In the new Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, players can restore their health only by eating cooked or raw food. That is why cooking is an essential skill to be learned in the game. But food in Tears of the Kingdom not only restores health, but it also bestows players with powerful and highly effective secondary effects.

Cooking any raw material also has a critical bonus chance that increases the dish’s health regeneration and secondary effects’ potency by 10%. Players can cook raw ingredients using portable pots found in Zonai capsules, pots in villages, or by setting their food on fire on the ground. However, it is highly advised to use the pot as it increases the food’s effects and the critical chance.

Different kinds of effects present in the foods

Before diving into the recipes, let us get familiar with what the foods provide.

Enduring: In Tears of the Kingdom, there are meals that have an “Enduring” effect that can provide Link with a temporary stamina boost to enhance his stamina wheel.

Hearty: The Meals “Hearty” grants extra temporary hearts Link. These hearts can be used only once. 

Energizing: Much like “Enduring”, “Energizing” food also grants a temporary stamina boost and also refills Link’s stamina wheel.

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Other than the food, players can also prepare Elixirs using bug and lizard parts and mixing them with Monster parts. While the potency and duration of Elixirs are shorter than cooked food, they are much easier to make, especially during the early game. 

Blood Moon Bonus: In The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom game, a Blood Moon event takes place every seven in-game days. Once the seven-day period ends, a cutscene will be triggered, indicating the start of the Blood Moon, and the night sky will turn into an eerie shade of red until morning. During this time, every cooking will have a 100% crit chance. Other than Blood Moon, players can use a Golden Apple in their recipes to guarantee a crit boost.

8 best recipes for Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Now that you have a basic idea of how cooking works in the Tears of the Kingdom, here are some of the best recipes that you need to make your adventure much more smooth, satisfying, and delicious! 

8. Energizing Elixir:

To make the Energizing Elixir, combine Restless Cricket or Energetic Rhino Beetle with a monster part in a cooking pot. Consuming this elixir will restore your stamina.

7. Sunny Fried Wild Greens:

If you need to restore your gloom corruption in a pinch, then Wild Greens with Sundelions is your best bet. Throw Chikaloo Tree Nuts and Sundelions in a pot to make your Sunny Fried Wild Greens. You can also add meat to the recipe to recover some health.

6. Warding Meat Skewer:

If you need a much more preemptive measure, then just add a Dark Clump to your Meat Skewer recipe to make a Warding Meat Skewer, which will protect you from Gloom corruption for a duration of time.

5. Mighty Simmered Fruit:

Dump as many mighty bananas as you can to make this recipe. After consuming this dish, your attack power will significantly increase for a specific duration. The potency and duration of the buff can be enhanced by adding more Mighty Bananas to the recipe.

4. Tough Mushroom Skewer:

To create a Tough Mushroom Skewer, you will require Ironshrooms and a cooking pot. The number of Ironshrooms you add to the pot will determine the strength and duration of the defense buff it provides.

3. Bright Fish Skewer:

In Tears of the Kingdom, you have to explore a lot of dark caves, and to make your spelunking journey a little less frustrating, you should carry some bright food. Bright Fish Skewer is essential, especially early on, for anyone who wants to explore The Depths. This allows Link to glow, lighting up his surroundings. It can be prepared by cooking Glowing Cave Fish.

2. Hearty Fried Wild Greens:

Every Hearty Meal is great as it lets the player restore health and gain temporary hearts. Making a Hearty Fried Wild is quite easy, even in the initial period of the game. Just add some Hearty Radishes in a cooking pot, and Voila!

1. Sunny Veggie Rice Balls:

These Rice Balls are a crucial meal for those who are exploring The Depths in the game. It enables Link to recover the hearts that he may have lost due to the Gloom that engulfs the area. To prepare this recipe, you will need Hylian Rice and Sundelions.

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