How to get Hug-in-a-bowl Deviant in Once Human

Hug-in-a-bowl is one of the rarer Once Human Deviants, but clever players have officially found what makes it appear. During the days of the beta, players could simply find it hovering on certain roads on PVP servers. However, it has since been confirmed by several players that it can appear on PVE servers, but in a new location.

No longer found in the wild, you can only get a Hug-in-a-bowl via cooking! While crafting the proper recipe doesn’t guarantee that this deviant will drop, using the right ingredients certainly gives you a much better chance of acquiring it.

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Where to find Hug-in-a-bowl Deviant in Once Human

You just need to be patient and do some cooking (Image via Starry Studio/YouTube@TurntheRage)

If you want to unlock Hug-in-a-bowl in Once Human, you need to have access to an Electric Stove in your base. You also need a specific set of ingredients. This is unlocked in your Memetic tree perks. Once you have these ingredients and have built your stove, you can cook this recipe with the following ingredients:

• Salt x1
• Wheat x2
• Pork x1
• Cabbage x1
• Deviated Peppercorn x1

It’s important to use Deviated Peppercorn instead of regular. To get this, you need to plant Peppercorn Seeds in your base. You can find Peppercorn Seeds in a variety of places or buy them from Lacey at Blackfell, in the Red Sands region. Just keep making this recipe until you get the Deviant!

Some players have reported that Hug-in-a-bowl can appear at coordinates (5771, -6056) in Broken Delta. It's rumored to be found under a bridge at those coordinates, but we have not seen one spawn there at this time.

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How to use Hug-in-a-bowl Deviant in Once Human

Delicious Soup makes amazing, Sanity-clearing noodles (Image via Starry Studio/@BrightEyedLemmings)

If you want to get the most out of the Hug-in-a-bowl in Once Human, plant flowers and crops near its Securement Unit. This will increase its mood and the frequency with which it assists you. Hug-in-a-bowl can help you make one of the best items in the game. Using the crafting ingredient Delicious Soup, you can make Homestyle Noodles at the Supplies Workbench, with the following ingredients:

• Delicious Soup x8
• Acid x4
• Glass x3

Thanks to this handy Deviant, you can now craft Homestyle Noodles, which completely clears your Sanity! No matter how bad it is, eating this delicious meal will completely restore your Sanity, making it a must-have ingredient.

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