While most of Final Fantasy 16's main story tasks the protagonist, Clive Rosfield, with exploring Valisthea and confronting various forms of evil, players will also have several opportunities to pursue side quests during their playthrough. More side quests become available the further players progress; those hoping to complete the A Culinary Pilgrimage side quest will need to wait until they have started the Here Be Monsters main quest.
Two new side quests become available when Clive returns to The Hideaway at the beginning of Here Be Monsters. To start Final Fantasy 16's A Culinary Pilgrimage side quest, he must travel to The Ale Hall and speak to Yvan, the Kitchen Hand, who can be seen standing beside the bar, reading a book.
How To Find The Unwonted Violet Ingredient For Yvan
Yvan will tell Clive that Tomes lent him a cookbook full of recipes he wishes to recreate. Sadly, hopeful culinary genius doesn't possess the main ingredient needed to create one of the dishes, and since Clive just so happens to be nearby, the task of ingredient-fetching falls to him.
To make matters worse, the cookbook doesn't state what the ingredient is, only that some people refer to it as "Unwonted Violets."
Upon accepting the A Culinary Pilgrimage side quest, Clive should fast-travel to Martha's Rest, head west, and interact with the Flesher standing in the last stall on the left. The Flesher will explain to Clive that "Unwanted Violets" is just another term for scorpion tails.
With no one selling scorpion tails anymore, Clive will be forced to find some living scorpions and take their tails for himself. To find a den of them, he should backtrack to the Obelisk, follow the bridge leading south, and head east into the Three Reeds. The scorpions can then be found in the northeastern dead end.
Upon entering this area, Clive will be faced with five Level 24 Lowland Scorpions, each of which drops an Unwonted Violet when they have been defeated.
These enemies aren't overly dangerous, especially if Clive has been optimizing his gear and upgrading his Eikon abilities, but they are a little bit stronger than most of the enemies found in the Three Reeds. So long as Clive is at a similar level, they shouldn't pose that much of a challenge.
How To Complete A Culinary Pilgrimage In Final Fantasy 16
Once Clive has made short work of the Lowland Scorpions, he can fast-travel back to The Hideaway and speak to Yvan once more. After handing the Unwonted Violets over, Yvan will panic; he believes that adding scorpion tails to his dish will poison whoever eats it. Skeptical but determined all the same, he follows the recipe and includes the Unwonted Violets.
Though Yvan's culinary creation doesn't sit well with him initially, he quickly regains his composure and dubs it one of the best things he's ever eaten. After the conversation, the A Culinary Pilgrimage side quest ends, and Clive receives a Badge of Mettle +1, a powerful accessory that increases Defense by 30 points.
Final Fantasy 16 is available exclusively on PlayStation 5.
