Amateur 0-10
Notes: Do the extra synths if you got the mats laying around. Otherwise just Get adv support and spam those Orange Juices. Especially easy if you get torque beforehand or have Kupo shield. Know before you start down this path that you won't be able to get to level 100 cooking without some fishing skill levels for the 90 test item and you should buy the 80 test item from the npc as soon as it becomes available.
Yield: Sweet Lizard x 1
Fire Crystal, 1 x Honey, 1 x Lizard Tail
Notes: Can do quest to trade in for pickaxes. I'd recommend doing it once for inventory space. Otherwise save the honey for future synths. This quest is turned in at Zeruhn Mines.
Yield: Honeyed Egg x 1
Water Crystal, 1 x Bird Egg, 1 x Honey
Notes: Can do quest to trade in for sickles. I’d recommend doing it once for inventory space. Otherwise save the honey and bird eggs for future synths. This quest is turned in at West Sarutabaruta.
Yield: Carrot Broth x 4
Water Crystal, 4 x San d'Orian Carrot
Notes: Easy early cooking synth to get that first level or two. Slight npc loss.
Yield: Pebble Soup x 1
Fire Crystal, 1 x Distilled Water, 3 x Flint Stone
Notes: If you've been digging you’ve gotten a lot of flint stones to burn.
Yield: Grilled Hare x 1
Fire Crystal, 1 x Dried Marjoram, 1 x Hare Meat
Notes: Can do quest to trade in for Hatches. I'd recommend doing it once for inventory space. This quest is turned in at East Ronfaure.
Yield: Hard-Boiled Egg x 1
Fire Crystal, 1 x Bird Egg, 1 x Distilled Water
Notes: Buy eggs from airship vendor or guild if they are on the cheaper end. Not bad to get the first level or two on this before orange juice to reduce breaks.
Test Item
Yield: Salmon Sub x 1
Earth Crystal, 1 x Black Bread, 1 x La Theine Cabbage, 1 x Smoked Salmon, 1 x Mithran Tomato, 1 x Crying Mustard, 1 x Apple Vinegar
Notes: Quite of few of the ingredients are bought via regional merchants or guild/ Sandy being in 1st place. Run around collect them.
Yield: Orange Juice x 1
Water Crystal, 4 x Saruta Orange
Notes: Saru regional vendor or Sandy citizens when sandy is 1st. Can honestly just do this 0-10 and just take the loss easy enough.