LifeAfter is a crafting and survival game currently storming the charts for both Android and iPhone. LifeAfter pits you against a horde of zombies (although, in true Romero fashion, the game just calls them “infected”), the elements, and a variety of ever-decreasing resources that you must maintain. Although infected are dangerous, there is a far greater danger when you are first starting out: hunger.
Ingredients for food can be found while scrounging through the wilderness or from trading with NPCs. However, you won’t want to waste your resources trying to figure out recipes.
That’s where this guide comes in.
Here are all the different food recipes we’ve found so far in LifeAfter and what effects they have. They are broken into categories as best as possible, but keep in mind that there is some overlap between categories.
To create any food, you will need to find a fire. There is one in the central hub, and several you can find throughout the world of LifeAfter.
Recipes for Allaying Hunger and Increasing HP
These are recipes that mostly affect your health and your hunger. Many other recipes will increase HP or health, but it is the primary benefit of these foods.
Barbecued Meats
- Ingredients: Meat (x4)
- Stats: +40 HP, +40 Fullness
- Effect: Regenerate HP over time
Bread with Jam
- Ingredients: Flour, Fruit
- Stats: +37.5 Fullness
- Effect: Allay Hunger
Candied Food
- Ingredients: Honey, Fruit
- Stats: +60 HP, +27.5 Fullness
- Effect: Allay Hunger
Carrot Patty
- Ingredients: Meat (x2), Carrot (x2)
- Effect: Regenerate Health over time
Fried Pumpkin Strip
- Ingredients: Flour, Milk, Pumpkin (x2)
- Effect: Allay Hunger
Fruit Milk
- Ingredients: Milk, Fruit
- Effect: Regenerate Health over time
Grilled Mushrooms
- Ingredients: Mushroom
- Stats: +5 Health, +30 Fullness
- Effect: Regenerate HP over time
Honey
- Ingredients: Honey (x4)
- Stats: +240 HP, +20 Fullness
- Effect: Regenerate HP over time
Honey Grilled Meat
- Ingredients: Honey, Meat
- Stats: +70 HP, +30 Fullness
- Effect: Regenerate HP over time
Jam
- Ingredients: Fruit
- Stats: +30 Fullness
- Effect: Allay Hunger
Juice
- Ingredients: Fruit (x2), Ice Cube (x2)
- Effect: Regenerate HP over time
Meat Plate
- Ingredients: Mushroom, Vegetable, Meat (x2)
- Stats: +20 HP, +35 Fullness, +2.5 Health
Mushroom Soup
- Ingredients: Milk, Mushroom
- Effect: Regenerate Health over time
Steamed Vegetables
- Ingredients: Vegetable
- Stats: +2.5 Health, +30 Fullness
- Effect: Allay Hunger
Steamed Crab
- Ingredients: Crab
- Effect: Allay Hunger
Steamed Shrimp
- Ingredients: Shrimp
- Effect: Allay Hunger
Strawberry Muffin
- Ingredients: Flour, Strawberry (x3)
- Effect: Regenerate HP over time
Toast
- Ingredients: Flour
- Stats: +60 Fullness
- Effect: Allay Hunger
Fish Recipes
Fish recipes are nice for a few reasons – they can use a variety of different ingredients (outside of the main fish you need), and they often provide you with boosts to different stats. Fish are excellent for helping you work resources more efficiently.
Grilled Carp
- Ingredients: Carp, Any vegetable or meat
- Stats: +10 HP, +32.5 Fullness
- Effect: Increased gathering speed for 10 minutes
Grilled Catfish
- Ingredients: Catfish, any vegetable or meat
- Stats: +5 HP, +40 Fullness
- Effect: Increased digging speed for 10 minutes
Grilled Grass Carp
- Ingredients: Grass Carp, any vegetable or meat
- Stats: +35 HP, +40 Fullness
- Effect: Increased logging speed for 10 minutes
Grilled Grass Pufferfish
- Ingredients: Pufferfish, Any vegetable or meat
- Stats: +35 HP, +40 Fullness, +10 Health
Grilled Grouper
- Ingredients: Grouper, any vegetable or meat
- Effect: Increased gathering speed for 10 minutes
Grilled Napoleon Fish
- Ingredients: Napoleon fish, any vegetable or meat
- Effect: Increased logging and Mining speed for 10 minutes
Grilled Parrotfish
- Ingredients: Parrotfish, any vegetable or meat
- Effect: Increased logging speed and Critical Chance for 10 minutes
Grilled Ribbonfish
- Ingredients: Ribbonfish, any vegetable or meat
- Effect: Increased logging speed for 10 minutes
Grilled Silver Carp
- Ingredients: Silver Carp, any vegetable or meat
- Effect: Max breath increased for 10 minutes
Grilled Tilapia
- Ingredients: Tilapia, any vegetable or meat
- Effect: Increased mining speed and Critical Chance for 10 minutes
Grilled Turbot
- Ingredients: Turbot, any vegetable or meat
- Effect: Increased mining speed for 10 minutes
Grilled Yellow Croaker
- Ingredients: Yellow Croaker, any vegetable or meat
- Stats: +35 HP, +40 Fullness
Damage Altering Recipes
These are foods that will help you do better damage to the assorted enemies you’ll meet in LifeAfter.
Fruit Pie
- Ingredients: Flour, Honey, Fruit
- Stats: +60 HP, +35 Fullness
- Effect: Increased damage against Humanoids
Meat Skewer
- Ingredients: Flour, Meat
- Stats: +10 HP, +32.5 Fullness
- Effect: Increased damage against Wild Animals
Meatballs
- Ingredients: Vegetable, Meat
- Stats: +10 HP, +2.5 Health, +35 Fullness
- Effect: Increased damage against Infected
Milk Stew
- Ingredients: Milk, Meat
- Effect: Increased damage against Infected
Mince Pie
- Ingredients: Fruit, Meat
- Stats: +30 HP, +45 Fullness
- Effect: Increased damage against Humanoids
Nutrition Stew
- Ingredients: Flour, Milk, Meat
- Effect: Increased damage against Wild Animals
Sandwich
- Ingredients: Flour, Fruit, Meat
- Stats: +10 HP, +40 Fullness
- Effect: Increased damage against Infected
Special Pizza
- Ingredients: Flour, Mushroom, Vegetable, Meat
- Effect: Increased damage against Buildings
Temperature Altering Recipes
LifeAfter also tasks you with keeping your body temperature regular. There are a variety of foods that can increase and decrease your temperature if you’re getting slowed down by it.
Bee Syrup
- Ingredients: Honey, Ice cube (x3)
- Stats: +60 HP, +5 Fullness
- Effect: Cures cold
Cream Soup
- Ingredients: Milk, Meat, Vegetable
- Effect: Increase to body temperature
Dumplings
- Ingredients: Meat, Mushroom, Flour
- Effect: Increase to body temperature
Fruit Popsicle
- Ingredients: Fruit, Ice cube (x3)
- Stats: +7.5 Fullness
- Effect: Decrease to body temperature
Fruit Smoothie
- Ingredients: Fruit (x2), Honey, Ice Cube
- Stats: +60 HP, +20 Fullness
- Effect: Decrease to body temperature
Hot Water
- Ingredients: Ice cube
- Effect: Cures cold, Increase to body temperature
Milk
- Ingredients: Milk
- Effect: Increase to body temperature and increase to health
Milk Pudding
- Ingredients: Milk, Honey, Ice Cube
- Effect: Decrease to body temperature
Stewed Fish Soup
- Ingredients: Fish
- Effect: Cures cold and restores body temperature
Miscellaneous Recipes
Here are a few more of LifeAfter‘s recipes that don’t fit neatly into other categories. These will increase a variety of stats when you consume them.
Assorted Platter
- Ingredients: Mushroom, Vegetable, Fruit, Meat
- Effect: Increased logging speed and critical chance
Egg Tart
- Ingredients: Honey, Flour, Milk
- Effect: Increased digging critical chance
Fruit and Vegetable Salad
- Ingredients: Vegetable, Fruit
- Stats: +30 Fullness
- Effect: Increased hemp gathering and critical chance
Fruit Cake
- Ingredients: Honey, Milk, Flour, Fruit
- Effect: Increased movement speed
Honey Croissant
- Ingredients: Honey, Flour
- Stats: +80 Fullness, +60 HP
- Effect: Increased logging speed and critical chance
Honey Mushroom
- Ingredients: Honey, Mushroom
- Stats: +27.5 Fullness, +60 HP, +2.5 Health
- Effect: Increased hemp gathering critical chance
Ice Strawberry Yogurt
- Ingredients: Honey, Milk, Strawberry, Ice Cube
- Effect: Increased movement speed
Milky Croissant
- Ingredients: Milk, Flour
- Effect: Increased logging speed
Mushroom Skewers
- Ingredients: Mushroom, Meat
- Stats: +10 HP, +2.5 Health, +32.5 Fullness
- Effect: Increased critical chance
Mushroom Udon Noodles
- Ingredients: Mushroom, Flour
- Stats: +37.5 Fullness, +2.5 Health
- Effect: Increased digging speed and critical chance
Spaghetti
- Ingredients: Meat, Vegetable, Fruit, Flour
- Stats: +42.5 Fullness, +10 HP, +2.5 Health
- Effect: Increased critical chance
Strawberry Jelly
- Ingredients: Strawberry, Ice Cube (x2), Milk
- Effect: Increased movement speed and critical chance
Toffee
- Ingredients: Honey, Milk
- Stats: +140 HP, +20 Fullness, +20 Health
- Effect: Increased movement speed
Vegetable and fish ball soup
- Ingredients: Vegetable, Fish
- Effect: Increased maximum energy
Vegetable Cake
- Ingredients: Vegetable, Flour
- Stats: +52.5 Fullness
- Effect: Increased logging critical chance
LifeAfter is a massive game and will probably continue to see content changes as updates are released. Keep on the lookout for more recipes and more guides from us to keep you going in the fight against the infected.
