Complete Cooking Guide for Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza

As you embark on your adventure in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza set against the stunning backdrop of Honolulu, Hawaii, you’ll encounter various dining establishments and shops to help replenish Majima’s health and satisfy his cravings.

However, the culinary experience extends beyond simply eating out. The game introduces the innovative Goro Goro Kitchens, where players can whip up home-cooked dishes that grant diverse benefits to Majima and his fellow Goro Pirates.

This unique cooking feature presents a refreshing alternative to the traditional gameplay mechanic of purchasing items like Tauriner and Staminan found in previous franchise titles. Rather, players engage in interactive cooking minigames that both enhance dish quality and maximize health benefits based on player performance.

Let’s delve into a comprehensive overview and guide on the cooking mechanics within the game.

Unlocking Cooking Mechanics

The cooking feature is integral to Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza, and players are introduced to it very early in the game—almost within the first hour. When Noah rescues you and brings you back to the beach, he will guide you to a humble kitchen stove accompanied by some planting pots.

Discovering Goro Goro Kitchens

Upon accessing the cooking menu, you will see an array of homemade meal recipes that serve as effective alternatives to conventional healing items bought at stores. Goro Goro Kitchens are spread throughout the game, making cooking accessible in most areas.

Below is a list of all Goro Goro Kitchen locations in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza:

Rich Island: Two kitchens located at the Beach and Central Plaza.
Nele Island: Available in Chapter 2 with the displaced Yakuza.
Hawaii: One at Anaconda Harbor Park near food stalls, and another atop the Revolve Bar.
Madlantis: Located near the Madlantis Colosseum.
Goromaru: Accessible once the Goromaru is upgraded in the main storyline, featuring a kitchen in the cabins.

Cooking Meals & Chef Level Enhancement

As you engage in cooking, your chef level increases, unlocking a broader selection of recipes and dishes. There are three primary dish types based on their functionality: healing, boosting Heat Gauge, and enhancing stats for your crew.

You can prepare an impressive three of the same dishes concurrently, with accompanying minigames that increase in difficulty from Easy to Insanely Difficult.

The efficacy of your culinary creations relies on the quality of ingredients and your performance during cooking minigames. The game calculates an average star rating for each ingredient, providing a base expectation which you can elevate through successful minigame completion.

During your exploration in Hawaii, you can collect five essential ingredient types:

Meats: Acquired from stores, defeated enemies, and pets.
Insects: Found in the world or purchased from stores.
Fish: Caught while fishing or from stores.
Produce: Grown from planted seeds or bought at stores.
Byproducts: Collected from stores or pets.

As you create more dishes, the complexity of respective minigames will continue to grow.

Engaging in Cooking Minigames

Each dish requires you to tackle three distinct minigames to create a culinary masterpiece, each presenting unique challenges.

A progress bar displayed at the bottom of the screen serves as a timer. It’s imperative to minimize mistakes to ensure a smooth cooking process. While the game outlines basic rules for each minigame, mastering them requires practice.

Breathing Fire Challenge

This minigame emphasizes timing and reflexes. Players must hold down a button to boost a gauge and release it at precisely the right moment.

At higher difficulties, the target area becomes significantly narrower. Focus your attention on the red segment to ensure an accurate release just before reaching the yellow bar; it’s preferable to be slightly early than late.

Slicing and Dicing Mastery

This minigame requires players to press buttons in a specific order to properly slice and dice their ingredients.

As difficulty increases, the patterns become more complex, but they generally remain variations of common circular or alternating sequences (for example, left up, right down).

Begone Scum Challenge

Here, you’ll need to hold down a button to skim off any scum appearing in the broth.

At higher levels of difficulty, the broth will spin, making it easier to collect the scum in one quick motion—just maintain pressure on the ladle to snag multiple bits at once.

Comprehensive Recipes List

With Majima’s chef level advancement, his ability to cook expands remarkably. The following is an extensive list of dishes available in the game, along with their specific effects.

Roughly Chopped Stir-Fried Veggie Bento
Effect	Health
Ingredients	3 veggies and fruits
Cooking Method	Start a fire, prepare ingredients
Base Difficulty	Easy

Fish-Toss Hot Pot Bento
Effect	Heat Gauge
Ingredients	2 fish
Cooking Method	Prepare ingredients, skim off the scum
Base Difficulty	Easy

Wild Stewed Meat Bento
Effect	Health and Heat Gauge
Ingredients	1 meat
Cooking Method	Start a fire, skim off the scum
Base Difficulty	Easy

Chef’s Whimsy Bento
Effect	Healing
Ingredients	1 meat, 2 fish
Cooking Method	All 3 methods
Base Difficulty	Normal

Goro Goro Luxury Party Platter
Effect	Heat Gauge
Ingredients	2 insects, 2 produce
Cooking Method	Start a fire, prepare ingredients
Base Difficulty	Normal

Goro Goro Special Hot Pot Meal
Effect	Health and Heat Gauge
Ingredients	2 insects, 2 fish
Cooking Method	Prepare ingredients, skim off the scum
Base Difficulty	Normal

Goro Goro Special Steak Meal
Effect	Health and Heat Gauge
Ingredients	2 meats, 3 produce, 3 byproducts
Cooking Method	Start a fire, skim off the scum
Base Difficulty	Normal

Goro Goro Supreme Pot Luck Hot Pot
Effect	Health and Heat Gauge
Ingredients	2 meats, 3 insects, 3 fish, 3 produce, 3 byproducts
Cooking Method	All three methods
Base Difficulty	Difficult

Goro Goro Awakening Beer
Effect	Madness Gauge
Ingredients	4 insects, 4 byproducts
Cooking Method	All three methods
Base Difficulty	Difficult

Pirate Party Stew
Effect	Increases Morale
Ingredients	3 fish, 3 produce
Cooking Method	All three methods
Base Difficulty	Easy

Avast! Pirate Party Hell Stew
Effect	Increases Morale
Ingredients	2 meats, 3 insects, 3 byproducts
Cooking Method	All three methods
Base Difficulty	Easy

Pirate Meal For Five
Effect	Increases Morale and Experience
Ingredients	3 meats, 3 insects, 5 fish, 5 produce
Cooking Method	All three methods
Base Difficulty	Difficult

Pirate Meal for Ten
Effect	Increases Morale and Experience
Ingredients	5 meats, 10 insects, 10 fish, 10 produce, 10 byproducts
Cooking Method	All three methods
Base Difficulty	Difficult