Time between each cooking contest?

[Hisuikouha]

Been trying to finish Hai Yo's cook-off events post-Beast Rune but it won't trigger even after exploring for a while.

How much time should you wait for the event to trigger?

[Culgan]

It's around 30 minutes between each cook-off.

[Hisuikouha]

Originally posted by Culgan:

It's around 30 minutes between each cook-off.

Should you wait outside castle then enter again, or inside's fine?

[Culgan]

Anywhere outside of the restaurant should be fine.

[V2C]

If i lose to an opponent, can i challenge him again later?

[Chad Power]

Originally posted by V2C:

If i lose to an opponent, can i challenge him again later?

No

[Hisuikouha]

Originally posted by Culgan:

Anywhere outside of the restaurant should be fine.

Thanks! Just tried scrambling around for 30 minutes (or more) and the next cook-off triggers.

Also learned the hard way that you can't AFK/alt-tab your way into waiting 30 minutes because the in-game time stops while on background haha

[V2C]

Originally posted by Chad Power:

Originally posted by V2C:

If i lose to an opponent, can i challenge him again later?

No

Konami could update it so that after defeating the last opponent, we could choose to face everyone again.

[Chris Hansen with Dateline NBC]

Originally posted by Culgan:

It's around 30 minutes between each cook-off.

Is it based on actual time or time played in game? Because I noticed that if I stand still while I watch 30 minutes of TV and come back it doesnt count towards time played and that does affect farming rare items in shops.

Example. I save and it says 11:04 for time played, I sit still for 30 minutes then come back and save it says 11:07 for time played. I feel like in game time played is only counted if you are actively moving around.

That seems to affect the rare finds spawn/changeover mechanics in shops. I am wondering if it affects other in-game elements like the cook-off challenges.

[DriftyZatara]

I was having a hard time understanding the timer. It does seem to be around 30 mins between each encounter.

Something I think i was doing wrong was leaving the game running in the background to eat up time. Doesn't count for whatever reason and the game needs to be an active window to count. I left it running 2 hours in the world map and no event triggered, but keeping the game as the active window and staying outside in the hall for 30 mins worked just fine.

[Hermoni]

The game is running (NPC are moving and all animations works), but I went to see if the timer in option increased... it's not !).
That's so bad idea.

But so, it's 30 min, not 1 hour as I read in old guide ? And we can wait in the castle ?

[Owlcoholic]

Originally posted by Hermoni:

The game is running (NPC are moving and all animations works), but I went to see if the timer in option increased... it's not !).
That's so bad idea.

But so, it's 30 min, not 1 hour as I read in old guide ? And we can wait in the castle ?

I don't think you can wait in the castle, I tried that at first, left it running for 40 minutes or more and no luck, so after that I waited on the world map or random towns and such between each one and it seemed to work

[RoBeeTeam]

Just want to add my experience waiting for cooking events. I deliberately played the game, then I played another game and made Suikoden standby on background. After 1 hour, nothing happened. 2 hours, still nothing. To sum up, we must move the character and do stuff in game, so that the time continues to add up. Meanwhile I already did almost anything, can be pretty boring and annoying.

[ColtNoir]

Pro tip: Do them in small batches while progressing in the story instead of leaving them for last. You'll be sitting around with nothing else to do besides waiting.

[Ray Rook]

Careful not to go too far cus Lester will reference Gremio so y ou can get that recipe. If you do it too soon, you'll miss the recipe.

I haven't tested it yet, but I think if you go in the door without the carpet, you won't trigger a battle.