In Palia, food is a very important resource. Not only does it restore focus points, it can also be sold and is sometimes required for quest progression. There are some secret recipes which can be tricky to find though.
We’ve written a guide highlighting the locations of these items below, along with some additional tips.
The ways to obtain Secret Recipes can vary in difficulty and in the method required to obtain them. Sometimes, they’re just found in NPC houses, other times you have to look for them in the environment. In the worst case scenario, they’re RNG drops you get from fishing.
Bouillabaisse
To get the Bouillabaisse, you have to head to the location highlighted below.
After that, you’ll need to complete the Freshwater Bundle to actually get the Bouillabaisse. Once the bundle is complete, you’ll have access to the recipe.
Bouillabaisse takes up some Bass fish and some other resources, while restoring 325 Focus Points. It only takes 3 minutes to cook too, so it’s definitely an item worth investing in.
Sashimi
Sashimi is one of the more boring items to get on the list, because the process to get it relies mostly on RNG. You have to go to the Flooded Fortress and fish in the water surrounding it. You don’t need bait attached to the fishing hook. The area to look for is highlighted below.
This process can take a lot of time, but patience is the only remedy to the problem. Once you have the recipe, you’ll think it’s all worth it. It’s very cheap to make and only takes 1 minute to cook at a Stove. All you need is some Spices, Rice and Fish.
Trout Dinner
The Trout Dinner can be found in Einar’s house, who is a robot NPC you can talk to. It’s just there ready to be collected, but we need the keys to his house to enter it first. Once inside, it’s fairly easy to find. The location of Einar’s house is highlighted below.
To get inside Einar’s house, we first need to get up to Friendship Level 3 with him. That’s when we’ll actually be able to enter his house. So, a bit of time is required to be spent with him first.
The recipe itself is quite decent, as it requires pretty much only Trout and gives 200 Focus Points. The other ingredients required are Spice, Potatoes and Garlic, which are very cheap as well.
Macaron
The Macaron is a bit of a weird one, as it’s just found lying on the ground. Head to the location marked below and you should be able to spot a shopping list inside a pile of dirt.
The shopping list requires you to find the following items:
- 1 Milk
- 1 Flour
- 1 Egg
- 1 Sweet Leaf
Once you find this, a Quest will start where you collect these items. Once finished, you’ll have access to the Macaron recipe. To make it, we need the resources listed below. They can be made in the mixing station and are cooked very fast.
Akwinduu Chapaa
To get the Akwinduu Chapaa recipe, you have to collect a few pieces of floating paper. The first of these can be found in front of the door marked on the map below.
To get the second piece of paper, look in the opposite direction of the door. You’ll find a tiny piece of land in the middle of the river with a tree and a bush, the second piece of paper should be there.
Then, look towards the left to find a few pieces of Rock. Their gray should be very noticeable against the green of the grass and the yellow of the sand. You’ll find the third and last piece of paper here.
Once you’ve found all the pieces, you will be rewarded with the Akwinduu Chapaa recipe. The recipe itself is pretty expensive, and requires a lot of steps to cook as well. It’s best to either make this with friends or make a bunch at once to use while playing the game.
Sushi
Similar to Sashimi, Sushi also requires a fair bit of RNG to obtain. You need to head to the area below called the Mirror Pond Ruins and start fishing.
The Glow Worm bait is required, and you have to keep fishing until you find a glass bottle with a piece of paper inside it. As with most things which rely on RNG, this could take a while, so patience is a key resource when trying to get this Recipe.
Sushi gives 300 Focus Points and a Major Fishing Rod Health Boost, making it a very useful piece of food. Some rare spices, along with some fishes are required to make it.
Cream of Tomato Soup
This requires a Room key from Reth, which requires you to have Friendship Level 3 with him. Once you have it, visit his room on the location marked below.
Once inside, look directly to the right and you should see a blue covered book on the counter. Read it to get the Cream of Tomato Soup recipe. To cook it, the primary ingredients are Milk, Tomato and Wheat. These aren’t too hard to get, and you’re rewarded with 275 Focus Points.
Cream of Mushroom Soup
This is one of the harder recipes to get, so you’ll more than likely get it towards late game. It requires a Max Friendship Level 4 with Jina. All you have to do is do the Level 4 quest, which requires talking to Hekla.
Hekla wants to cheer Jina up, who’s feeling upset and he needs your help for that. He gives you the Cream of Mushroom recipe to help cheer her up. You need some Mushrooms, Milk, Spice, Wheat, Onion and Garlic to cook Cream of Mushroom Soup. None of these items are particularly hard to get, so you should be fine!
Creamy Carrot Soup
This recipe can be found inside the Library. If you can’t access the library books, you’ll need to keep progressing through story mode.
It’s a green covered book, and can be found towards the right of the Library’s bottom floor.
Making this soup requires Carrots, Milk, Garlic and Spice. It heals 125 Focus Points.
Fish Stew
This is another RNG based recipe, as you’ll need to spend some time fishing at the Coastline close to Beachcomber Cave. The area to fish at is highlighted below.
The bait recommended here is the basic Worm Bait. Once again, we’re going to be fishing until we find a Glass Bottle with the recipe we want inside it. This is especially worth doing in early game, as the Fish Stew is cheap to make but sells for a decent amount.
It requires some Fish Fillet, Garlic and any Spice you have. As said before, it’s recommended to sell it but it’s still a decent choice to eat it instead.
There you have it, a guide for secret recipes and their locations that you can find and sell or eat. Whatever you want to do, these items are very good to use and worth the time and effort required to collect and make!
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