Creature Kitchen Recipe Locations: All 43 Recipe Cards

Every dish in The Rat Zone's cozy cooking sim Creature Kitchen requires knowing the exact ingredients, but tracking down all 43 physical recipe cards is necessary if you want to complete your collection and make every meal. While the game technically lets you cook any meal if you already know the component items beforehand, finding the cards themselves involves searching secret compartments, solving environmental puzzles, and befriending creatures across the cabin grounds.

The table below details all 43 recipe numbers, their dish names, ingredients, and verified locations.

Kitchen and Hallway Recipe Cards

The initial kitchen area contains multiple cards hidden across drawers, furniture, and plumbing.

• Toast (01), Pancakes (02), French Fries (30), and Mistake (43): These are accessible inside your recipe box immediately upon starting the game.
• Egg Sandwich (05): Pick up the loose idol trinket from the kitchen floor and place it directly on the small table painted with a white idol outline. A secret drawer will pop open.
• Grilled Cheese (08): Interact with both hot and cold handles on the kitchen sink. As the basin fills with water, the card floats to the surface.
• PBJ Sandwich (09): Open the middle drawer on the counter to the right side of the sink.
• Meatball Sub (10): Look into the cabinet underneath the kitchen sink and inspect the blue bucket.
• Alfredo (20): Check the ornate wooden chest sitting on the bottom of the kitchen hutch. Cross-reference the symbols with the wall calendar dates to enter the code 9174.
• Spaghetti and Meatballs (21): Inspect the potted hanging plant suspended near the entrance to the pantry.
• Cheese and Crackers (33): Look at the wall between the fridge and the pantry door. Find the circular decorative plate outlined with a red marking and interact with it to eject the card.
• Pizza (25): Feed two sandwiches to Trash Cat under the porch to receive the square key, then unlock the wall cabinet beside the fridge.
• Fortunate Gems (07): In the hallway leading off the kitchen, unlock the hallway table cabinet using the key rewarded by the blue spirit orb near the end of the storyline.

Yard and River Recipe Cards

Stepping outside into the rainy exterior reveals items tucked into electrical fixtures, landscaping, and water paths.

• Omelet (03): Walk around the side of the porch to find the gray electrical breaker box. Solve the light puzzle to pop the panel open and grab the card and carrot.
• Eggs and Bacon (04): Obtain a coffee mug from the mug cabinet, brew a cup using the coffee maker in the bedroom, and set it down on the outdoor yard table. Sassfoot will appear and the table's secret sliding panel will reveal the card and raw bacon.
• Mushroom Soup (12): Walk left off the porch stairs toward the exterior drain spout. Interact with the gutter to shake the card loose.
• Mushroom Stirfry (14): Head toward the river fence. On the ground next to a picnic blanket and a basket containing a mason jar, you will find this card lying on the grass.

Shed Recipe Cards

Once you satisfy the pantry spirit Goober with three Italian-style dishes, you will receive the diamond-headed key that unlocks the exterior shed.

• Philly Cheesesteak (19): Step inside the shed and turn around to shut the shed door; the card is pinned directly to the back of the wood.
• Beef Stew (13): Inspect the red metal toolbox resting on the rear workbench table.
• Meatloaf (18): Crouch on the left side of the shed and move or inspect under the large bag of planting soil.
• Beef Burrito (22): Crouch down by the right side of the shed's workbench to spot the card lying underneath the low table frame.
• Nachos (31): On the workbench, locate the locked safe box decorated with flower symbols. Input the correct petal sequence shown on the clue diagram to open the vault.

Bedroom Recipe Cards

Using the heart-shaped key obtained by feeding the kitchen wall mice ("Them") unlocks the cabin's bedroom.

• Steak and Eggs (06): Feed Jake the Box three unique dessert varieties. Take his reward key and open the mug cabinet in the main room.
• Burger (26): Move the heavy cardboard box on legs (Jake) or wait until he shifts to grab the card resting on the floor beneath him.
• Apple Pie (35): Look at the wall mounted with four interactive owls. Turn the owls to match the circular diagram dot sequence to open a wall safe holding the card and an apple.
• Blueberry Pie (36): Read the weather forecast note on the desk. Interact with the rotating disks inside the wardrobe and align the conditions to match the week: Rain, Clouds, Rain, Rain, Thunderstorms, and Clouds. The bottom drawer unlocks with the card and blueberries.
• Chocolate Chip Cookies (37): Open the drawer in the nightstand table to the right side of the bed.
• Peanut Butter Cookies (38): Search through the loose cardboard boxes stacked in the room; lift or knock over the box labeled "Up" to expose the card underneath.
• Sugar Cookies (39): Crouch down and search the floor directly under the bed frame.
• Chocolate Ice Cream (41): Open the left-hand top drawer of the bedroom desk.
• Strawberry Ice Cream (42): Check the open shelves of the standing bookcase beside the desk.

Bathroom Recipe Cards

Satisfying the greyhound Grey outside the cabin with three beef meals grants the teardrop/water drop key to access the bathroom.

• Country Fried Chicken (15): Stand back and inspect the very top flat surface of the large blue wardrobe cabinet.
• Chicken Parmesan (16): Look at the floorboards directly under the wardrobe cabinet and check underneath the folded towel stack.
• Fish Chowder (17): Check behind the roll of toilet paper on the ceramic tank of the toilet.
• Fish and Chips (27): Open the medicine mirror cabinet mounted above the bathroom sink.
• Chicken Noodle Soup (11): Inspect the towel rack bar fixed to the wall beside the shower enclosure.
• Chicken Burrito (23): Find three beads (Red inside the bathroom wardrobe, Blue in the medicine cabinet, Green shaken from the potted plant) and insert them into the shower safe to unlock the compartment.

Oddities Room and Freezer Recipe Cards

Feeding Sassfoot unlocks the crescent moon key, granting entry to the Oddities Room. Accessing the kitchen freezer requires completing Hopper the frog's river requests for the swirl key.

• Vanilla Ice Cream (40): Unlock the freezer with Hopper's key, crouch down, and reach behind the bags of ice.
• Chips and Guacamole (32): Search the sitting sofa in the Oddities Room; inspect beneath the couch cushions on the settee.
• Fruit Salad (29): Check the room's standing bookshelf and pull away the row of gray books sitting next to the globe.
• Bean Burrito (24): Solve the button puzzle on the desk globe matching the symbols shown above the fireplace mantle.
• Gulab Jamun (34): Open the desk drawer located directly beneath the vintage typewriter.
• House Salad (28): Read the poetry note typed from the desk handle interaction. Follow the grandfather clock instructions: turn clockwise to VII, counter-clockwise to X, and clockwise to IV. The clock base swings open to reveal the card and the second crest half.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you cook dishes without finding the recipe cards first?

Yes. If you know the required ingredients, you can prepare the meal in the oven without having the physical card. However, picking up all 43 cards is mandatory if you want to complete your recipe collection.

Are any recipe cards missable during a single playthrough?

No achievement or recipe is permanently missable. Even after reaching the final campfire cutscene, the game allows you to continue from your existing save to explore the cabin, finish unsolved puzzles, and collect missing items.

What is Recipe 43 (Mistake)?

Recipe 43 is automatically unlocked at the start of the game. It represents any failed dish created by placing incorrect ingredient combinations into the oven or burning items on the cooking pan.