Tears of the Kingdom Horse God Recipes: Every Meal Malanya Wants
The meals Malanya, the Horse God, takes to upgrade a horse's Strength, Speed, Stamina and Pull in Tears of the Kingdom, how to cook them, and where he is.
Malanya, the Horse God, revives horses and, new in Tears of the Kingdom, upgrades them — for food. This page gives every meal he takes for each star of each trait, how to cook those meals, and how to get him started.
Where is the Horse God?
Malanya has moved his spring from the Lake of the Horse God in Faron to Bloodleaf Lake in Akkala (Zelda Dungeon). The game hints at it too: sleep in a Malanya bed at a stable and he may tell you, “In northeast Hyrule…near a stable in Akkala… I am waiting…”. A Malanya bed costs 7 Pony Points to unlock.
He is asleep in a bud at first. By his own words, it was an Endura Carrot that gave him “the energy to emerge from my bud”. After that:
- Revive a horse that has died: bring a Roasted Endura Carrot (“Come back here with a roasted endura carrot, and I will revive your horse”, he tells you).
- Enhance a horse: pick a trait and hand over the meals in the table below.
What does each trait do?
In Malanya’s own words when he upgrades it:
| Trait | What it improves |
|---|---|
| Strength | “Your horse’s constitution will now be more robust—its body more resilient.” |
| Speed | “Your horse will now be able to run farther and faster than ever before.” |
| Stamina | “Your horse should now be able to dash more often without tiring out.” |
| Pull | “Your horse will now be able to drag heavier objects.” |
Each trait goes up to five stars, and he raises one star at a time (Game8).
Which meals does each upgrade take?
| Trait | ★★ | ★★★ | ★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strength | Fried Wild Greens ×1 | Copious Fried Wild Greens ×1 | Veggie Rice Balls ×3, Copious Fried Wild Greens ×3 | Vegetable Curry ×3, Hot Buttered Apple ×3, Carrot Cake ×3 |
| Speed | Fried Wild Greens ×1 | Salt-Grilled Greens ×1 | Glazed Veggies ×3, Steamed Tomatoes ×3 | Vegetable Omelet ×3, Veggie Cream Soup ×3, Apple Pie ×3 |
| Stamina | Fried Wild Greens ×1 | Herb Sauté ×1 | Honeyed Apple ×3, Veggie Porridge ×3 | Vegetable Risotto ×3, Carrot Stew ×3, Cream of Vegetable Soup ×3 |
| Pull | Fried Wild Greens ×1 | Veggie Rice Balls ×1 | Copious Fried Wild Greens ×3, Veggie Porridge ×3 | Hot Buttered Apple ×3, Carrot Stew ×3, Veggie Cream Soup ×3 |
The table is Zelda Dungeon’s, checked against Game8’s: they agree on every cell from ★★★ up. For ★★ Zelda Dungeon lists Fried Wild Greens for all four traits, while Game8’s table shows it under Strength only. The game backs the dish list: in the Malanya-bed messages he says he hungers for Copious Fried Wild Greens, Vegetable Curry, Hot Buttered Apple, Carrot Cake, Veggie Cream Soup, Carrot Stew, Cream of Vegetable Soup, Glazed Veggies, Steamed Tomatoes, Vegetable Omelet, Apple Pie, Herb Sauté and Vegetable Risotto — each with the ingredients it takes.
How do you cook the meals?
The 18 dishes in the table, with every recipe from the game’s cooking data. “Any plant or vegetable” means any ingredient of that kind.
| Recipe | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Steamed Tomatoes | Any plant or vegetable + Hylian Tomato | 4¹ | — |
| 16 | Fried Wild Greens | Any plant or vegetable + Any plant or vegetable or Stambulb + Goat Butter + Dark Clump or Any plant or vegetable | 1¹ | — |
| 17 | Copious Fried Wild Greens | Any plant or vegetable + Any plant or vegetable + Any plant or vegetable + Any plant or vegetable | 3¹ | — |
| 28 | Salt-Grilled Greens | Any plant or vegetable + Rock Salt | 2¹ | — |
| 35 | Herb Sauté | Any plant or vegetable + Goron Spice | 2¹ | — |
| 53 | Cream of Vegetable Soup | Any plant or vegetable + Rock Salt + Fresh Milk | 3¹ | — |
| 54 | Veggie Cream Soup | Fortified Pumpkin / Swift Carrot / Endura Carrot / Sun Pumpkin + Rock Salt + Fresh Milk | 2¹ | — |
| 60 | Glazed Veggies | Any plant or vegetable + Courser Bee Honey | 6¹ | — |
| 65 | Vegetable Curry | Fortified Pumpkin / Swift Carrot / Endura Carrot / Sun Pumpkin + Hylian Rice + Goron Spice | 3¹ | — |
| 74 | Carrot Stew | Swift Carrot / Endura Carrot + Goat Butter + Fresh Milk + Tabantha Wheat | 4¹ | — |
| 80 | Vegetable Risotto | Fortified Pumpkin / Swift Carrot / Endura Carrot / Sun Pumpkin + Hylian Rice + Rock Salt + Goat Butter | 3¹ | — |
| 100 | Veggie Rice Balls | Any plant or vegetable + Hylian Rice | 4¹ | — |
| 104 | Veggie Porridge | Any plant or vegetable + Hylian Rice + Fresh Milk | 5¹ | — |
| 113 | Vegetable Omelet | Any plant or vegetable + Bird Egg + Goat Butter + Rock Salt | 4¹ | — |
| 116 | Hot Buttered Apple | Apple / Golden Apple + Goat Butter | 2¹ | — |
| 118 | Honeyed Apple | Apple / Golden Apple + Courser Bee Honey | 5¹ | — |
| 127 | Carrot Cake | Swift Carrot / Endura Carrot + Tabantha Wheat + Cane Sugar + Goat Butter | 3¹ | — |
| 131 | Apple Pie | Apple / Golden Apple + Tabantha Wheat + Goat Butter + Cane Sugar | 3¹ | — |
Taking a horse from one star to five in all four traits takes the four ★★ Fried Wild Greens, four ★★★ meals, 24 meals for ★★★★ and 36 for ★★★★★ — fewer if it starts with more stars. Tabantha Wheat, Goat Butter, Fresh Milk, Hylian Rice, Rock Salt and Cane Sugar turn up again and again, so stock them before the last two stars.
Related
- Recipe finder — tick what is in your pouch and see which of these you can cook
- Enduring recipes — the Endura Carrot and the other Enduring ingredients
- All recipes — the recipe book in the game’s order
- Recipes to sell — what cooked food earns
FAQ
Where is the Horse God in Tears of the Kingdom?
What does the Horse God want to upgrade a horse?
Can you upgrade the Giant Horse?
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