Cooking Ingredients and Recipes in Pokemon Quest
Learn about the different ingredients and recipes players can craft within Pokemon Quest.
The newest free-to-start Pokemon experience has arrived in the form of Pokemon Quest, a vibrant touch-based title that sees players recruiting and battling pocket monsters across Tumblecube Island. Aside from heading out on expeditions and fighting in real-time battles, players will also be able to collect and cook different ingredients and recipes.
Cooking recipes is one of the primary ways that players can attract new pocket monsters to their home camp. Not only is it fun to watch as different foods draw in different creatures, recipes also provide an opportunity for players to add different Pokemon to their party and eventually fill out their Pokedex. Be sure to check out the Shacknews guide on how to get more cooking pots, an important feature if players want to cook more efficiently.
Edit: this guide was updated on June 29 to give more information about pot upgrades and an example recipe for the Ambrosia of Legends.
How To Cook in Pokemon Quest
The overall procedure for cooking in Pokemon Quest couldn't be any more simple. To cook a recipe, just head over to the home camp, then select or tap on the cooking pot. Doing so will bring up a menu that allows players to place up to five different ingredients in the pot and review some of the recipes they've created so far.
Once the pot has been filled, select or tap on the Start Cooking button to complete the recipe. It'll take some time for the dish to finish preparation, so players will likely want to head back out into the field for more battling, though they can choose to spend some of their PM Tickets to speed up the process if they so choose.
Do note that players can eventually unlock new pots: where the Default Pot requires at least three ingredients, the upgraded Bronze Pot requires ten, the Silver Pot will require 15, and the ultimate Gold Pot requires 20 ingredients.
Cooking Ingredients in Pokemon Quest
So far, there appear to be ten different ingredient types to be found on Tumblecube Island. Each ingredient has a number of different properties that players will want to know in order to understand which ingredients go into which recipes. Here's a look at the eight different ingredients we've found so far:
Apricorns - yellow, hard, small, vegetable
Balm Mushrooms - gray, soft, precious, mushroom
Big Roots - big, red, soft, precious, vegetable
Bluk Berries - blue, soft, small, sweet
Fossils - gray, hard, small, mineral
Honey - yellow, soft, precious, sweet
Icy Rocks - blue, hard, precious, mineral
Tiny Mushrooms - red, soft, small
Cooking Recipes in Pokemon Quest
There are 18 different recipes that players can cook in Pokemon Quest, with each one providing something vague directions for which ingredients go into it. Players confused about what certain recipes require should check the ingredients list above — listings like "a whole lot of sweet things and a few mushrooms" for the Get Swole Syrup a la Cube are likely referencing sweet ingredients like Bluk Berries as well as mushrooms like the Tiny or Balm variants.
Players can experiment with different combinations of ingredients, but they'll need to use at least five different ingredients for each recipe. Props to redditor user andrewmaxedon over on the Pokemon subreddit for listing some successful recipe ingredient combinations. Here's the list of all 18 recipes we've found in Pokemon Quest, plus descriptions pulled from the game and example recipe combinations.
Recipe: Mulligan Stew a la Cube
Ingredients: Any
Attracts: two apricorns, two berries, one fossil
Recipe: Red Stew a la Cube
Ingredients: any red ingredients
Example: five tiny mushrooms
Attracts: red Pokemon
Recipe: Blue Soda a la Cube
Ingredients: any blue ingredients
Example: two bluk berries, three icy rocks
Attracts: blue Pokemon
Recipe: Yellow Curry a la Cube
Ingredients: any yellow ingredients
Example: three apricorn, two honey
Attracts: yellow Pokemon
Recipe: Gray Porridge a la Cube
Ingredients: any gray ingredients
Example: five fossils
Attracts: gray Pokemon
Recipe: Ambrosia of Legends a la Cube
Ingredients: A whole lot of mystical things
Example: three Mystical Shells, two Rainbow Matter
Attracts: rare Pokemon
Recipe: Brain Food a la Cube
Ingredients: A lot of sweet things and a few hard things
Example: two apricorns, three berries
Attracts: psychic-type Pokemon
Recipe: Get Swole Syrup a la Cube
Ingredients: A lot of sweet things and a few mushrooms
Example: two berries, one honey, two tiny mushrooms
Attracts: fighting-type Pokemon
Recipe: Honey Nectar a la Cube
Ingredients: A whole lot of sweet things and a lot of yellow
Example: two berries, three honey
Attracts: bug-type Pokemon
Recipe: Hot Pot a la Cube
Ingredients: A lot of mushrooms and a little red
Example: two berries, three tiny mushrooms
Attracts: fire-type Pokemon
Recipe: Light-as-Air Casserole a la Cube
Ingredients: A lot of minerals and a few plants
Example: two big roots, two fossils, one icy stone
Attracts: flying-type Pokemon
Recipe: Mouth-Watering Dip a la Cube
Ingredients: A whole lot of soft things and a lot of blue
Example: three berries, two tiny mushrooms
Attracts: water-type Pokemon
Recipe: Mud Pie a la Cube
Ingredients: A few minerals and a lot of soft things
Example: two berries, two fossils, one tiny mushroom
Attracts: ground-type Pokemon
Recipe: Plain Crepe a la Cube
Ingredients: A lot of sweet things and a few gray
Example: three berries, two fossils
Attracts: normal Pokemon
Recipe: Sludge Soup a la Cube
Ingredients: A whole lot of mushrooms and a lot of soft things
Example: two balm mushrooms, three fossils
Attracts: poison-type Pokemon
Recipe: Stone Soup a la Cube
Ingredients: A whole lot of hard things and a few minerals
Example: two apricorns, three fossils
Attracts: rock-type Pokemon
Recipe: Watt a Risotta a la Cube
Ingredients: A whole lot of soft things and a lot of yellow
Example: one apricorn, two honey, two tiny mushrooms
Attracts: electric-type Pokemon
Recipe: Veggie Smoothie a la Cube
Ingredients: A whole lot of plants and a few soft things
Attracts: grass-type Pokemon
That's it for the ingredients and recipes we've found in Pokemon Quest so far. Be sure to check back with us as we update this guide with new information as it becomes available. Players looking to learn more about the latest Pokemon game can check out our guides detailing what Pokemon Quest is all about, how to download the game on Nintendo Switch, and when Pokemon Quest is expected to release on iOS and Android devices. For more excellent guides and news covering all facets of the gaming community, keep it tuned right here to Shacknews.
