Wild Yeast

The subject of this article is from the Worlds Part II update.
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 25 March, 2025.

Wild Yeast is a consumable.

Summary[]

Wild Yeast is a consumable and one of the Raw Ingredients.

An edible plant, harvested from planetary flora.

Process in a Nutrient Processor to generate edible products.

Wild Yeast can be cooked using a Nutrient Processor with the following ingredients:

Wild Yeast is used as an ingredient for cooking the following products using a Nutrient Processor:

Bone Cream (Cheese) -- Bone Cream x1 + Wild Yeast x1 → Bone Cream (Cheese) x1 ("Component Churn", 2.5 sec./unit output)
Dough -- Refined Flour x1 + Wild Yeast x1 → Dough x1 ("Component Churn", 2.5 sec./unit output)
ProtoCheese -- Proto-Cream x1 + Wild Yeast x1 → ProtoCheese x1 ("Component Churn", 2.5 sec./unit output)
Questionable Biscuit -- Sugar Dough x1 + Wild Yeast x1 → Questionable Biscuit x1 ("Dough Augmentation", 2.5 sec./unit output)
Tangy Cheese -- Cream x1 + Wild Yeast x1 → Tangy Cheese x1 ("Component Churn", 2.5 sec./unit output)
Wild Yeast -- Wild Yeast x1 → Wild Yeast x1 ("Fermentation", 2.5 sec./unit output)

When applied as bait, Wild Yeast gives the following bonus towards your next catch:

Restores 5% life support power once consumed.
Wild Yeast is the only cooking product in No Man's Sky that has a redundant recipe with the same output as the input: Wild Yeast makes Wild Yeast. Hence, fermentation can mean you are bluffing the cooking action.