How to Cook Meals Guide

How to cook food in Monster Hunter Wilds (MH Wilds). Guide includes how to cook meals, campfire cooking, food skills effects, special ingredients, meal invitations, tips, and more!

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Cooking	Ingredients

Cooking Ingredients Effect List

Common Food Effects

Ration Effects

Ingredients	Effect
Meat	Attack +2
Fish	Defense +4
Veggies	Defense +2, Element Resistance +3

Recommended Cooking Ingredients

Recommended Ration

Ingredients	Effect
Meat	Attack +2

The recommended ration in Monster Hunter Wilds is Meat. It increases your Attack, so it can improve your hunting efficiency.

Recommended Additional Ingredients

Ingredients	Effects
Kunafa Cheese	Defender Meal (Lo) Reduces damage received by the player with a low probability.
Sharp Kunafa Cheese	Defender Meal (Hi) High probability of reducing damage received by the player.
Fluffy Egg	Caprice Meal (Lo) The effect of temporarily increasing Attack by +7 occurs repeatedly at random intervals.
Airy Egg	Caprice Meal (Hi) The effect of temporarily increasing Attack occurs repeatedly at random intervals.
Sild Garlic	Moxie Meal (Lo) When your health is approximately 45% or more, you will not run out of energy even if you receive more damage than that. (Once per Quest)
Specialty Sild Garlic	Moxie Meal (Hi) When your health is approximately 45% or higher, you will not run out of energy even if you receive more damage than that and your health will recover at the same time. (1 time)

The recommended Additional Ingredients in Monster Hunter Wilds are the Kunafa Cheese, Fluffy Egg, and Sild Garlic.

Use Depending on Purpose

If you want to increase the fire power choose the Fluffy Egg, and if you want to reduce damage taken, choose the Kunafa Cheese. It is recommended to use garlic as insurance against unfamiliar or strong opponents.

Recommended Finishing Touches

Ingredient	Effects
Eastern Honey	Medic Meal When Health Recovery is performed, the amount recovered will increase.
Wild Seed Oil	Specialist Meal Status abnormal attacks become stronger.

The recommended Finishing Touches in Monster Hunter Wilds are Eastern Honey and Wild Seed Oil. Generally, choose Eastern Honey, but if you're using a weapon with status effects, go with Wild Seed Oil.

Meal Effects List

Meal Effects List

Check Meal Effects in the Menu

Monster Hunter Wilds' Meal Effects are displayed in the skill section of the menu screen. If you want to know the details of the Meal Effects, make sure to check the effects of each ingredient beforehand by going to the Campfire menu and selecting Cook → Choose Ingredients.

Press L1 to See Effect Duration

The remaining time for Meal Effects will be displayed at the top left of the screen when you press the L1 button. Additionally, the Meat icon will appear during the effect's duration, allowing you to identify it by the icon.

Meal Invitations and Meal Effects

Unlocked by Clearing Mission for Specific NPC

Meal invitations from Monster Hunter Wilds will occur as you progress through the story or clear a specific NPC's quest. The Meal skill will be activated for a longer time with more effects than regular Cooking, so be sure to accept the invitation when it occurs.

Lets You Know in Environment Overview

If a Meal invitation event is occurring, a mark will appear on the area map, and it will also be listed in the Environment Overview section. After confirming these, head to each village and talk to the NPC to eat the Meal. Depending on the environment and time of day, this may not be possible. In that case, take a break at camp and adjust the conditions.

List of Meal Effects for Meal invitation

Sandy Plains Oilwell Basin Ruins of Wyveria Suja

Y'sai's Meal Invitation

Status Effect	Health +50 Stamina +150 Attack +5 Defense +10 Element Resistance +10
Meal Skills	Lucky Meal Insurance Meal Defender Meal (Hi) Random Meal Skill ×2

Meal Skill Effect

Meal Skills	Effects
Lucky Meal	You will receive more rewards from clearing Quest.
Insurance Meal	Only the first time you faint during a quest will not be counted against you.
Defender Meal (Hi)	High probability of reducing damage taken by the player

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Maki's Meal Invitation

Status Effect	Health +50 Stamina +150 Attack +5 Defense +10 Element Resistance +10
Meal Skills	Exploiter Meal Insurance Meal Tumbler meal (Hi) Random Meal Skill ×2

Meal Skill Effect

Meal Skills	Effects
Carver Meal	Carve count increases by 1 to 2 times.
Insurance Meal	Only the first time you faint during a quest will not be counted against you.
Tumbler meal (Hi)	Temporarily invulnerable when Evade becomes longer.

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Tasheen's Meal Invitation

Status Effect	Health +50 Stamina +150 Attack +5 Defense +10 Element Resistance +10
Meal Skills	Capture Pro Meal Insurance Meal Moxie Meal (Hi) Random Meal Skill ×2

Meal Skill Effect

Meal Skills	Effects
Capture Pro Meal	The rewards you receive from capturing will increase.
Insurance Meal	Only the first time you faint during a quest will not be counted against you.
Moxie Meal (Hi)	When Health is above approximately 45%, you won't faint even if you take damage that would normally defeat you, and your Health will recover at the same time. (Once only)

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The Allhearken's Meal Invitation

Status Effect	Health +50 Stamina +150 Attack +5 Defense +10 Element Resistance +10
Meal Skills	Exploiter Meal Insurance Meal Caprice Meal (Hi) Random Meal Skill ×2

Meal Skill Effect

Meal Skills	Effects
Exploiter Meal	Rewards for destroying Wounds may increase.
Insurance Meal	Only the first time you faint during a quest will not be counted against you.
Caprice Meal (Hi)	The effect of temporarily increasing Attack occurs repeatedly at random intervals.

Grand Hub Meal Effects

Use Meal Voucher to Eat Local Dishes

At the canteen in the Grand Hub, you can use Meal Vouchers to enjoy dishes from various regions. Meal Effects are the same as those offered through Meal Invitations in each village. One Meal Voucher is required for each meal. You can earn Meal Vouchers through login bonuses or by completing event bounties.

Talk to Tetsuzan at HR16+ to Unlock

▲Location of Tetsuzan in Suja

In order to go to the Grand Hub, you need to have a Hunter rank of 16 or higher. You can go to the Grand Hub by talking to Tetsuzan in Suja when your HR reaches 16.

Cooking Meal Effects

How to Cook Meals

Cook from Camp or Portable BBQ Grill

Monster Hunter Wilds Fire Cooking can be made from Camp or Portable BBQ Grill. If you are camping, select a fire-cooked meal from the Campfire menu.

Cook anywhere with Portable BBQ Grill

Normally you can only cook while camping, but with the Portable BBQ Grill you can cook over fire anytime and anywhere. Portable BBQ Grill can be obtained from the Provisions Stockpile in Chapter 1-2.

Select a Cooking Method and Cook

Recommended Meal	Automatically provides recommended dishes - Use when you are not looking for any specific effects
Custom Meal	Select and create each item ingredients by yourself - Use when you want to choose the additional effects
Favorite Meals	Cook the dishes registered in Favorite Meals

Next, select a cooking method and start cooking. During this process, the selected ingredients will be consumed one by one, so you cannot use any ingredients that you don't have on hand. You can save your preferred recipes in Favorite Meals for easy access later.

Make a Well-done Steak

You can make a Well-Done Steak in the Grill Meat option from the campfire menu. Like a Max Potion, a Well-Done Steak increases both health and stamina to their maximum and fully restores all items. Be sure to bring one with you when going out on a hunt.

Select Ration and Add Finishing Touches to Complete

Ration	Main Effects: Health +50, Stamina +150 Ingredient Effects: Status Boost *The effect duration is 30:00 for all.
Additional Ingredients	Main Effects: Duration +20:00 Ingredient Effects: Adds 1 Food Skill
Finishing Touches	Main Effects: Elemental Resistance +5 Ingredient Effects: Adds 1 Food Skill

Select ration, additional ingredients, and finishing ingredients to complete the dish. Each one has a different effect, so adjust your choices depending on what you need.

Ingredient Guide

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Additional Random Meal Effect Activated

In addition to the effects granted by the ingredients, one extra meal effect will be randomly activated for each additional or finishing ingredient used. If you use both an additional ingredient and a finishing ingredient, two effects will be activated.

What is Campfire Cooking?

Meals That You Can Cook in Camp

Campfire dishes in Monster Hunter Wilds are dishes that give you food skills, similar to the Dango in Monster Hunter Rise or set meals in Monster Hunter World. You can cook at the Base Camp or Portable BBQ Grill.

Seasonal Event Meals

Exclusive Seasonal Dishes

During the last event, (Blossomdance), you could enjoy the seasonal Blossomdance Sushi Meal. You needed to use Blossomdance Vouchers for every meal, so make sure to acquire seasonal vouchers from login bonuses and limited bounties while a seasonal event is available. Note that you will be unable to use these vouchers once that event has ended, so exchange them while you can!

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