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Pokémon Quest Cooking Pots: Costs & Which Pot to Use
Every pot uses five recipe slots. The cost per slot rises from 3 to 10, 15 and 20 items, so the same recipe can spend 15 or 100 ingredients in total.
Cooking pot costs at a glance
| Pot | Items per slot | Items per five-slot batch |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | 3 | 15 |
| Bronze | 10 | 50 |
| Silver | 15 | 75 |
| Gold | 20 | 100 |
The basic pot is sometimes named differently in community guides. Check the amount shown by your game rather than assuming that the five recipe slots each use one item. Upgraded pots are associated with stronger starting levels and stat bonuses, but they also make every repeated attempt more expensive.
A worked example: Eevee’s Plain Crepe
Special Plain Crepe
Special · five slots
Bag cost: 6 Balm Mushroom, 9 Honey
This mix uses three Honey slots and two Balm Mushroom slots. A basic pot spends 9 Honey and 6 Balm Mushrooms. Gold spends 60 Honey and 40 Balm Mushrooms. The ingredient proportions and dish quality stay the same.
Use the selector above to compare the middle pots too. If your bag has 30 Honey and 20 Balm Mushrooms, you can make this mix in Bronze, but not Silver or Gold. The Eevee guide explains the visitor chance and evolution planning.
Choose a pot for the job
| Your goal | Practical approach |
|---|---|
| Learn or check a mix | Use a pot whose cost you can comfortably replace. |
| Attract a particular species | Compare the dish/quality chance and the number of batches you can afford. |
| Recruit a higher-level starting Pokémon | Consider an upgraded pot, with its larger ingredient bill. |
| Conserve Mystical Shell | Check the shell cost per slot before starting any batch. |
“Always use Gold” is too broad for every inventory. A player with a small stock of rare ingredients has a different constraint from a player farming comfortably. The right choice depends on your goal, not simply on which pot looks best.
Two calculations that prevent waste
One ingredient’s cost = its recipe-slot count × the pot’s per-slot amount. A recipe using two Icy Rock slots in Silver needs 2 × 15 = 30 Icy Rocks.
Affordable identical batches = the smallest whole-number ingredient ratio. Divide each available ingredient count by its per-batch requirement; the smallest rounded-down result is your batch limit. Having lots of one ingredient cannot compensate for a shortage of another.
Pot upgrade and dish quality are separate
A Basic-quality mix stays Basic when you select Gold. To change the quality band, you must change the ingredients. That may also change the dish, so run the revised mix through the recipe checker rather than assuming the old visitor pool still applies.
This guide compares costs, not a complete campaign walkthrough. Check the pots currently unlocked in your own camp. It does not promise a particular move, shiny result or individual stat roll from an upgraded pot.
Questions players ask
Does changing the pot improve the displayed species chance?
The homepage model groups probabilities by dish and quality, not by pot. Pot selection changes the displayed bag cost.
Why does the game say I do not have enough ingredients?
A five-slot recipe can require more than five items. Repeated ingredients consume another full slot’s amount each time.
Can I use the inventory finder for a full cooking queue?
Its results are one-batch alternatives. Deduct ingredients after each planned batch before deciding what remains affordable.
Continue your cooking plan
Sources and data notes
Recipe examples use the same Hidden50/pq community model as the homepage. Probabilities are source-model values, not independently verified in-game trials. Read our editorial and data policy.
Pokémon face and ingredient visuals: Hidden50/pq asset snapshot. Dish visuals: Serebii cooking reference. Pokémon artwork belongs to its respective rights holders. Independent fan resource; not affiliated with Nintendo, Game Freak or The Pokémon Company.
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