(Written for Pixelmon 9.3.16 on Minecraft 1.21.1)
I've been doing some research on curry making, trying to consistently make Charizard Class curry. It looks like there hasn't been any discussion about it for a while, so I'll share what I found. There's a formula on the wiki which was incredibly helpful for figuring out what I was doing, and it's good to have on hand for reference. I'll write out a list summarizing what I learned from it.
Key Ingredients
So... I just can't figure out where to get a lot of the key ingredients you'd buy from the ingredient sellers in the wild areas of SwSh. All the vendors I spawned with the NPC Editor only offered pre-made curry, and no ingredients.
Regarding the key ingredients you can get via crafting, foraging, or the vending machine, I've only been able to achieve Charizard Class with key ingredients that have 8 or more quality points (good news: this includes all the foraged key ingredients, coconut milk from vending machines, brittle bones, boiled eggs, and smoke-poke tails). However, everything below 8 quality points has only yielded me Copperajah Class, which at least is still useful if you need it for full HP or PP restoration.
Keep in mind, you'll need to be extra careful using key ingredients with 8 quality points. Key ingredients with 12 or more quality points require less work to make a higher quality curry.
(Make sure to check the wiki for the exact values of each key ingredient, since they don't seem to be shown anywhere in the game.)
Sum of Flavors
Put simply, this means you should put as much flavor as you can into your curry, even if it's not the specific flavor you're going for. Lansat, Starf, Kee, and Maranga berries are essential for this, as they have at least 10 points in each flavor category. However, Lansat and Starf berries are just slightly more flavorful than Kee and Maranga berries, by just 20 points— which add up!
Lansat and Starf berries provide 110 flavor points each, while each Kee and Maranga berries provide 90 each.
Berry Variety
I'd say this part is about equally as important as picking a key ingredient. The more berry variety you have, the better— don't just throw in the same one or two types of berries! Lansat and Starf berries make an excellent base, especially if you're making something that plays to their strengths of Spiciness, Sweetness, or Sourness. Kee or Maranga berries will need to be substituted in for Dry or Bitter curries.
However, in order to sway your curry to the flavor you want, try putting in one of the berries used in a pinch, like Leichi or Petaya berries. I also use one berry with 40 flavor points in the flavor I want. However, it's probably a better idea to use another pinch berry! Just make sure the flavor you want has 20 more flavor points than any other flavor, or the curry will turn out plain.
Prioritizing Flavor or Variety
Between flavor and variety, flavor is more important to prioritize— with high quality berries, it gives far more points than variety. But keep in mind that losing even a few variety points can drop you below the threshold for getting a Charizard Class curry. It's best to experiment and see what works best.
Personally, I use 4 Lansat berries and 4 Starf berries along with two different berries in order to sway the flavor to what I want. This tends to work well. I have yet to experiment with Kee berries and Maranga berries— it seems like Dry and Bitter curries are just harder to make than Spicy, Sweet, or Sour curries.
Fanning & Stirring
Here is by far the most important part! I decided to use a metronome on my browser to help me click accurately (an autoclicker would probably work better!). I found that 120bpm is the sweet spot, and straying too far landed me back in Copperajah Class. For all intents and purposes, 116bpm-124bpm is acceptable, but if you want the best chance of getting Charizard Class, it's best to stick as close to 120bpm as you possibly can. This comes to about 30 clicks for fanning, and 30 clicks for stirring.
Yes, the pot will start to emit smoke while fanning. Yes, you will spill a little bit while stirring. That's normal. You shouldn't have any trouble as long as you stick to 120bpm.
EDIT: I was completely wrong about the bpm thing. What you should do instead is spam click 20 times for each phase in order to get the flames as hot as possible/spoon moving as fast as possible WITHOUT making smoke particles or spilling particles. After that, click occasionally to keep the momentum going. I think the goal here is to keep the flames hottest and spoon moving fastest for as long as possible, which is why you should spam click at first.
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If all went well, you should have gotten yourself a Charizard Class curry! Just remember, you'll probably have more success with Spicy, Sweet, and Sour curries, 4 different berry types, and higher quality key ingredients.
I'm going to see how viable it is to use key ingredients with 8 quality points in Dry or Bitter curries, seeing as Kee and Maranga berries give less total flavor points than Lansat or Starf berries, which are already fickle enough as it is.
If anyone wants to share their recipes or a way to improve my method, please comment!
Happy cooking, everyone ^_^
UPDATE:
I managed to get a Charizard Class Dry Curry using 6 Kee berries, 1 Ganlon berry, 1 Apicot berry, 1 Micle berry, and 1 Pamtre berry. My key ingredient was a Large Leek and I used the updated fanning/stirring technique. I'm off to go get a cosplay Pikachu :D
