You have 6 instrument slots, each with 5 upgrade tiers. Better instruments improve cook speed, dish quality, and reduce burn chance. Some instruments must be unlocked by reaching a Chef level and paying gold.
Instrument Slots
Instrument
Unlock
Cost
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
Tier 4
Tier 5
🔪 Knife
Starts unlocked
—
Wooden
Iron
Steel
Enchanted
Mythril
🥣 Pot
Starts unlocked
—
Clay
Iron
Steel
Enchanted
Mythril
🍳 Pan
Chef Lv 5
300g
Wooden
Iron
Steel
Enchanted
Mythril
🥣 Bowl
Chef Lv 10
800g
Wooden
Iron
Steel
Enchanted
Mythril
🍳 Oven
Chef Lv 15
2,000g
Brick
Iron
Steel
Enchanted
Mythril
🧬 Mortar
Chef Lv 25
5,000g
Stone
Iron
Steel
Enchanted
Mythril
Tier Bonuses
Each upgrade tier provides cumulative bonuses across all instruments:
Speed Bonus — reduces cook time
Quality Bonus — increases chance of Perfect quality dishes
Burn Reduction — reduces chance of burning dishes
Upgrade Notes
Each instrument upgrades independently through its 5 tiers
Higher tiers require gold and materials to unlock
Bonuses from all instruments stack together
Unlock all instruments and upgrade them to Mythril for maximum cooking efficiency
⭐ Recipe Mastery
Each recipe has its own mastery level (1–5 stars) that increases as you cook the same dish repeatedly. Higher mastery provides permanent bonuses for that recipe.
Star Thresholds
Stars
Times Cooked
⭐
0 (first cook)
⭐⭐
5
⭐⭐⭐
15
⭐⭐⭐⭐
35
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
75
Star Bonuses
Each star earned on a recipe grants cumulative bonuses:
Buff Multiplier — increases the strength of the dish's buff
Ingredient Save Chance — chance to not consume ingredients when cooking
Double Output Chance — chance to produce two dishes from one cook
XP Multiplier — increases Chef XP earned from cooking this dish
Tips
Focus on mastering common recipes first — they are cheap to cook and the ingredient save chance helps with rarer dishes later
5-star mastery on a recipe makes it significantly more efficient to produce
Mastery is tracked per recipe, not globally — each dish has its own progress
🔥 Burn Chance
Every time you cook a dish, there is a chance it will burn. Burn chance depends on the recipe difficulty, your Chef level, and your instrument quality.
What Affects Burn Chance
Each recipe has a base burn chance (higher rarity = higher base burn chance)
Higher Chef level reduces burn chance
Better instruments reduce burn chance
Burn chance can never go below 0%
Quality Tiers
Quality
Buff Strength
Chef XP
Burned
No buff (0%)
Reduced XP
Normal
100% buff
Full XP
Perfect
150% buff
Full XP + bonus
Tips
Start with common recipes to level your Chef skill safely
Upgrade your instruments before attempting epic or legendary recipes
Even burned food gives some Chef XP, so cooking is never a total waste