Cooking is a game mechanic that becomes available after upgrading the farmhouse for the first time. The house upgrade adds a kitchen, which includes a stove and a refrigerator. The stove is the cooking interface, while the refrigerator provides 36 slots of storage space, similar to a chest. The refrigerator is unique in that it is directly linked with the cooking interface, as if it were an extension of the player's inventory. Only ingredients in the player's inventory or refrigerator are seen as usable items for a recipe.
The player must learn each recipe before it is unlocked for cooking. Locked recipes are displayed as a black silhouette of the recipe icon, with a tooltip description that says "???." Unlocked recipe icons will appear greyed-out if any of the ingredients are missing, but the tooltip will provide information regarding the recipe. Any missing ingredients will be highlighted in red. If all the ingredients required for a recipe are present either in the player's inventory or the refrigerator (or a combination of the two) the recipe icon will become fully highlighted.
Stat Bonuses
Eating a food with stat changes will wipe out any active stats and replace them with just the stats from the newly eaten food.
Duration of the stat bonuses for food appears to lower as the day progresses. For example, if Fish Stew is eaten early in the day its duration is 16+ minutes. If eaten at 10pm it only lasts 2-3 minutes. This may have been done so that high quality food such as Fish Stew which gives +3 Fishing will last the rest of the day - if the game is played at original speed. If mods are used that extend the day, foods become less valuable later in the day.
Achievements
There are three Achievements associated with Cooking:
- Cook (Cook 10 different recipes)
- Sous Chef (Cook 25 different recipes)
- Gourmet Chef (Cook every recipe)
Collection
Note: Escargot and Fish Stew are in opposite places on the cooking screen accessed through the stove (shown below) than on the collections tab on the player menu (thumbnail shown at right).
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Recipes
Image | Name | Description | Ingredients | Energy / Health | Buff(s) | Buff Duration | Recipe Source(s) | Sell Price
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Ingredients
A minimum of 77 different items are needed to cook all 71 dishes in game, 6 of which are dishes used as ingredients.
These tables assume you will used the first crafted dish to make another crafted dish (e.g., You will use 1 Potato to make Hashbrowns, then use those Hashbrowns to make Complete Breakfast. You will need 1 more Potato to make Hashbrowns for Dish o' The Sea).
Crops
Image | Name | Amount needed | Season | Growth Time | Notes | Required for |
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Amaranth | 1 | Fall | 7 Days | Harvested with Scythe | Salmon Dinner (1) | |
Artichoke | 2 | Fall | 8 Days | Available from Year 2 | Super Meal (1) Artichoke Dip (1) | |
Beet | 1 | Fall | 6 Days | Seeds available on Desert Store | Vegetable Medley (1) | |
Blueberry | 2 | Summer | 13 Days | Produces multiple blueberries each harvest
Continues to produce every 4 days. |
Blueberry Tart (1) Fruit Salad (1) | |
Blue Jazz | 1 | Spring | 7 Days | Lucky Lunch (1) | ||
Bok Choy | 1 | Fall | 4 Days | Super Meal (1) | ||
Cauliflower | 1 | Spring | 12 Days | Can become a Giant Crop | Cheese Cauliflower (1) | |
Corn | 2 | SummerFall | 14 Days | Continues to produce every 4 days. | Tortilla (2x1) | |
Cranberries | 4 | Fall | 7 Days | Continues to produce every 5 days. | Super Meal (1) Cranberry Sauce (1) Stuffing (1) Cranberry Candy (1) | |
Eggplant | 2 | Fall | 5 Days | Continues to produce every 5 days. | Eggplant Parmesan (1) Survival Burger (1) | |
Garlic | 2 | Spring | 4 Days | Available from Year 2 | Fiddlehead Risotto (1) Escargot (1) | |
Green Bean | 2 | Spring | 10 Days | Grows on Trellis
Continues to produce every 3 days. |
Bean Hotpot (2) | |
Hot Pepper | 2 | Summer | 5 Days | Continues to produce every 3 days. | Pepper Poppers (1) Spicy Eel (1) | |
Kale | 2 | Spring | 6 Days | Harvested with Scythe | Salmon Dinner (1) Stir Fry (1) | |
Melon | 2 | Summer | 12 Days | Can become a Giant Crop | Pink Cake (1) Fruit Salad (1) | |
Parsnip | 2 | Spring | 4 Days | Parsnip Soup (1) Farmer's Lunch (1) | ||
Poppy | 1 | Summer | 7 Days | Poppyseed Muffin (1) | ||
Potato | 2 | Spring | 6 Days | May yield extra units | Hashbrowns (2x1) | |
Pumpkin | 3 | Fall | 13 Days | Can become a Giant Crop | Autumn's Bounty (1) Pumpkin Soup (1) Pumpkin Pie (1) | |
Radish | 2 | Summer | 6 Days | Red Plate (1) Radish Salad (1) | ||
Red Cabbage | 3 | Summer | 9 Days | Available from Year 2 | Fish Taco (1) Red Plate (1) Coleslaw (1) | |
Rhubarb | 1 | Spring | 13 Days | Seeds available on Desert Store | Rhubarb Pie (1) | |
Tomato | 6 | Summer | 11 Days | Continues to produce every 4 days. | Vegetable Medley (1) Pizza (1) Spaghetti (1) Eggplant Parmesan (1) Bruschetta (1) Fish Stew (1) | |
Yam | 2 | Fall | 10 Days | Glazed Yams (1) Autumn's Bounty (1) |
Foraged Goods
Image | Name | Amount needed | Season | Location | Required for |
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Blackberry | 2 | Fall | Pelican Town | Blackberry Cobbler (2) | |
Cave Carrot | 5 | All Seasons | The Mines | Survival Burger (1) Miner's Treat (2) Roots Platter (1) Stir Fry (1) | |
Common Mushroom | 3 | Spring,Fall | The Cave,Pelican Town,Secret Woods | Fried Mushroom (1) Tom Kha Soup (1) Stir Fry (1) | |
Dandelion | 1 | Spring | Pelican Town | Salad (1) | |
Coconut | 1 | All Seasons | Calico Desert | Tom Kha Soup (1) | |
Fiddlehead Fern | 1 | Summer | Secret Woods | Fiddlehead Risotto (1) | |
Hazelnut | 4 | Fall | Pelican Town | Stuffing (1) Roasted Hazelnuts (3) | |
Leek | 1 | Spring | Pelican Town | Salad (1) | |
Morel | 1 | Spring | The Cave,Secret Woods | Fried Mushroom (1) | |
Wild Plum | 2 | Fall | Pelican Town | Plum Pudding (2) | |
Winter Root | 1 | Winter | Pelican Town,The Mines | Roots Platter (1) |
Tree Fruit
Image | Name | Amount needed | Source | Season | Required for |
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Apple | 1 | Apple Tree | Fall | Cranberry Candy (1) | |
Apricot | 1 | Apricot Tree | Spring | Fruit Salad (1) |
Animal Products
Image | Name | Amount needed | Source | Notes | Required for |
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Egg | 8 | Chickens |
Fried Egg (1) Omelet (1) Pancakes (1) Chocolate Cake (1) Pink Cake (1) Cookie (1) Blueberry Tart (1) Crab Cakes (1) | ||
Milk | 11 | Cows |
Obtain with Milk Pail | Omelet (1) Parsnip Soup (1) Complete Breakfast (1) Rice Pudding (1) Ice Cream (1) Pumpkin Soup (1) Miner's Treat (1) Artichoke Dip (1) Pumpkin Pie (1) Chowder (1) Lobster Bisque (1) |
Artisan Goods
Image | Name | Amount needed | Source | Input Item | Producing Time | Required for |
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Cheese | 3 | Cheese Press | Milk (1) | 3.3 hours | Cheese Cauliflower (1) Pizza (1) Pepper Poppers (1) | |
Mayonnaise | 2 | Mayonnaise Machine | Egg (1) | 3 hours | Fish Taco (1) Coleslaw (1) | |
Void Mayonnaise | 1 | Mayonnaise Machine | Void Egg (1) | 3 hours | Strange Bun (1) |
Tree Syrup
Image | Name | Amount needed | Source | Notes | Producing Time | Required for |
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Maple Syrup | 1 | Maple Tree | Obtained through a Tapper | 7-8 days | Maple Bar (1) |
Fish
Image | Name | Amount needed | Location | Time | Season | Weather | Difficulty | Required for |
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Tuna | 1 | Ocean | 6:00 AM - 7:00 PM | Summer/Winter | Any | 70 | Fish Taco (1) | |
Sardine | 2 | Ocean | 6:00 AM - 7:00 PM | Spring/Fall/Winter | Any | 30 | 24px Dish o' The Sea (2) | |
Bream | 1 | River | 6:00 PM - 2:00 AM | All Seasons | Any | 35 | Baked Fish (1) | |
Largemouth Bass | 1 | Lake outside mines | 6:00 AM - 7:00 PM | All Seasons | Any | 50 | Crispy Bass (1) | |
Rainbow Trout | 1 | River/Mountain | 6:00 AM - 7:00 PM | Summer | Sunny | 45 | Trout Soup (1) | |
Salmon | 1 | River | 6:00 AM - 7:00 PM | Fall | Any | 50 | Salmon Dinner (1) | |
Carp | 4 | Lake/Forest Pond/Sewers/Secret Woods Pond | Anytime | All Seasons | Any | 15 | Carp Surprise (4) | |
Sunfish | 1 | River | 6:00 AM - 7:00 PM | Spring/Summer | Sunny | 30 | Baked Fish (1) | |
Eel | 2 | Ocean | 4:00 PM - 2:00 AM | Spring/Fall | Rain | 70 | Fried Eel (1) Spicy Eel (1) | |
Squid | 1 | Ocean | 6:00 PM - 2:00 AM | Winter | Any | 75 | Fried Calamari (1) | |
Sea Cucumber | 1 | Ocean | 6:00 AM - 7:00 PM | Fall/Winter | Any | 40 | Lucky Lunch (1) | |
Fish (Any) | 2 | Anywhere | Anytime | All Seasons | Any | N/A | Sashimi (1) Maki Roll (1) | |
Seaweed | 1 | Ocean | Anytime | All Seasons | Any | 0 | Maki Roll (1) | |
Green Algae | 5 | Mines/River | Anytime | All Seasons | Any | 0 | Trout Soup (1) Algae Soup (4) | |
White Algae | 2 | Mines/Sewer | Anytime | All Seasons | Any | 0 | Pale Broth (2) |
Crab Pot Items
Image | Name | Amount needed | Location | Trap Chance | Required for |
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Lobster | 1 | Ocean | 5% | Lobster Bisque (1) | |
Clam | 1 | Ocean | 15% | Chowder (1) | |
Crayfish | 1 | Freshwater | 35% | Fish Stew (1) | |
Crab | 1 | Ocean | 10% | Crab Cakes (1) | |
Mussel | 1 | Ocean | 35% | Fish Stew (1) | |
Shrimp | 1 | Ocean | 20% | Tom Kha Soup (1) | |
Snail | 1 | Freshwater | 25% | Escargot (1) | |
Periwinkle | 2 | Freshwater | 55% | Strange Bun (1) Fish Stew (1) |
General Store Items
Purchased from Pierre at Pierre's General Store.
Ingredient Dishes
The ingredients for these are already included in the previous lists. These are used as ingredients in other dishes.
Image | Name | Amount needed | Ingredients | Required for |
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Fried Egg | 1 | Egg (1) | Complete Breakfast (1) | |
Hashbrowns | 2 | Potato (1) Oil (1) | Complete Breakfast (1)24px Dish o' The Sea (1) | |
Pancakes | 1 | Wheat Flour (1) Egg (1) | Complete Breakfast (1) | |
Tortilla | 2 | Corn (1) | Lucky Lunch (1) Fish Taco (1) | |
Bread | 3 | Wheat Flour (1) | Stuffing (1) Survival Burger (1) Bruschetta (1) | |
Omelet | 1 | Egg (1) Milk (1) | Farmer's Lunch (1) |
Profitable recipes
While most recipes will sell for less than the cost or profit from their ingredients, there are a few that will always result in profit when using the lowest quality ingredients:
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