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Overview

Golden Fried Rice is a cooking recipe in Starsand Island that turns two common farm ingredients into a valuable cooked dish. Also referred to as Egg-Fried Rice in some localizations, this recipe is popular among players for its simplicity, low ingredient cost, and solid return when sold. It belongs to the Fry cooking category and holds a Rarity II (Uncommon) rating.

The dish requires only Eggs and Rice, both of which are readily available from animal products and crop farming respectively. This makes Golden Fried Rice one of the easiest recipes to produce in bulk, especially for players looking to convert surplus farm ingredients into coins. It is often recommended as a reliable money-making recipe during the mid-game when players have a steady egg and rice supply.

Recipe Details

Golden Fried Rice can be prepared at either a Gas Stove or a Campfire. Both stations produce the same result. The Gas Stove is generally preferred because it can queue multiple recipes while you attend to other tasks on the farm.

Where to Get the Recipe

The Golden Fried Rice recipe can be obtained through exploration and discovery. Unlike more advanced dishes such as Yangzhou Fried Rice, which is purchased from the Aureleaf Kitchen recipe shop, Golden Fried Rice is found through other means. Players have reported acquiring the recipe scroll from treasure chests scattered across the island, quest rewards, and through natural cooking progression. Check the treasure chests in exploration areas and complete cooking-related quests to unlock it.

Once you have the recipe scroll, open it from your inventory to permanently learn the recipe. It will then appear in your cooking menu whenever you interact with a Gas Stove or Campfire.

Ingredient Sourcing Guide

Golden Fried Rice uses only two ingredients, both of which are easy to produce in large quantities on your farm. Here is where to get each one.

Eggs

Eggs are an animal product obtained from Chickens and Ducks. Raise poultry in a coop on your farm and collect eggs daily. Each bird produces one egg per day when properly fed and housed. To scale up egg production, expand your coop capacity and raise more birds. Eggs can also be purchased from Zerine's General Store if you need them in a pinch, though farming them yourself is more cost-effective in the long run.

Rice

Rice is a crop that grows in all four seasons, making it one of the most reliable ingredients year-round. It requires a Paddy Field to grow, which is created using the Powered Hoe tool. Rice Seeds cost 250 Coins from the Happiness Seed Shop and the crop takes 9 days to mature. Each plant yields 4 Rice when harvested. Since one batch of Golden Fried Rice requires 4 Rice, each harvest from a single plant provides exactly enough for one serving.

To maintain a steady supply, keep multiple rows of Paddy Fields planted with Rice at staggered intervals. Set up sprinklers nearby to automate daily watering. If you manage to obtain Everlasting Rice Seeds through the Eternal Blessings farming skill or quest rewards, the plant will regrow after each harvest without needing to replant.

Profitability Analysis

One of the main reasons players cook Golden Fried Rice is profit. Raw Rice sells for 191 Coins per unit. A single batch of Golden Fried Rice uses 4 Rice (764 Coins worth of raw crop value) plus 2 Eggs. Since Eggs come from your own poultry at no coin cost beyond feed, the effective ingredient cost is primarily the Rice value you are giving up by not selling it raw.

Cooked dishes in Starsand Island consistently sell for more than the sum of their raw ingredients. Golden Fried Rice follows this pattern. The profit margin may seem modest per individual serving, but the recipe shines in volume. Because it uses only two common ingredients and cooks in just over a minute, you can produce large batches quickly and generate steady income.

For comparison, Yangzhou Fried Rice sells for 744 Coins per serving and restores 192 stamina, but it requires Egg x2, Rice x4, Corn x2, and Meat Bites x3. The additional ingredient cost and 2 minute 28 second cook time make Yangzhou less efficient for pure profit-per-minute cooking, even though its sell price is higher. Golden Fried Rice is a better choice when your goal is to maximize coins from Rice and Eggs alone without needing Corn or Meat Bites.

Fried Rice Comparison

Golden Fried Rice requires fewer ingredients and cooks significantly faster than Yangzhou Fried Rice. While Yangzhou offers higher raw sell value and better stamina recovery, Golden Fried Rice is more accessible and better suited for players who want to cook in bulk without relying on Corn or Meat Bites.

Selling on the Merchant Ship

The Merchant Ship at Starsand Port pays double the normal selling price for all goods, including cooked dishes. If you stockpile Golden Fried Rice throughout the week and sell the entire batch when the ship docks on Monday, you can significantly boost your weekly income. This strategy works especially well with Golden Fried Rice because it is easy to mass-produce and store.

Mass Production Tips

1. Build multiple cooking stations: Each Gas Stove or Campfire can only cook one dish at a time. Set up two or three stations side by side so you can queue multiple batches of Golden Fried Rice simultaneously.

2. Stagger your Rice planting: Instead of planting all your Rice at once, plant a new row every two to three days. This creates a rolling harvest cycle where fresh Rice is available almost every day rather than arriving in one large burst.

3. Expand your poultry operation: Each batch requires 2 Eggs. If you plan to cook five or more servings per day, you need at least 10 birds producing daily. Upgrade your coop and add both Chickens and Ducks for a reliable egg supply.

4. Use Everlasting Rice Seeds: Everlasting Seeds eliminate the need to replant after each harvest. Once you get them through the Eternal Blessings farming skill, your Rice patches become self-sustaining. This removes the biggest bottleneck in mass production.

5. Automate watering with sprinklers: Place sprinklers next to your Paddy Fields. Automated watering saves time every morning and ensures your Rice never misses a day of growth.

6. Stockpile for the Merchant Ship: Cook throughout the week and store your Golden Fried Rice in a chest near Starsand Port. On Monday, sell everything to the Merchant Ship for double value.

Food Buff

Like all cooked dishes in Starsand Island, Golden Fried Rice restores stamina when consumed. It can be eaten directly from your inventory while exploring, farming, or mining to recover energy and keep working without returning home to sleep.

Some community guides have noted that Golden Fried Rice may provide a temporary buff related to improved loot drops when searching trashcans around town. If this buff is active, looting trashcans will yield guaranteed drops instead of the usual random chance. The exact duration and trigger conditions have not been fully documented, so players should experiment in-game to confirm the current behavior after any patches.

Related Recipes

Golden Fried Rice is one of several dishes that use Rice and Eggs as core ingredients. If you enjoy cooking Rice-based dishes, consider trying these related recipes as well.

Tips

• Golden Fried Rice is one of the fastest Fry recipes in the game at just over one minute. Use this to your advantage when you need quick stamina recovery during a busy day.

• If you run out of Rice, check the Grinder to make sure you are not accidentally converting all your Rice into Rice Flour. Keep raw Rice separate from your Grinder supply.

• Golden Fried Rice makes a decent gifting option for NPCs who enjoy cooked food. Check each character's gift preferences before giving it away.

• Combine Golden Fried Rice production with Stir-Fried Water Spinach for a diversified cooking income. Water Spinach is also easy to grow and the cooked version sells well.

• If you are still in the early game without a Gas Stove, a Campfire works just as well for this recipe. Prioritize getting the Gas Stove when you reach Junior Crafting for better queue management.

• Keep a few servings of Golden Fried Rice in your inventory at all times for emergency stamina recovery while exploring caves or fighting bosses.

See Also

• Cooking Recipes

• Cooking

• All Crops

• Rice

• Eggs

• Gas Stove

• Campfire

• Merchant Ship

• Crop Profitability Rankings

• Yangzhou Fried Rice