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Archipelago Guide

Stations and crafting

The Furnace, Mill, Juicer and Cauldron, how they level up, and every recipe they cook.

The four stations

Crafting turns crops into goods that sell for far more than the crops that went in. Each station arrives with its own island: when you reach the level, the island appears on the map with the Grand station already standing on it. You can't move or buy a Grand, and you only ever have one of each.

Grand Furnace

Arrives at L7 on Furnace Island. 17 recipes.

Grand Mill

Arrives at L30 on Mill Island. 6 recipes.

Grand Juicer

Arrives at L80 on Juicer Island. 7 recipes.

Grand Cauldron

Arrives at L250 on Cauldron Island. 9 recipes.

Tap a station to open its menu, pick a recipe and a rarity, and cook. Batches run while you're away. Every finished batch gives you XP and the same amount of station XP.

Minis and benches

A Grand station starts with one bench, so it cooks one batch at a time, plus room for 2 more batches waiting in line.

A Mini is an upgrade for its Grand, bought from the Structures menu and placed anywhere on your farm. It has no queue of its own; tapping it opens the Grand. Each Mini you place gives its Grand:

  • +1 bench, so one more batch cooks at the same time.
  • +2 queue room, so you can line up more batches before you walk away.

So a Grand with 2 Minis cooks 3 batches at once and holds 9 in total. There is no limit on Minis; the price is the limit. Station levels never add benches.

MiniUnlocksFirst one costsEach extra one
Mini Furnace L10 500Sigils Double the Sigils, plus 10 Bread for every Mini of that kind you own
Mini Mill L33 2,000Sigils Double the Sigils, plus 10 Wheat Flour for every Mini of that kind you own
Mini Juicer L83 10,000Sigils Double the Sigils, plus 10 Carrot Juice for every Mini of that kind you own
Mini Cauldron L253 50,000Sigils Double the Sigils, plus 10 Strawberry Jam for every Mini of that kind you own

Station levels

Each station levels up on its own from the XP of the batches it finishes. Every level gives exactly one reward: a new recipe, or one of these perks.

  • Cook time: batches take less time.
  • Ingredient cost: recipes ask for fewer ingredients (never less than 1).
  • Bumper Batch: a chance for each finished batch to give 1 extra.
  • Thrifty Cook: a chance, for each ingredient, to keep one that the recipe would have used.
  • Auto-Collect: finished batches go straight into your bag.
StationTop levelXP to get thereCook timeIngredientsBumper BatchThrifty CookAuto-Collect
Furnace 33 655,948 −24% −20% +12% +6% Level 19
Mill 13 13,653 −12% −10% none +6% Level 11
Juicer 16 119,528 −12% −10% +8% +3% Level 12
Cauldron 18 2,622,563 −12% −15% +4% +3% Level 15

Totals once the station reaches its top level. Faster cooking only applies to batches you start after the upgrade.

Every Furnace level
  1. L1 New recipe: Bread
  2. L2 New recipe: Bun
  3. L3 New recipe: Fries
  4. L4 −4% cook time
  5. L5 +4% Bumper Batch chance
  6. L6 New recipe: Carrot Cake
  7. L7 −5% ingredient cost
  8. L8 New recipe: Cornbread
  9. L9 +3% Thrifty Cook chance
  10. L10 New recipe: Rice Cakes
  11. L11 −4% cook time
  12. L12 New recipe: Strawberry Tart
  13. L13 +4% Bumper Batch chance
  14. L14 −5% ingredient cost
  15. L15 New recipe: Sugar Cookies
  16. L16 New recipe: Dango
  17. L17 −4% cook time
  18. L18 New recipe: Caramel
  19. L19 Auto-Collect: finished batches collect themselves
  20. L20 New recipe: Toffee Popcorn
  21. L21 New recipe: Jam Tart
  22. L22 −5% ingredient cost
  23. L23 New recipe: Pumpkin Bread
  24. L24 +3% Thrifty Cook chance
  25. L25 New recipe: Pumpkin Pie
  26. L26 −4% cook time
  27. L27 New recipe: Tomato Focaccia
  28. L28 +4% Bumper Batch chance
  29. L29 New recipe: Blueberry Muffin
  30. L30 −4% cook time
  31. L31 New recipe: Blueberry Pie
  32. L32 −5% ingredient cost
  33. L33 −4% cook time
Every Mill level
  1. L1 New recipes: Wheat Flour and Green Manure
  2. L2 +3% Thrifty Cook chance
  3. L3 New recipe: Rice Flour
  4. L4 −4% cook time
  5. L5 New recipe: Corn Flour
  6. L6 −5% ingredient cost
  7. L7 +3% Thrifty Cook chance
  8. L8 New recipe: White Sugar
  9. L9 −4% cook time
  10. L10 New recipe: Brown Sugar
  11. L11 Auto-Collect: finished batches collect themselves
  12. L12 −5% ingredient cost
  13. L13 −4% cook time
Every Juicer level
  1. L1 New recipe: Carrot Juice
  2. L2 −4% cook time
  3. L3 +4% Bumper Batch chance
  4. L4 New recipe: Strawberry Juice
  5. L5 −5% ingredient cost
  6. L6 −4% cook time
  7. L7 New recipe: Melon Juice
  8. L8 +3% Thrifty Cook chance
  9. L9 New recipe: Pumpkin Juice
  10. L10 −5% ingredient cost
  11. L11 New recipe: Tomato Juice
  12. L12 Auto-Collect: finished batches collect themselves
  13. L13 −4% cook time
  14. L14 New recipe: Blueberry Juice
  15. L15 New recipe: Berry Smoothie
  16. L16 +4% Bumper Batch chance
Every Cauldron level
  1. L1 New recipe: Strawberry Jam
  2. L2 New recipe: Melon Jam
  3. L3 −5% ingredient cost
  4. L4 New recipe: Potato Soup
  5. L5 −4% cook time
  6. L6 New recipe: Toffee
  7. L7 +4% Bumper Batch chance
  8. L8 New recipe: Harvest Stew
  9. L9 −5% ingredient cost
  10. L10 New recipe: Ketchup
  11. L11 −4% cook time
  12. L12 New recipe: BBQ Sauce
  13. L13 +3% Thrifty Cook chance
  14. L14 New recipe: Salsa
  15. L15 Auto-Collect: finished batches collect themselves
  16. L16 New recipe: Blueberry Jam
  17. L17 −5% ingredient cost
  18. L18 −4% cook time

Prestige

Past the top level, station XP keeps counting. Each band of XP earns a prestige pick that you spend on one of four aspects:

  • Speed: recipes cook faster.
  • Cost: recipes need fewer ingredients.
  • Output: chance of bonus output.
  • Benches: one more batch at once.

Speed takes 4% off cook time per pick, down to a floor of 10% of the original. Cost takes 3% off ingredients per pick, down to a quarter. Output adds to the Bumper Batch chance, about 4% for the first pick and a little less for each one after, up to 75%. Benches adds one bench per pick, with no limit.

Each band costs 15% more XP than the one before. The first band costs 51,200 XP at the Furnace, 2,664 XP at the Mill, 19,040 XP at the Juicer, 372,201 XP at the Cauldron,

Blackberry fuel

Once you grow blackberries (pots from L50, see Pots and trees), you can stoke a station with them from its menu. Stoked batches cook 25% faster.

Fuel is measured in cooking time, not clock time. One Common blackberry adds 1 minute of fuel, and rarer berries count for more:

BlackberryFuel it adds
Common1m
Uncommon5m
Rare25m
Mythic2h 5m
Dreamlike10h 25m

Fuel is used up only when you start a batch, for that batch's cooking time. An idle station burns nothing, so a week away costs you no fuel. If there isn't enough fuel for the whole batch, the part it covers still cooks faster. Stoking uses your Common berries first, and there's no cap on how much you can store.

Rare crafting

Every recipe can be cooked at a rarity, not just Common. Cook a Rare Bread and every ingredient must be Rare, and out comes a Rare Bread. It sells at the Rare price and gives the Rare XP bonus, for you and the station.

A rarity opens for a recipe once every crop in it has the mastery that rarity needs. Goods made from other goods count their crops too, so a Carrot Cake needs both carrot and wheat (for the flour) at that mastery.

Mastery needed: Uncommon 25, Rare 75, Mythic 200, Dreamlike 500. See Crops and rarity and the Mastery tool.

Every recipe

Grouped by station, in the order the station level unlocks them. Times, XP and prices are for a Common batch before any upgrades. "Sells for" is the price of one item; "Order value" is what one is worth towards an order.

Furnace L7

MakesIngredientsStation levelCook timeXPSells forOrder value
Bread 12 Wheat 1 1m 20 150Sigils 240Sigils
Bun ×3 10 Wheat 2 5m 50 300Sigils 480Sigils
Fries 16 Potato 3 10m 30 900Sigils 480Sigils
Carrot Cake 8 Wheat Flour 12 Carrot 6 15m 80 1,680Sigils 900Sigils
Cornbread 8 Wheat Flour 4 Corn Flour 8 20m 100 5,040Sigils 1,260Sigils
Rice Cakes 8 Rice Flour 8 Rice 10 15m 120 4,000Sigils 1,000Sigils
Strawberry Tart 8 Wheat Flour 16 Strawberry 12 30m 150 24,300Sigils 4,200Sigils
Sugar Cookies ×3 8 Wheat Flour 4 White Sugar 15 15m 120 18,000Sigils 1,000Sigils
Dango ×3 8 Rice Flour 4 White Sugar 16 20m 150 16,000Sigils 1,000Sigils
Caramel 8 White Sugar 18 8h 300 80,000Sigils 6,000Sigils
Toffee Popcorn 12 Corn 1 Toffee 20 30m 350 240,000Sigils 10,000Sigils
Jam Tart 8 Wheat Flour 1 Strawberry Jam 21 30m 300 180,000Sigils 8,400Sigils
Pumpkin Bread 12 Wheat 8 Pumpkin 23 45m 250 240,360Sigils 7,200Sigils
Pumpkin Pie 8 Wheat Flour 8 Pumpkin 4 White Sugar 25 40m 250 260,000Sigils 7,200Sigils
Tomato Focaccia 10 Wheat 8 Tomato 27 40m 300 840,300Sigils 6,000Sigils
Blueberry Muffin 16 Wheat 10 Blueberry 29 50m 350 600,240Sigils 22,800Sigils
Blueberry Pie 8 Wheat Flour 16 Blueberry 4 White Sugar 31 50m 350 520,000Sigils 22,800Sigils

Mill L30

MakesIngredientsStation levelCook timeXPSells forOrder value
Wheat Flour ×40 12 Wheat 1 30s 5 1Sigils 4Sigils
Green Manure ×2 10 Watercress2 Water Points 1 2m 5 Not sold
Rice Flour ×40 12 Rice 3 1m 15 1Sigils 4Sigils
Corn Flour ×40 8 Corn 5 1m 15 1Sigils 16Sigils
White Sugar ×40 12 Sugarcane 8 2h 20 1Sigils 4Sigils
Brown Sugar ×40 12 Sugarcane 10 2h 30m 20 1Sigils 4Sigils

Juicer L80

MakesIngredientsStation levelCook timeXPSells forOrder value
Carrot Juice 10 Carrot 1 10m 25 2,400Sigils 840Sigils
Strawberry Juice 16 Strawberry 4 25m 50 24,000Sigils 3,720Sigils
Melon Juice 8 Melon 7 45m 80 48,000Sigils 3,300Sigils
Pumpkin Juice 8 Pumpkin 9 1h 130 240,000Sigils 6,600Sigils
Tomato Juice 12 Tomato 11 30m 100 1,260,000Sigils 7,200Sigils
Blueberry Juice 10 Blueberry 14 35m 90 600,000Sigils 19,800Sigils
Berry Smoothie 8 Strawberry 12 Blueberry 15 35m 90 400,000Sigils 19,800Sigils

Cauldron L250

MakesIngredientsStation levelCook timeXPSells forOrder value
Strawberry Jam 40 Strawberry 1 1h 400 132,000Sigils 8,400Sigils
Melon Jam 40 Melon 2 1h 600 528,000Sigils 26,400Sigils
Potato Soup 40 Potato 4 1h 500 60,000Sigils 6,000Sigils
Toffee 1 Caramel 8 Brown Sugar 6 4h 600 180,000Sigils 8,000Sigils
Harvest Stew 20 Potato 20 Carrot 10 Corn 8 1h 500 70,000Sigils 6,000Sigils
Ketchup 40 Tomato 10 1h 1,200 9,240,000Sigils 150,000Sigils
BBQ Sauce 10 Brown Sugar 20 Tomato 12 16h 1,200 3,600,000Sigils 80,000Sigils
Salsa 20 Tomato 10 Corn 14 1h 800 3,000,000Sigils 80,000Sigils
Blueberry Jam 40 Blueberry 16 1h 900 2,640,000Sigils 63,000Sigils

Green Manure goes into its own pouch rather than your bag. See Crops and rarity for what it does.