Genshin Impact

Spices From The West Seasoning Recipes & Character Preference

Spices From The West is an event in Genshin Impact 2.6. See release date, location, how to unlock, dishes recipes, favorite fragrant dishes per character, spices, & rewards.

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Spices From The West Release Date & How To Unlock

Part Of The 2.6 Update

Spices from the West is one of the many events that will be added in the 2.6 Update, and was officially announced during the 2.6 Livestream. This event will be released on May 14, 2022.

How To Unlock

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

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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 x1 Pepper x1
2. Scent of Pine	Pinecone x 2 Lotus Head x 1 Mint x 1
3. The Secret of Cool	Snapdragon x 1 Mint x 2 Salt x 1
4. Between the Mountains	Violetgrass x 1 Pinecone x 2 Mint x 1
5. The Bitter, Then the Sweet	Lotus Head x 2 Salt x 1 Pepper x 2
6. Aroma Fresh	Snapdragon x 2 Pinecone x 2 Salt x 2

Spices From The West: Gameplay Walkthrough & Features

Gameplay Chart

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

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▲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.

Spices 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 add more characters once we get more information since the Serenitea Pot is still in maintenance. 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!

Name	Liked Fragrant Dish
Kazuha	Grilled Tiger Fish
Yae Miko	Crab Roe Tofu
Barbara	Mint Salad
Diona	Black-Back Perch Stew
Beidou	Mora Meat
Sucrose	Mora Meat
Fischl	Mora Meat
Xingqiu	Mora Meat
Ningguang	Mora Meat
Xiao	Almond Tofu
Kujou Sara	Rice Buns
Keqing	Golden Shrimp Balls
Diluc	Golden CrabTriple-Layered Consommé
Bennett	Golden CrabMora Meat
Chongyun	Almond Tofu
Mona	Mint Salad

Spices From The West Event: Rewards

Rewards List

Event Related Articles

Current Wish (Gacha) Banners

Banner	Boosted Character / Weapon
Ayaka Banner Rerun 04/19 ~ 05/31 [Gacha Simulator]	Ayaka Sayu Razor Rosaria
Weapon Banner 04/19 ~ 05/31	- Mistsplitter Reforged (Sword) - The Unforged (Claymore)
Beginners' Wish Permanent	Noelle
Wanderlust Invocation Permanent	-

Current Events

Events	Details
Overflowing Mastery 05/31 - 06/07	Farm for Talent Books and get double the rewards!
Spices From The West 04/14 - 06/07	Create spices for your character's favorite dishes!
Daily Check-In Event	Log in every day at Hoyolab to get rewards
Hangout Event Permanent	- Ningguang's Hangout Event - Yun Jin's Hangout Event

Upcoming Limited Events

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