We’re really enjoying My Time At Sandrock as you can tell by our many guides on the subject. Cooking is a great mechanic to make food yourself some food when you go ruin diving. But it’s also fun to find out everyone’s favourite recipes and give them to them as gifts!
While most things are somewhat doable to figure out Cooking is one thing that really isn’t clear. I don’t know if it’s by design or because the game is still in Early Access but Cooking is one thing that isn’t too clear here. So in this guide, we’ll go step by step through the various crafting stations you’ll need. As well as the recipes and their discovery process, which is actually fairly random.
This list is a work in progress and Unpause Asia will be uploading it periodically.
Index
- Cooking Stations
- Drying Rack
- Apprentice Cooking Station
- Chef’s Cooking Station
- Blender
- How To Unlock Recipes
- Recipes
- Ingredients
- Food Gift Guide
Cooking Machines
The productivity of your workshop in My Time At Sandrock is linked to the various machines that you have in there. In the beginning, you’ll be heading to Qi to give him some Data Discs for schematics. With some of the most important being the Grinder, Processor, Dew Collector etc. But once everything is up and running start your Cooking journey by unlocking the Drying Rack first.
Drying Rack
The Drying Rack will cost you 6 Data Discs and 3 days to unlock. You’ll need 4 Copper Sticks and 4 Copper Screws to build it.
| Recipe | Ingredients | Effect | Sell Price |
| Jerky | Meat | Stamina +7 | 10 |
| Salted Fish | Sand Carp, Salt | Stamina +16 | 23 |
| Dried Sandberry | Sandberry x2 | Stamina +2 (2s for 30s) | 11 |
| Dried Sandacuda | Sandacuda, Soy Sauce | Stamina +36 | 44 |
| Paper | Plant Fiber x2 | 3 |
Apprentice Cooking Station
Once you have the Drying Rack unlocked you’ll be able to unlock the Apprentice Cooking Station.
The Apprentice Cooking Station will cost you 12 Data Discs and 3 days to unlock. You’ll need 1 Copper Pot, 3 Marble Slab, 3 Rubber Shell, 3 Bronze Bar and 4 Hard Wood to build it.
Once you have the Apprentice Cooking Station unlocked, you’ll be able to make recipes using the Cooking Pot and Steamer.
Recipes for the Apprentice Cooking Station
Chef’s Cooking Station
You can upgrade the Apprentice Cooking Station to the Chef’s Cooking Station to gain access to the Wok.
The Chef’s Cooking Station will cost you 16 Data Discs and 4 days to unlock. You’ll need 1 Frying Pan, 2 Steel Frame, 2 Copper Pot, 3 Bloodstone Core and 2 Hardwood Plank to build it.
Recipes for the Chef’s Cooking Station
[The Advanced Cooking Station is the next upgrade after the Chef’s Cooking Station. But as of the time of writing it hass yet to be accessible].
Blender
The Blender is an additional machine that can be unlocked to assist you in your cooking journey.
The Blender Lv1 will cost you 12 Data Discs and 4 days to unlock. You’ll need 1 Bronze Blade, 3 Steel Bar, 2 Bearing and 1 Engine to build it.
| Recipe | Ingredients | Effect | Sell Price |
| Five Spice Powder | Chili, Seesai Pepper, Alfalfa, Garlic | 8 | |
| Flour | Wheat | 2 | |
| Sandberry Jam | Sandberry, Sugar | 9 | |
| Hemostat | Oregano, Medicine Bottle | HP +300 | 15 |
| Strong Medicine | Bitter Beans x3, Medicine Bottle | HP +800 | 26 |
| Lavender Extract | Ant Honey, Yellow Lavender | HP +10 (1s for 30s) | 9 |
| Orchid Extract | Hyacinth Orchid, Bitter Beans | Null Poison (60s) | 18 |
| Bassia Potion | Foggy Bassia, Bitter Beans | Null Burn (60s) | 18 |
| Thunderweed Extract | Heliconia Nail, Bitter Bean | Null Numb (60s) | 18 |
| Fertilizer | Manure x2, Plant Fiber | 5 |
How To Unlock Recipes
The recipe discovery process in My Time At Sandrock is a bit random to say the least. It involves exeperimentation and discovery with your cooking machines. Simply go to your Cooking Station and select whichever ingredients you’d like to add in and cook.
- Select at least one Main Ingredient.
- Select one or more additional ingredients or herbs.
- Select your Cooking Tool.
- Hit the Confirm button.
If you manage to stumble upon a correct recipe, you’ll get that new recipe’s result in your inventory and you can add it to your list. If not, you’ll get Food Scraps and effectively waste the food.
In this case it’s probably better to follow a recipe if you’re not keen on wasting food and time. One way is to befriend the people of Sandrock. As you get to know them better, they’ll teach you recipes and you can in turn sell whatever recipes you have to them.
This makes Cooking much easier because you’ll be able to select the recipe at your Cooking Station and let it auto cook, provided you have said recipe and its ingredients.
Recipes
If you’re not interested in experimenting, because who could blame you, then here is full list of recipes from My Time At Sandrock (so far).
Cooking Pot (Apprentice Cooking Station)
| Recipe | Ingredients | Effect | Liked By |
| Beef Noodles | Meat, Flour, Soy Sauce | Def +15 (30s) | Grace, Hugo, Justice, Rocky, Yan |
| Bitter Bean Cake | Bitter Bean, Rice, Sugar | Stamina +1 (2s for 30s) | Owen |
| Braised BBQ Ribs | Rib Meat, Soy Sauce, Sugar, 5 Spice | DMG +50 (30s) | Cooper, Justice |
| Braised Meat | Meat, Potato, Sugar, Leek | DMG +4% (30s) | All Neutral |
| Chestnut Pork | Chestnut, Meat, Soy Sauce | DMG +20 (30s) | Burgess, Jensen, Rocky |
| Chilly Sandrice Noodles | Rice, Flour, Soy Sauce, Chili | Def +14 (30s) | Zeke, Owen |
| Drool With Joy Noodles | Flour, Meat, Rib Meat, Alfalfa, Seesai Pepper | DMG +12% (30s) | Mi-an |
| Farmer’s Stew | Meat, Mushroom, Potato, Flour, Salt | Def +33 (30s) | Matilda |
| Fine Beef Noodles | Meat, Flour, Soy Sauce, Cilantro | Def +33 (30s) | All Neutral |
| Fine Braised Meat | Meat, Cistanche, Sugar 5 Spice | DMG +12% (30s) | All Neutral |
| Fine Hot and Sour Fish | Sandacuda, Vinegar, Chili | Def +62 (30s) | All Neutral |
| Fish Porridge | Sand Carp, Rice, Leek, Soy Sauce | DMG +35 (30s) | Ernest |
| Macaroni | Flour, Tomato, Egg | Def +9 (30s) | All Neutral |
| Mushroom Soup | Mushroom, Salt, Leek | Def +16 (30s) | Amirah |
| Sandberry Egg Soup | Sandberry, Egg, Leek | DMG +10 (30s) | Mort, Owen |
| Sand Tea Beef | Meat, Tea Leaves, Cilantro, 5 Spice | DMG +56 (30s) | Dan-bi, Grace, Pen, Rian |
| Sand Tea Noodles | Flour, Leek, Soy Sauce | DMG +3% (30s) | Arvio, Burgess, Catori |
| Spicy Bean Paste | Potato, Meat, Chili | Def +13 (30s) | All Neutral |
| Stewed Eagle Cistanche | Cistanche, Chestnut, Meat, Salt | Stamina +4 (2s for 30s) | Grace, Owen, Arvio, Ernest, Yan |
| Tea Egg | Egg, Tea Leaves, Salt | DMG +16 (30s) | All Neutral |
| Tea Porridge | Tea Leaves, Rice | Def +3% (30s) | All Neutral |
| Tomato Beef Brisket | Tomato, Meat, Salt | DMG +3% (30s) | Amirah, Burgess, Rian |
| Tomato Fish | Tomato, Sand Carp, Egg, Leek | Def +35 (30s) | Heidi, Hugo, Vivi |
| Tomato and Egg Soup | Tomato, Egg, Leek | DMG +12 (30s) | All Neutral |
Steamer (Apprentice Cooking Station)
| Recipe | Ingredients | Effect | Liked By |
| Egg Custard | Egg, Salt | HP +3 (2s for 30s) | All Neutral |
| Honey Sambo | Sandberry, Cactus Leaf, Cantaloupe, Honey | HP +19 (2s for 30s) | Jasmine, Mabel |
| Meat Bun | Meat, Flour, Leek | Stamina +1 (2s for 30s) | All Neutral |
| Meat Stuffed Mushroom | Mushroom, Meat, Soy Sauce | HP +26 (2s for 30s) | Matilda, Mort, Qi |
| Milk Steamed Egg | Milk, Egg | HP +5 (2s for 30s) | Catori |
| Mushroom Forest Cake | Mushroom, Egg, Sugar | Stamina +1 (2s for 30s) | Jasmine, Arvio, Ernest |
| Fine Mushroom Forest Cake | Mushroom, Egg, Cistanche | Stamina +4 (2s for 30s) | Jasmine, Ernest |
| Fine Sandberry Zongzi | Sandberry, Rice, Meat, Honey | Stamina +2 (2s for 30s) | Owen |
| Honey Sambo | Sandberry, Cactus Leaf, Cantaloupe, Honey | HP +19 (2s for 30s) | Jasmine, Mabel |
| Sandberry Sponge Cake | Sandberry, Rice | HP +5 (2s for 30s) | Mabel, Owen |
| Sandberry Zongzi | Sandberry, Rice, Sugar | Stamina +1 (2s for 30s) | Owen |
| Sandrice Cake | Rice, Sugar | Stamina +1 (2s for 30s) | Owen |
| Sandrice Sushi | Rice, Meat, Vinegar | HP +13 (2s for 30s) | Miguel, Owen |
| Steamed Meat Pie with Salty Eggs | Meat, Rice, Soy Sauce | Stamina +1 (2s for 30s) | All Neutral |
| Steamed Sandfish | Sand Carp, Salt, Leek | Stamina +2 (2s for 30s) | Burgess, Hugo, Mort |
| Steamed Sweet Potato | Sweet Potato | HP +2 (2s for 30s) | All Neutral |
| Sweet Potato with Meat | Sweet Potato, Meat, Soy Sauce | HP +17 (2s for 30s) | Amirah |
Wok (Chef’s Cooking Station)
| Recipe | Ingredients | Effect | Liked By |
| Alfalfa Salad | Alfalfa, Sea Salt, Chili | HP +109 | Miguel, Mort, X, Zeke |
| Churros | Flour, Sugar | HP +33 | All Neutral |
| Cilantro Meatloaf | Meat, Cilantro, Flour, 5 Spice | Stamina +26 | All Neutral |
| Cilantro Omelet | Cilantro, Egg, Salt | HP +159 | All Neutral |
| Fine Di Sanxian | Cistanche, Mushroom, Alfalfa, Soy Sauce | Stamins +12% | Matilda |
| Fruit Salad | Cactus Leaf, Sandberry, Cantaloupe | Stamina +10 | Dan-bi, Pablo, X |
| Highwind Fried Rice | Rice, Potato, Egg, Soy Sauce | HP +3% | Mabel, Vivi |
| Omelet | Egg, Milk, Flour | HP +70 | Grace, Mort |
| Onion Cake | Flour, Leek, Salt | Stamina +8 | All Neutral |
| Master Chef Omelet | Egg, Salt | HP +29 | All Neutral |
| Melon and Beef | Cantaloupe, Meat, Sugar, Sea Salt | HP +3% | All Neutral |
| Milk Chestnut | Milk, Chestnut, Sugar | HP +109 | Jasmine, Qi |
| Rice Omelet | Egg, Rice, Soy Sauce | HP +97 | All Neutral |
| Spicy and Sour Potato | Potato, Vinegar, Chili | HP +75 | Justice, Mi-an |
| Sugar Fried Chestnut | Chestnut, Sugar | Stamina +7 | Qi, Mabel |
| Sweet Potato Bake | Sweet Potato, Flour | Stamina +5 | Hugo, Mabel |
| Sweet and Sour Pork | Meat, Flour, Sugar | Stamina +11 | All Neutral |
| Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs | Rib Meat, Sugar, Vinegar | Stamina +5% | All Neutral |
| Tomato Scrambled Egg | Tomato, Egg, Salt | Stamina +9 | All Neutral |
| Veggie Stir-Fry | Cilantro, Mushroom, Alfalfa, Soy Sauce | Stamina +8% | Matilda |
*Rice = Sandrice, Leek = Sand Leek, Sea Salt = Salt, Desert Mushroom = Mushroom, Yakmel Milk = Milk
Ingredients
Purchase – Blue Moon To-Go, By The Stairs
| Ingredient | Purchase Price | Sale Price |
| Alfalfa | 32 | |
| Flour | 10 | 2 |
| Rice | 12 | 2 |
| Sea Salt | 8 | 1 |
| Soy Sauce | 24 | 2 |
| Sugar | 12 | 2 |
| Tea Leaves | 48 | 12 |
| Vinegar | 12 | 2 |
Wandering Y Store
| Ingredient | Purchase Price | Sale Price |
| Meat | 32 | 5 |
| Yakmel Milk | 16 |
Farming
| Ingredient | Growth Time (Days) |
| Cactus | 6 |
| Desert Mushroom | 11 |
| Potato | 7 |
| Sand Leek | 4 |
| Sandrice | 3 |
| Sweet Potato | 8 |
| Tomato | 7 |
| Wheat | 3 |
Cooking Gift Guide
Looking for people that will appreciate your cooking endeavours? These are what the Sandrockians like (+6)! Minus Fang… Just try not to give him any food.
Amirah – Mushroom Soup, Sweet Potato with Meat, Tomato Beef Brisket
Arvio – Mushroom Forest Cake, Sand Tea Noodles, Stewed Eagle Cistanche
Burgess – Chestnut Pork, Sand Tea Noodles, Steamed Sandfish, Tomato Beef Brisket
Catori – Milk Steamed Egg, Sand Tea Noodles
Cooper – Braised BBQ Ribs
Dan-bi – Fruit Salad, Sand Tea Beef
Ernest – Mushroom Forest Cake, Fine Mushroom Forest Cake, Fish Porridge, Stewed Eagle Cistanche
Grace – Beef Noodles, Omelet, Sand Tea Beef, Stewed Eagle Cistanche
Heidi – Tomato Fish
Hugo – Beef Noodles, Steamed Sandfish, Sweet Potato Bake, Tomato Fish
Jasmine – Mushroom Forest Cake, Fine Mushroom Forest Cake, Honey Sambo, Milk Chestnut
Jensen – Chestnut Pork
Justice – Beef Noodles, Braised BBQ Ribs, Spicy and Sour Potato
Mabel – Highwind Fried Rice, Honey Sambo, Sandberry Sponge Cake, Sugar Fried Chestnut, Sweet Potato Bake
Matilda – Farmer’s Stew, Fine Di Sanxian, Meat Stuffed Mushroom, Veggie Stir-Fry
Mi-an – Drool With Joy Noodles, Spicy and Sour Potato
Miguel – Alfalfa Salad, Sandrice Sushi
Mort – Alfalfa Salad, Meat Stuffed Mushroom, Omelet, Sandberry Egg Soup, Steamed Sandfish
Owen – Bitter Bean Cake, Chilly Sandrice Noodles, Fine Sandberry Zongzi, Sandberry Egg Soup, Sandberry Sponge Cake, Sandberry Zongzi, Sandrice Cake, Sandrice Sushi, Stewed Eagle Cistanche
Pen – Sand Tea Beef
Qi – Meat Stuffed Mushroom, Milk Chestnut, Sugar Fried Chestnut
Pablo – Fruit Salad
Rian – Sand Tea Beef, Tomato Beef Brisket
Rocky – Beef Noodles, Chestnut Pork
Vivi – Highwind Fried Rice, Tomato Fish
X – Alfalfa Salad, Fruit Salad
Yan – Beef Noodles, Stewed Eagle Cistanche
Zeke – Alfalfa Salad, Chilly Sandrice Noodles