Game Basics

Hi and welcome to the basics!To win the game you must last long enough to escape home by earning 3 favors from the Gnaw. You can earn these by cooking certain dishes. There is a seperate section later in the guide explaining what these are.The three of you will spawn in through a portal.. At the top of the screen you will see a hunger meter that slowly runs down and if it hits the middle of the screen it's game over. Thankfully you have no hunger yourself, all you have to do is cook to appease the Gnaw. Cooking the right food seems to slow down the meter depletion.At the North is an altar where you can bring any food you create to snackrifice to Gnaw and hopefully buy yourself more time until the game ends.Mumsy the goat lady will drop a few coins at the start of the game, one person should pick them up and be in charge of the coins. You can spend these at a variety of NPCs around the map.You will see 4 empty cooking stations around you. You can buy a piece of cooking equipment from Mumsy with 6 of your coins and place it one of the spots.On the floor will be an axe and a hoe. You can use the axe to cut down firewood for the cooking stations. The hoe is used to till spots for crops in the soil patches.You can talk to Sammy in the North West to buy seeds.Roam around the map to collect ingredients and materials to help you cook. So start chucking stuff into the heat and hope you create something tasty for the Gnaw!If the meter runs out before you manage to accumulate the three favors and escape, you will turn into a Merm and it's game over!