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Best Food and Elixir Guide for Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. See all recommended food & elixir, frequently used materials, cooking, and best recipe for Elixer & Food.

Food / Elixir Recommendations

Hearty Foods Recipe

Food	Recipe / Effect
Hearty Fish Skewer	Hearty Bass ×1 Recover All Hearts +2
Hearty Fried Wild Greens	Big Hearty Radish ×1 Recover All Hearts +5
Hearty Mushroom Skewer	Hearty Truffle ×1 Recover All Hearts +1

Cook Hearty Materials By Itself

Any Hearty material gives you Full Recovery＋Extra Hearts when cooked. You can fully recover using just one material so it is most efficient to cook it by itself since they are rare.

Stamina Recipe

Food / Elixir	Recipe / Effect
Enduring Elixir	Tireless Frog ×1 Bokoblin Guts ×1 Fully Recover Stamina + Gain 1/6 Stamina Wheel
Enduring Fried Wild Greens	Endura Carrot ×1 Fully Recover Stamina + Gain 1/6 Stamina Wheel
Energizing Elixir	Restless Cricket ×4 Bokoblin Horn ×1 Recover 1 Stamina Wheel

Use Only 1 Endura Material For Cooking

Endura Materials such as an Endura Carrot give you Full Stamina Recovery＋Extra Stamina when cooked. If you're using an animal like a frog, cook it with a monster part.

Attack Up Recipe

Food	Recipe / Effect
Mighty Simmered Fruit	Mighty Bananas ×4 Golden Apple ×1 Attack Up Lv3 Duration *4:10
Mighty Simmered Fruit	Mighty Bananas ×4 Star Fragment ×1 Attack Up Lv3 Duration 9:50
Mighty Simmered Fruit	Mighty Bananas ×4 Dragon Horn ×1 Attack Up Lv3 Duration 30 minutes

*A critical cook can add 5 minutes

Defense Up Recipe

Food	Recipe / Effect
Tough Fish Skewer	Armored Porgy ×4 Dragon Horn ×1 Defense Up Lv3 Duration 30 minutes
Tough Fish Skewer	Armored Carp ×4 Golden Apple ×1 Defense Up Lv3 Duration 4:10

Cure/Resist Gloom Recipe

Food	Recipe / Effect
Sunny Steamed Fruit	Sundelion ×1 Apple ×3 ×3 Recover 3 Gloom Hearts
Sunny Steamed Meat	Sundelion ×2 Raw Meat ×3 ×6 Recover 6 Gloom Hearts
Sunny Steamed Meat	Sundelion ×2 Raw Gourmet Meat ×1 Golden Apple ×1 ×9 Recover 9 Gloom Hearts
Warding Simmered Fruit	・Dark Clump ×3 ・Apple ×1 Dragon's Horn ×1 Gloom Resistance Lv3 30:00
Warding Simmered Fruit	・Dark Clump ×3 ・Apple ×1 ・Star Fragment ×1 Gloom Resistance Lv3 9:30
Warding Simmered Fruit	Dark Clump ×3 Golden Apple ×1 Gloom Resistance Lv3 8:20

Resistance Level Is Determined By Number Of Dark Clumps

Use Dark Clumps when cooking to make gloom resistance food. The resistance level is determined by the number of Dark Clumps you use.

Hasty Food / Elixir Recipe

Food / Elixir	Recipe / Effect
Hasty Simmered Fruit	Fleet-Lotus Seeds ×4 Dragon Horn ×1 Speed Up Lv3 30:00
Hasty Simmered Fruit	Fleet-Lotus Seeds ×4 Golden Apple ×1 Speed Up Lv3 4:50
Hasty Elixir	Hot-Footed Frog ×4 Keese Wing ×1 Speed Up Lv3 5:10

Bright Recipe

Food	Recipe / Effect
Bright Fish Skewer	Glowing Cave Fish ×4 Dragon Horn ×1 Glow Lv3 30:00

Sticky Recipe

Elixir	Recipe / Effect
Sticky Elixir	Sticky Frog ×4 Bokoblin Guts ×1 Slip Resistance Lv3 9:50

Cold Resistance Recipe

Food	Recipe / Effect
Spicy Mushroom Skewer	Cold Resistance Lv2 8:20 Sunshroom ×3 Golden Apple
Spicy Sauteed Peppers	Cold Resistance Lv1 12:30 Spicy Pepper ×5

Heat Resistance Recipe

Food	Recipe / Effect
Chilly Mushroom Skewer	Heat Resistance Lv2 8:20 Chillshroom ×3 Golden Apple

Flame Resistance Recipe

Elixir	Recipe / Effect
Fireproof Elixir	Flame Resistance Lv1 11:10 Fireproof Lizard ×4 Keese Wing
Fireproof Elixir	Flame Resistance Lv2 11:10 Smotherwing Butterfly ×4 Keese Wing

Elixir Only For Flame Resistance

You can only gain Flame Resistance from an elixir made from Fireproof Lizard or Smotherwing Butterfly. They can be obtained near Death Mountain.

Stealth Up Recipe

Food	Recipe / Effect
Sneaky Mushroom Skewer	Stealth Up Lv1 2:50 Silent Shroom Golden Apple
Sneaky Mushroom Skewer	Stealth Up Lv2 9:50 Silent Shroom ×4 Golden Apple
Sneaky Mushroom Skewer	Stealth Up Lv3 10:00 Silent Shroom ×5

Level 2 Is Enough For Catching Insects

Stealth is helpful when catching insects and most insects won't try to escape if you have Stealth Up Level 2.

Food Recommendations / Elixir Recipes

Recommended Recipes

Food	Recipe / Effect
Simmered Fruit	Apple ×5 ×5 Recovery
Energizing Elixir	Restless Cricket ×4 Bokoblin Horn ×1 Recover 1 Stamina Wheel
Spicy Sauteed Peppers	Spicy Pepper ×5 ×5 Recovery Cold Resistence Level 1 12:30

Use Cooked Food For Recovery

Materials can be eaten without cooking them, but cooking will make them more effective. Once you have enough materials, remember to cook them for later.

Mass Produce Energizing Elixir

In the early stages of the game, when you don't have many Hearts and Stamina, climbing mountains can be a challenge. If you cut the grass to catch a lot of Restless Crickets and use it to mass produce elixirs, it will make it much easier to explore the map.

Combining Wrong Ingredients Will Result To A Failed Dish

Food recipes are determined by type, and if you use only monster-type materials, or combine insects and food, you will end up with Dubious Food. When combining materials, choose materials with careful consideration.

Where To Find Frequently Used Materials

List Of Frequently Used Materials

Material	Location
Fleet-Lotus Seeds	Dive from Rabella Wetlands Skyview Tower to find a small island in the west sky. Other: Zora's Domain etc.
Armored Porgy	Lanayru Bay, north of Mount Lanayru
Mighty Bananas	Bronas Forest, west of Rabella Wetlands Skyview Tower Other: Lurelin Village
Big Hearty Radish	Dragonhead Island of Faron Grasslands Sky
Hearty Bass	Dive from Rabella Wetlands Skyview Tower to find a small island in the west sky
Sundelion	Can be found on most Sky Islands
Restless Cricket	Cut grass around fields in Hyrule such as areas near stables to find them.
Charred Pepper	Around the mountains near Gutanbac Shrine (Great Sky Island)
Apple	Apple trees in Satori Mountain
Bokoblin Horn	Bokoblins all around Hyrule will drop them.

Monster Materials Are Used For Elixirs

Materials dropped by Monsters can be used to make Elixirs with special effects by combining them with insect-based materials. Read the description of the materials and try different combinations.

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