Why bother with Mushroom Pie?
Cooking in Heartopia is pure cozy chaos — you mine, fish, garden, and occasionally set things on fire, but cooking is where the heart (and the stomach) is. Mushroom Pie is a handy little snack: it refills energy, makes for a decent sell item, and is an excuse to be generous to your fellow villagers. Plus, who doesn’t love pie?
What you need
Grab these ingredients before you try your hand at pie-making: two mushrooms (any kind will do), one wheat, and one egg. That’s it. Small list, big payoff.
How to unlock the recipe
You won’t magically know how to make Mushroom Pie — you have to unlock the recipe first. Complete Massimo’s Gossip quest, which becomes available once your Gardening skill hits level 2. Do that, and the recipe shows up in your cookbook.
Where to find mushrooms
Mushrooms come in a few varieties in-game, but the recipe is chill — use any type. Early players often stumble across Oyster Mushrooms around the Onsen Mountain Lake area, though they pop up elsewhere too. They’re ground items you can pick up; collect two and you’re set.
How to get wheat
Wheat is the slightly fussier ingredient because you have to grow it. Reach Gardening level 2 and Blanc will start selling Wheat Seeds in his shop. Plant them, wait for them to grow (roughly four in-game hours), then harvest. Farming patience pays off.
Where to get eggs
Eggs are easy money — literally. Talk to Massimo and open the Cooking Store; he sells eggs for 100 Gold apiece. Buy one and you’re good to go.
Cooking the pie
Once your ingredients are in hand, find a stove and interact with it. Choose Mushroom Pie from your recipes and follow the cooking prompts. Keep an eye on the heat — if you ignore it, your masterpiece can go from gourmet to tragic and become “bizarre food.” Timers and quick reactions are your friends.
Quick tips (so you don’t burn the whole kitchen)
Use any mushroom you like — variety won’t break the recipe. Plant a couple of wheat seeds whenever you can so you’re never out. If you like hoarding, make extras to sell or gift; villagers love free food. And for the love of pie, don’t wander off mid-cook.
