There are one lot of both ingredients and recipes The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Usually it’s easy to tell them apart. But in one case, “wild vegetables” can refer to an ingredient or the name of a recipe.
Us Tears of the Kingdom guide to wild vegetables helps you distinguish between wild vegetables as an ingredient and (fried) wild vegetables as a recipe.
What are wild greens in Zelda: TOTK?
The first place you’re likely to encounter the phrase “wild greens” is during the “Gloom-borne Illness” side quest in Kakariko Village. It’s the quest that causes the Stealth Armor set to drop from exorbitantly expensive to a reasonable price.
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In Tears of the Kingdom, “wild vegetables” is actually a collective name for plants. When we talk about food, “wild vegetables” simply means eating with plants.
For the purposes of the side quest, you probably first heard the term in, “wild vegetables” in the Sunny Veggie Porridge recipe vaguely refers to plants – and you need to figure out which plant. Since you’re dealing with Gloom, the specific plant the recipe calls for is a Sunflower.
Where to find wild greens
As we mentioned earlier, “wild greens” can sometimes refer to a specific plant species Sunflowers in the “Gloom-Borne Illness” she quest. But it is important to remember that this is not the case always mean sunflowers, so not every recipe with “wild vegetables” attached to the name will protect you from Gloom.
If you are specifically looking for Sunflowersyou find them heaven islands high above Hyrule. We recommend the South Eldin Sky Archipelagowhich you can reach very easily from the Eldin Canyon Skyview Tower. We found five Sundelions on the main platform alone, and it has a convenient quick travel location through the Kadaunar Shrine.
If you’re looking for other wild vegetable recipes, just collect a variety of plants around Hyrule and start experimenting with them. If you throw in some plants and other vegetables, you get a recipe for wild vegetables.
Wild vegetable recipes
In the names of meals, wild vegetables covers all recipes that are primarily vegetable based – meaning no meat, mushrooms or fruit involved. This includes everything from flowers to turnips to carrots (but not stem bulbs, oddly enough).
Cooking a meal from plants alone results in a sort of Fried wild vegetables meal that usually heals at least a few hearts. Some plants also give you an extra bonus. Here are a few wild vegetable recipes:
- Secretly fried wild vegetables — Healing and Stealth Up (silent princesses and other plants)
- Hasty fried wild vegetables — Heal and speed up (fast carrots and other plants)
- Sustainable fried wild vegetables — Healing and stamina (2x herbs, 2x meat, 1x vegetable)
- Abundant sauteed wild vegetables — Healing (4 different herbs, plants or vegetables)