Welcome to our comprehensive guide on cooking in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom! Cooking plays a crucial role in keeping Link healthy and prepared for the various challenges that await him in Hyrule.
Whether you’re looking to restore some hearts, gain a temporary buff, or even unlock additional heart containers, cooking provides a wide range of benefits to aid you in your adventures. In this guide, we will cover everything you need to know about cooking in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, including the basics of cooking, the benefits of using a cooking pot, and a complete list of all the available recipes and their effects. So let’s get started and cook up some delicious and powerful dishes!
Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom – All Recipes & Cookbook:
Cooking in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom can be done in two ways. The first and least effective way is to drop food items in front of an open fire. This will turn the ingredients into roasted variants of themselves, which only restore a small amount of health and provide little to no added benefits.
The better way to cook is by using a cooking pot, which can be found scattered across Hyrule and the skies or at any stable. Using a cooking pot is the only way to combine ingredients and to brew elixirs from monster parts and critters.
To use a cooking pot, open your inventory, and select the ingredients you want to use. You can add up to five ingredients, and the amount you add may determine the effect you get. For example, cooking one Rushroom provides a low-level speed boost that lasts for a short time, but if you cook three, the boost lasts longer. Rarer ingredients tend to offer stronger effects as well.
Any successful recipe will add itself to your recipe log, which you can check by pressing “A” to select an ingredient and choosing “Check Recipe.”
Here is a list of all Tears of the Kingdom recipes and their effects:
- Roasted Apple: Apple (open fire) – Recovers 3/4s of a heart.
- Meat Skewer: Meat, any fruit – Recovers health. Add more for a greater amount and different types of fruit for different effects (e.g., Mighty Banana for attack buff).
- Energizing Steamed Mushroom: 1 Skyshroom, 1 Stambulb – Recovers 1 1/2 hearts and a small portion of stamina.
- Fish Skewer: Ancient Arowana – Recovers two hearts.
- Hasty Mushroom Skewer: Rushroom – Recovers 1 heart and buffs speed for 1 minute. Add more Mushrooms for a greater effect.
- Toasted Skyshroom: 1 Skyshroom (open fire) – Recovers half a heart.
- Mushroom Skewer: Any mushroom – Recovers health. Add more for a greater effect and different types for added buffs (e.g., Ironshroom for defense buff).
- Meat and Mushroom Skewer: Any meat, any mushroom – Recovers health. Add more for a greater effect and different types for added buffs (e.g., Rushroom for speed buff).
- Steamed Mushroom: Mushroom, any herb – Basic recipe recovers health. Can take on added effects with different types of mushrooms and herbs.
- Sauteed Peppers: 2 pepper – Recovers health and protects against harsh cold.
- Fried Wild Greens: 2 of any herb – Recovers health. Add more herbs to recover more health.
- Crab Stir-Fry: 1 Crab, 1 Goron Spice – Recovers 2 hearts and a small amount of stamina.
- Salt-Grilled Mushroom: 1 Rock Salt, at least 1 Mushroom – Recovers 2 hearts. Can have different effects depending on the mushrooms used (e.g., Stamella Shroom will restore hearts and stamina).
- Fragrant Mushroom Saute: 1 Goron Spice, at least 1 Mushroom – Recovers health. Can have different effects depending on the mushrooms used.
- Hearty Fried Wild Greens: Hearty Radish or any “Hearty” ingredient, any herb or flower – Gives Link extra hearts beyond his maximum capacity. Add more hearty ingredients for even more extra hearts.
- Hasty Fried Wild Greens: Any herb or flower – Recovers health and buffs speed for a short time. Add more for a longer duration.
- Spicy Pepper Steak: Raw Meat, 2 Spicy Pepper – Recovers 2 1/2 hearts and protects against cold weather.
- Creamy Heart Soup: 1 Hydromelon, 1 Voltfruit, 1 Fresh Milk, 1 Tabantha Wheat – Recovers all hearts and gives Link temporary extra hearts.
- Electro Fruit Pie: Any fruit, 1 Voltfruit – Recovers health and gives Link temporary shock resistance.
- Mighty Simmered Fruit: Any fruit, 1 Mighty Banana – Recovers health and provides a temporary attack buff.
- Tough Steamed Fish: Any fish – Recovers health and provides a temporary defense buff.
- Chilly Fruit and Mushroom Mix: Any fruit, any mushroom – Recovers health and provides temporary cold resistance.
- Sneaky Steamed Fish: Any fish, any critter – Recovers health and provides temporary stealth.
- Hasty Mushroom Skewer: Any mushroom, any critter – Recovers health and provides a temporary speed boost.
- Sneaky Fried Wild Greens: Any herb or flower, any critter – Recovers health and provides temporary stealth.These are just some of the many recipes you can make in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Experiment with different ingredients and combinations to discover even more powerful effects. Cooking is an essential part of the game, and mastering it can make your journey through Hyrule much more manageable.
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