Spices From The West is an event in Genshin Impact 3.5. See release date, location, how to unlock, dishes recipes, how to make fragrant dish, preferred dish, spices, & rewards.
Table of Contents
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 Dehya | Cyno | ||||||||||
| Ayaka | Shenhe | Mika | |||||||||
| Fungus Mechanicus | Faruzan Hangout | ||||||||||
| Dehya Story | Heated Battle Mode | ||||||||||
Spices From The West: Northerly Search - Gameplay & Features
This part will be updated when other challenges have been unlocked.
Different Ingredients Per Challenge
| Day 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mint x1 | Valberry x1 | Wolfhook x1 |
| Day 2 | ||
| Pepper x1 | Onion x2 | Milk x1 |
| Day 3 | ||
| Pinecone x1 | Snapdragon x1 | Mint x2 |
| Day 4 | ||
| Small Lamp Grass x1 | Dandelion Seed x2 | Mint x2 |
Starting March 31, 2023, one challenge is unlocked daily for seven days. If you do not have the ingredient/s, you can click the icon above to see the efficient farming routes.
Mellow Fragrance
Collect The Ingredients
Each dish has a set of ingredients that you need to collect before you can cook it.
Press On The Right Timing
Once you got the ingredients, press when the needle points to the corresponding ingredient. Be precise as the number of tries is limited.
Spices From The West: Northerly Search - How To Make Fragrant Dish?
Make Fragrant Dishes
Use the seasoning to a delicious dish in your inventory to make a fragrant dish. Since you can only make 3 Fragrant Seasonings per challenge, you can only make a maximum of 21 Fragrant Dishes during the event.
Dishes Where You Can Use The Fragrant Seasoning
All dishes are hailing from Mondstadt. To use the fragrant seasoning, the dish needs to be 'delicious'.
Give Fragrant Dishes To Invited Characters In Teapot
Fragrant dishes can be given to invited characters in your teapot which can increase companionship EXP.
Serenitea Pot Location & How To GetCharacter's Preferred Dish
Offering a Fragrant Dish does not necessarily mean that the character would automatically like it. Regardless if the character liked it or not, you can receive the friendship EXP.
Preferred Fragrant Dish
⬆ Offered 3 dishes to Mika and he likes the one with bold check mark more than the other 2
Since there are many characters, finding out a character's preferred dish is a trial & error. Share a character's favorite dish in our ▼comment section.
Fragrant Seasonings & Dishes Will Expire
When the event ends, the Fragrant Seasonings & Dishes in your inventory will expire and disappear so offer it to the invited characters in your teapot before the server reset on April 10, 2023.
Spices From The West: Northerly Search - Rewards
Rewards List
Spices From The West: Northerly Search - Release Date & How To Unlock
3.5 Cooking Event
| Event Duration |
|---|
| March 31, 2023 10:00:00 - April 10, 2023 03:59:59 (Server Time) |
Spices From the West is an event where you are going to create a seasoning for dishes that can be offered to the invited characters in your teapot. You can create 3 seasonings in each challenge and 1 challenge gets unlocked daily for a week.
3.5 Update Banners, Characters, & EventsHow To Unlock
| Requirements |
|---|
| - Reach Adventure Rank 28 or above - Complete the World Quest "Idle Teapot Talk" |
One of the requirements included is that you need to reach AR20 for creating seasonings. However, you need to reach AR28 to cook the corresponding dishes and for inviting characters in your teapot for taste-testing.
Complete Event Quest
| Starting Location | |
|---|---|
 Good Hunter in Mondstadt |  Sara & Nazafarin |
You have to complete the event quest initially to proceed with the event. If you have achieved all the requirements, the quest is automatically added to your quest list.
Spices From The West 2.6
Previous Spice From The West EventSpices From The West 2.6
Part Of The 2.6 Update
| How To Unlock |
|---|
| - Complete the quest Idle Teapot Talk |
| Eligibility |
| - Reach AR 20 or above to be able to create seasonings. - Reach AR 28 or above |
The Spices from the West has a requirement on its own to be able to play it. A required Adventure Rank level and a story quest completion must be needed to unlock the event.
Location & Where To Find
| Map | Location |
|---|---|
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You can find Nazafarin at the wharf in Liyue Harbor. After speaking to her, you can now do the event quest by checking the event page in-game.
Spices From The West: Seasoning Recipes List
Seasoning Recipes
A new seasoning recipe will unlock on each of the first 7 days of the event. Follow the recipes to create "Fragrant Seasonings" and obtain corresponding rewards.
Seasoning Recipes List
| Recipe Name | Ingredients |
|---|---|
| 1. Where Earth and Water Meet | Horsetail x1 Mint x1Pepper x1 |
| 2. Scent of Pine | Pinecone x 2Lotus Head x 1Mint x 1 |
| 3. The Secret of Cool | Snapdragon x 1Mint x 2Salt x 1 |
| 4. Between the Mountains | Violetgrass x 1Pinecone x 2Mint x 1 |
| 5. The Bitter, Then the Sweet | Lotus Head x 2 Salt x 1 Pepper x 2 |
| 6. Aroma Fresh | Snapdragon x 2Pinecone x 2Salt x 2 |
Spices From The West: Gameplay Walkthrough & Features
Gameplay Chart
| No. | Procedure |
|---|---|
| 1 | Gather items needed to create the recipe. |
| 2 | Create the seasoning by playing the mini-game in the event page. |
| 3 | Cook Fragrant Dishes and give them to characters at your Serenitea Pot. |
Test Out Spices & Recipes
Players will be helping out a new Sumeru character in researching spices. You'll need to also cook and taste test for the event.
New Recipes For The First 7 Days
For the first week of the event, a new spice recipe would be unlocked for you to create and try out. You can add these spices on foods and give them to characters. Some foods are favored by a specific character more than the other.
Mini-Game Occur When Creating Spices
▲The bar below will continuously swing left and right. Hit the ingredients in the box to create the spices.
You need to finish the mini-game to be able to craft the spices. This can be done by finishing the mini-game above. Selecting the wrong ingredient will lessen the spoon icon at the bottom most section of the photo. If all the spoon disappears, you fail the mini-game you need to start over.
Create A Fragrant Dish By Adding Seasonings To Food
You can create Fragrant Dishes by adding the Fragrant Seasonings that you obtained from the mini-game and add them to a Delicious Dish that you created.
All Food RecipeSpices From The West: Preferred Fragrant Dishes Per Characters
Each Character Has A Favorite Fragrant Dish
▲ Characters will show hearts if they love the dish, sparkles if they like it, and black squiggles if they dislike it.
You can give the cooked Fragrant Dishes on characters stationed at your Serenitea Pot. Take note that you can only give up to two fragrant dishes per character.
Increase Companionship EXP By Giving Food To Characters
The number of times you can gain Companionship EXP will increase by 3 each time you unlock a new recipe.
Favorite Fragrant Dish Per Character
We will be adding more characters once we get more information. Thank you for all the comments regarding the favorite/liked Fragrant Dishes of the characters. We've added them to the chart based on your feedback!
| Dish Name | Likes Fragrant Dish Dislikes Fragrant Dish |
|---|---|
Grilled Tiger Fish | Likes Fragrant Dish: Dislikes Fragrant Dish: |
Crab Roe Tofu | Likes Fragrant Dish: Dislikes Fragrant Dish: |
Mint Salad | Likes Mint Salad: Dislikes Fragrant Dish: |
Black-Back Perch Stew | Likes Fragrant Dish: Dislikes Fragrant Dish: |
Mora Meat | Likes Fragrant Dish: Dislikes Fragrant Dish: |
| Almond Tofu | Likes Fragrant Dish: Dislikes Fragrant Dish: |
Rice Buns | Likes Fragrant Dish: Dislikes Fragrant Dish: |
Golden Shrimp Balls | Likes Fragrant Dish: Dislikes Fragrant Dish: |
Golden Crab | Likes Fragrant Dish: Dislikes Fragrant Dish: |
Triple-Layered Consommé | Likes Fragrant Dish: Dislikes Fragrant Dish: |
| Jewelry Soup | Likes Fragrant Dish: Dislikes Fragrant Dish: |
Spices From The West Event: Rewards
Rewards List
| Items | - Primogems x 420 - Mystic Enhancement Ore - Mora - Weapon Ascension Materials - Hero's Wit - Adventurer's Experience - Wanderer's Advice |
|---|---|
Event Related Articles
Current Wish (Gacha) Banners
| Banner | Boosted Character / Weapon |
|---|---|
| Ancient Flame Ablaze 7/8/2025 - 7/29/2025 | |
| Ambrosial Essence 7/8/2025 - 7/29/2025 | |
7/8/2025 - 7/29/2025 | |
| Beginners' Wish Permanent | |
| Wanderlust Invocation Permanent | - |
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Other Events
| Web Event List |
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| Web Event List |
| Event Tracking Tool |
| To Do List & Event Calendar |
