Survival Burger
| Survival Burger | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Dish |
| Recipe | Foraging Level 8 |
| Buffs | Foraging (+3) |
| Buff Duration | 5m 35s |
| Sell Price | 180g |
| Energy | 125 |
| Health | 56 |
Survival Burger is a filling meal made for long days in The Mines and out in the woods. The recipe arrives on its own once Foraging reaches level 8. It refills a good share of energy and health and raises Foraging for a few minutes. Cooked from home-made Bread, it also turns a small profit over its three ingredients. Emily loves it, and it is the only cooked dish on her list of favourites. At the Stardew Valley Fair, Gus grills Survival Burgers and hands them out for free.
The in-game description reads: A convenient snack for the explorer.
Recipe
The recipe is a reward for the Foraging skill. It unlocks at Foraging level 8, so it usually comes in the middle of the game, after plenty of tree chopping and gathering.
Cooking Bread with a Cave Carrot and an Eggplant makes Survival Burger. The burger is cooked in the kitchen from the first farmhouse upgrade. A Cookout Kit works outdoors as well.
Bread is the easiest part. The Stardrop Saloon sells it every day. The Queen of Sauce teaches the Bread recipe at the end of the first Summer, and from then on one Wheat Flour makes a loaf. Pierre's General Store sells Wheat Flour, and a Mill grinds it from Wheat.
Cave Carrots turn up in The Mines and the Skull Cavern. Tilling the soil on a mine floor can dig one up, and breaking barrels and crates finds more. A few mining trips usually leave a spare stack in the chest.
The Eggplant is a Fall crop. Pierre's General Store sells the seeds in Fall, and each plant keeps producing every few days after the first harvest. Eggplants only grow outdoors in Fall, so a stock in a chest keeps the recipe open for the rest of the year.
These are the ingredients one batch needs.
| Name | Image | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Bread | 
|
1 |
| Cave Carrot | 
|
1 |
| Eggplant | 
|
1 |
Effects
The burger refills a solid amount of energy and health in one bite. That makes it a handy meal to carry underground, where the Cave Carrot in it comes from.
Its buff raises Foraging by three levels for a few minutes. The buff counts as real skill levels for berry bushes. Each Salmonberry or Blackberry bush gives one extra berry for every four Foraging levels. At Foraging level 9 or 10, the burger lifts the skill to 12 or more, and each bush then gives four berries instead of three. A burger before a walk along the bushes in Spring or Fall gathers noticeably more fruit.
Blackberry season falls in Fall, the same season as the Eggplant. Fresh ingredients and the berry harvest line up neatly that way.
Only one food buff can be active at a time. Eating another dish with a buff replaces the Foraging bonus. Drinks use their own slot, so a Coffee or a Triple Shot Espresso can run alongside the burger.
Prices
Survival Burger sells for more than its three ingredients would earn if sold raw. That holds even with the plainest ingredients and Bread made from milled Wheat Flour. The margin is small, so the burger is worth more as a meal or a gift than as a cash crop.
Buying the Bread changes the sums. The Stardrop Saloon charges twice what a loaf sells for. A burger made with bought Bread therefore loses money if it goes into the shipping bin.
Gifts
Emily loves Survival Burger. Her other favourites are gems, Cloth, Wool and a Parrot Egg, so the burger is her one loved dish. Her birthday comes late in Spring, when Eggplants are out of season. A burger cooked from Fall Eggplants and kept until then makes a strong birthday present. A gift on a birthday counts eight times as much as usual.
Abigail, Alex, Caroline, Clint, Demetrius, the Dwarf, Elliott, Evelyn, George, Gus, Haley, Harvey, Jas, Jodi, Kent, Lewis, Linus, Marnie, Maru, Pam, Penny, Pierre, Robin, Sam, Sandy, Sebastian, Shane, Vincent and the Wizard like it.
Krobus, Leah, Leo and Willy dislike it.
These villagers love receiving Survival Burger as a gift.
| Villager | Image |
|---|---|
| Emily | 
|
Notes
Gus cooks Survival Burgers on his grill at the Stardew Valley Fair. Eating one there costs nothing and gives the usual energy, health and Foraging buff.
Krobus sometimes stocks Survival Burger in his shop on Saturdays. Treasure rooms in the Skull Cavern can hold five at once. On the Beach Farm, the Supply Crates that wash up on the sand can also contain one or two.
In tailoring, a Survival Burger in the Sewing Machine makes the Burger Shirt. It also works as orange dye at the dye pots in 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 |