This guide details all the skills given by the 102 dishes in game.

• In Chapter 1, you can only use Simmer's un-upgraded recipes
  
• In Chapter 2, you unlock Grill's recipes, and can upgrade them
  
• In Chapter 3, you can upgrade Simmer's recipes, and unlock the Joint recipes

Skills are categorized, with stacking information included as necessary. In parentheses are the max level of each skill, so here's how to read the following:

"s1-3 Grilled Shrimp: Increases maximum health by 20 (/ 60) pts"

• s = Simmer
  
• 1-3 = row 1, column 3
  
• Grilled Shrimp = name of dish
  
• Increases maximum health by 20 pts = base description
  
• Increases maximum health by 60 pts = max level values

NOTE: The DPS counter in game is entirely nonfunctional and does not list damage over time. Ideally, it would display a moving average of the last 10s of damage. Instead, it's DPS per like 0.5s intervals it's very odd.

If you have g3-2 Slimy Mold Jelly equipped, and die while at full mana, you will respawn with 0hp. You will then be unable to resurrect, bricking your save unless you edit it.

s1-1 Fried Mosquito: Enables Air Jump (/ Allows you to jump 3 additional time(s) in the air)
Cost: 12,000
Tag(s): Mobility

s1-2 Mean Grilled Fish: Increases movement speed in water by 50% (/ 80%)
Cost: 6,000
Tag(s): Mobility

s1-3 Grilled Shrimp: Increases maximum health by 20 (/ 60) pts
Cost: 15,000
Tag(s): Survivability

s1-4 Happy Grass Rolls: Increases movement speed by 40% (/ 80%)
Cost: ???
Tag(s): Mobility

s1-5 Snail Carpaccio: Unleash an electrical counterattack, inflicting 7 (/ 150) pts of damage
Cost: 10,000
Tag(s): All Offense

s1-6 Fried Banana: Melee attacks inflict 3 (/ 72) pts of additional damage
Cost: 15,000
Tag(s): Melee,

s1-7 Charbroiled Shrimp Claws: After a couple seconds without attacking, inflict an extra 15 (/ 600) pts of damage on your first attack
Cost: 15,000
Tag(s): All Offense
NOTE: 2.5s to recharge

s2-1 Barbecued Toad Leg: Melee attacks inflict <Toad Poison>, causing 25 (/ 200) pts of damage over 5s
Cost: 11,000
Tag(s): Melee, Debuff

s2-2 Guava Juice: Recover 3 (/ 7) HP every 10s
Cost: 14,000
Tag(s): Survivability

s2-3 Jimbo's Old-Fashioned Snail Soup: Secrete a trail of electric mucus that inflicts 8 (/200) pts of damage to enemies
Cost: 6,000
Tag(s): All Offense
Note: Damage inflicted once per second

s2-4 Double Crab Boil: Increases the damage of every second strike by 50% (/ 200%) when using different melee attacks on an enemy
Cost: 9,000
Tag(s): Melee

s2-5 Slime Jelly: Gradually recover 10 (/ 20) HP when attacked
Cost: 14,000
Tag(s): Survivability

s2-6 Crabshell Bisque: Generates a watery vortex around you that inflicts 8 (/ 150) pts of damage
Cost: 12,000
Tag(s): All Offense

s2-7 Dragon Fruit Jelly: Adds a small explosion that inflicts 3 (/ 15) additional damage to every attack
Cost: 12,000
Tag(s): All Offense
NOTE: Applies to ALL damage, including damage over time.

s3-1 Stir-Fried Crab: Upon landing an attack, emit a jet of water that inflicts 5 (/ 200) pts of damage
Cost: 12,000
Tag(s): All Offense

s3-2 Family Style Shroom Stew: Periodically emit a cloud of toxic spores that inflicts 50 (/ 300) pts of damage over 5s
Cost: 9,000
Tag(s): Debuff

s3-3 Grilled Glowy Shroom: Makes weapons bigger and increases spear damage output by 10% (/ 50%)
Cost: 10,000
Tag(s): Spear

s3-4 Red Dragon Tonic: Enables Sword Combo: "Rising Dragon" (Up+Attack), a[n] upward attack with a sword-type weapon. Damage increases with weapon damage. Inflicts at least 3 (/ 160) damage
Cost: 10,000
Tag(s): Sword, Mobility
NOTE: Does 160 + 40% base damage, hits twice, stacks with s6-1 Fried Durian Puffs on FIRST hit.

s3-5 Shrimp Pancake: Generates a small water shield that blocks 50 (/ 70) pts of damage from projectiles
Cost: 6,000
Tag(s): Survivability

s3-6 Freshwater Clam Bake: Enables Sword Combo: "Water Whirl", a spinning aerial attack with a sword-type weapon. Damage increases with weapon damage. Inflicts at least 15 (/ 350) damage.
Cost: 13,000
Tag(s): Sword
NOTE: Does 350 + 50% of base damage, stacks with s6-1 Fried Durian Puffs.

s3-7 Watery Clam Broth: Axe and Hatchet attacks create a watery wave, inflicting 2 (/ 40) extra damage.
Cost: 13,000
Tag(s): Axe

s4-1 Dried Insight Shrooms: Recover health every 15 (/ 10) hits
Cost: 15,000
Tag(s): Survivability

s4-2 Tentacle Stir-Fry: Increase Bow damage by 40% (/ 50%) and movement speed by 50% with a fully drawn bow
Cost: 16,000
Tag(s): Bow, Mobility

s4-3 Clam Tonic: Spray a blast of water when attacking enemies with a spear, inflicting 12 (/ 60) pts of damage
Cost: 13,000
Tag(s): Spear

s4-4 Fried Spider Cutlet: Attacks inflict an additional 64 (/ 300) pts of damage over 8 secs
Cost: 7,000
Tag(s): Debuff

s4-5 Grilled Mantis Claw: After a couple seconds without attacking, dagger attacks inflict 200 (/ 600) pts of damage over 4 secs
Cost: 10,000
Tag(s): Dagger, Debuff
NOTE: 4s to recharge

s4-6 Seafood Hotpot: Generate a water shield that blocks 14 (/ 20) pts of damage if no damage was taken in the last couple seconds
Cost: 12,000
Tag(s): Survivability
NOTE: 10s to recharge

s4-7 Sweet Fairy Dust: Magic damage increased by 20% (/ 80%) and max mana increased by 5 (/ 20) if no damage was taken in the last two seconds
Cost: 13,000
Tag(s): Magic

s5-1 Fried Soft-Shelled Scythe: Poison or bleeding effects caused by daggers inflict an additional 20% (/ 100%) damage
Cost: 13,000
Tag(s): Dagger, Debuff
NOTE: Stacks with s7-5 Scary Pork Gumbo, doubling it if the dagger causes the damage

s5-2 Bullseye Omelet: Bow damage increased by 50% (/ 65%) if no damage was taken in the last couple seconds
Cost: 15,000
Tag(s): Bow
NOTE: 6s recharge

s5-3 Strong Soy Milk: Increases maximum health by 20 (/ 30) pts, and increases Axe and Hatchet damage by 5 (/ 25) pts
Cost: 15,000
Tag(s): Axe, Survivability

s5-4 Robust Watermelon Stew: Gain a charge after landing a successful melee attack for a maximum of 10 charges. For each charge earned, attack speed increases by 10% and damage dealt decreases by 1% (/ 0%). Gotta go fast!
Cost: 9,000
Tag(s): Melee

s5-5 Braised Mantis on Rice: Enables Sword Combo: "Quick Slash" (Dash+Attack), a quick and powerful attack with a Sword-type weapon. Damage increases with weapon damage. Inflicts at least 30 (/ 150) damage
Cost: 9,000
Tag(s): Sword
NOTE: Does 150 + 50% base damage, with Forced Surgery: Turbine Sphincter! can be performed in midair, stacking with s6-1 Fried Durian Puffs. Can hold dash and attack buttons to attack continuously.
NOTE2: Stacks with s6-5 Marinated Venison on Rice, performing both simultaneously

s5-6 Pappy Panna Cotta: Increases defense the lower your health is, with a max of 50% (/ 60%) damage reduction
Cost: 10,000
Tag(s): Survivability

s5-7 Crunchy Durian Fritters: Increases damage of spear-type weapons by 20% (/ 70%) when a shield is raised
Cost: 11,000
Tag(s): Spear, Shield

s6-1 Fried Durian Puffs: Increases damage output by 30% (/ 100%) for melee attacks executed while falling through the air
Cost: 6,000
Tag(s): Melee
NOTE: Applies to all aerial attacks, do not need to be falling

s6-2 Crispy Land Shrimp: Attract 3 (/ 6) friendly fairies that follow you and attack enemies
Cost: 9,000
Tag(s): Summon
NOTE: Does 14 damage per hit, roughly 20dps each.... max 120dps

s6-3: Royal Milkshake: Create 5 (/ 20) small wasps that follow you and attack enemies
Cost: 12,000
Tag(s): Summon
NOTE: Does 10 damage per hit, roughly 13dps each.... max 260dps

s6-4 Dried Guava: Occasionally drop a maximum of 1 (/ 5) healing guavas when attacked
Cost: 12,500
Tag(s): Survivability
NOTE: 50% chance, heals 10HP
NOTE2: UPGRADE IS BUGGED, does not improve drop rate

s6-5 Marinated Venison on Rice: Enables Sword Combo: "Lightning Dash" (Dash+Attack), an electrical attack with a Sword-type weapon. Damage increases with weapon damage. Inflicts at least 10 (/ 120) damage
Cost: 6,000
Tag(s): Sword
NOTE: Does 120 + 25% base damage, hits twice. With Forced Surgery: Turbine Sphincter! can be performed in midair, stacking with s6-1 Fried Durian Puffs. Can hold dash and attack buttons to attack continuously.
NOTE2: Stacks with s5-5 Braised Mantis with Rice, performing both simultaneously

s6-6 Cast Iron Steak: Enables Sword Combo: "Iron Blitz" (Down + Attack), a downward attack in from air with a Sword-type weapon. Damage increases with weapon damage. Inflicts at least 24 (/ 200) damage
Cost: 9,000
Tag(s): Sword
NOTE: Hits 3 times, stacks with s6-1 Fried Durian Puffs for first two hits. Deals 200 + 25% of base sword damage per hit

s6-7 Blood Lotus Tea: Every percent of lost HP increases damage output by 1%
Cost: N/A
Tag(s): All offense

s7-1 Super Double Crab Boil: Increases the effect of [s2-4] Double Crab Boil by 100% (/ 250%) every once in a while
Cost: 9,000
Tag(s): Melee

s7-2 Coco Powder: Increases melee weapon attack speed by 20% (/ 50%)
Cost: 9,000
Tag(s): Melee

s7-3 Pork Chops on Rice: Dashing into enemies inflicts 20 (/ 80) pts melee damage and knocks away any projectiles
Cost: 9,000
Tag(s): Melee

s7-4 Braised Tea Beef: When damaged, raise Axe and Hatchet damage by 30% (/ 60%) and attack speed by 15% (/ 20%) over a couple seconds
Cost: 9,000
Tag(s): Axe
NOTE: Lasts 5 seconds

s7-5 Scary Pork Gumbo: Inflict 5 (/ 30) pts extra damage for every different poison and bleeding effect inflicted
Cost: 9,000
Tag(s): Debuff

s7-6 Cleansing Green Tea: Increases mana recovery by 20% (/ 50%) and max mana by 5 (/ 8) pts
Cost: 9,000
Tag(s): Magic

s7-7 Mutton Hot Pot: With 3 charges, a bolt of lightning will strike with the next arrow hit, dealing 40 (/ 300) damage. Gain 1 charge with each jump, roll, dash, or rapid descent. Gain full charge after a perfect dodge.
Cost: 11,000
Tag(s): Bow

g1-1 Candied Dragonfruit: If cast from a full mana bar, magic attacks with a staff generate an explosion, inflicting 10 (/ 50) damage. Increases max mana by 5 (/ 10).
Cost: 20,000
Tag(s): Magic

g1-2 Scarlet Braised Pork on Rice: Creates a "Corpse Explosion" when using Scythes to harvest soul shards, inflicting 50% (/ 400%) of the soul's value in damage
Cost: 20,000
Tag(s): Scythe

g1-3 Stank Tea: Fart after taking or blocking an attack, inflicting 20 (/ 100) damage +80% primary weapon damage on enemies in the vicinity
Cost: 17,000
Tag(s): All Offense, Shield

g1-4 Bladegrass Salad: Activate "Hidden Blade" after attacking an enemy with different sword combos, inflicting 30 (/ 300) damage
Cost: 20,000
Tag(s): Sword

g1-5 Flippin Fish Pie: Gain a shield point for every successful melee attack. Shield disappears over time. Max 8 (/ 30) pts.
Cost: 20,000
Tag(s): Melee

g1-6 Scarlet Pork Stew: Immediately revive with limited health after dying and generate an explosion that inflicts 300 (/ 1500) damage. Long cooldown.
Cost: 12,300
Tag(s): Survivability

g1-7 Corny Energy Drink: Stunned enemies take 30% (/ 220%) more melee damage, but attacks remove their stunned status
Cost: 13,500
Tag(s): Melee

g2-1 Watermelon Juice: Dashing instantly reloads guns and increases shooting speed by 30% (/ 35%) for 2 (/ 4) shots
Cost: 4,200
Tag(s): Gun

g2-2 Pineapple Pizza: A forbidden dish that fractures the soul. When hurt while wielding a Scythe, drop soul shards worth 600% (/ 4000%) of the damage taken
Cost: 11,500
Tag(s): Scythe

g2-3 Barbecued Corn: Enables "Spear Flurry" (Down + Attack) when wielding Spear-type weapons, inflicting 10 (/ 40) base damage + 15% primary weapon damage. Enemies struck with this attack take an additional 10% (/ 100%) damage
Cost: 14,000
Tag(s): Spear
NOTE: Does not stack with s6-6 Cast Iron Steak when holding Shiny Light Sword as secondary

g2-4 Blanched Broccoli: Holding a fully-drawn bow for over 1 second makes the arrow fly straight, penetrate through enemies, and bounce off surfaces. Increases arrow damage by 40% (/ 50%)
Cost: ???
Tag(s): Bow

g2-5 Macrobiotic Fruit Juice: Enables "Deep Cut" when using Dagger-type weapons while dashing. Inflicts 1 (/ 5) base damage + 10% primary weapon damage. Enemies struck with this attack take an additional 20% (/ 150%) damage.
Cost: 20,000
Tag(s): Dagger

g2-6 Tomato Soup: Landing rapid, successive hits while dual-wielding Axes activates "Whirlwind Chop". Inflicts 5 (/ 15) base damage + 65% (/ 130%) primary weapon damage per hit. Enter a new destructive state of mind.
Cost: 20,000
Tag(s): Axe

g2-7 Dragonfire Chili Stew: Place explosive magical chili oil (Down + Secondary) at the target, and set it off with a Magic attack. Explosion inflicts 100 (/ 300) damage.
Cost: 22,000
Tag(s): Magic

g3-1 Leechblood Pudding: Gain a shield while flying towards a hooked enemy. Shield blocks a maximum of 15 (/ 80) damage and inflicts 30 (/ 200) collision damage on any nearby enemies
Cost: 14,000
Tag(s): Hook

g3-2 Slimy Mold Jelly: Increases Magic Damage by 10% (/ 30%). 50% (/ 200%) of damage taken is turned into mana. Perfect dodge recovers 50% of max mana. Warning: Causes magic overdose
Cost: 12,000
Tag(s): Magic
!!WARNING!!: Dying while "overdosing on mana" bricks your save and requires save editing to get out. If you die, you will respawn with 0 hp and be unable to revive.

g3-3 Pan-fried Leech Steak: Increases bullet output for all weapons and summons by 2 but decreases the damage of each bullet by 70% (/ 60$)
Cost: 14,000
Tag(s): Summon, Gun
Note: Applies to s6-2 Crispy Land Shrimp, and other things. Results in AT BEST a +20% damage increase with three times as many bullet hits (for things like s2-7 Dragon Fruit Jelly to massively increase damage), but otherwise is underwhelming

g3-4 Bat Soup: Spreads "Disease Carrier" status to enemies, increasing damage taken by ?% (/90%). After an infected enemy dies, all damage debuffs are transferred to a nearby enemy
Cost: ???
Tag(s): Debuff

g3-5 Grilled Eel: Weapons now charge automatically. Charge speed increased by 60% (/1000%).
Cost: ???
Tag(s): All Offense

g3-6 Crayfish Double Double: Increases secondary weapon damage output by 5% (/ 10%). Makes both primary and secondary weapons attack at the same time.
Cost: 11,500
Tag(s): All Offense

g3-7 Stewed Whelk: Trigger a shockwave when using shield bashes. Inflicts 10 (/ 150) base damage + 10x total damage blocked by the raised shield
Cost: 20,000
Tag(s): Shield

g4-1 Assorted Fish Soup: While wielding a Scythe, motivate your summons with a gentle tap (Down+Attack), increasing their attack speed by 50% (/ 400%) and movement speed by 16% (/ 100%). Effect lasts for a couple seconds.
Cost: 14,000
Tag(s): Scythe, Summons
NOTE: Needed in NG+ to obtain "Friendly Fire" hidden achievement

g4-2 Double Fish Soup: Deep Penetration: Damage increased by 10% (/ 60%) (Max 20% (/ 60%)) for every enemy each arrow penetrates
Cost: 20%
Tag(s): Bow

g4-3 Chainfish Nigiri: Activate "Phantom Slash" by hitting an enemy with "Quick Slash" and another Melee attack at the same time. Inflicts 50% (/ 200%) of the damage to all nearby enemies. Recharge after a few seconds by refraining from sword attacks.
Cost: 14,500
Tag(s): Sword

g4-4 Overclocked Dumplings: Magic damage increased by 10% (/ 40%). Mana usage increased by 40%.
Cost: 12,000
Tag(s): Magic

g4-5 Wreckage Rolls: Superconductor: Repeatedly inflict 10 (/ 40) lightning damage on hooked enemies. Flying to the enemy generates a shock wave that inflicts 40 (/ 250) pts of area damage.
Cost: 14,000
Tag(s): Hook

g4-6 Braised Wings: Enable a physics-defying spinning Axe attack (Down + Primary). Inflicts 6 (/ 40) base damage + 25% (/ 45%) primary weapon damage
Cost: 20,000
Tag(s): Axe
NOTE: Overridden by s6-6 Cast Iron Steak with Shiny Light Sword mid-air

g4-7 Fried Skin Cracklings: Grow bone spikes to hurt enemies on collision once your Scythe summons have grown to their maximum size. Inflicts 30 (/ 90) damage
Cost: 14,000
Tag(s): Scythe

g5-1 Iron Egg Skewers: Sniper: Reveals enemies' weak points. Landing an arrow on it increases damage output by 15% (/ 60%). Attack its weak point!
Cost: 20,000
Tag(s): Bow

g5-2 Steel-plated Tofu: Generates a pulse that damages and stuns all nearby enemies after blocking an attack within 0.5s of raising your shield. The pulse inflicts 50 (/ 100) base damage +60% (/ +120%) shield block capacity.
Cost: 11,500
Tag(s): Shield

g5-3 Fried Breast Cutlet: Enables "Spear Charge" (Dash + Attack) while wielding a Spear-type weapon. Inflicts 100 (/ 400) base damage + 50% primary weapon damage
Cost: 14,000
Tag(s): Spear
NOTE: Overwrites s5-5 Braised Mantis on Rice and s6-5 Marinated Venison on Rice with Shiny Light Sword. Hits twice for listed damage.

g5-4 Core Consomme: Lightning Chain: Activate a chain of lighting that deals 20 (/ 90) damage between your position and the last Staff ability cast. Increases Staff casting range.
Cost: 11,500
Tag(s): Magic

g5-5 Fried Leg Tenders: Nanomachines: Every Melee hit inflicts a layer of deadly nanomachines on the enemy. Each layer repeatedly inflicts 6 (/ 40) damage. Max 10 (/ 12) layers.
Cost: 20,000
Tag(s): Melee
NOTE: Does not count as a debuff for s7-5 Scary Pork Gumbo

g5-6 Killer Rabbit Soup: Flying towards a hooked target increases Melee damage by 30% (/ 100%) and attack speed by 100% (/ 250%) for 3 (/ 5) seconds
Cost: 14,000
Tag(s): Hook, Melee

g5-7 Cursed Popsicle: Forbidden Dessert: Increase all damage inflicted by ?% / (80%). Increase all damage taken by 10 (/15) [pts]
Cost: ???
Tag(s): All Offense

g6-1 Gory Meat Bun: Every shot landed by a Gun-type weapon increases shooting speed by 5% (/ 9%) up to a maximum of 50% (/ 75%)
Cost: 13,000
Tag(s): Gun

g6-2 Icebird Snow Cone: Enables "Shield Charge" (Dash + Secondary) when wielding a shield, inflicting 20 (/ 50) base damage +200% shield block capacity. Inflict 200% extra damage on Stunned enemies.
Cost: 14,000
Tag(s): Shield

g6-3 Cryptid Noodle Soup: Increase max Scythe summon limit by 1 (/ 5) and summon max health by 10% (/ 200%)
Cost: 20,000
Tag(s): Scythe, Summon

g6-4 Apple Pie: Double-shot: Fire and exhaust 1 extra bullet every shot. Only for guns with magazines
Cost: N/A
Tag(s): Gun

g6-5 Elemental Sundae: Attacking with different sword combos increases their damage by 10% (/ 100%) or more. Allows "Rising Dragon" "Quick Slash" and "Lightning Dash" to be re-used without touching the ground. Effects last several seconds.
Cost: 14,000
Tag(s): Sword

g6-6 Apple Flurry Ice Cream: Mana Fountain: Automatically generate a magical circle that heals 8 (/ 25) mana per second when mana gauge is full
Cost: 14,000
Tag(s): Magic

g6-7 Blood-Red Battery Soup: "Corpse Explosions" also ignite other souls nearby, triggering a chain reaction
Cost: N/A
Tag(s): Scythe

j1-1 Scarab Protein Powder: Damage output increase based on movement speed, up to +10% (/ 50%)
Cost: 14,000
Tag(s): All Offense

j1-2 All-Natural Synthetic Steroids: Enables "Hundred Crack Fist" while empty-handed. Attack speed cannot be increased
Cost: N/A
Tag(s): Unarmed

j1-3 Organic Scorpion Pheromones: Attract 1 (/ 4) scorpion(s) to aid you in attacking enemies
Cost: 12,000
Tag(s): Summon

j1-4 Smoked Shark: Ground pound (Down + Attack) with a War Hammer to create a shockwave that deals additional damage to stunned enemies
Cost: N/A
Tag(s): Warhammer

j1-5 Powdered Shark Cartilage: Fixes health at 1 and gain 100 (/ 190) shield points that regenerate at 3 points per second. Damage output increased by 10% (/ 13%) for every 10 active shield points
Cost: 14,000
Tag(s): Survivability, All Offense

j1-6 Lab-Grown Crystal Sugar: Gain a shield layer for every successful Dagger attack. Layers disappear over time. Max 10 (/ 20) layers
Cost: 14,000
Tag(s): Dagger

j1-7 Roasted Sweet Potato: Induces intenstinal contractions and enables Fart Kick (Dash + Attack) while empty-handed. Deals knockback and 400 (/ 800) damage.
Cost: 20,000
Tag(s): Unarmed

j2-1 Piquant Pumpkin Stew: Hit enemies with your bare fists to mark them. Marked enemies explode in 2 seconds, dealing area damage per mark. Marks are removed if they take additional damage. Max 20 active marks
Cost: 20,000
Tag(s): Unarmed
NOTE: Upgrading does not change its listed stats

j2-2 Kiwi Jam Sandwich: With a shotgun-type weapon, deal + 100 (/ 200) damage and knockback against enemies in close range
Cost: 20,000
Tag(s): Shotgun

j2-3 Cactus Ice Cream: Raise shield attack damage by 100 (/ 240). Block an attack within 0.5s of raising your shield to recover 50% (/ 65%) of your shield points.
Cost: 20,000
Tag(s): Shield

j2-4 Cone Legion Pie: Deal 5% (/ 15%) additional magic damage for every 10% lost HP. Cast magic using health if mana runs out. Magic use cannot reduce health below 1.
Cost: 20,000
Tag(s): Magic
NOTE: Stacks with j1-5 Powdered Shark Cartilage for a x6.7 magic damage multiplier.

Here are some of the author's recommended dishes for a playthrough

• s1-4 Happy Grass Rolls: Increases movement speed by 40% (/ 80%) {for speedrunning}
  
• s2-2 Guava Juice: Recover 3 (/ 7) HP every 10s {for comfort}
  
• s3-5 Shrimp Pancake: Generates a small water shield that blocks 50 (/ 70) pts of damage from projectiles {for bosses}
  
• g3-5 Grilled Eel: Weapons now charge automatically. Charge speed increased by 60% (/1000%){for Magical Stun Gun secondary}
  
• s5-6 Pappy Panna Cotta: Increases defense the lower your health is, with a max of 50% (/ 60%) damage reduction {massive defense with j1-5 Shark Cartilage}
  
• g5-7 Cursed Popsicle: Forbidden Dessert: Increase all damage inflicted by ?% / (80%). Increase all damage taken by 10 (/15) [pts] {for big damage}
  
• (MELEE) s5-4 Robust Watermelon Stew: Gain a charge after landing a successful melee attack for a maximum of 10 charges. For each charge earned, attack speed increases by 10% and damage dealt decreases by 1% (/ 0%). Gotta go fast!
  
• (MELEE) s6-1 Fried Durian Puffs: Increases damage output by 30% (/ 100%) for melee attacks executed while falling through the air {double damage while jumping}
  
• (MELEE) s7-2 Coco Powder: Increases melee weapon attack speed by 20% (/ 50%)
  
• g3-4 Bat Soup: Spreads "Disease Carrier" status to enemies, increasing damage taken by ?% (/90%). After an infected enemy dies, all damage debuffs are transferred to a nearby enemy {for bosses, with any weapon}
  
• (BOWS) g2-4 Blanched Broccoli: Holding a fully-drawn bow for over 1 second makes the arrow fly straight, penetrate through enemies, and bounce off surfaces. Increases arrow damage by 40% (/ 50%) {for crowd control}
  
• j1-1 Scarab Protein Powder: Damage output increase based on movement speed, up to +10% (/ 50%) {free 50% damage with s1-4 Happy Grass Rolls}
  
• j1-5 Powdered Shark Cartilage: Fixes health at 1 and gain 100 (/ 190) shield points that regenerate at 3 points per second. Damage output increased by 10% (/ 13%) for every 10 active shield points {free damage}
  
• (MAGIC) j2-4 Cone Legion Pie: Deal 5% (/ 15%) additional magic damage for every 10% lost HP. Cast magic using health if mana runs out. Magic use cannot reduce health below 1. {Infinite mana, x2.5 damage with Shark Cartilage}

Recommendations are bolded. Extra move speed from Happy Grass Rolls is great, passive regen to prevent death between bosses from Guava Juice is comfortable, and the Shrimp Pancake is necessary for many boss fights. The Powdered Shark Cartilage allows for tons of damage and a big health pool. Hugely recommended. s5-6 Pappy Panna Cotta stacks with the Shark Cartilage as well, over doubling your effective health pool.

Mobility
1. s1-1 Fried Mosquito: Enables Air Jump (/ Allows you to jump 3 additional time(s) in the air)
2. s1-2 Mean Grilled Fish: Increases movement speed in water by 50% (/ 80%)
3. s1-4 Happy Grass Rolls: Increases movement speed by 40% (/ 80%)
4. s4-2 Tentacle Stir-Fry: Increase Bow damage by 40% (/ 50%) and movement speed by 50% with a fully drawn bow

Survivability
1. s1-3 Grilled Shrimp: Increases maximum health by 20 (/ 60) pts
2. s2-2 Guava Juice: Recover 3 (/ 7) HP every 10s
3. s2-5 Slime Jelly: Gradually recover 10 (/ 20) HP when attacked
4. s3-5 Shrimp Pancake: Generates a small water shield that blocks 50 (/ 70) pts of damage from projectiles
5. s4-1 Dried Insight Shrooms: Recover health every 15 (/ 10) hits
6. s4-6 Seafood Hotpot: Generate a water shield that blocks 14 (/ 20) pts of damage if no damage was taken in the last couple seconds
7. s5-3 Strong Soy Milk: Increases maximum health by 20 (/ 30) pts, and increases Axe and Hatchet damage by 5 (/ 25) pts
8. s5-6 Pappy Panna Cotta: Increases defense the lower your health is, with a max of 50% (/ 60%) damage reduction
9. s6-4 Dried Guava: Occasionally drop a maximum of 1 (/ 5) healing guavas when attacked
10. g1-6 Scarlet Pork Stew: Immediately revive with limited health after dying and generate an explosion that inflicts 300 (/ 1500) damage. Long cooldown.
11. j1-5 Powdered Shark Cartilage: Fixes health at 1 and gain 100 (/ 190) shield points that regenerate at 3 points per second. Damage output increased by 10% (/ 13%) for every 10 active shield points

Recommendations in bold. Grilled Eel makes the Chapter 2 secondary Magical Stun Gun one of the best weapons in the game, while Cursed Popsicle lets you one shot most monsters as long as you avoid environmental hazards. Scarab protein powder stacks with s1-4 Happy Grass Rolls for a free 50% damage boost. Powdered Shark Cartilage maxes at x3.5 damage at full shield.

Offense
1. s1-5 Snail Carpaccio: Unleash an electrical counterattack, inflicting 7 (/ 150) pts of damage
2. s1-7 Charbroiled Shrimp Claws: After a couple seconds without attacking, inflict an extra 15 (/ 600) pts of damage on your first attack
3. s2-3 Jimbo's Old-Fashioned Snail Soup: Secrete a trail of electric mucus that inflicts 8 (/200) pts of damage to enemies
4. s2-6 Crabshell Bisque: Generates a watery vortex around you that inflicts 8 (/ 150) pts of damage
5. s2-7 Dragon Fruit Jelly: Adds a small explosion that inflicts 3 (/ 15) additional damage to every attack
6. s3-1 Stir-Fried Crab: Upon landing an attack, emit a jet of water that inflicts 5 (/ 200) pts of damage
7. s6-7 Blood Lotus Tea: Every percent of lost HP increases damage output by 1%
8. g1-3 Stank Tea: Fart after taking or blocking an attack, inflicting 20 (/ 100) damage +80% primary weapon damage on enemies in the vicinity
9. g3-5 Grilled Eel: Weapons now charge automatically. Charge speed increased by 60% (/1000%)
10. g3-6 Crayfish Double Double: Increases secondary weapon damage output by 5% (/ 10%). Makes both primary and secondary weapons attack at the same time.
11. g5-7 Cursed Popsicle: Forbidden Dessert: Increase all damage inflicted by ?% / (80%). Increase all damage taken by 10 (/15) [pts]
12. j1-1 Scarab Protein Powder: Damage output increase based on movement speed, up to +10% (/ 50%)
13. j1-5 Powdered Shark Cartilage: Fixes health at 1 and gain 100 (/ 190) shield points that regenerate at 3 points per second. Damage output increased by 10% (/ 13%) for every 10 active shield points

Recommendations are bolded. Robust Watermelon Stew helps for doubling your DPS, while Coco Powder increases it by 50% at max level. Others give only additive DPS boosts which is less effective as the game progresses.

All Melee
1. s1-6 Fried Banana: Melee attacks inflict 3 (/ 72) pts of additional damage
2. s2-1 Barbecued Toad Leg: Melee attacks inflict <Toad Poison>, causing 25 (/ 200) pts of damage
3. s2-4 Double Crab Boil: Increases the damage of every second strike by 50% (/ 200%) when using different melee attacks on an enemy
4. s5-4 Robust Watermelon Stew: Gain a charge after landing a successful melee attack for a maximum of 10 charges. For each charge earned, attack speed increases by 10% and damage dealt decreases by 1% (/ 0%). Gotta go fast!
5. s6-1 Fried Durian Puffs: Increases damage output by 30% (/ 100%) for melee attacks executed while falling through the air
6. s7-1 Super Double Crab Boil: Increases the effect of [s2-4] Double Crab Boil by 100% (/ 250%) every once in a while
7. s7-2 Coco Powder: Increases melee weapon attack speed by 20% (/ 50%)
8. s7-3 Pork Chops on Rice: Dashing into enemies inflicts 20 (/ 80) pts melee damage and knocks away any projectiles
9. g1-5 Flippin Fish Pie: Gain a shield point for every successful melee attack. Shield disappears over time. Max 8 (/ 30) pts.
10. g1-7 Corny Energy Drink: Stunned enemies take 30% (/ 220%) more melee damage, but attacks remove their stunned status
11. g5-5 Fried Leg Tenders: Nanomachines: Every Melee hit inflicts a layer of deadly nanomachines on the enemy. Each layer repeatedly inflicts 6 (/ 40) damage. Max 10 (/ 12) layers.

Swords tips: Swords are fun for combos. Also view the bat soup debuff for single target damage, and look at the melee and offense options for higher DPS.

Sword
1. s3-4 Red Dragon Tonic: Enables Sword Combo: "Rising Dragon" (Up+Attack), a[n] upward attack with a sword-type weapon. Damage increases with weapon damage. Inflicts at least 3 (/ 160) damage
2. s3-6 Freshwater Clam Bake: Enables Sword Combo: "Water Whirl", a spinning aerial attack with a sword-type weapon. Damage increases with weapon damage. Inflicts at least 15 (/ 350) damage.
3. s5-5 Braised Mantis on Rice: Enables Sword Combo: "Quick Slash" (Dash+Attack), a quick and powerful attack with a Sword-type weapon. Damage increases with weapon damage. Inflicts at least 30 (/ 150) damage
4. s6-5 Marinated Venison on Rice: Enables Sword Combo: "Lightning Dash" (Dash+Attack), an electrical attack with a Sword-type weapon. Damage increases with weapon damage. Inflicts at least 10 (/ 120) damage
5. s6-6 Cast Iron Steak: Enables Sword Combo: "Iron Blitz" (Down + Attack), a downward attack in from air with a Sword-type weapon. Damage increases with weapon damage. Inflicts at least 24 (/ 200) damage
6. g1-4 Bladegrass Salad: Activate "Hidden Blade" after attacking an enemy with different sword combos, inflicting 30 (/ 300) damage
7. g4-3 Chainfish Nigiri: Activate "Phantom Slash" by hitting an enemy with "Quick Slash" and another Melee attack at the same time. Inflicts 50% (/ 200%) of the damage to all nearby enemies. Recharge after a few seconds by refraining from sword attacks.
8. g6-5 Elemental Sundae: Attacking with different sword combos increases their damage by 10% (/ 100%) or more. Allows "Rising Dragon" "Quick Slash" and "Lightning Dash" to be re-used without touching the ground. Effects last several seconds.

For axes, you're often dual wielding a hatchet for extra benefit. Consider the melee or offense sections above.

Axe/Hatchet
1. s3-7 Watery Clam Broth: Axe and Hatchet attacks create a watery wave, inflicting 2 (/ 40) extra damage.
2. s5-3 Strong Soy Milk: Increases maximum health by 20 (/ 30) pts, and increases Axe and Hatchet damage by 5 (/ 25) pts
3. s7-4 Braised Tea Beef: When damaged, raise Axe and Hatchet damage by 30% (/ 60%) and attack speed by 15% (/ 20%) over a couple seconds
4. g2-6 Tomato Soup: Landing rapid, successive hits while dual-wielding Axes activates "Whirlwind Chop". Inflicts 5 (/ 15) base damage + 65% (/ 130%) primary weapon damage per hit. Enter a new destructive state of mind.
5. g4-6 Braised Wings: Enable a physics-defying spinning Axe attack (Down + Primary). Inflicts 6 (/ 40) base damage + 25% (/ 45%) primary weapon damage

Spears and shields can combo off each other well, providing solid defense from range. Consider the melee and offense sections above.

Spear
1. s3-3 Grilled Glowy Shroom: Makes weapons bigger and increases spear damage output by 10% (/ 50%)
2. s4-3 Clam Tonic: Spray a blast of water when attacking enemies with a spear, inflicting 12 (/ 60) pts of damage
3. s5-7 Crunchy Durian Fritters: Increases damage of spear-type weapons by 20% (/ 70%) when a shield is raised
4. g2-3 Barbecued Corn: Enables "Spear Flurry" (Down + Attack) when wielding Spear-type weapons, inflicting 10 (/ 40) base damage + 15% primary weapon damage. Enemies struck with this attack take an additional 10% (/ 100%) damage
5. g5-3 Fried Breast Cutlet: Enables "Spear Charge" (Dash + Attack) while wielding a Spear-type weapon. Inflicts 100 (/ 400) base damage + 50% primary weapon damage

Shield
1. g1-3 Stank Tea: Fart after taking or blocking an attack, inflicting 20 (/ 100) damage +80% primary weapon damage on enemies in the vicinity
2. g3-7 Stewed Whelk: Trigger a shockwave when using shield bashes. Inflicts 10 (/ 150) base damage + 10x total damage blocked by the raised shield
3. g5-2 Steel-plated Tofu: Generates a pulse that damages and stuns all nearby enemies after blocking an attack within 0.5s of raising your shield. The pulse inflicts 50 (/ 100) base damage +60% (/ +120%) shield block capacity.
4. g6-2 Icebird Snow Cone: Enables "Shield Charge" (Dash + Secondary) when wielding a shield, inflicting 20 (/ 50) base damage +200% shield block capacity. Inflict 200% extra damage on Stunned enemies.
5. j2-3 Cactus Ice Cream: Raise shield attack damage by 100 (/ 240). Block an attack within 0.5s of raising your shield to recover 50% (/ 65%) of your shield points.

Recommendation is bolded: 90% more damage to bosses is insanely high value. And it works with every single weapon type.

Daggers focus on damage over time. So attack speed is useless, attack damage is useless unless it procs off of the damage over time (like the explosions from s2-7). So focus on your dagger poison; s5-1 literally doubles endgame dagger power.

Debuff
1. s3-2 Family Style Shroom Stew: Periodically emit a cloud of toxic spores that inflicts 50 (/ 300) pts of damage over 5s
2. s4-4 Fried Spider Cutlet: Attacks inflict an additional 64 (/ 300) pts of damage over 8 secs
3. s7-5 Scary Pork Gumbo: Inflict 5 (/ 30) pts extra damage for every different poison and bleeding effect inflicted
4. g3-4 Bat Soup: Spreads "Disease Carrier" status to enemies, increasing damage taken by ?% (/90%). After an infected enemy dies, all damage debuffs are transferred to a nearby enemy

Dagger
1. s4-5 Grilled Mantis Claw: After a couple seconds without attacking, dagger attacks inflict 200 (/ 600) pts of damage over 4 secs
2. s5-1 Fried Soft-Shelled Scythe: Poison or bleeding effects caused by daggers inflict an additional 20% (/ 100%) damage
3. j1-6 Lab-Grown Crystal Sugar: Gain a shield layer for every successful Dagger attack. Layers disappear over time. Max 10 (/ 20) layers

Summons
1. s6-2 Crispy Land Shrimp: Attract 3 (/ 6) friendly fairies that follow you and attack enemies
2. s6-3: Royal Milkshake: Create 5 (/ 20) small wasps that follow you and attack enemies
3. g3-3 Pan-fried Leech Steak: Increases bullet output for all weapons and summons by 2 but decreases the damage of each bullet by 70% (/ 60$)
4. j1-3 Organic Scorpion Pheromones: Attract 1 (/ 4) scorpion(s) to aid you in attacking enemies

Scythe
1. g1-2 Scarlet Braised Pork on Rice: Creates a "Corpse Explosion" when using Scythes to harvest soul shards, inflicting 50% (/ 400%) of the soul's value in damage
2. g2-2 Pineapple Pizza: A forbidden dish that fractures the soul. When hurt while wielding a Scythe, drop soul shards worth 600% (/ 4000%) of the damage taken
3. g4-1 Assorted Fish Soup: While wielding a Scythe, motivate your summons with a gentle tap (Down+Attack), increasing their attack speed by 50% (/ 400%) and movement speed by 16% (/ 100%). Effect lasts for a couple seconds.
4. g4-7 Fried Skin Cracklings: Grow bone spikes to hurt enemies on collision once your Scythe summons have grown to their maximum size. Inflicts 30 (/ 90) damage
5. g6-3 Cryptid Noodle Soup: Increase max Scythe summon limit by 1 (/ 5) and summon max health by 10% (/ 200%)
6. g6-7 Blood-Red Battery Soup: "Corpse Explosions" also ignite other souls nearby, triggering a chain reaction

Recommendation bolded. Blanched Broccoli allows for enemy penetration which is great for crowds.

Bow
1. s4-2 Tentacle Stir-Fry: Increase Bow damage by 40% (/ 50%) and movement speed by 50% with a fully drawn bow
2. s5-2 Bullseye Omelet: Bow damage increased by 50% (/ 65%) if no damage was taken in the last couple seconds
3. s7-7 Mutton Hot Pot: With 3 charges, a bolt of lightning will strike with the next arrow hit, dealing 40 (/ 300) damage. Gain 1 charge with each jump, roll, dash, or rapid descent. Gain full charge after a perfect dodge.
4. g2-4 Blanched Broccoli: Holding a fully-drawn bow for over 1 second makes the arrow fly straight, penetrate through enemies, and bounce off surfaces. Increases arrow damage by 40% (/ 50%)
5. g4-2 Double Fish Soup: Deep Penetration: Damage increased by 10% (/ 60%) (Max 20% (/ 60%)) for every enemy each arrow penetrates
6. g5-1 Iron Egg Skewers: Sniper: Reveals enemies' weak points. Landing an arrow on it increases damage output by 15% (/ 60%). Attack its weak point!

Gun
1. g2-1 Watermelon Juice: Dashing instantly reloads guns and increases shooting speed by 30% (/ 35%) for 2 (/ 4) shots
2. g3-3 Pan-fried Leech Steak: Increases bullet output for all weapons and summons by 2 but decreases the damage of each bullet by 70% (/ 60$)
3. g6-1 Gory Meat Bun: Every shot landed by a Gun-type weapon increases shooting speed by 5% (/ 9%) up to a maximum of 50% (/ 75%)
4. g6-4 Apple Pie: Double-shot: Fire and exhaust 1 extra bullet every shot. Only for guns with magazines

Shotgun
1. j2-2 Kiwi Jam Sandwich: With a shotgun-type weapon, deal + 100 (/ 200) damage and knockback against enemies in close range

Cone legion pie gives a x2.5 damage multiplier on top of j1-5 Powdered Shark Cartilage. It also gives infinite mana. It's pretty amazing.

Magic
1. s4-7 Sweet Fairy Dust: Magic damage increased by 20% (/ 80%) and max mana increased by 5 (/ 20) if no damage was taken in the last two seconds
2. s7-6 Cleansing Green Tea: Increases mana recovery by 20% (/ 50%) and max mana by 5 (/ 8) pts
3. g1-1 Candied Dragonfruit: If cast from a full mana bar, magic attacks with a staff generate an explosion, inflicting 10 (/ 50) damage. Increases max mana by 5 (/ 10).
4. g2-7 Dragonfire Chili Stew: Place explosive magical chili oil (Down + Secondary) at the target, and set it off with a Magic attack. Explosion inflicts 100 (/ 300) damage.
5. g3-2 Slimy Mold Jelly: Increases Magic Damage by 10% (/ 30%). 50% (/ 200%) of damage taken is turned into mana. Perfect dodge recovers 50% of max mana. Warning: Causes magic overdose (!!SEE WARNING!!)
6. g4-4 Overclocked Dumplings: Magic damage increased by 10% (/ 40%). Mana usage increased by 40%.
7. g5-4 Core Consomme: Lightning Chain: Activate a chain of lighting that deals 20 (/ 90) damage between your position and the last Staff ability cast. Increases Staff casting range.
8. g6-6 Apple Flurry Ice Cream: Mana Fountain: Automatically generate a magical circle that heals 8 (/ 25) mana per second when mana gauge is full
9. j2-4 Cone Legion Pie: Deal 5% (/ 15%) additional magic damage for every 10% lost HP. Cast magic using health if mana runs out. Magic use cannot reduce health below 1.

Hook
1. g3-1 Leechblood Pudding: Gain a shield while flying towards a hooked enemy. Shield blocks a maximum of 15 (/ 80) damage and inflicts 30 (/ 200) collision damage on any nearby enemies
2. g4-5 Wreckage Rolls: Superconductor: Repeatedly inflict 10 (/ 40) lightning damage on hooked enemies. Flying to the enemy generates a shock wave that inflicts 40 (/ 250) pts of area damage.
3. g5-6 Killer Rabbit Soup: Flying towards a hooked target increases Melee damage by 30% (/ 100%) and attack speed by 100% (/ 250%) for 3 (/ 5) seconds

Unarmed
1. j1-2 All-Natural Synthetic Steroids: Enables "Hundred Crack Fist" while empty-handed. Attack speed cannot be increased
2. j1-7 Roasted Sweet Potato: Induces intenstinal contractions and enables Fart Kick (Dash + Attack) while empty-handed. Deals knockback and 400 (/ 800) damage.
3. j2-1 Piquant Pumpkin Stew: Hit enemies with your bare fists to mark them. Marked enemies explode in 2 seconds, dealing area damage per mark. Marks are removed if they take additional damage. Max 20 active marks

Warhammer
1. j1-4 Smoked Shark: Ground pound (Down + Attack) with a War Hammer to create a shockwave that deals additional damage to stunned enemies

In the endgame, you unlock the ability to freely swap between builds. This allows us to make more meaningful builds as a result.

Usage: Hold your bowstring, and run through the entire game without taking a scratch.


Core weapon:
Any low draw time Bow

Core skills:
s1-4 Happy Grass Rolls -- + Speed
s4-2 Tentacle Stir Fry -- +Speed while holding down the draw button
s1-1 Fried Mosquito -- +Jumps, endgame-only

Bonus skills:
j1-5 Powdered Shark Cartilage + s5-6 Pappy Panna Cotta + s4-6 Seafood Hotpot -- tons of health and defense
g1-6 Scarlet Pork Stew -- a res is nice

Usage: Swap when you need to wait out a boss's invincible phase.


Core weapon:
Shields, shields, shields

Core skills:
s1-4 Happy Grass Rolls -- + Speed for dodging
s1-1 Fried Mosquito -- +Jumps for dodging
j1-5 Powdered Shark Cartilage + s5-6 Pappy Panna Cotta -- tons of health
g1-6 Scarlet Pork Stew -- a res is nice
s3-5 Shrimp Pancake -- extra projectile defense is amazing

Bonus skills:
j2-3 Cactus Ice Cream -- being able to quickly regen shields is helpful

.Usage: Use to one-shot every single enemy in game, albeit at close range until you get the Warhammer


Core Weapons
Chapter 2 -- Magic Stun Gun (secondary) -- 800 damage, insane
Endgame -- Warhammer 22k (primary) -- also 800 damage, bigger range

Core DPS skills:
s1-4 Happy Grass Rolls -- + Speed for damage
g3-4 Bat Soup -- x1.9 damage vs bosses
j1-1 Scarab Protein Powder -- x1.5 damage
j1-5 Powdered Shark Cartilage -- x3.5 damage at max health, also high survivability

Core Build DPS skills:
s7-2 Coco Powder -- x1.5 DPS
s3-5 Grilled Eel -- charge speed = incalculable DPS boost with these weapons
s6-1 Fried Durian Puffs -- x2 DPS in the air

Total = x20 damage in the air, at full health, at x1.5 the fire rate. One hit of either hammer does 15,824 damage against a dummy. Trivializes all bosses.

Usage: Safely destroy everything from a slight distance


Core Weapons:
Secondary - Holy Hand Grenade -- it does magic damage and you can hold down the button and ignore it
Primary - Event Horizon or your best magic weapon

Core DPS skills:
s1-4 Happy Grass Rolls -- + Speed for damage
g3-4 Bat Soup -- x1.9 damage vs bosses
j1-1 Scarab Protein Powder -- x1.5 damage
j1-5 Powdered Shark Cartilage -- x3.5 damage at max health, also high survivability

Core Build DPS skills:
j2-4 Cone Legion Pie -- x2.5 damage, infinite mana
s4-7 Sweet Fairy Dust -- x1.8 damage if not hit for last 2s
g4-4 Overclocked Dumplings -- x1.4 damage

Total = x63 damage. Each black hole from event horizon does 2 hits of 5884 damage. Each Holy Hand Grenade does 3097 per bounce + 495 per explosion. You can spam event horizon as fast as you can click or press a button, so if you click 4 times per second you're doing 40k damage per second.

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Unarmed builds are considerably weaker and harder to use. I couldn't find a bow or gun build, a spear build, an axe build, or a sword build which could compete with any of the above.

Issue with all melee weapons is they'd all share 6 of the 7 skills from the hammer, then that leaves a single flex spot. For sword, there's nothing to improve DPS, nor for axe. Spear can get an additional double damage against a particular target, but the best spear does 60 damage as opposed to the 800 from hammers.

Guns don't do much damage. Hook builds are workable, but weak. There might be a bow build which competes... but I highly doubt a Scythe / Summoner build can possible even enter the conversation.