We've got all of the cooking recipes in Palia right here for any budding cooks, including the best choices for getting Focus and for selling, alongside where to find each recipe in-game.
Cooking is a crucial mechanic in Palia that can get overlooked amidst the sea of other activities you can do in the game.
Learning and crafting cooking recipes can help replenish a steady stream of Focus, which once full, will give you a boost to all XP gain whilst performing activities like gardening, mining, crafting, fishingand more.
How to get new recipes in Palia
In Palia, there are four main ways for you to start obtaining all the recipes in the game. Those methods are:
- Improving friendship levels
- Purchasing from characters and vendors
- Raising your cooking level
- Receiving as gifts
While these activities will net you the most recipes in Palia, a few other recipes can be obtained by going fishing, completing quest activities, and being found in various locations while generally exploring.
Now that you know the methods, it's time to find out how to get all the recipes in Palia, below.
All cooking recipes
Check out the complete list of all cooking recipes in Palia below, including their selling price, how much Focus you can gain by consuming them and crucially, where you can find each recipe to expand your cookbook.
Item | Sell Price | Focus | Recipe location |
Akwinduu Chapaa | 68 | 275 | Part of the Lost to the Wind quest. There are three recipe pages located north of the Statue Garden |
Apple Pie | 147 | 350 | Earned when you achieve friendship level three with Delaila |
Bacon-Stuffed Mushrooms | 49 | 250 | Located within a book in Delaila and Badruu’s kitchen |
Blueberry Pie | 90 | 250 | Can be purchased from Reth after achieving cooking level six |
Bouillabaisse | 76 | 325 | Complete the freshwater bundle |
Celebration Cake | 258 | 900 | Can be purchased from Reth after achieving cooking level nine |
Chapaa Masala | 120 | 550 | Can be purchased from Reth after achieving cooking level eight |
Cream of Tomato Soup | 65 | 275 | Reth’s storeroom, requires friendship level three with Reth to access |
Creamy Carrot Soup | 41 | 125 | Located within the Library |
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Item | Sell Price | Focus | Recipe location |
Cream of Mushroom Soup | 65 | 275 | Earned when you achieve friendship level four with Jina |
Fish Stew | 31 | 100 | Can be gained when fishing on the Bahari Bay Coast with bait |
Fried Catfish Dinner | TBA | 225 | Earned when you achieve friendship level three with Hassian |
Grilled Fish | 43 | 50 | Sent in the mail once you complete the Cooking 101 quest |
Grilled Meat | 26 | 50 | Sent in the mail once you complete the Cooking 101 quest |
Grilled Mushroom | 24 | 50 | Given to the player during the Cooking 101 quest |
Grilled Oyster | 14 | 55 | Sent in the mail once you complete the Cooking 101 quest |
Hearty Vegetable Soup | 23 | 100 | Can be purchased from Reth after achieving cooking level two |
Loaded Potato Soup | 71 | 275 | Located within a book in Hodari and Najuma’s kitchen |
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Item | Sell Price | Focus | Recipe location |
Meaty Stir Fry | 44 | 250 | Can be purchased from Reth after achieving cooking level five |
Palian Onion Soup | 35 | 100 | Two recipe pages located on the dock, check our Palian Onion Soup guide for more info |
Ramen | 34 | 125 | Can be purchased from Reth after achieving cooking level three |
Sashimi | TBA | 100 | Can be gained when fishing on the Bahari Bay Coast without bait |
Sernuk Noodle Stew | TBA | 225 | Ashura’s Room |
Steak Dinner | 50 | 250 | Can be purchased from Reth after achieving cooking level four |
Sushi | 126 | 300 | Can be gained when fishing in any pond with a glowworm |
Trout Dinner | 91 | 200 | Within Einar's House, requiring at least friendship level three. |
Veggie Fried Rice | 58 | 225 | Can be purchased from Reth after achieving cooking level seven |
A great general rule to follow is to investigate all buildings and houses within the neighbourhoods of Palia, as they usually contain a recipe or two.
Best recipes for Focus
With 900 Focus points at its base value and even more for star quality, the Celebration Cake will give you the highest amount of Focus.
The Celebration Cake will be a bit of a grind to unlock, however, as it requires you to have cooking level nine before you can purchase the recipe from Reth.
For earlier-game Focus options, the Akwinduu Chapaa recipe is a great option. You do not need any skill or friendship level requirements to unlock it, you simply must find three recipe pages in Bahari Bay, north of the Statue Garden.
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The ingredients are easy enough to obtain as well, to make Akwinduu Chapaa you need:
- Chapaa Meat
- Butter
- Potato
- Any Mushroom
- Wild Garlic
- Spice Sprouts
All the above ingredients are ones you should be able to harvest, grow and hunt for in the starting stages of Palia. Mushrooms, Garlic and Spice Sprouts can be foraged whilst Potato seeds and Butter can be purchased from the General Store.
Best recipes to sell for gold
In terms of the best recipes for gold, the Celebration Cake is again the highest-value dish. It does require many ingredients like Butter and Eggs that will dip into your profit, however, and the recipe requires cooking level nine.
For early-game options, the Fish Stew leaves a great margin for profit as all ingredients can be foraged and fished yourself. Fish Stew requires the following:
- Any Fish
- Any Spice
- Wild Garlic
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Fish Stew is versatile and can be made from low-profit fish. At its base value, you can make 31 gold per dish which can increase to 51 gold if it is star-quality.
That rounds off our guide to the best cooking recipes in Palia for Focus and gold and how to unlock them.
Check out our guide to the best Palia gold farm locations and make money faster in the game if you want to move on from cooking, or visit our Palia homepage for even more Palia tips and tricks like how to make and use repair kits or how to solve the Ancient Battery riddle.
