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Cooking, fishing and the collection pass

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Cook from recorded recipes with the required ingredients, fish at designated spots with suitable rod and bait combinations, and use Viewer Mode when the full edition unlocks it. Let notebook entries drive your collection pass instead of chasing an unconfirmed 100% total.

Checked 8 Oct 2026 · before patch 1.05 (30 Oct 2026)What changed

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Coverage: Full release · Steam 1.05 (October 30) / Falcom PS5 v1.04 · Switch update pending · checked October 31, 2026 UTC. Research checked 8 Oct 2026. Updated 25 Oct 2026

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  1. 20:31–20:37Recipe Book and Attack Food tutorial panelsPrepare food and inspect the result · Rival Mech Boss
  2. 3:23–3:53Choosing bait for the Bamboo Fishing Rod, then a catchTry a different rod and bait combination · Rival Mech Boss

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20:31–20:37 · 6 sRecipe Book and Attack Food tutorial panels
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Before you start

  • Access to the relevant notebook and activity
  • Ingredients or fishing equipment in your save
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Prepare food and inspect the result

Some failed cooking attempts produce Attack Food that can damage enemies. This is occasional; failure does not guarantee a specific offensive item.

Checked on screen · Oct 25, 2026

20:31–20:37 · 6 sRecipe Book and Attack Food tutorial panels

Cook new dishes from the Recipe Book for their first-time bonuses. If a dish fails, keep the Attack Food it makes: it damages enemies in Command Battles without using CP.

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20:31–20:37Recipe Book and Attack Food tutorial panels
  1. Open the Recipe Book and choose a recipe you have recorded.
  2. Check its ingredients before cooking.
  3. Inspect the result and effect before using it in battle.
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Try a different rod and bait combination

Changing combinations can attract different fish. Exact species tables, catch rates, top-rank size rules and reward thresholds still need current-build evidence.

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3:23–3:53 · 30 sChoosing bait for the Bamboo Fishing Rod, then a catch

At a fishing spot, pick bait from the list for your rod and check the Catchable Fish panel. Reel the fish in against the meter until you land it.

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3:23–3:53Choosing bait for the Bamboo Fishing Rod, then a catch
  1. Use a designated fishing spot and select from the rod and bait combinations you own.
  2. Check the Fishing Notebook after a catch; it records information and supports collection rewards.
  3. If fishing crashes the Steam trial, update it: demo 1.00.1 includes a fix for that issue.
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Use the full edition’s Viewer Mode

The official systems page lists Viewer Mode as a full-game feature for posing and photographing characters with backdrops, poses and costumes. It is unavailable in the demo, so a missing menu in an imported trial save is not a broken collection flag.

Treat Viewer Mode unlocks and cosmetic availability as separate from recipes, fish and story progress. Record the current menu state if a patch changes when it becomes available.

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Make an optional-content pass before the finale

Community completion discussions identify books, recipe variants, fish and chests as useful categories to check. Their counts are provisional and are not Kingy completion targets. Record what your own notebooks show.

Review remaining shops and requests before the reported Academy lock-in. Keep a pre-finale save if you want to return to collection work; a finished-demo save alone may not provide that access.

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Sources · 4Official · Reported · checked 8 Oct 2026 · Research checked 8 Oct 2026
Official Steam announcement feed ↗Official Steam retail 1.04 (October 5) and 1.03.2, launch announcement and separate demo 1.00.1/1.00.2 fixes. No later Steam announcement in the fetched feed; no console parity inferred.Official ·
Cooking, fishing and Viewer Mode ↗Recipe Book, occasional Attack Food, rod/bait combinations and notebook rewards.Official ·
Current demo player reports ↗Player-reported Academy restriction and character-choice observations; not independently tested. Classic-game replies are excluded.Reported ·
Demo collection discussion ↗Books, recipes, fish and chest completion discussion. Uncorroborated counts and cave routes remain research leads.Reported ·

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