To complete The Forgotten Recipe quest and cook Brock’s Stew in Gothic 1 Remake, you must collect 2 of each of the following 6 ingredients:
Total needed: 2 Scavenger Breasts + 2 Onions + 2 Carrots + 2 Potatoes + 2 Water + 2 Solanaceae herbs
Step-by-Step Guide to the Forgotten Recipe
Step 1: Start the Quest
Firstly, get the old recipe.
It’s in the chest in your tent in the old camp.
Once you find it, go to Snaf.
Talk to Snaf (the chef standing by the large cauldron near the castle gate in Old Camp).
He will ask you to make Brock’s Stew using his forgotten recipe.
Step 2: Buy Vegetables and Water
Go to Dexter, the market merchant in the southern Old Camp market area (under hanging cloth covers).
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Buy 2 Onions
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Buy 2 Carrots
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Buy 2 Potatoes
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Buy 2 Water
Total cost: 24 ore for all 4 items
Step 3: Get Scavenger Breasts (Raw White Meat)
Head to the north gate area of Old Camp (where you first entered the town):
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Look for Scavengers roaming in the fields/forests east and west of the north gate.
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Kill them until you collect 2 Scavenger Breasts (shown as Raw White Meat in your inventory).
If you can’t find Scavengers there, also check fields just outside the north gate.
Step 4: Find Solanaceae Herbs
Collect 2 Solanaceae herbs from caves. Best locations:
Option A – South Gate Cave (recommended):
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Go to the south gate of Old Camp.
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Enter the cave outside where you find Nek (in The Vanished Warder quest)
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Pick 2 Solanaceae herbs from the ground inside
Option B – North Gate Molerat Cave:
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Cross the bridge at the north gate
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Enter the small molerat cave
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Pick 2 Solanaceae herbs
Option C – West Molerat Cave:
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Go west of Old Camp near the guarded orc path
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Enter the larger molerat cave
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Pick Solanaceae herbs here too
Step 5: Cook Brock’s Stew
Return to Snaf at the cauldron near the castle gate:
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Give him all 6 ingredients (2 of each type)
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He will cook Brock’s Stew
- Then find a cauldron and prepare the brock’s stew.
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Return to Snaf to complete the quest and receive your reward
Total Cost & Tips
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Total ore needed: ~24–25 ore (mostly for Dexter’s items)
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If you don’t have enough ore, sell spare weapons, armor, or materials to merchants
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Collect Solanaceae while doing other cave quests (like The Vanished Warder) to save time
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You only need 2 of each, not more
Critical Mistakes to Avoid
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Buying only 1 of each vegetable – you need 2 of every ingredient
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Looking for Scavengers inside the town – they’re outside, mainly near the north gate fields
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Skipping the south gate cave – it’s the easiest place to get Solanaceae early
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Not talking to Snaf first – the quest won’t start until you speak to him at the cauldron.
This covers all ingredient locations, exact quantities, and costs so you can complete The Forgotten Recipe quickly without wasting ore or time.
