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Monster Hunter Nowis introducing new features during its third Season, including a cooking system you can use to buff up your character before their next hunt. TheCurse of Wandering Flamesupdate lets you roast raw meat into edible items that boost stats. This iconic system for theMonster Hunterseries is a classic feature of many games now available in this mobile spin-off.
Starting on September 12th, 2024, you cancollect Raw Meat itemsto cook whenever you want. Similar tomaterials in otherMonster Huntertitles, you can get Raw Meat by completing hunts and carving the corpses of the creatures you take down. You also can get two pieces of Raw Meat daily from the in-game shop as a supply item before heading off on a new hunt.
How To Cook Food In Monster Hunter Now
Follow The Right Timing For Different Boosts
When you get Raw Meat, you canhead to the Cooking Menuin the main settings ofMonster Hunter Nowwhile you aren’t hunting. When you start cooking, the Meat from your inventory will be placed on the familiar skillet you may have seen in other titles in the series. You then get the option to hold down a button in the center of your screen to start cooking the meat for as long as you want.
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Release the button when you hear the background music begin to finishto turn your Raw Meat into a perfectly timed Well-Timed Steak. If you release the button too early, you’ll either end up with a Raw Meat again or a Rare Steak item. Holding the button for too long will cause the food to burn, leading you to add a piece of Burnt Meat to your inventory.
Theaugmented reality ofMonster Hunter Nowshows your Hunter character on the same field where they would fight a monster to cook food, but don’t worry, you won’t get attacked trying to make a meal.
Well-Timed Steak will give you the biggest bonuses to your Hunter character, while Burnt Meat or Rare Steak will only give you small buffs. For example, the Well-Done Steak can be consumed to let you start a hunt with the Special Gauge at max for up to 5 minutes. The benefits provided by the other foods you’re able to cook are minuscule, so you’llwant to make Well-Done Steak every time.
Youare not allowed to consume meat during a hunt, as its bonuses can only be applied before you engage with a monster.10 pieces of Meat of any type can be held at a time, giving you a much larger inventory of food than you might expect. You may have to restrict the other items you collect to make room for food unless you get a specific upgrade from the Season 3 in-game Shop.
How To Gain More Food Items In Monster Hunter Now
Expand Your Inventory With A Seasonal Reward
Starting on September 12th, 2024, you canpurchase a limited-time item called the Item Box Expansionfrom the in-game store. This supply item allows you to claim an additional 1,000 Item Box expansion slots, giving you far more inventory space for the food you cook. This way, you can cook over and over to have a near-endless supply of Steaks ready to go for your next hunt.
3 Ultra Hunting Tickets and 10,000 Zenny come with the Item Box expansion slots, giving you even more content to explore. The new Heavy Bowgun weapon introduced in Season 3 will be much easier to use if you eat some food before a hunt using it. While the weapon is much easier to use than the Charge Blade orInsect Glaive inMonster Hunter, its ammo system is not as straightforward as other weapons.
Returning monsters from the seriesseen in Season 3 may be difficult to hunt at first, so having more food will allow you to make new hunts easier as you learn new monster attack patterns.
Alwaystry to have a max of 10 food itemsin your inventory before every hunt, just in case. With the item expansion, you’ll only need to dedicate a little bit of time to cooking before having an inventory full of food before you start an important seasonal event hunt. Get the expansion before it expires on September 22nd, 2024 to maximize the new cooking features now added toMonster Hunter Now’s immersive experience.
