To get Raw Rice in Enshrouded 1.0, harvest the wild rice paddy just west of Orville in the Veilwater Basin. Then turn one Raw Rice into five Rice Seedlings at the Seedbed and plant them in water.
Quick answer: Harvest the ripe rice west of Orville, then craft 1 Raw Rice + 1 Fertilised Farm Soil + 1 Water at the Seedbed for 5 Rice Seedlings.
Where to find Raw Rice
Raw Rice is a common material at item level 40, and it stacks to 250. Its item text reads “Grains of raw rice. They’ll be very filling once cooked!” The in-game hint points you toward the Veilwater Basin, and that’s where the only wild rice field is.
Head to Orville, a settlement in the Veilwater Basin. The rice paddy sits just west of it, roughly 60 m from the settlement marker. It holds 33 ripe rice plants you can harvest, mixed in with younger and dried-out plants. Harvest the ripe ones for Raw Rice. Orville and the rest of the region are in the Veilwater Basin guide.
How to grow rice at your base
One trip to Orville is enough if you turn part of your harvest into seedlings.
Plant rice in water, not in a dry field like your other crops. Soil is covered in Farm Soil and Fertilised Farm Soil, water in how to get water at your base.
Cooked Rice recipe and food buff
Raw Rice has two uses: crafting Rice Seedlings and making Cooked Rice. Cooked Rice is the starting point for every rice dish. Combine 4 Raw Rice + 1 Salt at the Cooking Station to produce 5 Cooked Rice.
Eaten on its own, Cooked Rice gives the “Grain Product” food buff, a melee damage bonus, for 600 seconds. Its item text reads: “It will make for a good side dish.”
Every dish that uses Cooked Rice
Seven kitchen dishes take Cooked Rice, and each recipe makes 5 servings.
| Dish | Cooked Rice | Other ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Sushi | 5 | 5 Algae, 2 fish |
| Fried Rice | 5 | 5 Eggs, 3 Bell Pepper, 3 Corncob, 2 Raw Taro |
| Aurora Bean Rice | 5 | 5 Aurora Beans, 3 Bell Pepper, 3 Tomato |
| Cabbage Mushroom Rice | 5 | 5 Shiitake Mushroom, 5 Grandleaf Cabbage, 3 Thyme |
| Plantain Curry | 5 | 5 Plantain, 5 Coconut Milk, 2 Spice |
| Taro Root Curry | 5 | 5 Raw Taro, 3 Bell Pepper, 2 Coconut Milk, 2 Spice |
| Grilled Fish with Coconut Rice | 5 | 2 Seared Fish Filet, 5 Coconut Milk, 5 Grilled Algae Buds, 2 Raw Taro |
For Sushi, the two fish can be Silverback, Crimsonback or Yellowfin; where to catch them is in the fishing guide.
Fried Rice is the egg-and-vegetable option, combining Cooked Rice with Eggs, Bell Pepper, Corncob and Raw Taro. Every other Kitchen and farm recipe is in all Farmer recipes.
