Making food is an essential part of playing The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Players need to prepare Link for any eventuality, whether facing a particularly strong foe in combat, using a hefty amount of Stamina, or sneaking up on enemies. However, one boost that often gets overlooked is Speed. Hasty meals put Link on super fast mode by increasing his movement speed, which can be a lifesaver for players when farming items or climbing high rock faces.
While players can make Elixirs using critters like Hot-Footed Frogs and Hightail Lizards in Tears of the Kingdom, numerous meals increase Link’s speed anywhere from 4 to 30 minutes with a variety of ingredients. These recipes include special materials that are surprisingly easy to get.
Updated August 21, 2023, by Sophie McEvoy: While The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom doesn't add many new ingredients, the ability to boost Link's abilities is still as much of a priority in this game as it was in its predecessor. Players can make various meals with some ingredients at hand, but Link is also crafty at making elixirs which are produced by cooking a critter and a monster part. In terms of speed, there are only two creatures that will grant this effect: Hot-Footed Frogs and Hightail Lizards. But thankfully, they are easy to come by. And there's another recipe up Link's sleeve too, which involves some Wild Fried Greens to boost his speed and hearts.
10 Hasty Wild Fried Greens
Cooking up some Hasty Wild Fried Greens can give Link a mid-level speed boost when using five Swift Carrots. This meal also dishes out six hearts, more than he'll get from using five Swift Violets, which give no health boost but will provide the same amount of speed for five minutes.
For even more hearts (in addition to the boost), players can mix a Swift Carrot or a Swift Violet with Hyrule Herbs. The speed boost from this meal will only last three minutes, though.
9 Hasty Elixir (Hot-Footed Frog)
Combining a Hot-Footed Frog with four monster parts will provide a speed boost for a little over seven minutes. But if players use four Lynel Guts as their ingredients, they will create a low-level Hasty Elixir that lasts for just over 13 minutes. However, if players increase the number of Hot-Footed Frogs to four and only add one Lynel Gut, it will change to a high-level elixir.
While it doesn't make much difference, if players want to sell something valuable, the low-level Hasty Elixir can be sold for 2,250 rupees compared to the 590 rupees of the high-level one. It all depends on what Link has in his inventory at a given time, and more likely than not, it will be many Hot-Footed Frogs and not a lot of Lynel Guts.
8 Hasty Elixir (Hightail Lizard)
Hightail Lizards are commonly found all over Hyrule and are an easy critter to catch to make a Hasty Elixir. Combining this creature with any monster part will do, and will typically produce an elixir with a seven-minute boost. But once again, Lynel Guts are the preferred option, particularly if players want something they can sell. Like the Hot-Footed Frog recipe, it sells for 2,250 rupees.
If players have made a habit of killing Lynels on the surface and in the Depths, they may be able to source a fair amount of guts to mix in with these elixirs. However, it's worth remembering that Lynel Guts are also needed to fully upgrade the Soldier's Armor Set and the Radiant Armor Set, so players may not want to use them all on elixirs.
7 Hasty Simmered Fruit
Hasty Simmered Fruit is easy to make, consisting of Fleet-Lotus Seeds. However, if players are after an extra duration boost, all they need to do is add a dash of Monster Extract to increase Link’s Speed for half an hour. This mixture is perfect for traversal over a long period of time or through flat areas of Hyrule like the Gerudo Desert.
Fleet-Lotus Seeds are found in water. They are common around the Lanayru region in places like Zora’s Domain and the Lanayru Wetlands, in addition to shallow ponds throughout Hyrule. Vials of Monster Extract can either be purchased from Fyson in Tarrey Town or as a reward from Kilton for completing the “A Monstrous Collection” side adventure.
6 Hasty Mushroom Skewer
Any skewer can work in a pinch for Link, and with an added boost, they’re even more valuable. Hasty Mushroom Skewers can be made by cooking just Rushrooms, but by adding a Dragon Horn, players can boost the initial duration up to 30 minutes. Horns can be farmed from any four of the dragons flying the skies of Hyrule: Naydra, Farosh, Dinraal, or the Light Dragon.
Rushrooms can be found very early on while exploring the Great Sky Island, and on the surface, they grow on cliff faces around Hyrule. As for the Dragon Horns, they’re relatively easy to get so long as players have enough Stamina and the right outfits/elixirs/meals to help in each circumstance. All players need to do is locate them, get enough height, and skydive onto their head. Then it’s a matter of shooting the horn, which should fall and land on their head while Link still rides the dragon.
5 Hasty Steamed Meat
If players have some Raw Prime Meat on hand, they can combine it with a bunch of Swift Violets to make a Hasty meal that will provide 4 and a half minutes of Speed. This meal is great to use in combat, as the time won’t be wasted.
While this recipe only restores three hearts, the focus is obviously on the Speed aspect. And the main ingredient is easy to find, as Swift Violets often appear alongside Rushrooms on cliff faces in Gerudo Canyon, the Cliffs of Ruvara in the Gerudo Highlands, and the icy Hebra Mountain Region. Raw Prime Meat is primarily obtained through hunting medium-sized animals in Tears of the Kingdom, which includes wolves, deer, and boar, but can also be sourced from larger animals like bears and moose.
4 Hasty Mushroom Rice Balls
Hylian Rice can be used to make an abundance of things, including Hasty Mushroom Rice Balls. One Hylian Rice combined with four Rushrooms will provide a 5-minutes Speed boost for Link, perfect for climbing and combat. It’s a simple meal to make and requires minimal ingredients. Not only that, but it restores a hefty amount of hearts.
Hylian Rice can be bought from most merchants throughout Hyrule or harvested in the wild. To harvest Hylian Rice, players need to find areas with long grass and cut them with a sword. The drop rate for Hylian Rice is pretty random, but if players find a wetland area or shallow pond with long grass, Hylian Rice is more likely to drop there.
3 Hasty Meat & Mushroom Skewer
Meat skewers are a lifesaver in Tears of the Kingdom, providing Link with the right amount of hearts in any situation. Add four Rushrooms to the mix, and players will be blessed with the same Speed as the Hasty Steamed Meat recipe while replenishing 7 hearts.
Rushrooms and Raw Prime Meat are easy to source in the early game, so long as players get into the habit of picking up everything they see and not selling everything immediately. Nevertheless, it’s always a good port of call to have at least ten of anything just in case it’s needed for a meal, side quest, or to enhance armor.
2 Hasty Steamed Fish
Tossing some Swift Carrots and an Ancient Arowana into a pot will create a Hasty Steamed Fish dish that boosts Speed for 4 and a half minutes, in addition to restoring a plentiful amount of hearts. Of course, players could substitute the Ancient Arowana for a Hyrule Bass, but using any other fish would cancel out the Speed-boosting effect.
Swift Carrots can be purchased in Kakariko Village at High Spirits Produce after completing the “Codgers’ Quarrel” side quest, and can also be bought from the traveling merchant Parga and East Wind in Hateno Village.
1 Hasty Veggie Rice Balls
Swift Carrots can be combined with Hylian Rice to create Hasty Veggie Rice Balls, creating a surprisingly substantial meal. The recipe provides the same amount of hearts as meat would in this instance, giving Link 6 hearts. As for the Speed boost, Hasty Veggie Rice Balls lasts for 5 minutes.
While Swift Carrots can be purchased from merchants around Hyrule, these veggies can also be found in the wild. One place Link will find some is the east side of Satori Mountain on Hyrule Ridge. However, they are pretty a rare vegetable, so if players come across them, they should pick them up.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is available now on Nintendo Switch.