Burnt Food¶
Every recipe has a burn chance that starts at its base value and falls linearly to zero 30 levels past the recipe's unlock. A burned unit pays no XP; the charred result lands in your Burnt Food storage, opened from the trash can in the cooking interface.
Avoiding burns¶
- Levels: every recipe becomes burn-proof 30 levels after it unlocks.
- The Chef Hat saves 5% of would-be burns.
- An active Chef Power sandwich saves 5/10/20% of burns by level.
- Prestige 1 and 5 cut burn chance by 20% and 40%; Prestige 10 removes burning entirely.
The burnt collection¶
All 131 dishes have a unique burnt form with its own name and flavor text (no two neighboring burns read the same). Burnt food cannot be eaten or fed, but it stacks up in storage as a monument to your journey, and the Picnic Basket will happily carry it.