Hazard Levels Brewing Guide — Perk Cocktails & Orders

How brewing works in Hazard Levels: unlock Brewdragon's Secret Brewery, use the Brewing Station, complete orders, and throw perk cocktails at teammates in 1.0.

11/13/2026 1.0 Hazard Levels Wiki Last updated: 11/13/2026 4 min read

FAQ

How do you unlock brewing in Hazard Levels?

Open the hidden door by the cash register in The Fox Hole Arms to reach Brewdragon Secret Brewery and the Brewing Station, per the 'It's Brewing Time' announcement.

What are order ledgers?

Developer posts say completing orders teaches powerful drink recipes and levels perk cocktails for future crawls.

How many perk cocktails exist?

A November recap post references over 70 cocktails completed on the roadmap; exact live count may change with patches.

Are perk cocktails single-player only?

Nothing in the official store copy or patch notes limits brewing to multiplayer. Steam lists both single-player and online co-op.

Can you throw brewed cocktails?

The 1.0 launch post states all perk cocktails can be thrown at teammates to share effects, including gag transformations.

Do first-run cocktails cost money?

The brewing update says powerful drinks are on the house during Crawl 1 but must be unlocked for later use—verify economy after 1.0 rebalance.

Why does brewing matter in Hazard Levels?

Rift ingredients are not just score tokens. Official posts since September position brewing as the meta-progression glue—turning bizarre loot into perk cocktails that change the next crawl.

The loop advertised on Steam:

Harvest ingredients inside procedural rifts
Return to The Fox Hole Arms
Enter Brewdragon’s Secret Brewery
Research recipes and fulfill orders
Bring leveled drinks back into the rift

How do you unlock Brewdragon’s Secret Brewery?

Steps confirmed in the «IT’S BREWING TIME» post:

Go to The Fox Hole Arms hub (hub guide)
Interact with the hidden door by the cash register
Enter the brewery and approach the Brewing Station

No key item is mentioned in that announcement—just discovery and activation.

What does the Brewing Station do?

Official copy lists two linked functions:

Research and develop powerful drinks from gathered ingredients
Follow recipes using loot you extracted on the last crawl

A recap ahead of 1.0 adds order ledgers: finishing orders teaches new recipes and levels perk cocktails, making them more useful on later runs.

Recipe boards list ingredients by category (Mineral, Fruit & Veg, Alien) with a count for each; the screenshot above shows Tequila Sunflare.

The same September post notes the power drinks are free on the house during Crawl 1, while future crawls require you to unlock them. Patch notes from 28 May 2026 also say drinks cost money after the first crawl. The 1.0 launch post lists an economy rebalance, so recheck prices in your own copy.

How do perk cocktails affect crawls?

Store copy splits outcomes into two buckets: some drinks grant powerful abilities, others cause complete chaos. Drinks with official effect text:

Teenie Weenie: shrinks the drinker so teammates can throw them with the Gravity Gauntlet (recap post).
R.A.D.S: a toxic aura that damages nearby enemies (1 July 2026 Summer Update).
Magnetonic: pulls items to you from up to 5 m away for 20 seconds (6 August 2026).
Shapeshifter: turns you into a prop such as a Pickle (12 June 2026).

Version 1.0 adds throwing: you can throw any perk cocktail at allies, whether to heal them or, per the launch post, to turn them into a toilet. The full table with sources is on the cocktail ledger.

Read mechanic context in Gravity Gauntlet tips before friendly-fire drinks.

Where is the full recipe list?

We maintain a verified-only table at all cocktail recipes. As of 2026-11-13 it includes:

The official scope statement (over 70 cocktails in the 5 November recap)
Four ingredient lists read from official Steam screenshots of the Brewing Station (Pulseberry Daiquiri, Tequila Sunflare, The Slugger, Blue & Tonic)
Four named drinks with official effect text
Explicit gaps wherever an effect or ingredient list is unverified

How does brewing interact with co-op?

Nothing in official text restricts brewing to the host player. Throwing cocktails in 1.0 makes brewing a support role:

Heal runners mid-combat (the launch post names healing as a use; which recipe heals is not verified here)
Prank teammates if your squad enjoys chaos

Proximity chat means they will hear you laugh when the toilet gag triggers—plan accordingly (co-op guide).

New player path (verified order)

Complete Tutorial+ (1.0) — beginner guide
Finish a crawl with any ingredients
Open brewery door, interact with Brewing Station
Complete ledger orders to learn power-drink recipes
Equip drinks before stabilizing the next portal (gear overview)

Not yet verified

Post-1.0 currency costs per brew
Failure states when missing ingredients
Which cocktails are order-only vs freeform research
Full effect text for each named drink

Sources

Steam community news — «IT’S BREWING TIME» — https://steamcommunity.com/app/1374680/announcements/ — accessed 2026-11-13
Steam community news — «Twas the Night Before 1.0» — https://steamcommunity.com/app/1374680/announcements/ — accessed 2026-11-13
Steam community news — «Hazard Levels 1.0 is Out Now!» — https://steamcommunity.com/app/1374680/announcements/ — accessed 2026-11-13
Steam community news — «Been there, checked that!» — https://steamcommunity.com/app/1374680/announcements/ — accessed 2026-11-13