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Cooking Expert achievement in FFXV

Cooking Expert

Reached maximum cooking level.

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How to unlock the Cooking Expert achievement

  • ASquishyHamsterASquishyHamster
    01 Dec 2016 01 Dec 2016
    Cooking is leveled up by simply cooking. In order to be able to cook you have to camp at Havens. Resting anywhere else will not let you cook anything.

    The best way i found to grind this out is to go fish up a bunch of trout and buy or gather Leiden peppers. You can make Skewered Wild Trout with those. Just sit at a Haven and keep camping and cooking that. It took about 10 to get from level 9 to 10.

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    DoctorViRuZtEkI have problem too. Have you solved?

    EDIT: I have solved deleting ONLY local save and retry with an old save game
    Posted by DoctorViRuZtEk on 02 May 17 at 13:51
    OwlsNewtsFor issues with any of the four "reaching maximum fishing/survival/cooking/photography level" achievements not popping immediately, just give them a bit of a wait. I unlocked most of them after a maximum of about 15 minutes.
    Posted by OwlsNewts on 09 Oct 17 at 10:10
    robthehermitHit level 10 and the achievement didn't pop for me until I camped again about 12 hours later.
    Posted by robthehermit on 03 Jan 18 at 15:21
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  • Vr EnglishVr English
    18 Feb 2017 18 Feb 2017 22 Feb 2018
    So I worked out what brings up your cooking level the quickest per meal... and the answer is, the level of the buffs it bestows. Something with several level 10 buffs will give far more than the early game meals. A fairly easy meal is the mother child rice bowl:
    "To unlock the Mother and Child Rice Bowl recipe, you need to see a woman at Overlook in Lestallum eating." - Edit - the overlook is the part at the front of Lestallum, she'll be by the picnic tables.

    INGREDIENTS

    Chickatrice Leg
    Birdbeast Egg
    Saxham Rice
    BONUSES

    HP Boost (Level 20): Increases maximum HP by 1,000.
    EXP Boost (Level 3): Increases experience points earned by 30%.
    Perception Boost (Level 5): Increases perception by 50%."

    You can buy the Saxham rice and the Chickatrice legs and Birdbeast Eggs between Wiz's outpost and Lestallum. Bonus to this is you can also get +1 AP for it being a favourite food. Alternatively, my suggestion would be to save this till late game and mass buy some ingredients from Cape Caem and Lestallum. I found the meals that required Fine Cleigne Wheat were a good call.

    Whatever method you choose the quickest way to cook is mass camp at one camp site using high buff bestowing meals. If you wish to couple this with AP Farming and Gladio's Survival skill, you can max out the camping AP earners and then run between the 3 camps around hammerhead. Each different camp you choose gives you bonus AP (as long as its different from the last).

    P.S. For people who own the DLC which gives you the Cheese Pizza recipe, DON'T cook it as it will not increase your cooking level. (Gourmet DLC, currently free at least in EU)
  • OHugheyIIIOHugheyIII
    21 Dec 2016 21 Dec 2016
    The fastest way I have found in cooking is to visit Lestallum and visit the vendor that sells mystery meat and buy 99 of them. Return to the Regalia and travel to Lingagh Haven (camping spot North and a little west of the Disc where you acquired Titan and the Tomb of the Mystic). Continue to camp and make Mystery Meat Sushi. Wash, rinse, repeat. The amount needed is not exact, but you will reach level 10 in an hour, maybe two depending on the level.
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    Legit SpamIt's the grocer at Falstar Foods. Called Luncheon Meat to clarify.
    Posted by Legit Spam on 07 Dec 17 at 15:50
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