The Culinary Crucible: The Beaning of Life

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: The Beaning of Life" is a Culinary Crucible Event in Twisted Wonderland that features Jade Leech and Lilia Vanrouge. It is the third cooking event in the game, requiring players to send their cards out to gather ingredients for a fixed time so that they can cook various dishes. The story consists of a prologue and epilogue which briefly explore Jade and Lilia's experiences in the cooking elective class which teaches students how to cook.

As the event's name implies, all of the dishes featured in this event contain beans. Each dish, high score, Skill and recipe can be viewed in the Album, under the Culinary Crucible tab. This is the first Culinary Crucible event to have reduced locations for procurement, and an ingredient shop..

Associated Summoning Event: The Culinary Crucible Limited-Time (Jade & Lilia)

Associated Story: Beans and Life Story

Event Period

August 29, 2022 2:00 PT to September 5, 2022 22:59 PT

How to Play

1. Gather ingredients
2. Cook a dish
3. Based on the points earned for each dish, you will earn Culinary Crucible Tokens
4. Use the medals to exchange for Jade and Lilia, and unlock the epilogue for the story
5. Trade Culinary Crucible Tokens for items in the Culinary Crucible Token Shop (closes September 12, 2022, 23:59 PT)

Trial Ingredients

• The required ingredients for Tofu Hamburger Steak are given to get you started:
  • Beans
  • Onion
  • Meat
  • Flour
  • Egg

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 Jade or Lilia cards to start the excursion.
  • R Jade (School Uniform) and R Lilia (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 Jade (Apprentice Chef)
  • SR Lilia (Apprentice Chef)
  • Riddle, Silver, Kalim and Trey's Apprentice Chef SRs do not provide this bonus.

• Ingredients can come in 3 grades: Low, Medium and High

• 

  Low

• 

  Medium

• 

  High

Location	Ingredients Available
Botanical Garden - Subtropical Zone	Beans
Botanical Garden	Onion, Potato, Bitter Melon, Tomato
Farm	Meat, Bacon, Milk
Windmill	Flour, Sugar, Pasta
School Store	Spices, Egg, Garlic

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	×350
3	×400
4	×450
5	×500

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
Very Strict	Azul Ashengrotto
Strict	Riddle Rosehearts Epel Felmier
Reasonable	Mozus Trein Kalim Al-Asim
Lenient	Dire Crowley Sebek Zigvolt Silver
Very Lenient	Ruggie Bucchi Rook Hunt

Recipes

Dish	Recipe
Tofu Hamburger Steak	Beans, Onion, Meat, Flour, Egg
Sautéed Pea Shoots with Garlic	Beans, Bacon, Garlic
Erwtensoep	Beans, Onion, Potato, Meat
Minestrone	Beans, Onion, Potato, Tomato, Bacon
Baked Beans	Beans, Tomato, Sugar
Pea Shoot Pasta	Beans, Bacon, Milk, Pasta
Hummus	Beans, Garlic
Bitter Melon Stir Fry	Beans, Bitter Melon, Meat, Egg
Chili Con Carne	Beans, Onion, Tomato, Meat, Spices

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	SR Apprentice Chef	SR Apprentice Chef
Unlock Conditions	The Culinary Crucible Limited-Time (Jade & Lilia) or buy with Culinary Crucible Key	The Culinary Crucible Limited-Time (Jade & Lilia) or buy with Culinary Crucible Key

Limited Missions

• Clear the limited missions during the event period and get the following rewards:
  • Gems: 60 (maximum)
  • Culinary Crucible Tokens: 230 (maximum)
• Please claim your limited mission rewards before September 5th at 22:59 (PT). After this date, you can no longer do missions or get rewards.

Event Missions

Rewards	Mission
×20	Successfully cook ★★★ Tofu Hamburger Steak
×20	Successfully cook ★★★ Sautéed Pea Shoots with Garlic
×20	Successfully cook ★★★ Erwtensoep
×20	Successfully cook ★★★ Minestrone
×20	Successfully cook ★★★ Baked Beans
×20	Successfully cook ★★★ Pea Shoot Pasta
×20	Successfully cook ★★★ Hummus
×20	Successfully cook ★★★ Bitter Melon Stir Fry
×20	Successfully cook ★★★ Chili con Carne
×50	Successfully cook all dishes.
×10	Successfully cook 10 dishes.
×10	Successfully cook 20 dishes.
×10	Successfully cook 40 dishes.
×30	Successfully cook 70 dishes.

Magical Key (Culinary Crucible) Shop

• SR Jade (Apprentice Chef) and SR Lilia (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 September 12 at 23:59 (PT).

	Item	Limit	Cost
SR Apprentice Chef	SR Jade Apprentice Chef Card	1	1
SR Apprentice Chef	SR Lilia 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 September 12 at 23:59 (PT).

	Item	Limit	Cost
	Magical Key (Culinary Crucible)	1	600
	Magical Key	3	200
	Awakening Perfume (SR)	3	200
	Starshards	5	32
	Bottle of Starshards	3	80
	Phial of Blooming Honey	30	6
	Jar of Blooming Honey	20	12
	Jug of Blooming Honey	10	24
	Secret Snack	30	4
	Secret Spread	20	8
	Secret Smorgasboard	10	20
	Dorsal Fin Candy	3	60
	Bat Candy	3	60
	Fire Spellboost Bundle	2	120
	Water Spellboost Bundle	2	120
	Flora Spellboost Bundle	2	120
	Cosmic Spellboost Bundle	2	120
	Phial of Blooming Honey	Unlimited	12
	Secret Snack	Unlimited	8