Moonlight Peaks Margherita Pizza Recipe & Ingredients Guide

Quick answer: combine 1 Blood Tomato + 1 Flour + 1 Cheese at a Cooking Station. The official Wiki's individual recipe page says Margherita Pizza is available from the first night; you do not need to buy a cookbook for it. Bring the requested pizza to Ludo during Ludo's Plan, then follow the quest journal toward the Luna Bay party.

Use the recipe record for quality values or the ingredient finder to check your stock. These are community-maintained source records, not results independently verified in a live save.

Ingredients and production chains

The milk type matters: Draculamb Milk produces Ghoulembert, and Piggoat Milk produces Hellfeta. Neither is the named Cheese ingredient in this pizza recipe. Check the Press outputs before spending your only milk.

Get the Mill and Press

The checked Farm Helpers table lists the Mill at Howling Hammer for 8,000 Coins and confirms 1 Wily Wheat → 1 Flour. It does not establish an exact processing duration.

For the Press, the same table names Luna as the blueprint source and lists 10 Planks + 5 Iron Bar + 5 Copper Bar as construction materials. The table does not establish an exact friendship threshold or date for receiving the blueprint.

An earlier version of this article listed a 3,000-Coin Mill and different Press materials. Those figures are retired here because they are not supported by the reviewed table. Check your shop and Workbench if your game version differs.

Cook the pizza

1. Have the three named ingredients ready. Wheat and milk do not count as Flour and Cheese in our ingredient finder: process them first.
2. Interact with your Cooking Station and select Margherita Pizza.
3. Make the pizza, keeping extra quest and Museum ingredients aside.
4. Return to the active Ludo's Plan objective. Follow the journal for the hand-in and party steps.

The Cooking Station page lists a Workbench recipe of 5 Refined Stone + 5 Planks. Having the station and the recipe is separate from having enough ingredients.

Where the pizza fits in the Luna Bay story

The checked quest chain begins with Dinner Party for Cat Form, followed by A Curious Passage for the first cat-sized route from Howling Marshes. Mysterious Bay and Ludo's Plan then progress toward normal access. Cooking the pizza alone does not bypass those quests.

See the Luna Bay and Aqua Form guide for the whole route. The older instructions about simply casting Arborascend at a Moonlit Pines waterfall were incomplete and should not be treated as the full unlock chain.

Common questions

Do I need the Starter Cookbook?

Not for Margherita Pizza according to its individual Wiki page. Use the cookbook filter to distinguish bought recipes from starting recipes.

Why do I have milk but no Cheese?

Milk is an input, not the finished ingredient. Use Cowcula Milk in the Press. Other milk types have different named outputs.

Can the tool tell whether Ludo's quest is active?

No. It uses only the inventory you enter and unlock boxes you check; it cannot read your save. Check the journal or use the progression advisor.

How much Energy does the pizza restore?

The cooking table lists 15 / 19 / 23 Energy and 320 / 400 / 480 Coins per pizza at base / one-star / two-star quality. These are output values, not a guarantee that mixed-quality ingredients produce a particular star level.

Sources and limitations

• Official Wiki — Margherita Pizza: ingredients and first-night availability.
• Official Wiki — Cooking Station Recipes: quality, Energy and sale values.
• Official Wiki — Farm Helpers: Mill, Press, materials and outputs.
• Official Wiki — Quests: objectives and progression.

The exact game build is unspecified in these sources. Exact shop schedules, livestock prices, Barn costs and undocumented recipe timers are outside this revised guide.