Tears of the Kingdom Recipes to Sell: Best Meals and Elixirs for Rupees
What cooked food sells for in Tears of the Kingdom: the game's price formula, checked against reported prices, and the meals and elixirs that earn the most.
Cooking adds value: a real dish sells for 1.2 to 1.8 times what its ingredients would on their own. This page gives the game’s price formula, checks it against prices that guides and players have reported, and lists the meals and elixirs that earn the most, with where to get their ingredients.
How is the sell price of cooked food worked out?
Add up the sell prices of everything in the pot, multiply by the rate for that many ingredients, and round down.
| Ingredients | Rate |
|---|---|
| 1 | ×1.2 |
| 2 | ×1.3 |
| 3 | ×1.4 |
| 4 | ×1.6 |
| 5 | ×1.8 |
The rates come from the game’s cooking data, as read out by the KingFooZQ cooking simulator (MIT). Only the ingredients count: the reported prices below include dishes with and without an effect, and all match. Two details matter: the game does the maths in 32-bit numbers, which is why five Raw Gourmet Meat (35 × 5 × 1.8) come out at 315 and not 314, and a five-ingredient pot earns the most per ingredient, so cook in fives.
Does the formula match real prices?
Every price we could find reported matches it exactly.
| Dish | Ingredients | Reported | Formula | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meat Skewer | Raw Gourmet Meat ×5 | 315 | 315 | Game8 |
| Meat Skewer | Raw Prime Meat ×5 | 135 | 135 | Game8 |
| Fireproof Elixir | Fireproof Lizard ×3, Molduga Guts ×2 | 423 | 423 | Game8, Polygon |
| Sticky Elixir | Sticky Frog ×3, Horriblin Guts ×2 | 144 | 144 | Game8, Polygon |
| Hearty Fruit and Mushroom Mix | Golden Apple ×3, Big Hearty Truffle ×2 | 133 | 133 | Game8, Polygon |
| Energizing Elixir | Boss Bokoblin Guts ×1, Restless Cricket ×1, Hyrule Herb ×3 | 127 | 127 | Game8, Polygon |
| Spicy Elixir | Horriblin Guts ×3, Warm Darner ×1 | 123 | 123 | Game8, Polygon |
| Hearty Tomato Mushroom Stew | Big Hearty Truffle ×2, Hylian Tomato ×2 | 92 | 92 | Game8, Polygon |
| Warding Meat Skewer | Raw Prime Meat ×2, Dark Clump ×3 | 81 | 81 | Game8, Polygon |
| Hearty Elixir | Lynel Guts ×3, Hearty Lizard ×2 | 1152 | 1152 | Reddit r/TOTK |
Which meals sell for the most?
Five of one ingredient, every combination that sells for 100 rupees or more. Which dish each pot becomes comes from the cooking simulator, which matches pots against the game’s recipe table.
| Dish | Ingredients | Sells for |
|---|---|---|
| Meat Skewer | Raw Gourmet Meat ×5 | 315 |
| Meat Skewer | Raw Whole Bird ×5 | 315 |
| Hearty Mushroom Skewer | Big Hearty Truffle ×5 | 225 |
| Hearty Fried Wild Greens | Big Hearty Radish ×5 | 225 |
| Hearty Fish Skewer | Hearty Salmon ×5 | 180 |
| Fish Skewer | Sanke Carp ×5 | 180 |
| Hearty Mushroom Skewer | Hearty Truffle ×5 | 180 |
| Hearty Fried Wild Greens | Hearty Radish ×5 | 180 |
| Enduring Fried Wild Greens | Endura Carrot ×5 | 180 |
| Hearty Fish Skewer | Hearty Bass ×5 | 162 |
| Energizing Fish Skewer | Staminoka Bass ×5 | 162 |
| Meat Skewer | Raw Prime Meat ×5 | 135 |
| Meat Skewer | Raw Bird Thigh ×5 | 135 |
| Enduring Mushroom Skewer | Endura Shroom ×5 | 135 |
Which elixirs sell for the most?
Monster parts are where the money is. Lynel Guts and Gleeok Guts sell for 200 rupees each, the most of any monster part you can cook, and an elixir needs only one critter to go with them. The table gives each elixir with its best-selling critter and four Lynel Guts; four Gleeok Guts sell exactly the same.
| Dish | Ingredients | Sells for |
|---|---|---|
| Energizing Elixir | Energetic Rhino Beetle ×1, Lynel Guts ×4 | 1494 |
| Hearty Elixir | Hearty Lizard ×1, Lynel Guts ×4 | 1476 |
| Enduring Elixir | Tireless Frog ×1, Lynel Guts ×4 | 1476 |
| Sticky Elixir | Sticky Frog ×1, Lynel Guts ×4 | 1458 |
| Fireproof Elixir | Fireproof Lizard ×1, Lynel Guts ×4 | 1449 |
| Mighty Elixir | Bladed Rhino Beetle ×1, Lynel Guts ×4 | 1447 |
| Tough Elixir | Rugged Rhino Beetle ×1, Lynel Guts ×4 | 1447 |
| Hasty Elixir | Hot-Footed Frog ×1, Lynel Guts ×4 | 1443 |
| Chilly Elixir | Cold Darner ×1, Lynel Guts ×4 | 1443 |
| Spicy Elixir | Summerwing Butterfly ×1, Lynel Guts ×4 | 1443 |
| Electro Elixir | Electric Darner ×1, Lynel Guts ×4 | 1443 |
| Sneaky Elixir | Sunset Firefly ×1, Lynel Guts ×4 | 1443 |
| Bright Elixir | Deep Firefly ×1, Lynel Guts ×4 | 1443 |
Lynel Guts drop from Blue-Maned Lynels (20%), White-Maned Lynels (60%) and Silver Lynels (always), never from a red one; Gleeok Guts from King Gleeoks (always) and from Frost, Flame and Thunder Gleeoks (10%) — see the Lynel and Gleeok pages for where they are. The Fireproof Elixir of three Fireproof Lizards and two Molduga Guts (423) is the cheaper version most guides list; Molduga Guts come from the four Moldugas.
How do you farm meat for Meat Skewers?
Game8’s route uses a Honeyvore Bear ridden by a Bokoblin near Sikukuu Shrine, southeast of the Thyphlo Ruins Skyview Tower.
- Finish Koltin’s side adventure The Hunt for Bubbul Gems! (he is near Pico Pond) to get the Bokoblin Mask, and wear it: the rider will approach without attacking. Turn off any Sage’s Vows so your companions don’t attack either.
- Save when you see the rider, then shoot only the bear.
- Pick the meat up quickly — the Bokoblin may eat it — then save and reload. The bear respawns, so repeat steps 2 and 3.
Later in the story the red Bokoblin is replaced by a Silver Bokoblin (Game8).
A Honeyvore Bear drops two or three items: Raw Prime Meat (60% each), Raw Gourmet Meat (30%) or Courser Bee Honey (10%), by the game’s drop table as read by zeldamods’ radar. Five Raw Prime Meat still make a 135-rupee skewer.
Where do you sell cooked food?
Any merchant buys it — Beedle at the stables, and the shops in towns and settlements (Game8).
Related
- Recipe finder — what you can cook with what you have
- All recipes — the recipe book in the game’s order
- Best recipes — the 15 effects and Critical Success
- Horse God recipes — the other thing worth cooking vegetables for
FAQ
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