Skip to main content
  1. Home
  2. Gaming
  3. Guides

The best recipes in Xenoblade Chronicles 3

By

Ever since the days of Pac-Man and other arcade classics, food has been included in games as a method of restoring your character’s health. Whether it be fruit, meat, or a drink, it has become an unspoken rule that any food you find in a game will be a benefit to you. In Xenoblade Chronicles 3, and many JRPGs that preceded it, food still has a major role to play, but it functions quite differently. You won’t be finding food out in the world for free healing, though there are plenty of ingredients to collect.

Food in Xenoblade Chronicles 3 can be obtained in two main ways: cooking it yourself via recipes, or purchasing it. Both ways will give your party different buffs depending on what meal you buy or make, but cooking for yourself is certainly the more efficient way to go about it. And these buffs can be rather strong, too, so it’s well worth your effort in the kitchen to prep a good meal before each adventure. Don’t worry about cleaning the dishes when making these best recipes in Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

Further reading

How to cook

Manana and the rest of the party sit by a campfire in Xenoblade Chronicles 3.
Image used with permission by copyright holder

Just like in real life, no one is born a master chef. In fact, your party doesn’t even bother learning this essential life skill on their own. You will only unlock the option to start cooking once you hit chapter 2 and meet the character named Manana at the rest spot you come to in the Fornix region. They will be your team’s cook, helping you create new dishes. Once you have the option, you can start cooking right away by:

  • Reaching any rest spot
  • Selecting the Pot icon
  • Select the recipe you want to make (as long as you have the required ingredients)
  • Press A and wait for however long that meal takes to cook

Alternatively, if you don’t have the necessary ingredients, you can also spend some Nopon coins to bypass the requirement.

Related

How to unlock new recipes

Manana talking to Riku.
Image used with permission by copyright holder

You can get new recipes in Xenoblade Chronicles 3 through two methods: finding them in the open world or purchasing that meal at a canteen to learn the recipe.

Any liberated Colony will have a canteen you can visit and take a breather at to enjoy a nice meal. They will cost you some gold, and only give you a single buff, but once you learn the recipe and bring it back to Manana, they will be able to make an improved version, so it’s worth chowing down at every establishment to build up your own cookbook.

Otherwise, a huge amount of recipes are waiting to be found in the various colonies, camps, and locations around Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Keep your eye out and collect as many as possible to have access to all the buffs.

Best recipes to make

Manana saying she will be careful.
Image used with permission by copyright holder

Each meal you eat will give you one buff if it’s purchased from a canteen, or two if made by Manana. These buffs fall into the following categories at different strength levels and for different durations:

  • EXP boost
  • Class Point boost
  • Increased gold gain
  • Increased item drop rates
  • Increased chance of extra materials gathered

With that in mind, here are the best recipes you should aim to learn and chow down on as soon as possible.

Mild Sizzle-Fizzle Stew

You can unlock this recipe by first eating the Mild Game Stew from the Colony 11 canteen. Its effects last for 48 minutes and are:

  • CP boost of 20%
  • Increased material boost 10%

The CP boost makes this meal one of the best for grinding out Class levels, plus allows you to gather more materials while moving from fight to fight to hopefully replenish your ingredients and make it that much easier for your next meal.

Brisky-Breezy Toastie

This meal is learned from eating the Fish-Fillet Toastie at the Colony 30 canteen. This light meal will give you the following buffs for a massive 54 minutes:

  • Increased item drop rate 15%
  • Increased material boost 15%

This is a meal for explorers. If you’re planning on doing some side activities, or just roaming around the giant world in Xenoblade Chronicles 3, start your morning off with this meal to make all that exploration time pay off with some extra loot and ingredients.

Cerise-Caprice Acqua Pazza

This steamy dish is one you will want to get fast by eating the Acqua Pazza a la City in the Michiba canteen in Swordmarch. Another filling meal, this one gives you 54 minutes with:

  • EXP boost 20%
  • Increased item drop rate 10%

This is your level-grinding meal. Obviously the EXP boost is going to cut down on your time between levels a ton, and since you’re already going to be fighting as much as possible, the extra drop rate is just icing on the cake.

Full-Filling Crispygrill

Last up, the Crispygrill can be whipped up by first sampling the Riverbird Crispygrill from the local canteen in Colony Iota. It may look like a small dish, but for 56 minutes this meal will give you:

  • Increased gold gain 25%
  • Increased material boost 15%

To cover all your bases, sometimes you just need to earn some cash fast. Fighting will be the way to go for that, and you may as well grab any materials you come across while searching for fights since you’ve got nearly an hour with this buff.

Editors’ Recommendations

Topics
Jesse Lennox
Jesse Lennox
Jesse Lennox loves writing, games, and complaining about not having time to write and play games. He knows the names of more…
The best Fallout 3 mods
An alpha deathclaw enforcer attacking in Fallout 3.

Right alongside Skyrim, Fallout 3 is one of the most modded games of all time. Bethesda took this series and transformed it into an open-world adventure that had never really been seen up to that point. As much as there was to do in that base experience, there was a limit to what could be done. However, dedicated fans didn't let that end their fun and began modding the game with new features, quality of life improvements, and new content to extend the life of Fallout 3 to the point where you can still play it today and have an amazing time. Now that modders have had well over a decade to work with the game, there are potentially thousands of mods you can try out, but these are the best ones we've found.
FWE - FO3 Wanderers Edition

Let's kick things off with a bang and talk about the FWE - FO3 Wanderers Edition mod. Calling this a single mod is kind of a misnomer since it actually integrates over 50 other mods into one massive package. The purpose is to rework the balance and depth of the game to be more fair and give players more opportunities to role-play. This mod does make the game intentionally harder than the base version. Combat is faster and more determined by player skilll. Also, which perks and skills you have make a bigger difference. Injuries need to be treated more carefully, over 40 new weapons and pieces of armor have been added, AI has been enhanced, and dozens of other changes were implemented to make the game more immersive. It's the simplest way to give another playthrough some spice.
Fellout

Read more
The best cozy games
Riding in a boat with Kapp'n in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

In a world where so many games send you on missions with tense action and high stakes, sometimes it's nice to just sit back and relax a bit. That's where the cozy genre comes in with calming exploration, crafting, and decorating that give you a sense of purpose without all of the stress that comes from more action-oriented games. If that's what you're after, look no further, as we've compiled a list of what we consider to be the best cozy games you can play right now.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Read more
The best horses in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

There are plenty of ways to roam the land of Hyrule in Breath of the Wild, but few are as well-developed as horse riding. Not only does the game let you tame a variety of horses found in the wild, but you can customize your horse by changing its saddle, bridle, and even its physical attributes. Toss in the ability to discover Malanya, the horse god, and there's a lot to unpack with this down-to-earth travel method.

However, not all horses are worth taming and adding to your stable. And since horse taming is a time-consuming task, it's important to know the best horses in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild so you don't waste your day chasing a steed that's not much faster than Link.

Read more