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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.

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How to Cook in BotW

Link cooking

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

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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)

Cream of Mushroom Soup

  • Rock Salt
  • Fresh Milk
  • Mushroom (Any)
  • Vegetable or Herb (Any)

Creamy Heart Soup

Veggie Cream Soup

  • Carrot (Any)
  • Fortified Pumpkin
  • Fresh Milk
  • Rock Salt

Pumpkin Stew

  • Fortified Pumpkin
  • Fresh Milk
  • Goat Butter
  • Tabantha Wheat

Carrot Stew

  • Carrot (Any)
  • Tabantha Wheat
  • Goat Butter
  • Fresh Milk

Cream of Vegetable Soup

  • Vegetable or Herb (Any)
  • Rock Salt
  • Fresh Milk

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Meat Recipes

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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)

Meat Skewer

  • Meat or Poultry (Any)

Copious Meat Skewer

Spiced Meat Skewer

  • Raw Meat
  • Goron Spice

Prime Spiced Meat Skewer

  • Raw Prime Meat
  • Goron Spice

Gourmet Spiced Meat Skewer

  • Raw Gourmet Meat
  • Goron Spice

Steamed Meat

  • Meat or Poultry (Any)
  • Vegetable or Herb (Any)

Glazed Meat

  • Meat or Poultry (Any)
  • Courser Bee Honey

Meat and Mushroom Skewer

  • Meat or Poultry (Any)
  • Mushroom (Any)

Salt-Grilled Meat

  • Raw Meat or Raw Bird Drumstick
  • Rock Salt

Salt-Grilled Prime Meat

  • Raw Prime Meat or Raw Bird Thigh
  • Rock Salt

Salt-Grilled Gourmet Meat

  • Raw Gourmet Meat or Raw Whole Bird
  • Rock Salt

Pepper Steak

  • Meat or Poultry (Any)
  • Spicy Pepper

Meat-Stuffed Pumpkins

  • Meat or Poultry (Any)
  • Fortified Pumpkin

Meat Pie

  • Meat or Poultry (Any)
  • Tabantha Wheat
  • Rock Salt
  • Goat Butter

Meat and Rice Bowl

  • Raw Meat or Raw Bird Drumstick
  • Hylian Rice
  • Rock Salt

Prime Meat and Rice Bowl

Gourmet Meat and Rice Bowl

  • Faw Gourmet Meat or Raw Whole Bird
  • Hylian Rice
  • Rock Salt

Poultry Pilaf

  • Raw Bird Drumstick
  • Goat Butter
  • Hylian Rice
  • Bird Egg

Prime Poultry Pilaf

  • Raw Bird Thigh
  • Hylian Rice
  • Bird Egg
  • Goat Butter

Gourmet Poultry Pilaf

  • Raw Whole Bird
  • Hylian Rice
  • Goat Butter
  • Bird Egg

Meaty Rice Balls

  • Meat or Poultry (Any)
  • Hylian Rice

Meat Stew

  • Raw Meat or Raw Bird Drumstick
  • Tabantha Wheat
  • Goat Butter
  • Fresh Milk

Prime Meat Stew

  • Raw Prime Meat or Raw Bird Thigh
  • Tabantha Wheat
  • Goat Butter
  • Fresh Milk

Gourmet Meat Stew

  • Raw Gourmet Meat or Raw Whole Bird
  • Tabantha Wheat
  • Goat Butter
  • Fresh Milk

Meat Curry

  • Raw Meat
  • Goron Spice
  • Hylian Rice

Prime Meat Curry

  • Raw Prime Meat
  • Goron Spice
  • Hylian Rice

Gourmet Meat Curry

  • Raw Gourmet Meat
  • Hylian Rice
  • Goron Spice

Creamy Meat Soup

  • Meat or Poultry (Any)
  • Vegetable or Herb (Any)
  • Rock Salt
  • Fresh Milk

Poultry Curry

  • Raw Bird Drumstick
  • Hylian Rice
  • Goron Spice

Prime Poultry Curry

  • Raw Bird Thigh
  • Hylian Rice
  • Goron Spice

Gourmet Poultry Curry

  • Raw Whole Bird
  • Hylian Rice
  • Goron Spice

Meat and Seafood Fry

  • Raw Meat or Raw Bird Drumstick
  • Fish, Crab, or Snail (Any)

Spicy Meat and Seafood Fry

  • Raw Meat
  • Spicy Pepper
  • Hyrule Bass

Prime Meat and Seafood Fry

  • Raw Prime Meat or Raw Bird Thigh
  • Fish, Crab, or Snail (Any)

Gourmet Meat and Seafood Fry

  • Raw Gourmet Meat or Raw Whole Bird
  • Fish, Crab, or Snail (Any)

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Seafood Recipes

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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)

Fish Skewer

  • Fish

Copious Fish Skewers

  • x4 different types of Fish

Fish and Mushroom Skewer

  • Fish, Snail, or Crab (Any)
  • Mushroom (Any)

Seafood Skewer

  • Snail or Crab (Any)

Salt-Grilled Fish

  • Fish (Any)
  • Rock Salt

Steamed Fish

  • Fish (Any)
  • Vegetable/Herb (Any)

Spicy Peppered Seafood

  • Fish, Snail, or Crab (Any)
  • Spicy Pepper

Glazed Seafood

  • Fish, Snail, or Crab (Any)
  • Courser Bee Honey

Salt-Grilled Crab

  • Crab (Any)
  • Rock Salt

Crab Stir-Fry

  • Crab (Any)
  • Goron Spice

Salmon Meuniere

  • Hearty Salmon
  • Goat Butter
  • Tabantha Wheat

Seafood Meuniere

  • Seafood (Any except Hearty Salmon)
  • Goat Butter
  • Tabantha Wheat

Porgy Meuniere

  • Mighty or Armored Porgy
  • Tabantha Wheat
  • Goat Butter

Seafood Rice Balls

  • Fish, Snail, or Crab (Any)
  • Hylian Rice

Seafood Paella

Fish Pie

  • Fish, Snail, or Crab (Any)
  • Tabantha Wheat
  • Rock Salt
  • Goat Butter

Clam Chowder

  • Hearty Blueshell Snail
  • Fresh Milk
  • Tabantha Wheat
  • Goat Butter

Creamy Seafood Soup

  • Fish, Snail, or Crab (Any)
  • Vegetable or Herb (Any)
  • Fresh Milk
  • Rock Salt

Salmon Risotto

  • Hylian Rice
  • Hearty Salmon
  • Goat Butter
  • Rock Salt

Seafood Fried Rice

  • Mighty Porgy, Armored Porgy, or Hearty Blueshell Snail
  • Rock Salt
  • Hylian Rice

Crab Risotto

  • Crab (Any)
  • Rock Salt
  • Goat Butter
  • Hylian Rice

Crab Omelet with Rice

  • Bird Egg
  • Crab (Any)
  • Hylian Rice
  • Rock Salt

Seafood Curry

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Rice & Egg Recipes

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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)

Omelet

  • Bird Egg

Mushroom Omelet

  • Bird Egg
  • Rock Salt
  • Goat Butter
  • Mushroom (Any)

Vegetable Omelet

  • Bird Egg
  • Rock Salt
  • Goat Butter
  • Vegetable or Herb (Any)

Vegetable Curry

  • Goron Spice
  • Carrot or Pumpkin (Any)
  • Hylian Rice

Veggie Rice Balls

  • Vegetable or Herb (Any)
  • Hylian Rice

Mushroom Rice Balls

  • Mushroom (Any)
  • Hylian Rice

Mushroom Risotto

  • Rock Salt
  • Goat Butter
  • Mushroom (Any)
  • Hylian Rice

Curry Rice

  • Goron Spice
  • Hylian Rice

Curry Pilaf

  • Goron Spice
  • Goat Butter
  • Hylian Rice

Fried Egg and Rice

  • Bird Egg
  • Hylian Rice

Vegetable Risotto

Dessert Recipes

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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)

Fruitcake

  • Goat Butter
  • Tabantha Wheat
  • Cane Sugar
  • Wildberry or Apple
  • Palm Fruit, Hearty Durian, Banana, Hydromelon, or Voltfruit

Fruit Pie

  • Goat Butter
  • Tabantha Wheat
  • Cane Sugar
  • Wildberry, Palm Fruit, Hearty Durian, Banana, Hydromelon, or Voltfruit

Apple Pie

  • Apple
  • Tabantha Wheat
  • Cane Sugar
  • Goat Butter

Pumpkin Pie

  • Fortified Pumpkin
  • Tabantha Wheat
  • Cane Sugar
  • Goat Butter

Nutcake

  • Acorn or Chickaloo Tree Nut
  • Tabantha Wheat
  • Cane Sugar
  • Goat Butter

Carrot Cake

  • Goat Butter
  • Tabantha Wheat
  • Cane Sugar
  • Carrot (Any)

Plain Crepe

  • Fresh Milk
  • Cane Sugar
  • Tabantha Wheat
  • Bird Egg

Wildberry Crepe

  • Fresh Milk
  • Bird Egg
  • Cane Sugar
  • Tabantha Wheat
  • Wildberry

Honey Crepe

  • Fresh Milk
  • Bird Egg
  • Cane Sugar
  • Tabantha Wheat
  • Courser Bee Honey

Egg Tart

  • Tabantha Wheat
  • Cane Sugar
  • Goat Butter
  • Bird Egg

Egg Pudding

  • Bird Egg
  • Fresh Milk
  • Cane Sugar

Honey Candy

Honeyed Apple

  • Courser Bee Honey
  • Apple

Honeyed Fruits

  • Wildberry, Palm Fruit, Hearty Durian, Banana, Hydromelon, or Voltfruit
  • Courser Bee Honey

Fried Bananas

  • Mighty Bananas
  • Tabantha Wheat
  • Cane Sugar

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Miscellaneous Recipes (Monster, Fruit, Herbs, etc)

loz botw cooking monster recipes

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)

Mushroom Skewers

  • Mushroom (Any)

Copious Mushroom Skewers

  • x4 different types of Mushrooms

Steamed Mushrooms

  • Vegetable or Herb (Any)
  • Mushroom (Any)

Hot Buttered Apple

  • Apple
  • Goat Butter

Salt-Grilled Greens

  • Rock Salt
  • Hyrule Herb

Herb Saute

  • Vegetable or Herb (Any)
  • Goron Spice

Fried Wild Greens

  • Vegetable or Herb (Any)

Copious Fried Wild Greens

Salt-Grilled Mushrooms

  • Mushroom (Any)
  • Rock Salt

Fragrant Mushroom Saute

  • Mushroom (Any)
  • Goron Spice

Rock-Hard Food

  • Wood

Simmered Fruit

  • Fruit (Any)

Sauteed Nuts

  • Acorn or Chickaloo Nut

Sauteed Peppers

  • Spicy Pepper

Warm Milk

  • Fresh Milk

Wheat Bread

  • Goat Butter
  • Hylian Rice

Steamed Fruit

  • Vegetable or Herb (Any)
  • Fruit (Any)

Glazed Veggies

  • Courser Bee Honey
  • Vegetable or Herb (Any)

Glazed Mushrooms

  • Mushroom (Any)
  • Courser Bee Honey

Copious Simmered Fruit

  • x4 different Fruits

Fruit and Mushroom Mix

  • Fruit (Any)
  • Mushroom (Any)

Dubious Food

Monster Soup

  • Monster Extract
  • Goat Butter
  • Tabantha Wheat
  • Fresh Milk

Monster Rice Balls

  • Monster Extract
  • Hylian Rice
  • Rock Salt

Monster Cake

  • Tabantha Wheat
  • Goat Butter
  • Cane Sugar
  • Monster Extract

Monster Stew

  • Monster Extract
  • Meat or Poultry (Any)
  • Fish, Snail, or Crab (Any)

Monster Curry

  • Monster Extract
  • Hylian Rice
  • Goron Spice

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is available for Nintendo Switch.

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