Ribs

FoodMeat

Description

Ribs is a rare high-value meat dropped by Mammoths and Hellephants. Raw Ribs show two hunger units but still carry the raw-meat risk; cooking raises the display to four hunger units. Their limited sources and use in Chef and Thanksgiving recipes make them worth planning around instead of treating them like ordinary Steak.

Item Details & Mechanics

Statistics:

•Hunger raw:🍴🍴

•Hunger cooked:🍴🍴🍴🍴

Mechanics:

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Cooking:

Cook at a Campfire to raise the displayed hunger value from two to four and avoid raw-meat damage. Ribs can also become Stew in a Crock Pot.

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Chef recipe:

A Chef can use 1 Ribs plus 2 other food items at the Chef's Station to make BBQ Ribs, which restores substantial hunger and some health.

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Thanksgiving recipe:

The Thanksgiving Challenge recipe uses 2 Ribs and 1 Pumpkin for its BBQ Ribs dish.

Obtaining Methods2 methods

Method 1

DropMammoth

• Mammoths appear in the Snow Biome after Campfire level 4 and currently drop 2 Ribs when defeated, alongside a large Steak supply and a possible Mammoth Tusk.

Method 2

DropHellephant

• The volcanic Mammoth variant provides the alternate high-risk source.

Usage Tips4 tips

Tip 1

Cook Ribs before direct consumption; raw Ribs are not a safe shortcut even though their hunger display is higher than raw Steak.

Tip 2

For pure hunger, compare four-hunger Cooked Ribs with the recipe benefit you could gain from BBQ Ribs before eating them immediately.

Tip 3

Bring armor and a reliable weapon for Mammoth farming. The item is valuable because the source is an 800-health neutral animal that becomes hostile after attack.

Tip 4

Do not spend the last Ribs in ordinary Stew when a Chef recipe or Thanksgiving objective specifically requires them.