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All cooking ingredients in Tales of the Shire and where to get them

Stock your pantry with all the essentials.

Kacee Fay

Published: Aug 6, 2025 07:01 am

Cooking is one of the most complex tasks you can tackle in Tales of the Shire, with over 100 recipes you can unlock and make. To cook up these dishes, you need to have access to all essential cooking ingredients.

All Tales of the Shire ingredients and where to find them

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The many cooking ingredients you need are divided across six unique categories, including:

Fruit
Vegetables
Hearty Vegetables
Seasonings
Fish
Miscellanous

The process for acquiring different types of ingredients is unique, but interacting with all townsfolk who call Bywater home is essential for unlocking many of them. Here’s a full breakdown of all ingredients you can acquire and use in cooking. This list is a work in progress and will receive updates with additional ingredients as we find and unlock them.

All Fruit in Tales of the Shire

Ingredient	Season	How to get
Apricot	Autumn	Can be foraged from out in the wild. One spot you can visit to find some is far west of Orlo’s house.
Blackberry	Summer and Autumn	Can be foraged from out in the wild. One spot you can visit to find some is directly east of Willoww Took’s workshop.
Elderberry	Summer and Autumn	Can be foraged from out in the wild. One spot you can visit to find some is right between Lookout Hill and Orlo’s home.
Currant	Summer	Can be foraged from out in the wild. One spot you can visit to find some is far north of The Forest and northeast of Delphinium’s tree.
Peach	Summer and Autumn	Can be foraged from out in the wild. One spot you can visit to find some is slightly northeast of your home and north of Willow Took’s workshop.
Raspberry	Summer	Can be foraged from out in the wild. One spot you can visit to find some is far west of Orlo’s home.

All Vegetables in Tales of the Shire

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Ingredient	Season	How to get
Box Peppers	Summer	Can be grown from seeds purchased at Farmer Cotton’s shop.
Butterfly Cups	All seasons	Can be foraged from out in the wild. One spot you can visit to find some is south of The Forest, near the bottom right corner of the map.
Chanterelle	Summer and Spring	Can be foraged from out in the wild. One spot you can visit to find some is northeast of Delphinium’s tree.
Hops	Summer	Can be foraged from out in the wild. One spot you can visit to find some is slightly north of The Green Dragon.
Lettuce	Summer and Spring	Can be grown from seeds purchased at Farmer Cotton’s shop.
Penny Bun	Summer and Autumn	Can be foraged from out in the wild. One spot you can visit to find some is near The Stone Bridge.
Puffball	Summer and Autumn	Can be foraged from out in the wild. One spot you can visit to find some is northwestof Delphinium’s tree.
Rhubarb	Summer and Spring	Can be grown from seeds purchased at Farmer Cotton’s shop.
Wild Beef	Summer and Autumn	Can be foraged from out in the wild. One spot you can visit to find some is south of Willow Took’s workshop.

All Hearty Vegetables in Tales of the Shire

Ingredient	Season	How to get
Beans	Summer	Can be grown from seeds purchased at Farmer Cotton’s shop.
Brown Onion	Autumn and Winter	Can be grown from seeds purchased at Farmer Cotton’s shop.
Brown Tater	Summer and Autumn	Can be grown from seeds purchased at Farmer Cotton’s shop.
Maize	Summer	Can be grown from seeds purchased at Farmer Cotton’s shop.
Shallot	Summer and Spring	Can be grown from seeds purchased at Farmer Cotton’s shop.
Sperage	Summer	Can be foraged from out in the wild. One spot you can visit to find some is directly west of The Green Dragon.

All Seasonings in Tales of the Shire

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Ingredient	Season	How to get
Butter	All seasons	Can be purchased from Young Tom Cotton’s stall.
Hedge Mustard	Summer and Autumn	Can be foraged from out in the wild. One spot you can visit to find some is slightly north of your house, close to the Bywater sign.
Pepperwort	Summer and Spring	Can be foraged from out in the wild. One spot you can visit to find some is slightly southeast of The Great East Road.
Cinnamon	All seasons	Can be purchased from Hobson Hornblower’s stall.
Cloves	All seasons	Can be purchased from Hobson Hornblower’s stall.
Salt	All seasons	Can be purchased from Hobson Hornblower’s stall.
Lemon	All seasons	Can be purchased from Hobson Hornblower’s stall.
Rasins	All seasons	Can be purchased from Hobson Hornblower’s stall.
Sugar	All seasons	Can be purchased from Hobson Hornblower’s stall.

All Fish in Tales of the Shire

Ingredient	Season	Preferences	How to get
Blue-Finned Gudgeon	All seasons	Afternoon, dry weather	Can be fished out of Old Ruby’s Pond.
Bywater Bleak	All seasons	Afternoon, dry weather	Can be fished out of Old Ruby’s Pond.
Dawn Dace	All seasons	Dawn, rainy weather	Can be fished out of Old Ruby’s Pond.
Dunno	Summer and Spring	Evening, dry weather	Can be fished out of Noakes’ Jetty.
Honeyed Chub	All seasons	Morning, rainy weather	Can be fished out of Old Ruby’s Pond.
Little Beard	Summer and Autumn	Evening, rainy weather	Can be fished out of Noakes’ Jetty.
Ruffle	All seasons	Evening, rainy weather	Can be fished out of Old Ruby’s Pond.
Sad Rudd	Summer and Autumn	Afternoon, dry weather	Can be fished out of the Cotton Farm Pond.
Stone Loach	All seasons	Night, dry weather	Can be fished out of Old Ruby’s Pond.

All Miscellaneous ingredients in Tales of the Shire

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Ingredient	Season	How to get
Shirefield Cheese	All seasons	Can be purchased from Young Tom Cotton’s stall.
Bacon	All seasons	Can be purchased from Young Tom Cotton’s stall.
Beef	All seasons	Can be purchased from Young Tom Cotton’s stall.
Chicken	All seasons	Can be purchased from Young Tom Cotton’s stall.
Coney	All seasons	Can be purchased from Young Tom Cotton’s stall.
Mutton	All seasons	Can be purchased from Young Tom Cotton’s stall.
Pork	All seasons	Can be purchased from Young Tom Cotton’s stall.
Chestnut	Autumn and Winter	Can be foraged from out in the wild. One spot you can visit to find some is northwest of LookoutHill.
Hazelnut	Summer and Autumn	Can be foraged from out in the wild. One spot you can visit to find some is south of Old Noakes’ smial.
Barley	All seasons	Can be purchased from Sandyman’s shop.
Egg	All seasons	Can be purchased from Young Tom Cotton’s stall.
Cream	All seasons	Can be purchased from Young Tom Cotton’s stall.
Flour	All seasons	Can be purchased from Sandyman’s shop.
Milk	All seasons	Can be purchased from Young Tom Cotton’s stall.
Oats	All seasons	Can be purchased from Sandyman’s shop.
Yeast	All seasons	Can be purchased from Sandyman’s shop.

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