8 Dish Gorge Solo Guide - RNG-Proof/Non-Character-Specific


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This guide will take you through the steps required to achieve a solo victory in The Gorge 100% of the time, even if you get the worst possible dish orders. Also, any member of the DST cast can do this so you may play as your favorite character with no worries.

 

Beginner Guide - most amount of text

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Before Beginning

Please note that you will not have enough time to beat The Gorge solo while reading this. Practice and memorization are key.

The Beginning

At the start, you'll want to press E to rotate your camera once.

  • This is the camera direction I use so that you'll know which direction I mean when I talk about north, south, west, and east

Begin by picking the hoe tool down south and till 8 holes. Drop the tool and talk to Mumsy to purchase a cook pot.

Head north and talk to Sammy (the merm) and purchase 2 blue seeds from him. Plant all 8 of them into the holes you tilled earlier.

The 1st Meal

Look around for Beefalo. There are 2 herds. 1 to the south/south-east and 1 to the north-west. Pick up 3-4 manure from them.

Pick 1 berry and head south-east to a pond area. Pick up 1 rock. Go back to the start and grab 1 fern around the north-east.

Put 1 berry, 1 rock, and 1 foliage into the cook pot and use 2 logs and 2 signs nearby to fuel the fire. While waiting for the meal to cook, grab the axe and chop some trees to get 3 logs. This can be used along with the 3rd sign for your next dish.

After getting 3 logs, the meal should be done. Put the stone soup on the altar and listen to Mumsy to see what craving is next.

The 2nd Meal

  • Veggie

Begin by going back to the pond area. Search for a goat named Billy. Talk to him and buy a salt rack for 8 coins. Put it over a pond.

Head south-west of the starting zone into the forest and look for the pig village. There should be some potatoes and rotten crops.

Pick 3 potatoes and 2 rotten crops. Drop the rot off at base and put 3 potatoes into the cook pot. Gather 3 logs while it's cooking.

Put the potato soup on the altar and listen to Mumsy to see what dish The Gnaw wants next.

  • Bread

Start by buying an oven from Mumsy for 6 old coins. Set it up somewhere you find convenient.

Pick more manure until you have 6. By this time, the wheat should've grown a bit. Use the manure to fully grow 6 of them.

Grab them and head south-east to the pond area. Directly to the far-right of the entrance should be a mealing stone.

Use it to convert the 6 wheat you have into 3 flour. Put the 3 flour into the oven.

Do not go away from the loaf of bread while it's cooking. Bread is extremely fast to cook and to burn.

Gather 4 logs then put the loaf of bread on the altar and listen to Mumsy to see what craving is next.

The 3rd Meal

If you got bread for your 2nd dish, head to the pond area and look for a goat named Billy. Buy a salt rack from him for 8 coins then set it up over a pond. Back at base, pick up the hoe and till 8 additional holes.

  • Meat

Harvest all the wheat you have remaining and head to the pond area to refine them at the mealing stone to the right.

Buy 1 pigeon from Billy and convert it to meat. On the way back to the start, pick 2 ferns.

Put 1 meat and 2 foliage into the cook pot. Gather 4 logs while it's cooking.

  • Fish

Harvest all the wheat you have remaining and head to the pond area to refine them at the mealing stone to the right.

Buy a fishing rod from Billy and go to a pond that doesn't have the salt rack (you can't fish in a pond that has 1).

There should be 3 ponds in total in the area. Catch 1 fish and pick 2 ferns on the way out.

Put 1 fish and 2 foliage into the cook pot. Gather 4 logs while it's cooking.

The 4th Meal

If you got bread for your 2nd dish, buy 2 more blue seeds from Sammy and plant all 8 of them.

Head into the pond area to check on the salt rack that you set up. It should have a salt crystal ready to harvest by now. If it's not ready, you can gather some manure from the nearby Beefalo and check on it afterwards.

Once it's done, grab it and go over to the mealing stone. Refine it into 3 salt and drop it next to the mealing stone for now.

If you got veggie for your 2nd dish, gather 3 berries and put them into the cook pot. Gather 4 logs while it's cooking.

If you got bread for your 2nd dish, gather 2 berries and put them with 1 flour into the oven. Gather 4 logs while it's cooking.

The 5th Meal

The dessert you offered should get you a sapphire medallion. Talk to Sammy to exchange it for an iron key.

Use the iron key to open the gate to the north-east. Once opened, pick 3 spotty shrubs and talk to Pipton.

Buy 1 spiky seed from him. Use the hoe to till 3 more holes and plant all 3 of the tomatoes.

The 2nd salt crystal should be ready by now. Refine 1 spot spice and 3 more salt. Pick up the other 3 salt you left earlier and you should have 6 salts. Drop everything other than the salt at the base for now.

Head to the forest south-west and find the pig village. Talk to the Swamp Pig Elder and exchange the 6 salt for 2 keys.

Head to the pond area and find 2 locked safes (there should be a total of 3 safes in the pond area).

Open 2 of them and take 2 silver bowls, 1 silver plate, and 1 large casserole dish if there is one.

If you got bread for your 2nd meal, the 8 wheat you planted should be fully grown. Refine them all into flour.

Fertilize the 3 tomatoes until fully grown and put them into the cook pot. Gather 2-3 logs while it's cooking.

When done, put the tomato soup in a silver bowl before offering it on the altar. To put it in a bowl, just hover the food over it and right-click if the bowl is in your inventory, or left-click if the bowl is on the ground.

You should get your 1st red mark from the soup. Leave it on the ground and listen to Mumsy to see what craving is next.

The 6th Meal

  • Meat / Bread

Head over to Pipton and buy 1 large grill from him for 8 coins. Set it up anywhere you like and pick up the red mark.

Go to the pond area and buy 1 slaughter tools from Billy and use it on an Old Beefalo. Pick up the 2 meat it drops.

Put 2 meat, 1 flour, and 1 spot spice into the large grill. Gather 3 logs while it's cooking.

Put the shooter sandwich on a silver plate before giving it to the altar.

This should get you your 1st favor and 2nd red mark.

  • Fish

If you don't have an oven by this point, buy 1 from Mumsy for 6 coins.

If you didn't get a large casserole dish from either safes, head over to Pipton buy 1 from him for 4 coins.

Go to the pond area and catch 1 fish. If you didn't get fish for your 3rd dish, buy a fishing rod from Billy.

Pick up the red mark and use it to buy 3 goat's milk from Mumsy.

Put 1 spice, 1 fish, and 2 milk into the large casserole dish and place it in the oven. Gather 4 logs while it's cooking.

Put the creamy fish on a silver plate before giving it to the altar.

This should get you your 1st favor and 2nd red mark.

The 7th Meal

Use the 2nd red mark to buy more milk from Mumsy.

Put 1 flour and 2 milk into the cook pot. Watch it as it cooks pretty fast.

Put the macaroni and cheese in a silver bowl before giving it to the altar.

This should get you your 2nd favor.

The 8th Meal

Gather 1 berry.

If you got fish for your 6th dish, put 1 berry, 1 milk, and 2 flour into the large oven.

Otherwise, put 1 berry, 1 milk, and 2 flour into the large grill.

Sit back and relax while it's cooking. This is your last meal! As soon as it's done, just put in on the altar.

Scone/Trifle doesn't need a silver plate for a favor (if the craving is dessert).

Pick up all 3 favors and talk to Mumsy. Exchange them for the ancient key. Use the key on the altar.

  • Congratulations, you win!

Intermediate Guide - moderate amount of text

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1st Meal: Stone Soup

  1. Use the hoe to till 8 holes
  2. Buy the cook pot
  3. Buy 2 blue seeds (8 wheat) and plant them
  4. Gather 3-4 manure
  5. Collect 1 berry, 1 rock, 1 foliage and put them into the cook pot

2nd Meal: Potato Soup / Loaf of Bread

Veggie

  1. Buy a salt rack and set it up
  2. Gather 3 potatoes and 2 rot from the pigs (credit to minespatch for the rot advice)
  3. Put 3 potatoes into the cook pot

Bread

  1. Buy an oven and set it up
  2. Fertilize 6 of the wheat with 6 manure (If they aren't stage 1 yet, wait)
  3. Refine 3 flour and put them into the oven
  4. Stay by the oven and do not leave it. Bread cooks very fast

3rd Meal: Meatballs / Fish Stew

  • If #2 was bread, buy a salt rack and set it up. Till 8 additional holes. Skip otherwise

Meat

  1. Harvest all the wheat left and turn them into flour
  2. Buy a pigeon for meat and pick 2 ferns
  3. Put 1 meat scrap and 2 foliage into the cook pot

Fish

  1. Harvest all the wheat left and turn them into flour
  2. Buy a fishing rod and catch 1 fish then pick 2 ferns
  3. Put 1 fish and 2 foliage into the cook pot

4th Meal: Fist Full of Jam / Jelly Roll

Veggie craving for #2

  1. Check on your salt rack and refine it into salt. Drop the salt next to the mealing stone
  2. Gather 3 berries and put them into the cook pot

Bread craving for #2

  1. Buy 2 blue seeds (8 wheat) and plant them
  2. Check on your salt rack and refine it into salt. Drop the salt next to the mealing stone
  3. Gather 2 berries
  4. Put 2 berries and 1 flour into the oven

5th Meal: Tomato Soup

  1. Open the gate and pick 3 spotty shrubs
  2. Buy 1 spiky seed (tomato). Plant all 3 of them
  3. Check on your salt rack and grab the 2nd salt crystal
  4. Refine 1 spot spice and 3 more salt
  5. Empty your inventory except for 6 salt and make a salt run to get 2 keys
  6. Open 2 safes and take 2 bowls, 1 plate, and 1 large casserole dish (if there is 1)
  7. If #2 was bread, harvest all the wheat and turn them into flour
  8. Fertilize all 3 tomatoes until fully grown
  9. Put 3 tomatoes into the cook pot
  10. Put the tomato soup in a silver bowl for your 1st red mark

6th Meal: Shooter Sandwich / Creamy Fish

Meat / Bread

  1. Buy 1 large grill from Pipton
  2. Buy 1 slaughter tools from Billy
  3. Use the slaughter tools on 1 Beefalo
  4. Put 2 meat, 1 flour, and 1 spice into the large grill
  5. Put the shooter sandwich on a silver plate for your 1st favor and 2nd red mark

Fish

  1. Buy 1 oven if you don't have it
  2. Buy 1 large casserole dish (if neither safes had 1)
  3. Catch 1 fish and buy 3 milk
  4. Put 1 fish, 1 spice, and 2 milk into the large oven
  5. Put the creamy fish on a silver plate for your 1st favor and 2nd red mark

7th Meal: Macaroni and Cheese

  1. Buy 3 milk
  2. Put 1 flour and 2 milk into the cook pot
  3. Watch it as macaroni cooks pretty fast
  4. Put the macaroni and cheese in a silver bowl for your 2nd favor

8th Meal: Scone / Trifle

  1. Gather 1 berry
  2. If #6 was fish, put 1 berry, 2 flour, and 1 milk into the large oven
  3. Otherwise, put 1 berry, 2 flour, and 1 milk into the large grill
  4. No need to silver plate scone/trifle for dessert craving. Enjoy your free, easy 3rd favor
  • Congratulations, you win!

Advance Guide - least amount of text

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1st Meal

  1. Buy cook pot
  2. Plant 8 wheat
  3. Pick 3-4 manure
  4. Cook pot > 1 berry, 1 rock, 1 foliage

2nd Meal

  • Veggie
  1. Salt rack
  2. Pig village > 3 potato, 2 rot
  3. Cook pot > 3 potatoes
  • Bread
  1. Buy oven
  2. 6 wheat > 3 flour
  3. Oven > 3 flour - bread cooks very fast

3rd Meal

If #2 bread > salt rack

  • Meat
  1. All wheat > flour
  2. Buy 1 pigeon
  3. Cook pot > 1 meat, 2 foliage
  • Fish
  1. All wheat > flour
  2. Catch 1 fish
  3. Cook pot > 1 fish, 2 foliage

4th Meal

If #2 bread > plant 8 wheat

  1. Refine salt. Leave salt on ground

If #2 bread > Oven > 2 berries, 1 flour

If #2 veggie > Cook pot > 3 berries

5th Meal

  1. Pick 3 spotty shrubs
  2. Buy 1 spiky seed
  3. Plant 3 tomato
  4. Refine 1 spot spice and 3 salt
  5. Empty inventory except 6 salt
  6. Salt run (get 2 keys)
  7. Open safes > 2 bowls, 1 plate (get large casserole dish if it appears)

If #2 bread > all wheat > flour

  1. Cook pot > 3 tomatoes
  2. Put in silver bowl

6th Meal

  • Meat / Bread
  1. Buy 1 large grill
  2. Buy 1 slaughter tools
  3. Large grill > 2 meat, 1 flour, 1 spice
  4. Put on silver plate
  • Fish
  1. Catch 1 fish
  2. Buy 3 milk
  3. Large oven > 1 fish, 1 spice, 2 milk
  4. Put on silver plate

7th Meal

  1. Cook pot > 1 flour, 2 milk
  2. Macaroni cooks fast
  3. Put in silver bowl

8th Meal

  1. Pick 1 berry
  2. Large grill/oven > 1 berry, 2 flour, 1 milk
  3. Silver is not needed for dessert craving

Congratulations!

Budget Sub-Guide - for purchase order reference

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1st Meal

  • 1 cook pot
  • 2 blue seeds

2nd Meal

Veggie

  • 1 salt rack

Bread

  • 1 oven

3rd Meal

If bread craving was #2

  • 1 salt rack

Meat

  • 1 pigeon

Fish

  • 1 fishing rod

4th Meal

If bread craving was #2

  • 2 blue seeds

5th Meal

  • 1 spiky seed

6th Meal

Meat / Bread

  • 1 large grill

Fish

  • (if no fish at #3), 1 fishing rod
  • (if no bread at #2), 1 oven
  • (if neither safes had one), 1 large casserole dish

2-3 Player Group Tips

This strategy was originally intended to be used by 1 player. Here are some tips if you want to utilize it for a group run.

  1. The maximum amount of fuel required in a good group with constant cooking is around 16-20 logs
  2. The maximum amount of fertilizer needed is 24 with #2 bread, 6 with #2 veggie
  3. This 8 dish run can be completed by opening 1 safe, if the 1st safe has 2 bowls and 1 plate

Important Notes

Watch out for these mistakes as they can prevent a victory.

  1. Not setting up the salt rack
  2. Forgetting to make a salt run
  3. Making a purchase mistake
  4. Purchasing in the wrong order
  5. Using wrong ingredients or the wrong cooking station

Extra Notes

  • Food gives less rewards when stale or spoiled
  • The maximum fuel value for the fire is 4 logs, 4 manure, or 2 ruined sap
  • The bigger the fire, the faster the meal cooks/burns
  • The Gnaw's hunger meter drains at an accelerating rate the longer it goes without a meal

 

For a visual demonstration, check out these videos. Please note that they are using older strategies.

NeddoFreddo's [Don't Starve: The Gorge] SOLO GUIDE (8 Dishes!)

Boriya's 100% Win Gorge Solo Guide [Don't Starve Together: The Gorge]

DemonRebuilt's The Gorge Solo Victory! How to Beat The Gorge On Your Own- Don't Starve Together: The Gorge Gameplay

 

To get the meaty neglect achievement, take this alternative route based on the 8 dish strategy.

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Important Note

It may be possible to complete this achievement in just 8 dishes.

Keep an eye on how many favors you have at all times.

1st Meal

  1. Buy cook pot
  2. Plant 12 wheat
  3. Cook pot > 1 berry, 1 rock, 1 foliage

2nd Meal

  1. Salt rack
  2. Pig village > 3 potato, 2 rot
  3. Cook pot > 3 potatoes

3rd Meal

  1. All wheat > flour
  2. Cook pot > 1 berry, 1 rock, 1 foliage

4th Meal

  1. Refine salt. Leave salt on ground
  2. Cook pot > 3 berries
  3. Clear inventory of all 4 spaces

5th Meal

  1. Pick 3 spotty shrubs
  2. Buy 1 large grill
  3. Buy 1 spiky seed, 1 seed pod
  4. Plant 3 tomato, 1 garlic
  5. Refine 1 spot spice and 3 salt
  6. Empty inventory except 6 salt
  7. Salt run (get 2 keys)
  8. Open safes > 2 bowls, 2 plate (get the large cook pot if there is 1)
  9. Cook pot > 3 tomatoes
  10. Put in silver bowl

6th Meal

  • Bread
  1. Large grill > 1 berry, 2 flour, 1 milk
  2. Put on silver plate
  • Meat / Fish
  1. Cook pot > 1 berry, 1 rock, 1 foliage

7th Meal

  1. Buy 1 large cook pot (if neither safes had 1)
  2. Large cook pot > 1 garlic, 1 flour, 2 milk
  3. Put on silver plate

8th Meal

  1. Pick 1 berry
  2. Large grill > 1 berry, 2 flour, 1 milk
  3. Silver is not needed for dessert craving

9th Meal+

Snack / Soup

  • Cook pot > 1 milk, 2 mushrooms
  • Put in silver bowl

Cheese / Pasta

  • Cook pot > 1 flour, 2 milk
  • Macaroni cooks fast
  • Put in silver bowl

Bread

  • Pick 1 berry
  • Large grill > 1 berry, 2 flour, 1 milk
  • Put on silver plate

Meat / Fish

  • Cook pot > 1 berry, 1 rock, 1 foliage

Congratulations!

 

For the tree hugger achievement, follow the guide as is but only use signs/manure/twigs/foliage/rot as fuel instead.

 

Struggling to obtain the never satisfied achievement? Have a view at these posts.

Fluffy animal's Escape without satisfying any cravings achievement guide

maxiaogua's Never Satisfied Achievement Guide (100% NO RNG GARLIC/SAFE)

 

Wondering how to go about the killing spree achievement? Browse this page for help.

Mr. Matt's A Guide on the Run that is called All-Meat

 

If you're attempting to get the 7 dish run achievement (either solo or in a group), I'd recommend looking at these great guides.

Co.op's (for a group) 100% 7 Dishes win strat [not luck depended]

Zarklord's (for solo) Solo Wes 6 Dish 100% Consistent[NO SAFE RNG/MANIPULATION]

 

Are you trying to achieve the no-silver-lining achievement? Check this thread.

Dongianizoo's SOLO WIN - 'No Silver Linings' achievement as WX78! VIDEO INCLUDED!

 

Wanting some help with gnaw's gosh/flavorville achievements? Take a peek at these walk-throughs.

Zarklord's [Advanced Players] Solo No Silver Linings + Flavorville Route - Rng-Proof/Non-Character-Specific

Shayko's Solo Guide for achievements No Silver Linings/Flavorville

 

Speed Guide - for the quickest, consistent solo path

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Important Note

Some achievements may not be obtainable with this path depending on the cravings.

This route is better used by people who already have all the achievements and just want to grind EXP.

1st Meal

  1. Buy cook pot
  2. Plant 8 wheat
  3. Cook pot > 1 berry, 1 rock, 1 foliage

2nd Meal - it doesn't matter if you get veggie or bread

  1. Salt rack
  2. Pig village > 3 potato, 2 rot
  3. Cook pot > 3 potatoes

3rd Meal

  • Meat
  1. All wheat > flour
  2. Buy 1 pigeon
  3. Cook pot > 1 meat, 2 foliage
  • Fish
  1. All wheat > flour
  2. Catch 1 fish
  3. Cook pot > 1 fish, 2 foliage

4th Meal

  1. Refine salt. Leave salt on ground
  2. Cook pot > 3 berries

5th Meal

  1. Pick 3 spotty shrubs
  2. Buy 1 spiky seed
  3. Plant 3 tomato
  4. Refine 1 spot spice and 3 salt
  5. Empty inventory except 6 salt
  6. Salt run (get 2 keys)
  7. Open safes > 2 bowls, 1 plate, 1 large casserole dish (if there is 1)
  8. Cook pot > 3 tomatoes
  9. Put in silver bowl

6th Meal

  • Meat / Bread
  1. Buy 1 large grill
  2. Buy 1 slaughter tools
  3. Large grill > 2 meat, 1 flour, 1 spice
  4. Put on silver plate
  • Fish
  1. Catch 1 fish
  2. Buy 3 milk
  3. Large oven > 1 fish, 1 spice, 2 milk
  4. Put on silver plate

7th Meal

  1. Cook pot > 1 flour, 2 milk
  2. Macaroni cooks fast
  3. Put in silver bowl

8th Meal

  1. Pick 1 berry
  2. Large grill/oven > 1 berry, 2 flour, 1 milk
  3. Silver is not needed for dessert craving

Informative Threads

Older Guide / Outdated

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1st Meal

  1. Buy cook pot
  2. Plant 8 wheat
  3. Pick 3-4 manure
  4. Cook pot > 1 berry, 1 rock, 1 foliage

2nd Meal

  • Veggie
  1. Salt rack
  2. Pig village > 3 potato, 2 rot
  3. Cook pot > 3 potatoes
  • Bread
  1. Buy oven
  2. 6 wheat > 3 flour
  3. Oven > 3 flour - bread cooks very fast

3rd Meal

  • Meat
  1. If #2 was bread > salt rack
  2. All wheat > flour
  3. Buy 1 pigeon
  4. Cook pot > 1 meat, 2 foliage
  • Fish
  1. If #2 was bread > salt rack
  2. All wheat > flour
  3. Catch 1 fish
  4. Cook pot > 1 fish, 2 foliage

4th Meal

  1. Refine salt, drop salt at base
  2. If #2 was bread > plant 8 wheat
  3. If #2 was bread, oven > 2 berries, 1 flour
  4. Else, cook pot > 3 berries

5th Meal

  1. 6 spotty shrubs, 1 spiky seed
  2. Plant 3 tomato
  3. If #2 was bread > all wheat > flour
  4. Refine 2 spice, 3 salt
  5. Empty inventory except 6 salt
  6. Salt run (get 2 keys)
  7. 2 bowls, 2 plates, 1 large cook pot or 1 large casserole dish
  8. Cook pot > 1 spice, 2 tomato
  9. Put in silver bowl

6th Meal

  • Meat
  1. Buy 1 pigeon
  2. Harvest 3rd tomato
  3. Large oven > 1 meat, 1 tomato, 1 milk, 1 flour
  4. Put on silver plate
  • Bread
  1. Buy large grill
  2. Large grill > 1 berry, 1 milk, 2 flour
  3. Put on silver plate
  • Fish
  1. Buy 1 seed pod
  2. Plant 2 garlic
  3. Catch 1 fish
  4. Large oven > 1 fish, 1 spice, 1 garlic, 1 milk
  5. Put on silver plate

7th Meal

  1. If #6 wasn't fish > 1 seed pod
  2. Large cook pot > 1 garlic, 1 flour, 2 milk

8th Meal

  1. Large oven > 1 berry, 1 flour, 2 milk
  2. Just give as is. Cheesecake doesn't need a silver plate for a favor on dessert craving

Congratulations!

Update Log

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Last Update

  • Cleaned up the guide to make it easier to read and archived update log
  • Added a link to Shayko's no-silver-lining/flavorville guide
  • Added a link to a guide on the killing spree achievement
  • Optimized the route for meaty neglect achievement
  • Added another link to a 2nd guide for the never satisfied achievement
  • Added a guide to get the meaty neglect achievement
  • Added a small note on how to get the tree hugger achievement
  • Added a link to Fluffy animal's guide on getting the never satisfied achievement

Prior Updates

  • Added a speed guide below the time/exp/meter for people who have gotten all achievements
  • Optimized and reduced the text amounts on beginner/intermediate/advance/budget guides
  • Added a link to NeddoFreddo's YouTube video explaining this guide (using a slightly older strategy)
  • Revised a huge portion of the guide including steps at both meal #4 and #5, and changed the dishes/recipes for meal #6/7/8
  • Added multiple links to informative threads near the bottom of the post
  • Edited a step in meal #4 and changed meal #7/#8
  • Archived the older version of the guide at the bottom
  • Removed cheese craving from meal #8 as it seems dessert is now 100% for #8
  • Added the average time/exp/meter per run for reference with pictures
  • Added a link to dongianizoo's thread teaching how to solo the no-silver-lining achievement
  • Added some tips for group play
  • Added links to YouTube videos posted by Boriya and DemonRebuilt - I'm surprised that DemonRebuilt visited my thread
  • Added a budget sub-guide for purchase order reference
  • Combined 1st and 2nd salt run together near the end of meal #5
  • Created an advanced guide with minimal text and hid all 3 guides under spoiler tags
  • Picking up a large cook pot or a large casserole dish by safe #2 before meal #7 has been added to prevent budget issues
  • Pizza is now #6 meat instead of cheeseburger to help fix potential budget issues
  • Jelly Roll should be made instead of Fist Full of Jam for #4 if Bread is #2 to help fix potential budget issues

 

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7 minutes ago, Extant said:

The jam for dessert should give you a sapphire medallion to open the gate with. Did you pick it up (it might be hidden behind the altar)?

yes, i got 1 sapphire medallion. but the goat wants 3 to give me a key. or do i need to get the key from somewhere else?

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1 minute ago, Extant said:

Oh, that's the ancient altar key and it requires 3 favors, not sapphire medallions. You need to talk to Sammy (the merm who sells seeds) to get the iron key to open the gate with.

oh, ok. thank you for your help. will try again. maybe you can add more details so newbies like me know what exactly to do. :D

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Just now, YumoS said:

oh, ok. thank you for your help. will try again. maybe you can add more details so newbies like me know what exactly to do. :D

Ah, don't worry about it. To be honest, I tailored this guide more towards experienced players who probably beat the game in a group in BETA and wanted to try learning to solo. I'll see if I can add a more in-depth guide separate from this one so that experienced players don't have to read through a wall of text and that even newcomers can go through the process step by step.

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Oh by the way-

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  • Gather more logs to fuel the next dish's fire with while your current dish is cooking. Since the game starts you off with 2 logs and 3 signs, you should technically never run out of fuel (excluding when cooking bread because it overcooks very easily) as long as you gather about 3-4 logs. Be careful not to let your meals overcook though.

By picking up the beefalo manure every single time I walked past the beefalo I had enough for fuel and fertilizer and never needed to chop wood- it helped me save time!

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On 6/16/2018 at 12:17 PM, TheBlob said:

Oh by the way-

By picking up the beefalo manure every single time I walked past the beefalo I had enough for fuel and fertilizer and never needed to chop wood- it helped me save time!

Interesting. I was a bit worried that constantly using manure for fuel might make it hard to fertilize your crops depending on the dish order you get (especially during bread, tomato soup, and fettuccine).

I'll have to try doing a manure-only run sometime and see how that works out.

It seems possible to do a manure only run if you get veggie for #2. It does waste time waiting around for the Beefalo if you get bread though. The best, consistent fuel seems to be a combination of 2 logs and 2 manure for the most part.

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1 minute ago, Werecrowe said:

Thank you for the extra notes, by the way; I did indeed get bread for #2 and fish for #6 on my first try (though I am planning another attempt tomorrow), glad to know that it's just RNG and not a mishap on my part!

No worries. I have made many solo runs by now and have memorized basically everything to do so I don't waste much time, but even I find myself running just a little short on time if I get bread and fish. Practice and memorization are key and good luck!

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I was a bit worried that constantly using manure for fuel might make it hard to fertilize your crops depending on the dish order you get (especially during bread, tomato soup, and fettuccine).

Well, perhaps I should add the caveat that I didn't get bread for my second round so I never had to grow more wheat. Manure-only definitely works if you get vegetables second- as long as I picked up two manure nearly every time I went past the beefalo and occasionally grabbed a couple of twigs, I could well afford to fertilize the garlic and tomato and still have fuel. I had some left over when the round ended, too.

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1 minute ago, TheBlob said:

Well, perhaps I should add the caveat that I didn't get bread for my second round so I never had to grow more wheat. Manure-only definitely works if you get vegetables second- as long as I picked up two manure nearly every time I went past the beefalo and occasionally grabbed a couple of twigs, I could well afford to fertilize the garlic and tomato and still have fuel. I had some left over when the round ended, too.

I suppose I could edit my notes to advise people to perhaps chop 1-2 logs and grab 2 manure each time they head in the Beefalos' direction.

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7 hours ago, Extant said:

This guide will take you through the steps required to achieve a solo victory in The Gorge 100% of the time, even if you get the worst possible dish orders. This can be done on anyone so you may also play as your favorite DST character without worrying about not being able to win.

This guide will continue to be worked on as I find faster, easier ways while still maintaining the RNG-proof and non-character-specific part of it. If you are looking to get the 7 dish run achievement, I would highly recommend looking at co.op's guide instead. It does require you to play as Wes though.

100% 6 Dishes win strat [not luck depended]

 

1st Meal - Snack = Stone Soup

  1. Grab the hoe and till 8 pieces of land
  2. Buy the Cook Pot
  3. Buy 2 blue seeds (8 wheat) and plant them
  4. Collect 1 berry, 1 rock, 1 foliage and put them into the cook pot

2nd Meal - Veggie = Potato Soup

  1. Gather 3 potatoes from the pigs and put them into the cook pot

2nd Meal - Bread = Bread

  1. Fertilize 6 of the wheat once (wait to fertilize them if they are not stage 1 yet as they should be)
  2. Buy an oven
  3. Refine 3 flour and put them into the oven
  4. Stay by the oven and do not leave the bread alone. Bread cooks very fast

3rd Meal - Meat = Meatballs

  1. Buy a salt rack and set it up
  2. If #2 was not bread, harvest all wheat and turn them into flour
  3. Buy a pigeon for meat and pick 2 ferns
  4. Put the meat and 2 foliage into the cook pot

3rd Meal - Fish = Fist Stew

  1. Buy a salt rack and set it up
  2. If #2 was not bread, harvest all wheat and turn them into flour
  3. Buy a fishing rod and catch 3 fish
  4. Put the 3 fish into the cook pot

4th Meal - Dessert = Fistful of Jam

  1. Make your 1st salt run and take 1 silver plate and 1 silver bowl
  2. Gather 3 berries and put them into the cook pot

5th Meal - Veggie/Snack/Soup = Tomato Soup

  1. If you got bread for #2, buy 2 blue seeds (8 wheat) and plant them. Skip otherwise
  2. Open the gate and buy 1 spiky seed (tomato) and pick 3 spotty bushes
  3. Refine 1 spice
  4. Gather manure and fertilize 2 tomatoes until fully grown
  5. Put 1 spice, 2 tomatoes into the cook pot
  6. Put the tomato soup in a silver bowl for your 1st red mark

6th Meal - Meat = Cheeseburger

  1. If bread was #2, harvest the 8 wheat and turn all of them into flour. Skip otherwise
  2. Make a 2nd salt run and take 1 silver bowl and 1 silver plate
  3. Buy 1 large grill
  4. Buy 1 pigeon for meat, harvest the 3rd tomato, and buy 3 milk
  5. Put 1 meat, 1 flour, 1 tomato, and 1 milk into the large grill
  6. Put the cheeseburger on a silver plate for your 1st favor

6th Meal - Bread = Scone

  1. If bread was #2, harvest the 8 wheat and turn all of them into flour. Skip otherwise
  2. Make a 2nd salt run and take 1 silver bowl and 1 silver plate
  3. Buy 1 large grill
  4. Gather 1 berry and buy 3 milk
  5. Put 1 berry, 2 flour, and 1 milk into the large grill
  6. Put the scone on a silver plate for your 1st favor

6th Meal - Fish = Creamy Fish

  1. If bread was #2, harvest the 8 wheat and turn all of them into flour. Skip otherwise
  2. Make a 2nd salt run and take 1 silver bowl and 1 silver plate
  3. If #2 was veggie, buy 1 oven. Skip otherwise
  4. Buy 1 large casserole dish, and 1 seed pod (garlic) then plant 2 of them
  5. Fully fertilize 1 garlic, refine 1 spice, catch 1 fish, and buy 3 milk
  6. Put 1 fish, 1 spice, 1 garlic, and 1 milk into the large oven
  7. Put the creamy fish on a silver plate for your 1st favor

7th Meal - Pasta = Fettuccine

  1. Buy 1 large cook pot
  2. If #6 was not fish, buy 1 seed pod. Plant 1 garlic and fully fertilize it. Skip this step otherwise
  3. Put 1 garlic, 1 flour, and 2 milk into the large cook pot
  4. Put it on a silver plate for your 2nd favor

8th Meal - Cheese = Macaroni and Cheese

  1. Buy 3 milk with 2nd red mark and put 2 milk, 1 flour into either the normal or large cook pot
  2. Put it in a silver bowl for your 3rd favor
  • Congratulations, you win!

8th Meal - Dessert = Cheesecake

  1. Buy 1 oven and 1 large casserole dish if you do not have them
  2. Buy 3 milk with 2nd red mark and put 2 milk, 1 berry, and 1 flour into the large casserole dish
  3. No need to silver plate cheesecake for dessert craving. Enjoy your free, easy 3rd favor
  • Congratulations, you win!

 

Extra notes

  • The worst possible dish order is probably to get both bread for #2 and fish for #6. If you get this route and fail, do not feel bad. It's possible to get efficient enough to pass even this with enough practice.
  • Gather more logs to fuel the next dish's fire with while your current dish is cooking. Since the game starts you off with 2 logs and 3 signs, you should technically never run out of fuel as long as you gather about 1-2 logs and 2 manure. Be careful not to let your meals overcook though.
  • Only till as much as you need and leave extra seeds behind. I specified how much you'll want so you don't have to waste time picking up anymore than you will use.
  • Ignore Mumsy and begin working immediately at the start, meal #4, and meal #7. Those cravings are always the same so you'll know what dish to make.

Can't you make Creamy Fish if u get fish craving?

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3 minutes ago, ZomBKiller said:

Can't you make Creamy Fish if u get fish craving?

Of course. That's the dish I recommended in my guide if #6 is fish.

I just wanted to mention the hardest route so that if people who try and fail when they get that combination know that it's not their fault.

With enough practice, you can always win solo even with that route. I typically have about 1/3rd of The Gnaw's meter left if I get veggie for #2 and 1/4 of The Gnaw's meter left if I get bread instead.

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5 minutes ago, ZomBKiller said:

Can't you make Creamy Fish if u get fish craving?

I believe you cannot if Fish is your third meal, since you'd need spice for that (which requires unlocking the upper gate with a key that costs one sapphire medallion), unless I'm mistaken!

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Just now, Werecrowe said:

I believe you cannot if Fish is your third meal, since you'd need spice for that (which requires unlocking the upper gate with a key that costs one sapphire medallion), unless I'm mistaken!

for round 6?

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Oh, when I did it, I got only the Favor and not the red mark (the recipe list was showing a plated Fettuccine rewarding 1 favor and 7 coins). But I tried again and it worked normally lol

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