Cooking Ghost of Yotei is an optional side activity ATSU can participate in. It comes with some excellent incentives to encourage players to get involved in the system, especially in higher difficulties.
This guide covers how you start cooking in the game, the benefits it provides, as well as where to find the foods required for the process. Here is the division.
How to cook in Ghost of Yotei
ATSU can cook fish or fungus in a camp in Ghost of Yotei. Press and hold left on the D-pad while standing next to your horse Or when you go it to set up a personal camp or rest at an established Ainu camp.
When you rest on a camp, select the cooking basket next to the fire and Press X. To pick up the ingredient menu. Choose which food you want to make and Tap X again To start the cooking animation.
Inclination of your PS5 DUALSSENSE control unit down To let ATSU bring the food closer to the fire. Tap To turn the food over the flames to get a smooth steak. When the process is completed, you will automatically leave the first person mode and ATSU will have the appropriate food buff immediately.
The “Quick Camp” Alternative under Options> Games Can be switched on to automate the cooking process.
Cooking ingredients in Ghost of Yotei
There are only two cooking ingredients in the Ghost of Yotei: Fish and Mushrooms. When eaten, all food gives a day long buff to Atsu:
- Fish: Determine the bonus spirit and a random greater benefit for a full day.
- Sponge: Determine the bonus spirit and a random minor benefit for a full day.
The Benefits can be defensive, offensive or benefit in nature and is randomized every time. Any active benefits appear in the upper left corner of the gear, including their effects.
Bonusand is represented by a green icon with a white limit above the atsus health bar. The white limit also serves as a time indicator for how much time remains before the food buff ends.
ATSU can only eat if she is hungry, which means you can't stack food buffets or eat several foods on the same day.
How to get fish and mushrooms in Ghost of Yotei
Both fish and mushrooms are world articles that can be picked up if you have a chance at them, similar to bamboo and flowers.
- Fish Available in wood Fishing traps found in rivers and other streams (pictured above).
- Sponge can be found on overturns logsmoist places like swamp or riveror below Large shadow.
Some suppliers that Ainu sells groceries in exchange for copper (these are not sold for coins). The merchants usually have limited warehouses that are updated over time.

- Published
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October 2, 2025
- ESRB
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Mature 17+ / blood and gore, drug reference, intense violence, language, partial nudity, use of alcohol
- Publisher
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Sony Interactive Entertainment
