Dry noodle guide

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Dry noodle cooking can be broken down into several types: basic, saucy, meins, lasagnas, and wontons.

Basic Dry Noodle

The most basic pasta dishes only require pastamastery to create, offering quick and easy access to solid food options by cooking dry noodles with one other ingredient. These all take only 1 adventure to cook (without the chef-in-the-box or another method of free crafting). Although these are generally weaker than more advanced dishes, those also require more skills, adventures and resources to cook. This makes these dishes perfect for aspiring adventurers with few to no skills learned, ensuring reasonable adventure and substat gains for little investment. They are primarily Good quality food dishes, while the best three dishes with the highest level requirements are Awesome quality.


Food name Ingredient Adventure Gain Stat Gain Fullness Level
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agnolotti arboli
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pestopiary
18-22 25-30 Enchantedness 5 9
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bätzle
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bat wing
10-14 20-30 Sarcasm 4 4
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boring spaghetti
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tomato
10-14 20-25 Mysteriousness 4 5
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crudles
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bubblin' crude
18-22 25-30 Fortitude 5 9
Bowl.gif
delicious noodles
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herbs
6-9 19-23 Sarcasm 3 3
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delicious spicy noodles
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secret blend of herbs and spices
9-11 29-33 Mysteriousness 3 5
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fusilli marrownarrow
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succulent marrow
16-19 20-30 Strengthliness 5 7
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ghuol guolash
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ghuol ears
16-19 20-30 Magicalness 5 1
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Knob stroganoff
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Knob mushroom
10-14 20-25 Smarm 4 5
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Knob stuffed shells
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Knob sausage
10-14 20-25 Strongness 4 5
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menudo ravioli
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batgut
10-14 20-30 Strengthliness 4 4
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painful penne pasta
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jabañero pepper
7-9 15-20 Muscleboundness,
lose 20-23 HP
3 3
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pr0n m4nic0tti
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pr0n legs
10-12 28-32 Chutzpah 4 3
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ratini
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rat appendix
10-14 20-30 Enchantedness 4 4
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ravioli della hippy
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wad of tofu
6-9 19-23 Enchantedness 3 3
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spaghetti with ghost balls
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ectoplasmic orbs
18-22 25-30 Roguishness 5 9
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spicy noodles
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spices
7-11 - 3 4
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suggestive strozzapreti
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salacious crumbs
16-19 20-30 Smarm 5 7


The 4 fullness dishes primarily have ingredients easily found in early locations such as The Bat Hole and Cobb's Knob, making them easy to access early on. They give an average of 12 adventures (3 per fullness), and offer 20-30 substats in a targeted stat per dish consumed. Covering 12 of one's typical 15 fullness, one will need some other foods or a smaller pasta dish to supplement this diet. Interestingly, the dishes with a lower level requirement are the ones with slightly better substat yields (20-30 vs 20-25). The one exception of these, pr0n m4nic0tti, is an old recipe made from an ingredient only obtainable after completing the level 9 quest, and offers slightly worse adventure yields than the other comparable pasta dishes listed here.

The better basic pasta dishes are cooked with ingredients found during the level 7 and level 9 quests, and at 5 fullness, three of these can fully cover your diet for the day. Pasta cooked with ingredients found from The Cyrpt yield 16-19 adventures (3.5 adventures per fullness) and 20-30 substats gains for a targeted stat, while pasta that uses ingredients from The Highlands yield 18-22 adventures (4 adventure per fullness) and 25-30 substats gains for one stat. An interesting exception is the ghuol guolash, which can be potentially obtained directly from the gluttonous ghuol in The Cyrpt without the need to cook them, or even have Pastamastery at all.

The 3 fullness noodles are largely old & defunct recipes, offering mediocre adventures & stat gains (often less than 3 adventures per fullness), while having primary ingredients that are generally out of the way and inconvenient to obtain. While a couple dishes like delicious noodles and painful penne pasta have ingredients easily acquired from npc stores, their gains remain inferior to more recently implemented dishes, from which the ingredients are likely to be obtained while questing anyway.

Reagent Dishes

There are a variety of saucey noodle dishes that can be made, the ingredients for most come from a variety of adventuring location, of varying stats as well as availability. They will all require 2 adventures to cook (without the chef-in-the-box or another method of free crafting).

As these are all saucy foods, they benefit from the Saucemaven skill; with this skill learned, they will yield an additional 5 adventures as a Pastamancer or Sauceror, while other classes will get an additional 3 adventures.


Food name Base food item Sauce name Adventure Gain Stat Gain Fullness Level
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devil hair pasta
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hot wing
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Devil's Elbow Hot Sauce
11-14 13 Fortitude
13 Magicalness
13 Smarm
4 6
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fettucini Inconnu
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goat cheese
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fancy schmancy cheese sauce
17-20 25-30 Magicalness 5 8
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gnocchetti di Nietzsche
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Knob mushroom
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Himalayan Hidalgo sauce
22-27 47-52 Enchantedness 6 6
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Hell ramen
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hellion cube
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Hell broth
11-14 13 Fortitude
13 Enchantedness
13 Cheek
20-29 Meat
4 6
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haunted Hell ramen
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Hell ramen
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ghostly ectoplasm
13-16 37 Beefiness
37 Enchantedness
37 Smarm
20-24 Meat
20 turns of Haunted Stomach
4 6
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linguini immondizia bianco
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Mountain Stream soda
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Mountain Stream gastrique
17-20 25-30 Chutzpah 5 8
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shells a la shellfish
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Mt. McLargeHuge oyster
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oyster sauce
17-20 25-30 Beefiness 5 8
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spagecialetti
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pink slime
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Special™ Sauce
11-14 13 Strengthliness
13 Enchantedness
13 Roguishness
4 6
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spaghetti con calaveras
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marzipan skull
Gravy.gif
Salsa de las Epocas
22-27 47-52 Strengthliness 6 6
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spaghetti with Skullheads
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Knob sausage
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sauce of the ages
22-27 47-52 Strongness 6 6


The 4 fullness dishes are made with ingredients found in the Copse of the Deep Fat Friars, and are easiest to acquire thanks to their convenience. They offer low, balanced stat gains but the lowest adventure gains (3.125 per fullness).

The 5 fullness dishes are made with ingredients from Mt. McLargeHuge. They offer medium stat gains towards a single stat and moderate adventure gains (3.7 per fullness), but the ingredients are available somewhat later and generally aren't convenient to acquire (particularly since any goat cheese is likely used for the Mt. McLargeHuge Quest). Three of these will fill your stomach with ease (four with Stomach of Steel).

There are some 6 fullness dishes that have somewhat unusual availability (primarily Cobb's Knob Kitchens, which is rather out of the way), but offer the strongest stat and adventure gains (4.08 per fullness) with a fairly low level requirement. Those with access to the Degrassi Knoll Mushroom Fields can grow multiple Knob mushrooms by the second day of an ascension, offering a convenient way to cook one of the two dishes en mass. You will need other foods to supplement this diet, however, due to the inevitable leftover stomach space.

One exception is the spaghetti con calaveras, which has the same yields as the other 6 fullness dishes, but requires learning the recipe from the April Shower. Those with access to the Gno-Mart can purchase a marzipan skull to cook this with relative ease.

Another exception is the haunted Hell ramen, an improved Hell ramen that also provides a useful buff. Those with access to the Daily Loathing Ballot are sometimes able to fight the angry ghosts that drop the necessary ghostly ectoplasm to make this dish.

Lo meins

Lo Mein Stir-Fry Ingredient Adventures Stat gains Fullness
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asparagus lo mein
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asparagus stir-fry
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stalk of asparagus
10-14 10-14 Muscleboundness
10-14 Magicalness.
3
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Knob lo mein
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Knob stir-fry
Mushroom.gif
Knob mushroom
15-19 30-34 Wizardliness 4
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Knoll lo mein
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Knoll stir-fry
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Knoll mushroom
15-19 30-34 Fortitude 4
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olive lo mein
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olive stir-fry
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olive
10-14 10-14 Strengthliness
10-14 Chutzpah
3
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spooky lo mein
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spooky stir-fry
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spooky mushroom
15-19 30-34 Roguishness 4


Lo meins are the lower tier of the two meins. They can be cooked using Pastamastery by cooking dry noodles with a first-tier stir fry (the base ingredient cooked with a secret blend of herbs and spices). With access to the Mushroom Fields, the mushroom lo meins are superior to most non-savory pasta dishes, especially since the mushrooms only cost 30-50 meat (and a day). It does, however, require two adventures to cook instead of one (without the chef-in-the-box or another method of free crafting), as well as access to spices for the base stir-fry.

Scrumdiddlyumptious Noodles

Noodles in this category technically require savory dry noodles, which includes MSG. They require sauces made with the Way of Sauce skill and bottles of scrumdiddlyumptious solution and will require Transcendental Noodlecraft to complete.

As these are all saucy foods, they benefit from the Saucemaven skill; with this skill learned, they will yield an additional 5 adventures as a Pastamancer or Sauceror, while other classes will get an additional 3 adventures.


Food name Base food item Sauce name Adventure Gain Stat gain Fullness Level
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turkish mostaccioli
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giant turkey leg
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good gravy
19-22 35-40 Fortitude 5 10
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libertagliatelle
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open sauce
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Salsa Libre
19-22 35-40 Mysteriousness 5 10
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linguini of the sea
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stolen sushi
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illicit fish sauce
19-22 35-40 Chutzpah 5 10
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Fettris
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imitation White Russian
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Alexy sauce
20-23 40-45 Fortitude 5 11
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fusillocybin
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colorful toad
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rainbow sauce
20-23 40-45 Enchantedness 5 11
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prescription noodles
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pill cup
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drug cocktail sauce
20-23 40-45 Roguishness 5 11


Scrumdiddlyumptious Noodles replaced chow mein as an intermediate noodle between lo mein and hi mein. Although they require 3 adventures to cook (without the chef-in-the-box or another method of free crafting), the primary ingredients are readily available within The Castle in the Clouds in the Sky and The Hidden City (both of which are relevant to Council of Loathing quests). This makes them a viable late-game food option for Pastamancers, Saucerors and Accordion Thieves (due to their access to Gouda's Grimoire and Grocery) in a Hardcore ascension, particularly within Standard restrictions.

Hi meins

Hi Mein Base Sauce Pulverize a... (Lvl available) Adventures Muscle Mysticality Moxie Fullness
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cold hi mein
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cold and sour sauce
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frozen nunchaku (8)
24-27 70-75 30-35 15-20 5
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hot hi mein
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hot and sour sauce
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demon buckler (6)
24-27 70-75 15-20 30-35 5
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sleazy hi mein
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sleazy and sour sauce
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buffalo blade (6)
24-27 25-30 25-30 70-75 5
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spooky hi mein
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spooky and sour sauce
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spiked femur (6)
24-27 15-20 70-75 30-35 5
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stinky hi mein
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stench and sour sauce
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lihc face (7)
24-27 30-35 70-75 15-20 5

Hi meins are an improved type of savory pasta. They are created by cooking elemental sour sauces with savory dry noodles. The skill Transcendental Noodlecraft and the item MSG are required to create savory dry noodles. The Way of Sauce is required to make the elemental sour sauces. You must be able to Pulverize equipment to get half of the ingredients for the elemental sour sauces, or buy them at the mall which means being out of Ronin.

As these are all saucy foods, they benefit from the Saucemaven skill; with this skill learned, they will yield an additional 5 adventures as a Pastamancer or Sauceror, while other classes will get an additional 3 adventures.

There are several disadvantages to hi meins that offset their advantages. Access to The Malus of Forethought is only available to Muscle classes, while MSG can only be bought by Mysticality classes or Accordion Thieves. Additionally, hi meins all have a level requirement of 12, making them solidly an aftercore food. Players who remain in Hardcore despite being over level 12, perhaps for PvP, will find themselves unable to craft them at all, unless they happen to be Turtle Tamers willing to enter Hobopolis to tame some boxcar turtles.

Lasagnas

Lasagna Base Food Seasoning Casserole Adventures Stat Gains Fullness
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gnat lasagna
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filet of tangy gnat ("fotelif")
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ancient spice
Casserole.gif
gnatloaf casserole
12-16 45-55 Fortitude 3
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long pork lasagna
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long pork
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black pepper
Casserole.gif
long pork casserole
12-16 45-55 Wizardliness 3
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fishy fish lasagna
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displaced fish
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dehydrated caviar
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fishy fish casserole
12-16 45-55 Roguishness 3

Lasagnas (on their own) are slightly less effective than scrumdiddlyumptious noodles and they can not be eaten until level 10. Lasagnas only require 2 ingredients, compared to the 4 needed for scrumdiddlyumptious noodles (including the need for savory dry noodles). However, each lasagna includes ingredients not available until level 11.

Lasagna grants an extra 5 adventures (increased to 17-21) if the Gar-ish effect is active (except on Mondays).

Wontons

Wonton McMillicancuddy Item Base Food Food Adventures Stats Adv/Full Fullness Level
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sausage wonton
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McMillicancuddy's Special Lager
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frat brats
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beer basted brat
12-18 50-80 Strongness,
20-30 Mysteriousness,
20-30 Cheek
5 3 12
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tofu wonton
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megatofu
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mixed wildflower greens
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super salad
11-18 20-30 Strongness,
50-80 Enchantedness,
20-30 Chutzpah
4.83 3 12

Each wonton requires an ingredient available only after completing the Defowl the Farm quest during level 12 and either visiting the farm or obtaining an instant rations kit. The sausage wonton, which is comparable to a chow mein, is slightly better than the tofu wonton, which is comparable with the lasagna. As with the lasagna, they only require 2 ingredients, and may be more helpful in Aftercore than a regular run.

Obsolete Items

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The items below used to be part of the noodle strategy before being removed from the game.

Chow mein

Food name Stir-fry Protein Adventures Stat Gains Fullness
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tofu chow mein
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asparagus stir-fry
Tofu.gif
wad of tofu
11-19 18-22 Fortitude
20-25 Wizardliness
3
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pr0n chow mein
Chorizo.gif
olive stir-fry
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pr0n legs
16-24 20-26 Strengthliness
20-26 Chutzpah
4
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Knob sausage chow mein
Chorizo.gif
Knoll stir-fry
Sausage.gif
Knob sausage
21-28 72-76 Beefiness 5
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bat wing chow mein
Chorizo.gif
Knob stir-fry
Batwing.gif
bat wing
21-28 70-75 Enchantedness 5
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rat appendix chow mein
Chorizo.gif
spooky stir-fry
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rat appendix
21-28 70-75 Sarcasm 5

The chow mein dishes were some of the best foods in the Kingdom. They all required a secret blend of herbs and spices, dry noodles, MSG and one or two other ingredients. You needed Pastamastery to summon the dry noodles and Transcendental Noodlecraft to create chow mein. Generally, the tofu and pr0n chow meins were considered separate from the other chow meins, due to their lower fullness, lower stat boosts, and irregular recipes.

On July 7, 2015, all chow mein dishes were replaced with simpler items.

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