If you want to 'catch 'em all' in Pokémon Quest, you've got to learn to cook. Curiously, that's the way you lure and subsequently catch Pokémon in this iteration. You gather ingredients while out on expeditions, and combine them together at your base to create a bunch of different recipes.
Each recipe will attract a different type of Pokémon, so it helps to learn them all. That way you can focus on catching the types of Pokémon you need at that particular point in time. And youwillneed a certain type, as each level gives certain types bonuses to HP and attack.
In this guide, we're going to list all of the recipes in the game, and help give you a better understanding of how cooking works so you can catch your Bulbasaur in no time. Bon Appétit!
How does cooking work in Pokémon Quest?
While your Pokémon are out exploring the world and completing expeditions, they'll pick up a bunch of different ingredients. When you're back at your base camp, you can chuck these in your cooking pot to create a variety of different dishes.
Each dish attracts a different type of Pokémon, and as soon as you've discovered a new one you'll receive the recipe for your dish. If you want to create it again, you can simply tap on your cooking pot and then scroll through your found recipes until you've found the one you want. Pick the appropriate ingredients and you'll create the dish yet again.
Dishes can either attract types of Pokémon (fire, flying), colours of Pokémon (red, blue), or rarities (common, rare).
How long does it take to cook a dish?
Dishes progress cooking while you're out on expeditions, and generally take between two and six expeditions to cook. You can speed this up by spending 20 TM Tickets at any point.
Pokémon Quest ingredients list
Ingredients come in a variety of different forms, and each has a colour and a set of characteristics associated with it. That's with the exception of Rainbow Shells and Rainbow Matter, the latter of which substitutes any ingredient, and the former of which is used exclusively to catch legendary Pokémon.
| Ingredient | Colour | Characteristic |
|---|---|---|
| Tiny Mushroom | Red | Soft / Small / Mushroom |
| Bluk Berry | Blue | Soft / Small / Sweet |
| Apricorn | Yellow | Hard / Small / Plant |
| Fossil | Gray | Hard / Small / Mineral |
| Big Root | Red | Soft / Precious / Big / Plant |
| Icy Rock | Blue | Hard / Precious / Mineral |
| Honey | Yellow | Soft / Precious / Sweet |
| Balm Mushroom | Gray | Soft / Precious / Mushroom |
| Rainbow Matter | All | Substitutes any ingredient |
| Rainbow Shells | All | Mystic |
Pokémon Quest recipe list
Recipes allow you to catch specific types of Pokémon, and are based on their colour, type, and rarity. Pokémon Questkeeps the exact recipes deliberately vague, but thanks to Reddit user "andrewmaxedon", we've created a table below that entirely takes away the guesswork.
| Recipe | Ingredients | Ingredients That Meet Criteria | Pokémon Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mulligan Stew à la Cube | Anything | Anything | Common Pokémon |
| Red Stewà la Cube | At least four red ingredients | Tiny Mushrooms / Big Roots | Red Pokémon |
| Blue Sodaà la Cube | At least four blue ingredients | Bluk Berries / IcyRocks | Blue Pokémon |
| Yellow Curryà la Cube | At least four yellow ingredients | Apricorns / Honey | Yellow Pokémon |
| Gray Porridgeà la Cube | At least four gray ingredients | Fossils / Balm Mushrooms | Gray Pokémon |
| Mouth-Watering Dipà la Cube | At least four soft and at least three blue ingredients | Soft: Tiny Mushroom / Bluk Berries / Big Roots / Honey / Balm Mushrooms Blue: Bluk Berries or IcyRocks Soft and Blue: Bluk Berries | Water Pokémon |
| Plain Crepeà la Cube | At least three sweet ingredients and at least two gray | Sweet: Bluk Berry / Honey Gray: Fossil / Balm Mushroom | Normal Pokémon |
| Sludge Soupà la Cube | At least four mushrooms and at least three soft ingredients | Mushroom: Tiny Mushroom / Balm Mushroom Soft: Tiny Mushroom / Bluk Berries / Big Roots / Honey / Balm Mushrooms Soft and Mushroom: Tiny Mushroom / Balm Mushroom | Poison Pokémon |
| Mud Pieà la Cube | At least two minerals and at least three soft ingredients | Minerals: Fossil / Icy Rock Soft:Tiny Mushroom / Bluk Berries / Big Roots / Honey / Balm Mushrooms | Ground Pokémon |
| Veggie Smoothieà la Cube | At least four plants and at least two soft ingredients | Plant: Apricon / Big Root Soft:Tiny Mushroom / Bluk Berries / Big Roots / Honey / Balm Mushrooms Soft and Plant: Big Root | Grass Pokémon |
| Honey Nectarà la Cube | At least four sweet and at least three yellow ingredients | Sweet: Bluk Berry / Honey Yellow: Apricorns / Honey Sweet and Yellow: Honey | Bug Pokémon |
| Brain Foodà la Cube | At least three sweet and at least two hard ingredients | Sweet: Bluk Berry / Honey Hard: Apricorn / Fossil / Icy Rock | Psychic Pokémon |
| Stone Soupà la Cube | At least four hard things and at least two mineral ingredients | Hard: Apricorn / Fossil / Icy Rock Minerals: Fossil / Icy Rock Hard and Mineral: Fossil / Icy Rock | Rock Pokémon |
| Light-as-Air Casseroleà la Cube | At least three mineral and at least two plant ingredients | Minerals: Fossil / Icy Rock Plant: Apricon / Big Root | Flying Pokémon |
| Hot Potà la Cube | At least three mushrooms and at least one red ingredients | Mushroom: Tiny Mushroom / Balm Mushroom Red:Tiny Mushroom / Big Root Mushroom andRed: Tiny Mushroom | Fire Pokémon |
| Watt a Risottaà la Cube | At least four soft and at least three yellow ingredients | Soft:Tiny Mushroom / Bluk Berries / Big Roots / Honey / Balm Mushrooms Yellow:Yellow: Apricorns / Honey Soft and Yellow: Honey | Electric Pokémon |
| Get Swole Syrupà la Cube | At least three sweet and at least two mushroom ingredients | Sweet: Bluk Berry / Honey Mushroom: Tiny Mushroom / Balm Mushroom | Fighting Pokémon |
| Ambrosia of Legendsà la Cube | At least four mystic ingredients | Mystic: Rainbow Shells | Rare Pokémon |
