Artem "Artem" Noiman
Love culinary experiments? Then inZOI will be right up your alley! Cooking here looks cool… until your carefully gathered sweet potatoes vanish from the plate as if stolen by a hunger ghost. Yes, the game’s cooking system is still a bit "raw"—and not in the gastronomic sense. Let’s figure out why food suddenly disappears and what the developers plan to do about it.
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What’s the Problem?
The issue is that during cooking, food and ingredients can vanish without a trace—and this isn’t a feature, it’s a bug. Most often, players encounter situations where their character starts cooking, places ingredients on the table… and then—nothing.
The ingredients disappear, the dish isn’t prepared, and the resources are already spent. This happens especially with more complex recipes (like curry), while simpler ones (such as toast) are less affected. This unpredictability makes the game’s cooking mechanics not just unreliable but also quite frustrating.
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Storage Bugs
A separate challenge isn’t just cooking but simply keeping ingredients intact until use. In the current version of the game, there’s a refrigerator, but no fully functional storage system. Some ingredients (like sweet potatoes) can’t even be placed in the inventory, and players report food either getting "stuck" or disappearing entirely. As a result, you have to carry everything in your pockets and hope nothing vanishes during your first cooking attempt.
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Why Is This Happening?
The strange behavior of food in inZOI stems from several factors, none of which currently favor the player. First, it’s due to unpolished code: the cooking mechanics are clearly still in development, and bugs at the intersection of inventory, tables, and recipes occur frequently. Second, the object interaction logic sometimes glitches—the game "thinks" an ingredient has already been used and simply removes it without initiating the cooking process.
There are also interface and storage issues: the lack of a proper storage system and the inability to manage ingredients properly turn cooking into a risky gamble. All this combines into a "black hole" effect where food vanishes—without a trace or explanation.
In short—the fault lies with the developers. Hopefully, they’ll fix these bugs soon.
- Also read: How Cooking Works in inZOI
Player Recommendations
While the developers work on patches, players have to improvise. Here are some tips to avoid losing dinner on the way to the stove:
🔹 Cook simple dishes: Tier 1 recipes (like toast) tend to work more reliably. Fewer ingredients mean fewer chances of losing something along the way.
🔹 Monitor your inventory: Ensure the necessary ingredients are on your active character and not just "somewhere in the house." For now, the fridge is just decor, not a functional storage space.
🔹 Pay attention to the table: There should be nothing on it (not even decorations). Sometimes food disappears because unrelated items are on the cooking surface.
🔹 Save before cooking: Especially if attempting something more complex than scrambled eggs. This saves both nerves and ingredients.
🔹 Report bugs: If something vanishes, speak up: leave feedback on the Steam forum. The more complaints, the higher the chance the bug gets prioritized.
🔹 Avoid rare ingredients: If an item is hard to obtain or doesn’t fit in your inventory, it’s best to postpone recipes requiring it for now.
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The cooking system in inZOI is far from perfect—bugs, disappearing ingredients, and storage quirks can ruin the experience even for the most patient players. But the good news is that the developers are aware, and hopefully, fixes are coming soon. For now, stock up on patience, toast… and manual saves before every cooking session.
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