Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter: How to Get All Cooking Recipes

Cooking in Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter does two things at once. It hands you free healing food you can carry into battle, and the first time you successfully make a recipe it gives the whole party a permanent stat increase. The catch is that you have to learn a recipe before you can cook it, either by eating the dish or picking it up from a chest, and towns cannot be revisited once you leave them.

Quick answer: Most recipes are learned by buying and eating meals at shops in each new area, with a handful sitting in treasure chests. Buy and try everything on arrival, because several dishes appear in only one place and can be missed for good.

You cannot backtrack to earlier towns. A recipe you skip in an early chapter is permanently locked, and so is the stat boost tied to it.

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How recipe stat boosts work

Each recipe grants its permanent boost only on the first successful cook. After that, the same dish just produces healing food or an attack item. The boost applies to every party member, so clearing out a shop’s menu early pays off across the whole roster.

Shop meals are learned the moment you eat them, so purchase and consume each new dish.
Chest recipes are learned once you grab the item inside.
A few recipes come from talking to specific NPCs or clearing side quests.
Customized dishes are created when a specific character cooks a base recipe.

Prologue recipes

Recipe	Location	Boost
Nature’s Font	Complete the cooking tutorial	Max HP +60
Herb Sandwich	Phyllis’ Kitchen	STR +3
Jam Cookie	Chest in Balstar Channel	DEF +3

Chapter 1 recipes

Recipe	Location	Boost
Rotund Meatballs	Chest in Sapphril Tower	SPD +2
Minnow’s Keep	Air-Letten Cafeteria	DEF +4
Roasted Fish Belly	Aqua Rossa Bar	ADF +3
Sea Breeze Soup	Aqua Rossa Bar	Support EXP +300
Azelia Kiss	Lavantar Casino & Bar	ATS +3
Ocean Froth	The White Magnolia	HP +80
Seaside Paradise	The White Magnolia	STR +4
Toasty Potato Wedges	Jenis Royal Academy Cafeteria	ATS +4
Royal Gelato	Jenis Royal Academy Cafeteria	ADF +4
Young Lady Platter	Jenis Royal Academy Cafeteria	EXP +600

Chapter 2 recipes

Recipe	Location	Boost
Mysterious Paste	Priam’s Drink Shop	ATS +5
Magma Wings	Forgel Bar	HP +100
Acerbic Tomato Sandwich	Forgel Bar	DEF +5
Fruit Kingdom	Forgel Bar	STR +5
Golden Risotto	Sankteim Gate Cafeteria	STR +6
Continental Egg	Maple Leaf Inn	ADF +5
Passionate Egg Roll	Maple Leaf Inn	EXP +900
Top-Rated Shake	Maple Leaf Inn	HP +120
Septium Jelly-Beans	Chest in Hot Spring Source	DEF +6

Chapter 3 recipes

Recipe	Location	Boost
Agile Popcorn	Gaspard’s Popcorn Stand	EXP +1200
Sweet Crepe	Nonna’s Crepe Shop	HP +140
Mystery Crepe	Nonna’s Crepe Shop	STR +7
Homemade Faux Pie	Sunnybell Inn	ATS +6
Refined Carapace	Sunnybell Inn	ADF +6
Sandman’s Demise	Baral Coffee House	ADF +7
Curry of Dreams	Baral Coffee House	EXP +1500
Sunshine Ice Cream	Sorbet’s Ice Cream Shop	DEF +7
Moonlight Ice Cream	Sorbet’s Ice Cream Shop	ATS +7
Bone-In Meat	Chest in Grancel Sewers (east side)	HP +160

Chapter 4 recipes

Recipe	Location	Boost
Dual Layer Tempura	Gurune Gate Cafeteria	SPD +2
Silken Soup	Abend Bar	STR +8
Spring Spiral Noodles	Abend Bar	DEF +8
Strawberry Supreme Crepe	Abend Bar	ATS +8
Three-Egg Rice Porridge	Abend Bar	ADF +8
Maelstrom Soup	Chest in Esmelas Tower	None

Chapter 5 recipes

Three dishes here come from people and quests rather than a store counter. Speak to Hanna at Perzel Farm before you leave Rolent for Herbal Squeeze, clear the Recipe Reminiscence quest for Spiced Stew, and talk to Whemler in Nebel Valley for Dark Stew.

Recipe	Location	Boost
Herbal Squeeze	Hanna at Perzel Farm	HP +180
Spiced Stew	Recipe Reminiscence quest	STR +9
Refreshing Jelly	Caterina’s Shop	DEF +9
Angular Castella	Caterina’s Shop	ATS +9
Crimson Monster Stew	Kirsche Bar	ADF +9
Toasty Tide Soup	Kirsche Bar	EXP +2100
Dark Stew	Whemler in Nebel Valley	EXP +2400
Attention Grabber	Haken Gate Rest Area	ADF +10
Eastern Fried Fish	Kingfisher Inn	STR +10
Miso Simmered Fish	Kingfisher Inn	DEF +10
Berserker Fish	Kingfisher Inn	ATS +10

Chapter 6 recipes

Both Chapter 6 recipes sit in chests, so watch the environment closely. Green Cookie is on the third-floor balcony of the Factory, and Spicy Meatball is on the second level of The Glorious — Bow.

Recipe	Location	Boost
Green Cookie	Chest on the Factory 3rd-floor balcony	HP +220
Spicy Meatball	Chest in The Glorious — Bow, 2nd level	SPD +2

Chapter 7 recipes

Recipe	Location	Boost
Seafood Gelatin	Arseille Cafeteria	STR +11
Victor’s Steak	Arseille Cafeteria	DEF +11
Platinum Risotto	Arseille Cafeteria	ATS +11

Chapter 8 recipes

Chapter 8 spreads recipes across several returning towns plus quest rewards. Speak to Ray at the Krone Pass Checkpoint for Aurora Beans, complete the Academy Attack quest for Mighty Essence, and clear the Hot Spring Salvation side quest for Ultra-Concentrated Herbal Tea.

Recipe	Location	Boost
Profound Paste	Buck’s Produce Shop (Bose)	ATS +12
Boney Meat	Trayton Foods (Bose)	DEF +12
Giblet Tempura	Kingfisher Inn (Bose)	HP +240
Pinkish Delight	Kingfisher Inn (Bose)	STR +12
Aurora Beans	Ray at Krone Pass Checkpoint	STR +15
Mighty Essence	Academy Attack quest	ADF +12
Aidios’ Paradise	Priam’s Drink Shop (Zeiss)	ADF +11
Mountain Man Stew	Maple Leaf Inn (Elmo Village)	DEF +15
Ultra-Concentrated Herbal Tea	Hot Spring Salvation quest	EXP +3000
Protein Hot Pot	Sanktheim Gate Cafeteria	ATS +15
Ultima Ice Cream	Sorbet’s Ice Cream Shop (Grancel)	EXP +2700

Final Chapter recipes

Recipe	Location	Boost
Bitter Omelet	Arseille Cafeteria	ADF +15
Resurrection Jelly	Terminal in Cradle — Residence 1	EXP +3500
Ancient Steak	Chest in Industrial District (Factoria)	SPD +2

Customized meals and who cooks them

Customized dishes are unlocked when a specific party member cooks a base recipe you have already learned. Only that character can create the customized version, and each grants its own boost. Line up the right cook with the right base meal to fill out the set.

Customized meal	Base meal	Chef	Boost
Ham & Egg Feast	Herb Sandwich	Estelle	ACC +2
Breeze Basil Pasta	Sea Breeze Soup	Scherazard	EVA +2
White Chiffon Cake	Fruit Kingdom	Kloe	SPD +3
Omelet Pilaf	Passionate Egg Roll	Tita	AEV +2
Red Wine Curry	Curry of Dreams	Olivier	EVA +2
Tiger Dragon Stir-Fry	Three-Egg Rice Porridge	Zin	SPD +3
Pom Pom Cookie	Green Cookie	Tita	SPD +3
Draconic Meatball	Spicy Meatball	Agate	ACC +3
Homemade Seafood Risotto	Platinum Risotto	Estelle	AEV +2
Plump Salisbury Steak	Victor’s Steak	Joshua	CRT +2
Taito School Hot Pot	Mountain Man Stew	Zin	EVA +2
Mom’s Omelet & Chicken Rice	Bitter Omelet	Estelle	ADF +15
Flamboyant Candy Lei	Aurora Beans	Olivier	ACC +2
Compote Jelly	Resurrection Jelly	Joshua	SPD +3
Bustling Meatloaf	Ancient Steak	Kloe	AEV +2

You will know a recipe registered when it appears in the Recipe Notebook and its permanent boost applies to the party’s stats. Collecting the full menu across every chapter also counts toward the Apron and Chef Hat costume rewards for cooking enough successful and peculiar dishes, so a completionist run of the shops pays off twice over.