EDIT 7/29/23: The site update broke formatting of headers on SRC. The pretty headers you used to see in this post will now look like [h1]Header[/h1]. Please imagine that [h1] text is bigger than [h2] text, which is bigger than normal text. Hopefully that'll be sorted out soon :)

TL;DR - if you want 30-minute speedup food, cook:

• one Dragon Horn (from any dragon, but must be a horn)
• three of either Fleet-Lotus Seeds or Swift Violets (you can mix-and-match)
• One more Fleet-Lotus Seeds, Swift Violet, Swift Carrot, or Rushroom.

[h1]Cooking Mechanics[/h1]

[h2]Effect Levels[/h2]

For every effect in the game, there are materials that are easier and harder to find. Some materials are "Ingredients," and others are "Critters." The distinction is not entirely clear, for example Crabs are classed as Ingredients.

Most materials provide one or two "points" to the effect, but a few materials can provide three points. Effect levels of any recipe are calculated as follows:

• At least 7 points: level 3
• At least 5 points: level 2
• otherwise: level 1

To cook with plants, simply cook plants together. Mixing effects causes both effects to be canceled out. To cook with animals, combine the animal ingredients with any single monster part. The monster part does not have any effect on the effect of the recipe.

[h2]Critical Cooking ("Crits")[/h2]

Every time you cook, you have a 5% chance of getting a "crit." This is reduced from BotW, where the chance was 10%. Crits randomly apply one of the following effects.

• +3 hearts restored
• +5:00 duration
• +1 effect level
• +1 extra maximum heart (yellow heart)
• +2 units extra maximum stamina
• +2 units extra stamina recharged (can only be selected for stamina recharge meals)

Crit effects are selected from those which actually apply to the recipe. So, for example, a level three meal cannot "waste" a crit on a level crit, because it doesn't apply. This is the first modifier applied.

Cooking with dragon parts does not contribute to the effect level and does not count as a monster part for elixirs. However, they have various other effects, including guaranteed crits. Dragon horns are of particular interest to speedruns, as these guarantee a 30-minute duration for the cooked meal.

The Horn duration modifier is applied after the crit modifier, so a meal using a dragon horn can "waste" the dragon part crit on a duration crit.

[h1]Effects, materials, and point values:[/h1]

The effects are in no particular order. The materials are sorted first by strength, then alphabetically. SRC Forums don't appear to like nested lists, so this was the cleanest formatting I could find.

[h2]Hasty (Move Speed Up)[/h2]

Ingredients:

• Fleet-Lotus Seeds, 2 points
• Swift Violet, 2 points
• Rushroom, 1 point
• Swift Carrot, 1 point

Critters:

• Hot-Footed Frog, 2 points
• Hightail Lizard, 1 point

[h2]Mighty (Attack Up)[/h2]

Ingredients:

• Mighty Porgy, 3 points
• Mighty Banana, 2 points
• Mighty Carp, 2 points
• Razorclaw Crab, 2 points
• Razorshroom, 2 points
• Mighty Thistle, 1 point

Critters:

• Bladed Rhino Beetle, 1 point

[h2]Tough (Defense Up)[/h2]

Ingredients:

• Armored Porgy, 3 points
• Armored Carp, 2 points
• Fortified Pumpkin, 2 points
• Ironshell Crab, 2 points
• Ironshroom, 2 points
• Armoranth, 1 point

Critters:

• Rugged Rhino Beetle, 1 point

[h2]Spicy (Cold Resistance)[/h2]

Ingredients:

• Sizzlefin Trout, 3 points
• Sunshroom, 2 points
• Spicy Pepper, 1 point
• Warm Safflina, 1 point

Critters:

• Warm Darner, 2 points
• Summerwing Butterfly, 1 point

[h2]Chilly (Heat Resistance)[/h2]

Ingredients:

• Chillfin Trout, 3 points
• Chillshroom, 2 points
• Cool Safflina, 1 point
• Hydromelon, 1 point

Critters:

• Cold Darner, 2 points
• Winterwing Butterfly, 1 points

[h2]Electro (Shock Resistance)[/h2]

Ingredients:

• Voltfin Trout, 3 points
• Zapshroom, 2 points
• Electric Safflina, 1 point
• Voltfruit, 1 point

Critters:

• Electric Darner, 2 points
• Thunderwing Butterfly, 1 point

[h2]Fireproof[/h2]

Critters:

• Smotherwing Butterfly, 2 points
• Fireproof Lizard, 1 point

[h2]Swim Speed Up[/h2]

Ingredients:

• Splashfruit, 1 point

[h2]Hot Weather Attack Up[/h2]

Ingredients:

• Fire Fruit, 1 point

[h2]Biting (Cold Weather Attack Up)[/h2]

Ingredients:

• Ice Fruit, 1 point

[h2]Stormy Weather Attack Up[/h2]

Ingredients:

• Shock Fruit, 1 point

[h2]Sticky[/h2]

Critters:

• Sticky Frog, 2 points
• Sticky Lizard, 1 point

[h2]Glow[/h2]

Ingredients:

• Brightcap, 1 point

Critters:

• Deep Firefly, 2 points
• Glowing Cave Fish, 2 points

[h2]Sneaky[/h2]

Ingredients:

• Silent Princess, 3 points
• Silentshroom, 2 points
• Stealthfin Trout, 2 points
• Blue Nightshade, 1 point

Critters:

• Sneaky River Snail, 1 point
• Sunset Firefly, 1 point

[h2]Gloom Resist[/h2]

Ingredients:

• Dark Clump, 1 point

[h1]Stat Increases[/h1]

Some ingredients will temporarily increase your maximum hearts or stamina. This is considered an effect and will be canceled out by any other effect. In-game, these increases appear as yellow hearts or stamina wheels. Eating a max-stat increasing meal also refills your regular stat; so eating a yellow-heart meal refills your red hearts, and eating a yellow-stamina meal refills your green stamina wheels.

Some other ingredients can provide immediate stamina recharges, but do not refill or exceed your maximum stamina.

[h2]Maximum Heart Increase[/h2]

Ingredients:

• Big Hearty Radish, 5 hearts
• Big Hearty Truffle, 4 hearts
• Hearty Salmon, 4 hearts
• Hearty Radish, 3 hearts
• Hearty Bass, 2 hearts
• Hearty Truffle, 1 heart

Critters:

• Hearty Lizard, 4 hearts

[h2]Maximum Stamina Increase[/h2]

Ingredients:

• Endura Carrot, 4 units
• Endura Shroom, 1 unit

Critters:

• Tireless Frog, 2 units

[h2]Stamina Recharge[/h2]

Ingredients:

• Staminoka Bass, 4 units
• Bright-Eyed Crab, 2 units
• Courser Bee Honey, 2 units
• Stambulb, 1 unit
• Stamella Shroom, 1 unit

Critters:

• Energetic Rhino Beetle, 6 units
• Restless Cricket, 1 unit

[h2]Gloom Damage Repair[/h2]

Ingredients:

• Sun Pumpkin, 1 heart
• Sundelion, 3 hearts

[h1]Sources[/h1]

Data was checked against Echocolat's Data Sheet.

Ingredient/Critter distinctions were derived from BotW and then confirmed by me. I did not check every single one, so if any errors are noticed, let me know. I'm AbelianGrape in the Discord server.