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Unlike previous Legend of Zelda games, Link doesn't recover health from picking up hearts. Instead, Breath of the Wild adds cooking. Throughout their journey, players will be farming materials from monsters, wildlife, and more. Consuming food will restore Link's health, but cooking it will have better recovery effects and, depending on the ingredients, can grant a buff such as durability or increased attack power.
There are over 100 recipes in Breath of the Wild. Unfortunately, there isn't a cookbook to keep track of every recipe. Players can check the ingredients by selecting a meal and then selecting "Recipe," but it's easy to forget what's in each dish.
How to Cook in BotW
Cooking in Breath of the Wild is easy. Players will need a campfire with a cooking pot. Go into the menu with X-button, use the right control stick to scroll to Materials in the inventory. Then, select a food ingredient (ex: Apple) with A-button, then select Hold.
Link can hold up to five ingredients at once. Most recipes only need 1-3 ingredients, but heartier meals will usually need 4-5 ingredients. Anything that is in Link's Materials tab can be cooked. However, just because something can be cooked, doesn't mean it should. Mixing ingredients with incompatible materials (such as gems) may not give the best results. Some food will grant an "effect" to the meal. Be warned: Making a dish that uses two items that have effects will cause them to cancel one another out. So if players want to make something that will restore Stamina (ex: Stamella Shroom) as well as HP, they should avoid adding food that will give anything else other than Stamina (ex: Warm Safflina).
Soup & Stew Recipes
Soups and Stews use vegetables/herbs, mushrooms, and sometimes flowers as their main ingredients, as well as Fresh Milk. In Breath of the Wild, there are a variety of vegetables/herbs, and most of them will give Link a buff when cooked. Flowers can be used in cooking, but they're generally preferred for upgrading to higher-level armor.
- Vegetables/Herbs: Fortified Pumpkin, Endura Carrot, Swift Carrot, Hearty Radish, Big Hearty Radish, Spicy Pepper, Hyrule Herb
- Mushrooms: Hearty Shroom, Big Hearty Shroom, Chillshroom, Razorshroom, Ironshroom, Zapshroom, Rushroom, Sunshroom, Stamella Shroom, Hylian Shroom, Endurashroom, Silent Shroom
- Flowers: Warm Safflina, Silent Princess, Cool Safflina, Swift Violet, Mighty Thistle, Blue Nightshade, Electric Safflina, Armoranth
Name | Ingredient(s) |
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Cream of Mushroom Soup |
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Creamy Heart Soup |
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Veggie Cream Soup |
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Pumpkin Stew |
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Carrot Stew |
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Cream of Vegetable Soup |
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Meat Recipes
Meat and poultry can be gained from hunting wildlife such as foxes, bears, cranes, and wolves. There are six types of meat and poultry total in BotW. Certain recipes call for specific meats (ex: Gourmet Spiced Meat Skewer). In case a recipe calls for any type of meat, then players can choose whatever they want.
- Types of Meat: Raw Meat, Raw Prime Meat, Raw Gourmet Meat
- Types of Poultry: Raw Bird Drumstick, Raw Bird Thigh, or Raw Whole Bird
Name | Ingredient(s) |
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Meat Skewer |
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Copious Meat Skewer | |
Spiced Meat Skewer |
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Prime Spiced Meat Skewer |
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Gourmet Spiced Meat Skewer |
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Steamed Meat |
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Glazed Meat |
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Meat and Mushroom Skewer |
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Salt-Grilled Meat |
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Salt-Grilled Prime Meat |
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Salt-Grilled Gourmet Meat |
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Pepper Steak |
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Meat-Stuffed Pumpkins |
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Meat Pie |
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Meat and Rice Bowl |
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Prime Meat and Rice Bowl |
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Gourmet Meat and Rice Bowl |
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Poultry Pilaf |
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Prime Poultry Pilaf |
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Gourmet Poultry Pilaf |
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Meaty Rice Balls |
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Meat Stew |
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Prime Meat Stew |
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Gourmet Meat Stew |
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Meat Curry |
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Prime Meat Curry |
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Creamy Meat Soup |
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Poultry Curry |
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Prime Poultry Curry |
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Gourmet Poultry Curry |
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Meat and Seafood Fry |
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Spicy Meat and Seafood Fry |
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Prime Meat and Seafood Fry |
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Gourmet Meat and Seafood Fry |
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Seafood Recipes
Just like meat, there are different types of seafood in Breath of the Wild. There are three categories: Fish, snails, and crabs. Unlike meat/poultry, most crabs and snails offer additional effects such as defense and attack power:
- Fish: Hyrule Bass, Staminoka Bass, Hearty Bass, Voltfin Trout, Stealthfin Trout, Hearty Salmon, Chillfin Trout, Sizzlefin Trout, Armored Porgy, Mighty Porgy, Mighty Carp, Sanke Carp, Armored Carp
- Crabs: Razorclaw Crab, Ironshell Crab, Bright-Eyed Crab
- Snails: Sneaky River Snail, Hearty Blueshell Snail
Name | Ingredient(s) |
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Fish Skewer |
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Copious Fish Skewers |
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Fish and Mushroom Skewer |
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Seafood Skewer |
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Salt-Grilled Fish |
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Steamed Fish |
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Spicy Peppered Seafood |
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Glazed Seafood |
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Salt-Grilled Crab |
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Crab Stir-Fry |
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Salmon Meuniere |
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Seafood Meuniere |
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Porgy Meuniere |
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Seafood Rice Balls |
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Seafood Paella |
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Fish Pie |
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Clam Chowder |
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Creamy Seafood Soup |
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Salmon Risotto |
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Seafood Fried Rice |
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Crab Risotto |
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Crab Omelet with Rice |
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Seafood Curry |
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Rice & Egg Recipes
As their name indicates, rice and egg recipes use rice or egg as their main ingredients. For recipes that call for one egg, players can increase the amount of hearts restored by adding in 5 eggs instead of 1 egg. If players are looking to bake bread or rice balls, then they need to have one more ingredient with the Hylian Rice. Cooking Hylian Rice by itself will result in Dubious Food, which only restores a quarter heart.
Name | Ingredient(s) |
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Omelet |
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Mushroom Omelet |
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Vegetable Omelet |
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Vegetable Curry |
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Veggie Rice Balls |
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Mushroom Rice Balls |
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Mushroom Risotto |
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Curry Rice |
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Curry Pilaf |
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Fried Egg and Rice |
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Vegetable Risotto |
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Dessert Recipes
Dessert Recipes usually require Tabantha Wheat and Cane Sugar, but some use fruits as well. Being one of the more common ingredients in BotW, they're the least troublesome to find. Recipes may include one or more of the following ingredients:
- Apple
- Wildberry
- Palm Fruit
- Hearty Durian
- Fleet-Lotus Seeds
- Voltfruit
- Hydomelon
- Banana
Name | Ingredient(s) |
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Fruitcake |
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Fruit Pie |
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Apple Pie |
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Pumpkin Pie |
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Nutcake |
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Carrot Cake |
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Plain Crepe |
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Wildberry Crepe |
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Honey Crepe |
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Egg Tart |
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Egg Pudding |
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Honey Candy | |
Honeyed Apple |
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Honeyed Fruits |
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Fried Bananas |
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Miscellaneous Recipes (Monster, Fruit, Herbs, etc)
Combining five of the same ingredients will usually result in skewers or fried greens depending on the ingredients used. These can restore as many or little hearts depending on how much was used for cooking. They're not as complicated as the previous recipes, but they're good to throw together if players are lacking specific ingredients (ex: Fresh Milk or Cane Sugar). The Monster Recipes call for Monster Extract, which is an exclusive ingredient that can be bought from Kilton. Monster Extract will cost 9 mon, which players can get (again: from Kilton) by trading in Monster Parts.
Name | Ingredient(s) |
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Mushroom Skewers |
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Copious Mushroom Skewers |
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Steamed Mushrooms |
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Hot Buttered Apple |
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Salt-Grilled Greens |
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Herb Saute |
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Fried Wild Greens |
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Copious Fried Wild Greens |
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Salt-Grilled Mushrooms |
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Fragrant Mushroom Saute |
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Rock-Hard Food |
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Simmered Fruit |
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Sauteed Nuts |
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Sauteed Peppers |
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Warm Milk |
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Wheat Bread |
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Steamed Fruit |
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Glazed Veggies |
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Glazed Mushrooms |
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Copious Simmered Fruit |
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Fruit and Mushroom Mix |
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Dubious Food |
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Monster Soup |
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Monster Rice Balls |
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Monster Cake |
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Monster Stew |
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Monster Curry |
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is available for Nintendo Switch.