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Food Skills can be acquired by eating meals in Monster Hunter Wilds. Learn more about Food Skill, as well as their effects.

List of Food Skills

Food Skill Effects

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Skill Effect
Balanced Meal IconBalanced Meal Prevents you from getting knocked down.
Black Belt Meal (Hi) IconBlack Belt Meal (Hi) Greatly reduces stamina depletion when performing stamina-draining moves such as evading, etc.
Black Belt Meal (Lo) IconBlack Belt Meal (Lo) Reduces stamina depletion when performing stamina-draining moves such as evading, etc.
Break-time Meal IconBreak-time Meal Use the Sit gesture to increase attack by 15 for 30 seconds.
Bulldozer Meal IconBulldozer Meal Increases attack power right after an attack is deflected.
Caprice Meal (Hi) IconCaprice Meal (Hi) Repeatedly activates a large temporary attack boost at random intervals.
Caprice Meal (Lo) IconCaprice Meal (Lo) Repeatedly activates a temporary attack boost at random intervals
Capture Pro Meal IconCapture Pro Meal Increases capture rewards.
Carver Meal IconCarver Meal Chance of getting 1 to 3 extra Carves.
Defender Meal (Hi) IconDefender Meal (Hi) Often decreases damage taken.
Defender Meal (Lo) IconDefender Meal (Lo) Sometimes decreases damage taken.
Escape Artist Meal IconEscape Artist Meal Reduces stamina consumption when running away from monsters.
Exploiter Meal IconExploiter Meal Chance to get an extra drop from destroying wounds.
Fisher Meal IconFisher Meal Increases the likelihood that fish will bite when fishing.
Fortune Hunter Meal IconFortune Hunter Meal Increases the amount of zenny you receive at the end of a quest.
Gatherer Meal IconGatherer Meal Sometimes increases the number of resources per gather of bones, ore, and other gatherable items.
Hardy Meal IconHardy Meal Nullifies damage taken from environmental hazards such as lava.
Immunizer Meal IconImmunizer Meal Lessens the effects of a variety of ailments.
Insurance Meal IconInsurance Meal Nullifies one faint.
Iron Carver Meal IconIron Carver Meal Prevents knockbacks while carving.
Lucky Meal IconLucky Meal Sometimes increases the number of reward items received at the end of a quest.
Medic Meal IconMedic Meal Increases the amount of health recovered when healing.
Moxie Meal (Hi) IconMoxie Meal (Hi) Prevents fainting one time and heals you when damage taken exceeds your remaining health.
Moxie Meal (Lo) IconMoxie Meal (Lo) Prevents fainting one time when damage taken exceeds your remaining health.
Piping-Hot Meal IconPiping-Hot Meal Greatly increases attack when under very low HP.
Rider Meal IconRider Meal Makes it easier to mount monsters.
Riser Meal IconRiser Meal Increase invulnerable period while getting up.
Sizzling Meal IconSizzling Meal Negates the effects of hot or cold climates and increases defense while in such areas.
Specialist Meal IconSpecialist Meal Increases potency of abnormal status attacks.
Swimmer Meal IconSwimmer Meal Increases attack when wet.
Top Cat Meal IconTop Cat Meal Increases Palico's attack and defense.
Trainer Meal IconTrainer Meal Increase Palico exp received from quests.
Tumbler Meal (Hi) IconTumbler Meal (Hi) Extends the invulnerability period when evading
Tumbler Meal (Lo) IconTumbler Meal (Lo) Slightly extends the invulnerability period when evading.

What are Food Skills?

Skills Obtained from Eating Meals

Food Skills

Food Skills are obtained by eating meals. The ingredients that you use to make your meals contain the food skills. Always cook and eat a meal before hunting monsters to get useful buffs!

To make meals and get Food Skills, just go to your tent, select BBQ Menu, and choose either of the options.

How to Cook and Eat Meals

Food Skills Overview

From Additional Ingredients

Adding an Additional Ingredient will extend the food buff's duration by 20 minutes and add the ingredient's corresponding food skill. A random food skill will also be added.

Ingredient Skill Effect
DelishroomDelishroom Black Belt Meal (Hi) Icon Black Belt Meal (Hi) Greatly reduces stamina depletion when performing stamina-draining moves such as evading, etc.
DroolshroomDroolshroom Black Belt Meal (Lo) Icon Black Belt Meal (Lo) Reduces stamina depletion when performing stamina-draining moves such as evading, etc.
Airy EggAiry Egg Caprice Meal (Hi) Icon Caprice Meal (Hi) Repeatedly activates a large temporary attack boost at random intervals.
Fluffy EggFluffy Egg Caprice Meal (Lo) Icon Caprice Meal (Lo) Repeatedly activates a temporary attack boost at random intervals
Sharp Kunafa CheeseSharp Kunafa Cheese Defender Meal (Hi) Icon Defender Meal (Hi) Often decreases damage taken.
Kunafa CheeseKunafa Cheese Defender Meal (Lo) Icon Defender Meal (Lo) Sometimes decreases damage taken.
Specialty Sild GarlicSpecialty Sild Garlic Moxie Meal (Hi) Icon Moxie Meal (Hi) Prevents fainting one time and heals you when damage taken exceeds your remaining health.
Sild GarlicSild Garlic Moxie Meal (Lo) Icon Moxie Meal (Lo) Prevents fainting one time when damage taken exceeds your remaining health.
Turbid ShrimpTurbid Shrimp Tumbler Meal (Hi) Icon Tumbler Meal (Hi) Extends the invulnerability period when evading
Mud ShrimpMud Shrimp Tumbler Meal (Lo) Icon Tumbler Meal (Lo) Slightly extends the invulnerability period when evading.

From Finishing Touches

Adding Finishing Touches to a meal will grant +5 Element Resistances as well as the ingredient's corresponding food skill. A random food skill will also be added.

Ingredient Skill Effect
Truffle Du CongaTruffle Du Conga Gatherer Meal Icon Gatherer Meal Sometimes increases the number of resources per gather of bones, ore, and other gatherable items.
Wild HerbWild Herb Immunizer Meal Icon Immunizer Meal Lessens the effects of a variety of ailments.
Eastern HoneyEastern Honey Medic Meal Icon Medic Meal Increases the amount of health recovered when healing.
Monster ChiliMonster Chili Sizzling Meal Icon Sizzling Meal Negates the effects of hot or cold climates and increases defense while in such areas.
Wild Seed OilWild Seed Oil Specialist Meal Icon Specialist Meal Increases potency of abnormal status attacks.
Jeweled Mullet RoeJeweled Mullet Roe Swimmer Meal Icon Swimmer Meal Increases attack when wet.

Random Food Skills

One of the following skills will be added at random when adding an Additional Ingredient and adding the Finishing Touches when cooking a meal.

Skill Effect
Balanced Meal IconBalanced Meal Prevents you from getting knocked down.
Break-time Meal IconBreak-time Meal Use the Sit gesture to increase attack by 15 for 30 seconds.
Bulldozer Meal IconBulldozer Meal Increases attack power right after an attack is deflected.
Escape Artist Meal IconEscape Artist Meal Reduces stamina consumption when running away from monsters.
Fisher Meal IconFisher Meal Increases the likelihood that fish will bite when fishing.
Fortune Hunter Meal IconFortune Hunter Meal Increases the amount of zenny you receive at the end of a quest.
Hardy Meal IconHardy Meal Nullifies damage taken from environmental hazards such as lava.
Iron Carver Meal IconIron Carver Meal Prevents knockbacks while carving.
Piping-Hot Meal IconPiping-Hot Meal Greatly increases attack when under very low HP.
Rider Meal IconRider Meal Makes it easier to mount monsters.
Riser Meal IconRiser Meal Increase invulnerable period while getting up.
Top Cat Meal IconTop Cat Meal Increases Palico's attack and defense.
Trainer Meal IconTrainer Meal Increase Palico exp received from quests.

From Meal Invitations

Meal invitations from different villages will offer different food skills. They all last for 60 minutes and provide +50 Health and +150 Stamina as well as two random food skills on top of the three skills listed below.

Village Food Skills
Skill 1 Skill 2 Skill 3
Kunafa (Y'sai) Lucky Meal Icon Lucky Meal Insurance Meal Icon Insurance Meal Defender Meal (Hi) Icon Defender Meal (Hi)
Azuz (Maki) Carver Meal Icon Carver Meal Insurance Meal Icon Insurance Meal Tumbler Meal (Hi) Icon Tumbler Meal (Hi)
Sild (Tasheen) Capture Pro Meal Icon Capture Pro Meal Insurance Meal Icon Insurance Meal Moxie Meal (Hi) Icon Moxie Meal (Hi)
Suja (Allhearken) Exploiter Meal Icon Exploiter Meal Insurance Meal Icon Insurance Meal Caprice Meal (Hi) Icon Caprice Meal (Hi)

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