Patchouli Knowledge

Patchouli is an NPC and Rare Customer found at the Scarlet Devil Mansion.

## Descriptions

### Bond Lv1

A weird magician who's always wearing pajamas and sitting under the shade. She doesn't seem to care about what others say about her, nor is she interested in popular trends. She looks really weak. Instead of having a good brain, I would say having good health is more important.

### Bond Lv3

Miss Patchouli never puts down her books. Wouldn't her eyes get strained after reading so much? Not to mention, books could be wrong as well. Is one really smart if one never verifies what one knows? Despite reading all the books, she sometimes lacks common sense.

### Bond Lv5

My Sifu seems to suffer from anemia and asthma, which is rather concerning. (I should be fine calling her "Sifu" here?) We have known each other for so long, but Sifu is still a little cold to me. However, she has taught me a lot, so I can't embarrass my Sifu!

## Tag Requests

* Western: *“Can your bird-brain even comprehend the cultural differences between different culinary styles?”*
* Sweet: *“Sweetness is a feeling that can seep through one's heart.”*
* Photogenic: *“A delicately crafted cuisine can make people drool even as a picture in the book.”*
* Dreamy: *“Hmm. I really want to witness the reality-like dream induced through nothing more than a dish.”*
* Premium: *“Practice makes perfect, and premium products require great skill. This is true for both chefs and magicians.”*

## Spell Card

### Knowledge Bizzare Adventure "Cultural Atmosphere" (Reward)

For the next 30 seconds, all dishes with the "Cultural Background" tag will receive the highest rating.

*(This overrides every other rating system. Common Customers will give orange ratings even if the dish is not what they ordered, and Rare Customers always give pink ratings regardless of requested tags. Drinks are ignored for rating entirely.)*

### Metal & Water Sign "Mercury Poison" (Punishment)

For the next 30 seconds, all dishes have a 50% chance of becoming Dark Matter.

## Bond Rewards

* Lv2: Eggs Benedict recipe
* Lv3: Italian Risotto recipe
* Lv4: Beef Wellington recipe
* Lv5: Pajamas outfit

## Strategies

Cubic Kedama Ice Cream matches every tag Patchouli likes except Premium, and does not have any of her dislikes. Almost any ingredient with Premium works for applying the tag with the exception of Cheese, which has Salty.

Unconscious Youkai Mousse satisfies all of her food tags.

Mio and Ordinary Fitness Tea have Cocktail+Soda and Liquor+Soda respectively, matching two out of three beverage preferences each. Pick whichever has her requested tag.

Patchouli is a **moderately high priority character up to Lv4.** Her recipes require highly expensive ingredients and ramp up in price: Eggs Benedict is very rarely worth the price, but the others are useful if the customer can afford them. Her Lv5 reward is entirely cosmetic and as such requires no further attention.

Patchouli's reward spellcard is quite useful, though somewhat held back by the rarity of the associated tag. *However*, Kourindou provides an easy source of Cultural Heritage with the one-ingredient, fast-cooking recipes for Dumplings and Tangyuan at 5 Silver Froggy Coins each. While Sticky Rice (for Tangyuan) cannot be regularly obtained until later in the game, it can be purchased occasionally as soon as Kourindou is unlocked, and Flour (for Dumplings) is unlocked alongside Patchouli herself. With stockpiles of those ingredients, Patchouli's card becomes very powerful.