Zaru Soba icon
Where to Learn Obtained with purchase of the Medium House
Ingredients
  • Buckwheat Flour
Utensils
  • Cooking Pot
  • Knife
  • Rolling Pin
Stamina Recovery +40 STA
Fatigue Recovery 0

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.

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

Kitchen Equipment

Equipment Availability Cost
Cooking Pot 10 days after Medium House upgrade 1,000 G
Knife 30 days after Medium House upgrade 1,500 G
Rolling Pin 5 days after Medium House upgrade 750 G

Ingredients

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.

Ingredient Where to Obtain
Buckwheat Flour Attend New Year’s Soba Feast (Winter 30th) or play Harvest Goddess’ TV game (Spring 1-5)

Gifting

Zaru Soba is an excellent gift for plenty of the villagers in Mineral Town.

The farmer stands next to Brandon while holding a tray of Zaru Soba.
The farmer stands next to Brandon while holding a tray of Zaru Soba.
Villager Type of Gift
Marriage Candidates
Ran Loved
Bon Vivant Liked
Brandon
Villagers
Saibara Loved
Mugi
Thomas
Carter
Lou
Sasha Liked
Gotts
Yu
Manna
Dudley
Ellen
Duke
Jeff
Nature Sprites
Plum Liked

Selling

Any dishes made in your kitchen can’t be shipped through Zack and the Shipping Bin. But you can sell food to Huang once you reach at least 4 FP.

Huang will offer you a price, which you can reject for a chance at getting him to bid higher.

Tip: To sell a dish to Huang, stand in front of his counter while holding the item.
Selling Method Price Range
Huang (minimum) 280 G
Huang (maximum) 370 G
Huang offers to buy Zaru Soba from the farmer.
Huang offers to buy Zaru Soba from the farmer.
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