Cooking (Sleep)

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The prompt to make lunch for Snorlax in Pokémon Sleep.

Cooking is a core mechanic in Pokémon Sleep that allows the player to raise their Snorlax. By cooking, the player uses ingredients gathered by their helper Pokémon to make meals to feed their Snorlax, which will raise its Strength more than on Berries alone.

Overview

Cooking is one of the primary methods by which players can raise their Snorlax's Strength. The player can feed Snorlax up to three times a day: once for breakfast (4 a.m. to 12 p.m.), once for lunch (12 p.m. to 6 p.m.), and once for dinner (6 p.m. to 4 a.m.). These times are all set based on the player's current time zone. Prior to version 1.5.0 (released April 18, 2024), night lasted till 5:59 a.m. instead of 3:59 a.m. and morning began from 6:00 a.m. instead of 4:00 a.m. No penalties will be given if the player forgets to cook for their Snorlax.

To cook, the player taps on the Snorlax when it requests a meal. The types of dishes the player can make depend on what kind of meals their Snorlax has requested for the week. There are three recipe types: curries/stews, salads, and desserts/drinks. As of the 2.0.0 update, there are 21 curries/stews recipes, 22 salads recipes, and 23 desserts/drinks recipes, for a total of 66 different recipes.

At the beginning, the only option for the player on the cooking menu is the "Auto Cook" function. Selecting Auto Cook will pick random ingredients from the player's inventory—up to either the pot's maximum size or the total number of ingredients in the player's inventory, whichever is lower—and cook a dish from them. The player can use the "Ingredient Options" button to select up to three ingredients that will not be used in auto cooking; otherwise, the player has no control over the dish made when using the Auto Cook function.

Once the player registers 12 sleep styles in their Sleep Style Dex, the option to "Choose a Recipe" is unlocked. This will bring the player to their recipe list, which includes all the recipes that the player can make that week. Dishes that the player has made before are listed with their name, image, required ingredients, and current strength, while dishes that the player has never made are listed as "Curry/stew recipe", "Salad recipe", or "Dessert/drink recipe", depending on the weekly meal request. The only other information the player is given about these unmade recipes is how many of each ingredient is required to make the dish; the ingredients themselves are not shown. In addition, the player has the option to cook without choosing a recipe at all.

Once the player selects a recipe, all the ingredients for that recipe will be thrown into the pot. The player then has the option to add as many other ingredients as they like until the pot is full. The player can also remove ingredients from the pot, allowing them to make any dish they like regardless of what recipe was selected. If the player chooses to start cooking before the pot is filled completely, the game offers to pick random ingredients from their remaining inventory to fill the pot. Any ingredients added in this way will not change the final dish. However, the player is free to decline the offer.

If the player uses a combination of ingredients that do not combine to make any of these recipes, the resulting dish will be either a Mixed Curry, a Mixed Salad, or a Mixed Juice, depending on which type of recipes the player is making.

While the dish is cooking, a sleep tip will be displayed at the bottom of the screen. The player can tap the screen to speed up the rate of cooking, with more taps required when there are more ingredients in the pot. Occasionally, an exclamation mark will appear above the pot at the end of cooking; this indicates that the dish is "extra tasty", meaning that the dish's strength will be much greater than usual. The exact probability of a dish being extra tasty is unknown, but it is 20% more likely to occur on Sunday.

The strength of the dish is calculated by summing up the current strength of the recipe and the base strengths of all the ingredients added to the pot that are not included in the recipe. This is then multiplied by the player's area bonus for the current research area and rounded down to get the final strength. If the dish is extra tasty on Monday-Saturday, the final strength will be doubled. If the dish is extra tasty on Sunday, the final strength will be tripled. The chance for a dish to be extra tasty can be progressively increased up to 70% by using the skill Tasty Chance S and upon a successful extra tasty cook, the chance will be reset back to the base level for that day.

When a recipe is cooked, the number of strength it yields will go towards levelling up that recipe. The higher a recipe's level is, the more strength it will innately yield. The current level cap for recipes is 60.

After update 1.1.0, helper Pokémon will recover a small amount of energy after every meal that is cooked.

Ingredients

Ingredient		Strength	Sell price
	Large Leek	185	7 Dream Shards
	Tasty Mushroom	167	7 Dream Shards
	Fancy Egg	115	5 Dream Shards
	Soft Potato	124	5 Dream Shards
	Fancy Apple	90	4 Dream Shards
	Fiery Herb	130	5 Dream Shards
	Bean Sausage	103	4 Dream Shards
	Moomoo Milk	98	4 Dream Shards
	Honey	101	4 Dream Shards
	Pure Oil	121	5 Dream Shards
	Warming Ginger	109	4 Dream Shards
	Snoozy Tomato	110	4 Dream Shards
	Soothing Cacao	151	6 Dream Shards
	Slowpoke Tail	342	14 Dream Shards
	Greengrass Soybeans	100	4 Dream Shards
	Greengrass Corn	140	6 Dream Shards
	Rousing Coffee	153	6 Dream Shards

Pot size

By default, the cooking pot can hold up to 15 ingredients. After the player registers 35 sleep styles, the ability to expand the cooking pot is unlocked. Tapping the cooking pot on the home screen allows the player to pay Dream Shards to expand the size of their cooking pot. The following table lists the pot sizes and their expansion costs:

Size	Cost	Availability
15	0	Default
18	1,200 Dream Shards	After registering 35 sleep styles
21	2,700 Dream Shards
24	4,100 Dream Shards	After registering 70 sleep styles
27	6,600 Dream Shards
30	8,600 Dream Shards	After registering 110 sleep styles
33	13,300 Dream Shards
36	15,300 Dream Shards	After registering 150 sleep styles
39	15,700 Dream Shards
42	18,100 Dream Shards	After registering 190 sleep styles
45	22,000 Dream Shards
48	38,000 Dream Shards	After registering 240 sleep styles
51	59,000 Dream Shards
54	89,000 Dream Shards	After registering 290 sleep styles
57	127,000 Dream Shards
60	190,000 Dream Shards	After registering 340 sleep styles

The cooking pot's maximum size can also be temporarily expanded in three ways:

• The main skill Cooking Power-Up S expands the maximum size of the cooking pot by 7 the next time the player cooks a meal for Snorlax. The expansion size increases as the main skill's level increases. The effects stack if the skill is activated by multiple Pokémon.
• A Good Camp Set increases the size of the cooking pot by 50% of its size for the duration of its effect.
• On the last day of the week, Sunday, the size of the cooking pot is doubled (from its permanent size) for all meals.

The Good Camp Set bonus is applied after other temporary bonuses, and the result is rounded up. For example, if the permanent pot size is 27 and Cooking Power-Up S Lv. 2 is applied while a Good Camp Set is active, the final size of the pot will be 56 (${\textstyle \lceil (27+10)\times 1.5\rceil =56}$). The maximum size that the cooking pot can be expanded to via these methods is 200.

Recipe levels

Recipes

Curries/stews

All ingredients can be used for at least one dish in this category.

Dish		Recipe	Minimum pot size	Base strength
	Mixed Curry	Any other recipe	—	—
	Fancy Apple Curry	Fancy Apple ×7	7	668
	Grilled Tail Curry	Slowpoke Tail ×8 Fiery Herb ×25	33	7,483
	"Solar Power" Tomato Curry	Snoozy Tomato ×10 Fiery Herb ×5	15	1,943
	"Dream Eater" Butter Curry	Soft Potato ×18 Snoozy Tomato ×15 Soothing Cacao ×12 Moomoo Milk ×10	55	9,010
	Spicy Leek Curry	Large Leek ×14 Warming Ginger ×10 Fiery Herb ×8	32	5,900
	"Spore" Mushroom Curry	Tasty Mushroom ×14 Soft Potato ×9	23	4,041
	"Egg Bomb" Curry	Honey ×12 Fancy Apple ×11 Fancy Egg ×8 Soft Potato ×4	35	4,523
	Hearty Cheeseburger Curry	Moomoo Milk ×8 Bean Sausage ×8	16	1,785
	Soft Potato Chowder	Moomoo Milk ×10 Soft Potato ×8 Tasty Mushroom ×4	22	3,089
	Simple Chowder	Moomoo Milk ×7	7	727
	Beanburger Curry	Bean Sausage ×7	7	764
	Mild Honey Curry	Honey ×7	7	749
	Ninja Curry	Greengrass Soybeans ×24 Bean Sausage ×9 Large Leek ×12 Tasty Mushroom ×5	50	9,445
	"Drought" Katsu Curry	Bean Sausage ×10 Pure Oil ×5	15	1,881
	Melty Omelette Curry	Fancy Egg ×10 Snoozy Tomato ×6	16	2,009
	"Bulk Up" Bean Curry	Greengrass Soybeans ×12 Bean Sausage ×6 Fiery Herb ×4 Fancy Egg ×4	26	3,274
	"Limber" Corn Stew	Greengrass Corn ×14 Moomoo Milk ×8 Soft Potato ×8	30	4,670
	"Inferno" Corn Keema Curry	Fiery Herb ×27 Bean Sausage ×24 Greengrass Corn ×14 Warming Ginger ×12	77	13,690
	"Dizzy Punch" Spicy Curry	Rousing Coffee ×11 Fiery Herb ×11 Honey ×11	33	5,702
	"Hidden Power" Perk-Up Stew	Greengrass Soybeans ×28 Snoozy Tomato ×25 Tasty Mushroom ×23 Rousing Coffee ×16	92	19,061

Salads

All ingredients can be used for at least one dish in this category.

Dish		Recipe	Minimum pot size	Base strength
	Mixed Salad	Any other recipe	—	—
	Slowpoke Tail Pepper Salad	Slowpoke Tail ×10 Fiery Herb ×10 Pure Oil ×15	35	8,169
	"Spore" Mushroom Salad	Tasty Mushroom ×17 Snoozy Tomato ×8 Pure Oil ×8	33	5,858
	"Snow Cloak" Caesar Salad	Moomoo Milk ×10 Bean Sausage ×6	16	1,774
	"Gluttony" Potato Salad	Soft Potato ×14 Fancy Egg ×9 Bean Sausage ×7 Fancy Apple ×6	36	5,040
	"Water Veil" Tofu Salad	Greengrass Soybeans ×15 Snoozy Tomato ×9	24	3,113
	"Superpower" Extreme Salad	Bean Sausage ×9 Warming Ginger ×6 Fancy Egg ×5 Soft Potato ×3	23	2,958
	Bean Ham Salad	Bean Sausage ×8	8	873
	Snoozy Tomato Salad	Snoozy Tomato ×8	8	933
	Moomoo Caprese Salad	Moomoo Milk ×12 Snoozy Tomato ×6 Pure Oil ×5	23	2,856
	"Contrary" Chocolate Meat Salad	Soothing Cacao ×14 Bean Sausage ×9	23	3,558
	"Overheat" Ginger Salad	Fiery Herb ×17 Warming Ginger ×10 Snoozy Tomato ×8	35	5,225
	Fancy Apple Salad	Fancy Apple ×8	8	763
	"Immunity" Leek Salad	Large Leek ×10 Warming Ginger ×5	15	2,658
	"Dazzling" Apple Cheese Salad	Fancy Apple ×15 Moomoo Milk ×5 Pure Oil ×3	23	2,578
	Ninja Salad	Large Leek ×15 Greengrass Soybeans ×19 Tasty Mushroom ×12 Warming Ginger ×11	57	11,659
	"Heat Wave" Tofu Salad	Greengrass Soybeans ×10 Fiery Herb ×6	16	1,976
	Greengrass Salad	Pure Oil ×22 Greengrass Corn ×17 Snoozy Tomato ×14 Soft Potato ×9	62	11,393
	"Calm Mind" Fruit Salad	Fancy Apple ×21 Honey ×16 Greengrass Corn ×12	49	7,675
	"Fury Attack" Corn Salad	Greengrass Corn ×9 Pure Oil ×8	17	2,785
	"Cross Chop" Salad	Fancy Egg ×20 Bean Sausage ×15 Greengrass Corn ×11 Snoozy Tomato ×10	56	8,755
	"Defiant" Coffee-Dressed Salad	Rousing Coffee ×28 Bean Sausage ×28 Pure Oil ×22 Soft Potato ×22	100	20,218

Desserts/drinks

No dishes within this category use Fiery Herbs, Bean Sausages, or Slowpoke Tails.

Dish		Recipe	Minimum pot size	Base strength
	Mixed Juice	Any other recipe	—	—
	"Fluffy" Sweet Potatoes	Soft Potato ×9 Moomoo Milk ×5	14	1,783
	"Steadfast" Ginger Cookies	Honey ×14 Warming Ginger ×12 Soothing Cacao ×5 Fancy Egg ×4	35	4,921
	Fancy Apple Juice	Fancy Apple ×8	8	763
	Craft Soda Pop	Honey ×9	9	964
	"Ember" Ginger Tea	Warming Ginger ×9 Fancy Apple ×7	16	1,788
	Jigglypuff's Fruity Flan	Honey ×20 Fancy Egg ×15 Moomoo Milk ×10 Fancy Apple ×10	55	7,594
	"Lovely Kiss" Smoothie	Fancy Apple ×11 Moomoo Milk ×9 Honey ×7 Soothing Cacao ×8	35	4,734
	"Lucky Chant" Apple Pie	Fancy Apple ×12 Moomoo Milk ×4	16	1,634
	Neroli's Restorative Tea	Warming Ginger ×11 Fancy Apple ×15 Tasty Mushroom ×9	35	5,065
	"Sweet Scent" Chocolate Cake	Honey ×9 Soothing Cacao ×8 Moomoo Milk ×7	24	3,280
	Warm Moomoo Milk	Moomoo Milk ×7	7	727
	"Cloud Nine" Soy Cake	Fancy Egg ×8 Greengrass Soybeans ×7	15	1,798
	"Hustle" Protein Smoothie	Greengrass Soybeans ×15 Soothing Cacao ×8	23	3,168
	"Stalwart" Vegetable Juice	Snoozy Tomato ×9 Fancy Apple ×7	16	1,798
	Big Malasada	Pure Oil ×10 Moomoo Milk ×7 Honey ×6	23	2,927
	"Huge Power" Soy Donuts	Pure Oil ×12 Greengrass Soybeans ×16 Soothing Cacao ×7	35	5,547
	"Explosion" Popcorn	Greengrass Corn ×15 Pure Oil ×14 Moomoo Milk ×7	36	6,048
	"Teatime" Corn Scones	Fancy Apple ×20 Warming Ginger ×20 Greengrass Corn ×18 Moomoo Milk ×9	67	10,925
	"Petal Dance" Chocolate Tart	Soothing Cacao ×11 Fancy Apple ×11	22	3,314
	"Flower Gift" Macarons	Soothing Cacao ×25 Fancy Egg ×25 Honey ×17 Moomoo Milk ×10	77	13,834
	"Early Bird" Coffee Jelly	Rousing Coffee ×16 Moomoo Milk ×14 Honey ×12	42	6,793
	"Zing Zap" Spiced Cola	Fancy Apple ×35 Warming Ginger ×20 Large Leek ×20 Rousing Coffee ×12	87	17,494

Version history

Main article: Pokémon Sleep/Version history

• 1.0.0: Introduced.
• 1.0.2: Fixed issue with cooking function sometimes not working even though it’s cooking time (in countries with Daylight Saving Time).
• 1.1.0:
  • Introduced a function that allows the whole team to eat cooked dishes together.
    When Snorlax eats dishes, helper Pokémon on the player's team will join and eat dishes together. Helper Pokémon will recover a small bit of Energy after eating. The less Energy the helper Pokémon have, the more Energy they will recover.
  • Added a new ingredient: Greengrass Corn.
  • Added 7 new recipes: "Limber" Corn Stew, "Inferno" Corn Keema Curry, Greengrass Salad, "Calm Mind" Fruit Salad, "Fury Attack" Corn Salad, "Explosion" Popcorn, "Teatime" Corn Scones.
• 1.2.0:
  • Added 2 new Dessert/Drink recipes: "Petal Dance" Chocolate Tart, "Flower Gift" Macarons
  • Addition of a feature that allows researchers to check their recipes at any time from the cooking pot on the home screen.
  • Addition of a feature that allows researchers to use multiple ingredients by tapping and holding on the ingredient while choosing ingredients for cooking.
• 1.3.0: Maximum recipe level increased from 50 to 55
• 1.5.0: The cooking times for breakfast and dinner have changed as follows.
  • Breakfast (before change): 6:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m. → (after change) 4:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.
  • Dinner (before change): 6:00 p.m. to 5:59 a.m. → (after change) 6:00 p.m. to 3:59 a.m.
• 1.6.0: Partial adjustment to helper Pokémon’s Energy recovery from cooking.

Helper Pokémon who already have 100 or more Energy will earn +1 Energy from cooking instead of +0.

• 1.9.0: Adjustments to some dishes made with Greengrass Soybeans:
  • Ninja Curry
    • Strength: 6,159 → 9,445
    • Greengrass Soybeans required: 15 → 24
    • Large Leeks required: 9 → 12
  • "Water Veil" Tofu Salad
    • Strength: 1,843 → 3,113
    • Greengrass Soybeans required: 10 → 15
    • Snoozy Tomatoes required: 6 → 9
  • Ninja Salad
    • Strength: 10,095 → 11,659
    • Greengrass Soybeans required: 15 → 19
  • "Huge Power" Soy Donuts
    • Strength: 3,213 → 5,547
    • Pure Oil required: 9 → 12
    • Greengrass Soybeans required: 6 → 16
• 2.0.0:
  • Added a new ingredient: Rousing Coffee.
  • Added 6 new recipes: "Dizzy Punch" Spicy Curry, "Hidden Power" Perk-Up Stew, "Cross Chop" Salad, "Defiant" Coffee-Dressed Salad, "Early Bird" Coffee Jelly, "Zing Zap" Spiced Cola.

See also

• Note

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