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Secret Sauce
Requires a Grinder.
Quick Answer
Secret Sauce
The normal way to get Secret Sauce is to process Eyeball in a Grinder. One batch takes 1 Eyeball and returns 1 Secret Sauce. If you already have the ore but cannot make a Secret Sauce, the missing piece is usually the Grinder itself or its setup, not another mining unlock.
Find Secret Sauce in Treasure container in Home.
Recipe
The recorded conversion, with the input and output the data actually states.
| Made in | Grinder |
|---|---|
| Input | Eyeball×1 |
| Output | Secret Sauce×1 |
| Fuel | None recorded |
| Time | None recorded |
| Earliest access | Requires a Grinder. |
| Recorded price | 75 — one stored value |
| Can also be bought? | Yes, from a rotating shop |
| Can also be found? | Yes, as later loot |
One batch turns 1 Eyeball into 1 Secret Sauce — enough for Secret Sauce to be worth smelting in bulk rather than one at a time. Neither a fuel cost nor a processing timer is recorded for this recipe.
Can I get Secret Sauces yet?
The answer depends on where you are, not on the item itself.
If you have a Grinder
Yes. Get Eyeball and process it — the recipe runs with the ore alone.
If you have Eyeball but no Grinder
Not through processing yet. Unlock your first Grinder — the chain is below.
If the Workshop route is not open
The Grinder is tied to the Workshop progression, so that chain comes before the recipe.
If you are already in later areas
You may also find Secret Sauces elsewhere — see the alternatives below.
How to make Secret Sauce
Step 1 — Get 1 Eyeball
Best early source: Pick up · Farm Path.
Step 2 — Use the Grinder
Place the Grinder, then load 1 Eyeball. No fuel is recorded for this conversion, so the ore is the only thing consumed.
Step 3 — Collect the output
Each batch yields 1 Secret Sauce. The game data records no processing timer, so it does not state how long a batch takes.
Where to get Eyeball
Ranked so the earliest reliable route is first. Later areas are listed but not recommended for this stage.
Pick up · Farm Path
5 per find
Grow · Grow Eyeleaf Seed · Farm crop plots
Up to yield 1-1
Start The Farmer’s Path.
Needs Eyeleaf Seed
Find / loot · Head · FarmNot guaranteed
1 per find
Find / loot · HeadNot guaranteed
1 per find
How to get a Grinder
The short version — the full station page has the rest.
Farmer Hans — Farmhouse
No additional hard unlock is required for the recommended source.
Craft one at the Player Workbench
Needs Copper Bar, Wood, Stone. Recipe ingredient counts are not recorded.
Eyeball vs Secret Sauce
These two are the most common mix-up in the early game, in whichever direction you are coming from.
| Eyeball | Secret Sauce |
|---|---|
| Raw material, mined or bought | Processed material, made in a Grinder |
| Accepted by quests that ask for ore | Accepted by crafting recipes that ask for bars |
| Cannot substitute for a Secret Sauce in a recipe | Cannot substitute for Eyeball in an ore hand-in |
Why can’t I make Secret Sauce?
Not having the ore and not being able to process it are different problems. Pick the one that matches you.
What’s stopping you?
The earliest recorded source is Pick up · Farm Path. Mine the nodes on the earliest floor you can reach and smelt in bulk, since one batch returns 1 Secret Sauce.
Other ways to get Secret Sauce
Later alternative: Secret Sauces can also appear as loot in later mining areas. These routes are chance-based, so the recipe above stays the reliable one.
| Alternative | Availability | Reliability | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Processa placed Furnace · Grinder | Alternative route | Fixed | Up to 1 · Requires Grinder . |
| Processa placed Furnace · Windmill | Alternative route | Fixed | Requires Windmill station (station item not closed). |
| BuyGeneral Store | Alternative route | Fixed | Up to infinite in stock |
| Find / lootFarm Mine — Floor 1 | Alternative route | Random | 1 per find |
| Find / lootBathroom | Alternative route | Random | random 1-3 per find |
| Find / lootCloset | Alternative route | Random | random 1-3 per find |
| Find / lootHome · Fridge #4 | Later | Fixed | 1 per find |
| Find / lootFridge #4 | Later | Fixed | 1 per find |
| Mail rewardMailbox · Self — Note to Self: | Later | Fixed | 1 in the mail |
What is Secret Sauce used for?
23 recorded recipes consume Secret Sauce. This is what makes it worth keeping rather than selling.
Quest-critical
The recorded recipe also takes Bread, Cooked Meat, Red Mushroom, Bitter Herb. It takes smelted materials, never the raw ore, so Eyeball will not substitute here.
How many the quest needs is recorded in the quest guide rather than in the recipe data. Open the Pizza guide →
Crafted stations and equipment
22 recorded recipes take Secret Sauce. Ingredient counts per recipe are not in the game data, so only the recipes are listed.
- Blood Soup · Home cooking station
- Cloudberry Punch · Home cooking station
- Eldersprout Pizza · Home cooking station
- Energy Drink · Home cooking station
- Expert BBQ Platter · Home cooking station
- Expert Garden Salad · Home cooking station
- Failed Meal · Crafting: Food
- Failed Meal · Crafting: Food
What else the Grinder makes
The Grinder handles more than one ore, so the same setup covers the other bars you will need.
| Input | Output |
|---|---|
| Bones ×1 | Crushed Bones ×1 |
| Wheat ×1 | Dough ×1 |
| Eyeball ×1 | Secret Sauce ×1 |
How many Secret Sauces do you need?
Uses the recorded ratio, so the count is exact rather than a rule of thumb.
That is 8 batches, so bring 8 Eyeballs. Each batch returns 1 Secret Sauce, so 8 batches cover the 8 you need.
Keep them or sell them?
23 recipes take Secret Sauce, so it is an input for the next stage of crafting rather than something to sell off. The item database records a single price of 75 and does not store a separate sell value, so a resale figure would be a guess. Hold the bars until the recipes that need them are built.
FAQ
How much Eyeball does one Secret Sauce take?
One batch is recorded as 1 Eyeball in and 1 Secret Sauce out. There is no way to run a smaller batch, so the ratio is fixed.
Does Grinder need fuel?
No fuel cost is recorded for this recipe. The data records the input, the output and nothing else, so nothing is charged beyond the Eyeball.
Can I buy Secret Sauces instead of making them?
Only from a rotating shop listing, which is a chance rather than a guarantee. Smelting is the reliable route.
Can Eyeball be used instead of Secret Sauce?
No. Recipes that ask for Secret Sauces will not accept Eyeball, and quests that ask for Eyeball will not accept Secret Sauce. They are separate items.
Does one Eyeball give one Secret Sauce?
No — the recorded batch is 1 Eyeball to 1 Secret Sauce, so every Eyeball you smelt returns more than one bar. Mine a small stack and process it together.
Related
The pages this one connects to, in the order the chain runs.