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Cooking is a must inMonster Hunter Wilds, as eating can provide helpful buffs and stat boosts for a specific amount of time. Before players can cook, they have to find ingredients to add to their portable BBQ grill or tent grill.
Considering cooking is so important in surviving the game’s challenging hunts, especially against Tempered Monsters, it’s important to learn how to get more cooking ingredients so you’re always ready.
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Whether you’re looking for ingredients that boost your defense, health, stamina, etc., this guide has the answer on how to find them.
How to Get Cooking Ingredients in Monster Hunter Wilds
There are a handful of ways to getcooking ingredientsin Monster Hunter Wilds. Depending on which specific ingredient you’re looking for, the method of acquiring each is a bit different.
When cooking a dish, there are three slots where players can add cooking ingredients:Ration, Additional Ingredients, and Finishing Touches.
Rations are the main ingredient for cooking recipes and provide an increase in health, stamina, attack, and defense. The most commonRationyou’ll be using is Meat, Veggies, or Fish.
Players can get Rations from the Ingredient Center at the base camp in Windward Plains. These Rations become available periodically, so make sure to check the Ingredient Center every now and again.
Additionally,Meat can be carved from small animals,and Fish can be received byfishing with a fishing rodin bodies of water.
As for the Additional Ingredients and Finishing Touches, which grant passive skills, they can beacquired from the various Item Trade merchantsthroughout the game’s villages and towns.
Each of these merchantshas at least one cooking ingredient,but they aren’t simply purchased with Zenny. These merchants require a specific item or material in exchange for the cooking ingredient.
It’s important to note that not all Item Trade merchants are available from the start and are gradually unlocked the farther you get into the game.
Keep in mind that once an Item Trade merchant is unlocked, you may have to complete their side quest for the cooking ingredient to become available in their inventory.
Speaking ofside quests,completing them is anothergreat way to earn various cooking ingredients. While not everyside questrewards the player with cooking ingredients, I noticed that a good amount do.
Make sure to speak to every character with a green dot above their head to accept a side quest and complete it to possibly earn a useful cooking ingredient.
Cooking Ingredients Sold at Item Trade Merchants
As previously mentioned, Item Trade merchants are a great source of cooking ingredients. Below, you will find a compiled list of the Item Trade merchants, their locations, and what cooking ingredients they offer.
Remember,Nata is the Village Intermediary, meaning you can access all Item Trade vendors through him instead of having to fast travel to all these locations. You can find Nata next to your tent at any base camp.
At the time of writing, these are the cooking ingredients available at my Item Trade merchants. The inventory of these vendors changes depending on whether it’s Plenty, Fallow, or Inclemency.
Now that you know how to get more cooking ingredients inMonster Hunter Wilds,it’s time to start cooking! Remember, every time you eat, there’s a time limit on how long the buffs last.
Some last 30 minutes, while others can last all the way up to an hour. Make sure to always check the time remaining before cooking, so you don’t accidentally make a meal that you don’t currently need and waste ingredients.
