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11 Overview
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33 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, and Hamburger Steak), each with six recipe variants, for a total of 24 recipes. This guide covers everything from unlocking cooking to mastering every recipe.
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55 How to Unlock Cooking
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77 Cooking is unlocked during the Rocky Ridges storyline when you rescue Chef Dente, a special Greedent trapped inside a barrel. Use the Cut ability on the chains binding him, and he will join your island. Once freed, Chef Dente teaches you how to cook and gives you your first Chopping Board.
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910 Before you can cook, you need to unlock the individual cooking stations. Each station is associated with a specific food type, and some stations require additional setup like a heat source or a Pokemon with the Burn specialty.
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1112 Cooking Stations
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1314 Each food type requires a specific cooking station. Some stations also require a heat source (a powered stove or campfire) to function.
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1516 StationFood TypeMove Powered UpHeat Source Required?NotesChopping BoardSaladLeafageNoFirst station unlocked; given by Chef DenteCooking PotSoupWater GunYes (stove or campfire)Place on a powered stove or next to a campfireBread OvenBreadCutRequires Burn-specialty PokemonAlways needs a Burn Pokemon to operateFrying PanHamburger SteakRock SmashYes (stove or campfire)Last station unlocked
1617 Place a Storage Box next to any cooking station so you can pull ingredients directly from storage without carrying everything in your inventory.
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1819 How Cooking Works
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2021 Approach a cooking station and interact with it.Select your base ingredient (Leaf for salads, Fresh Water for soups, Wheat for bread, Bean for steaks).Add additional ingredients. Slots marked "Any" accept any food item, including berries, vegetables, or even other cooked dishes.If the recipe requires a Pokemon specialty (such as Chop or Crush), that Pokemon must be nearby or following you.Confirm and watch the cooking animation. The meal is added to your inventory.Eat the meal to fully restore PP and temporarily power up the associated Ditto move.
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2223 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.
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2425 All Salad Recipes (Chopping Board)
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2627 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.
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2829 RecipeIngredientsSpecialty RequiredFlavorSimple SaladLeaf x1, Any x1NoneNoneLeppa SaladLeaf x1, Leppa Berry x1NoneSweetSeaweed SaladLeaf x1, Seaweed x1NoneBitterShredded SaladLeaf x1, Any x1ChopSourCrushed-Berry SaladLeaf x1, Chesto Berry x1CrushDryCrouton SaladLeaf x1, Simple Bread x1NoneSpicy
2930 All Soup Recipes (Cooking Pot)
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3132 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.
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3334 RecipeIngredientsSpecialty RequiredFlavorSimple SoupFresh Water x1, Any x2NoneNoneSeaweed SoupFresh Water x1, Seaweed x1, Any x1NoneBitterMushroom SoupFresh Water x1, Cave Mushrooms x1, Any x1NoneDryElectrifying SoupFresh Water x1, Any x2GenerateSpicyHealthy SoupFresh Water x1, Bean x1, Leaf x1NoneSpicyFlavorful SoupFresh Water x1, Aspear Berry x1, Any Hamburger Steak x1NoneSour
3435 All Bread Recipes (Bread Oven)
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3637 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.
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3839 RecipeIngredientsAdditional SpecialtyFlavorSimple BreadWheat x1, Any x2None (Burn only)NoneLeppa BreadWheat x1, Leppa Berry x1, Any x1None (Burn only)SourCarrot BreadWheat x1, Fresh Carrot x1, Any x1None (Burn only)SpicyRecycled BreadWheat x1, Simple Bread x1, Any x1RecycleBitterFluffy BreadWheat x1, Pecha Berry x1, Any x1WaterSweetBread BowlWheat x1, Any Soup x1, Any x1BurnSpicy
3940 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.
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4142 All Hamburger Steak Recipes (Frying Pan)
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4344 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. All hamburger steak recipes use Bean as the base ingredient.
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45-RecipeIngredientsSpecialty RequiredFlavorSimple Hamburger SteakBean x1, Any x3NoneNoneMushroom Hamburger SteakBean x1, Cave Mushrooms x1, Any x2NoneDryTomato Hamburger SteakBean x1, Tomato x1, Any x2NoneSourPotato Hamburger SteakBean x1, Potato x1, Any x2NoneSweetBitter Hamburger SteakBean x1, Rawst Berry x1, Lum Berry x1, Any x1NoneBitterVibrant Hamburger SteakBean x1, Any Salad x1, Potato x1, Any x1NoneNone
46-The Potato Hamburger Steak and the Vibrant Hamburger Steak provide a stronger Rock Smash boost than the other variants, noted in-game as "powers up Rock Smash a lot." The Vibrant Hamburger Steak requires a pre-made Salad as an ingredient, so craft the salad first.
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47+RecipeIngredientsSpecialty RequiredFlavorSimple Hamburger SteakBean x1, Any x3NoneNoneMushroom Hamburger SteakBean x1, Cave Mushrooms x1, Any x2NoneDryTomato Hamburger SteakBean x1, Tomato x1, Any x2NoneSourPotato Hamburger SteakBean x1, Potato x1, Any x2NoneSweetBitter Hamburger SteakBean x1, Rawst Berry x1, Lum Berry x1, Any x1NoneBitterlively Hamburger SteakBean x1, Any Salad x1, Potato x1, Any x1NoneNone
48+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." The lively Hamburger Steak requires a pre-made Salad as an ingredient, so craft the salad first.
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4850 Flavors and Comfort Levels
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5052 Every dish and many raw ingredients carry one of five flavors: Sweet, Spicy, Dry, Bitter, or Sour. Some basic recipes have no flavor profile. Gifting food that matches a Pokemon's preferred flavor raises their Comfort Level significantly. Each Pokemon's favorite flavor is listed in their Pokedex entry.
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52-FlavorSaladSoupBreadHamburger SteakSweetLeppa Salad-Fluffy BreadPotato Hamburger SteakSpicyCrouton SaladElectrifying Soup / Healthy SoupCarrot Bread / Bread Bowl-DryCrushed-Berry SaladMushroom Soup-Mushroom Hamburger SteakBitterSeaweed SaladSeaweed SoupRecycled BreadBitter Hamburger SteakSourShredded SaladFlavorful SoupLeppa BreadTomato Hamburger SteakNoneSimple SaladSimple SoupSimple BreadSimple / Vibrant Hamburger Steak
54+FlavorSaladSoupBreadHamburger SteakSweetLeppa Salad-Fluffy BreadPotato Hamburger SteakSpicyCrouton SaladElectrifying Soup / Healthy SoupCarrot Bread / Bread Bowl-DryCrushed-Berry SaladMushroom Soup-Mushroom Hamburger SteakBitterSeaweed SaladSeaweed SoupRecycled BreadBitter Hamburger SteakSourShredded SaladFlavorful SoupLeppa BreadTomato Hamburger SteakNoneSimple SaladSimple SoupSimple BreadSimple / lively Hamburger Steak
5355 Raw Ingredients and Where to Find Them
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5557 IngredientFlavorSourceLeafNoneTall grass patches in Withered Wasteland; Cut on grass and vinesFresh WaterNoneVending machines; natural water sourcesWheatDryFarmed in Rocky Ridges and Sparkling SkylandsBeanSweetFarmed in Rocky Ridges and Sparkling SkylandsTomatoSourFarmed in Sparkling SkylandsPotatoBitterFarmed in Rocky Ridges or Sparkling SkylandsFresh CarrotSpicyFound in Rocky Ridges; sometimes from random sproutsSeaweedBitterShorelines at Bleak BeachCave MushroomsDryInside caves, primarily in Rocky RidgesHoneyNoneSparkling flower beds; Combee (Litter specialty)Leppa BerryNoneHeadbutt berry trees (all areas)Chesto BerryDryHeadbutt berry trees (various areas)Pecha BerrySweetHeadbutt berry trees (various areas)Rawst BerryBitterHeadbutt berry trees (various areas)Aspear BerrySourHeadbutt berry trees (various areas)Lum BerryNoneHeadbutt berry trees (rarer find)
5658 Beverages and Special Food
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5860 Several drinks and special food items cannot be cooked but serve unique purposes. Beverages are purchased from vending machines found across the islands.
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6062 ItemFlavorEffectSoda PopDryCreates seawater when spit out by a PokemonMoomoo Milk CoffeeSweetCreates muddy water when spit outRoserade TeaBitterCreates a hot spring when spit outChili SauceSpicyCreates lava when spit outBruised BerryNoneRestores a small amount of PP; given by Chef DenteCommon CandySweetRestores some PP when eatenRare CandySweetRestores a lot of PP when eaten
6163 Mosslax Offerings
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6365 After waking Mosslax during the Brighten Things Up quest at Bleak Beach, you 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.
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6567 Flavor OfferedBuff EffectSweetBoosts Ancient Artifact discovery ratesSpicyIncreases Pokemon spawn rates in habitatsDryRainbow Feathers and Silver Feathers spawn more frequentlyBitterIncreases rare item drop ratesSourImproves shop inventory qualityNone (Neutral)Raises friendship rate with all Pokemon
6668 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.
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6870 Party Cooking
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7072 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:
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7274 15 Leppa Berries15 Wheat15 Beans5 Honey
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7476 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.
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7678 Cooking Tips
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78-Cook with Chef Dente nearby for a chance to double the amount of food produced. His Party specialty increases cooking yields.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 Flavorful Soup requires a pre-made Hamburger Steak, and the Vibrant Hamburger Steak requires a pre-made Salad. 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.The Bread Bowl upgrades Cut to ranged and metal-cutting, and it is also needed to teach Gyarados the Waterfall move. It is one of the most important recipes in the game.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. Always cook when possible.
80+Cook with Chef Dente nearby for a chance to double the amount of food produced. His Party specialty increases cooking yields.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 Flavorful Soup requires a pre-made Hamburger Steak, and the lively Hamburger Steak requires a pre-made Salad. 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.The Bread Bowl upgrades Cut to ranged and metal-cutting, and it is also needed to teach Gyarados the Waterfall move. It is one of the most important recipes in the game.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. Always cook when possible.