Dry noodle guide
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Basic Dry Noodle
Pasta Dish | Ingredient | Adventures | Stat gains | Fullness | Level |
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![]() delicious noodles |
![]() herbs |
6-9 | 19-23 Roguishness | 3 | 3 |
![]() spicy noodles |
![]() spices |
6-12 | - | 3 | 4 |
![]() delicious spicy noodles |
![]() secret blend of herbs and spices |
9-11 | 29-33 Enchantedness | 3 | 5 |
![]() Knob stuffed shells |
![]() Knob sausage |
10-14 | 20-25 Beefiness | 4 | 5 |
![]() boring spaghetti |
![]() tomato |
10-14 | 20-25 Magicalness | 4 | 5 |
![]() Knob stroganoff |
![]() Knob mushroom |
10-14 | 20-25 Cheek | 4 | 5 |
![]() painful penne pasta |
![]() jabañero pepper |
7-9 | 15-20 Strongness † | 3 | 3 |
![]() pr0n m4nic0tti |
![]() pr0n legs |
10-12 | 28-32 Cheek | 4 | 3 |
![]() ravioli della hippy |
![]() wad of tofu |
4-12 | 19-23 Enchantedness | 3 | 3 |
† painful penne pasta will cause you to lose 20-23 HP.
Of these, the best is clearly the delicious spicy noodles offering 10.333 stats per fullness and 3.333 adventures per fullness. However, the difficulty is that these require both spices and herbs. Spices may be difficult to obtain. Additionally, one could make significantly better chow meins with the herbs and spices.
Failing easy access to secret blends, Knob stuffed shells, boring spaghetti, and Knob stroganoff all offer an acceptable 5.625 stats and 3 adventures per fullness. The advantage of boring spaghetti is the easy tomato drops at low levels, and that one can buy tomatoes from the hippy store later in the game if needed. Spicy noodles also grant 3 adventures per fullness, but with no stat gains at all they are generally an inferior choice.
For stats, pr0n m4nic0tti is a viable choice if one is trying to work on Moxie, with 7.5 stats per fullness and 2.75 adventures per fullness. Ravioli della hippy offers 7 Mysticality stats per fullness with a slightly lower 2.667 adventures per fullness. Delicious noodles similarly offer 7 Moxie stats per fullness, but even lower adventures per fullness at 2.5. All of these require ingredients that are not typically available until higher levels, however, by which time one is usually able to prepare superior pasta dishes.
Painful penne pasta gives 5.833 Muscle stats per fullness and 2.667 adventures per fullness, though this also requires access to the hermit for the jabañero pepper.
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).
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.
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.
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 Voting Booth are sometimes able to fight the angry ghosts that drop the necessary ghostly ectoplasm to make this dish.
Lo meins
Lo Mein | Base Ingredient | Adventures | Stat gains | Fullness |
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![]() asparagus lo mein |
![]() stalk of asparagus |
9-16 | 10-14 Muscleboundness 12-16 Wizardliness. |
3 |
![]() Knob lo mein |
![]() Knob mushroom |
14-20 | 30-34 Mysteriousness | 4 |
![]() Knoll lo mein |
![]() Knoll mushroom |
14-21 | 30-34 Muscleboundness | 4 |
![]() olive lo mein |
![]() olive |
9-16 | 10-14 Muscleboundness 10-14 Chutzpah |
3 |
![]() spooky lo mein |
![]() spooky mushroom |
14-21 | 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 much superior to delicious spicy noodles, 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).
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 |
![]() giant turkey leg |
![]() good gravy |
19-22 | 35-40 Strongness | 5 | 10 |
![]() libertagliatelle |
![]() open sauce |
![]() Salsa Libre |
19-22 | 35-40 Enchantedness | 5 | 10 |
![]() linguini of the sea |
![]() stolen sushi |
![]() illicit fish sauce |
19-22 | 35-40 Smarm | 5 | 10 |
![]() Fettris |
![]() imitation White Russian |
![]() Alexy sauce |
20-23 | 40-45 Fortitude | 5 | 11 |
![]() fusillocybin |
![]() colorful toad |
![]() rainbow sauce |
20-23 | 40-45 Enchantedness | 5 | 11 |
![]() prescription noodles |
![]() pill cup |
![]() drug cocktail sauce |
20-23 | 40-45 Cheek | 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 |
![]() cold and sour sauce |
![]() frozen nunchaku (8) |
24-27 | 70-75 | 30-35 | 15-20 | 5 |
![]() hot hi mein |
![]() hot and sour sauce |
![]() demon buckler (6) |
24-27 | 70-75 | 15-20 | 30-35 | 5 |
![]() sleazy hi mein |
![]() sleazy and sour sauce |
![]() buffalo blade (6) |
24-27 | 25-30 | 25-30 | 70-75 | 5 |
![]() spooky hi mein |
![]() spooky and sour sauce |
![]() spiked femur (6) |
24-27 | 15-20 | 70-75 | 30-35 | 5 |
![]() stinky hi mein |
![]() stench and sour sauce |
![]() 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 |
![]() filet of tangy gnat ("fotelif") |
![]() ancient spice |
![]() gnatloaf casserole |
12-16 | 45-55 Strengthliness | 3 |
![]() long pork lasagna |
![]() long pork |
![]() black pepper |
![]() long pork casserole |
12-16 | 45-55 Wizardliness | 3 |
![]() fishy fish lasagna |
![]() displaced fish |
![]() dehydrated caviar |
![]() fishy fish casserole |
12-16 | 45-55 Chutzpah | 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 |
![]() McMillicancuddy's Special Lager |
![]() frat brats |
![]() beer basted brat |
12-18 | 50-80 Fortitude, 20-30 Mysteriousness, 20-30 Smarm |
5 | 3 | 12 |
![]() tofu wonton |
![]() megatofu |
![]() mixed wildflower greens |
![]() super salad |
11-18 | 20-30 Fortitude, 50-80 Wizardliness, 20-30 Sarcasm |
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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This content has been retired and is no longer available in game. |
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 |
![]() asparagus stir-fry |
![]() wad of tofu |
11-19 | 18-22 Beefiness 20-25 Enchantedness |
3 |
![]() pr0n chow mein |
![]() olive stir-fry |
![]() pr0n legs |
16-24 | 20-26 Fortitude 20-26 Sarcasm |
4 |
![]() Knob sausage chow mein |
![]() Knoll stir-fry |
![]() Knob sausage |
21-28 | 72-76 Strengthliness | 5 |
![]() bat wing chow mein |
![]() Knob stir-fry |
![]() bat wing |
21-28 | 70-75 Wizardliness | 5 |
![]() rat appendix chow mein |
![]() spooky stir-fry |
![]() rat appendix |
21-28 | 70-75 Smarm | 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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