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Overview
There are 24 cooking recipes in Pokemon Pokopia, divided into four food types of six recipes each. Cooking is unlocked in Rocky Ridges through Chef Dente, a special Greedent trapped inside a barrel. Every cooked meal fully restores PP and powers up a specific Ditto transformation move. Each recipe also carries one of five flavors (Sweet, Spicy, Dry, Bitter, or Sour) that determines which Pokemon enjoy it most, while some basic recipes have no flavor profile.
Each food type requires a specific cooking station. Salads use a Chopping Board, soups use a Cooking Pot on a stove or campfire, bread uses a Bread Oven (which always needs a Burn-specialty Pokemon), and hamburger steaks use a Frying Pan on a stove or campfire. Place a Storage Box next to any cooking station so you can pull ingredients directly from storage.
Some recipes require a Pokemon with a specific specialty to be present during cooking. These specialties include Chop, Crush, Generate, Recycle, Water, and Burn. Recipes that do not require a specialty are available as soon as cooking is unlocked.
Salads (Chopping Board)
Salads power up Leafage, increasing the grass-pulling range and enabling the ability to create duckweed on water surfaces and pull moss from rocks. Salads are prepared on a Chopping Board with no heat source required.
Recipe | Ingredients | Specialty Required | Flavor |
|---|---|---|---|
Leaf x1, Any x1 | None | None | |
Leaf x1, Leppa Berry x1 | None | Sweet | |
None | Bitter | ||
Leaf x1, Any x1 | Chop | Sour | |
Leaf x1, Chesto Berry x1 | Crush | Dry | |
Leaf x1, Simple Bread x1 | None | Spicy |
Soups (Cooking Pot)
Soups power up Water Gun, extending the spray range so it covers more tiles per use. Soups require a Cooking Pot placed on a powered stove or campfire.
Recipe | Ingredients | Specialty Required | Flavor |
|---|---|---|---|
Fresh Water x1, Any x2 | None | None | |
Fresh Water x1, Seaweed x1, Any x1 | None | Bitter | |
Fresh Water x1, Cave Mushrooms x1, Any x1 | None | Dry | |
Fresh Water x1, Any x2 | Generate | Spicy | |
Fresh Water x1, Bean x1, Leaf x1 | None | Spicy | |
Fresh Water x1, Aspear Berry x1, Any Hamburger Steak x1 | None | Sour |
Bread (Bread Oven)
Bread powers up Cut, allowing distance cutting and the ability to slice through metal grating. The Bread Oven always requires a Pokemon with the Burn specialty (such as Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard, Torchic, or Combusken) to operate. Some bread recipes require an additional specialty on top of the Burn requirement.
Recipe | Ingredients | Additional Specialty | Flavor |
|---|---|---|---|
Wheat x1, Any x2 | None (Burn only) | None | |
Wheat x1, Leppa Berry x1, Any x1 | None (Burn only) | Sour | |
Wheat x1, Fresh Carrot x1, Any x1 | None (Burn only) | Spicy | |
Wheat x1, Simple Bread x1, Any x1 | Recycle | Bitter | |
Wheat x1, Pecha Berry x1, Any x1 | Water | Sweet | |
Wheat x1, Any Soup x1, Any x1 | Burn | Spicy |
Hamburger Steaks (Frying Pan)
Hamburger steaks power up Rock Smash (and Rollout as well), enabling punching through harder materials including granite, stone, steel, crystal, and ore blocks. This upgrade is essential for mining Iron Ore, Copper Ore, Gold Ore, and Pokemetal. Hamburger steaks require a Frying Pan placed on a powered stove or campfire. All hamburger steak recipes use Bean as the base ingredient.
The Potato Hamburger Steak and the lively Hamburger Steak provide a stronger Rock Smash boost than the other variants, noted in-game as "powers up Rock Smash a lot."
Recipe | Ingredients | Specialty Required | Flavor |
|---|---|---|---|
Bean x1, Any x3 | None | None | |
Bean x1, Cave Mushrooms x1, Any x2 | None | Dry | |
None | Sour | ||
None | Sweet | ||
Bean x1, Rawst Berry x1, Lum Berry x1, Any x1 | None | Bitter | |
None | None |
Raw Ingredients and Berries
Raw ingredients and berries can be eaten directly to restore some PP, but cooking them into meals provides a full PP restore along with a move power-up. Every raw ingredient carries its own flavor profile, which is useful to know when gifting food to Pokemon or when offering items to Mosslax.
Ingredient | Flavor | Source |
|---|---|---|
None | Tall grass patches in Withered Wasteland | |
None | Vending machines; natural water sources | |
Dry | Farmed in Rocky Ridges and Sparkling Skylands | |
Sweet | Farmed in Rocky Ridges and Sparkling Skylands | |
Sour | Farmed in Sparkling Skylands | |
Bitter | Farmed in Rocky Ridges or Sparkling Skylands | |
Spicy | Found in Rocky Ridges; sometimes obtained as random sprouts | |
Bitter | Shorelines at Bleak Beach | |
Dry | Inside caves, primarily in Rocky Ridges | |
None | Headbutt berry trees (all areas) | |
Dry | Headbutt berry trees (various areas) | |
Sweet | Headbutt berry trees (various areas) | |
Bitter | Headbutt berry trees (various areas) | |
Sour | Headbutt berry trees (various areas) | |
None | Headbutt berry trees (rarer find) |
Beverages and Special Food
Several drinks and special food items cannot be cooked but serve unique purposes. Beverages are purchased from vending machines found across the islands. When a Pokemon spits out a beverage, it creates a special environmental effect instead of the normal Water Gun spray.
Item | Flavor | Effect |
|---|---|---|
Dry | Creates seawater when spit out | |
Sweet | Creates muddy water when spit out | |
Bitter | Creates a hot spring when spit out | |
Spicy | Creates lava when spit out | |
None | Restores a small amount of PP; given by Chef Dente | |
Sweet | Restores some PP when eaten | |
Sweet | Restores a lot of PP when eaten | |
Savory | Shared party meal; cooked in the Giant Cooking Pot during the Time to Party! quest |
Party Cooking
During the Time to Party! quest in Rocky Ridges, Chef Dente leads a special group cooking session using a Party Cooking Pot. The party curry recipe requires 15 Leppa Berries, 15 Wheat, 15 Beans, and 5 Honey. The Party Cooking Pot must be placed down in Rocky Ridges before the curry can be prepared. Chef Dente's Party specialty doubles the yield when he cooks alongside you.
Mosslax Offerings
After waking Mosslax during the Brighten Things Up quest at Bleak Beach, players can offer food to Mosslax once per day at the Gourmet's Offering altar. The dominant flavor of the food determines the buff granted. Cooked food provides stronger effects than raw ingredients. Buffs last until 5:00 AM the next day.
Flavor Offered | Buff Effect |
|---|---|
Sweet | Boosts Ancient Artifact discovery rates |
Spicy | Increases Pokemon spawn rates in habitats |
Dry | Rainbow Feathers and Silver Feathers spawn more frequently |
Bitter | Increases rare item drop rates |
Sour | Improves shop inventory quality |
None (Neutral) | Raises friendship rate with all Pokemon |
The Dry flavor buff is particularly valuable for players hunting Legendary Pokemon, since Rainbow Feathers and Silver Feathers are needed to craft the Clear Bell and Tidal Bell for summoning Ho-Oh and Lugia.
Cooking Tips
Cook with Chef Dente nearby for a chance to double the amount of food produced. His Party specialty increases cooking yields when he works alongside you.
Food power-ups are temporary. A yellow meter appears on screen and depletes as you use the powered-up move. Once the meter runs out, the move returns to its base strength.
Feed Pokemon their favorite flavor food to significantly increase their Comfort Level. Check the Pokedex to see each Pokemon's preferred flavor.
"Any" ingredient slots can be filled with any food item, including berries, vegetables, or even other cooked dishes.
Always carry hamburger steaks when heading to mining areas. The Rock Smash upgrade is essential for breaking ore blocks.
The Bread Bowl is one of the most versatile recipes. It upgrades Cut to ranged and metal-cutting, and it is also the item needed to teach Gyarados the Waterfall move.
The Flavorful Soup and lively Hamburger Steak both require a pre-made food item as an ingredient (a Hamburger Steak and a Salad respectively). Craft the base item first before cooking these advanced recipes.
Stock up on Beans early. They grow in Rocky Ridges and Sparkling Skylands and are the base for all Hamburger Steak recipes.
Place Storage Boxes next to every cooking station to avoid inventory juggling.
Offer Dry-flavor food to Mosslax when farming for Rainbow and Silver Feathers needed for the Legendary bells.