Rice

Rice

Type	Resource
Location	Mill; Pierre's; JojaMart
Sell Price	100g
Energy	13
Health	5

Rice is the milled grain behind a small set of comforting dishes, from Maki Roll to Rice Pudding. A farm gets it by running Unmilled Rice through a Mill, or by buying it ready to use from Pierre's General Store or JojaMart. Milling always adds value, because a bag of Rice is worth more than the raw harvest it came from. The bigger prize comes one step later: a Keg turns each bag of Rice into two bottles of Vinegar. That chain gives any farm with a Mill and a row of Kegs a good reason to plant a rice paddy every Spring.

The in-game description reads: A basic grain often served under vegetables.

Location

Growing it starts with Rice Shoots, planted in Spring. The shoots mature faster when they sit next to a river, pond or other body of water, so damp corners of the farm suit them well. A Scythe brings in the harvest as Unmilled Rice. Unmilled Rice counts as a vegetable, and it can also be sold as it is.

Robin builds the Mill at the Carpenter's Shop for gold, Stone, Wood and Cloth. Dropping Unmilled Rice into the hopper turns each piece into one bag of Rice. The finished bags wait in the box beside the Mill the next morning. The same Mill also grinds Wheat into flour and Beets into Sugar, so one building serves the whole pantry.

Buying is the quick option when a recipe needs Rice before the first harvest. Pierre's General Store stocks it all year, and it costs less there than at JojaMart. Store-bought Rice costs far more than it sells for, so buying only makes sense for cooking.

Uses

Three dishes call for Rice. Cooking Rice with any fish and a piece of Seaweed makes a Maki Roll. Since any fish will do, the cheapest catch of the day can go into it.

Cooking Rice with Milk and Sugar makes Rice Pudding. Evelyn mails that recipe once her friendship reaches seven hearts. The pudding earns about the same as selling its three ingredients separately, so it is best kept for eating.

Cooking Rice with a Mango and a Coconut makes Mango Sticky Rice. Leo mails this recipe once his friendship reaches seven hearts, so it belongs to the Ginger Island part of the game.

Rice can also go into a Keg. After about ten hours, one bag of Rice comes out as two bottles of Vinegar. Together those bottles sell for twice the price of the Rice. They also stock the kitchen for Coleslaw, Radish Salad and the other dishes that need Vinegar.

Cooking Rice with the other ingredients below makes these dishes.

Dish	Image	Ingredients
Maki Roll		Any Fish (1), Seaweed (1), Rice (1)
Mango Sticky Rice		Mango (1), Coconut (1), Rice (1)
Rice Pudding		Milk (1), Sugar (1), Rice (1)

Notes

Unmilled Rice in a Keg does not make Vinegar. Like any other vegetable, it comes out as a juice, so the grain must go through the Mill first.

Rice makes a poor gift. Villagers dislike receiving it, so it belongs in the kitchen rather than the gift box.

All Resources

Every entry in this group, with its key details.

Name	Image	Price
Bat Wing		15g
Battery Pack		500g
Bone Fragment		12g
Broken CD		0g
Broken Glasses		0g
Bug Meat		8g
Cave Jelly		180g
Cinder Shard		50g
Clay		20g
Coal		15g
Copper Bar		-
Copper Ore		5g
Driftwood		0g
Fiber		1g
Gold Bar		-
Gold Ore		25g
Green Algae		15g
Hardwood		15g
Iridium Bar		-
Iridium Ore		100g
Iron Bar		-
Iron Ore		10g
Joja Cola		25g
Monster Loot	-	-
Moss		5g
Radioactive Bar		-
Radioactive Ore		300g
Refined Quartz		50g
Rice		100g
River Jelly		125g
Rotten Plant		0g
Sea Jelly		200g
Soggy Newspaper		0g
Solar Essence		40g
Stone		2g
Sugar		50g
Trash	-	-
Trash (item)		0g
Treasure Chest		5000g
Vinegar		100g
Void Essence		50g
Wheat Flour		50g
White Algae		25g
Wood		2g