As an avid gamer and Disney enthusiast, I was thrilled when Disney Dreamlight Valley was announced. This life simulation game allows you to create your own ideal Disney world, filled with beloved characters from classic animated films. You can customize everything from your player avatar‘s appearance to the buildings and layout of the valley itself.
One of my favorite parts of the game is the cooking system. There are dozens of dishes you can learn to prepare, using ingredients found throughout the valley. As you cook different recipes, you‘ll increase your mastery level and unlock more extravagant culinary creations. The meals also provide useful buffs and restore energy, giving you incentives to step into the kitchen regularly.
In this guide, I‘ll walk you through making one of my go-to comfort foods in the valley – banana pie. It only requires three ingredients but provides a decent energy boost, making it a perfect snack for exploring the valley or taking on tasks and side quests.
Banana Pie Ingredients and Locations
Here are the ingredients you‘ll need to make banana pie in Disney Dreamlight Valley and where to find them:
- 1 Banana – Can be purchased from Goofy‘s stall in the Peaceful Meadow for 1 coin each or found for free by harvesting wild banana trees in several areas: Dazzle Beach, Forest of Valor, Forgotten Lands. Banana trees can be tapped every hour for fruit.
- 1 Wheat – Available for 1 coin from Goofy‘s but most cost effective is to find a sparkling dirt mound and dig up wheat seeds. Plant them to grow a wheat starter. Harvest and replant to yield multiple wheat crop. Can be planted nearly everywhere with good soil exposed.
- 1 Butter – Made by placing 1 milk into a churn appliance, which needs to be purchased from Scrooge‘s Store for 150 star coins or crafted using 10 softwood. Milk pails cost 3-5 coins each from Goofy‘s and are most plentiful in the Peaceful Meadow and Glade of Trust biomes. To maximize, keep multiple churns and milk stocked.
With the locations listed above in mind, I‘ve mapped out an efficient ingredient gathering route that starts in Peaceful Meadows to buy milk and bananas. Then I head counterclockwise through the biomes hitting banana tree groves while going between wheat spawn points. Typically, I can gather everything for multiple pies within 30-45 minutes following this route.
Where to Find the Banana Pie Recipe
Before you can start cooking, you‘ll need to obtain the banana pie recipe. There are a few different ways to unlock recipes in the game:
- Completing quests for NPC characters – Especially prioritize quests from Remy, the rat chef in the restaurant. Completing his initial quest line is how I first unlocked the banana pie recipe after harvesting and supplying him with ingredients.
- Increasing your friendship level with characters – As characters level up, they may randomly gift the player recipes.
- Purchasing from Scrooge McDuck‘s store – His shop stocks select recipes for 75-300 star coins. However, banana pie is not available for direct purchase.
- Randomly finding recipe pieces while fishing or digging – Recipe piece drops are rare but offer recipes otherwise not obtainable.
Based on asking around, the most consistent method is to focus on completing all of Remy‘s optional objectives. He‘ll periodically ask for ingredients and dish deliveries. Finish enough and he eventually rewards the banana pie recipe for free.
Cooking Banana Pie Step-by-Step
Once you‘ve gathered all three ingredients and have the banana pie recipe in your collection, open up your recipe book. You‘ll find the banana pie under the desserts tab:
Select it and then choose to cook one serving. (Tip: If planning to cook a lot of pies for selling or buffs, use the quantity arrows before starting to queue up multiple at once.)
A cooking sequence will play out, instructing your character to combine the wheat, banana, and butter into a pie crust pan. Afterwards, they‘ll mix together a filling with the banana and butter before pouring it into the pie crust.
Finally, the pie goes into Remy‘s magical oven, emerging fully baked and ready to eat after around 15 seconds! Your fresh banana pie will sit on the stove, then you can collect it and either consume it directly for that sweet energy restoration or add it to your inventory if you want to save it.
Cooking Mastery
Cooking dishes also contributes to gradually increasing your overall Mastery progression bar. Building Mastery unlocks abilities like faster crafting speed, better dish quality, and higher sell values. It‘s worthwhile to cook repetitively even if you have a surplus just to level up this skill.
Additionally, Mickey Mouse and other NPCs will periodically request you cook them certain dishes. Always fill these orders as they provide large boosts for improving character friendship tiers too.
Banana Pie Buffs, Sell Prices, and Stats
Now that we can reliably produce tasty banana pies, let‘s analyze some of its notable stats compared to other cookable dishes:
| Dish | Ingredients | Cooking Time | Energy | Buffs | Sell Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banana Pie | 1x Banana 1x Wheat 1x Butter | 0:15 | +1227 | None | 308 Coins |
| Fish Pie | 1x Fish 1x Wheat 1x Butter 1x Herb | 0:25 | +1346 | Fishing +15 (1hr) | 556 Coins |
| Meat Pie | 1x Meat 1x Wheat 1x Egg 1x Herb | 0:20 | +1117 | Strength +15 (1hr) | 432 Coins |
| Fruit Pie | 1x Fruit 1x Wheat 1x Butter 1x Sugar | 0:25 | +1365 | Luck +15 (1hr) | 564 Coins |
Compared to other savory pies that provide temporary skill buffs, banana pie shines due to faster cook time and higher energy restoration for its low cost. Since buff pies only work for 1 in-game hour before needing to be reapplied, I prefer to rely on the banana pie‘s instant over 1k energy boost for adventuring instead.
For selling to earn a profit, the 308 coin return per banana pie is decent. Coupled with the simplicity of ingredients makes mass producing banana pies early on more efficient than cooking higher end recipes.
Optimizing for Banana Pie Profits
To maximize the amount of coin earned from excess banana pies, here are some tips:
- Plant a minimum of 4 wheat crop plots and harvest/replant whenever mature. Keeps a steady stream of wheat available.
- Always buy extra milk, even if churns are full. Sets up buffer for making butter while pies bake.
- Harvest bananas from trees hourly while doing other tasks nearby rather than buying each time.
- Get in a rhythm queueing up multiple pies at once rather than cooking individually.
- Upgrade to better pans and stoves when possible to increase pies per hour rate.
- Sell pies throughout the day rather than holding to minimize lost coin from random character purchases and daily tax.
In an average session focused on banana pie production, I can generate over 5,000 coins worth of sales buttering up the residents of the valley with pie!
Kitchen and Skill Upgrades
As you progress in cooking mastery, Disney Dreamlight Valley offers avenues for upgrading your kitchen tools and abilities. Specialized appliances and enhanced skills can increase reliability, speed, and quality of all recipes including trusty banana pies!
For example, purchasing the Advanced Stove for 5,000 star coins reduces cooking duration by 15%. Equipping this stove allows churning out pies nearly 20% faster. The bonus is substantial when cooking 20+ pies per session.
Additionally, investing hard-earned Dreamlight to unlock abilities like Ratatouille‘s "Increased Burn Recovery" can give a safety net if accidentally overbaking a batch of pies. maxing out upgrades makes you an unstoppable five star chef!
Serving Suggestions fit for Royalty
Impress guests and valley locals alike with beautifully plated banana pies topped with edible flowers, fresh fruit glazes, or a dollop of whipped cream. While embellishments aren‘t necessary, creatively saucing and dressing up dishes can increase the chance of receiving gifts from NPCs.
Around special events and character birthdays, consider crafting custom messages on pies as a unique gift. Frost gently with sweet cream and garnish with sprinkles spelling out names or well wishes.
For truly thematic presentation, bake specialty banana pies with chocolate chunks mixed into the filling or blended banana bread pies swirled with nutty spice. The variations are endless once you master the fundamental recipe!
Theoretical Ingredient and Equipment Enhancements
Hundreds of potential new food items, tools, furniture sets, and clothing pieces have been data-mined from the game code. As future updates release, there may be ways to incorporate new resources into improving banana pie viability.
Some speculative enhancement ideas:
- Spices and Herbs – Could add temporary buffs or increase selling price. Examples: Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Vanilla, Mint
- Chocolate & Fruit Mix-ins – Additional ingredients that augment pie effects. Strawberry Banana pie? Blueberry pie?
- Better Ovens – Increased cook speed, counter space, or buff duration extensions
- Serving Carts – Mobile stands for selling food across the valley rather than at a fixed shop
- Deluxe Kitchens – Expanded storage, automation features, special cooking tools
As a passionate chef there are so many possibilities for pioneering new tastes and kitchen optimizations down the road. But for now, the humble banana pie remains a staple in my valley cuisine repertoire!
Birthday Pie Special Orders
An easy way to befriend Disney characters is to gift them their favorite foods on their birthdays. Planning ahead, we can prepare tailored banana pie birthday surprises for several prominent valley residents:
- Goofy – Cover pie in caramel sauce and chocolate chips for a sweet tooth delight
- WALL-E – Add gears, wheels, robot decals for the technology lover
- Scrooge McDuck – Jewel-encrusted gold flakes as edible decoration to satisfy the billionaire coin connoisseur
- Merlin – Mystical star sprinkles and purple glitter gel topping to wow the wizard
Birthday pies forged with care make wonderful mementos. Be sure to snap a selfie presenting the customized confections before gifting them!
Cost Efficiency Evaluation of Ingredients
While banana pies only require three ingredients, looking closely at cost breakdowns for purchasing versus independent harvesting can optimize expenses. Let‘s analyze:
| Ingredient | Source | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Banana | Goofy‘s Stall (each) | 1 coin |
| Banana | Harvest from wild tree (unlimited) | Free |
| Wheat | Goofy‘s Stall (each) | 1 coin |
| Wheat | Grow from planted wheat seeds (unlimited) | Free + planting cost |
| Butter | Made from milk + churn | 3-5 coins per milk + 150 churn cost |
| Butter | Made from milk "found" around valley | Free + 150 churn cost |
Factoring in return on investment for items like the churn which can generate unlimited butter over time, the most cost efficient setup is:
- Harvesting free bananas from wild trees
- Planting wheat seeds and harvesting crops repeatedly
- "Finding" free range milk from grazing bovine around the valley
The 150 star coin sink for the initial churn can be quickly earned back through a few days of banana pie sales. Ultimately, the bounty of Disney Dreamlight Valley provides all the building blocks necessary for free once you unlock the necessary tools and land!
Final Thoughts
And there you have it – everything you need to know about cooking up endless banana pies as comfort food, energy restoration, gift-giving, and coin generation in Disney Dreamlight Valley. This yummy classic recipe serves as a backbone through all stages of valley progression.
From the efficient route to gather ingredients to kitchen upgrade optimization, plating presentation, and cost analysis, I covered actionable details for any player to immediately apply banana pie mastery. When you crave that sweet snack, you‘ll be prepared to bake satisfaction!
Now go embrace your inner Ratatouille and get cooking, my friends. The valley awaits and these pies won‘t bake themselves (unless we can convince Scrooge to invest in self-baking ovens!). Just be ready to share samples with this food-loving gamer.
