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55 The Lavish Meal is a rare Feast-tier cooking recipe in Crimson Desert. Unlike most recipes that are purchased from vendors or found as loot drops, the Lavish Meal recipe is obtained by solving the strongbox puzzle inside Hernand Castle. The recipe produces a high-quality feast with powerful stat buffs suited for the game's toughest encounters.
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77 How to Obtain the Recipe
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99 The Lavish Meal recipe is the reward for opening the Hernand Castle strongbox. To access it, follow these steps:
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1111 Gain castle access: Put on the Hernandian Attire, which can be obtained by cleaning the chimney early in the game. See How to Enter Hernand Castle for full details.Reach the strongbox: Head into the keep's tall central room with the stairwell and climb to the third floor. A locked door leads to a bedroom containing the strongbox.Solve the puzzle: The strongbox uses eight piano-style keys. Wind up the gears on the side panel to hear a tune made of seven distinct notes, then press the corresponding keys on the front panel in the same order.Wear a mask: Items from strongboxes count as stolen goods. You must wear a mask before taking the contents, or you will be unable to collect them.
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1515 The Lavish Meal is a feast recipe that requires a large number of ingredients and settlement-level cooking equipment to prepare. The resulting dish provides significant stat buffs, making it ideal for difficult boss fights and late-game Sealed Abyss Artifact challenges.
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1919 This recipe cannot be acquired through vendors or regular exploration. You must infiltrate Hernand Castle and solve the strongbox puzzle.Bring a mask before attempting the strongbox. Without one, you will solve the puzzle but cannot take the reward.The strongbox puzzle is one of several scattered across Pywel. Each contains a unique reward. See the Strongbox Puzzle Locations and Solutions page for all solutions.
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