Seasonal events in99 Nights in the Forestoften adds chaos to normal survival, but Thanksgiving takes it to the next level. You are no longer judged on how well you avoid monsters, and instead are tested on how well you cook, forage, and serve guests who, frankly, aren't very patient.
How to Start a Thanksgiving Event
When you spawn in the world, a long table with ten chairs and a board next to it appears near the starting area. The board informs you that by the fifth night you need to prepare a festive dinner. The matter is complicated by the fact that each dish has its own ingredients, and you can only open them sequentially: cook one – gain access to the next recipe. You cannot repeat dishes.
Guests come only at night on day 5, so it is at this moment that the entire table should be filled with food. The next day they will leave a reward, but in order to collect the maximum prizes, you need to have time to serve at least eight. All ten are not necessary.
Crafting a Multicooker
Before you can cook anything, you will need to craft a special Thanksgiving Crock Pot. For this you need a level 3 workbench. Try to do this right after the start so that you have time not only to craft a workbench, but also to prepare a festive dinner.
When the Multicooker is ready, you load the ingredients into it: it will show you exactly what you need for the current dish. Once cooked, the recipe is unlocked and you can move on to the next one.
All Thanksgiving Meals and Recipes
Listed below are all the Thanksgiving meals needed to complete the event. Recipes are unchanged, so use this list to plan your hunting, farming, and resource gathering in advance.
List of dishes and ingredients
Turkey Legs
Ingredients for the dish:
- 1 Turkey Leg
- 2 Berry
Berry Juice
Ingredients for the dish:
- 2 berries (Berry)
- 1 Sweet Potato
Casserole (Casserole)
Ingredients for the dish:
- 1 carrot (Carrot)
- 1 steak (Steak)
- 1 meat on the bone (Morsel)
Corn on the Cob
Ingredients for the dish:
- 2 Corn
- 1 Sweet Potato
Roast Turkey
Ingredients for the dish:
- 3 Turkey Legs
Bowl with stuffing (Stuffing Bowl)
Ingredients for the dish:
- 3 minced meat (Stuffing)
Stuffed Peppers
Ingredients for the dish:
- 2 Chili
- 1 stuffing (Stuffing)
Sweet Potato Pie
Ingredients for the dish:
- 1 sweet potato (Sweet Potato)
- 1 cake (Cake)
- 1 pumpkin (Pumpkin)
Where to get turkey
Many seasonal Thanksgiving dishes are made with turkey, so the developers added the turkey to the game so that it can be used to obtain turkey legs and stuffing.
Turkeys appear in:
- Autumn biomes
- Lobby
Birds also run in groups of two and run away when approached. Therefore, the tactics for catching them are as follows: sneak up, wait until the turkey turns away and strike first.
Note that purple sweet potato tubers can also be found in the new biome.
Cooking and preparing for dinner
The procedure is always the same:
- Gather the ingredients
- Load them into the multicooker
- Wait for cooking
- Place the dish on the table
- Go to the next recipe
It is better to prepare in advance, without leaving everything until the fifth day.
Event Rewards
The 99 Nights in the Woods Thanksgiving event has four quests, and completing each will give you its own set of rewards:
- Serve 3 or more guests – Bronze Holiday Chest
- Serve 5 or more guests – Silver Holiday Chest
- Serve 8 or more guests – Gold festive chest
- Feed guests – Festive dinner
Inside the chests you can find items and weapons, as well as diamonds.
Let the forest guests come well-fed and satisfied, and you with chests full of rewards. The event is much easier if you understand its structure, so take notes and prepare in advance.
