All Deadly Delivery Cooking Recipes Guide
Want to make your food find give you some nifty buffs? The cooking system in the new Deadly Delivery has you making dishes from ingredients that improve your stats. But you’ll have to save Gordon first — and have the right recipes.
All Deadly Delivery Cooking Recipes Guide (2025)
Quick Reference – Essential Recipes
| Recipe | Ingredients Needed | Effect | Worth It? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoover Stew | Potato + Fish Bone + Tomato Soup | +3% sell value | YES ✓ |
| Energy Fruit Bowl | Strawberry + Grapes + Half Watermelon | +0.5 Speed | YES ✓ |
| Golden Fried Rice | Eggs + Shrimp + Carrot + Corn | 2x coin value | YES ✓ |
| The Cake | Eggs + Bread + Milk | +20 HP | YES ✓ |
Every recipe in Deadly Delivery has been tested. Here is what you need to know about the cooking system.
How to Unlock Cooking in Deadly Delivery
You can’t start cooking immediately. You’ll need to do your part in a rescue mission.
Step-by-Step Unlock Process:
Step 1: Spawn in and look to your left beyond the fencing. You will come to a locked food truck.
Step 2: Take the elevator down to Sublevel 5.
Step 3: Score each room on this level. Gordon is bound in one.
Step 4: Engage with Gordon to release him. He’ll walk you back to the elevator.
Step 5: Get him back to safety. Do not let the monsters follow you back.
Step 6: Return to the surface. The food truck will be open.
Step 7: Buy your first cooking pot for $500.
Pro Tip: Gordon is a very frequent spawn on Sublevel 5. If you can’t find him, restart the run instead of digging deeper.
Complete Deadly Delivery Recipe List
I’ve tested every dish. Here’s what each recipe does and whether you should bother making it.
Best Recipes (Always Make These)
Hoover Stew
Recipe: Potato + Fish Bone + Tomato Soup
Effect: +3% to sell all values for 5 minutes
Why It’s Good: You should never sell before you eat this. All the ingredients are inexpensive and readily available. That 3% adds up quickly with the pricey stuff.
Energy Fruit Bowl
Recipe: Strawberry + Grapes + Half Watermelon
Effect: +0.5 movement speed
Why It’s Good: Speed = survival.
This will allow you to run away from monsters and travel faster.
Golden Fried Rice
Recipe: Crate of Eggs + Shrimp + Carrot + Corn
Effect: The coin value of pickups is now doubled
Why It’s Good: Best money-maker, if you can source the ingredients. It’s worth attempting to do on profitable runs.
The Cake
Recipe: Crate of Eggs + Bread + Milk
Effect: +20 HP
Why It’s Good: An extra hit is an extra hit. Great for deeper floors.
Situational Recipes
Revival Pizza
Recipe: Pizza Crust End + Cheese + Tomato Soup
Effect: +20 Stamina
Use: If and only if you’re feeling a bit worn out, and planning significant distance sprints.
Album Completion Only
There are no positive effects these types of recipes have to offer. Do them once for your album and then forget about them.
| Recipe | Ingredients | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Mystery Stew | Any 4 random ingredients | No effect |
| Glowing Steak | Fresh Meat + Luminous Berry | No effect |
| Worm Spaghetti | Mini Worm + Tomato Soup + Cheese | No effect |
| Crocodile Feast | Crocodile Tail + Crocodile Egg | No effect |
| Grand Croc Banquet | Red Crocodile Tail + Red Crocodile Egg | No effect |
| Pumpkin Soup | Pumpkin + Corn + Carrot + Imported Caviar | No effect |
Deadly Delivery Cooking Tips (Tested Strategies)
I’ve cooked over 100 dishes. Here are some time- and money-saving measures.
Always Start Cooking Before Your Run
Meals usually take 10 minutes to a few hours to make. Get your pots cooking, then get underground. Your food will be done.
Never Cook with Rare Ingredients
Special-prefixed ingredients (such as “Golden Potato”) do not result in better meals. They just cost more. The buffs stay the same. Use basic ingredients only.
Pick Up Every Potato and Fish Bone
These common items seem worthless. But they make Hoover Stew, and it is essential. Grab them on every floor.
Never Sell Cooked Food
Two-thirds of all the dishes lose money. You pay more for the ingredients. Only cook for the buffs.
Master the Cooking Mini-Game
You have to keep a marker in the green. It can lag sometimes. Focus hard during this part. Failure wastes your ingredients.
Eat Hoover Stew Before Every Sale
This is the single most important tip. Make Hoover Stew and consume before selling anything. The 3% boost lasts 5 minutes. It can add hundreds more to your earnings.
Track Your Buff Duration
There is a yellow icon in the bottom right corner. It simply fades when your buff runs out. You should watch it to learn when to eat again.
Final Thoughts
Deadly Delivery’s cooking system fills out your runs in a meaningful way. Focus on cooking the Hoover Stew and Energy Fruit Bowl initially. These two recipes will improve your profit and survival rate.
Get Gordon out of there as soon as possible. The cooking buffs make deeper floors a lot easier. Don’t waste rare ingredients on decorative dishes. Save them for the ones that really help you.
Begin each session by filling your cooking pots. Your food will be done by the time you finish a run. This simple trick will grant you consistent buffs throughout your gameplay.
Now start farming those ingredients by getting to underground!
