refresh²		+7 Hit Points for 30 seconds +7 Action Points for 15 seconds	Dandy Boy Apples Gourd Vim
Ware's brew³		+10 Hit Points for 10 seconds -100 Rads	Raw sap x3

¹This crafting recipe will only appear after completing Mitch's quest, The Hold Out.

²This crafting recipe will only appear after downloading it from the research terminal inside the laboratory on the roof of the Vim! Pop factory.

³This crafting recipe will only appear after completing Zealot Ware's quest, The Trial of Brother Devin.

Roast[]

Name	XP Gain	Effect	Items Needed
Baked bloatfly	3 XP	+40 Hit Points +20 Radiation Resistance	Bloatfly meat x2
Bloodbug steak	3 XP	+105 Hit Points +15 Hit Points for 60 minutes	Bloodbug meat
Cooked softshell meat	7 XP	+85 Hit Points +15 Action Points for 60 minutes	Softshell mirelurk meat x2
Crispy cave cricket	10 XP	HP +250 Energy Resistance +20	Cave cricket meat x2
Crispy squirrel bits	1 XP	+35 Hit Points	Squirrel bits
Deathclaw egg omelette	10 XP	+115 Hit Points Small HP regeneration for 120 minutes	Blood pack Deathclaw egg
Deathclaw steak	10 XP	+185 Hit Points +1 Agility for 60 minutes	Deathclaw meat
Fried fog crawler	10 XP	+12.5 Hit Points per second for 10 seconds Damage resistance greatly increases in foggy and rainy weather conditions for 30 minutes (+30)	Oil Raw fog crawler meat
Gatorclaw steak	10 XP	HP +195 AGI +1	Gatorclaw meat
Gazelle steak	10 XP	HP +60 Carry Weight +25	Gazelle meat
Grilled hermit crab	4 XP	+200 Hit Points +2 STR and +2 END for 30 minutes	Hermit crab meat
Grilled Nukalurk	6 XP	+80 Hit Points +12 Action Points (30 Minutes)	Nukalurk meat x2
Grilled queen Nukalurk	4 XP	+220 Hit Points +3 Endurance (1 Hour)	Queen Nukalurk meat
Grilled radroach	2 XP	+30 Hit Points	Radroach meat x3
Grilled radstag	8 XP	+120 Hit Points +25 Carry Weight for 60 minutes	Radstag meat
Iguana on a stick	2 XP	+40 Hit Points	Iguana bits Wood
Mirelurk cake	10 XP	+140 Hit Points Allows breathing underwater for 30 minutes	Mirelurk egg Mirelurk meat Oil Razorgrain
Mirelurk egg omelette	4 XP	+45 Hit Points +50 Action Points	Dirty water Mirelurk egg
Mirelurk jerky⁴		3.5 Hit Points per second for 10 seconds +15 Poison Resistance +3 PER	Anti-freeze bottle Mirelurk meat x2 Tarberry x2
Mirelurk queen steak	4 XP	+200 Hit Points +2 Endurance for 60 minutes	Queen mirelurk meat
Mole rat chunks	2 XP	+50 Hit Points +5 Action Points for 15 minutes	Mole rat meat x2
Mutant hound chops	2 XP	+60 Hit Points -50 Radiation	Mutant hound meat
Mutt chops	2 XP	+40 Hit Points	Mongrel dog meat
Poached angler	4 XP	+10 Hit Points per second for 10 seconds +15 Action Points and reduced fall damage for 20 minutes	Angler meat
Radscorpion egg omelette	10 XP	+75 Hit Points Cures addictions	Purified water Radscorpion egg
Radscorpion steak	9 XP	+150 Hit Points +25 Energy Resistance for 60 minutes	Radscorpion meat
Rad-rat steak	3 XP	+48 Hit Points +5 Action Points	Rad-rat meat x2
Ribeye steak	5 XP	+100HP	Brahmin meat
Roasted ant	2 XP	+45 Hit Points	Ant meat x3
Roasted bloodworm	2 XP	+20 Hit Points +10 Radiation Resistance	Bloodworm meat x2
Roasted mirelurk meat	6 XP	+70 Hit Points +10 Action Points for 30 minutes	Mirelurk meat x2
Seasoned rabbit skewers		+4.5 Hit Points per second for 10 seconds +1 LCK for 30 minutes	Aster Black bloodleaf Blight Lure weed Rabbit leg
Slocum's BuzzBites⁵		-10 Hit Points +1 Perception and +25 AP for 1 hour	Coffee tin Dirty water Mirelurk egg Oil Razorgrain x3
Squirrel on a stick	1 XP	+45 Hit Points	Squirrel bits Wood
Stingwing filet	5 XP	+130 Hit Points +1 Perception for 60 minutes	Stingwing meat
Tasty deathclaw omelette⁶		+115 Hit Points +50 Max HP for 120 minutes	Blood pack Carrot x2 Mutfruit x2 Pristine deathclaw egg Purified water
Wolf ribs	2 XP	+6 Hit Points per second for 10 seconds Small accuracy bonus and night vision in exteriors for 5 minutes	Lure weed Wolf meat
Yao guai ribs	10 XP	+165 Hit Points +15 Damage Resistance for 60 minutes	Yao guai meat
Yao guai roast	10 XP	+210 Hit Points +10 Melee Damage for 60 minutes	Carrot Tato Yao guai meat

⁴This crafting recipe will only appear after completing Walk in the Park.

⁵This crafting recipe will only appear after you have found the Slocum's BuzzBites recipe.

⁶This crafting recipe will only appear after completing The Devil's Due.

Soup[]

Name	XP Gain	Effect	Items Needed
Chicken noodle soup	4 XP	+6 Hit Points per second for 10 seconds +55 Rad Resistance for 30 minutes	Black bloodleaf Carrot Chicken thigh Dirty water
Deathclaw Wellingham⁷		+115 Health Points Increased heal rate	Deathclaw egg Dirty water Tato
Gulper slurry	10 XP	Invisible for 10 seconds	Acid Crystal Gulper innards x3 Purified water
Iguana soup	5 XP	+95 HP	Carrot Dirty water Iguana bits x3
Noodle cup	2 XP	+40 HP	Dirty water Razorgrain
Radstag stew	10 XP	+150 Hit Points +30 Energy Resistance for 60 minutes	Gourd Radstag meat Silt bean Vodka
Squirrel stew	5 XP	+105 Hit Points +2% XP gain for 120 minutes	Bloodleaf Carrot Dirty water x2 Squirrel bits Tato
Vegetable soup	3 XP	+25 Rad resist for 1 hour HP +55 for 10 seconds	Carrot Dirty water Tato

⁷This crafting recipe will only appear after completing The Devil's Due.

Utility[]

Name	XP Gain	Effect	Items Needed
Vegetable starch	10 XP	Adhesive x5	Corn x3 Mutfruit x3 Purified water Tato x3

Locations[]

Settlements[]

Although cooking stations can be built in any player character owned settlement once the second rank of Local Leader has been obtained, the following locations come with a pre-installed cooking station:

Other locations[]

Cooking stations are found innumerably in the Commonwealth, found in former and current settlements and locations of human habitation.

One in Andrew station, near a raider camp. Also one outside, near some raiders.
South of Andrew station, on the overpass.
East of ArcJet Systems, at Dawson Wakefield's position.
Atom Cats garage, behind Bluejay at the bar.
South of Back Street Apparel, at a raider camp.
One in Beantown Brewery, towards the southeast.
West of Bedford Station, at a small dead raider camp.
One on the terrain of Big John's Salvage, near a bus.
One at Breakheart Banks.
A cooking spit and station in the Combat Zone.
One in Copley station, in the north, in a metro car.
Northwest of the Corvega assembly plant, on the overpass near a green trailer.
On the overpass north of the Corvega assembly plant.
In one of the shacks at the Crater house.
In a green tugboat east of the Custom House Tower.
West of the Custom House Tower, in an alley near a ventilator.
At Cutler Bend, near the tree shack.
D.B. Technical High School, kitchen in the east.
Just outside Slim's shop east of D.B. Technical High School, Back alley camp
One in The Dig, near an Advanced locked terminal.
Inside Dunwich Borers, in the southwest.
One in the East Boston Preparatory School.
At Easy City Downs, in the inner terrain of the race track.
South of the Electrical Hobbyist's Club, at some green houses.
At a house west of Fairline Hill Estates.
One in Fallon's department store, in the west.
One in Federal ration stockpile, in the west.
Southwest of Federal ration stockpile.
East of the Federal ration stockpile, in a shack in an irradiate pool.
North of the Fens Street sewer, near a diner/light blue container.
At Fiddler's Green Trailer Estates, near the pool.
One at the Finch farm.
Northwest of Forest Grove marsh, beneath the overpass.
Inside Fort Hagen, in the east.
Northwest of Fort Hagen, near a tank.
In Goodneighbor, on the street between Hotel Rexford and the Old State House.
Southeast of Goodneighbor, near the rounded freeway, outside of a house at the Joe's Spuckies billboard.
Near Goodneighbor, hidden below the freeway.
On Gunners plaza's roof.
West of Greenetech Genetics, on the streets, against a building, at a raider camp.
Directly east of Greenetech Genetics.
Inside Gunners plaza, near the chemistry station.
One directly east of the Gwinnett Restaurant, on a roof.
One at Hangman's Alley. Another in the underwater tunnel, waiting area.
One in the diner in front of the Harbormaster Hotel.
Haymarket Mall, at a raider camp.
In a building southwest of Hester's Consumer Robotics, at Ruby's position.
Northwest of Hubris Comics, at a raider camp.
Jalbert Brothers Disposal, near some tyres and a dead Child of Atom.
In the Jamaica Plain church.
Northeast of Kendall Hospital, next to a buried car/fire pit.
Southeast of Kendall Hospital, at a raider camp.
One in Kendall Parking, downstairs in the garage near some rigged mole rats.
One north of Lake Cochituate, at some wooden shacks with mirelurks nearby.
One the Layton Towers's roof.
In Lexington, on the streets in the southeast.
At Lynn Woods, near the shack.
One in the west of Malden Center.
On one of Mass Bay Medical Center's roofs, behind the Mass Bay Medical Center sign.
One outside the Mass Bay Medical Center, reachable through a metro car hanging under the overpass.
Inside Mass Bay Medical Center, in the northeast.
North of the Mass Bay Medical Center, in a parking garage.
Just north of Mass Pike Tunnel east, in a housing area opened with a red door.
Mass Pike Tunnel east, near the tunnel entrance, at a raider camp.
Massachusetts State House, in the northeast, near Robert Yemelin's terminal.
In front of the Med-Tek Research building.
Two in Monsignor Plaza.
One east of the Museum of Freedom.
Southwest of Mystic Pines, on a house roof accessed by stairs outside.
National Guard training yard, recruitment office, center of the map.
National Guard training yard, behind the recruitment office, near a ramp up.
Two at Neponset Park, one near the cabin, the other on the overpass west of it.
Nordhagen Beach, near the shed.
Between Nordhagen Beach and the Libertalia, on the shore near a tugboat.
In the Old Gullet sinkhole, near Savoldi's skeleton.
Northeast of Old North Church, on a roof.
Southeast of Outpost Zimonja, near a Boston Direct trailer.
In the parking garage, in the southwest.
In Pickman Gallery, in the east.
Diamond City market, at Power Noodles.
At at Prospect Hill, near the center ornament.
One in The Prydwen.
One at the Quincy Quarries, southwest in a raider shack high up, overlooking the quarry.
Below in the Quincy Quarries, near a raider shack in the east.
Three in Quincy ruins, one in a drugs store, one in the Quincy church and one in the diner.
One to the southeast of Quincy ruins, near a playground.
East of Radio tower 3SM-U81.
One in the Railroad HQ.
One west of the ranger cabin, down the hill.
Southeast of Recon bunker Theta, near some radscorpions.
One at the Reeb Marina, in the barn near Malcolm's terminal.
Northeast of Relay tower 0BB-915, in a cabin with red cylinders.
At Relay tower 1DL-109, at raider camp downhill.
Southeast of Relay tower 0SC-527, at Clinton and Charlie's place.
One in Revere Beach station, near a raider camp towards the south.
Revere satellite array, at the back of the broken dish.
One in front of the Roadside Pines Motel.
At the Rocky Narrows Park, near a rusted cabin.
One outside Saugus Ironworks, near the entrance.
One in the Science! Center.
One in Sedgwick Hall, in the north.
One in the west of the Shamrock Taphouse.
One in the shanty store, owned by Leonard Moore.
Slocum's Joe Corporate HQ, one in a ruined building out in the open.
Northeast of Somerville Place, at a statue.
East of Somerville Place, in a shack overlooking the water.
One in the The Switchboard, in the northeast.
Southeast of the Sunshine Tidings co-op, on the overpass at a Gunner camp.
One at Thicket Excavations, near a yellow generator.
One in the Ticker Tape Lounge, in the southeast.
One in Ticonderoga, halfway up, in a recreational area with the Fat Man.
One at Trinity Tower, ground floor.
On a roof of a building east of Trinity Tower, near a dead mongrel.
One in the USS Constitution, in the north.
One at the scavenger's home near the USS Constitution.
One in a trader shack north of Vault 81.
One outside Vault 81's entrance.
One at University Point, in the house left of the Liquors store, upstairs.
One at University Point, in the house with the wooden green vertical beams, downstairs.
In Vault 95, in the sleeping area.
Outside Vault 95, at a Gunners lookout post.
South of Wattz Consumer Electronics, behind a red-bricked house at a small raider camp.
West Everett Estates, center of the town.
Northwest of Wildwood Cemetery, at a shack below the overpass.
Southeast of Wilson Atomatoys factory, at a settler hideout, overrun by feral ghouls.
One on the Wreck of the FMS Northern Star, near the stern.
One on the Wreck of the USS Riptide, near a cooked dolphish.
Two stations on the MS Azalea.
One in Beaver Creek Lanes.
Three at Brooke's Head Lighthouse, one at the top of the lighthouse.
In the restaurant north of Cliff's Edge Hotel.
West of Cranberry Island Bog, near a house.
One on a raft at the Cranberry Island supply shed.
One in a beverages stand north of Echo Lake Lumber.
West of Eden Meadows Cinemas, in a shack.
On a raft in the water, west of Fringe Cove docks.
East of the Fringe Cove docks, on the small island.
Haddock Cove, in one of the shacks on the water.
East of Haddock Cove, in a ruined house with boat paraphenalia.
Southeast of Huntress Island, at a blue tent canopy near the water.
Small island between Huntress Island and Southwest Harbor.
One at the Kitteredge Pass.
One just outside The Last Plank.
One at Longfellow's cabin.
The Nucleus.
Outside the trappers shack at Northwood Ridge Quarry.
Inside Northwood Ridge Quarry, in the northeast.
One at Old Pond House.
One in a trappers shack at Pine Crest Cavern.
One northeast of Rayburn Point, in a trapper house.
One one Rayburn Point's island, in the north of it, near a ruined shack.
One northeast of Rock Point camp, in a ruined house.
In the cabin at the ruined radio tower.
One in a raider shack east of Southwest Harbor.
One northeast of Bradberton, near a pond and Nuka-Cola billboard.
South of Bradberton overpass, on a part of the highway that can only be reached by elevator.
South of Bradberton overpass, at a small shack.
One in Cappy's Cafe, in the back.
Southeast of the Dry Rock Gulch theater, in a bathroom building.
Employee tunnels, center of the map near the refugee terminal.
Dunmore homestead, in the homestead.
Evan's home, in the cabin.
One in the Fizztop Grille, entrance area, kitchen.
One south of the Fizztop Grille, at a Disciples camp.
One west of the Fizztop Grille, at a Disciples camp.
One just in front of the Fizztop Mountain entrance.
One in The Gauntlet, outer south corner, near the Nuka-station walkway exit.`
One at the Hubologist's camp, in the diner.
One north of King Cola's Castle, in a storage building.
One in King Cola's Castle Tower.
One in Mad Mulligan's Minecart Coaster, near the large neon coaster sign.
One well west of Nuka-Galaxy, outside the attraction's surrounding wall, at a dead settlers camp.
One to the south of Nuka-station, and to the northeast of Caleb's home, at a book store. Another one around the back, a pot.
East of the Nuka-station, at a camp with a rusted van, near a circular terrain.
One just outside the Nuka-Town market. Another to the west of the market, on the streets.
One northeast of Nuka-Town market.
One in Nuka-Town backstage, center.
One east of Nuka-World Red Rocket, at a Gunners house.
One in The Parlor, in the northeast.
One in a diner south of the Safari Adventure reptile house.
One at Starport Nuka, near a forklift.
One to the south of Vault-Tec: Among the Stars, at a dead settler camp near the water.
Near a windmill in the outer northwest of the map.
East in the World of Refreshment, near the security terminal.

Bugs[]

PC Playstation 4 Occasionally, the cooking spit may turn itself, as though it is in use by a settler or the Sole Survivor. Crafting at the station while this occurs will show the Sole Survivor animation out of sync with the cooking spit animation.^[verified]

Gallery[]

Crafting in Fallout 4

Crafting components	Aid	Angler meat · Ant meat · Ash blossom · Aster · Black bloodleaf · Blight · Bloatfly meat · Blood pack · Bloodbug meat · Bloodleaf · Bloodworm meat · Bourbon · Brahmin meat · Brain fungus · Bubblegum · Buffout · Carrot · Carrot flower · Cave cricket gland · Cave cricket meat · Chicken thigh · Corn · Dandy Boy Apples · Deathclaw egg · Deathclaw meat · Dirty water · Fever blossom · Gatorclaw meat · Gazelle meat · Glowing fungus · Gourd · Gourd blossom · Gulper innards · Hermit crab meat · Hubflower · Iguana bits · Irradiated blood · Jet · Lure weed · Med-X · Melon blossom · Mentats · Mirelurk egg · Mirelurk meat · Mole rat meat · Mongrel dog meat · Mutant hound meat · Mutfruit · Nuka-Cherry · Nuka-Cola · Nuka-Cola Quantum · Nukalurk meat · Pristine deathclaw egg · Psycho · Purified water · Queen mirelurk meat · Queen Nukalurk meat · Rabbit leg · Radaway · Rad-rat meat · Rad-X · Radroach meat · Radscorpion egg · Radscorpion meat · Radstag meat · Raw fog crawler meat · Raw sap · Razorgrain · Silt bean · Softshell mirelurk meat · Squirrel bits · Stimpak · Stingwing meat · Tarberry · Tato · Thistle · Vim · Vodka · Whiskey · Wild razorgrain · Wolf meat · Yao guai meat

	Ammo	Berserk syringe · Flamer fuel · Fusion cell · Mini nuke

	Junk components	Acid · Adhesive · Aluminum · Antiseptic · Asbestos · Ballistic fiber · Bone · Ceramic · Circuitry · Cloth · Concrete · Copper · Cork · Crystal · Fertilizer · Fiber optics · Fiberglass · Gears · Glass · Gold · Lead · Leather · Nuclear material · Oil · Plastic · Rubber · Screw · Silver · Spring · Steel · Wood

	Junk	Abraxo cleaner · Anti freeze bottle · Baseball · Bloatfly gland · Blood sac · Bowling ball · Coffee tin · Condensed fog · Pencil · Radscorpion stinger · Stingwing barb

	Misc	Vault-Tec lunchbox

Crafting tables	Fallout 4	Armor workbench · Chemistry station · Cooking station · Power armor station · Weapons workbench · Workshop

	Automatron	Robot workbench

	Contraptions Workshop	Ammunition plant · Armor forge · Auto-loom · Builder · Energy weapon forge · Explosives mill · Food processor · Heavy weapon forge · Pyrotechnics mill · Weapon forge

	Nuka-World	Nuka-mixer station