In Monster Hunter Wilds, understanding the details of the food system is important for hunters who want to boost their power during hunts. While the Cooking system itself is not very hard to understand, it can sometimes be blurry to know which ingredients you should really use, and what they can do.
Player Dibilowas on Reddit has shared a very detailed chart about all the ingredients and what they can do:
What Is Cooking in MH Wilds?
The game’s cooking mechanics allow you to prepare meals that provide temporary buffs, enhancing attributes such as health, stamina, attack power, elemental resistances, and various skills or other buffs. These benefits can be the difference between a successful hunt and a painful defeat. You can cook meals using the Portable BBQ Grill in the field or through the BBQ Menu in your tents.
Each ingredient used in meal preparation contributes specific effects. For instance, certain combinations focus on boosting offensive power, while others enhance defensive stats or provide even additional temporary skills. Understanding these combinations is important, especially against High-Rank Monsters. You will want to put together the best combination to help you make it through the hardest hunts.
Food Chart
The previously mentioned Reddit user’s chart serves as a valuable resource, breaking down which ingredients offer particular buffs and how to combine them effectively.
Do not hesitate to save it so you can always come back to the chart and make sure you have the best meal prepared for your next hunt!
Best Food Combinations
For those who simply want a quick idea of the best meals you can prepare depending on what you are looking for, here are a few examples of the best combinations of ingredients:
- Best Multi-Purpose Meal:
- Meat + Sharp Kunafa Cheese + Wild herb
- This Meal gives you attack buffs, defense, elemental resistance, and lowers the effects of all ailments. It is a meal you can use in any situation.
- Kunafa Meal:
- While you don’t technically prepare this meal, you still have to offer some ingredients for them to cook it. The Kunafa village meal gives you a good general boost in Health, stamina, attacks defense, and resistances, while also increasing the rewards you get from quests.
- Suja Meal:
- Similar to Kunafa, it gives you various buffs, and is perfect when you plan on going on capture hunts, as it increases the capture rewards at the end of the quest
- Offense Meal:
- Meat + Airy Egg + Wild Herbs
- This meal focuses on boosting your damage output, while also protecting you from elements
- Defensive Meal:
- Fish + Turbid Shrimp + Eastern Honey
- This meal will boost your defense and i-frames when dodging
- Elemental Resistance Meal:
- Vegetable + Sharp Kunafa Cheese + Wild Herb
- This buffs your elemental resistance, reduces your damage taken, and increases the chance of not being affected by status ailments
- Exploration Meal:
- Fish + Delishroom + Truffe Du Conga
- This lets you gather more items from Ore, Bone or other sources. It is perfect when you go on a gathering trip in the wilds
- Stamina Meal:
- Meat + Delishroom + Any
- This meal will boost your attack and your stamina. The last ingredient, you can pick what you want depending on if you wish for additional attack boost or more resistance
- Healing Meal:
- Fish + Specialty Sild Garlic + Eastern Honey
- This meal will boost your healing, making it easier for you to recover during a hunt