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How to Make Strange Bun

Ingredients, unlock method, and spawn ID for Strange Bun.
Strange Bun

What's inside?

Category
Objects
Subcategory
Cooking
Sell Price
225g

The item ID for Strange Bun in Stardew Valley is: 203

Strange Bun
[203]

Strange Bun Information

The Strange Bun is a cooked dish. It is prepared using the kitchen inside an upgraded farmhouse.

Strange Bun may randomly appear in Krobus' shop on Saturdays, in the Stardrop Saloon's rotating stock or the Garbage Can outside the Saloon, or at the Traveling Cart for 675–1,125g. It may also be dropped by a Shadow Brute (4% chance).

By offering a Strange Bun to the Dark Shrine of Night Terrors in the Witch's Hut, players can toggle monster spawning on or off on their farm.

Strange Bun Effects

Eating Strange Bun restores 100 energy and 45 health.

Monsters That Drop Strange Bun

Monsters that can drop Strange Bun when killed — the chance is per kill.

Shadow Guy4%
Shadow Brute4%
Shadow Sniper4%
Spider4%

Strange Bun Tailoring

Use Strange Bun as the spool item (with Cloth in the left slot) to tailor:

Strange Bun Recipe

Strange Bun is a cooked dish.

How to learn the recipe

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Strange Bun in Collections

Shipping Strange Bun counts toward the Full Shipment achievement (335 items). Track your shipping progress →

Strange Bun Villager Gift Reactions

Give Strange Bun as a gift to build friendship. Each villager reacts differently — pick someone who loves it for the biggest friendship boost. Gifts given on a villager's birthday count 8× — a loved gift jumps from +80 to +640 friendship.

  • LikesCaroline🎂 Winter 7Gus🎂 Summer 8Harvey🎂 Winter 14Krobus🎂 Winter 1Pierre🎂 Spring 26
  • NeutralShane🎂 Spring 20
  • DislikesLeo🎂 Summer 26Willy🎂 Summer 24
  • HatesAbigail🎂 Fall 13Alex🎂 Summer 13Clint🎂 Winter 26Demetrius🎂 Summer 19Dwarf🎂 Summer 22Elliott🎂 Fall 5Emily🎂 Spring 27Evelyn🎂 Winter 20George🎂 Fall 24Haley🎂 Spring 14Jas🎂 Summer 4Jodi🎂 Fall 11Kent🎂 Spring 4Leah🎂 Winter 23Lewis🎂 Spring 7Linus🎂 Winter 3Marnie🎂 Fall 18Maru🎂 Summer 10Pam🎂 Spring 18Penny🎂 Fall 2Robin🎂 Fall 21Sam🎂 Summer 17Sandy🎂 Fall 15Sebastian🎂 Winter 10Vincent🎂 Spring 10Wizard🎂 Winter 17
See the full Strange Bun gift guide →

Strange Bun Cheat Help

Item spawning in Stardew Valley isn't accomplished through typical commands. Instead, it involves a cheat method where you name your character, or an animal, with the item code of the desired item, enclosed in square brackets [ and ]. Include the brackets when naming.

Spawn Using Animal Name

To spawn this item, buy an animal (we recommend a chicken because it is the cheapest) from Marnie's Ranch, name it [203]. You will then receive the Strange Bun item.

Spawn Using Character Name

Since you can only set your character's name once at the game's inception, we advise using the animal naming method.

However, if you opt for this method, name your character [203] while creating your save file. When you converse with any villager who mentions your name in their dialogue, like Gus at the Stardrop Saloon, you'll receive the Strange Bun item.