Flour comes from Wheat Grains, and Wheat Grains come from ripe wheat plants growing at farms in the Nomad Highlands. Once you have a few grains in hand, you can set up a steady supply at your base and feed them into the Grinding Stones to make Flour for bread and other dishes.
Quick answer: At Bounty Barn in the Nomad Highlands, gather Wheat Grains from ripe wheat, then process them with the Grinding Stones. A 5-minute batch turns 3 Wheat Grains into 3 Flour.
Get Wheat Grains in the Nomad Highlands
On farms in the Nomad Highlands, wait for wheat to ripen before harvesting it for Wheat Grains. Harvesting one ripe plant provides 1 Wheat Grains plus 2 Straw. Its description reads: “Both a cooking ingredient and a seed for the fields.”
Grow your own wheat with a Seedbed
To avoid repeated trips to the fields, convert some grains into seedlings and grow them at your base. In 3 minutes, the Seedbed uses 1 Wheat Grains and 1 Fossilized Bone Dust to produce 5 Wheat Seedlings. Plant the seedlings to raise wheat and maintain a steady cycle.
Build the Grinding Stones at the Alchemist
Craft the Grinding Stones, a production station, through the Alchemist’s menu. Making them requires 10 Flintstone and 15 Stone; access to the recipe follows after you have the Alchemist and collected Stone.
Set the Grinding Stones in a sheltered area of your base.
Grind Wheat Grains into Flour
Once the station is placed and you have grains in your inventory, you can produce Flour. Its item description reads: “Flour that can be created by grinding Wheat Grains to dust.”
What Flour is used for
Flour is an ingredient in recipes made at several stations. To make the Oven, go to the Farmer; you also need the Almanac of Plants and Seedlings.
| Recipe | Station | Flour | Makes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Bread | Oven | 3 | 5 |
| Shortcrust Pastry Base | Oven | 5 | 5 |
| Fish Chowder | Kitchen | 2 | 5 |
| Creamy Mushroom Spaetzle | Kitchen | 2 | 5 |
| Dune Armadillo Food Bait | Farmer | 1 | 10 |
- Flat Bread takes 3 Flour and 2 Salt and makes 5 in 2.5 minutes.
- Shortcrust Pastry Base takes 5 Flour, 4 Sugar, 3 Butter, 3 Eggs and 1 Salt.
- For Fish Chowder, use 5 Milk, 2 Flour, 5 Forest Beet, 3 Corncob, and 2 fish chosen from Crimsonback, Emberfin, or Waveleaper.
- Creamy Mushroom Spaetzle takes 2 Flour, 5 Eggs, 3 Frizzy Goat Milk and 5 Penny Bun.
- Dune Armadillo Food Bait takes 1 Flour, 1 Saffron, 1 Yucca Fruit, 1 Sage Leaves and 1 Aureolin Flower.
What Wheat Grains are used for
Beyond Flour, the grains double as seed stock and go into feed recipes at the Farmer.
- Flour (Grinding Stones) takes 3 Wheat Grains.
- A Seedbed batch consumes 1 Wheat Grains and 1 Fossilized Bone Dust to yield 5 Wheat Seedling.
- Bird Food (Farmer) takes 2 Wheat Grains, 1 Bell Pepper and 2 Grasshopper, and makes 50.
- Bird Food Bait (Farmer) takes 1 Wheat Grains, 1 Bell Pepper, 1 Corncob, 1 Dried Purple Berry and 1 Hazelnut, and makes 10.
Straw gathered from those wheat plants is useful for other crafts, including Straw Roof Blocks, beds, and the Honey Beehive, which requires 20 Straw.
