Pokémon Sleep: Bountiful Banquet Week Vol. 1 Guide – New Recipes, Snackable Nuts & Best Areas

Bountiful Banquet Week Vol. 1 begins on November 16, 2026, in Pokémon Sleep.

This event introduces a new ingredient, Snackable Nuts, along with three new recipes. Ingredients specialists will also receive special bonuses that let them gather additional ingredients and Snackable Nuts during their regular helping.

One of the most interesting features is that Snorlax will accept any dish category throughout the event. You can freely choose between Curries/Stews, Salads, and Desserts/Drinks instead of being restricted to one category for the week.

That makes this event a great opportunity not only to earn more Snorlax Strength, but also to level up recipes you want to use in the future.

In this guide, I’ll cover the event bonuses, how to collect Snackable Nuts, whether to prioritize new recipes, and how I plan to approach the event.

Bountiful Banquet Week Vol. 1 Event Dates

The event is designed to make it easier to try the new ingredient and recipes.

Meal Prep Week Vol. 1 takes place during the preceding week, giving players an opportunity to gather ingredients and prepare their teams.

For more information about preparing for the event, see my Meal Prep Week Vol. 1 guide (Japanese).

Bountiful Banquet Week Vol. 1 Event Bonuses

The following bonuses will apply throughout the event.

The most important bonus is the additional Snackable Nuts gathered by Ingredients specialists.

Whenever these Pokémon gather ingredients through regular helping, they receive one additional unit of their regular ingredient and one Snackable Nuts.

This makes Ingredients specialists particularly useful during the event.

How the Snackable Nuts Strength Bonus Works

There are two different ways to benefit from the 1.5× bonus.

If a recipe requires Snackable Nuts, the Strength generated by its required ingredients receives the 1.5× multiplier.

If you add more Snackable Nuts than the recipe requires, those additional nuts also receive a 1.5× multiplier.

You can even add Snackable Nuts to existing recipes that do not require them. In that case, only the additional Snackable Nuts receive the bonus, not the recipe’s entire Strength.

This means you can still benefit from Snackable Nuts even if you cannot regularly cook the new recipes.

New Ingredient: Snackable Nuts and Three New Recipes

On November 16, three new recipes will become available alongside Snackable Nuts.

The exact quantities of each ingredient and the recipes’ base Strength values have not yet been announced.

The new Salad recipe is particularly interesting because it requires a total of 121 ingredients, making it a potential top-tier recipe.

However, a recipe requiring more ingredients does not automatically mean it provides the best Strength efficiency.

We’ll need to see its actual Strength and ingredient requirements before making a final comparison.

Cottonee and Whimsicott Make Their Pokémon Sleep Debut

Cottonee and Whimsicott will begin appearing in sleep research on November 16, 2026, at 3:00 p.m.

Both are Fairy-type Pokémon and will have a medium appearance-rate boost during the event.

According to the official announcement, Cottonee and Whimsicott will be more likely to appear at Cyan Beach (Expert) than in other areas.

Their incense will also become usable from November 16 at 3:00 p.m.

Both Pokémon have been introduced as Pokémon that can gather Snackable Nuts, but their specialties, Main Skills, ingredient lists, and other performance details have not yet been revealed.

Should You Prioritize New Recipes or Existing Ones?

The new recipes will benefit from a 1.5× Strength bonus, which makes them appealing during the event.

However, I don’t think everyone needs to prioritize them.

The better choice depends on whether your goal is to maximize Snorlax Strength or level up recipes for future use.

Consider Recipe Levels and Ingredient Supply When Maximizing Strength

If you already have powerful, high-level recipes, they may still be more efficient than the new recipes.

Even with the event’s 1.5× bonus, a new recipe won’t necessarily outperform a well-developed existing recipe.

Ingredient supply is another important factor.

All three new recipes require Snackable Nuts, which are being introduced at the start of the event.

You can prepare the other required ingredients in advance, but you’ll have to start gathering Snackable Nuts once they become available.

As a result, you may not be able to make the new recipes for every meal, particularly during the first few days.

If maximizing Strength is your priority, I recommend considering not only the event multiplier but also how consistently you can prepare each dish.

Leveling Up New Recipes Is Also a Good Strategy

On the other hand, players who already earn enough Strength may prefer to focus on increasing their recipe levels.

Personally, I’ve already reached Master 20 in every research area except Cyan Beach (Expert).

Because of that, maximizing Strength during this event isn’t particularly important to me.

Instead, I plan to focus on cooking the new 121-ingredient Salad recipe.

I already have Pokémon trained to gather Warming Ginger, Snoozy Tomato, and Glossy Avocado. My main concern is whether I can collect enough Snackable Nuts.

I don’t know whether the new Salad will become the most efficient recipe, but I like the idea of leveling up a potentially powerful dish that I can continue using after the event.

Another major advantage is Snorlax’s “Anything!” request.

Normally, you have to get the appropriate dish category to level up a particular recipe. During this event, you can repeatedly cook whichever recipe you want.

That alone makes Bountiful Banquet Week a valuable opportunity to develop your favorite recipes.

How to Collect Snackable Nuts Efficiently

During this event, Ingredients specialists receive one additional Snackable Nuts whenever they gather ingredients through regular helping.

This creates an interesting situation where Pokémon that normally wouldn’t fit your cooking plans may become useful.

Pokémon with High Ingredient-Finding Rates May Be Valuable

The event bonus gives one additional Snackable Nuts per ingredient-gathering occurrence, regardless of how many regular ingredients are collected at once.

Therefore, the frequency of ingredient gathering matters when evaluating Pokémon specifically for Snackable Nuts.

For example, Skeledirge, Aggron, and Blastoise are Pokémon with relatively high ingredient-finding rates.

Even if their regular ingredients aren’t needed for the recipe you’re targeting, they may still help gather Snackable Nuts.

Of course, ingredient-finding rate isn’t the only factor. Helping speed also affects how frequently a Pokémon can gather ingredients.

A Pokémon with a higher ingredient-finding rate won’t necessarily collect more Snackable Nuts if its helping speed is much slower.

Still, I find this event bonus particularly interesting because it gives additional value to Ingredients specialists that might otherwise remain in storage.

Pokémon That Gather Recipe Ingredients Still Have an Advantage

However, I wouldn’t choose my team based on Snackable Nuts alone.

For example, Flygon can gather Glossy Avocado, which is needed for the new Salad recipe.

Its ingredient-finding rate is not especially high compared with Pokémon such as Blastoise or Aggron.

Even so, Flygon can gather both Glossy Avocado and bonus Snackable Nuts, making it useful for preparing the Salad.

If Blastoise collects more Snackable Nuts but you are running low on Glossy Avocado, Flygon may still be the better choice.

On the other hand, if you already have plenty of Glossy Avocado and are struggling to collect Snackable Nuts, switching to a Pokémon with more frequent ingredient gathering could be worthwhile.

I recommend adjusting your team based on which ingredients are actually running low.

The best Pokémon for collecting Snackable Nuts isn’t always the best Pokémon for cooking your chosen recipe.

How Can You Cook the New 121-Ingredient Salad?

The new Salad requires 121 ingredients, so cooking pot capacity will be an important consideration.

The event provides a +30 cooking pot capacity bonus, but that alone may not be enough.

Cooking Power-Up Can Help You Reach the Required Capacity

A new Sleep Style Dex goal will become available on November 8, allowing players who complete it to expand their cooking pots further.

If the maximum capacity increases by six ingredients, as it has in previous expansions, the normal maximum could become 87.

With the event’s +30 bonus, that would give us a capacity of 117 ingredients.

That’s just four short of the 121 required for the new Salad.

This is only a prediction based on previous upgrades, so we’ll need to confirm the actual capacity after the update.

Even if the capacity stops at 117, Pokémon with the Cooking Power-Up S Main Skill, such as Glaceon, can make up the difference.

If you already have a trained cooking pot expansion Pokémon, you may not need to use a Good Camp Ticket just to cook the new Salad.

Snackable Nuts May Be a Bigger Problem Than Pot Capacity

Even with a large enough cooking pot, you won’t be able to make the new Salad without enough ingredients.

This is especially important for Snackable Nuts.

We don’t yet know how many Snackable Nuts the new Salad will require.

If the required amount is relatively small, gathering them through the event bonus may be manageable.

But if the recipe requires a large number, consistently cooking it could be difficult.

Cottonee and Whimsicott will also be new arrivals, so most players won’t have a fully trained one ready on the first day.

At least initially, gathering Snackable Nuts through existing Ingredients specialists may be the most practical approach.

If you can’t collect enough, there’s no reason to force the new recipe every meal.

You can continue cooking existing recipes while saving Snackable Nuts for later.

Should You Use a Good Camp Ticket?

A Good Camp Ticket can be useful during Bountiful Banquet Week, but I don’t consider it essential.

The increased cooking pot capacity makes it easier to prepare large recipes, while faster helping can increase your ingredient supply.

However, if you already have a Pokémon with Cooking Power-Up S, you may be able to reach the required pot capacity without using a ticket.

And even if you increase your pot capacity, that won’t automatically solve a shortage of Snackable Nuts.

Personally, I’m planning to save my Good Camp Ticket for another event.

I already have a trained Glaceon, and I don’t yet know whether I’ll be able to gather enough Snackable Nuts to cook the new Salad consistently.

For players like me who mainly spend money on the Premium Pass, Good Camp Tickets are valuable resources rather than something to use every week.

I’d rather save mine for an event where the benefits might be more significant, such as a Legendary Pokémon event or the Holiday event.

Of course, if you have plenty of tickets or specifically want to maximize your cooking during Bountiful Banquet Week, using one is perfectly reasonable.

Before deciding, I recommend considering three things:

• Can you reach the required cooking pot capacity without a ticket?
• Can your Pokémon collect enough ingredients to take advantage of the extra capacity?
• Would you rather save your ticket for a future event?

There’s no universal answer. It depends on your team, available resources, and priorities.

Are Cottonee and Whimsicott Worth Hunting?

Cottonee and Whimsicott are among the most interesting additions to this event because they can gather the new ingredient, Snackable Nuts.

However, their exact performance has not been announced yet, so I wouldn’t rush into investing resources before seeing their details.

Cottonee May Be Worth Catching When It Has a Bonus Biscuit Opportunity

I expect Cottonee may require only five friendship points, which would make it relatively easy to hunt.

This is still a prediction, not confirmed information.

If it does require five points, catching multiple Cottonee to find a good individual could be a reasonable strategy.

Since Cottonee receives an appearance-rate boost during the event, I’d consider giving it biscuits when it appears hungry or when another favorable opportunity arises.

However, I wouldn’t spend large amounts of biscuits before we know how strong Whimsicott actually is.

Consider Whimsicott’s Evolution Cost Before Training One

My current prediction is that Whimsicott will be an Ingredients specialist.

Since it is being introduced as a Pokémon that gathers Snackable Nuts, that seems like a natural possibility.

In the main-series Pokémon games, Cottonee evolves into Whimsicott using a Sun Stone, so I also expect a Sun Stone may be required in Pokémon Sleep.

If that’s the case, Whimsicott could have strong ingredient-gathering performance to compensate for its evolution cost.

However, none of this is confirmed.

There’s also a possibility that Whimsicott could be a Skills specialist with an ingredient-related Main Skill, such as an ingredient-selection skill.

Either way, I would be cautious about evolving a mediocre Cottonee just to gather Snackable Nuts for this one-week event.

If evolution requires a Sun Stone, that additional investment makes temporary use less appealing.

My current plan would be to catch promising Cottonee during the event and decide whether to train one after Whimsicott’s performance becomes clear.

Catching a Pokémon and investing resources into raising it are two separate decisions.

Best Research Areas for Bountiful Banquet Week Vol. 1

Since the event takes place in all research areas, I recommend choosing your area based primarily on which Pokémon you want to hunt.

The cooking-related bonuses will be available regardless of your chosen area.

Cyan Beach (Expert) Is the Best Choice for Hunting Cottonee

If your main goal is to hunt Cottonee or Whimsicott, Cyan Beach (Expert) is the most attractive option.

The official announcement specifically states that these Pokémon are more likely to appear there than in other areas.

However, not everyone has access to Cyan Beach (Expert), and there’s no need to force yourself to go there.

Both Pokémon can also appear at Greengrass Isle, Cyan Beach, Amber Canyon, and Greengrass Isle (Expert).

Choose an area that’s accessible and suitable for your current team.

Other Areas Are Fine If You Have Different Hunting Priorities

If Cottonee isn’t your main priority, there’s nothing wrong with choosing another area.

For example, you might prefer an area where you can hunt Pokémon that gather ingredients needed for the new recipes.

You could also prioritize Pokémon you’ve been trying to raise for future events.

Since Snorlax accepts any dish category throughout Bountiful Banquet Week, you don’t need to choose your research area based on which dish category you want.

I would prioritize Cyan Beach (Expert) if hunting Cottonee is the main goal. Otherwise, I’d choose whichever area offers the best opportunities for my current team.

Final Thoughts: Choose Your Own Priorities for Bountiful Banquet Week

Bountiful Banquet Week Vol. 1 is an interesting event not only because of the new recipes, but also because it gives Ingredients specialists new ways to contribute.

You can focus on maximizing Strength with the 1.5× recipe bonus, level up recipes you want to use in the future, or experiment with different Pokémon to gather Snackable Nuts.

Personally, I plan to focus on leveling up the new Salad recipe while adjusting my team based on how many Snackable Nuts I can gather.

I also intend to save my Good Camp Ticket unless the situation changes.

As for Cottonee and Whimsicott, I’ll be interested in hunting them, but I’d prefer to wait for their confirmed performance before investing heavily in training.

There’s no need to spend every valuable resource just because an event offers special bonuses.

I recommend deciding what you want to accomplish first, then choosing your recipes, team, research area, and items accordingly.

Official Sources

• Bountiful Banquet Week Vol. 1 – Pokémon Sleep Official Announcement
• New Arrivals: Cottonee and Whimsicott – Pokémon Sleep Official Announcement