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Overview

Plain Noodles is a cooking recipe in Starsand Island that turns a handful of Flour into a simple, satisfying dish. The in-game description reads: "Plain noodles with almost no seasoning, simple and clean." Despite its humble nature, Plain Noodles holds a unique position in the game as one of the most practical items you can produce. It serves triple duty as an early-game stamina food, a reliable source of income, and a near-universal gift that almost every NPC on the island likes.

The recipe is one of the first you unlock through the Apprentice Farmer Trial, and the sole ingredient is Flour, which is processed from Wheat at a Separator. Because Wheat grows in all four seasons and matures in just 1.4 days, Plain Noodles can be mass-produced year-round with minimal effort. Many players keep a permanent stockpile of Plain Noodles in their inventory for stamina recovery, daily NPC gifting, and supplemental income.

Recipe Details

Plain Noodles can be prepared at either a Gas Stove or a Campfire. Both stations produce identical results. The Gas Stove is generally preferred because it supports recipe queuing, letting you cook multiple batches while attending to other farm tasks. With a cook time of only 24 seconds per serving, Plain Noodles is one of the fastest recipes in the game.

Universal Gift Status

Plain Noodles is one of the most broadly accepted gift items in Starsand Island. Nearly every NPC on the island likes receiving Plain Noodles, which grants +10 Affection Points (AP) per gift. This makes it an exceptional fallback gift for days when you do not have a character's loved item on hand, or when you are trying to raise friendship with multiple NPCs at once and need a single item that works for almost everyone.

The combination of universal appeal and easy mass production is what sets Plain Noodles apart from other gift options. While Moonflower is another widely liked gift, it requires foraging specific locations. Plain Noodles, by contrast, can be batch-cooked from farm-grown Wheat at any time of year. Keeping a stack of 20 or more Plain Noodles in your inventory ensures you always have a gift ready for any NPC you encounter during your daily routine.

NPC Gift Preferences

The following table shows how each notable NPC reacts to receiving Plain Noodles as a gift. Most characters like it, but there are a few important exceptions to be aware of.

Because Regis loves Plain Noodles, this dish doubles as both a universal liked gift and a targeted loved gift for one of the island's NPCs. If you are working on your friendship or romance with Regis specifically, cooking extra Plain Noodles is an easy way to maximize your daily AP gain with him.

Avoid giving Plain Noodles to Matilda, who hates the dish and will lose affection if you gift it. Bruce, Panda, and Sagewood also dislike Plain Noodles, so check the Gift Guide for their preferred items instead.

Where to Get the Recipe

The Plain Noodles recipe is unlocked by completing the Apprentice Farmer Trial, one of the earliest quest milestones in the game. This trial is part of the main progression path and involves talking to Aurelis after completing basic farming tasks. Once you finish the trial, the recipe is permanently added to your cooking menu and appears whenever you interact with a Gas Stove or Campfire.

Because the Apprentice Farmer Trial is completed so early in the game, most players have access to Plain Noodles within their first few in-game days. There is no need to purchase this recipe from a shop or find it in a treasure chest.

Ingredient Sourcing

Plain Noodles requires only one ingredient: Flour x4. Flour is not found in the wild or purchased directly. Instead, it is produced by processing Wheat through a Separator on your farm.

Wheat Farming

Wheat is an all-season crop, meaning it grows in Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. This makes it one of the most reliable crops in the game because you never have to worry about seasonal planting windows. Wheat Seeds cost 25 Coins from Graminova at the Happiness Seed Shop. Each Wheat plant takes 1.4 days to mature and yields 4 Wheat when harvested. Since Wheat matures so quickly, you can fit multiple harvest cycles into a single season.

Processing Wheat Into Flour

To convert Wheat into Flour, place your harvested Wheat in a Separator. The Separator processes 2 Wheat into 2 Flour. Since each batch of Plain Noodles requires 4 Flour, you need 4 Wheat per serving (2 Wheat produces 2 Flour, so 4 Wheat produces 4 Flour). With each Wheat plant yielding 4 Wheat per harvest, a single plant provides exactly enough Wheat for one serving of Plain Noodles.

The Separator is an early crafting station built from Stone x3, Softwood x3, and Fiber x5. If you plan to produce Plain Noodles in large quantities, build two or three Separators to process Wheat into Flour more quickly.

Ingredient Pipeline Summary

Profitability

Cooking Plain Noodles is more profitable than selling raw Wheat. Each Wheat sells for only 16 Coins. A single harvest of 4 Wheat would bring in 64 Coins if sold raw. Processing that same 4 Wheat into 4 Flour and cooking one serving of Plain Noodles produces a dish worth 44 Coins. While the raw coin total from selling 4 Wheat (64 Coins) exceeds one serving of Plain Noodles (44 Coins), the real value of Plain Noodles lies in its stamina recovery and gifting utility, not pure sell price.

For players focused purely on coin generation through cooking, other recipes offer better margins. However, Plain Noodles remains valuable because of its speed (24 seconds per cook), ingredient simplicity (one ingredient type), and year-round availability. When you factor in the stamina it restores and the friendship points it earns as a gift, Plain Noodles delivers more total value than its 44-Coin sell price suggests.

Selling on the Merchant Ship

The Merchant Ship at Starsand Port pays double the normal selling price for all goods, including cooked dishes. Selling Plain Noodles to the Merchant Ship yields 88 Coins per serving instead of the standard 44. If you stockpile Plain Noodles throughout the week and sell a full batch when the ship docks, this is a straightforward way to boost your weekly income from an otherwise inexpensive dish.

Related Recipes

Plain Noodles is one of several dishes that use Flour as a primary ingredient. If you have a steady Flour supply, consider branching out into these related recipes for better stamina recovery, higher sell prices, or specific NPC gift preferences.

Tips

• Plain Noodles cooks in only 24 seconds, making it one of the fastest recipes in the game. This is ideal for quick stamina top-ups between tasks without waiting around at the stove.

• Keep a stack of at least 20 Plain Noodles in your inventory at all times. This covers both emergency stamina recovery while exploring and daily gift-giving for multiple NPCs.

• Since Wheat grows in all four seasons, your Flour supply never dries up. Dedicate a few farm plots permanently to Wheat so you always have raw material for Plain Noodles.

• Build multiple Separators to process Wheat into Flour faster. A single Separator can become a bottleneck if you are farming large quantities of Wheat.

• Remember that Matilda hates Plain Noodles. Do not accidentally gift her this dish or you will lose friendship progress with her.

• If you want to increase your cooking EXP quickly, Plain Noodles is a great grinding recipe. At 20 EXP per cook with a 24-second cook time, you earn cooking experience faster than most other recipes.

• Combine Plain Noodles production with Stir-Fried Water Spinach or Silken Potato Mash for a diversified cooking lineup that covers stamina recovery, gifting, and selling.

• For pure profit, sell Plain Noodles to the Merchant Ship on Mondays for double value (88 Coins per serving instead of 44).

See Also

• Cooking Recipes

• Cooking

• Wheat

• Flour

• Gas Stove

• Campfire

• Separator

• Gift Guide

• Merchant Ship

• Regis

• Hot Dry Noodles