Key Takeaway
You can consume Meals that you either make or purchase. Consuming these Meals will give you or your Pokémon special abilities for a certain amount of time.
Meals are a secondary but useful feature in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Meals can be used to give you or your Pokémon certain buffs for a limited time, depending on which meals or sandwiches you consume.
Table Of Contents
Benefits of Meals
When making or buying meals, there are various benefits you can get. The following is a list of all 10 Powers you can get from meals:
| Power | Ability Gained |
|---|---|
| Egg Power | More likely to find Pokemon eggs |
| Catching Power | More likely catches will succeed |
| Exp. Point Power | More Exp. Points gained |
| Item Drop Power | More materials found after battle |
| Raid Power | More rewards from Tera Raid Battles |
| Title Power | More likely to find Pokemon with titles |
| Sparkling Power | More likely to encounter shiny Pokemon |
| Humungo Power | More likely to encounter large-size Pokemon |
| Teensy Power | More likely to encounter small-size Pokemon |
| Encounter Power | More likely to encounter Pokemon of this type |
The benefits gained from eating a Meal will last for 30 minutes.
Meal Powers
The Powers in the table above are the board categories of abilities you can get from consuming Meals. When crafting or buying a Meal in the game, you will notice that each of these Powers has a designated type that goes along with it.
For example, let’s look at the Chocolate-Vanilla Fruit Parfait that you can purchase for 1,400 Pokédollars. The Meal Powers that go along with this dish are:
- Catching Power: Ground
- Item Drop Power: Dark
- Exp. Point Power: Poison
This means that by consuming a Chocolate-Vanilla Fruit Parfait, your Pokémon catches will be more likely to succeed with Ground Pokémon, you will find more materials after each battle against Dark Pokémon, and Poison Pokémon will gain more Exp. after battles.
Meal Levels
You will also notice that next to the Meal Powers listed, there are levels. For example, in the image of the Lemon Gelato above, the Item Drop Power, Humungo Power, and Exp. Point Power are all listed as being “Lv. 1.” Lv. 2 Powers will be the same buffs, but stronger. These will be found in Sandwiches that are made with rarer ingredients.
Types of Meals
To reap the benefits of all these buffs and abilities, you’ll need to purchase or make Meals. You can find Meals in most cities in the game, as there are stores and food carts littered across Paldea. But if you’d rather make your own than spend the money on fancy Meals, Sandwiches are another option.
How to Make Sandwiches
To make a Sandwich, find an area out in the open that isn’t in a town. Open your main menu and select “Picnic.” Once your table is up, Walk close to it and push “A” on your Nintendo Switch controller. Choose to make a Sandwich, and select one from your list of recipes.
You can get ingredients for Sandwiches in the towns and cities scattered across Paldea. In Recipe Mode, the ingredients of the Sandwich are selected for you, so all you must do is arrange the ingredients on the bread.
Once the sSndwich is made, your character will automatically consume it and gain the benefits.
