Part of the Sea of Conquest Recipes Series:

Recipes Hub: How crafting works (Start Here).

Rare Grilled Fish: The most misunderstood dish in the game.

Distillery Recipes: The drinks side.

Undesirable Food: What the failure grade actually is.

Quick Answer

The galley unlocks at flagship level 4 and grades every dish from S+ down to C. The tier is set by what you put in — more ingredients and better ingredients produce a higher grade, and you sell the result in the Mess Hall for gold.

Two things decide everything:

Fish are colour-graded. Green and Blue are small, Purple is medium, Orange is large. Nearly every fish dish specifies a colour, and using the wrong one drops you a tier.

Quantity drives grade. 1 ingredient is usually C, 2 is B, 3 is A, 4 (or a premium combination) is S or S+. Cooking a single ingredient on its own is how you get the bottom grade.

The Grade Ladder, Explained

Look at the meatball line and the whole system becomes obvious:

Ingredients	Dish	Grade	Gold
1× Raw Meat	Tough Meatballs	C	240
2× Raw Meat	Ordinary Meatballs	B	1,050
3× Raw Meat	Freshly Made Meatballs	A	1,080
4× Raw Meat	Luscious Meatballs	S	1,920

Same ingredient, four grades, an 8× gold spread. The naming convention tells you the tier: "Tough/Burnt/Slimy/Rotten/Mushy/Raw" prefixes are C, "Ordinary" is B, "Fresh/Freshly Made/Nicely" is A, "Yummy/Delicious/Tender/Smooth/Luscious" is S, and "Divine/Heavenly/Sumptuous/Exquisite/Superb/Marvelous/Hearty/Finger Licking" is S+.

Learn the prefixes and you can read any recipe list in the game at a glance.

Season 1 — Full Recipe Table

S+ tier

Dish	Ingredients	Gold
Exquisite Fish Slices	4× Orange fish	1,920
Crispy Fried Fish	2× Egg + 2× Orange fish	520
Divine Fish Soup	1× Orange + 1× Purple fish + 1× Water	440
Sumptuous Cake	3× Milk + 1× Egg	480
Heavenly Fried Fish Taco	1× Maize + 3× Purple fish	3,000
Heavenly Minced Meat Taco	1× Maize + 3× Raw Meat	3,000

S tier

Dish	Ingredients	Gold
Tender Fish Slices	2× Orange + 2× Purple fish	960
Wonderfully Fried Fish	2× Egg + 2× Purple fish	360
Yummy Grilled Fish	2× Purple fish	320
Smooth Ice Cream	4× Milk	320
Nice Fried Egg	4× Egg	160
Fluffy Cake	2× Egg + 2× Milk	320
Delicious Broth	4× Water	160
Luscious Meatballs	4× Raw Meat	1,920
Appetizing Fruit Salad	4× Berries	960
Crispy Tortilla Chips	4× Maize	960
Delicious Minced Meat Taco	2× Maize + 2× Raw Meat	1,920
Delicious Fried Fish Taco	1× Maize + 2× Purple fish	1,920
Tasty Fish Soup	1× Orange + 1× Blue fish + 1× Water	360

A tier

Dish	Ingredients	Gold
Fresh Fish Slices	4× Purple fish	640
Freshly Fried Fish	1× Orange fish + 1× Egg	280
Nicely Grilled Fish	1× Orange fish	240
Freshly Baked Cake	3× Egg + 1× Milk	200
Freshly Fried Egg	3× Egg	90
Freshly Made Meatballs	3× Raw Meat	1,080
Fresh Fruit Salad	3× Berries	540
Freshly Made Tortilla Chips	3× Maize	540
Freshly Made Fried Fish Taco	3× Blue fish + 1× Maize	1,080
Freshly Made Minced Meat Taco	3× Maize + 1× Raw Meat	1,080
Freshly Made Ice Cream	3× Milk	180
Hot Fish Soup	1× Orange fish + 1× Water	280
Hot Broth	3× Water	90

B tier

Dish	Ingredients	Gold
Ordinary Fried Fish	2× Blue fish + 1× Egg	150
Ordinary Fish Soup	2× Blue fish + 1× Water	150
Ordinary Cake	2× Egg + 1× Milk	120
Ordinary Grilled Fish	1× Purple fish	100
Ordinary Ice Cream	2× Milk	100
Ordinary Fried Egg	2× Egg	100
Ordinary Broth	2× Water	50
Ordinary Meatballs	2× Raw Meat	1,050
Ordinary Fruit Salad	2× Berries	525
Ordinary Tortilla Chips	2× Maize	525
Ordinary Fried Fish Taco	2× Blue fish + 1× Maize	840
Ordinary Minced Meat Taco	1× Maize + 2× Raw Meat	840

C tier — the failure grade

Dish	Ingredients	Gold
Rare-grilled Fish	1× Green or Blue fish	50
Burnt Fish	1× Blue fish + 1× Egg	75
Greasy Cake	1× Egg + 1× Milk	75
Burnt Egg	1× Egg	20
Slimy Ice Cream	1× Milk	40
Canned Broth	1× Water	20
Salted Fish Soup	1× Water + 1× Green fish	75
Tough Meatballs	1× Raw Meat	240
Rotten Fruit Salad	1× Berries	120
Mushy Tortilla Chips	1× Maize	120
Raw Fish Taco	1× Maize + 1× Green fish	150
Raw Minced Meat Taco	1× Maize + 1× Raw Meat	120–150

Note the first row. "Rare-grilled Fish" is the worst grilled fish in the game — "rare" as in undercooked, not as in scarce. It is the single most misunderstood dish in Sea of Conquest and it has its own page.

Seasons 2–5 Additions

Each season adds ingredients, and the recipes that use them.

Season 2 — Honey, Wheat, Oats, Cabbage, Marrowbone, Pine Nuts

Tier	Dish	Ingredients
S+	Divine Bone Broth	2× Marrowbone + 1× Water + 1× Honey
S+	Finger Licking Oatmeal Cookies	1× Milk + 1× Egg + 1× Honey + 1× Oats
S+	Sumptuous Vegetable Soup	1× Milk + 2× Cabbage + 1× Honey
S+	Sumptuous Borscht	1× Milk + 1× Cabbage + 2× Meat
S+	Heavenly Toasted Pine Nuts	3× Pine Nuts + 1× Honey
S+	Superb Honey Glazed Ham	2× Meat + 1× Honey + 1× Milk
S+	Marvelous Milk Candy	1× Pine Nuts + 1× Honey + 2× Milk
A	Hot Bone Broth	2× Marrowbone + 2× Water
A	Freshly Made Oatmeal Cookies	1× Oats + 1× Milk + 1× Egg
A	Hot Vegetable Soup	3× Cabbage + 1× Water
A	Hot Borscht	2× Cabbage + 2× Meat
A	Freshly Toasted Pine Nuts	3× Pine Nuts
A	Freshly Made Honey Glazed Ham	2× Meat + 2× Honey
A	Freshly Made Milk Candy	2× Milk + 2× Honey
C	Undesirable Food	1× Wheat

Season 3 — Pinto Beans, Apple, Jerky, Coffee Beans

Tier	Dish	Ingredients
S+	Hearty Baked Beans	2× Pinto Beans + 2× Jerky
S+	Hearty Apple Pie	2× Apples + 2× Honey
S+	Hearty Bacon Stew	2× Jerky + 1× Water + 1× Raw Meat
S+	Hearty Can	2× Apples + 2× Berries
A	Fresh Baked Beans	2× Pinto Beans + 1× Jerky
A	Fresh Apple Pie	2× Apples + 1× Honey
A	Fresh Bacon Stew	3× Jerky + 1× Water
A	Fresh Can	1× Apple + 1× Berries

Season 4 — Rice, Green Plum, Kombu, Kuruma Prawn, Red Beans

Tier	Dish	Ingredients
S+	Heavenly Shrimp Tempura	2× Eggs + 2× Kuruma Prawn
S+	Sumptuous Miso Soup	1× Purple fish + 2× Kombu + 1× Water
S+	Finger Licking Dorayaki	1× Wheat + 1× Egg + 2× Red Beans
S+	Exquisite Sushi	1× Rice + 2× Orange fish
A	Hot Miso Soup	2× Kombu + 2× Water
A	Freshly Made Sushi	1× Rice + 1× Orange fish

Season 5 — Lentils, Mung Beans, Onion, Mint Leaves, Mango

Tier	Dish	Ingredients
S+	Hearty Ful Medames	2× Lentils + 2× Raw Meat
S+	Heavenly Ta'ameya	2× Mung Beans + 2× Onions
S+	Heavenly Meat Pie	2× Raw Meat + 2× Onions
S+	Sumptuous Rice	2× Rice + 2× Lentils

Where Ingredients Come From

Four of your flagship cabins produce the staples directly — this is the part new players miss entirely:

Ingredient	Source
Fresh Water	Water Cabin
Eggs	Chicken Coop
Milk	Cattle Shed
Fish (all colours)	Salvage Bay, plus fishing, Armed Freighters and sea monsters

Everything else — Maize, Berries, Raw Meat, Honey, Wheat, Kombu, Onion and the rest — comes from looting Armed Freighters and merchant ships, treasure chests, and port stalls.

If you are chronically short of Water, Eggs or Milk, the problem is an under-levelled cabin, not bad luck. See the cabins guide.

Practical Advice

Never cook a single ingredient. One-ingredient recipes are all C tier and sell for a fraction of the 2–4 ingredient versions. 4× Raw Meat sells for 1,920; the same meat cooked one at a time sells for 960 total and takes four craft slots.

Check the fish colour before you cook. Orange fish in a recipe wanting Purple is wasted value; Blue fish where Orange is needed drops you a tier.

Meat, Maize and Berries dishes are the gold makers. Compare S-tier gold values: Luscious Meatballs at 1,920 versus Smooth Ice Cream at 320 for the same 4 ingredients. Cook what sells.

Sell in the Mess Hall. That is the conversion point, and it also gates your Captain's Quarters — see the resources hub.

FAQ

When does the galley unlock?

Flagship level 4. The Distillery follows at level 6.

What do the fish colours mean?

Green and Blue are small fish, Purple is medium, Orange is large. Recipes specify colour, and substituting drops your dish a tier.

What is the highest tier dish?

S+. The most valuable Season 1 dishes are Heavenly Fried Fish Taco and Heavenly Minced Meat Taco at 3,000 gold each.

Why is my dish always C tier?

You are cooking single ingredients. One ingredient is nearly always the C-grade result — use 2, 3 or 4.

What is the most profitable dish to cook?

Per ingredient, the meat and maize taco lines. Heavenly Minced Meat Taco returns 3,000 gold for 1× Maize + 3× Raw Meat.

Do recipes carry between seasons?

Unlocked recipes stay unlocked, but season-gated ingredients stop spawning — see the season recipes guide.

Key Takeaways

Grade follows quantity. 1 ingredient = C, 2 = B, 3 = A, 4 = S/S+.
The name prefix tells you the tier — "Ordinary" is B, "Heavenly" is S+.
Fish colour matters: Green/Blue small, Purple medium, Orange large.
Water, Eggs, Milk and Fish come from cabins, not from the map.
Meat, Maize and Berries dishes sell highest. Cook for gold, not for variety.

Sea of Conquest Cooking Recipes: Every Galley Dish and Ingredient