Battlefield Priest's Cookbook [1]

Type

Cookbook

About this cookbook

A record of crafting techniques left by the devout battlefield priests. These keepers of the faith fought bitterly to spread their gospel in the realm of shadow, where there was no Erdtree to gaze upon.

Acquire the knowledge to craft the following:

- Golden Grease - Drawstring Golden Grease

Church District, upper chapel room

Shadow Keep

Starting Site of Grace: Sunken Chapel

1. From Highroad Cross in Scadu Altus, follow the road east to Moorth Ruins and activate the grace beside the cross.
2. Pass through the large stone arch east-southeast of the grace. At the house ahead, turn left toward the leaning tower. Avoid the large open shaft behind the house, which is too deep for a direct drop.
3. Find the smaller gap between the broken building and the rock wall in front of the leaning tower. Drop onto the balcony-like ledge, turn right past the dogs and follow the cave inward.
4. In the open chamber at the end, take the back-left ledges down onto the lower roof. Look for the small shrine guarded by three Inquisitors and collect Golden Arcs from the chest inside.
5. To continue east, drop from the lower roof to the ground and take the cave beside the building on the left. Follow it to the long ladder and climb out of the well at Bonny Village grace.
6. Go east through Bonny Village, watching for the large cleaver-wielding villagers, and cross the two suspension bridges. The second brings you to Bridge Leading to the Village grace.
7. Follow the road north through the woods to Church District Highroad grace. Take the northwestern road through the entrance tunnel and activate Church District Entrance inside Shadow Keep. This eastern entrance leads to the flooded district, rather than the main-gate Hippopotamus arena.
8. Jump from the entrance ledge onto the first roof below. Follow its northwestern edge and jump from the raised roof section to the stone wall opposite, rather than taking the southwestern log platforms toward different loot.
9. Follow the wall around and climb its northeastern rise. Jump to the next roof northwest, where a Fire Knight patrols. Clear it or make enough room to continue safely.
10. Cross toward the next large church and jump onto the sloping stone support on your left. Walk southwest up that support to the high roof, then use the broken roof opening to drop onto the central beam below.
11. Follow the beam to the adjoining upper corridor and drop through the opening in its floor onto the raised church passage. Stay above the water and continue northwest; the Prayer Room door is a separate side destination.
12. Pass the small side room holding a Rune of an Unsung Hero and continue into the corridor patrolled by two Fire Knights. The first left exit leads toward the drainage wheel, while the later left exit leads to the Storehouse lift.
13. Take the first left exit and cross the small bridge outside. Clear the bats, go up the steps and jump the narrow gap in the walkway before the tall lamp.
14. Climb the ladder to the large wheel and operate it from the side to drain the district. This permanently opens the lower ground for the current journey.
15. Climb back down and use the nearby doorway and lower platforms to descend to the exposed ground. Enter the small chapel nearby and activate Sunken Chapel grace.
16. Go into the large church with the headless Marika statue. Wego, the Fire Knight elder, controls the burning corpses in the hall; defeat him to make the altar area safer.
17. From the altar and statue area, take the northeastern passage into the next large room. Climb the stairs there to the upper balcony and loot Battlefield Priest's Cookbook [1] from the corpse.
18. The lower doorway and lift in that room lead toward Tree-Worship Passage. You do not need to take that lift or defeat Scadutree Avatar for the cookbook.

Notes

• Unlocks Golden Grease and Drawstring Golden Grease. The ordinary recipe makes one with one Knot Resin and one Shadow Sunflower; the drawstring version also needs one String.
• Golden Grease adds 120 Holy attack power for 60 seconds. Drawstring Golden Grease applies faster and adds 135 for 25 seconds, trading duration and another ingredient for a stronger short coating.
• Both need a compatible weapon and affinity that permit ordinary coatings. The recipe does not make a Sacred or other normally unbuffable affinity compatible with grease.
• Neither effect is Golden Vow. These coat a weapon, while the crafted Golden Vow taught by the third Battlefield Priest book gives a separate aura buff.
• You need the Crafting Kit from Kalé if Item Crafting is unavailable. No pot or Perfume Bottle is needed for either grease.
• Found on the upper balcony reached from the drained church's statue passage. Messmer and Scadutree Avatar are unnecessary for this selected pickup route.
• The cookbook is not equipped or consumed, and learned recipes carry into later journeys. The other numbered Battlefield Priest books are not prerequisites.