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Grinder
March 29, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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The Grinder is a food processing crafting station in Starsand Island that converts raw agricultural ingredients into intermediate materials used in cooking. Many mid-to-late game recipes call for processed ingredients like Flour, Rice Flour, and Spice Powder, none of which can be used in their raw form. The Grinder bridges the gap between harvesting raw crops and preparing advanced dishes, making it one of the most essential stations for players who want to progress beyond basic recipes.
In addition to cooking ingredients, the Grinder also produces Golden Feed Mix, a processed animal feed that improves the quality of products from livestock. This dual purpose makes the Grinder valuable to both cooks and ranchers.
The Grinder blueprint becomes available through the Farmer profession progression. As you advance through the farming certification tiers at the Happiness Seed Shop with Graminova, new station blueprints unlock at the shop terminal. The Grinder is typically available around the Senior Farmer tier, roughly around the same time that advanced cooking recipes start appearing in your recipe book.
Once purchased, the blueprint is permanent and you can craft as many Grinders as needed from your Worktable.
The Grinder takes a single raw input and converts it into one processed output. Each processing cycle takes a short amount of time and runs automatically once you load the input material.
Input | Output | Primary Use |
|---|---|---|
Wheat | Flour | Bread, pastries, noodles, and many baked goods |
Rice | Rice Flour | Rice cakes, dumplings, and specialty desserts |
Coffee Beans | Ground Coffee | Brewed coffee drinks and coffee-flavored recipes |
Spices | Spice Powder | Seasoned dishes, curries, marinades, and flavor-enhanced meals |
Mixed Grains | Golden Feed Mix | Premium animal feed that boosts product quality |
All four food-related outputs (Flour, Rice Flour, Ground Coffee, and Spice Powder) are classified as cooking ingredients and are stored in your ingredient inventory rather than your general storage. Golden Feed Mix is categorized as animal feed and goes into the feed inventory.
Early-game cooking recipes rely on raw ingredients that can be used directly: fruits, vegetables, fish, and basic seasonings. As you unlock more advanced recipes through the Cooking profession or by discovering new recipe scrolls, you will notice that many of them require processed ingredients that only the Grinder can produce.
Flour and Spice Powder are the two most frequently required Grinder outputs. Flour is a core ingredient in bread, pastries, noodle dishes, and many baked goods. Spice Powder appears in seasoned main courses, curries, and flavor-enhanced versions of simpler recipes. Without a steady supply of both, your cooking progression will stall at mid-tier recipes.
Rice Flour is more specialized, appearing primarily in East Asian-inspired recipes like rice cakes and dumplings. Ground Coffee is used in coffee beverages and a handful of dessert recipes. Both are less universally needed than Flour and Spice Powder, but still important for completing the full recipe catalog.
Golden Feed Mix is a premium feed produced by grinding Mixed Grains. When placed in a Feeding Trough or given directly to livestock, Golden Feed Mix boosts the quality of the products those animals produce. Chickens lay higher-quality eggs, cows give richer milk, and sheep produce finer wool.
The quality boost from Golden Feed Mix stacks with genetic quality traits from breeding. If you are raising animals with high-quality genetics and feeding them Golden Feed Mix, the resulting products can reach the highest quality tiers, which sell for significantly more at the Shipping Bin and produce better results in cooking recipes.
Mixed Grains are crafted by combining multiple grain types at the Worktable. The exact recipe varies, but typically involves Wheat, Rice, and Corn in set quantities.
Experienced players recommend running the Grinder every morning as part of your daily routine. The processing time is short enough that you can load raw ingredients before heading out for the day's activities, and the finished products will be ready by the time you return.
Step | Details |
|---|---|
Morning routine | Load Wheat and Spices into the Grinder first thing. These two produce the ingredients you will need most often. |
Bulk processing | If you have a large harvest of Wheat or Rice sitting in storage, run the Grinder in consecutive batches during a rainy day or evening when outdoor activities are limited. |
Stockpile target | Aim to keep at least 30 to 50 units of Flour and 20 to 30 units of Spice Powder in reserve at all times. This ensures you never run short when a recipe requires them. |
Coffee Beans and Rice | Process these as you harvest them. They are needed less frequently, so smaller stockpiles of 10 to 15 units are usually sufficient. |
The Grinder is one of two food processing stations in Starsand Island. The other is the Separator, which splits composite ingredients into their component parts rather than grinding them into powder or flour.
Station | Function | Key Outputs |
|---|---|---|
Grinder | Grinds raw ingredients into powders and flours | Flour, Rice Flour, Ground Coffee, Spice Powder, Golden Feed Mix |
Splits composite ingredients into component parts | Flour, Sugar, Vegetable Juice, Fruit Pulp, Protein Powder, Meat Bites, Fish Fillet |
Both stations are essential for full cooking progression. The Grinder handles grain and spice grinding, while the Separator processes fruits, vegetables, meat, and fish into refined ingredients. Place them near each other and near your cooking station for an efficient kitchen layout.
Place the Grinder near your cooking station and ingredient storage. This minimizes travel time when preparing complex recipes that require multiple processed ingredients.
Keep a chest next to the Grinder stocked with raw Wheat, Rice, Coffee Beans, and Spices. Having inputs readily available makes batch processing faster.
If you have space, place the Grinder, Separator, and cooking station in a triangle formation. This creates an efficient cooking workflow where all processing is within a few steps.
Consider a second Grinder if you process large volumes of grain. Running two in parallel halves the total processing time for bulk batches.
Prioritize Flour and Spice Powder production. These two ingredients appear in the largest number of recipes and will be your most common bottleneck.
Do not sell raw Wheat or Spices at the Shipping Bin. Their processed forms are worth significantly more as finished dishes.
Golden Feed Mix is a premium product. Use it strategically on your best livestock rather than feeding it to all animals indiscriminately.
The Grinder runs automatically once loaded. You do not need to stand next to it or interact with it during processing.
Pair the Grinder with a well-organized farming operation that produces steady harvests of Wheat, Rice, and Spice crops.
Check the Cooking Recipes article to see which recipes require Grinder outputs so you can plan your crop planting accordingly.
