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Seasonings
July 22, 2026 at 02:07 AM
Added Muse Mint as the second seasoning, corrected the Scorchili boost name to Rising Whisper, and removed an unsourced claim about future seasoning patches
Seasonings in Alabaster Dawn are optional ingredients added to Cooking recipes to grant additional combat or exploration buffs on top of the base recipe's effect. They sit in the Items inventory under their own tag and are consumed only when the dish is cooked, not when the dish is eaten.
During cooking, after Juno selects a base recipe and confirms her ingredient ratio, the kitchen UI offers an optional Seasoning slot. Adding a seasoning to the dish layers its boost on top of the recipe's default effect: when Juno eats the cooked dish, both the base effect and the seasoning effect activate together. Seasonings do not change the recipe's base buff and do not stack with themselves: a dish takes at most one seasoning.
Name | Effect | Duration | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
Scorchili | Rising Whisper x2 and Crescendo 30% | 1 minute | Forage from Scorchili plants in southern Koro Valley; the first sample is given automatically at the start of the Trial of Aether. |
Muse Mint | Libra's Whisper x2 and Aether Ward 15% | 45 seconds | Forage from Muse Mint shrubs in Koro Valley at Remis Rock only, and more widely in the Aurum Plains. |
Scorchili is a pepper that resembles a flickering flame. Its in-world name dates to the Age of the Firstborn and means 'burns twice'. Eating a dish seasoned with Scorchili doubles the Rising Whisper potency and adds a 30% Crescendo buff for one minute, making it especially strong for fights that resolve in a single damage spike (the second phase of Rana Lingua Magna is a typical use case).
Muse Mint is a green leaf with pinkish tips, found in the southern reaches of the Aurum Plains. Its leaves curl upward in rainy weather so that wind passes through them like a flute, and the gentle humming tone that results earned it the nickname Humming Mint. A dish seasoned with Muse Mint doubles Libra's Whisper potency and adds a 15% Aether Ward for 45 seconds, which makes it the defensive counterpart to Scorchili: the shorter window is aimed at surviving a specific Aether burst rather than maximising damage.
Foraging: Scorchili plants in southern Koro Valley and along the trail to the Trial of Aether are the in-build source.
Story drops: the first Scorchili is automatically granted when the player enters the Trial of Aether for the first time, ensuring at least one seasoned dish is available for the boss.
Future content: further seasonings are expected as new regions arrive, but no specific seasoning has been announced.
Seasonings are most useful for fights that are clearly bounded in time. The 1-minute Scorchili window is too short for an exploration session but ideal for a boss fight or a Trial of Aether gauntlet room. The Cooking article covers the broader workflow; the seasoning slot is the last step before the dish is finalized.
Save Scorchili for boss-tier encounters. The 1-minute window aligns poorly with mob clearing.
Stack Scorchili dishes ahead of a planned boss attempt; the Cooking mini-game does not lock you out of recooking.
Match the seasoning to the fight length: Scorchili for a burst window, Muse Mint when Aether damage is the thing that keeps killing you. Do not leave the slot empty before a boss.
