Lost Ark South Vern Adventurer's Tome Cooking: The Complete Guide to All Recipes (2024)

The South Vern Adventurer’s Tome Cooking section comprises 7 recipes you need to cook or collect. In this guide, you’ll learn how to get the ingredients needed to craft each one of them.

1. Cook & Cooking Ingredient Merchant Location

The South Vern Cook is called Snori and labeled as a “Bartender”. Both he and the South Vern Cooking Ingredient Merchant Herdis are located in Bellion Port (Bellion Ruins):

2. Steamed Oysters with White Wine

To craft Steamed Oysters with White Wine you’ll need to collect 30x Fresh Oyster. Oysters can be found at the following locations in Bellion Ruins:

The success rate of actually getting a Fresh Oyster is relatively low. When trying to loot you’ll often get the message “Gathering fresh oysters failed due to lack of experience”. According to data records of a user on Reddit, the success rate is around 12%.

Once you’ve managed to get all the oysters needed, you can craft Steamed Oysters with White Wine at the cook.

3. Kandarian Cold Lager

Kandarian Cold Lager can be crafted at the cook. Before you can do that you’ll need to acquire 6 recipes.

3.1 Kandarian Cold Lager Recipe, Part One

Kandarian Cold Lager Recipe, Part One can be bought from Cooking Ingredient Merchant Herdis in Bellion Ruins for 200,000 silver.

3.2 Kandarian Cold Lager Recipe, Part Two

Kandarian Cold Lager Recipe, Part Two can be found in the northern part of Candaria Territory:

3.3 Kandarian Cold Lager Recipe, Part Three

Kandarian Cold Lager Recipe, Part Three has a chance to drop from Black Knights Familiar and Black Knights Soldier in Candaria Territory. They can be found mainly in the east and west of the zone:

3.4 Kandarian Cold Lager Recipe, Part Four

Kandarian Cold Lager Recipe, Part Four can be bought from Cooking Ingredient Merchant Herdis for 450,000 silver.

3.5 Kandarian Cold Lager Recipe, Part Five

Kandarian Cold Lager Recipe, Part Five can be found in the south-western part of Bellion Ruins:

3.6 Kandarian Cold Lager Recipe, Part Six

Kandarian Cold Lager Recipe, Part Six has a chance to drop from Black Knights Commander and Black Knights Soldier in Bellion Ruins. They spawn in the center of the zone. Drop chances are relatively low so it may take you a while to get it.

3.7 Kandarian Cold Lager Hidden Areas

Kandarian Cold Lager is needed to reach two Mokoko seed locations in Candaria Territory.

You’ll only need to craft Kandarian Cold Lager once. After you’ve consumed it the first time, you’ll get Empty Kandarian Cold Lager Bottle. For a small fee, the South Vern cook will refill it.

4. Bellion Wings

To get Bellion Wings you need to buy Chicken Wings from Cooking Ingredient Merchant Herdis in Bellion Ruins for 1,000,000 Silver. With this ingredient, you can craft Bellion Wings at the cook.

In order to use Bellion Wings, you first need to drink 3x Kandarian Cold Lager. This will grant you a buff allowing you to eat Bellion Wings.

You’ll only need to craft Kandarian Cold Lager once. After you’ve consumed it the first time, you’ll get Empty Kandarian Cold Lager Bottle. For a small fee, the South Vern cook will refill it.

5. Vernilaya

To craft Vernilaya you’ll need two ingredients. The hidden locations where you get them are both virtue-gated.

• Candaria Territory: 10x Ingredient: Meat ( Charisma: 350)
• Bellion Ruins: 30x Ingredient: Seafood ( Kindness: 350)

6. Crayfish with Vegetables

Follow this step-by-step-instruction exactly to be able to craft Crayfish with Vegetables:

1. Buy the following items from Cooking Ingredient Merchant Herdis (DO NOT USE THEM!):
   • 5x Grey Bait Material (for a total of 500,000 silver)
   • 1x Red Bait Material (150,000 silver)
   • 2x Orange Bait Material (for a total of 400,000 silver)
2. Triport to Candaria Territory (Collapsed Southern Ruins or Ancient Fall).
3. Now use all of the Bait Material you previously bought (5x Grey > 1x Red > 2x Orange).
4. Pick up Crayfish at one of the two locations marked in the map below.
5. Craft Crayfish with Vegetables at the cook.

Using the Bait Material will create the Golden Bait for Crayfish you’ll need to pick up the Crayfish. The buffs disappear when you triport, so you must eat them when you’re already at the Crayfish location!

7. Vernese Brisket

Note: Crafting Vernese Brisket requires you to interact with the brisket every 2 hours (real-time!). When a step in the process is finished, you’ll only have 10 minutes to interact or it will expire and transform into Ruined Brisket. If this happens, you’ll need to start again from the beginning.

So when you’re cooking Vernese Brisket make sure you have an 8-hour time frame where you can get into the game every two hours.

1. Buy Uncommon Brisket (10,000 silver) and Brisket Dry Rub (50,000 silver) from Cooking Ingredient Merchant Herdis.
2. Use the two ingredients to craft Brisket Being Cooked at the cook.
3. Wait 2 hours for Brisket Being Cooked to turn into Brisket Ready to be Applied with Rub.
4. Within 10 minutes use Brisket Ready to be Applied with Rub to turn it into Brisket Being Cooked Again.
5. Wait 2 hours for Brisket Being Cooked Again to turn into Brisket, Ready for Dry Rub.
6. Within 10 minutes use Brisket, Ready for Dry Rub to turn it into Reheated Brisket.
7. Wait 2 hours for Reheated Brisket to turn into Brisket Ready to Be Applied with Rub.
8. Within 10 minutes use Brisket Ready to Be Applied with Rub to turn into Nearly Cooked Brisket.
9. Wait 2 hours for Nearly Cooked Brisket to turn into Vernese Brisket.

8. Magical Vernese Brandy

Magical Vernese Brandy is a reward when reaching Trusted in rapport with Thar.

It is also needed to reach hidden areas in Bellion Ruins (Mokoko Seed locations). As with the Kandarian Cold Lager, you can get a refill at the cook after you used Magical Vernese Brandy.