Recipes in Shinehill don't sit in a shop menu waiting for you to buy them. They're scattered across the island, tucked behind furniture, hidden under bushes at mountain peaks, and locked behind NPC friendship quests. Miss the right conversation with Lucy and you'll permanently lose one of them. This guide covers every recipe in the game, where to find each one, and which sources require quest progress to unlock.
How does the recipe system work in Shinehill?
One detail that catches players off guard: you don't actually need to physically collect a recipe card to cook that dish. As one community member pointed out in the Steam guide comments, you can craft a recipe as long as you know the correct ingredients, even if you never picked up the physical card. That said, tracking down the cards still matters for the 100% completion achievement, so this guide treats every location as worth visiting.
Shinehill Complete Recipe Guide: All 32 Locations Found
Recipes split into two broad categories: those you find lying around the world (hidden in houses, behind rocks, near fence posts), and those tied to NPC quests or story beats. The quest-locked ones require friendship investment first, which is exactly where the order system pays off. Completing daily commissions from the quest board raises affection with specific villagers and keeps your disguise meter topped up at the same time.
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Prioritize Lucy's friendship quests early. Her first quest unlocks the Tea recipe inside a fever dream sequence, and it's the only recipe in the game flagged as missable.
All recipe locations: world-found dishes
These recipes sit in fixed spots across Shinehill Island's 7 locations. Most require no quest progress, just exploration.
Shinehill Complete Recipe Guide: All 32 Locations Found
Savory mains
- Baked Potato - First floor of Ben and Martha's house
- Steak - Back left side of the shared house occupied by Williams, Barbara, Crystal, and Brian
- Vegetable Salad - Far left of the mountain area
- Fried Egg - Forest zone, bottom left, through a small gap in the treeline at the southern edge
- Mushroom Soup - Bottom left of the orange forest, at the sand shore
- Borsch - Very top of the mountain, hidden under a bush
- Beef Stroganoff - Right side of the forest, near the end of the fence posts
- Burnt Potato - Inside the pub, next to a table
Seafood
- Shrimp and Garlic - Right side of the winter coast, on the fence
- Sashimi - Inside the windmill (also known as Vince's house)
Soups and drinks
- Pumpkin Soup - Second floor of Dr. Jack's office
- Chamomile Tea - Behind Dr. Jack's house, accessible by walking in front of the wooden crates
- Ice Coffee - Bottom floor of the bunker, top middle room
Sweets and baked goods
- Nut Pie - Entrance of the orange forest cave
- Raspberry Pie - The meadow, end of the small hedge maze on the left side
- Strawberry Cake - Inside the meadow cave entrance, above the Shwoob merchant
- Donut - Second floor of the general goods store
- Muffin - Swamp area of the meadow
- Berries in Syrup - Inside Stacy's house, by the flower stand
Pantry staples and condiments
- Corn Flour - Top half of the forest, near a tree by the red squirrels
- Honey - Between the meadow and the orange forest
- Pickle - Top right of the beach, between the barrels
- Jam - Talk to the prisoner (the FAKE) at the top right of your farm. He demands 3 jams in exchange for silence.
- Sugar - Top of the meadow, near the lake and some rocks
Potions
- Health Potion - Right of the first bridge after entering the winter coast
- Energy Potion - Second floor of the library
- Berserk Potion - Inspect the rock at the top right of the forest; a scene triggers and you receive the recipe automatically
Which recipes come from NPC quests?
Four recipes require you to build friendships or progress through specific story beats. These are the ones most players miss on a first run.
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The Tea recipe is the only missable recipe in the game. Lucy's first quest sends you through a surreal fever dream sequence. The recipe card sits behind a couple of barrels inside that sequence. If you skip past it without grabbing it, it's gone.
The good news is that the order system makes friendship grinding feel natural rather than tedious. Filling commissions for Barbara and Rudy builds affection passively while earning money and keeping your disguise meter stable. You don't need to obsessively gift favorite foods to unlock these quests, though cooking for villagers does accelerate the process.
Shinehill Complete Recipe Guide: All 32 Locations Found
What's the fastest way to collect all recipes?
After testing every route across the island, the most efficient approach groups pickups by zone rather than chasing them in recipe-list order.
Farm and town area first: Grab Jam from the prisoner at your farm, then head into town for Baked Potato (Ben and Martha's), Steak (Williams/Barbara/Crystal/Brian house), Donut (general goods store, second floor), and Burnt Potato (pub). While in town, talk to Barbara to trigger the Fish With Carrots quest.
Forest and mountain sweep: Pick up Fried Egg at the forest's southern gap, Corn Flour near the red squirrels, Beef Stroganoff by the fence posts, and Berserk Potion from the rock at the forest's top right. Then push up to the mountain for Borsch and Vegetable Salad.
Meadow and orange forest:Raspberry Pie at the hedge maze, Strawberry Cake near the Shwoob merchant cave, Muffin in the swamp area, Nut Pie at the orange forest cave entrance, and Honey at the meadow-forest border.
Winter coast and bunker:Shrimp and Garlic on the fence, Health Potion past the first bridge, and Ice Coffee in the bunker's bottom floor.
Library, windmill, and Dr. Jack's:Energy Potion on the library's second floor, Sashimi in Vince's windmill, Pumpkin Soup on Dr. Jack's second floor, and Chamomile Tea behind his house.
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Repair the teleport system as early as possible. Fast travel between Shinehill's 7 locations saves significant time on the recipe sweep, though using portals does drain your disguise meter, so keep your commission queue full.
For the full achievement guide and recipe book with screenshots compiled by the community, the Steam guide by Dumb Bitch UwU covers every pickup with visual references.
Favorite foods and buff Boris
Beyond collection, recipes serve two practical purposes: gifting to raise NPC affection and cooking for Boris's buff. Certain dishes are flagged as favorite foods for specific villagers, which gives a larger friendship boost than standard gifts. The community recipe guide by Boofus on Steam specifically notes favorite food data alongside buff information for Boris, making it worth cross-referencing if you're optimizing relationships.
The Fruit Cocktail recipe, obtained through the Boris fishing rod story mission, is particularly worth prioritizing since it ties directly into his questline. Similarly, Meat with Tomato Sauce from Rudy's second friendship quest feeds back into the relationship system once you can cook it.
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You can experiment with ingredients at the cooking station without a recipe card. If you already know what a dish needs, the game lets you cook it freely. Recipe cards are required only for the collection achievement, not for cooking itself.
For more guides covering Shinehill and other life sim games, browse the full guides library at GAMES.GG. The complete list of community guides for Shinehill, including teleport locations and achievement walkthroughs, is also available on the Shinehill Steam Community hub.