The HIDDEN Stats Behind Cooking in Breath of the Wild EXPLAINED!!

[@Croton]

Thanks for watching!! If you enjoyed it, feel free to leave a like and subscribe if you haven't already to support the channel!! 😄 Also, be sure to check out all my other BotW stat videos in the playlist linked here!!! kzbin.info/aero/PLAjULYyNSE9aa7aQW31IupW685MO-ZBHc Edit: Since a lot of people in the comments have been asking about elixir info, I decided to compile a list of all of the ingredient status effects if you care to make them!! Hope this helps!! docs.google.com/document/d/1-8yDtLjlDnN7QZ2QqzsWBTNhdk1KdoxiYgvJfMXJD9o/edit?usp=sharing

[@overactiveimagination9647]

You wouldnt happen to have a video on the best places to farm dragon parts would you? Ive been trying to upgrade my twilight armor and champion tunic and am having trouble with the dragons. Are there specific spots I can use like the one for Farosh [thunder dragon] that will help me?

[@Nasa-cosmonaut]

Hey there! Just wanted to let you know that you don't need to climb to get rushrooms, or swift violets. You can shoot them down with a bow, or a master sword beam. Hope this helps!

[@overactiveimagination9647]

@@Nasa-cosmonaut thats helpful to that old dude who wants 50 rushrooms isnt it?

[@Nasa-cosmonaut]

@@overactiveimagination9647 absolutely, it always seemed to rain when I would go to collect them.

[@toastynachoos]

I'm blind though so I didn't watch...

[@lorlok623]

botw developers：we added a ton of hidden mechanics but we're not gonna tell you about any of them

[@krenze1164]

Croton: Hold my cooking pot

[@benjamingardner3774]

Well they wouldn't exactly be hidden if they told you about them

[@obymat6518]

That's the point.....

[@Xevailo]

croton: hold my beer, I got this

[@thebackgroundguy9491]

@1998SIMOMEGA Oh right. I forgot that no one likes discovering secrets and just wants everything spoonfed to them.

[@LapisCyborg]

You’ve got to admit, the cooking tune is a banger

[@Croton]

It tops the charts every time it plays 😎

[@loganmacgyver2625]

it was mom's favourite thng in the game when i was playing

[@dhisanamincheri4830]

Logan MacGyver it’s mine also

[@goatcatofchaos]

Except when you fail

[@MrLee64]

Yep. Sometimes I catch myself humming to the tune

[@bluroguevyse08]

Yo, Croton (and everyone), FYI: You don't have to climb to get mushrooms/flowers growing on vertical surfaces. You can knock them down with an arrow, or a master sword beam, or a bomb. Saves lots of time and hassle.

[@leafyeaveeey]

I would like to add that when you do shoot the flowers/mushrooms the arrow falls down with the item and you can collect it, so don't worry about wasting arrows

[@bluroguevyse08]

@@leafyeaveeey Ah that's right, nice. Still lose some bow durability though so I usually use the Master Sword.

[@arandomqueerfanpeep7655]

Wait, really?? Thanks!

[@Angela-uq1cs]

good to know! Thanks!

[@CloneTrooper-fz6fk]

@@bluroguevyse08 master sword falls in water and disappears.

[@blepkid6052]

The most logic-breaking thing is cooking f i r e p r o o f lizards.

[@kourt2469]

Cala Maria 😂😂

[@blepkid6052]

Hey i made my account name cala maria a long time ago don't judge me ;-;

[@Christopher-cd7jy]

The lizards probably drown in the broth

[@akhos9876]

YES

[@astracrits4633]

Maybe only the scales are fireproof, and he skins them first or something like that?

[@GrantsNetwork]

Timestamps since I want some: Attack - 3:56 Defense - 4:35 Stealth - 5:04 Speed - 5:31 Shock Resist - 6:00 Cold Resist - 6:30 Heat Resist - 6:45 Fire Resist - 6:55 Effect duration per food item - 8:00 Effect duration bonus foods - 8:30 Stamina - 9:45 Extra Stamina - 9:55 Extra Hearts - 10:35 Crit stats - 11:33

[@solidsnake9898]

Legend

[@mumu716]

He wrote it lol

[@dominooo6658]

tysm for the timestamps i thought i was gonna have to do it

[@AmroDK]

My man

[@joseamador255]

Thanks

[@allieguillory7795]

They need a cook book in this game

[@braydenleclerc5529]

I only ever needed two recipes. Monster cake and heart radish

[@BlazerT48]

One thing that annoys me how there is no cooking compendium. Would be nice to have it as collectibles too, makes cooking have another essential use.

[@yashivarma8512]

There's an app for that XD

[@systemrecords9708]

There's an actual real life Zelda cookbook, but yeah it would be good to have a cooking list in the game.. Some foods are not so easy to make on tour own without prior knowledge

[@jkorn1456]

They are recipe books near High Rule Castle

[@thatscomedic677]

"While elixirs give out no hearts" Hearty elixir: I beg to differ

[@theguy1656]

Only way to make hearty elixirs is with red chu chu jelly, otherwise your a fake gamer

[@christopheredge7511]

...actually ALL elixir can restore hearts, just gotta know what parts to use when you cook it up... and yes i am speaking from experience.

[@aveyondfan1802]

@@christopheredge7511 (looks at Keese eyes and tireless frogs and laughs)

[@ParadoxGamer15]

@@christopheredge7511 is 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 IQ

[@wurtknurte7283]

Y'all ever just get a critical hit on making cereal.

[@jacobhouser7672]

Feels like a critical when I make captn crunch

[@Enkazee]

When I get the milk to cereal ratio just right, hell yeah

[@picklepacman1921]

All the time

[@snaggltooth]

I got 8t on a omlet

[@thealmightyduck335]

Is that when the bowl explodes?

[@Phoenixfire653]

Botw players that just eat the food raw during battle:"Ya'll hear somthin'?"

[@azureaqua_1177]

Phoenix “ah man link is eating i guess i gotta wait and forcfully hold my swing even though it’s 1cm away”

[@tunic8525]

I want to make white bread now

[@ZGlove.]

@@azureaqua_1177 the honorable way to fight.

[@lazilyymade]

Y'all mean we aren't all just chugging apples and stamina elixirs?

[@loulwaish]

I have so much meals but l never eat them

[@psielemental]

I wished the actual complex recipes (as in, cake, etc.) had actual reasons for existing besides some quests. In the end, healing was done with throwing any (single) hearty food (or durian) into the pot, and status effects recipes were bananas. Literally. Oh, and a dragon scale. Yummy?

[@Croton]

It would be nice if the fancier dishes (like cakes compared to simmered fruits) gave more/additional effects - because since they require a lot more non buff ingredients, most of their boosts are only lvl 1 or 2 at the max, which discourages a player to make them

[@alexstewart9592]

@@Croton Worst one is the heart soup. Uses Hearty Radishes and doesn't give any temporary hearts at all.

[@LonelySpaceDetective]

I kinda feel like a hunger system could have at least helped this, if it was set to incentivize eating the complex recipes over stuff like a single radish or 4x apples.

[@dominooo6658]

mmmmm dragon scale yum

[@lindseylindsey9200]

I make Hearty Fruitcakes because Link smiles when he eats them

[@idek2062]

A good way to find fruit if you can’t see it very well when it is still on the tree, pull out stasis but don’t click anything. Any fruits will glow yellow making them easier to see.

[@timohara7717]

Doesn't really help with yellow foods in tears you have like three colors

[@docAvid314]

Oh and by the way, the blood moon cooking bonus is available from 11:30 when the red moon first appears, until 12:30, an in-game half hour after the blood moon cut scene, and time doesn't pass while you're in your menu picking food, so if you get to a pot fast you have really plenty of time to fill up your inventory.

[@Tom-vx7qh]

Small correction, you actually can use food in an elixir recipe, and doing so will cause the elixir to restore hearts.

[@kungfudragon321]

Don't forget that there are a few other ways to make elixirs restore health, like using hearty lizards

[@codastral5838]

Kungfudragon But if you want the hearty lizard to have any effect, pretty sure you can’t put anything with any other effect in. If you use normal food, it restores hearts and also does the secondary effect. (I’m only like 90% sure about this, could be wrong.)

[@dothogs28]

Moblin guts have a high chance of giving hearts in an elixir

[@AlphaEtaPi]

I like using food ingredients in elixirs specifically to get the strength of a food and the duration of an elixir, especially for attack or defense. For example, my favorite attack buff is a bladed rhino beetle, two mighty porgies, and two bokoblin guts. That gives a level 3 attack boost because of the seven attack points, and almost 9 minutes (14 with a crit time success) because of the guts. The beetle is primarily to make the meal into an elixir so I can use monster parts for the time boost, because monster parts tend to give better time boosts than food time boosters (except dragon or ancient parts, which have other better uses because of their rarity).

[@Ldysith84]

Was about to comment the same thing on watching this. Also there is the fairy elixir too!

[@dyjhjfrtt6607]

Finally I can get my 30 minute level 3 hasty food: 3 fleet lotus seeds, a rushroom, and a horn shard.

[@TheWeepingSeraph]

Hasty food is very underrated. Other than climb gear/swim gear there isn't a +speed set (except at night). More flexible than a horse 🐎

[@isaac10231]

Maybe i oughta play botw again on master mode and go through with all these clever techniques.

[@RubricalFob124]

Adding monster extract (I forget if it affects foods, I've only used it when making potions) works just like a critical, except there are negative consequences that can be chosen randomly as well as positive ones. One of the negative effects includes reducing effect duration to only one minute. How amusing.

[@RubricalFob124]

I've done a "use only potions" run in botw many times mainly cuz potions were the main source of consumable healing in past zelda games (except maybe twilight princess thanks to pumpkin soup). I've had to use the random factor of monster extract just to get tier 3 sneak potions. But I might just save sneak ingredients up for blood moons now...

[@peach6648]

what are the other negative consequences? (one is reducing heart restoration to 1/4 heart)

[@jackcarlson4358]

I wouldn't say "just like a critical," I used 10 monster extracts with tier 3 attack boost recipes yesterday and got several that extended the duration to 30 minutes. So it seems like monster extract has either highly positive effects or highly negative effects, chosen at random, and they exceed the normal critical effects.

[@ShaunRF]

I recall people saying that the effects trend more toward the positive as you use more if it. I think someone said you have to cook at least 20 meals with it before you reliably get the good results.

[@jackcarlson4358]

@@ShaunRF I think that's just confirmation bias. I had cooked maybe once or twice with monster spice before I did the 10 times but the majority of my results were positive.

[@CaptainV0dka]

I'd like to add that, contrary to most of the cooking recipes where Food dishes are simpler than Elixirs to obtain 2-3 tiers effect, the Haste (Speed boost) Food ingredients are quite more rare & difficult to find than the other effect ingredients. Thus, in my opinion, Elixirs are somehow preferable to dishes in order to obtain lots of good tier 3 Speed effects and yes, i'm talking about Hot-Footed Frog . If you think they can't be found anywhere except few ponds scattered across the map, then listen: go south of the Rito village, in the Bareeda Naag Shrine surroundings, and proceed to methodically cut all the grass up here. Every region in Hyrule got different possible ressources spawn when you cut grass. This region have, with other places in Tabantha, a ridiculously high spawning rate of Hot-Footed Frog when you cut grass, & it's also good to farm Tabantha Wheat, along with the classic Hightail Lizard s that can eventually pop up. A 20-30 mins cutting session can provide you a hundred of them if you're lucky. It's super easy. Hot-Footed Frog have a potency of 2, which means a lvl 3 Speed effect if you combine 4 of them (8 points). The monster ingredient to add is your choice, but i'll personally recommend Bokoblin Guts , since they are kinda easy to get compared to other monster parts (especially if you play master mode, almost no Red Bokoblins in the overworld so it's very common), you can buy them at the Shop in Kakariko village, and they give you a 7 : 10min effect duration , contrary to most monster parts giving a ~5mins duration.

[@jenniferchough]

Yes, cutting the grass near Rito Stable has yielded me about a hundred frogs in less than 20 minutes. The other place you can find them in bunches of 10-12 is in a small pond on the trail up to Zora's Domain. It's the pond behind the lizalfos near the stone monument with 2 crates next to it before you hit Ruto Bridge. They are also under most of the rocks in that area. I found that using 4 Hot-footed frogs + regular Lizalfos tails yields me the best speed boost (3 up and over 7 minutes, sometimes critting to more).

[@grundlewizard1775]

@@jenniferchough So it turns out you can actually mix cooking ingredients with critters/monster parts; so long as there's a monster part present to denote the recipe as an elixir. Ergo, you can also do 3 frogs/1 Sw. Carrot/guts or something for a 7-12 minute effect, or 2 Lotus seeds/2 frogs/M. Part and several other recipes. Great way to save bugs but get the elixir-length boost.

[@SSDARKPIT]

I prefer to save scum and cook 1 Monster Extract, 3 Hot-Footed Frogs, and 1 Moblin Guts for a 30 minute level 3 speed boost.

[@ThePsh07]

I found a fairy cutting grass around the base of Hyrule Castle. Dunno if they spawn everywhere or if it was specific to that place.

[@fiyfrost]

​@@SSDARKPIT I tried this recipe three times, I got lv1 for 10mins, lv1 for 30mins and lv3 for 10mins😂 The inconsistency is just incredible, I think it's the monster extract doing, this game is really complicated and fascinating

[@TheRealKingDedede]

Fun thing about hearty foods! Once you’re maxed out on hearts you no longer need to worry about amount of extra hearts, just cook a single hearty ingredient for a full health restore!

[@Failzz8]

Really should do that either way, unless you're specifically trying to tank a single really hard hit in master mode

[@AllegedlyHuman]

@@Failzz8 you can't go above 30 hearts total anyway, so higher potency hearty foods may be wasted on a late-game player

[@timohara7717]

Yea but you still need 2 truffles for max hearts with dlc

[@tc_gpa]

3:27 Attack Buff 4:31 Defense Buff 5:01 Stealth Buff 5:30 Speed Buff 5:58 Shock Resistance 6:30 Cold Resistance 6:40 Heat Resistance 6:52 Flame Resistance 7:51 Effect Durations by Ingredient 8:28 Special Ingredients Effect Duration 9:40 Stamina Recovery 9:49 Stamina Boost 10:29 Hearty Ingredients 11:02 Map with food locations

[@swiggityswo9558]

@Eric H thats just rude your better off watching clickbait

[@Hovane5]

Omg, where was this video when I first started playing?! I wouldn’t have wasted sooooo many bananas!!

[@IlSharmouta]

If I saw this video when I started playing then cooking wouldn't have been very engaging :T

[@halosaft]

@@IlSharmouta During my first playthrough, lasting about 135h, I only cooked a handful of times. Mostly only when it was needed to survive areas. I never cooked anything else because it was confusing and I could never make any sense of what determined the different outcomes. So I would have loved having seen this vid 3 years ago. I would have actually cooked in the game then.

[@Joe_334]

You have brought dishonor to the Yiga Clan, hahaha! Everytime they are taken out, they drop mighty banana. There was even one who sells mighty bananas.

[@nahtanoj5719]

Only Link can just throw random food onto a boling pot and comes out perfect with the little details and everything. Would recommended 10/10 - Just Some Guy With A Fiery Attitude

[@overactiveimagination9647]

Guy fieri and Gordan Ramsey want to know link's location

[@goatcatofchaos]

"Finally, some good freaking food"

[@IssaalaaRacing]

Well kind of. He does get alot of dobius food..

[@charbomber110]

Guy Fiery Attitude

[@Heptkaidekaphiliac]

Guy Fiery taking us to Flavortown Stable

[@benji-menji]

If anyone wants to learn mechanics for speedrunning, this is very useful.

[@goatcatofchaos]

Heyy good idea

[@SalvaBidoof]

yeah

[@hiiistrex2838]

If only I could cook this well in real life...

[@Croton]

If only cooking was this easy irl 😅

[@cybrandir]

It takes like 10000000× as long irl lol

[@tphillips37]

If I could cook up some veggies to heal up and get rid of my arthritis, I damn sure would.

[@chickenlord9873]

If only I could cook as well as I cook irl in game

[@amberlee4536]

"elixirs don't give hearts", says someone who clearly never decided to see what happens when you use Bokoblin Guts or Lizalfos Tails in an elixir

[@Attaxalotl]

I'm gonna use this to make a bunch of Potions of going to Brazil. (High tier hasty potions that also restore health for when you need to get away.)

[@aveyondfan1802]

Plus keese eyes (especially with tireless frogs)

[@ThePsh07]

Some traveler gave me a fairy potion for aiding them which only restored hearts as its effect.

[@mrchoon2010]

I feel like cooking interesting meals should make them worth more money. It would give us a reason to mix things up more

[@IWillNeverBeAMemory3]

Your videos are very informative! I appreciate all the details. Hope to see more from you!!

[@GrinFlash007]

Indeed, this is my go to BOTW channel for info.

[@r4inning]

@@GrinFlash007 same

[@Croton]

Thank you so much guys, I really appreciate it 😊 More are on their way!!

[@r4inning]

@@Croton yay

[@SalvaBidoof]

@@Croton good to know

[@nouche]

Elixirs give you hearts too. As long as there’s at least one monster material and one bug/lizard/frog, you can then throw in regular food like crabs/fish/shrooms and so on. As long as their effect is the same as the bug/lizard/frog (or have no effect at all), they will make the elixir restore hearts. And strengthen the special effect if applicable.

[@mr.mermit6189]

Acorns and Tree nuts also add health to the elixir, I’m pretty sure you get one heart for everyone you use. I’ll be honest, I didn’t know you could use actual food in elixirs

[@nolanives7055]

It’s amazing how long I have played BOTW and yet you still provide me with info that I didn’t know. Thanks man, really like your videos.

[@Croton]

No problem, I'm just glad you enjoy them!! :)

[@nicholassheavils209]

The only meal you need to know; 1 hearty food

[@Kingsbeak]

Yes

[@TB-jl9fr]

or like me, farming 20 durian and cook them in a bunch of 4 for +16 extra hearts lol.

[@lordpetroollo6979]

@@TB-jl9fr why not 5 for +20?

[@TB-jl9fr]

@@lordpetroollo6979 Because i didn't even have so much hearts at this time :D

[@lordpetroollo6979]

@@TB-jl9fr you dont need hearts for the bonus hearts from hearty foods

[@NintendoBlackCrisis]

Geez that thumbnail is sexy 😯

[@Croton]

What is this, a compliment from NBC on one of my videos?? 😯😯 But thanks man, I appreciate it!! :)

[@R1IY2N]

Lol

[@jackcoleman7227]

Link there is me in my phone’s front camera

[@couchpotatoes3000]

Well yes, but actually yes

[@shanerpumpkimeater69]

Omg I love you’re vids

[@salmuttotabreabittlecochicarac]

Tireless frogs and hearty lizards still give hearts when cooked into an elixir, and some foods don't heal either.

[@bannguy]

@Croton Great work! I also want to add: 1. You can use monster extract instead of dragon parts for increasing the buff duration. Just cook an extract with 2 of a mushroom and 2 of a fruit that both have the same buff effect. Cooking this way gives you a food with 30min buff. 2. It's possible to make elixirs heal hearts by adding normal ingredients that have the same buff effect into the mix.

[@petersmybro]

The map at 11:02 is amazing! This is the complete guide to food :) Love learning about these stats. Gotta remember 1,5,7 for armor/attack too.

[@Croton]

I thought it would've been helpful to include haha - thank you!! :)

[@Katiethekitten]

Should make a cheatsheet as a reference when your playing the game maybe a downloadable PDF?

[@theguy1656]

There already is one if you look it up

[@silverseth7]

The Horn-Farm for 30 minute foods is totally abused in the longer speedruns.

[@alexstewart9592]

You actually missed somthing about the ingredients at 8:32. While I don't know if it applies to all of them, Rock Salt definatly contributes points towards buff tiers on some dishes, and I am PRETTY sure it gives variable points based off the strongest ingredient in the dish (more points with stronger ingedients), and I assume that this may also apply to other ingredients. Rock Salt also gains a useful heart value when cooked with actual food, instead of the 0 it has raw and the 1/4 heart it produces when cooked on its own into rock-hard food.

[@theguy1656]

The only purpose for rock salt is that it adds 1:00 to cooked foods, which can be useful since attack buff items only have like 0:35 duration on food

[@alexstewart9592]

@@theguy1656 Rock Salt also counts towards the buff potency, although I am unclear as to exacrly how much it counts as or what the rules are to make it work. There are cases where a 4-ingredient dish has one tier of buff but adding Rock Salt makes it the next tier.

[@nobody-rb9xh]

I've been waiting for this video for so long, I remember a month or so ago saying that a stat video for cooking would be cool. It was very helpful, time to get better at cooking

[@Croton]

I'm happy I could finally get it out then!! Thank you :)

[@Danodan94]

Possibly the most useful and complete stat guide/breakdown for this game. Got screenshots for all the charts and I'll be keeping them on hand for reference. Thanks a ton for this video, this is awesome to have!

[@HyruleGamer]

Another great stats video man! Missing theories and all but definitely loving your statistic videos dude, got something special here! :D

[@Croton]

Thank you man!! I do have some good ideas planned for those types of videos, but I just wanted to get a few more important stats ones out first 😅

[@clocklycb6477]

Thank you for explaining the critical chance. I got a critical while preparing for thunderblight and was very confused. Thanks!

[@sczhuge]

You can cook both food and elixir materials for buff effects as long as you include food, monster parts and critters - useful since Monster Parts add more time to the buff effect. For instance, you can create a 8:50 minute 3x Attack buff elixir using 2 Mighty Porgies + 1 Bladed Rhino Beetle + 2 Bokoblin Guts, which is better than anything you can do with only food.

[@LeFerg13]

Once again showing me facts that I never even know about XD Keep on surprising is my dude

[@Croton]

No problem!! Happy to help 😄

[@Katiethekitten]

I had my suspicions (well I've put over 100 hours in the game I found out the other day which is ludicrous...) Because sometimes things didn't line up.... I did most of my cooking for rupee farming so I found what items worked the best to make the highest value dishes

[@LeFerg13]

Brayden Houle I did the same honestly XD

[@Katiethekitten]

@@LeFerg13 oddly enough mixing things like all the porgys together you'd get a high value item but that's not the case it seems in rarity or difficulty to get the ingredient leads to overall a higher dish value oh and if you farm enough raw gourmet meats (I'm near tabantha snowfield doing moose and that giant boar thing) and cook 5 together you get like 460rupee dishes which is unnecessary

[@LeFerg13]

Brayden Houle I mean it makes sense the more rare it is the more value it has. Like any elixir that uses lynel or molduga parts

[@kheasboroki3928]

This will be very useful to prepare myself for the trials of the sword which i still haven't beaten... a 30:00 minute long defense or attack buff will be great

[@Croton]

It's extremely helpful for those!! I still cannot decide whether the attack or defense buff is better for that though xD

[@kheasboroki3928]

@@Croton Depends if i'm a dumbass and get hit alot, or ballsy and hit them alot (then get one shot) i guess! xD

[@meaganbrady2737]

I prefer the defense.

[@solidzack]

Very good and helpful video. Two things to note: Adding nuts to critters and monster parts will make the elixir give you hearts as well and fairies cam be used for cooking too. But I don't know how exactly those 2 effects are applied

[@mcswashbuckler3833]

Thank you so much for making these videos! I know they take a lot of research, but they’ve inspired me to play breath of the wild again and they’ve really changed my experience of the game now that I know how it works.

[@Croton]

I'm so glad you are enjoying them!! The research does take quite a while, but if its able to inspire you to pick the game back up, then I think its all worth it!! 😊

[@A_Generic_Name]

I enjoyed going out of my way to learn how cooking works without any online guides, but now that I think I have a good grip on it it's good to have the information laid out so nicely here like you've done. Much appreciated!

[@SliminBlue]

Whenever I cook in BotW, I always just make a ton of low level food of the same kind, and when I run through that I just eat the raw ingredients until I realize that cooking is actually pretty useful and then repeat the cycle

[@Croton]

I have an unhealthy habit of doing that too xD Why use my hearty food when I can just scarf down 14 apples??

[@SliminBlue]

@@Croton I don't even use the cooking for the buffs either! I just go out of my way to find armor with the buffs I want like getting all the rubber armor for shock resistance instead of just cooking food, which would likely be much easier than finding 2 shrines and doing a side quest to find the full rubber set

[@chaosphoenix2838]

@@Croton i wait until i get to a stable or die for mipha to safe me

[@WaveOfDestiny]

Ran out of food inventory? Just place 999 chicken near the fire and have +1500 hearts of healing always with you because you can stack them. Repeat with every meat and food that can cook without becoming a dish. Also i never heal too, when i'm near a shrine i just teleport to the goron shrine near the hot water and regenerate everything before teleporting back.

[@loganrenfrow2544]

Wow you really went above and beyond. Every time I think you've explored everything there is in this game you come back with more. Good job man.

[@Croton]

I try my best to pack these videos with info 😅 thank you so much though, I'm glad you liked it :)

[@theBATgoesUPoh]

Good tip if you're aiming for the blood moon window: if you notice a blood moon starting to rise but want time to go gather some ingredients, just make sure you're in a shrine when the clock crosses midnight and you'll delay the blood moon until the next midnight. Just don't do too many consecutive nights in a row as you might end up corrupting your save file

[@ViscusBonesMan]

7:29 ah yes my favorite insect, the fireproof lizard.

[@gcj17]

I've recently subscribed to your channel, really like the way you present the info because I genuinely had no idea how many of the mechanics in BOTW worked, this game never ceases to amaze me. Also, good music choice as per usual, I think this is the first time I've seen a video of yours where you've used music outside of Zelda, Octopath's ost is sooo good

[@Croton]

I usually stick with Zelda cause it just sorta fits, but if I find more aesthetically fitting songs in the future then ill definitely try to mix it up!! Thank you though, I'm so glad you enjoy the content!! :D

[@HarpaxA]

@11:48 Correction, "hour of bloodmoon" is between 11.35 pm to 12.25 am, basically as long as you see the flying red ashes, it'll turn critical.

[@fortcastle1885]

Here's a useful tip, you can cook bug parts with food. Elixirs are known to be produced by bugs with monster part, but lets say you cook a Bladed Rhino Beetle with a lvl 3 monster part (guts, eyeballs, etc) the Bladed Rhino beetle will give 50 seconds and has a lvl 1 attack up which means you will need 6 more points in order to get a lvl 3 boost. If you add 2 Might Porgy it will add 6 points, which means the elixir will turn out as a lvl 3 attack up dish, and you add one more ingredient, the best choice is to add another lvl 3 monster part because by adding monster part it increases the duration not by 50 seconds but by 190 seconds so in total you can have a lvl 3 attack up dish with a duration of 8 minutes and 50 seconds. There's a google sheet that lists everything about the potency of everything in the game, but I'm too lazy to put it in here. The example I used can also be used in the defense elixir. Uhhhh ok I think i'm done bye. Edit: I forgot about something everyone should know. Monster extract is a wild card, if I'm not wrong it will either make your dish/ elixir 30 minutes or very low, or something in the middle. But it will choose a random lvl, so lets say you made a lvl 2 speed boost dish/ elixir and add a monster extract, it will add the time I already said but it will either make the dish/ elixir lvl 1 or lvl 2. So if you were to make a lvl 3 dish/ elixir you have a 1/9 chance of getting a lvl 3 with 30 minutes, or you know, just use a dragon horn, your choice, ok goodbye. Re-Edit: I just remembered that during the blood moon it is possible to make the duration longer, you see there's a 1/3 chance that the dish will be increased by 5 minutes but it can also increase the lvl, so if you make a lvl 1 Fireproof elixir buy using 1 Fireproof lizard and 4 lvl 3 monster part it will make a lvl 1 Fireproof elixir with 15 minutes and 10 seconds but if the blood moon occurred and you cook between 11:30-12:00 there's a 1/3 chance that it will make your dish a lvl 2 Fireproof elixir with 15 minutes and 10 seconds, this is better instead of a 5 minute boost because if you were to make a lvl 2 Fireproof elixir it would require 3 Smotherwing butterfly, 1 Fireproof lizard with 1 lvl 3 monster part which makes a lvl 2 elixir with 13 minutes and 10 seconds. So yea there could be more ways to increase the time but I'm not going back to have to re-edit everything again just so that I could add something about blood moons and making every dish 1 lvl lower just so that I can add a few more seconds. But I hope that's all and Botw is a masterpiece, ok bye for now, hopefully. Re-Re-Edit: I now just remember I did a mistake I said that it’s better to make a lvl 1 Fireproof elixir but if a blood moon happens it can increase the lvl 2 elixir duration to 18 minutes and 10 seconds but uhhhh yea this is my apology re-re-Edit saying I made a mistake but maybe it might work for other elixirs but probably not. Ok bye.

[@blindbeholder9713]

ADD IT TO THE SPREADSHEET

[@MoonCobalt]

I love how the flamebreaker armor set bonus is "fireproof" even though you still cant swim in lava or just dip your toes in

[@nthgth]

In fairness, lava is very different from fire. Being submerged in lava is probably harder to defend against than a fiery blast from a Red Lizalfos. The real dumb part is how the lava is depicted like it has the density and viscosity of water, instead of rock (it shouldn't be possible to become submerged in lava just by going onto it - like a stick in water). It should be possible to run across it, Dodongo's Cavern style

[@FieryMeltman]

There's a small island with a pond in it next to Eventide Island that's a great place to farm both types of Porgies. Simply bomb them, collect them, and wait by a fire.

[@SalvaBidoof]

But doesn't the bomb send the porgies flying away?

[@Danodan94]

Using a shock arrow or throwing a shock weapon is better, the fish float to the surface. No risk of things going flying.

[@tphillips37]

I bomb fish, it's the easiest way to catch fish and frogs. I chuck bombs at the wildlife, too sometimes. Saves on arrows. lol

[@tphillips37]

@@SalvaBidoof No. The just float to the surface no matter how shallow the water.

[@tphillips37]

@@Danodan94 The don't go flying, tho. Save your arrows.

[@MemberBerry-cu9qi]

I love hidden mechanics. I never had such a rewarding experience in a game as I have with this and knowing there's more to discover keeps the curiosity always alive

[@tommoose4769]

Also, I like that magic potion when cooked are in bottles. Every play through these days I limit myself to eating meals by the fire and only carrying bottles into the Wild.

[@Gwen_Hemoxia]

Thank you very much for making it simple to understand and screenshot-able! You're doing great!

[@thomaskeen9821]

This is guy is just amazing, his videos are incredible

[@hiddenscorpiusXI]

I cross-checked this guide with the info provided in the wikis (Fandom, NIWA and Dungeon), and found a number of discrepancies that I wanted to inquire about: All wikis agree that the Voltfin Trout is a Potency 3 ingredient and not Potency 2, while the Fandom Wiki lists all trouts as Potency 3 ingredients. Additionally, only the Zelda Dungeon wiki seems to agree with your info regarding Buff durations and bonus-duration ingredients, while Fandom and NIWA have their own time measures for the buff duration and bonus duration: •Atk/Def = 0:20 (Per Ingredient*) •Speed = 0:30* •Stealth = 1:30* •Elemental = 2:00* Tree Nut +0:10 Acorn +0:20 Rice/Rocksalt/Wheat +0:30 Sugar/Milk/Butter +0:50 Egg/D.Scale/Spice/StarF. +1:00 D.Claw +3:00 D.Fang +10:00 D.Horn =30:00 Finally, Zelda Dungeon disagrees the video and the other wikis in regard to the endurance cooking, listing the Endura Shroom with Potency 0.5 and Endura Carrots with 2, and the point requirements going up by 1 for each tier. I think your video is really useful, and I'm writing it all down for my own use, but I'd like to confirm what's the correct information.

[@krishsolanki3099]

Best part of croton is that he replies to all his comments 😂😘😜

[@Croton]

Interesting theory...🤔🤔

[@Hajilex]

Fake news

[@Croton]

😯

[@blepkid6052]

No, he hasn't replied on some comments :/

[@krishsolanki3099]

@@blepkid6052 some stupid comments

[@James-qo7uz]

Great video, tons of concise advice, visual graphs, map references, and pro tips

[@Croton]

Glad you found it helpful! :D

[@TheTrueBrawler]

I still have a few questions. - When making Elixirs, do the monster part(s) you add have any effect on the elixir? I never actually tested around with this, but I feel like I often get better elixirs when I use guts instead of horns and talons. This could just be luck, though. - How exactly does Kilton's Monster Extract affect a dish/elixir? I know it does weird things to them, but it seems to be so inconsistent that I legitimately can't tell what. It looks like it might be useful, however. - Does the game reward you in any significant capacity for trying to cook food you might find and eat in real life as opposed to a "four Mighty Bananas with a Dragon Horn and done" type of dish?

[@chickenwonderer485]

you definitely get a longer duration for using better monster parts (lynel guts or hoof to bokoblin horns I think idk) but I don't know the numbers

[@sahil_tayade]

1. monster parts for more time. 2. I think it is just a visual and name change? You need it for a "royal recipes" side quest. 3. The game has many cool looking dishes with names like the "nut cake." You don't get any benifit besides variety in your food options.

[@jamesworkshop9181]

monster parts effect the duration and sell price of elixers [4 Lynel guts +1 Energetic Rhino Beetle sells for 2330] Monster extract always gives a random critical recipes just follow the mechanics going by the numbers

[@sahil_tayade]

Actually monster extract does do things, According to Dolphin Cheese: "Adding monster extract (I forget if it affects foods, I've only used it when making potions) works just like a critical, except there are negative consequences that can be chosen randomly as well as positive ones. One of the negative effects includes reducing effect duration to only one minute. How amusing. I've done a "use only potions" run in botw many times mainly cuz potions were the main source of consumable healing in past zelda games (except maybe twilight princess thanks to pumpkin soup). I've had to use the random factor of monster extract just to get tier 3 sneak potions. But I might just save sneak ingredients up for blood moons now..."

[@jazoinklastname4289]

Yeah I wish he did more on elixirs, didn't really talk about it

[@bencarriveau3564]

Great guide! Never knew myself that the dragon parts added so much to duration lol. A satori mountain is just a great place to farm starting out after you get the paraglider: Plenty of durian for more hearts, endurance carrots for stamina, and silent princesses iffin you feel stealthy ;)

[@the_maverickk]

I feel like there is no argument. The best place to farm ingredients is Mount Satorl. It's full of a wide variety of ingredients of varying potency to boot. Should be a first stop shop for any would be adventurer looking to bulk up on supplies. Not to mention that it has a lot of other unique sights to enjoy.

[@Danodan94]

After learning about the deeper meaning behind Satori Mountain, I can't bring myself to harvest anything from there. It feels like sacrilege in a way.

[@tphillips37]

I love Satori Mountain, it's just loaded with goodies. There's a place I call the Mushroom Cove because it's got a few of every mushroom in the game. And the respawning diamond under the rock. Not food, but valuable to have respawning. There's an area close to Faron Tower with 6 or 7 Hearty Durian trees. It's an easy jump off the Tower and there's only a couple of low level monsters to kill off. 5 Hearty Durians cooked up gives you +20 hearts.

[@sheik124]

@@Danodan94 He'd want you to.

[@Danodan94]

@@sheik124 You're probably right.

[@officegossip]

I made a sheet on my Notes app with screenshots of the potency buffs, locations and the duration bonuses from this video but I always come back to this video for a refresher. Thanks a lot.

[@dogs-game-too]

What about adding a fairy when cooking? A guide I watched mentioned it'd boost the duration but wouldn't consume the fairy, but I haven't seen that anywhere else. Does anyone know if that's a good idea or if they were wrong?

[@maxwellh.4569]

1:56 There is an exception. When cooking hearty elixirs it will always give full restore.

[@silvertheelf]

Me who just wants to learn how to cook literally everything. “The only fire resistance ones are bugs” Lizard:”...I’m not a bug!”

[@juddmarshall1169]

Really well put together video, & well explained. Lots of useful information whilst being entertaining. I can tell you put lots of effort in. Good job!

[@Croton]

Happy you found it useful! Thank you ☺️

[@krishsolanki3099]

Now the biggest question of botw when does the blood moon happen Or how to keep a track of blood moon occurrence?

[@Croton]

I forgot the exact interval, but it's roughly every 2 and a half hours of playtime!! (not including the time when the games paused) I plan on covering this more along with other things in the next stats video!!

[@cheyenneoliver5184]

@@Croton I feel like I get blood moons a bit more frequently than that, which I'm sure has nothing to do with the killing spree I go on after said moon massacring taluses, guardians, and lynels for parts, weapons, and sport.

[@guidomista3570]

@@Croton so it's about every Sunday evening in game?

[@Croton]

@@cheyenneoliver5184 Sometimes they can appear sooner if your game is running out of memory, as its also used as an anti-crash mechanic!!

[@Croton]

@@guidomista3570 It works off a hidden counter system that can slightly be altered, so the day of week is almost never consistent (esp because of sleeping/waiting at campfires)

[@JohnAllen-po5wd]

Croton, all the stat video information would be a great book! You really should put together a book of all these things. I'd def buy it! Amazing work.

[@temirexy9314]

I'm guessing that Kilton's monster extract randomizes the whole potency and duration system for both foods and elixirs, right?

[@babylo-fi3556]

it loops, first dish will be 1 min duration the next 10 min then itll give 30 min (i tested this out a LOT but i was only making monster stew so take that with a grain of salt)

[@lionpaladin]

As I've played I noticed that ingredients had different potency attributes. Glad to have this vid really give me more info on it and the hidden numbers!

[@jazzy_jake]

I still don’t understand how a hot mash of fruit and mushrooms will completely heal Link’s wounds

[@LonelySpaceDetective]

Food and drink restoring health is super-common video game logic, really. Hell, it's been in the Zelda games since Ocarina of Time, where Lon Lon Milk healed him up. I feel like a hunger system would have fit the game and given some purpose to the recipes (like say, 4x apples wouldn't heal as much hunger as one of the unique combinations), but you'd still need some method of regular healing since it's not like there's first-aid kits or anything.

[@mitchellbender7876]

This video is a very good overview, overall, and I appreciate you including the good farming locations. I caught a few mistakes though: Voltfin Trout, Sizzlefin Trout, and Chillfin Trout have a strength of 3, not 2. This can be important if you really want to optimise your recipes. It's not true that all elixirs restore no hearts, but you're right that it's usually hard to get large amounts of HP recovery on them. You may be operating under the misconception that you can't use non-critter and/or non-monster-part ingredients in elixirs, but you can do this just fine (any recipe that contains a monster part and a critter will become an elixir, as long as it doesn't have contradictory properties or inedible ingredients like wood and minerals in it, or a fairy which will convert it to a fairy tonic instead). The best elixir recipes usually end up having to include at least one or two ingredients like this. What is your source for the base critical rate being 10%? I never got exact numbers on it, but my estimate was 5% (with some ingredients boosting it to 10%, 30%, or 100%). There's also some nuance to how health recovery and duration are calculated which you've left out, due to some ingredients having what I've called "bonus" health or time (as well as a few recipes having inherent bonuses, though these are usually minor and not worth seeking out). I won't go into it here because it almost never actually matters, but the full details are in my guide (as far as I know, it is the most comprehensive treatment of the Breath of the Wild cooking system). gamefaqs.gamespot.com/switch/189707-the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild/faqs/74776

[@thebiber9401]

I wanted to comment on the elixirs based on your FAQ, but it seems you answered it already. I studied your guide the last few days and it amazingly reveals all one has to know about cooking. For me long duration is important, especially if I use the hasty property so i always use elixirs, but it's important to know that you can mix in food with elixirs: So 3 fleet lotus seeds, 1 hot fooded frog or hightail lizard and 1 bokoblin/moblin guts or lizalfos tail or keese eyeball give the best hasty elixir without relying on dragon parts or critical successes. Thank you for the good work!

[@mitchellbender7876]

@@thebiber9401 I'm glad you've found it useful!

[@chromeshellking]

@@mitchellbender7876 pretty sure he got star fragment timers wrong too. ive used one or two but dragon parts are so much easier to get.

[@mitchellbender7876]

@@chromeshellking I watched the video again and it looks like he has the stats on them right, star fragments give you 100% critical and add 1:30 duration (0:30 base, 1:00 bonus). But they're not equivalent to dragon parts, any dragon part will give you a better result (even the scales do everything a star fragment does and also have 5 bonus HP, but that's still not quite worth the ingredient slot). I don't see any reason to cook with star fragments considering what a pain they are to get and the other things you can use them for, honestly.

[@chromeshellking]

@@mitchellbender7876 really? Swear they did but at first I was very much HEY LET'S put this together. Then I found the dragon farm and was set.

[@liamlockheartart7560]

This is easily the best video Ive seen yet about cooking. It makes this all so much easier to figure out. Thanks!

[@Croton]

I'm so glad! Thank you very much :D

[@coyotedomino]

Adding monster extract to a dish seems to randomize the healing and effect duration. In my experience, it seems to give 30 minutes at least 1/4 of the time, at least for speed and attack+ foods. Since monster extract is so easy to get, I use it instead of dragon horn all the time now. Edit: I use it with max potency ingredients, I don’t think it can actually increase potency. The main downside is that it often lowers healing, but I use separate foods for healing and effects anyway.

[@felixc543]

Yeah! I save scum when using monster extract, my non hearty meals aren't really for healing anyway

[@jasonxoc]

Dude, best Zelda guide I’ve seen on KZbin. Great job.

[@Hyakkishin]

1:56 (laughs in Hearty Elixir)

[@tsemiu]

Croton, one of my favorite people. Thanks for being alive and bringing us everything Zelda 😁❤

[@senordivinebeast646]

My thirst for another stats video has been quenched

[@Croton]

Glad I could help you out then :)

[@tyleradams542]

Soon, you will wish for another stat video!

[@tsayo9768]

Unknown Being Subject 29 I already do

[@timschommer8548]

For the speed buffs, another good way to do it is to use swift violets from the zora's domain shrine, assuming you don't mind dropping some cash. (It's actually how I get all of violets I need for armor upgrades.) You can force the shops to restock their goods by traveling a certain distance away and sleeping. This works on all of the goods except for arrows, which are set to not restock if you have above a certain arrow threshold.

[@J_Man]

One question that wasn't addressed: What does adding a fairy do to a cooked dish?

[@nerida3347]

I dont think it does anything if you're not using just a fairy

[@leafyeaveeey]

I believe it adds 5 hearts but I'm not exactly sure, that's a good question. also, when you cook a fairy you don't actually cook it, it just flys around the top of the pot

[@jesperwillems_]

I believe adding a fairy does nothing for the food itself except also giving a 100% critical cooking chance

[@planetjumper1]

This is critical info for hard mode trials for people who like to spread out as much defense and attack up as we can lol Look forward to your TOTC breakdown on cooking! DEFINITELY GONNA NEED IT

[@ienzavala9764]

The camera pans hurt me, they look like a Joy-Con Is drifting

[@Croton]

I originally recorded it without the pans but the footage looked super stale without any camera movement lol

[@nardo218]

thank you so much! This is really helpful. I'm going to start doing your habit of marking the map when I find caches of ingredients so I remember where to go back for them. I'll save a screencap of your farming zone map too. Thanks again! you're the best! I'm very new to the game so clear explanations like these are really helping me.

[@coltonhelicke]

Im go glad that discord pings like that ;)

[@Croton]

Notification squad!! :D

[@tsayo9768]

Same

[@coltonhelicke]

Croton :D

[@jamesh6398]

The map, the charts, this is so good, I love you for this

[@remixtheidiot5771]

Fun fact: food is the only way to get the tier 3 speed buff. No armor exists that can speed you up farther than 2. Okay bye. Edit: Since you didn't tackle elixirs I wanna do that here. When making elixirs, only the critters you put matter, the monster parts don't matter, just put 1 boko tooth and it'll work the same as if you put 1 lynel gut or something. I'd list critter locations and effects but I can't and I'm lazy. But if you could care less about health, just really want that duration and buff, and have a ton of critters and monster parts to spare, elixirs aren't a bad option.

[@nathanieljones3028]

Actually, the monster part you use is a huge contributor to duration.

[@HelloHelloHellobby]

This is incorrect. The better quality monster parts add duration. It’s doesn’t matter the type of monsters tho. Lynel guts and bokoblin guts are the same.

[@Harimau0451]

Critter parts matter for buff power in elixirs, but higher tier monster parts [Bokoblin/Moblin guts, Keese eyes, Lizalfos tails, etc.] all add 3+ minutes to the duration, per. They absolutely do matter.

[@chatboulon743]

As much as I enjoy discovering things myself, the cooking in BotW was mostly a guessing game. I mean, they spell out a general idea of what the item does, but having all this information together is insanely useful. I really liked all the item locations because, stupid me, didn't realize how most of some cooking ingredients were in a single location. Thanks for this video! :) I may brush the dust off my copy and explore Hyrule again with these newly acquired Cooking Mama skills.

[@DuplexLink]

the best food *b r e a d*

[@Croton]

cuz b r e a d O P

[@Catpuff818]

I've been replaying the game and began with the Gerudo desert area, and I was floored to find out warm Salinas didn't offer much in terms of temp resistance xD thank you so much for this vid. Even though I've done so much experimenting I never would have thought lv 3 temp resistance was just impossible with cooking items.

[@Raezeman]

I did a small challenge run with 2 requirements. 1: no armor that gives a buff. 2: Can't return to a region once i left it. The first requirement made me rely solely on food/elixir buffs, and the 2nd one severely limited the available amount of resources. This guide really helped me get the maximum out of my found ingredients. (I also did some small extra rules, like no farming dragon parts, no waiting for blood moons to restock on things in the same area ects...)

[@jpeg619]

My guy you have helped me so much not gonna lie. I always wondered the best way to cook in the BOTW. This is gonna make me so much better and help me with the trial of the sword.

[@Croton]

Glad I could help you out then!! Thank you 😊

[@Rahhkz]

Damn this just blew my mind. Definitely going to use these tips to up the stats of the food I make!! Btw your voice is awesome to listen to

[@josecarvalho1355]

As I am currently playing octopath traveler, seeing Croton using one of the game's music makes me happy

[@sukasuru]

I was JUST farming for durian fruit yesterday and I was getting driven crazy as I only found 2 trees at most, this was really helpful.

[@johnmoore214]

This guy is an absolute g for not just telling us the best recipe with 5 ingredients, he actually explains it in and out❤❤

[@Guro90]

Thank you!! I just started playing, and haven’t been able to figure out how to utilize my ingredients the best way yet. But now I know what to do 😄 Great video!