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 you will need 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 Quest keeps 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 Stew à la Cube | At least four red ingredients | Tiny Mushrooms / Big Roots | Red Pokémon |
| Blue Soda à la Cube | At least four blue ingredients | Bluk Berries / Icy Rocks | Blue Pokémon |
| Yellow Curry à la Cube | At least four yellow ingredients | Apricorns / Honey | Yellow Pokémon |
| Gray Porridge à la Cube | At least four gray ingredients | Fossils / Balm Mushrooms | Gray Pokémon |
| Mouth-Watering Dip à 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 Icy Rocks Soft and Blue: Bluk Berries |
Water Pokémon |
| Plain Crepe à la Cube | At least three sweet ingredients and at least two gray | Sweet: Bluk Berry / Honey Gray: Fossil / Balm Mushroom |
Normal Pokémon |
| Sludge Soup à 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 Pie à 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 Smoothie à 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 Nectar à 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 Food à la Cube | At least three sweet and at least two hard ingredients | Sweet: Bluk Berry / Honey Hard: Apricorn / Fossil / Icy Rock |
Psychic Pokémon |
| Stone Soup à 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 Casserole à la Cube | At least three mineral and at least two plant ingredients | Minerals: Fossil / Icy Rock Plant: Apricon / Big Root |
Flying Pokémon |
| Hot Pot à la Cube | At least three mushrooms and at least one red ingredients | Mushroom: Tiny Mushroom / Balm Mushroom Red: Tiny Mushroom / Big Root Mushroom and Red: Tiny Mushroom |
Fire Pokémon |
| Watt a Risotta à 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 Syrup à 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 Legends à la Cube | At least four mystic ingredients | Mystic: Rainbow Shells | Rare Pokémon |
Comments 14
The ingredients are hilarious.
So, No Dubious soup recipe ?
Are there different ways of making the same recipe? And do you have a list of specific ingredients for each recipe?
@Zenarium more then one way to make a recipe quality = longer to cook and can give more rare pokemon.
This game definitely has some of the usual drawbacks of the free-2-play model.
@frogopus thanks, that link was more helpful than this whole article, haha. I’ve wasted too many ingredients experimenting (have Doduos out the wazoo) and most articles I’ve found basically says what this says... which didn’t help me, needed a translation for measurements (“a lot”? “a few”?) - I currently have all the recipes but outside of copy pasting what I’ve seen work, I didn’t know exactly how to reproduce each.
tl;dr the information in that reddit post is what these articles should be linking to!
Interesting
@frogopus Thanks
Got a shiny ekans yesterday, so that's shineys confirmed I guess.
@RudyC3 Got a Shiny Ghrowlite as my third Pokemon, so yeah, Shinys Are in the game
WORST GUIDE EVER, You should be ashamed
@frogopus Thank you! I've updated the guide with a bunch of information from that helpful Reddit post and cited it in the text.
@Zenarium I've updated the guide with those questions in mind
@ShadJV Reddit often has more in-depth guides as enthusiasts generally dedicate themselves to specific games, while sites try and cover everything. We appreciate your feedback though, and have updated this guide, citing the Reddit post!
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