Cooking food is one of life’s simplest pleasures, and the same can be said inMy Time at Sandrock. This cozy life sim offers a whole host of cooking recipes for players to discover, and every meal has the potential to boost a player’s stats or replenish HP/stamina.

While building is the primary focus inMy Time at Sandrock,players can still play the role of a gourmet chef if they so desire. However, there are a few hurdles that must be overcome before players reach that point. This guide shows how to get started with cooking in this game, as well as a few of the most useful recipes everyone should know.

Apprentice Cooking Station recipe window in My Time At Sandrock

How to Cook in My Time at Sandrock

First, players need tounlock the diagram for a cooking stationat Qi’s Research Center. The most basic one is theDrying Rack,which is only meant to produce jerky as well as dried fish and fruit. To get into the actual cooking, players need to unlock theApprentice’s Cooking Station.Those who are out of Data Discs will need to scavenge for some in abandoned ruins like the one near Eufaula Salvage.

The actual act of cooking is fairly simple:

The first two steps are whererecipescome in. Players need to use the right ingredients in order to make an actual meal. If they use the wrong combination of foodstuff, they’ll getFood Scrapsinstead. Players can guess a recipe by using random food items, orthey can improve their relationshipswith the people of Sandrock in hopes of getting recipes from them.

Here are a few useful Cooking Station recipes to help players get started (without spoiling much of the discovery part of the game):

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DMG +4% (30s)

Stamina +4 (30s)

HP +29

CRIT DMG +3% (30s)

CRIT DMG +4% (30s)

4x Wheat

Used for baking

3x Oregano 1x Medicine Bottle

HP +300

Cooking tools carry over to the next tier of Cooking Station, which meansplayers only need onein their home in order to cook all the recipes they want.