Water chestnuts are an item you can forage in Fields of Mistria, but unlike the other plants you find around the colorful world, these ones can be pretty hard to see.

Pretty early on into the game, Juniper will task you to find water chestnuts. She’ll want two of them, and in exchange, she’ll teach you how to cook water chestnut fritters. You’ll also earn some renown for Mistria.

Below, we explain where to find water chestnuts in Fields of Mistria, along with what else you can use them for.

Where to find water chestnuts in Fields of Mistria

You can find water chestnuts in set spawn locations in The Narrows, the map to the west of Mistria. There’s quite a few growing in the water directly south of the museum. They appear as small sprouts along the edge of the river, but once you interact with said sprouts, a bunch of water chestnuts will pop out, ripe for the taking. In our game, there were five spots along the river where the water chestnuts spawn and respawn.

Water chestnuts take about four in-game days to respawn, so we recommend holding on to a few of them before selling off or using the rest, just in case you need them during this respawn period.

You can also buy them sometimes from Balor’s merchant wagon for 25 Tesserae each, though his shop seems to rotate on a random basis, so this method of grabbing chestnuts isn’t really reliable.

What are water chestnuts used for?

Outside of the initial quest where they’re requested, you can eat the water chestnuts for three HP and stamina each, but this isn’t really a great use for it. Once you unlock the mill, you can use water chestnuts to make better animal feed for your ranching needs. You can cook the chestnuts into water chestnut fritters, which restore 56 HP and stamina, as well as trailmix, which restores 12 HP and stamina. (There are other recipes, too.)

Notably, Juniper, one of the romance candidates, likes receiving water chestnut fritters as a gift, so they may be worth cooking with her in mind.