Tough Monster Stew

Tough Monster Stew

Games	Breath of the Wild Tears of the Kingdom
Effect	Tough: Grants a defense boost
Ingredients	Any "Tough" ingredient Any Meat or Poultry Monster Extract Hyrule Bass/Sanke Carp
Related	Monster Stew Tough Meat and Seafood Fry Tough Prime Meat and Seafood Fry Tough Gourmet Meat and Seafood Fry

"Grants a low-level defense boost. Meat and seafood simmered in monster extract. A savory dish despite its ingredients."

— In-game description

Tough Monster Stew is a piece of food in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. When eaten, Tough Monster Stew grants a temporary defense boost, in addition to restoring a variable number of hearts. Cooking under a Blood Moon may increase this effect.

It can be made in a lit Cooking Pot using any "Tough" ingredient, any meat or poultry (Raw Meat, Raw Prime Meat, Raw Gourmet Meat, Raw Bird Drumstick, Raw Bird Thigh and/or Raw Whole Bird), Monster Extract, and a "neutral" fish (Hyrule Bass or Sanke Carp). You may also substitute the neutral fish with an Armored Carp/Armored Porgy/Ironshell Crab and yield the same result, with or without the other "Tough" ingredient.

Note that Monster Extract randomizes the strength and duration of effects from dishes it is added to, along with the number of hearts recovered, so the results of the cooked dish can be unpredictable beforehand. If an ingredient with a conflicting effect is added, the effects will cancel out and leave the result as plain Monster Stew or similar once cooked. There is no benefit to cancelling out effects in this manner.

The same recipes without the Monster Extract make a version of Tough Meat and Seafood Fry, depending on whether basic, Prime or Gourmet meat or poultry is used. The type of "Tough" ingredients used does not change this.

Cooking Ingredients

Material	Quantity
Any "Tough" ingredient	1+
Raw Gourmet Meat Raw Whole Bird Raw Prime Meat Raw Bird Thigh Raw Meat Raw Bird Drumstick	1+
Monster Extract	1+
Hyrule Bass Sanke Carp	1+

See also

• Cooking in Breath of the Wild
• Monster Stew
• Biting Monster Stew
• Bright Monster Stew
• Chilly Monster Stew
• Electro Monster Stew
• Enduring Monster Stew
• Energizing Monster Stew
• Hasty Monster Stew
• Hearty Monster Stew
• Mighty Monster Stew
• Rapid Monster Stew
• Scorching Monster Stew
• Sneaky Monster Stew
• Spicy Monster Stew
• Stormy Monster Stew
• Sunny Monster Stew