Oil Maker
| Oil Maker | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Crafted Item |
| Recipe | Farming (Level 8) |
The Oil Maker is the artisan machine that pairs with pigs. Feeding it a Truffle makes Truffle Oil, one of the most valuable artisan goods a barn can supply. It also presses Corn, Sunflowers and Sunflower Seeds into plain cooking Oil for the kitchen. The recipe arrives late in the Farming skill, around the same time most farms can afford a Deluxe Barn and their first pigs. Truffle Oil then flows into the Rain Totem, a Community Center bundle and one of Mayor Lewis's requests.
The in-game description reads: Makes gourmet truffle oil.
Recipe
Reaching Farming level 8 teaches the recipe. The machine needs a large pile of Slime, some Hardwood and one Gold Bar. Hardwood comes from Large Stumps and Large Logs, from Mahogany Trees, and most reliably from the stumps in the Secret Woods, which grow back every day. Smelting Gold Ore with Coal in a Furnace gives the Gold Bar.
These are the ingredients one batch needs.
| Name | Image | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Slime | 
|
50 |
| Hardwood | 
|
20 |
| Gold Bar | 
|
1 |
Use
Holding the ingredient and using it on the machine starts the job. A Truffle takes a few hours to become Truffle Oil, so one machine can handle several truffles in a single day. The quality of the truffle makes no difference to the oil.
The truffles come from pigs. Marnie's Ranch sells pigs once a Deluxe Barn stands on the farm. A grown pig wanders outside the barn and digs up truffles on the open ground as it goes. A content pig finds more of them. Pigs stay inside in Winter and on rainy days, so the truffle supply stops at those times.
Plain Oil comes from three crops, and the speed varies a great deal. A Sunflower is pressed in about an hour, which makes it the fastest by far. Corn takes most of a day, and Sunflower Seeds take two days. Pierre's General Store also sells Oil, so pressing it at home mainly saves money for a kitchen that cooks often.
Notes
Turning truffles into oil is not always the better deal. Without the Artisan profession, an iridium-quality truffle sells for more raw than the oil it would make. Lower-quality truffles gain value in the machine, and with Artisan the oil wins at every quality.
Truffle Oil has a few uses beyond selling. Crafting Truffle Oil with Hardwood and Pine Tar makes a Rain Totem, which sets up rain for the next day. Truffle Oil is one option in the Artisan Bundle in the Pantry. Mayor Lewis also asks for one by mail in the "Mayor's Need" quest, and delivering it earns money and friendship with him.
Plain Oil is a common cooking ingredient. Fried Mushroom and many other dishes use it, and Fried Mushroom gives a small attack boost. Crafting Garlic with Oil also makes Oil of Garlic, the drink that keeps weak monsters away in the Mines.
A pig farm often needs more than one Oil Maker. Several pigs together can dig up a handful of truffles each morning. A short row of machines near the barn lets every truffle go straight into oil after the morning collection.
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