Pumpkin Soup
| Pumpkin Soup | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Dish |
| Recipe | Robin (Mail - 7+) |
| Buffs | Defense (+2); Luck (+2) |
| Buff Duration | 7m 41s |
| Sell Price | 300g |
| Energy | 200 |
| Health | 90 |
Pumpkin Soup is a warm Fall soup made from just a Pumpkin and Milk. Robin, the carpenter, mails the recipe once she reaches seven hearts of friendship. The soup is one of the best buff dishes in the game. It raises both Defense and Luck for a good while. That suits the Mines, the Skull Cavern and treasure hunting alike. It loses money compared with selling the Pumpkin, but Sebastian loves it, and it is an easy dish to cook once the recipe arrives.
The in-game description reads: A seasonal favorite.
Recipe
Robin sends the Pumpkin Soup recipe by mail after the farmer reaches seven hearts with her.
Cooking a Pumpkin with Milk makes Pumpkin Soup.
The Pumpkin is a Fall crop. Pierre's General Store sells Pumpkin Seeds, and the plant takes about two weeks to ripen. Pumpkins only grow outdoors in Fall, so a stock kept in a chest keeps the soup on the menu all year.
Milk comes from a cow kept in a Barn and milked with a Milk Pail.
The soup is the Pumpkin Pie recipe without the flour and sugar. That makes it much simpler to cook in bulk.
These are the ingredients one batch needs.
| Name | Image | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Pumpkin | 
|
1 |
| Milk | 
|
1 |
Effects
Pumpkin Soup restores a good amount of energy and health. Its two buffs are what set it apart.
The Defense buff softens every hit taken from monsters. The Luck buff raises the chance of finding ladders while breaking rocks in the Mines, the chance of geodes, and the chance of treasure chests while fishing. Both buffs last for a good stretch of a day, which covers a long dive into the Mines.
Only one food buff can be active at a time. Eating another buffed dish replaces both of the soup's buffs. Drinks use their own slot, so a Coffee can still be added on top for speed.
Prices
Pumpkin Soup sells for much less than its ingredients. A Pumpkin sells raw for more than the soup does, even before the Milk is counted. Cooking the soup to sell loses money.
Its worth lies in the buffs and in gifting. The soup is best kept in a chest for hard days in the Mines rather than shipped.
Gifts
Sebastian loves Pumpkin Soup. A loved gift gives almost twice the friendship of a liked one. His birthday falls in Winter, when a gift counts eight times over, so a bowl made from a stored Pumpkin is ideal.
Among those who like Pumpkin Soup are Caroline, Demetrius, Evelyn, George, Jodi, Kent, Lewis, Linus and Pam. The same goes for Abigail, Alex, Elliott, Emily, Haley, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Penny, Sam and Shane. The shopkeepers Clint, Gus, Marnie, Pierre and Robin like it as well, as do the Dwarf, Sandy and the Wizard. Jas and Vincent also like it.
Krobus, Leo and Willy dislike it.
These villagers love receiving Pumpkin Soup as a gift.
| Villager | Image |
|---|---|
| Sebastian | 
|
Notes
Pumpkin Soup can be bought without cooking. The Traveling Merchant at the Festival of Ice sells one bowl each year. The Calico Egg Merchant at the Desert Festival trades it for Calico Eggs. Krobus may stock it on Saturdays, and the Stardrop Saloon carries it in its rotating stock. It can also turn up in the Garbage Can outside the Saloon or in a Mystery Box.
In tailoring, Pumpkin Soup in the Sewing Machine makes a Shirt. It also fills the orange dye pot at Emily and Haley's house.
All Cooking
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Recipe | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algae Soup | 
|
Clint (Mail - 3+) | 100g |
| Artichoke Dip | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 28 Fall, Year 1 | 210g |
| Autumn's Bounty | 
|
Demetrius (Mail - 7+) | 350g |
| Baked Fish | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 7 Summer, Year 1 | 100g |
| Banana Pudding | 
|
Island Trader for Bone Fragment (30) | 260g |
| Bean Hotpot | 
|
Clint (Mail - 7+) | 100g |
| Blackberry Cobbler | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 14 Fall, Year 2 | 260g |
| Blueberry Tart | 
|
Pierre (Mail - 3+) | 150g |
| Bread | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 28 Summer, Year 1 Stardrop Saloon for 100g | 60g |
| Bruschetta | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 21 Winter, Year 2 | 210g |
| Carp Surprise | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 7 Summer, Year 2 | 150g |
| Cheese Cauliflower | 
|
Pam (Mail - 3+) | 300g |
| Chocolate Cake | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 14 Winter, Year 1 | 200g |
| Chowder | 
|
Willy (Mail - 3+) | 135g |
| Coleslaw | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 14 Spring, Year 1 | 345g |
| Complete Breakfast | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 21 Spring, Year 2 | 350g |
| Cookie | 
|
Evelyn (4-heart event) | 140g |
| Crab Cakes | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 21 Fall, Year 2 | 275g |
| Cranberry Candy | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 28 Winter, Year 1 | 175g |
| Cranberry Sauce | 
|
Gus (Mail - 7+) | 120g |
| Crispy Bass | 
|
Kent (Mail - 3+) | 150g |
| Dish O' The Sea | 
|
Fishing Level 3 | 220g |
| Eggplant Parmesan | 
|
Lewis (Mail - 7+) | 200g |
| Escargot | 
|
Willy (Mail - 5+) | 125g |
| Farmer's Lunch | 
|
Farming Level 3 | 150g |
| Fiddlehead Risotto | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 28 Fall, Year 2 | 350g |
| Fish Stew | 
|
Willy (Mail - 7+) | 175g |
| Fish Taco | 
|
Linus (Mail - 7+) | 500g |
| Fried Calamari | 
|
Jodi (Mail - 3+) | 150g |
| Fried Eel | 
|
George (Mail - 3+) | 120g |
| Fried Egg | 
|
Starter | 35g |
| Fried Mushroom | 
|
Demetrius (Mail - 3+) | 200g |
| Fruit Salad | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 7 Fall, Year 2 | 450g |
| Ginger Ale | 
|
Dwarf Shop in Volcano Dungeon for 1,000g | 200g |
| Glazed Yams | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 21 Fall, Year 1 | 200g |
| Hashbrowns | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 14 Spring, Year 2 Stardrop Saloon for 50g | 120g |
| Ice Cream | 
|
Jodi (Mail - 7+) | 120g |
| Lobster Bisque | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 14 Winter, Year 2 Willy (Mail - 9+) | 205g |
| Lucky Lunch | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 28 Spring, Year 2 | 250g |
| Maki Roll | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 21 Summer, Year 1 Stardrop Saloon for 300g | 220g |
| Mango Sticky Rice | 
|
Leo (Mail - 7+) | 250g |
| Maple Bar | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 14 Summer, Year 2 | 300g |
| Miner's Treat | 
|
Mining Level 3 | 200g |
| Moss Soup | 
|
Foraging Level 3 | 80g |
| Omelet | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 28 Spring, Year 1 Stardrop Saloon for 100g | 125g |
| Pale Broth | 
|
Marnie (Mail - 3+) | 150g |
| Pancakes | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 14 Summer, Year 1 Stardrop Saloon for 100g | 80g |
| Parsnip Soup | 
|
Caroline (Mail - 3+) | 120g |
| Pepper Poppers | 
|
Shane (Mail - 3+) | 200g |
| Pink Cake | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 21 Summer, Year 2 | 480g |
| Pizza | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 7 Spring, Year 2 Stardrop Saloon for 150g | 300g |
| Plum Pudding | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 7 Winter, Year 1 | 260g |
| Poi | 
|
Leo (Mail - 3+) | 400g |
| Poppyseed Muffin | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 7 Winter, Year 2 | 250g |
| Pumpkin Pie | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 21 Winter, Year 1 | 385g |
| Pumpkin Soup | 
|
Robin (Mail - 7+) | 300g |
| Radish Salad | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 21 Spring, Year 1 | 300g |
| Red Plate | 
|
Emily (Mail - 7+) | 400g |
| Rhubarb Pie | 
|
Marnie (Mail - 7+) | 400g |
| Rice Pudding | 
|
Evelyn (Mail - 7+) | 260g |
| Roasted Hazelnuts | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 28 Summer, Year 2 | 270g |
| Roots Platter | 
|
Combat Level 3 | 100g |
| Salad | 
|
Emily (Mail - 3+) | 110g |
| Salmon Dinner | 
|
Gus (Mail - 3+) | 300g |
| Sashimi | 
|
Linus (Mail - 3+) | 75g |
| Seafoam Pudding | 
|
Fishing Level 9 | 300g |
| Shrimp Cocktail | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 28 Winter, Year 2 | 160g |
| Spaghetti | 
|
Lewis (Mail - 3+) | 120g |
| Spicy Eel | 
|
George (Mail - 7+) | 175g |
| Squid Ink Ravioli | 
|
Combat Level 9 | 150g |
| Stir Fry | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 7 Spring, Year 1 | 335g |
| Strange Bun | 
|
Shane (Mail - 7+) | 225g |
| Stuffing | 
|
Pam (Mail - 7+) | 165g |
| Super Meal | 
|
Kent (Mail - 7+) | 220g |
| Survival Burger | 
|
Foraging Level 8 | 180g |
| Tom Kha Soup | 
|
Sandy (Mail - 7+) | 250g |
| Tortilla | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 7 Fall, Year 1 Stardrop Saloon for 100g | 50g |
| Triple Shot Espresso | 
|
Stardrop Saloon for 5,000g | 450g |
| Tropical Curry | 
|
Ginger Island Resort for 2,000g | 500g |
| Trout Soup | 
|
The Queen of Sauce 14 Fall, Year 1 | 100g |
| Vegetable Medley | 
|
Caroline (Mail - 7+) | 120g |