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11Recipes2233The cooking system in Neverness to Everness lets players prepare meals from raw ingredients gathered around Hethereau and through the city's restaurants. Cooking is part of the broader Hethereau Hobbies system and feeds into City Tycoon management progression. Each recipe consumes a specific list of ingredients, takes a fixed preparation time, and produces a finished dish with combat or progression buffs.4455This page is the master index of every confirmed launch recipe. Each row links out to the recipe article (when one exists) and lists the ingredient profile, dish rank, and primary purpose. Recipes are unlocked progressively through the in-game cooking minigame, restaurant patron quests, and the City Tycoon shop pipelines.6677Recipe Categories8899Launch recipes fall into four broad groups based on how they are unlocked and where the dishes are used:10101111Core Recipes: Available from the start of the cooking minigame. Used to teach the prep loop and supply low-cost combat consumables.Restaurant Recipes: Unlocked by completing patron quests at the city's restaurants. Higher rank than core recipes; usually carry stat-boost effects for the active team.Story Recipes: Unlocked through specific story missions and arcs. Often required to progress a quest line rather than for general consumption.Special Event Recipes: Limited-time recipes added through patch events. The launch window includes a small set of these tied to the launch celebration.12121313Recipe Index14141515Confirmed recipes from the launch window. Rank uses the standard A-S-S+ scale. Effects describe the in-combat or out-of-combat buff applied when the dish is consumed.16161717RecipeRankPrimary IngredientsEffectSourceCakeS-Rank3 Eggs, 35g Corn Oil, 40g Milk, 50g Cake Flour, 30g Sugar, half LemonQuest item used in the Miles Apart story arcStory unlock from the Miles Apart quest linePizzaA-RankPizza Dough, Team ATK buff for one combat encounterRestaurant patron quest in Miguel DistrictCoffeeB-RankCoffee Beans, Milk, SugarRestores stamina for exploration; small cooldown reduction on the active character's skillCore unlock at the start of the cooking minigameTofuan CoffeeA-Rank9C Coffee Beans, Baking Buddies Cocoa Powder, Baking Buddies Matcha Powder, MilkLarger stamina restoration with a chance to apply a small ATK buffRestaurant patron questTomato SoupB-RankTomato, Sea Salt, OnionRestores team HP; small DEF buff for the active characterCore unlock; tomatoes purchased from grocers and grown at homeCheese SandwichB-RankT&J Cheese Block, Bread, LettuceRestores HP; small flat ATK boostCore unlockCoconut PuddingA-RankCoconut, Milk, Cake Flour, SugarTeam-wide healing tick over timeRestaurant patron questMatcha LatteB-RankBaking Buddies Matcha Powder, Milk, SugarRestores stamina; small Cosmos damage buffRestaurant patron quest100 Healthy Meals Kids LoveS-RankMultiple ingredients across vegetables, dairy, and eggsQuest item used in restaurant management progressionRestaurant management quest lineSea Salt CookieB-RankSea Salt, Cake Flour, Eggs, SugarSmall flat ATK boost for one combat encounterCore unlock1818Cooking Minigame Flow19192020The cooking minigame uses a step-by-step interactive sequence. Players follow on-screen prompts in order, with timing and accuracy contributing to the final dish quality. A perfect execution yields the dish at full effect; sloppy execution still produces the dish but at reduced effect. Recipes can be re-attempted any number of times after they are unlocked.21212222Each recipe has a base preparation time that scales with the dish rank. B-Rank recipes finish in roughly two to three minutes of real time; A-Rank recipes take three to five minutes; S-Rank recipes take five to eight minutes. The Cake recipe used in the Miles Apart quest is the longest single recipe, with eight discrete baking steps to follow.23232424Ingredient Acquisition25252626Ingredients come from three primary sources:27272828Grocers and convenience stores: Most launch ingredients (eggs, milk, flour, sugar, cooking oil, salt, basic vegetables) are purchasable from the city's grocery shops with Restaurant ingredient drops: Specialty ingredients (cocoa powder, matcha powder, specialty coffee beans, premium cheeses) drop from restaurant patron quests and city restaurant deliveries.Home garden harvest: Players who unlock the home garden through Story rewards: Specific story-required ingredients (the half-lemon for the Cake recipe, special imports for advanced recipes) come from completing arcs and missions.29293030Recipe Effects in Combat31313232Cooked dishes are consumable items rather than passive food buffs. Players consume one dish at the start of a combat encounter or before a difficult fight; the dish applies its effect for that single encounter and is then consumed. Dishes do not stack, so eating two ATK-boost meals in sequence does not double the effect.33333434Effects fall into four broad types:35353636Healing: Restores team HP, either as a flat amount or as a percentage of max HP. Healing dishes are the most common B-Rank output.Stat boosts: Flat or percentage ATK, DEF, or elemental damage buffs for the duration of the combat encounter. A-Rank and S-Rank dishes typically carry these effects.Cooldown reduction: Reduces the cooldown on a specific character's skill or ultimate. Useful before extended boss encounters.Stamina recovery: Restores the exploration stamina bar used for sprinting and climbing. Tied to coffee and tea recipes.37373838Tips39394040Keep at least one healing dish in inventory at all times. Combat encounters with surprise modifiers can quickly drain team HP, and a Tomato Soup or Coconut Pudding often beats a town trip to a recovery point.Stockpile high-rank ingredients before story milestones. Several story arcs require S-Rank dishes to progress, and pulling the ingredients on demand can stall the run.Restaurant patron quests are the fastest way to unlock A-Rank recipes. Completing all the patrons at a single restaurant typically grants two or three A-Rank unlocks at once.Coffee recipes pair well with exploration sessions. The stamina restoration outpaces in-world food acquisition, especially during long traversal pulls between regions.Re-cook for quality. If a first attempt produces a low-quality dish, the recipe can be re-attempted any number of times. There is no ingredient penalty beyond the consumed materials.41414242Related Pages43434444CookingIngredientsHethereau HobbiesRestaurant ManagementHome GardenCity TycoonMini-GamesMiles Apart