Everything You Need To Know About Cooking Meals In Xenoblade Chronicles 3

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Manana's Kitchen Meals

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 offers many ways to buff your stats, with Gems, Accessories, and leveling up among the most crucial ways to do so. However, acquiring recipes and having Meals at Rest Spots is another excellent way to obtain helpful buffs, even if they are temporary.

While Meal Effects aren't permanent, their ability to provide you with more EXP, CP, Gold, and much more make them a powerful tool to utilize, especially if you want to maximize potential rewards and payouts from boss encounters or Unique Monsters. There are many recipes and Meals to create in Xenoblade Chronicles 3, allowing you to pick the one that provides the buffs you need when you need them. So long as you have them unlocked, that is.

Updated September 25, 2022, by Seth Parmer: We have updated this guide to include the remaining recipes and Meals we missed the first time through and removed the Meal Effect Duration from each Meal due to your ability to increase it via Affinity Ranks. And, since Meals actually work in Xenoblade Chronicles 3, these will be more useful to you now than ever!

Colony Canteen Meals

[From left to right] Taion, Sena, and Mio Discussing a Topic in Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Colony Canteen Meals are dinners you can purchase with Gold from liberated Colonies, which will unlock a recipe for Manana's Kitchen, allowing her to create a new meal at Camps and other Rest Spots. Canteen Meals will only have one Meal Effect and tend to have a shorter duration than whatever Manana whips up while on the road. Nonetheless, you can find every Colony Canteen Meal below!

Please note that we have removed the Duration of each Meal because it varies based on your Affinity Rank. Your Meal Effect Duration will fluctuate throughout the game, so we did not include it to avoid confusion!

Fish-Fillet Toastie

Meal	Meal Effects	Price	Colony	Unlocks
Fish-Fillet Toastie	Increases Drop Rate from enemies by 20 percent.	700 Gold	Colony 30	Brisky-Breezy Toastie Meal

Riverbird Crispygrill

Meal	Meal Effects	Price	Colony	Unlocks
Riverbird Crispygrill	Boosts Gold drop rate from enemies by 30 percent.	1,400 Gold	Colony Iota	Full-Filling Crispygrill

Yapolta Veggie-Beans

Meal	Meal Effects	Price	Colony	Unlocks
Yapolta Veggie-Beans	Boosts CP gains by 20 percent.	800 Gold	Colony 9	Feisty-Spicy Zestbeans

Meat 'n' Veg Leclati

Meal	Meal Effects	Price	Colony	Unlocks
Meat 'n' Veg Leclati	Boosts Gold drop rate from enemies by 20 percent.	900 Gold	Colony Gamma	Stringy-Wingy Veggie Leclati

Redfish Grillwrap

Meal	Meal Effects	Price	Colony	Unlocks
Redfish Grillwrap	Boosts EXP gains by 20 percent.	1,000 Gold	Colony Lambda	Squishy-Fishy Grillwrap

Maktha Ever-Greens

Meal	Meal Effects	Price	Colony	Unlocks
Maktha Ever-Greens	Increases Drop Rate from enemies by 30 percent.	1,100 Gold	Colony Tau	Well-Dressed Maktha Salad

Mild Game Stew

Meal	Meal Effects	Price	Colony	Unlocks
Mild Game Stew	Boosts CP gains by 30 percent.	1,300 Gold	Colony 11	Mild Fizzle-Sizzle Stew

Acqua Pazza à la City

Meal	Meal Effects	Price	Colony	Unlocks
Acqua Pazza à la City	Boosts EXP gains by 25 percent.	1,500 Gold	City	Cerise-Caprice Acqua Pazza

Sunny-Style Fish Pie

Meal	Meal Effects	Price	Colony	Unlocks
Sunny-Style Fish Pie	Boosts Collectible rates by 40 percent.	1,500 Gold	Colony Mu	Creamy-Dreamy Fish Pie

Erythia Sashimi Plate

Meal	Meal Effects	Price	Colony	Unlocks
Erythia Sashimi Plate	Boosts CP gains by 40 percent.	1,800 Gold	Agnus Castle	Highly-Piley Ocean's Bounty

Manana's Kitchen Meals

Manana Serving Squishy-Fishy Grillwrap in Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Manana's Kitchen is where your unlocked recipes from Colony Canteens go, allowing her to make you and your party a meal that contains two Meal Effects that last much longer than what you get from the Colonies. However, since these meals are being made by Manana and are of higher quality, you will need to scavenge for ingredients when exploring the open world to have her make them. But, if you lack the required materials, you can spend one Silver Nopon Coin to make the Meal without them. Here's everything available in Manana's Kitchen!

Manana's Battle Soup

Meal	Meal Effects	Ingredients	How To Get
Manana's Battle Soup	Boosts EXP and CP by five percent.	x2 Glitter Radish x2 Comet Carrot x1 Bunnit Meat	Default Dish

Brisky-Breezy Toastie

Meal	Meal Effects	Ingredients	How To Get
Brisky-Breezy Toastie	Increases Drop Rate from enemies and Collectible rates by 15 percent.	x2 Garaffa Tenderloin x3 Powdered Wheat x1 Salty Cabbage x1 Smalnut x1 Quinini	Order '*Fish-Fillet Toasty' from the Colony 30 Canteen*

Full-Filling Crispygrill

Meal	Meal Effects	Ingredients	How To Get
Full-Filling Crispygrill	Boosts Gold drop rate from enemies by 25 percent and Collectible rates by 15 percent.	x1 Cured Armu Sirloin x1 Scarlet Lychee x2 Razzle Basil x1 Elegant Pummelo x3 Skeeter Honey	Order '*Riverbird Crispygrill' from the Colony Iota Canteen*

Feisty-Spicy Zestbeans

Meal	Meal Effects	Ingredients	How To Get
Feisty-Spicy Zestbeans	Boosts CP gains by 15 percent and Collectible rates by five percent.	x2 Cured Armu Sirloin x2 Muscat Noir x3 Million-Leaf Dill x1 Armored Chestnut x2 Minionion	Order '*Yapolta Veggie-Beans' from the Colony 9 Canteen*

Stringy-Wingy Veggie Laclati

Meal	Meal Effects	Ingredients	How To Get
Stringy-Wingy Veggie Leclati	Boosts EXP gains by five percent and Gold drop rates from enemies by 15 percent.	x2 Full-Bodied Ardun Meat x2 Bafflestripe Gourd x2 Filling Onion x3 Paste Bean x1 King Marigold	Order '*Meat 'n' Veg Leclati' from the Gamma Canteen*

Squishy-Fishy Grillwrap

Meal	Meal Effects	Ingredients	How To Get
Squishy-Fishy Grillwrap	Boosts EXP gains by 15 percent and Collectible rates by five percent.	x2 Refreshing Piranhax Meat x2 Silverseed x2 Clusterelle x1 Plate Pothos x2 Condimenut	Order '*Redfish Grillwrap' from the Lambda Canteen*

Well-Dressed Maktha Salad

Meal	Meal Effects	Ingredients	How To Get
Well-Dressed Maktha Salad	Boosts Gold drop rate from enemies by ten percent and drop rates from enemies by 20 percent.	x4 Compressed Ansel Meat x2 Purple Pepper x3 Jasper Coriander x1 Monstrum Mango x2 Aldae Evridae	Order '*Maktha Ever-Greens' from the Colony Tau Canteen*

Mild Fizzle-Sizzle Stew

Meal	Meal Effects	Ingredients	How To Get
Mild Fizzle-Sizzle Stew	Boosts CP gains by 20 percent and Collectible rates by ten percent.	x4 Compressed Ansel Meat x2 Purple Pepper x3 Jasper Coriander x1 Monstrum Mango x2 Aldae Evridae	Order '*Mild Game Stew' from the Colony 11 Canteen*

Cerise-Caprice Acqua Pazza

Meal	Meal Effects	Ingredients	How To Get
Cerise-Caprice Acqua Pazza	Boosts EXP gains by 20 percent and Gold drop rates from enemies by ten percent.	x2 Refreshing Piranhax Meat x1 Whisper Tomato x3 Bizarrenacle x1 Ring Guava x2 Metamorphosage	Order 'Acqua Pazza à la City' from the Michiba Canteen (City)

Creamy-Dreamy Fish Pie

Meal	Meal Effects	Ingredients	How To Get
Creamy-Dreamy Fish Pie	Increases Drop Rate from enemies by 20 percent and Collectible rates by 45 percent.	x3 Fatty Serprond Fillet x2 Rainbow Boronia x3 Babybubble Berry x2 Neo Walnut x2 Squeezy Lime	Order 'Sunny-Style Fish Pie' from the Colony Mu Canteen

Highly-Piley Ocean's Bounty

Meal	Meal Effects	Ingredients	How To Get
Highly-Piley Ocean's Bounty	Boosts CP gains by 30 percent and increases Enemy Drop rates by ten percent.	x2 Glowing Gyaark Fin x2 Farry Serprond Fillet x1 Quality Red Krodlax Meat x1 Dish Philodendron x3 Galaxy Swirl	Order 'Erythia Sashimi Plate' from the Station Breakroom Canteen (Agnus Castle)

Manana's Battle Soup DX

Meal	Meal Effects	Ingredients	How To Get
Manana's Battle Soup DX	Boosts EXP gains by 15 percent, boosts CP gains by ten percent, and increases Enemy Drop rates by 15 percent.	x1 Glitter Radish x1 Comet Carrot x3 Transcendent Tenderloin	Unlocked after completing Side Story: Eunie Ascension Quest

Manana's Miso Soup

Meal	Meal Effects	Ingredients	How To Get
Manana's Miso Soup	Boosts EXP gains by 15 percent, boosts CP gains by 25 percent, and increases Collectible rates by 20 percent.	x2 Glitter Radish x2 Comet Carrot x1 Bunnit Meat x1 Miso	Unlocked after completing Happiness Ascension Quest

Miyabi's Rice Special

Meal	Meal Effects	Ingredients	How To Get
Miyabi's Rice Special	Boosts CP gains by 15 percent, boosts Gold drop rates from enemies by 15 percent, and increases Enemy Drop rates by 20 percent.	x3 Smushi Rice x2 Glitter Radish x1 Refreshing Piranhax Meat x2 Soyprimo Sauce	Unlocked after completing Happiness Ascension Quest

Manana Doodlenoodles

Meal	Meal Effects	Ingredients	How To Get
Manana Doodlenoodles	Boosts EXP and CP gains by 35 percent.	x1 Mottlemarble Aries Meat x1 Lucky Marrin Thickcuts x1 Cozy Rhogul Egggems x1 Killjoy Crustip Meat	Unlocked after completing Happiness Ascension Quest

Shiny-Briny Lobster Boil

Meal	Meal Effects	Ingredients	How To Get
Shiny-Briny Lobster Boil	Boosts Gold drop rates from enemies by 30 percent, boosts Enemy Drop rates by 25 percent, and increases Collectible rates by ten percent.	x1 Jade Lobster x3 Potatwo x1 Amethyst Melon x3 White Melonball	Unlocked after completing Happiness Ascension Quest

Monicurry Special

Meal	Meal Effects	Ingredients	How To Get
Monicurry Special	Boosts EXP gains by 15 percent, boosts Gold drop rates from enemies by 25 percent, and increases Enemy Drop rates by 20 percent.	x3 Tasty Sausage x1 Pink Asparagus x3 Thousand Carrot x2 Frangible Yam x1 Lucky Spice	Unlocked after completing Happiness Ascension Quest