Disclaimer: This food guide first appeared here. All credits goes to Aki Makoto.
PSO2 NGS: Food Guide
Foods in PSO2: NGS give you a nice stat boost depending on which one you cook with, also if you’re premium, it gives you a nice tri-boost up to 10% depending on the number of materials used (1% per number of materials used). This buff will last for 2 hours regardless of the number of mats used.
Why foods are important in PSO2 New Genesis?
- Knowing this can help you plan what ingredients you want to use and what effect you want.
- What is good about cooking is that you can make your own dish or stats that you want.
- If you want pure damage, which most of us want, since damage or potency is added through all the meat products, then select the quality of meat you want depending on the second stats that you want.
- Combining damage, extra pp recovery, or reduce PP consumption are all solid choices.
The best dish to cook depends on the player’s play style. If you want to focus on a pure double stat, which means using only 10 of the same ingredients or still focus on that double-stack but with the lower max double stats while giving you the most bang for your buck.
Materials
There are 4 different types of materials. I will help you identify them by the icon they have.
Meat
The meat increases potency and damage.
When using this material you will get the following stats:
| # Meats | Potency |
| 1 | +5% |
| 2 | +7% |
| 3 | +8% |
| 4 | +8.5% |
| 5 | +8.8% |
| 6 | +9% |
| 7 | +9.2% |
| 8 | +9.6% |
| 9 | +9.8% |
| 10 | +10% |
Fruit
Fruits increase Photon Points (PP).
When using this material you will get the following stats:
| # Fruits | PP |
| 1 | +10 |
| 2 | +12 |
| 3 | +13 |
| 4 | +14 |
| 5 | +15 |
| 6 | +16 |
| 7 | +17 |
| 8 | +18 |
| 9 | +19 |
| 10 | +20 |
Vegetable
Vegetables gives damage resistance.
When using this material you will get the following stats:
| # Vegetables | Dmg Resistance |
| 1 | +5% |
| 2 | +7% |
| 3 | +8% |
| 4 | +8.5% |
| 5 | +8.8% |
| 6 | +9% |
| 7 | +9.2% |
| 8 | +9.6% |
| 9 | +9.8% |
| 10 | +10% |
Seafood
Seafoods increase health (HP).
When using this material you will get the following stats:
| # SeaFood | HP |
| 1 | +5% |
| 2 | +7% |
| 3 | +8% |
| 4 | +8.5% |
| 5 | +8.8% |
| 6 | +9% |
| 7 | +9.2% |
| 8 | +9.6% |
| 9 | +9.8% |
| 10 | +10% |
When you know what types of materials there are you can notice that they have a “prefix” on them which you can combine regarding the type of food, select 4 or more of certain prefixes and it will give you a bonus.
I will explain how they work and how you can identify them better. Since meat is more “farmable” I recommend using it for the “big” quantity usage.
Rich Foods
PSO2: NGS rich foods reduce PP consumption when using photon arts or techniques.
This Prefix on bonus gives you the following
| # of Rich | PP consumption |
| 4 | -5% |
| 5 | -5.5% |
| 6 | -6% |
| 7 | -6.5% |
| 8 | -7% |
| 9 | -7.5% |
| 10 | -8% |
Robust Foods
Robust foods gives increase HP recovery.
This Prefix on bonus gives you the following
| # of Robust | HP Recovery |
| 4 | +10% |
| 5 | +20% |
| 6 | +30% |
| 7 | +35% |
| 8 | +40% |
| 9 | +45% |
| 10 | +50% |
Light Foods
The light foods increase PP recovery.
This Prefix on bonus gives you the following
| # of Light | PP Recovery |
| 4 | +10% |
| 5 | +12% |
| 6 | +14% |
| 7 | +16% |
| 8 | +18% |
| 9 | +19% |
| 10 | +20% |
Crisp Foods
Crisp foods increases weak point damage.
This Prefix on bonus gives you the following
| # of Crisp | Weak Point DMG |
| 4 | +1% |
| 5 | +2% |
| 6 | +3% |
| 7 | +3.5% |
| 8 | +4% |
| 9 | +4.5% |
| 10 | +5% |
Recipes
Now with all this information you can craft any food your needs require. I will give you some advice on recipes I like and what stats you will get with them. Remember, these are recommendations only.
PP Heavy
| Recipe PP 1 | Recipe PP 2 |
| 4 Rich Meat | 6 Rich Meat |
| 6 Light Fruit | 4 Light Fruit |
| +8.5% Potency+16 PP+14% PP Recovery-5% PP consumption | +9% Potency+14 PP+12% PP Recovery-6% PP consumption |
DMG Heavy
| Recipe DMG 1 | Recipe DMG 2 |
| 6 Crisp Meat | |
| 4 Rich Meat | 4 Light Meat |
| +10% Potency+3%Weak Point-5% PP consumption | +10% Potency+3%Weak Point+10% PP Recovery |
Full Tank
| Tank 1 |
| 4 Robust seafood |
| 6 Robust vegetable |
| +9% Dmg Resistance +8.5% HP+50% Hp Recovery |
Balanced PP Focus
| BPPF 1 | BPPF 2 |
| 4 Rich Meat | 4 Light Meat |
| 4 Light Fruit | 4 Rich Fruit |
| Select any of this to your preference:1 Rich Seafood and 1 Light Vegetable1 Rich Vegetable and 1 Light Seafood | |
| +8.5% Potency+14 PP+5% DMG Resistance+5% HP-5.5% PP Consumption+12% PP Recovery | +8.5% Potency+14 PP+5% DMG Resistance+5% HP-5.5% PP Consumption+12% PP Recovery |
Balanced Dps Focus (Light)
| BDF/PP1 | BDF/DPS | BDF/PP2 |
| 4 Crisp Meat | 4 Crisp Fruit | |
| 4 Light Fruit | 4 Light Meat | |
| 1 Crisp Seafood | ||
| 1 Crisp Vegetable | ||
| +8.5% Potency+5% DMG Resistance+5% HP+14 PP+3% Potency Weak Point+10% PP Recovery | +9.6% Potency+5% DMG Resistance+5% HP+3% Potency Weak Point+10% PP Recovery | +8.5% Potency+5% DMG Resistance+5% HP+14 PP+3% Potency Weak Point+10% PP Recovery |
Balanced DPS Focus (Rich)
| BDF/PP1 | BDF/DPS | BDF/PP2 |
| 4 Crisp Meat | 4 Crisp Fruit | |
| 4 Rich Fruit | 4 Rich Meat | |
| 1 Crisp Seafood | ||
| 1 Crisp Vegetable | ||
| +8.5% Potency+5% DMG Resistance+5% HP+14 PP+3% Potency Weak Point-5% PP Consumption | +9.6% Potency+5% DMG Resistance+5% HP+3% Potency Weak Point+10% PP Recovery | +8.5% Potency+5% DMG Resistance+5% HP+14 PP+3% Potency Weak Point-5% PP Consumption |
Check the PSO2 NGS Wiki to learn more.