Numerous item descriptions have made reference to cooking, and there's a cooked segment of the inventory. I'm not sure how to cook, though – there doesn't seem to be a clear prompt.
How can I cook my food?
Zelda Breath of the Wild – How to Cook Meals
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If you're fast, you can run up to frogs near some ponds and catch them on the go. That's also possible with lizards, but a lot more difficult.
But you're right, you can't simply waltz up to most critters as you'll scare them off. You need to sneak up to them slowly. Crouching helps, as does moving slowly. Remember that you have a sound meter that shows you how much noise you're making. Make sure to keep an eye on it and keep the line as flat as possible and you should be able to sneak up to bugs and catch them. You can easily catch 3-4 fireflies at night simply be crouching around them.
The noise meter is the purple line in the bottom right corner. The more erratic it is, the more noise you're making. Handy for sneaking up on enemies too.
It seems to be pretty random, from what I've been able to find. From this page:
Recipes may acquire random bonuses, such as being boosted from low to mid or have extra hearts. The jingle heard is altered when the results are randomly improved.
This site also says that it is random and that it will apply one of a few different effects to your dish.
On top of these buffs, when cooking you may also hear a special sound. When this happens you will receive an extra bonus at random. These are:
- Extra yellow heart
- Three extra hearts
- Buff increase by a further 5 minutes
- Buff increased by +1
- Stamina increases
However, this article also says that there is a way to guarantee this boost.
You can actually guarantee these bonuses by using particular items or cooking during a certain time.
Cooking during a Blood Moon, when the moon is red and enemies respawn, will give you a random bonus. As will using a star fragment or dragon body part in your recipe.
Thus, it's not yet known the exact chance to have this bonus happen to you, but you're able to force it to happen by cooking under certain conditions or using certain ingredients.
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According to this site, you have to:
Additional information is found on the site in question, including cooking elixirs and what types of foods you can cook.