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Moonlight Peaks Cooking Guide

  • Cooking Station recipes
  • Stamina recovery per dish
  • Cooking minigame mechanics
  • Best dishes ranked

Moonlight Peaks cooking guide: all recipes, stamina rankings, ingredients & cooking station tips.

🍽️ Cooking tip

Gluhwein and Gazpacho restore the most stamina — cook them at the Cooking Station when you unlock the recipe. Savory hot dishes beat desserts every time: a Fishy Burger gives 35 stamina while a Lollipop gives 1. See the dish table below for all 22 reported recipes ranked by stamina recovery.

Quick Cooking Answer

Stamina in one line: Gluhwein and Gazpacho Soup top the dish table — savory hot meals beat desserts for nightly energy.

Cooking is live in retail per launch-week reviews — a minigame with unlockable recipes at the Cooking Station. Gluhwein and Gazpacho Soup restore the most stamina; desserts barely restore any. The table below ranks 22 from community guides dishes by stamina recovery so you can plan your nightly food bar. Values are from community guides (Wiki + Neoseeker + wiki.gg cross-checked).

Best next stops: dish stamina table · stamina foods · ingredient crops

All Reported Dishes — Stamina Recovery Ranked

Bottom line: Savory hot dishes and cocktails restore the most stamina; desserts barely restore any — sell or gift them instead. Values below are reported (Wiki + Neoseeker + wiki.gg cross-checked). Gluhwein and Gazpacho show conflicting values across sources — marked Reported — check in-game pending confirmation.

DishStaminaSource
Gluhwein60–70 (reported)Cooking Station
Gazpacho Soup40–50 (reported)Cooking Station
Fishy Burger35 (reported)Cooking Station
Farmer's Stew25 (reported)Cooking Station
Violet Sashimi20 (reported)Cooking Station
Veggie Burger15 (reported)Cooking Station
Puk's Pizza15 (reported)Cooking Station
Pumpkin Stew15 (reported)Cooking Station
Chococake4 (reported)Cooking Station
Irish Coffee4 (reported)Cooking Station
Roulade Cake3 (reported)Cooking Station
Pumpkin Pie3 (reported)Cooking Station
Red Velvet Cupcake3 (reported)Cooking Station
Strawberry Pie2 (reported)Cooking Station
Lemon Cupcake2 (reported)Cooking Station
Raspberry Cupcake2 (reported)Cooking Station
Ollebrod2 (reported)Cooking Station
Tortilla2 (reported)Cooking Station
Bread1 (reported)Cooking Station
Fried Egg1 (reported)Cooking Station
Lollipop1 (reported)Cooking Station
Black Rose Tea0 (reported)Cooking Station

Gluhwein and Gazpacho Soup show conflicting values across sources (Wiki=70/50, Neoseeker=60/40). Both are marked Reported — check in-game pending confirmation. The delta is consistent (+10 on Wiki), possibly due to quality scaling.

Neoseeker lists 85+ additional dishes not found in other sources — these are held as single-source and not included here. If a second source confirms them, they will be added. For the full stamina food ranking, see /stamina-guide#best-foods-table.

🍳 Cooking Station

The Cooking Station is the workstation where you turn raw ingredients into cooked dishes. Launch-week reviews confirm a cooking minigame with unlockable recipes — we describe the mechanics, not ingredient quantities (not published on this site yet).

What it is

A workstation that turns raw ingredients into cooked dishes via a minigame — reported in retail per launch-week reviews.

How to unlock

Recipes unlock as you progress — exact unlock triggers not published on this site yet.

Stamina restored

Savory hot dishes restore the most (up to 60–70); desserts and snacks barely restore any (0–4).

Mana recovery

No per-dish mana recovery values are published by any source — the gap is noted honestly.

How to Cook

A framework cooking workflow — no per-recipe ingredient lists or unlock triggers published on this site yet. Adapt to your ingredient supply and night window.

  1. 1

    Unlock the Cooking Station — reported via recipe unlocks through the cooking minigame.

  2. 2

    Gather ingredients from farming, foraging, and fishing lanes.

  3. 3

    Interact with the Cooking Station to start the cooking minigame.

  4. 4

    Complete the minigame to produce the dish — each recipe restores a set amount of stamina.

💡 Pro tip: Pair cooking with your farming lane — surplus crops like pumpkins and fish become ingredients for high-stamina dishes. See /farming-guide and /fishing-guide.

Best Dishes for Stamina

If you only cook three things, make them Gluhwein (60–70 stamina), Gazpacho (40–50), and Fishy Burger (35). These three cover your nightly stamina bar more efficiently than any dessert or snack. For the full ranking, see the dish table above.

⚠️ No mana values: No source publishes per-dish mana recovery. We do not invent values — the gap is noted honestly. Stamina powers tools; mana powers spells. See /stamina-guide for the full stamina vs mana breakdown.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there cooking in Moonlight Peaks?

Yes — cooking is live in retail per launch-week reviews. A cooking minigame with unlockable recipes at the Cooking Station. Marketing emphasizes potion-making and hobbies, but cooking is confirmed in-game. Potions database

What replaces cooking for food buffs?

Cooking and potion-making are separate lanes — no confirmed food stamina rankings yet. Potion qty stays empty on /potions. Stamina guide

Where do recipes live on this site?

Not published yet. This guide confirms the retail mechanism only — catalog recipes[] stays empty without confirmed ingredient rows. Crafting guide

Could cooking change in a patch?

We refresh from dated /events and publisher posts only — no speculation beyond cited launch-week reviews. Updates

What's Next?

Dive into stamina management, ingredient farming, fishing, or foraging — every link below continues the cooking conversation without repeating it.

Community findings can change as players explore the full game. Use this guide as a starting point, and submit a correction if something no longer matches your game.