Aside from gathering materials and crafting stuff in Starsand Island, cooking is also a really important aspect of the game. Some basic ingredients are a must-have, as they are used in most of the recipes. The basic ingredients for cooking are Flour, Sugar, Salt, Vegetable Juice, Fruit Pulp, Protein Powder, Meat Bites, and Fish Fillet. You can get all these items using the Separator, except Salt. In this guide, I will help you find and gather all the basic ingredients in Starsand Island.
How to Craft a Separator in Starsand Island?
The first step will obviously be to craft a Separator. For that, you will need to work with Zerine to start your journey as an apprentice crafter and purchase the blueprint for the Separator from her general store. After that, you can craft it using the worktable and 3 Stone, 3 Softwood, and 5 Fiber.

If you want to get Salt, you will need to get your hands on a Charcoal Kiln, which Zerine will already have made you craft before you make a Seperator.

Keeping Salt and Flour aside, you will be able to input multiple items for the same output. Let’s take a look at what you can put into the Separator to craft cooking ingredients.
| Output | Input | Equipment |
| Fish Fillet | Any Fish | Separator |
| Flour | Wheat | Separator |
| Fruit Pulp | Any Fruit | Separator |
| Meat Bites | Beef, Fowl, Mutton, or Pork | Separator |
| Protein Powder | Any Bug | Separator |
| Salt | Salt Brick and Fiber | Charcoal Kiln |
| Sugar | Beetroot or Sugarcane | Separator |
| Vegetable Juice | Any Vegetable | Separator |
Now, you can craft numerous recipes using these ingredients, which will come in handy, especially when you’re planning to do a lot of activities in a day, such as heading into Moonlit Forest. For example, Flour is used for Plain Noodles, is combined with Vegetable Juice for Veggie Noodles, and can be combined with Meat Bites for Soup Dumplings.

And that’s how you gather the basic ingredients for cooking in Starsand Island. If you are looking to get your hands on Iron, then feel free to check out our guide on that as well.






