Here are some tips on how to quickly level up your Cooking Skill in the building platform, simulation, and adventure game - Pixels (https://www.pixels.xyz).
NOTE: To cook food items, you need to find a Stove (inside Karen's house, north of Terravilla or any land with a house, go inside to use their stove).
You need 6 softwood to start a fire (lasts for 1 hour, so horde some ingredients first before cooking to maximize the time).
Some Quick Tips To Remember
"XP Per Energy" vs Efficient Leveling
- TIP: When grinding for XP, I would recommend NOT focusing on "XP Per Energy" because there are so many ways to level up your Cooking Skill without using Energy.- TIP: Focus more on getting XP using the least amount of resources possible (including Energy) because if you keep using high "XP Per Energy" recipes without considering Cost and Energy, you'll run out of resources pretty fast which would delay your leveling. Efficient Leveling might take longer to do but it is very sustainable, so overall ~ it's faster.
Prices Are Optimized!
- NOTE: We optimized all recommended "Buy Prices" below so they would all have the same results, that means any recipe below can be used as long as you buy them on those prices ~ to be more flexible. Refer to Popberry Pie section below for sample calculation.Sell Prices and Selling To Players
- Sell Prices used below are NPC prices, you may sell them at a higher price if you like.
- NOTE: You can only trade or buy/sell from the Marketplace after reaching the required "Reputation Score" in-game (check and test). This might change anytime though depending on updates.
- NOTE: You can only trade or buy/sell from the Marketplace after reaching the required "Reputation Score" in-game (check and test). This might change anytime though depending on updates.
How To Get Fast XP (Cooking Skill)
Popberry Pie (Cooking Skill Lvl 0)
- Recipe = 2 Popberry, 1 Cooking Mix.
- Time = 24 seconds (can cook up to 138 pieces per hour = 276 Popberry, 138 Cooking Mix).
- Buy Popberry = 4.2 Berries or lower is a good deal, ok until 4.5 Berries.
- Buy Cooking Mix = 10 Berries each from The Buck's Galore.
- Energy Required = 0 Energy (no farming).
Recommendations
- Must Buy from players/Marketplace to not use Energy, if prices are too high, you might want to consider other recipes.- Must Sell, to get back your Berries, do not consume because the Energy that you will get is not worth it.
Example Calculation
- Total Cost = 18.4 Berries (Popberries 4.2 Berries each, Cooking Mix 10 Berries each from The Buck's Galore). Energy Required = 0 Energy (no farming).
- Sell Price (NPC) = 17 Berries (Berries After Selling = -1.4 Berry).
- Since you purchased your Popberries and did not use any Energy, that's a total of 0 Energy used. Selling your Popberry Pies at a lower price (NPC) than your Total Cost would make you lose 1.4 Berry per Pie, but that's ok because that would also mean that when leveling from Lvl 0 to Lvl 5 for example, that would only require 252 Berries which is great! Even better if you can buy Popberries lower than 4.2 Berries.Plain Omelet (Cooking Skill Lvl 0)
- Recipe = 2 Eggs.
- Time = 10 seconds (can cook up to 300 pieces per hour = 600 Eggs).
- Buy Eggs = 0.85 Berry or lower is a good deal, ok until 0.9.
- Energy Required = 0 Energy (no chickens), Energy Gained = 0.99 Energy.
- Must Consume, then use all Energy gained by farming Watermints or something better to greatly reduce the Costs, but if you can buy Eggs at 0.7 Berries or lower, you would actually be gaining some Berries while grinding XP and farming with this method, the downside though is that compared to other recipes, you'll need thousands of Eggs to get from Lvl 0 to Lvl 5 for example, but at 0 costs.
- TIP: In case you can get free Eggs from events (not using Energy), this recipe is going to be one of the best Energy giving items in the game!
- Energy Required = 0 Energy (no chickens), Energy Gained = 0.99 Energy.
Recommendations
- Must Buy from players/Marketplace to not use Energy, if prices are too high, you might want to consider other recipes.- Must Consume, then use all Energy gained by farming Watermints or something better to greatly reduce the Costs, but if you can buy Eggs at 0.7 Berries or lower, you would actually be gaining some Berries while grinding XP and farming with this method, the downside though is that compared to other recipes, you'll need thousands of Eggs to get from Lvl 0 to Lvl 5 for example, but at 0 costs.
- TIP: In case you can get free Eggs from events (not using Energy), this recipe is going to be one of the best Energy giving items in the game!
Pancakes (Cooking Skill Lvl 2)
- Recipe = 2 Butterberry, 1 Egg
- Time = 15 seconds (can cook up to 211 pieces per hour = 422 Butterberry, 211 Eggs).
- Buy Butterberry = 5.2 Berries or lower is a good deal, ok until 5.5 Berries.
- Buy Eggs = 1 Berry each.
- Energy Required = 0 Energy (no farming and no chickens).
Recommendations
- Must Buy from players/Marketplace to not use Energy, if prices are too high, you might want to consider other recipes. - Must Sell or Consume, to get back your Berries (slightly better), or consume then use all Energy gained by farming Watermints or something better to greatly reduce the Costs.
Popberry Loaf (Cooking Skill Lvl 3)
- Recipe = 2 Popberry, 1 Cooking Mix, 1 Flour, 1 Egg.
- Time = 1 minute and 30 seconds (can cook up to 39 pieces per hour = 78 Popberry, 39 Cooking Mix, 39 Flour, 39 Eggs).
- Buy Popberry = 4.5 Berries or lower is a good deal, ok until 5.0 Berries.
- Buy Cooking Mix = 10 Berries each from The Buck's Galore.
- Buy Flour = 18 Berries each.
- Buy Eggs = 1 Berry each.
- Buy Cooking Mix = 10 Berries each from The Buck's Galore.
- Buy Flour = 18 Berries each.
- Buy Eggs = 1 Berry each.
- Energy Required = 0 Energy (no farming and no chickens).
Recommendations
- Must Buy from players/Marketplace to not use Energy, if prices are too high, you might want to consider other recipes.
- This is easier to do, keep making them as long as you can buy the items needed at those prices or lower. You can also buy Eggs or Flour at a bit higher price.
- This is easier to do, keep making them as long as you can buy the items needed at those prices or lower. You can also buy Eggs or Flour at a bit higher price.
- Must Sell, to get back your Berries, do not consume because the Energy that you will get is not worth it.
- NO, unless you are doing the "Wine Not? Grainshine" Wine Quest where you can take back your investment on your Chickens. Refer below to learn more about the quest, note that this is the 3rd quest from the "Wine Not? Wine Quest" series.
- > Wine Not? Grainshine Wine Quest - How To Complete
Should I Invest On Chickens To Get Eggs?
- NO, unless you are doing the "Wine Not? Grainshine" Wine Quest where you can take back your investment on your Chickens. Refer below to learn more about the quest, note that this is the 3rd quest from the "Wine Not? Wine Quest" series.
- > Wine Not? Grainshine Wine Quest - How To Complete
- While doing the quest, you can also use your Eggs here to cook more Popbeary Loafs, even better if you can buy Popberries at 4.0 Berries each or lower and Flour at 18 Berries or lower.
Grumpkin Pie (Cooking Skill Lvl 5)
- Recipe = 2 Grumpkin, 1 Cooking Mix.
Recommendations
Grumpkin Loaf (Cooking Skill Lvl 8)
- Recipe = 2 Grumpkin, 1 Cooking Mix, 1 Flour, 1 Egg.
- Time = 1 minute and 45 seconds (can cook up to 33 pieces per hour = 66 Grumpkin, 33 Cooking Mix, 33 Flour, 33 Eggs).
- Buy Grumpkin = 19.8 Berries or lower is a good deal, ok until 21 Berries.
- Buy Cooking Mix = 10 Berries each from The Buck's Galore.
- Buy Flour = 18 Berries each.
- Buy Eggs = 1 Berry each.
- Buy Cooking Mix = 10 Berries each from The Buck's Galore.
- Buy Flour = 18 Berries each.
- Buy Eggs = 1 Berry each.
- Energy Required = 0 Energy (no farming and no chickens).
Recommendations
- Must Buy from players/Marketplace to not use Energy, if prices are too high, you might want to consider other recipes.
- Must Sell, to get back your Berries, do not consume because the Energy that you will get is not worth it.
Scarrot Pie (Cooking Skill Lvl 12)
- Recipe = 2 Scarrot, 1 Cooking Mix.
- Time = 48 seconds (can cook up to 72 pieces per hour = 144 Scarrot, 72 Cooking Mix).
- Buy Scarrot = 26.2 Berries or lower is a good deal, ok until 27 Berries.
- Buy Cooking Mix = 10 Berries each from The Buck's Galore.
- Buy Cooking Mix = 10 Berries each from The Buck's Galore.
- Energy Required = 0 Energy (no farming).
- NOTE: If Scarrot prices are above 27 Berries, it is actually better to farm Scarrots than to buy them. This would require Energy but the overall result is the same.
- Must Sell, to get back your Berries, do not consume because the Energy that you will get is not worth it.
Recommendations
- Must Buy from players/Marketplace to not use Energy, if prices are too high, you might want to consider other recipes.- NOTE: If Scarrot prices are above 27 Berries, it is actually better to farm Scarrots than to buy them. This would require Energy but the overall result is the same.
- Must Sell, to get back your Berries, do not consume because the Energy that you will get is not worth it.
Scarrot Loaf (Cooking Skill Lvl 15)
- Recipe = 2 Scarrot, 1 Cooking Mix, 1 Flour, 1 Egg.
- Time = 2 minutes (can cook up to 29 pieces per hour = 58 Scarrot, 29 Cooking Mix, 29 Flour, 29 Eggs).
- Buy Scarrot = 27.7 Berries or lower is a good deal, ok until 29 Berries.
- Buy Cooking Mix = 10 Berries each from The Buck's Galore.
- Buy Flour = 18 Berries each.
- Buy Eggs = 1 Berry each.
- Buy Scarrot = 27.7 Berries or lower is a good deal, ok until 29 Berries.
- Buy Cooking Mix = 10 Berries each from The Buck's Galore.
- Buy Flour = 18 Berries each.
- Buy Eggs = 1 Berry each.
- Energy Required = 0 Energy (no farming and no chickens).
Recommendations
- Must Buy from players/Marketplace to not use Energy, if prices are too high, you might want to consider other recipes.
- Must Sell, to get back your Berries, do not consume because the Energy that you will get is not worth it.
Should I Invest On Chickens To Get Eggs?
- NO, unless you are doing the "Wine Not? Grainshine" Wine Quest where you can take back your investment on your Chickens. Refer below to learn more about the quest, note that this is the 3rd quest from the "Wine Not? Wine Quest" series.
- > Wine Not? Grainshine Wine Quest - How To Complete
- While doing the quest, you can also use your Eggs here to cook more Scarrot Loafs, even better if you can buy Scarrots at 27 Berries each or lower and Flour at 18 Berries or lower.
Other FAQs
I Can't Trade or Buy, What Should I Do?
- I would recommend waiting until you can trade or buy from the Marketplace, or getting VIP, before grinding XP for your Cooking Skill, but if you really want to, then you need to farm everything which would require more resources and/or Energy.- Follow This Path (If Can't Buy/Trade) = Cook Popberry Pies until Lvl 2, Pancakes until Lvl 3, Popberry Loaf until Lvl 5, Grumpkin Pies until Lvl 12, then Scarrot Pies all the way.
What If All Prices Are Higher Than Those Listed Above?
- You can still go for slightly higher prices, as close as possible to the ones listed above... but if you want to conserve resources and think that market prices are too high, I would recommend farming Scarrots and cooking Scarrot Pies (refer above).- TIP: Note that prices goes up and down, it is better to go with the flow of the market and not against it, if prices are too high = stop cooking for now, if prices are cheap = start cooking again and increase your Skill Lvl. You can also stock up some cheap ingredients first, then wait for the others to go down in price then start cooking.
Should I Invest On Chickens? For Eggs?
- Aside from the Grainshine Wine Quest, if prices of Eggs are way too high near 3 Berries each, you might want to consider investing on Chickens now. Sell all Seltsam Eggs and Eggsplosives to the marketplace for a higher price.
Where Are The Other Recipes?
- The next set of recipes requires a different set of ingredients, we will update this soon. ^^More Pixels Tips and Guides:
That's it guys, thank you for checking our How To Get Fast Cooking Skill XP - Leveling Guide for the building platform, simulation, and adventure PC browser game - Pixels.
