Zaru Soba Recipe Guide (Story of Seasons: FoMT)

by Kal S.

Zaru Soba Recipe
Where to Learn	Obtained with purchase of the Medium House
Ingredients	Buckwheat Flour
Kitchen Equipment	Cooking Pot Knife Rolling Pin

Zaru Soba is one of the easiest dishes you can make in Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town. It’s also a staple ingredient that you can use in other recipes.

Where To Learn the Recipe

The recipe for Zaru Soba is something that you already know at the start of the game.

Once you obtain the kitchen in the Medium House upgrade, you can start cooking Zaru Soba right away.

The farmer buys the Slightly Bigger (Medium) House upgrade from Gotts.

You’ll still need some equipment to be able to cook the dish, though, so make sure your kitchen is well-stocked.

Recipe Requirements

The farmer attends the New Year’s Soba Feast event on Winter 30th.

Equipment Needed

The equipment needed to make Zaru Soba can be bought from Jeff at the General Store.

The downside is that Jeff sells his kitchen equipment one by one, in 10-day intervals after you buy the first of Gotts’ house remodeling upgrades.

This means that you can only access the next piece of equipment 10 days after the previous one becomes available for purchase.

Equipment	Availability	Cost
Cooking Pot	10 days after the Seasoning Set becomes available for purchase 10 days after upgrading to the Medium House	1,000 G
Knife	10 days after the Frying Pan becomes available for purchase 30 days after upgrading to the Medium House	1,500 G
Rolling Pin	10 days after the Oven becomes available for purchase 5 days after upgrading to the Medium House	750 G

Equipment

Availability

Cost

Cooking Pot

10 days after the Seasoning Set becomes available for purchase

10 days after upgrading to the Medium House

1,000 G

Knife

10 days after the Frying Pan becomes available for purchase

30 days after upgrading to the Medium House

1,500 G

Rolling Pin

10 days after the Oven becomes available for purchase

5 days after upgrading to the Medium House

750 G

Ingredients Needed

To make Zaru Soba, you’ll need Buckwheat Flour which can be tricky to get!

You only have a 6-day interval to obtain Buckwheat Flour in the game, at the start of each year. The events you need to trigger are the New Year’s Soba Feast and the Harvest Goddess’ TV games.

Ingredients	Where to Get
Buckwheat Flour	Attend the New Year’s Soba Feast festival on Winter 30th of every year with an empty slot in the Bag to receive Buckwheat Flour Play the Harvest Goddess’ New Year Game on the TV from Spring 1st until Spring 5th for a chance to win Buckwheat Flour

Zaru Soba Uses

The farmer cooks Tempura Soba in the kitchen using Zaru Soba.

As Food

Zaru Soba can be consumed to restore a moderate amount of stamina. But it does not offer any fatigue recovery.

Stamina Recovery	Fatigue Recovery
+40	0

In Other Recipes

Dish	Ingredients	Equipment needed
Tempura Soba	Zaru Soba, Tempura	Cooking Pot

Gifting Zaru Soba

The farmer stands next to Brandon while holding a tray of Zaru Soba.

Zaru Soba is an excellent gift for plenty of the villagers in Mineral Town. Check out this quick gifting guide to find out who you can give Zaru Soba to as a present.

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Villager	Birthday	Type of Gift	Friendship/Love Points Earned
Marriage Candidates
Ran	Summer 17th	Loved	+9 FP, +500 LP
Bon Vivant	Spring 21st	Liked	+3 FP, +300 LP
Brandon	Autumn 7th	Liked	+3 FP, +300 LP
Villagers
Saibara	Spring 11th	Loved	+9 FP
Mugi	Spring 17th
Thomas	Summer 25th
Carter	Autumn 20th
Lou	–
Sasha	Spring 30th	Liked	+3 FP
Gotts	Autumn 2nd
Yu	Autumn 5th
Manna	Autumn 11th
Dudley	Winter 11th
Ellen	Winter 13th
Duke	Winter 15th
Jeff	Winter 29th
Nature Sprites
Plum	Spring 4th	Liked	+3 FP

How To Sell Zaru Soba

Any dishes made in your kitchen can’t be shipped through Zack and the Shipping Bin.

However, you can start selling food to Huang once you become friends with him at 4 friendship notes.

To sell a dish to Huang, stand in front of his counter while holding the item. Don’t interact directly with his sprite, as it will register as a gift instead.