Oil
| Oil | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Artisan Good |
| Machine | Oil Maker |
| Ingredients | Corn (1); Sunflower (1); Sunflower Seeds (1) |
| Time | Varies by ingredient |
| Sell Price | 100g |
| Energy | 13 |
| Health | 5 |
Oil is a basic kitchen ingredient that turns up in a long list of recipes. An Oil Maker presses it from Corn, Sunflowers or Sunflower Seeds, and Pierre's General Store sells it ready made. Unlike most machine products, Oil is meant for cooking rather than selling. It carries no quality, and the Artisan profession leaves its price unchanged. Its dishes range from Hashbrowns and Fried Eel to Crab Cakes and Stir Fry. As a gift it is a poor choice, since nearly every villager dislikes it.
The in-game description reads: All purpose cooking oil.
Making
The Oil Maker recipe arrives at Farming level 8. It takes Slime, Hardwood and a Gold Bar. The same machine also turns Truffles into the far pricier Truffle Oil.
Each input presses at a different speed. A Sunflower becomes Oil in just one hour. Corn takes about sixteen hours. Sunflower Seeds are the slowest, at about two days.
Buying is often simpler than pressing. Pierre's General Store keeps Oil in stock for anyone who needs a bottle or two for a recipe. During the Desert Festival, Pierre also sells Oil at his stall for Calico Eggs. On the Beach Farm, supply crates may wash up holding a few bottles once the Farmhouse has had its first upgrade.
These are the ingredients one batch needs.
| Name | Image | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Corn | 
|
1 |
| Sunflower | 
|
1 |
| Sunflower Seeds | 
|
1 |
Prices
A bottle of Oil sells for twice the price that Corn fetches. That sounds good, but Corn earns more elsewhere. Pickled Corn, Corn Juice and Corn seeds from a Seed Maker all beat Oil. A normal Sunflower gains only a little from the press as well.
Oil has no star rating, so quality inputs gain nothing from the Oil Maker. The Artisan profession also skips Oil, which keeps its price fixed at every stage of the game.
Pierre charges twice the sell price for a bottle. For a farm that cooks a lot, pressing a few Sunflowers at home saves that cost.
Uses
Cooking is where Oil earns its place. Hashbrowns need only a Potato and Oil, and they give a small Farming buff. Fried Eel adds a Luck buff, Crispy Bass adds Magnetism and Fried Mushroom adds Attack. Larger meals such as Crab Cakes, Stir Fry, Radish Salad, Bruschetta, Fiddlehead Risotto and Fried Calamari also call for a bottle.
Crafting uses Oil too. Oil of Garlic, learned at Combat level 6, mixes Garlic with Oil. Drinking it keeps weaker monsters away for a while.
At the Sewing Machine, Oil in the spool makes the Oil Stained Shirt. It also serves as a yellow dye in the pots at 2 Willow Lane.
Cooking Oil with the other ingredients below makes these dishes.
| Dish | Image | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Bruschetta | 
|
Bread (1), Oil (1), Tomato (1) |
| Crab Cakes | 
|
Crab (1), Wheat Flour (1), Egg (1), Oil (1) |
| Crispy Bass | 
|
Largemouth Bass (1), Wheat Flour (1), Oil (1) |
| Fiddlehead Risotto | 
|
Oil (1), Fiddlehead Fern (1), Garlic (1) |
| Fried Calamari | 
|
Squid (1), Wheat Flour (1), Oil (1) |
| Fried Eel | 
|
Eel (1), Oil (1) |
| Fried Mushroom | 
|
Common Mushroom (1), Morel (1), Oil (1) |
| Hashbrowns | 
|
Potato (1), Oil (1) |
| Radish Salad | 
|
Oil (1), Vinegar (1), Radish (1) |
| Stir Fry | 
|
Cave Carrot (1), Common Mushroom (1), Kale (1), Oil (1) |
Crafting Oil with the other materials below makes these items.
| Item | Image | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Oil of Garlic | 
|
Garlic (10), Oil (1) |
Oil is a bad gift for almost everyone. Nearly every villager dislikes it, from Abigail and Gus to Robin and the Wizard, and Leo hates it.
All Artisan Goods
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Machine | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged Roe | 
|
Preserves Jar | 4000m (3-4 days) |
| Beer | 
|
Keg | 1750m (≈29h) |
| Cask Productivity | - | - | - |
| Caviar | 
|
Preserves Jar | 6000m (4 days) |
| Cheese | 
|
Cheese Press | 200min (3.3h) |
| Cloth | 
|
Loom | 240m (≈4h) |
| Coffee | 
|
Keg | 120m (2h) |
| Dinosaur Mayonnaise | 
|
Mayonnaise Machine | 3h |
| Dried Fruit | 
|
Dehydrator | 1750m (≈1d) |
| Dried Mushrooms | 
|
Dehydrator | 1750m (≈1d) |
| Duck Mayonnaise | 
|
Mayonnaise Machine | 3h |
| Goat Cheese | 
|
Cheese Press | 200m (≈3h) |
| Green Tea | 
|
Keg | 180m (3h) |
| Honey | 
|
Bee House | 6100m (≈4d) |
| Jellies and Pickles | - | - | - |
| Juice | 
|
Keg | 6000m (≈4d) |
| Keg Productivity | - | - | - |
| Maple Syrup | 
|
Tapper; Heavy Tapper | 9 or 4 days |
| Mayonnaise | 
|
Mayonnaise Machine | 3h |
| Mead | 
|
Keg | 10h |
| Mystic Syrup | 
|
Tapper; Heavy Tapper | 7 or 3 days |
| Oak Resin | 
|
Tapper; Heavy Tapper | 7 or 3 days |
| Oil | 
|
Oil Maker | Varies by ingredient |
| Pale Ale | 
|
Keg | 2250m (37.5h) |
| Pine Tar | 
|
Tapper; Heavy Tapper | 5 or 2 days |
| Preserves Jar Productivity | - | - | - |
| Raisins | 
|
Dehydrator | 1750m (≈29h) |
| Smoked Fish | 
|
Fish Smoker | 50m |
| Truffle Oil | 
|
Oil Maker | 360m (6h) |
| Void Mayonnaise | 
|
Mayonnaise Machine | 3h |
| Wine | 
|
Keg | 10,000m (≈7d) |