Cooking Recipes

Cooking Recipes Overview

There are exactly 110 cooking recipes in Starsand Island, spread across four cooking stations: the Campfire / Gas Stove (80 dish recipes), the Juicer (22 drink recipes), and the Oven (7 baked goods). Recipes are acquired from shops, profession trials, quest rewards, exploration, festivals, and story progression. Meals range from simple snacks that restore a small amount of stamina to complex dishes that grant powerful buffs for farming, fishing, mining, and combat.

This article contains every recipe in the game with accurate data extracted from the game files, including exact ingredients, cook times, stamina recovery values, sell prices, buff effects, and unlock sources. The 80 Campfire / Gas Stove recipes include dishes made on either station; the Gas Stove is an upgraded version of the Campfire with the same recipe pool. The Juicer produces drinks and smoothies. The Oven is a separate station for baked goods.

Note: This article does not cover non-cooking processing recipes such as Jam Maker jams, Pickling Jar pickles, Brewing Barrel condiments, or Separator base ingredients. Those are covered in their respective station articles.

Cooking Stations

Four stations are used for cooking recipes. Each station requires a specific blueprint or profession rank to unlock:

Tip: Build 2 to 3 Campfires or Gas Stoves to cook multiple dishes simultaneously. Since cooking takes real in-game time, having parallel stations dramatically increases your food output.

Base Ingredient Processing

Before cooking, most raw crops and materials must be processed into base ingredients using the Separator. Fine Salt is crafted at the Charcoal Kiln using Salt Brick and Fiber. These processed ingredients appear frequently across recipes, so keeping a steady supply on hand is important.

Additionally, the Brewing Barrel converts crops into liquid condiments used as ingredients in other recipes. Brewing takes longer than Separator processing (often 2 to 4 in-game hours per batch).

Campfire / Gas Stove Recipes (80 Dishes)

The Campfire and Gas Stove share the same recipe pool of 80 dishes. The Gas Stove is an upgraded version that can be purchased after reaching the Crafter profession rank. Both stations cook meals using real in-game time. Six of these recipes (marked with Campfire unlock) can be cooked on the Campfire from the very start of the game; the rest require the Gas Stove or higher.

Recipes that show HP restore in the Stamina column restore health points instead of stamina. These are typically combat-oriented dishes made with rare Moonlit Forest ingredients like Eldergrain, Midnight Herb, Spirit Fruit, and Moonflower.

Juicer Recipes (22 Drinks)

The Juicer produces drinks, smoothies, and coffee beverages. Many Juicer recipes provide unique buffs not available from other stations. The Juicer blueprint is unlocked at the Crafter profession rank. Coffee-based drinks (Cappuccino, Iced Americano, Mocha) use Mushroom as their primary ingredient.

The highest-value Juicer recipe is Chilled Bayberry Juice (2x Star Plum), which restores 243 stamina and sells for 1,079 coins, making it the single most profitable recipe in the entire game. It requires reaching the Expert Farmer Trial to unlock.

Oven Recipes (7 Baked Goods)

The Oven is a dedicated baking station that handles cookies, toast, roasted items, and cakes. All 7 Oven recipes fall under the Baked Goods category. Two of them grant buffs: Prosperity Cake gives Big Winner (better scratch card earnings), and Wishful Heart Cookies gives Lucky Spin (better gashapon odds).

Buff Recipes (20 Total)

Only 20 out of 110 recipes grant temporary buffs when consumed. These buffs range from farming and fishing enhancements to combat boosts and luck-based bonuses. Some buffs stack up to 5 times, while others are single-use effects that expire after one trigger. Below is every buff recipe organized by effect category.

Farming and Gathering Buffs

Fishing Buffs

Combat and Exploration Buffs

Luck and Economy Buffs

Where to Unlock Recipes

Recipes are acquired from several sources across the game. You do not start with all recipes unlocked; most must be found, purchased, or earned through profession trials and story progression.

Aureleaf Kitchen (Shop)

The largest single source of recipes. Aureleaf Kitchen sells recipe scrolls from the cash register inside the restaurant (8 AM to 10 PM). Stock rotates, and new recipes appear as your profession tiers increase. The following recipes can be purchased here:

Berry Daifuku, Braised Pork Belly, Fish Head Tofu Soup, Forest Treasure Bowl, Fresh Greens Plate, Golden Beef Noodles, Hot Dry Noodles, Jade Nutri Bowl, Mung Bean Soup, Ruby Borscht, Sauerkraut Fish, Seafood Wontons, Seaweed Egg Drop Soup, Silken Potato Mash, Spicy Chicken, Sweet and Sour Cabbage, Tofu Seaweed Soup, Tomato Beef Stew, Tomato Egg Bloom, Yangzhou Fried Rice, Cloud-Soft Toast, Fire-Kissed Garlic, Golden Garlic Crisps, Wishful Heart Cookies, Golden Lemonade, Star Canelight, and Watermelon Smoothie.

Profession Trials

Many recipes are rewards for reaching specific profession ranks across Farmer, Rancher, Angler, and Explorer profession lines:

Merchant Ship

The Merchant Ship docks periodically and sells recipes not available elsewhere. The following recipes come from the Merchant Ship:

Black Forest Cake, Century Egg and Pork Congee, Char Siu Bao, Cheesecake, Sauce Pancake, Steamed Corn Dumplings, Steamed Rice Roll, Tea Egg, Tiramisu, and Youtiao.

Island Life (Story Progression)

Several recipes become available through Island Life story progression and general gameplay milestones:

Chicken Stewed with Mushrooms, Crispy Mushroom, Lamb Skewers, Pan-Fried Pork Dumplings, Soup Dumplings, Sweet and Sour Pork, Coconut (Juicer), Butter Crunch Cookie (Oven), and Clay Oven Chicken (Oven).

Exploration and Treasure Chests

Found by exploring the island, opening treasure chests, and foraging in the Moonlit Forest:

Baked Potato, Chilled Twilight Salad, Golden Fried Rice, Grilled Mushroom Skewers, Mirthshroom Soup, Mushroom Noodles, Mushroom Soup, Stir-Fried Vegetables with Meat, Stir-Fried Water Spinach, Coconut Latte, and Lotus Pastry.

Festivals and Events

Seasonal events like the Spring Festival and Beach Festival offer exclusive recipes:

Dishpedia

Learned from the Dishpedia in-game recipe guide:

Pumpkin and Corn Soup, Sauteed Grouper Fillet with Shrimp Roe, Spicy Boiled Beef, Strawberry Mousse, and Mango Sago.

Explorer Rank Unlocks

The following recipes are unlocked through Exploration Club profession rank milestones. These recipes use rare Moonlit Forest ingredients and restore HP rather than stamina:

Lamb Skewers (Apprentice Explorer), Moonflower Tea (Junior Explorer), Mountain and Sea Skewers and Mushroom Basket (Intermediate Explorer), Eldergrain Roll and Flaming Ice Dumplings (Senior Explorer), and Mystic Egg and Spirit Salad (Expert Explorer).

Highest Recovery Recipes

The following recipes provide the highest stamina recovery values, making them ideal for long exploration sessions, Moonlit Forest dungeon runs, and demanding farming days:

Most Profitable Recipes

Cooking adds significant value to raw ingredients through processing. The most profitable recipes to sell are those with high sell prices relative to their ingredient costs:

Tip: Cooking meals before selling crops dramatically increases profit. Complex dishes sell for 2 to 3 times the raw ingredient value. Even simple dishes like Grilled Chicken Wings (1x Fowl, sells for 106) are significantly more valuable than selling raw Fowl directly.

Nutrient Absorption Skill

The Nutrient Absorption skill in the Workpedia increases the stamina and HP restored by all food items. Unlock this skill early to get more value from every meal you cook. Combined with high-tier recipes like Yangzhou Fried Rice or Chilled Bayberry Juice, this skill makes food recovery significantly more potent.

Tips

• Build 2 to 3 Campfires or Gas Stoves to cook multiple dishes at the same time. Cooking takes real in-game time, so parallel stations multiply your food output.

• Buy all recipes from Aureleaf Kitchen as soon as you can afford them. Several buff recipes are exclusive to the shop.

• Keep a steady supply of Flour (from Wheat) and Sugar (from Beetroot or Sugarcane) in the Separator. These are the two most commonly used base ingredients across all recipe categories.

• Green Grape Juice and Red Grape Juice are the easiest buff foods to produce in bulk. Grow grapes on trellises and juice them for Bonus Ore or Bonus Timber.

• For fishing, combine Steamed Fish (Never Skunked) with Braised Fish (Underwater Treasure) and Braised Crab Pot (Flow Fishing) for a powerful fishing buff stack.

• Chilled Bayberry Juice is the single most profitable recipe at 1,079 coins per sale. If you can grow Star Plum trees, mass-producing this juice is one of the best money-making strategies in the game.

• Recipes that restore HP (Eldergrain Roll, Flaming Ice Dumplings, Lamb Skewers, Mountain and Sea Skewers, Mushroom Basket, Mystic Egg, Spirit Salad, Moonflower Tea) use rare Moonlit Forest ingredients and are essential for combat preparation.

• The Nutrient Absorption skill in the Workpedia increases stamina and HP restored by all food. Unlock it early for more value from every meal.

• Coffee drinks (Cappuccino, Iced Americano, Mocha) are made from Mushroom in the Juicer and cook in just 5 seconds, making them the fastest drinks to produce.

• Cooking meals before selling crops dramatically increases profit. Complex dishes sell for 2 to 3 times the raw ingredient value.