Ark has a never-ending list of items that you need from time to time. Although, it’s not obvious that all of those items are essential. But most of the items can help you out with many things in the game. Some can help you in taming dinos and restore their health points.
Veggie Cakes are one of those items. It is obvious that your creature will get hurt during battles, so you need something to recover its health. This can be any food, even the Veggie Cakes.
So in this guide, we are going to cover everything related to Vegetable Cakes. This will include how to make Veggie Cakes Ark. Where you can use it. And many other things. So let’s get started.
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Ways to Get Veggie Cakes in Ark
Vegetable Cakes can only be cooked with several ingredients. This is a pretty basic item that can be crafted in the early game. It is mainly used to restore health and food.
To cook Veggie Cakes, you will need to have the following ingredients:
- 2x Giant Bee Honey
- 4x Sap
- 2x Rockarrot
- 2x Longrass
- 2x Savoroot
- 4x Stimulant
- 25x Fiber
- 1x Water
Now you need to have Cooking Pot or Industrial Cooker at your base. If you don’t have one then you can build any of them. Cooking Pot unlocks at level 8 whereas Industrial Cooker unlocks at level 89. Veggie Cake being an early game item can be easily prepared on Cooking Pot.
Here are the ingredients you will need to craft a Cooking Pot.
- 75x Stone
- 15x Thatch
- 10x Wood
- 5x Flint
To use a Cooking Pot you will need to have fuel that can be Wood, Thatch, Sparkpowder, or Anglergel. You can use Cooking Pot to prepare tons of different things.
Next up is Industrial Cooker, it’s an upgraded version of Cooking Pot that can be unlocked later in the game. Now, this structure can be crafted in the inventory menu with the following ingredients.
- 300x Polymer
- 1800x Metal Ingot
- 450x Cementing Paste
- 300x Oil
The Industrial Cooker can prepare lots of different items including Food Items, Kibble, Soap, and Dyes. The only fuel you will need to operate Industrial Cooker is Gasoline.
Uses of Veggie Cakes
Sweet Vegetable Cakes are mainly used for health recovery and food for creatures. They tend to recover 10% of your dino’s maximum health. This can recover a minimum of 500 HP and a maximum of 2100 HP.
Your dinos will consume it automatically when you place it in their inventory. As long as their health level is below 85%. This item also recovers the food levels of your dinos. Overall, it’s a pretty good choice to use.
Veggie Cake can be used as taming food but just for two creatures. If you are looking to catch an Ovis or Achatina then you are good to go. Moreover, Achatina won’t eat anything else other than Veggie Cake. So, make sure to prepare enough Veggie Cakes when you catch an Achatina.
Spoil Time for Veggie Cakes
Almost, all the food items in Ark get spoiled after a certain time period. The same goes for Veggie Cakes. The standard spoil time for Veggie Cakes is 1h 20m, this applies when it is kept in the player’s inventory.
This spoil time can be increased to save these cakes for longer time periods. Here’s what you can do to keep them safe for a longer time period.
- By placing them in the tamed dino’s inventory you can increase the spoil time to 5h 20m.
- By placing them in Preserving Bin the spoil time gets increases to 13h 20m.
- Keeping it in the Smokehouse increases the spoil time to 20h.
- Placing the Veggie Cakes in Refrigerator can increase their spoil time to 5d 13h 20m.
These are all the possible methods to keep your Veggie Cakes from spoiling.
Where do You Get Veggie Cakes in Ark?
Veggie Cakes can only be crafted in Ark. For that, you will need to have already collected the required ingredients that we have discussed above. Also, you should have either a Cooking Pot or Industrial Cooker.
Once you have all the required stuff, you can easily get Veggie Cakes for your creatures.
How Many Sweet Vegetable Cakes Are in Ark?
There is just one type of Sweet Vegetable Cake in Ark. If you don’t wanna prepare this dish then you can go with dozens of other food items. You can have berries, meat, crops, jerky, eggs, kibbles, and other items.
We have two other types of cakes in Ark but, they are event-only items. They are Ark Anniversary Cake Slice and Valentine’s Cake. The first one can be crafted during the Ark’s Two Year Anniversary event whereas, the second one is dropped by mating tamed dinos during Ark Valentine’s Day 3.
There you have everything about how to make Veggie Cakes in Ark. You see that these can be prepared in the Cooking Pot or Industrial Cooker with various ingredients. Once you have them prepared, they can be used for recovering health and food levels for your dinos.
Hopefully, the guide has helped you in getting all your relevant queries answered.
