How to Cook | Cooking Guide

This is a guide to cooking in Genshin Impact. learn how to cook, how to process ingredients, where to get other ingredients, dish effects, and cooking achievements here!

What is Cooking?

Combine Ingredients to Create a Dish

Combine multiple ingredients to create a dish. Upon starting the cooking process, you'll be required to time your input when the slider reaches the marked area.

Failing to do so will cause the dish to burn and be an inedible mess.

Version 3.0 Cooking Update

Travelers will be able to speed up the time it takes to Process Ingredients using the Ultra-Hot Burner Lamp Test Model in Version 3.0! This will require the use of Ores to reduce the time it takes to process ingredients.

How to Process Ingredients

Version 1.4 Cooking Update

As of Update 1.4, Travelers now have the option to cook recipes automatically or manually. This allows you to cook regular dishes, or even Suspicious Dishes!

How to Cook in Genshin

Cook From Stoves and Campfires

The option to cook will appear when approacing a campfire on the fields or at stoves in cities. The option to cook will not be available if there is no fire. Simply use Pyro to start a fire and get to cooking!

List of All Pyro Characters

Cooking Bonuses from Characters

Certain dishes will have additional effects depending on the character that does the cooking. You may get a Special Dish or Extra Dishes with certain characters' Passive Talents!

List of Character Specialty Food

How to Get More Dishes

From NPCs and Shops

You can buy Recipes from certain shops found all over Teyvat. Some NPCs will also reward you with Recipes like the storm caller on the edge of Stormbearer's point.

Be sure to talk to everyone to get these recipes afterwards!

Complete Quests

Some Quests also reward recipes so be on the lookout for those. A prime example is the story mission for Xiangling's Mondstadt Gastronomy questline.

Mondstadt Gastronomy Trip Quest Guide

Obtain From Chests

Some chests contain recipes too! These chests are located at areas that requires special mechanisms to reach though like the peak of Qingyun Peak.

Dish Effects

Buff and Revive Characters

Dishes have a variety of effects and can be used to restore HP, Stamina, or boost your characters' ATK and DEF. Always cook food to have a healthy supply of items for your characters!

List of Recipes & Effects

How To Get Ingredients

Process Ingredients

Ingredients can be processed via the cooking menu too. The method is slightly different and more time consuming compared to regular cooking.

How to Process Ingredients

Gather in the Wild

There are numerous resources available by exploring the field. You can obtain fruits from trees and vegetables from plants and barrels. You can even hunt animals for meat!

Purchase Them At Towns

Ingredients and materials can also be purchased in General Stores found in every region. You can also purchase food in different shops using Mora!

Just beware though, these items has a daily purchase limit so you might want to buy some things daily from shops.

Daily Task List

Cooking Achievements

"If you put your heart into it..." Achievement

Achievement	Rank	Primogem Reward
"If you put your heart into it..."	★	5 Primogems
Objective : Cook 1 "special"-tasting dish.

Failing the cooking mini-game and producing a Suspicious dish will give you the "If you put your heart into it..." Achievement, which will give you 5 Primogems!

"...Anyone can be a gourmet." Achievement

Achievement	Rank	Primogem Reward
"...Anyone can be a gourmet."	★	5 Primogems
Objective : Cook 10 suspicious-tasting dishes.

Failing the cooking mini-game 10 times will give you the "...Anyone can be a gourmet." Achievement, which gives 5 Primogems!

Achievement List and Rewards

Genshin Impact Related Guides

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All Tips & Tricks Guides

Before Starting The Game

• Everything to Know First

Element Guides

• Pyro Element
• Cryo Element
• Electro Element
• Hydro Element
• Anemo Element
• Geo Element
• Dendro Element
• Crystallize Reaction
• Swirl Reaction
• Melt Reaction
• Frozen Reaction
• Shatter Reaction
• Superconduct Reaction
• Electro-Charged Reaction
• Hyperbloom Reaction
• Burgeon Reaction
• Bloom Reaction
• Quicken Reaction
• Aggravate Reaction
• Spread Reaction
• Overloaded Reaction
• List of Elemental Reactions
• Best Elemental Resonance

Leveling and Grinding Guides

• How to Level Up
• Character Ascension Guide
• Adventurer Handbook
• How to Level Up Statue of the Seven
• How to Increase Stamina and Effects
• How to Raise Your Adventure Rank
• How to Raise Your World Level
• How to Raise Elemental Mastery
• How to Unlock Constellations
• How to Level Up Talents
• How to Get the Best Artifact Stats
• How to Refine and Enhance Weapons
• Ore Chunks and Crystals Farming Guide
• Artifact Farming Routes
• How to Farm Artifacts
• Treasure Chest List
• List of Trophies

Tips to Remember

• How to Farm and Spend Mora
• How to Use Primogems
• How to Farm Primogems
• How to Get Free Fates
• What to Trade Primogems For
• Stardust and What to Trade it for
• Starglitter and What to Trade it for
• How to Use and Restore Original Resin
• How Do Artifacts Work
• How to Cook Food
• How to Process Ingredients
• How to Use Gadget Quick Swap
• How to Use Oculus Resonance Stone
• How to Use Treasure Compass
• How to Convert Character Materials
• How to Go On Expeditions
• Ley Line Outcrop Guide
• Daily Commissions
• Teleport Waypoints
• How to do a Charged Attack

Miscellaneous Guides

• How to Unlock Shrine of Depths
• How to Add and Play With Friends
• Character Customization
• What Happens on Your Birthday?
• How to Solve the Luhua Pool Fire Puzzle
• Where to Find the Nameless Treasures
• Elemental Burst Guide
• Dandy's Time Trial Challenge
• How to Increase Friendship Level
• How to Do Plunging Attacks
• Secrets, and Tricks to Make Your Life Easier
• CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG Guide
• Bond of Life Guide
• Weekly Bounty Guide
• Electric Lamp Puzzle Guide
• How to Avoid Balethunder Damage
• How to Increase Clearance
• How to Fix Error 31-4302
• How to Fix Error 4201
• How to Uninstall Genshin Impact
• How to Activate Global Illumination
• Quest Profile Icons and How to Unlock
• Search in the Sea of Algae Brainstorm Answers
• How to Decode the Levels' Puzzles
• How to Undergo the Garland Trials
• How to Connect the Oracle Pillars
• What are Astral Marks?

FAQs

• What is the Battle Pass?
• What is Energy Recharge?
• How to Leave Co-Op
• Can You Erase Save Data?
• How to Unlock Online Multiplayer
• How to Change the Main Character's Name
• How to Revive Characters
• How to Get Characters
• Which Main Character Should You Choose?
• How to Switch Characters
• Character Creation Guide
• What Are Elite Bosses?
• When Do Treasure Chests Reappear?
• What to Spend Genesis Crystals On?