Spices of the West: Genshin Impact Northern Exploration - All Seasoning Recipes and Character Dishes

Spices of the West: Northern Explorations in Genshin impact 3.5 - an event associated with the creation of special seasonings. Help Nazafarin prepare spice recipes and treat Sims to special dishes to increase friendship.

The article provides a detailed guide for creating seasonings for all recipes, as well as showing the favorite dishes of the characters. Check out the guide to get all the rewards from the Spice of the West: Northern Exploration event in Patch 3.5 and treat your companions to delicious food.

Event dates

The Spice of the West event will March 31 to April 10 2023 year.

How to start the Spice of the West: Northern Exploration event

The main purpose of the Spice of the West event is to prepare spices. You need to reach 20 to start this stage. adventure rank.

To prepare special dishes for characters and upgrade them friendship level the following conditions must be met:

• Reach Adventure Rank 28
• to complete  Serenity Kettle system;
• complete the quest Idle Talk in the Teapot to get the Hall ission and the ability to place companions in it.

Visitors from the West: The Flavor of Freedom

Open the event menu and click on the button "To the task"so that the corresponding mission appears in the quest log. Start tracking her and immediately teleport to Mondstadt. Head to the restaurant "Good hunter" and talk to Nazafrin. The girl will tell that a certain lady Sangema-bai was interested in buying her seasonings, so she came here to test new spices on dishes. The traveler volunteers to help her in this matter.

Guide for Spice of the West in Genshin Impact 3.5

During the event, you need to find ingredients for seasonings, add them to dishes, and then feed the characters in order to increase their friendship level by 100 points. Each condiment is created from individual resources for it.

Event Rules

The tasks of the players in the Spice of the West: Northern Exploration event are as follows:

1. For 7 days, open one seasoning recipe daily. Learned recipes can be used for cooking until the end of the event.
2. Create fragrant condiments strictly following the recipes to get all the rewards.
3. To make "fragrant" dishes you need to add seasonings to "delicious".
4. To increase the level of friendship with the characters, invite them to the Kettle of Serenity and treat them to fragrant dishes. Depending on how the characters are fed, they may react differently to the food offered.
5. If Paimon is invited to taste the dishes, the friendship attempts will not be spent.

Where to get the ingredients

All ingredients can be found in the wild, in cooking. Most often, salt, pepper, plants and local curiosities are involved.

How to make seasonings

Above the saucepan are displayed the ingredients involved in the manufacture of seasoning, and the sequence of their mixing. The next resource to be added is displayed in a yellow box.

Click on the spoon when the slider reaches the desired product to add it. Number of attempts shown below the container: it will decrease if the wrong ingredient is selected or if the arrow on the scale goes the full way.

To successfully complete the seasoning, add all the ingredients before you run out of attempts.

Spice making process:

How to cook Fragrant dishes

Fragrant dishes can be cooked in See Using seasonings.

Add spices to delicious dishes to get fragrant and treat the characters to Teapot of Serenity. Please note that spices can not be added to any food, but only to some of their types.

Depending on which dishes the Sims like, their reactions differ, but the friendship experience will be pumped in any case.

Emotions can be divided into three types depending on the hero's preferences:

• I like it very much - a heart will appear near the hero's face.
• Neutral - the character will not show special emotions.
• If you don't like it, a ball will appear above the hero, showing confusion.

All Western Spice Recipes

What dishes do the characters prefer?

In the table, you can get acquainted with all the dishes in which the spices of the West are added, as well as find out who to feed with what to get a positive reaction. In addition, the negative and neutral preferences of the characters are considered.

If you want to find specific heroes in table with dishes below, use the keyboard shortcut CTRL + F on a PC or phone, click on the three dots in the browser window and select the "Find on page" function.

sweet and sour chill

In the first stage, you need to prepare a spice with a cool mint and sweet and sour taste.

How to make seasoning

Open the event menu and go to the tab "Event Description". A page containing the recipe for the first spice will appear. For sweet and sour seasoning, you will need the following ingredients:

1. Valyashka x1.
2. wolf hook x1.
3. Mint x1.

After you start creating spices, the pointer will begin to move along the scale. Following the recipe (located in the green rectangle at the top of the screen), press the button at the moment when the pointer will be in the slider area of ​​the desired componentto add it to the bowler hat.

To successfully create a seasoning, you need to add products without spending all available attempts. However, even after losing a mini-game, you can start it again without losing ingredients.

In total, 3 seasonings can be created at one time. This is enough to take all the rewards for the first stage.

How to cook flavorful meals

After the spices are made, they must be added to the food. In the event menu, click on the tab "Use seasonings", select available dishes from the list and cook them.

Move to "Idle Talk in a Teapot"to be able to talk to the characters. Approach any companion in the hermitage and start a conversation with him by offering one of the available cooked dishes. Depending on whether the food meets the guest's preferences, it will cause a unique reaction in him - he may or may not like the gift.

The dish will enhance pestilence and magical enhancement ore. To do this, you need to treat the characters 7, 14 и 21 times. That is, for cooking 21 dishes, all additional rewards immediately open.

Intense aroma

At this stage, it is necessary to prepare a spice from the fragrant aroma of onions and peppers.

How to make seasoning

To create a spice, you must use the recipe. Open the event menu, go to the "Event Description" tab and select the icon with the second number to see the components. For seasoning with a rich aroma, you will need:

• Pepper x1.
• Milk x1.
• Bow x2. The ingredient can be bought at any city shop, for example, from Blanche in the Mondstadt Merchant. Bows are also sold by Dong Sheng in Second Life (Li Yue), Aoi in Tsukumomono (Inazuma), and merchant Hamavi in ​​Sumeru.

After pressing the button "Prepare" a mini-game will start where you need to add ingredients to a boiling pot in time - when the moving slider enters the area under the required ingredient, you need to press the spacebar or the icon with a spoon.

The correct order is indicated at the top in the green rectangle:

1. Pepper.
2. Onions.
3. Milk.
4. Onions.

Please note that when you reach the extreme points of the scale or select the wrong component, one life removed. Even if you lose them all, additional attempts are always given - all resources are also returned.

In one run, you can cook 3 seasonings at once. This amount is enough to receive all awards. If you want to create more spices, simply restart the mini-game or continue the current challenge. The main condition is the availability of ingredients.

How to cook flavorful meals

Go to the event menu and open the tab "Use seasonings". In the list, select any dish you like and cook it by seasoning with the previously created seasoning.

Travel to the Kettle of Serenity and speak with your companions, offering them a fragrant treat. In response to this, a special reaction will follow, which is influenced by the preferences of the hero.

The dish will enhance friendship level no matter what emotion arose after eating the food. However, if you want to please your favorite characters, you can use the table in the paragraph above, which shows who likes which dishes.

Good balance

In the third stage, you will prepare a spice with a light and balanced aroma that will suit almost any dish.

How to make seasoning

Go to the event description through the menu to see the recipe for the current challenge. This seasoning requires the following ingredients:

• Pine cone x1.
• Snapdragon x1.
• Mint x2.

After you have collected all the necessary components, you can begin to create spices. Select the third stage and click "Prepare". Watch the arrow move - as soon as it is in the area above the desired ingredient, click on the spacebar to add the product to the cauldron.

It is important to follow exactly the recipe shown at the top of the screen. For a good balance, the order is as follows:

1. Pine cone.
2. Tumbles.
3. Snapdragon.
4. Tumbles.

, when the slider reaches the end of the scale or the wrong component is added, life points removed. But even in the event of a defeat, you can always repeat the test without losing the materials. Cooking attempts are also unlimited.

How to cook flavorful meals

Re-enter the event menu and select "Use Seasonings". Click on any available dish from the list to add a balanced spice to it.

After the fragrant food is ready, go to the Kettle of Serenity and start a dialogue with the character you want to treat. Offer him to try one of the dishes and watch the response - it can be both negative and positive. In any case, the companion will be happy with the attention, and for this with him friendship will be pumpedregardless of the emotion evoked. If you still want to please your favorite characters and find out who likes what dishes, you can check out the table of characters' preferences.

The taste of the wind

The spice of the fourth stage has an invigorating taste due to the unique combination of components.

How to make seasoning

The spice recipe is located in the "Event Description" in the current challenge tab. The Wind Flavored Seasoning requires ingredients that grow within Mondstadt:

• fireweed grass x1.
• Dandelion seeds x2.
• Mint x2.

After receiving the required amount of resources, you can start cooking. As part of the mini-game, you need to press the space bar at the right time to throw products into the bowler in the specified sequence.

Pay close attention to which component the slider is next to and whether it enters the area, as in case of an incorrect choice, hit points are removed. Correct order:

1. Dandelion seeds.
2. Light grass.
3. Tumbles.
4. Dandelion seeds.
5. Tumbles.

Even if the attempts are exhausted, you can start over without losing the ingredients. There is also no cooking limit, but to get all the rewards for the stage, it is enough to create 3 spices.

How to cook flavorful meals

Next in line is the addition of fragrant spices. Go to the event menu and open the "Use Seasonings" tab. In the list, select any available food and mix it with the spice by clicking on the "Cook" button.

Teleport to the monastery and start a dialogue with a companion whom you want to pump up friendship or just treat. Offer him a dish to see how he reacts - if the treat matches the guest's preferences, he will show a positive emotion, otherwise the reaction will be either negative or neutral. One way or another, this will not affect the number of points, so you can experiment. If you wish, you can immediately use the table with the characters' favorite dishes in the appropriate paragraph.

Pleasant aroma

In the fifth stage, it is necessary to prepare a spice with a harmonious combination of astringency and pungency.

How to make seasoning

You can get acquainted with the seasoning recipe in the "Event Description" tab by selecting the icon with the number of the corresponding stage. Ingredients required to create the spice:

• fireweed grass x2.
• wolf hook x1.
• Pepper x2.

After all the resources are collected, you can start cooking, which is a small test.

When the arrow is in the right area, add ingredients to the pot by pressing the spacebar (or the button with a spoon pattern). At the same time, do not forget to follow the movement of the pointer and follow the sequence indicated in the recipe.

Correct order cooking seasoning with a pleasant aroma:

1. Pepper.
2. Pepper.
3. Light grass.
4. Wolf hook.
5. Light grass.

If the slider reaches the edges of the scale or the wrong ingredient is added, one life bar will burn out. However, even if you lose, you can start over without losing resources.

Cooking attempts are unlimited. To take all the rewards of the stage, it is enough to successfully create 3 seasonings.

How to cook flavorful meals

For aromatic dishes, add spices through the "Use Seasonings" tab. In the list that opens, select any food that you want to give to the companions in the monastery for testing and mix it with the spice using the "Cook" button.

Go to the Kettle of Serenity and start a conversation with one of the inhabited characters by offering him a cooked dish. Depending on the hero preferences, he will show positive, neutral or negative emotions. But even if the guest does not really like the dish, he will in any case be happy with the treat, and for this friendship will increase with him. It is important to consider that the reaction does not affect the number of points awarded and is just a nice addition.

Sweetness on the aftertaste

Mix bitter and sweet-spicy ingredients for a spice with a bewitching aftertaste.

How to make seasoning

You can view the ingredients for creating seasoning in the "Event Description" tab by clicking on the icon of the sixth stage. Resources for preparing fragrant spices:

• Dandelion seeds x2.
• Bow x3. Can be purchased from Blanche in the Merchant of Mondstadt, as well as from Dong Sheng in Second Life (Li Yue), Aoi in Tsukumomono (Inazuma) and merchant Hamavi in ​​Sumeru.

• Butter x1. Sold by Sarah at the Good Hunter (Mondstadt) and also by Werr Goldet at Wanshu Inn (Li Yue). In addition, the product can be created independently from milk, using the processing function of any stove or fire.

After all the ingredients are obtained, proceed to the creation of seasoning. During testing, follow the recipe shown at the top of the screen. When the moving slider reaches the area of ​​the desired component, press the spacebar (the spoon button on the right) to add the product to the boiling pot.

The correct order for sweetness on the aftertaste is:

1. Butter.
2. Onions.
3. Dandelion seeds.
4. Onions.
5. Dandelion seeds.
6. Onions.

If the slider touches the extreme points of the scale or the wrong ingredient is added, one bar of life is removed. However, if all attempts are lost, it is possible to start the test again with the original amount of resources.

There is no restriction in cooking and depends only on the availability of materials. To receive stage rewards, it is enough to create 3 spices.

How to cook flavorful meals

Now you need to add spices to the food. Go to the "Use seasonings" tab, select a dish from the list and mix with spice to make it fragrant.

Travel to the Kettle of Serenity, find a companion you want to treat, and start a dialogue. Offer to taste the prepared treat and observe the unique reaction - it can be either positive or negative or neutral. Regardless character preferences, increases friendship by 100 points with him.

fruit cream

Prepare the spice using sour berries and minty flavor combined with cream for an original and pleasant taste.

How to make seasoning

The seasoning recipe is located in the "Event Description" in the section of the seventh stage. For cooking, you need the following components:

• Mint x1.
• wolf hook x4.
• Cream x1. An ingredient can be crafted from milk in the crafting menu when using a furnace or campfire. In addition, 10 Sour Cream is sold by Sarah at the Good Hunter in Mondstadt.

After you have obtained the products, you can begin to create spices. As in the previous steps, strictly follow the sequence shown above the bowler hat - at the moment when the arrow is in the area above the desired component, press the space bar (picture with a spoon).

To complete the mini-game and create the spice, you need to add all the ingredients and still not lose your attempts. Life bars are removed when you touch the slider to the extreme points of the scale, click on an empty area, or select the wrong resource.

The correct order for fruit creamer is:

1. Wolf hook.
2. Sour cream.
3. Wolf hook.
4. Tumbles.
5. Wolf hook.
6. Wolf hook.

To obtain primogems and other rewards for the last stage, you need to cook spices 3 times. Creation attempts are unlimited as long as there are materials.

How to cook flavorful meals

Go to the seasoning menu to add seasoning to your dish. Select any food from the list and mix it with the spice by clicking on the "Cook" button.

Visit any companion in the Kettle of Serenity and start a dialogue with him, during which you can offer the created fragrant dishes. Depending on the character preferences, he will express joyful, negative or neutral emotions, however, in any case, the level of friendship with him will increase by 100 points.

Awards

For participating in the Spice of the West event, you can get:

• source stones x420;
• sea x270;
• hero books (hero experience x16, adventurer experience x20, wanderer experience x24);
• weapon ascension materials (Brilliant Stone x8 and Glowing Sand Guyun x8, Quicksilver Pill x8 and Lead Pill of the Cloudy Plague, Black Siderite Piece and Grain x8);
• character friendship experience.

We hope our article helped you learn about all the recipes and favorite dishes of the characters in the Spice of the West. If you have any questions about which dishes you like, or if you have any other difficulties, write about it in comments. Add the article to bookmarks so as not to miss the detailed walkthrough of the event, and follow the section Genshin Impact guides on our website.