There are many cooking recipes inStardew Valley, and each meal has its own perks or uses as gifts for various villagers. It can be hard to figure out where these recipes come from, as there are a variety of different sources.
Whether you’re looking to boost your skill levels, or wanting theperfect giftfor any villager, there’s always a meal you can cook that will serve the purpose. In total, there are 81 different recipes to cook, and it’s worth striving to make them all.
It’s worth noting that while can can unlock recipes at any point, you can only begin cooking at home after you’ve upgraded the Farmhouse for the first time and therefore gained a stove. However, if you reach Foraging level 3 before this point, you can use the Cookout Kit to cook anywhere, although you will need to craft the Cookout Kit to do this.
If you plan to do a lot of cooking, it’s worth storing your ingredients in the fridge, as items will automatically be pulled from this storage when cooking and you won’t need to worry about making sure items are in your inventory.
Achievements for cooking in Stardew Valley
If you’re a completionist, or simply after some unique cosmetic pieces to wear on your character, there are threeachievementsinStardew Valleyassociated with cooking. Each comes with its own unique reward.
How to unlock all cooking recipes in Stardew Valley
When you begin a new game inStardew Valley, you start with just one single recipe — Fried Egg. Unsurprisingly, this is made using just a single egg, and is remarkably simple to make. If you want to increase your culinary knowledge, here’s how to unlock every other recipe inStardew Valley.
Recipes received from villagers
One of the best ways to get new recipes inStardew Valleyis through improving your relationship with the villagers, both those who can be romanced and those who cannot. As you increase your friendship level with each villager, they will send recipes to you in the mail.
While most of the villagers will only teach you two recipes each, Willy can possibly teach you four. However, his third recipe can also be learned through the Queen of Sauce and you’ll only learn it from Willy if you get him to 9 hearts before Winter 14 in Year 2, or you miss the Queen of Sauce episode that teaches the recipe. He’s also the only villager who sends a recipe once you reach five hearts with him.
Evelyn still teaches the usual two, but only one of them comes through the mail, with her second recipe unlocked as part of her four heart event. Robin, Pierre, and Sandy only have one recipe each to offer.
Here’s all of the recipes that the residents of Pelican Town have to teach:
Recipes from the Queen of Sauce
The easiest way to learn new recipes inStardew Valleyis by tuning in to the Queen of Sauce by interacting with the TV inside the farmhouse every sunday. There’s a new recipe every week for the first two years, and then the cycle starts again and recipes repeat in case you missed them the first time around.
This means that any recipes you miss in year one can be picked up on the same day in year three, and those from year two will repeat on the same day in year four, and so forth.
Some of the Queen of Sauce recipes can also be picked up in other ways. One of them will be sent to you by Willy if you missed the show, while others can be purchased from the Stardrop Saloon. Those that can be purchased will only become available to buy after they appeared on the Queen of Sauce for the first time.
Recipes for increasing skill levels
Leveling up your skillsinStardew Valleycomes with a lot of perks, including various crafting and cooking recipes. Recipes that unlock through skills usually offer buffs that are useful to the skill through which you unlock them, so they’re worth paying attention to.
Here’s all of the cooking recipes you can unlock via leveling skills, and what level you’ll need to reach to get them:
Recipes purchased from the vendors
Finally, there are four recipes that can only be purchased from individual vendors. The majority of these can be found at a late game stage, after you’ve unlocked and begun to work onGinger Island.
Here’s the four recipes, and where you may purchase them:
