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Overview
Cooking is a core gameplay system in Pokemon Pokopia that allows players to prepare meals from gathered ingredients. Eating cooked food fully restores PP and powers up a specific Ditto transformation move, upgrading its range, power, or unlocking additional effects. There are four food types (Salad, Soup, Bread, Hamburger Steak), each with six recipe variants, for a total of 24 recipes.
Unlocking Cooking
Cooking is unlocked during the Rocky Ridges storyline when the player rescues Chef Dente, a special Greedent trapped inside a barrel. Use the Cut ability on the chains binding him, and he will teach the player how to cook meals. Chef Dente has the Party specialty, which increases cooking yields when cooking alongside the player.
Cooking Stations
Each food type requires a specific cooking station and heat source:
Food Type | Station | Heat Source | Move Boosted |
|---|---|---|---|
Salad | Chopping Board | None needed | |
Soup | Cooking Pot | Stove or Campfire | |
Bread | Bread Oven | Burn-specialty Pokemon required | |
Hamburger Steak | Frying Pan | Stove or Campfire |
Stoves and Campfires both work as heat sources for Soups and Hamburger Steaks. The Bread Oven requires a Pokemon with the Burn specialty (such as Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard, Torchic, or Combusken) to operate. Place a Storage Box next to any cooking station so you can pull ingredients directly from storage without carrying everything.
Flavors
There are five flavors in Pokemon Pokopia. Each Pokemon has a favorite flavor listed in their Pokedex entry. Giving a Pokemon food with their preferred flavor increases their Comfort Level more than food of other flavors.
Flavor | Description |
|---|---|
Sweet | Loved by many gentle and cute Pokemon |
Spicy | Preferred by energetic and fire-affiliated Pokemon |
Dry | Favored by composed and intellectual Pokemon |
Bitter | Preferred by tough and earthy Pokemon |
Sour | Liked by playful and mischievous Pokemon |
Recipes marked N/A for flavor are basic versions that have no flavor profile. They still restore PP and boost the associated move, but do not provide a flavor bonus for Pokemon Comfort.
Salad Recipes
Salads are prepared on a Chopping Board and boost the Leafage transformation. After eating a salad, Leafage can create duckweed on water surfaces and remove moss from rocks and flooring.
Recipe | Ingredients | Specialty Required | Flavor |
|---|---|---|---|
Leaf x1, Any x1 | None | N/A | |
None | Sweet | ||
None | Bitter | ||
Leaf x1, Any x1 | Chop | Sour | |
Leaf x1, Chesto Berry x1 | Crush | Dry | |
Leaf x1, Simple Bread x1 | None | Spicy |
Soup Recipes
Soups are cooked in a Cooking Pot over a Stove or Campfire and boost the Water Gun transformation. After eating soup, Water Gun's spray range is extended, covering more tiles per use.
Recipe | Ingredients | Specialty Required | Flavor |
|---|---|---|---|
Fresh Water x1, Any x2 | None | N/A | |
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, Simple Hamburger Steak x1 | None | Sour |
Bread Recipes
Bread is baked in a Bread Oven, which always requires a Burn-specialty Pokemon to operate. Bread boosts the Cut transformation. After eating bread, Cut can be used at a distance and can slice through metal grating, opening new paths.
Recipe | Ingredients | Additional Specialty | Flavor |
|---|---|---|---|
Wheat x1, Any x2 | None (Burn only) | N/A | |
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, Simple Soup x1, Any x1 | Burn | Spicy |
Hamburger Steak Recipes
Hamburger Steaks are cooked in a Frying Pan over a Stove or Campfire and boost the Rock Smash transformation (and Rollout as well). After eating a hamburger steak, Rock Smash temporarily breaks through all materials including granite, stone, steel, crystal, and ore blocks. This upgrade is essential for mining Iron Ore, Copper Ore, Gold Ore, and Pokemetal. All hamburger steak recipes use Bean as the base ingredient.
Recipe | Ingredients | Specialty Required | Flavor |
|---|---|---|---|
Bean x1, Any x3 | None | N/A | |
Bean x1, Tomato x1, Any x2 | None | Sour | |
Bean x1, Potato x1, Any x2 | None | Sweet | |
Bean x1, Cave Mushrooms x1, Any x2 | None | Dry | |
Bean x1, Lum Berry x1, Aspear Berry x1, Rawst Berry x1 | None | Bitter | |
Bean x1, Potato x1, Any Salad x1, Any x1 | None | N/A |
The Bitter Hamburger Steak is the only recipe that requires three specific berries alongside the Bean, leaving no room for filler ingredients. The Vibrant Hamburger Steak uses a pre-made Salad as an ingredient, meaning the player must craft a salad first.
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:
The Party Cooking Pot must be placed down in Rocky Ridges before the curry can be prepared. Chef Dente's Party specialty increases yields when cooking together.
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 has 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 habitat spawn rates for Pokemon |
Dry | Attracts rare-feathered Pokemon; Rainbow and Silver Feathers spawn more easily |
Bitter | Improves rare item drop rates |
Sour | Improves shop inventory quality |
No Flavor (Neutral) | Raises friendship rate with 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.
Where to Find Ingredients
Ingredient | Location |
|---|---|
Tall grass patches in Withered Wasteland | |
Any natural water source (rivers, springs) | |
Wild or farmed in Rocky Ridges | |
Wild or farmed in Withered Wasteland | |
Tomato | Farmed in Bleak Beach (crop farm near houses) |
Potato | Farmed in Rocky Ridges or Sparkling Skylands |
Fresh Carrot | Found in Rocky Ridges |
Inside caves, primarily in Rocky Ridges | |
Shorelines at Bleak Beach | |
Leppa Berry | Headbutt Leppa Berry trees (all areas) |
Chesto Berry | Headbutt berry trees (various areas) |
Pecha Berry | Headbutt berry trees (various areas) |
Aspear Berry | Headbutt berry trees (various areas) |
Rawst Berry | Headbutt berry trees (various areas) |
Lum Berry | Headbutt berry trees (rarer find) |
Pokemon with Gather Honey specialty (Vespiquen) |
Tips
Always carry Hamburger Steak when heading to mining areas. The Rock Smash upgrade is essential for breaking ore blocks.
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.
Place Storage Boxes next to every cooking station to avoid inventory juggling.
Check each Pokemon's favorite flavor in the Pokedex and cook targeted meals to raise their Comfort faster.
Offer Dry-flavor food to Mosslax when farming for Rainbow and Silver Feathers needed for Legendary bells.
The Flavorful Soup and Vibrant Hamburger Steak both require a pre-made food item as an ingredient (Hamburger Steak and Salad respectively). Craft the base item first.
Stock up on Beans early. They grow in Withered Wasteland and are the base for all Hamburger Steak recipes.