Riku and Manana's Ascension Quest: Culinary Repertoire Walkthrough

Culinary Repertoire in Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is the Ascension Quest of Riku and Manana, so completing it allows you to rank Yumsmith up to level 20. Read on for a detailed walkthrough that includes how to unlock the quest, all rewards, and the quest location.

Culinary Repertoire Location and Rewards

Cadensia Region - Inlet Camp

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Rewards

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Riku & Manana - Yumsmith Class

Character	Class	Role
Riku & Manana	Yumsmith	Attacker

Completing this quest allows you to rank up the Yumsmith class past Rank 10, all the way up to Rank 20. Since Riku & Manana is a Hero, their class also instantly ranks up to Rank 20.

Culinary Repertoire Walkthrough

★ Culinary Repertoire Walkthrough ★
Head to Inlet Camp Find the Legendary Chef in Deadal Isle Interior Save The Nopon from the Crustips Impress Tempapa with Manana's Cooking Escort Tempapa Back to his Home Collect all the Required Materials Hand Over the Materials to Tempapa

1. Head to Inlet Camp

Before you can start, you'll have to do a few pre-requisite to get the quest to appear. You need to have a Rank 10 Yumsmith on Sena and must have eaten the Acqua Pazza a la City in the City. Afterward, you can head to the Inlet Camp rest spot in the Cadensia Region.

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2. Find the Legendary Chef in Deadal Isle Interior

After accepting the quest, you can find the legendary chef by heading to the Deadal Isle Interior in the Cadensia Region. You'll need to tread carefully on this island, as you might encounter high leveled monsters near the quest area.

3. Save The Nopon from the Crustips

Upon arriving at the quest area, you'll encounter a pack of Daedal Crustip about to attack a Nopon. You'll be jumping in to save the Nopon from the Crustips, so be prepared for a fight.

After the rescue, the Nopon reveals themselves to be Tempapa, the legendary chef Manana has been looking for.

4. Impress Tempapa with Manana's Cooking

After some discussion, Tempapa will ask Manana to impress him with her cooking if she wants to be his apprentice. You'll have to cook the Cerise-Caprice Acqua Pazza to be able to impress Tempapa.

Cerise-Caprice Acqua Pazza Ingredient Locations

Ingredient	How to Get
Refreshing Piranhax Meat x2	Dropped by Onogoro Piranhaxs. They can be found north of Titan Rock Camp in Pentelas Region.
Whisper Tomato x1	Can be found in Ishin Island in Cadensia Region.
Bizarrenacle x3	They can be found on the beach near the First Pillar Remnant in the Cadensia Region.
Ring Guava x1	Can be bought from City Traderpon for 2553 G inside the City.
Metamorphosage x2	Can be bought from City Traderpon for 2331 G inside the City.

5. Escort Tempapa Back to his Home

After impressing Tempapa with Manana's cooking, he'll ask the party to follow him back to his home. Simply escort Tempapa home and try to avoid fighting monsters.

6. Collect all the Required Materials

Once you safely escort Tempapa back to his home, he'll ask the party again to run some errands for him, which involves collecting different materials you can find in various locations.

List of All Materials and Locations

Material	Location
Lagoonite x5	Can be found in the Malevolent Hollow in Cadensia Region. They are quite rare, so it's advisable to get yourself killed by poison or by the high-level enemies in the area to reset the resources.
Wyrdstone x2	Can be found in Ishin Island in Cadensia Region.
Acid-Resistant Quarmu Shell x3	Dropped by Mammon Quarmu. You can find a lot of them outside the Sentridge Harbor.
Samon's Thing x1	Samon can be found in the City, near Michiba Canteen.

7. Hand Over the Materials to Tempapa

Once you've collected all the ingredients Tempapa asked for, head back to his house and speak with him to finish the quest and ascend the Yumsmith class.

Aside from Ascension, completing this quest also contributes to the progression of "Uniting the Seven Nopon" where you need to find Nopons who wield ultimate hammers.

Uniting the Seven Nopon

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