Dave's Stew Solver

Solve Evil Dave's Spicy Stew quickly using a Mastermind-style elimination tool. Fast mobile inputs, session save, and suggestion engine.

This puzzle appears during the Recipe for Disaster questline — specifically the Evil Dave sub-quest — and can be repetitive to brute-force in-game. The solver targets the exact mechanic used by that sub-quest to help you finish the encounter quickly.

Why this tool helps

Dave's Spicy Stew can be incredibly time-consuming to brute-force in-game. This solver translates the puzzle into a Mastermind problem: it keeps a list of every possible stew combination and removes those that contradict Dave's feedback after each guess. The engine then recommends a guess that maximizes information gain so you remove as many wrong options as possible.

Designed for speed and reliability, the solver is optimized for mobile use when you're in-game and want to minimise downtime. The UI shows the spice icons next to each selection, so matching the in-game stews to the solver is easy and error-resistant. Your progress is saved to your browser session so accidental refreshes won't lose your current run.

Use the suggestion button to automatically fill the recommended next guess, or manually enter your own trials and the feedback Dave provides. The tool displays the remaining possible stews (with icons) and a concise history of your guesses and feedback.

Because this page includes a visible FAQ and structured FAQ JSON-LD, search engines can better understand the tool and show it in results for queries like "Dave's stew solver", "spicy stew solver", and "how to solve Dave spicy stew" — helping more players find the tool that saves hours of testing.

Remaining possible stews (27)

R0 Red spiceY0 Red spiceO0 Red spice
R0 / Y0 / O0
#0
R0 Red spiceY0 Red spiceO1 Yellow spice
R0 / Y0 / O1
#1
R0 Red spiceY0 Red spiceO2 Orange spice
R0 / Y0 / O2
#2
R0 Red spiceY1 Yellow spiceO0 Red spice
R0 / Y1 / O0
#3
R0 Red spiceY1 Yellow spiceO1 Yellow spice
R0 / Y1 / O1
#4
R0 Red spiceY1 Yellow spiceO2 Orange spice
R0 / Y1 / O2
#5
R0 Red spiceY2 Orange spiceO0 Red spice
R0 / Y2 / O0
#6
R0 Red spiceY2 Orange spiceO1 Yellow spice
R0 / Y2 / O1
#7
R0 Red spiceY2 Orange spiceO2 Orange spice
R0 / Y2 / O2
#8
R1 Yellow spiceY0 Red spiceO0 Red spice
R1 / Y0 / O0
#9
R1 Yellow spiceY0 Red spiceO1 Yellow spice
R1 / Y0 / O1
#10
R1 Yellow spiceY0 Red spiceO2 Orange spice
R1 / Y0 / O2
#11
R1 Yellow spiceY1 Yellow spiceO0 Red spice
R1 / Y1 / O0
#12
R1 Yellow spiceY1 Yellow spiceO1 Yellow spice
R1 / Y1 / O1
#13
R1 Yellow spiceY1 Yellow spiceO2 Orange spice
R1 / Y1 / O2
#14
R1 Yellow spiceY2 Orange spiceO0 Red spice
R1 / Y2 / O0
#15
R1 Yellow spiceY2 Orange spiceO1 Yellow spice
R1 / Y2 / O1
#16
R1 Yellow spiceY2 Orange spiceO2 Orange spice
R1 / Y2 / O2
#17
R2 Orange spiceY0 Red spiceO0 Red spice
R2 / Y0 / O0
#18
R2 Orange spiceY0 Red spiceO1 Yellow spice
R2 / Y0 / O1
#19
R2 Orange spiceY0 Red spiceO2 Orange spice
R2 / Y0 / O2
#20
R2 Orange spiceY1 Yellow spiceO0 Red spice
R2 / Y1 / O0
#21
R2 Orange spiceY1 Yellow spiceO1 Yellow spice
R2 / Y1 / O1
#22
R2 Orange spiceY1 Yellow spiceO2 Orange spice
R2 / Y1 / O2
#23
R2 Orange spiceY2 Orange spiceO0 Red spice
R2 / Y2 / O0
#24
R2 Orange spiceY2 Orange spiceO1 Yellow spice
R2 / Y2 / O1
#25
R2 Orange spiceY2 Orange spiceO2 Orange spice
R2 / Y2 / O2
#26

Suggestion

Try this next: R0 / Y0 / O2
R0 RedY0 RedO2 OrangeSpicy stew
This guess is chosen to reduce the search space the most (greedy heuristic).

History

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