Ingredients

**Ingredients** are a group of items appearing in the Rusty Lake series, used to create other objects. They are common in both cookery and alchemy, combining properties of each material into a new item with aspects of the ingredients used.

## Rusty Lake Hotel

Various ingredients appear in Rusty Lake Hotel, which the player must collect in order to prepare five dinners. There are fifteen ingredients in total; five pieces of meat and ten optional ingredients, with three ingredients total needed to create each meal.

The five types of meat are found in each room of Rusty Lake Hotel, after killing each of the five guests. In addition, two extra ingredients can be used for each piece of meat, adding extra flavour and improving the player's score. For every meal, one extra ingredient is found inside the guests' room and one is found in the Hotel lobby.

* Mr. Deer - **Deer Steak**
	+ **Mushrooms** are found in the painting in the lobby, after answering the telephone on the first night.
	+ **Rosemary** is found on the deer skull in Room 1, after the left antler has been extended.
* Mr. Boar - **Wild Boar Ribs**
	+ **Red Wine** is found by the lobby windows, after Ms. Pheasant has been killed.
	+ **Tomatoes** are found in the toilet of Room 2, after Mr. Boar has been fed two sandwiches.
* Ms. Pheasant - **Pheasant Breast**
	+ **White Wine** is found by the dining room door, after Mrs. Pigeon has been killed.
	+ **Thyme** is found on the clock in Room 3.
* Mr. Rabbit - **Rabbit Stew**
	+ **Carrots** are found in Mr. Crow's pocket on the second night.
	+ **White Beans** are found behind a mark on Mr. Owl's picture in the room, if cut with a knife.
* Mrs. Pigeon - **Pigeon Wing**
	+ **Potatoes** are given by Mr. Bat after the player catches him on the third night.
	+ **Blackberries** are found in the beak of the Young Bird, if they are repeatedly shocked.

In addition to these dinners, a Bloody Mary cocktail can be made for Mr. Deer, and a sandwich can be made for Mr. Boar, made of bread, lettuce and his own faeces. A bowl of corn can also be given to Mrs. Pigeon, but this contains only one ingredient: Corn.

## Cube Escape: Theatre

Six bottles of drinks are found behind the bar of the Rusty Lake Theatre. When mixed together in the shaker provided, valid combinations of drinks can be made into one of four cocktails and given to the barfly, Bob. The recipes for all of these, except the Gin Tonic, are given to the player in game. The Gin Tonic was given as part of a competition.

* **Screwdriver Cocktail** - 2x Vodka, 2x Orange Juice
* **Harvey Wallbanger** - 2x Vodka, 1x Orange Juice, 1x Galliano
* **Bloody Mary** - 1x Vodka, 1x Tabasco, 2x Blood
* **Gin Tonic** - 2x Gin, 2x Tonic

## Rusty Lake: Roots

In Rusty Lake: Roots, ingredients are mostly used through alchemy, in the final stage of the game. Starting from only four base components, the player can combine and expand their number of reagents, and eventually create the Elixir of Life by mixing a black egg and a bottle. A number of other items can also be made, but have no further purpose. A full list can be found on the alchemy page.

* **Black Egg** -
	+ Water + Earth = Clay
	+ Clay + Water = Plant
	+ Plant + Water = Algae
	+ Algae + Water = Shell
	+ Fire + Earth = Lava
	+ Lava + Air = Stone
	+ Stone + Fire = Metal
	+ Metal + Shell = Chalk
	+ Earth + Air = Dust
	+ Dust + Chalk = Black Egg
* **Glass Bottle** -
	+ Fire + Earth = Lava
	+ Lava + Air = Stone
	+ Stone + Air = Sand
	+ Sand + Fire = Glass Bottle

## Rusty Lake Paradise

During the Fifth Plague, the player must make the Rusty Lake Burger for Gerard. There are six ingredients needed to complete the burger, and are found around the island either in the vegetable garden or harvested from the animals. The ingredients are given to Margaret to be chopped finely in order to be put on the burger.

* **Lettuce** - Picked from the pot outside the Paradise Island gate.
* **Cucumber Slices** - The Cucumber is taken from the vegetable garden, and is sliced by Margaret.
* **Ketchup** - The tomato is taken from the vegetable garden, and is pureed by Margaret.
* **Crispy Bacon** - Goat bacon is cut from the goat, sliced by Margaret and cooked into crispy bacon in a pan.
* **Cheese** - Milk is harvested from the cow into a bucket, pressed into a wheel of cheese, and cut into a slice.
* **Burger** - Raw beef is cut from the cow, minced by Margaret and cooked into a burger in a pan.