Pie

Pie is a craftable food item in Vintage Story. Pie is a complex food that requires many ingredients and tools, but in return they grant multiple servings of highly nutritious and filling food.

Creation

To create pies, players must first build a table and a clay oven. Begin by placing one piece of dough on the table to form an empty pie crust. Other ingredients can now be added to this empty pie crust to create a filled, uncooked pie. Pies can be filled up to four times, with each filling addition increasing the amount of nutrition in the finished pie. Two ingredients are needed for every level of filling.

Several types of pies can be created:

• Redmeat pie is made by adding meat as the filling. Two pieces of meat are used for each level of filling, up to a maximum of 8 pieces of red meat for a filled redmeat pie.
• Vegetable pie is made by adding vegetables as the filling. Two vegetables are used for each level of filling, up to a maximum of 8 vegetables for a filled vegetable pie. Pickled vegetables can also be used. Soybeans, peanuts and mushrooms cannot be used to fill pies. Otherwise, players can mix the type of vegetable used for the filling.
• Fruit pie is made by adding fruits as the filling. Two fruits are used for each level of filling, up to a maximum of 8 fruits for a filled fruit pie. The amount of fruit satiety depends on the types of fruits used. Fruits can be mixed-and-matched for the filling.
• Cheese pie is made by adding cheese as the filling. Two slices of cheese are used for each level of filling - whole cheese wheels cannot be added. Both cheddar and blue cheese can be used. Up to 8 slices of cheese can be added to a pie.

Once fully filled, the player may add up to two more pieces of dough to enclose the top and add a decorative lattice. The first extra piece of dough adds another 480 grain satiety to the finished pie, while the second piece adds a purely decorative lattice.

Filling categories cannot be mixed - a partially-filled vegetable pie cannot take meat as an additional ingredient, for example. Pies do not have to be completely filled to be cooked.

Once ready, the uncooked pie can be placed into a hot clay oven. The oven can only bake one pie at a time.

Usage

To cut a pie into edible servings, the cooked pie needs to be placed on a solid surface. Then players may equip a knife and use it on the pie to cut an edible pie slice. Pies hold a total of 4 slices.

Depending on the filling ingredient and level, the pie may grant:

• Pie crust: 480 - 960 grain
• Meat pie: 840 - 3360 protein
• Vegetable pie: 160 - 3600 vegetable
• Fruit pie: 180 - 2000 fruit
• Cheese pie: 480 - 1760 dairy

Pies go through three cooking stages: part-baked, cooked and charred. Part-baked pies have a shorter shelf life (5 days) and give less satiety than a fully cooked pie. A fully-cooked pie has a shelf-life of 22 days and provides maximum satiety. A charred pie has a shelf life of 36 days and slightly reduced satiety.

Pies can be placed inside a cellar but cannot be stored on a shelf.