The Culinary Crucible: In Pursuit of Eggcellence
This article is about an event from the English server for Twisted Wonderland. For the Japanese server's version of this event, see here. |
"The Culinary Crucible: In Pursuit of Eggcellence is a Master Chef event in Twisted Wonderland that features Malleus Draconia and Ruggie Bucchi. The event's story covers Malleus and Ruggie's experiences in the Master Chef elective class.
As the event's name implies, all of the dishes featured in this event use eggs as an ingredient. Each dish, high score, skill, and recipe can be viewed in the Album, under the Culinary Crucible tab.
Associated Summoning Event: The Culinary Crucible Limited-Time (Malleus & Ruggie)
Event Period
July 21, 2022 2:00 PT to July 30, 2023 22:59 PT
Event Story
How to Play
- Gather ingredients
- Cook a dish
- Based on the points earned for each dish, you will earn Culinary Crucible Tokens
- Use the medals to exchange for Malleus and Ruggie, and unlock the epilogue for the story
- Trade Culinary Crucible Tokens for items in the Culinary Crucible Token Shop (closes August 6, 2023, 23:59 PT)
Trial Ingredients
- The required ingredients for Quiche are given to get you started:
- Egg
- Bacon
- Milk
- Flour
- Cheese
Note: The ingredients above are sent directly to your account.
Gathering
- Select the location you would like to go to for an excursion.
- You can get different kinds of ingredients based on your selected location.
- The longer you spend on an excursion, the more ingredients you'll get.
- Please note that you must have either Malleus or Ruggie cards to start the excursion.
- R Malleus (School Uniform) and R Ruggie (School Uniform) are also available in Card Shop (Thaumarks).
- The following cards will grant a bonus to the number of ingredients you earn from excursions.
- SR Malleus (Apprentice Chef)
- SR Ruggie (Apprentice Chef)
- Previous Apprentice Chef SRs do not provide this bonus.
- Ingredients can come in 3 grades: Low, Medium and High
Location | Ingredients Available |
---|---|
Heartslabyul Dorm | |
Botanical Garden | |
Farm | |
School Store[note 1] | |
Windmill[note 2] |
Cooking
- Use collected ingredients to cook dishes.
- Select a dish and ingredients from the menu.
- Recipes start off hidden. Each correct ingredient used will be revealed only after cooking.
- The score of the dish you cook will be affected by the quality of ingredients.
- If you select the wrong ingredients, the dish is considered a failure.
- No matter if you cook the dish successfully or not, you will not regain spent ingredients.
- The dish icons do not represent the actual recipe; the required ingredients may differ from the icons.
- The number of stars is not determined by the total score from judges but based on the quality of ingredients and your cooking skill.
- The order of the ingredients does not matter.
- You earn Thaumarks for each dish you cook regardless of its success or failure. The Thaumarks distributed are based on the number of ingredients used in the dish.
Ingredients Used in Dish | Thaumarks Earned |
---|---|
2 | |
3 | |
4 | |
5 |
Judges
- The amount of Culinary Crucible Tokens you receive is based on your score.
- As your skill in each dish raises, you will be able to cook higher scoring dishes.
Judging Standards | Characters |
---|---|
Strict | Divus Crewel
Riddle Rosehearts
Epel Felmier
|
Reasonable | Jack Howl
Ortho Shroud
Kalim Al-Asim
|
Lenient | Lilia Vanrouge
Ashton Vargas
Trey Clover
Deuce Spade
|
Recipes
Dish | Recipe |
---|---|
Quiche |
|
Omelette |
|
Scrambled Eggs with Chives |
|
Egg Tart |
|
French Toast |
|
Chicken and Egg over Rice |
|
Eggs Benedict |
|
Shakshouka |
|
Scotch Egg |
The Culinary Crucible Album
- The dishes you cooked will be recorded in the album, and you can check the recipes or scores there.
- You can check your album by: Album > The Culinary Crucible
- Only successful dishes will be available on the album.
Event Cards
Card | ||
---|---|---|
Unlock Conditions | The Culinary Crucible Limited-Time (Malleus & Ruggie)) or buy with Culinary Crucible Key | The Culinary Crucible Limited-Time (Malleus & Ruggie)) or buy with Culinary Crucible Key |
Event Missions
Rewards | Mission |
---|---|
Successfully cook ★★★ Quiche | |
Successfully cook ★★★ Omelette | |
Successfully cook ★★★ Scrambled Eggs with Chives | |
Successfully cook ★★★ Egg Tart | |
Successfully cook ★★★ French Toast | |
Successfully cook ★★★ Chicken and Eggs over Rice | |
Successfully cook ★★★ Eggs Benedict | |
Successfully cook ★★★ Shakshouka | |
Successfully cook ★★★ Scotch Eggs | |
Successfully cook all dishes. | |
Successfully cook 10 time(s). | |
Successfully cook 30 times(s). | |
Successfully cook 50 time(s). | |
Successfully cook 100 time(s). |
Magical Key (Culinary Crucible) Shop
- SR Malleus (Apprentice Chef) and SR Ruggie (Apprentice Chef), which can be exchanged for Magical Key (Culinary Crucible), are the same cards as The Culinary Crucible Limited-Time Showcase.
- Culinary Crucible Token Shop and Magical Key (Culinary Crucible) Shop are available until May 31 at 23:59 (PT).
Item | Limit | Cost | |
---|---|---|---|
SR Malleus Apprentice Chef Card | 1 | 1 | |
SR Ruggie Apprentice Chef Card | 1 | 1 |
Culinary Crucible Token Shop
- You can use Culinary Crucible Tokens in the Culinary Crucible Token Shop to exchange them for Magical Keys (Culinary Crucible) and other items.
- After you collect 1000 Culinary Crucible Tokens, you will unlock the story ending.
- Culinary Crucible Token Shop and Magical Key (Culinary Crucible) Shop are available until August 3 at 23:59 (PT).
Item | Limit | Cost | |
---|---|---|---|
Magical Key (Culinary Crucible) | 1 | 840 | |
Magical Key | 3 | 280 | |
Awakening Perfume (SR) | 3 | 280 | |
Starshards | 5 | 50 | |
Bottle of Starshards | 3 | 110 | |
Phial of Blooming Honey | 30 | 8 | |
Jar of Blooming Honey | 20 | 20 | |
Jug of Blooming Honey | 10 | 30 | |
Secret Snack | 30 | 5 | |
Secret Spread | 20 | 10 | |
Secret Smorgasboard | 10 | 30 | |
Hyena Candy - Ruggie | 3 | 80 | |
Dragon Candy - Malleus | 3 | 80 | |
Fire Spellboost Bundle | 2 | 170 | |
Water Spellboost Bundle | 2 | 170 | |
Flora Spellboost Bundle | 2 | 170 | |
Cosmic Spellboost Bundle | 2 | 170 | |
Phial of Blooming Honey | Unlimited | 15 | |
Secret Snack | Unlimited | 10 |