Cooking and the harbor café
Use preparation tables and cooking pots to turn island ingredients into dishes that animals serve at the harbor café.
⭐ Basic preparation, cooking and the harbor café are introduced in the opening island experience. Further food categories and dishes open through Elder Tree progression.
Overview
Preparation and cooking are separate steps. A preparation table can cut crops, mill flour or prepare fish fillets as those recipes open. A cooking pot uses stored ingredients to make food such as soup, bread or grilled fish. These are examples of dishes, not a complete menu or recipe-amount list.
Finished food returns to shared storage before it is taken to café service. Café tables belong to food categories and serve dishes available for that category. Animals cook, carry and serve; an empty ingredient supply or full storage can interrupt the chain before a dish reaches a customer.
What you can do
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Assign animals to preparation tables and cooking pots.
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Prepare inputs such as flour or fish fillets.
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Cook available dishes and store the finished food.
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Serve customers and clean café tables for reuse.
The experience
Visitors arrive at the harbor and order food. Serving connects the dishes your island makes with Gold and visitor reviews. Tables also need their normal service and cleaning work before the next visitor can use them. The café is introduced before later guest accommodation and tours.
Tips
- Follow a dish from preparation to the café to see the animals’ connected roles.
- Use the recipes currently shown at your station to see what is available.
Connected systems
The garden, fishing spots and coops supply kitchen ingredients. Carriers and storage connect the stations; hospitality brings visitors to the tables. Relevant cooking and serving actions can also count toward current quests, achievements, events or pass tasks.
- The gardenPlant crops, water each growing round and send harvested ingredients into the island’s preparation and cooking chain.
- FishingFish at the island dock with your animals, then send the catch to the kitchen.
- Tourists, tours and hospitalityWelcome café customers, check guests into bungalows, clean rooms and assign a captain for coastal tours as those roles open.
Frequently asked questions
When is this system available?
Basic preparation, cooking and the harbor café are introduced in the opening island experience. Further food categories and dishes open through Elder Tree progression.
Do I have to cook and serve everything myself?
No. You can assign animals to the available kitchen and serving roles. Helping is an additional way to join their work.
Where can I see the dishes I can make?
The relevant preparation or cooking station shows its current options and conditions. More possibilities appear as your island develops, leaving the complete menu to discover through play.
