Crafting is an illusion in many RPGs. What you're really doing is interacting with a custom shop that accepts specific items instead of money and returns specific other items. It's essentially ye olde timey bartering. The problem with the wife of the carpenter who makes western style houses is that she doesn't tell you what items she'll trade. Below is a list of all the stuff she cooks that I think is good. The ingredients can be conveniently purchased from Hanz in house 5 and Daiye in house 6 in Township, and the item shop in Guntz.
HEALING ITEM EFFECT INGREDIENTS
WiseBL +100 AP Stamina + 2 Tuna
Biscuit Cure 4, Def.Up 2 Dinkers
Extract +all HP 4 Herbs or 2 HelpBL
STAT ITEM EFFECT INGREDIENTS
PwdFood +1 Strength 3 Shave Ice or 2 Medicate
Stamina +1 Stamina F.Spice + 2 Tuna
Dinker +1 Agility 2 Frizbee or 2 Cond. Up or 4 CuraAl
MisoSoup +1 Wisdom 2 F.Spice
LuckCndy +1 Luck mix any 2: F.Spice, Shave Ice, Frizbee
GutsBL +Guts 2 Shave Ice
MISCELLANEOUS EFFECT INGREDIENTS
GoldBar sell for 6k 3 Cond.Up or 2 Frizbee + 2 Dinker
or 2 F. Spice + 2 LuckCndy
GoldBar x2 sell for 6k x2 3 Cond.Ups + 1 Tuna
G8bait catch anything 2 Tuna
Octopus Atk-Up: party 2 PileWm + 2 Roast
Fishing Shops
To be honest, I hate mini-games, but the incarnation of the fishing mini-game in BoF2 is simple, so I don't hate it much. Strangely enough, their are merchants that can be fished in this setting. You have to find a rare fishing bait called Gold. You must catch the merchants to shop. Gold is dropped by some enemies at really low drop rates and is found in maybe one or two locations, so be prepared to buy everything you need in one visit. The merchants usually have better stuff than other shops or they have unique stuff.
Northeast of Coursair
MERCHANDISE PRICE EFFECT
SilverDR 1200 Atk+14, Damage: Holy
IronML 1400 Def+20, Vig-6
KnightHT 790 Def+8
SilkGL 1200 Def+7
IronSH 1200 Def+10
West of Wild Cat Restaurant
MERCHANDISE PRICE EFFECT
BusterSD 2200 Atk+50
WiseRB 3000 Def+18, Vig-4
NationHT 1800 Def+15, -Fire
North of Whale Beach
ITEMS PRICE EFFECT
Cond. Up 1000 Improve Condition
F.Spice 100 Cast Flame
ShaveIce 100 Cast Freeze
Frizbee 100 Cast S.Boom
Medicate 500 Cast Atk-Up
FireRock 800 Cast Fireball
KamikzeBL 800 Cast Typhoon
IceChunk 800 Cast Hail
Sea travel required
West of Tunlan
ACCESSORIES PRICE EFFECT
Charm 1000 Immune to Curse
IronBR 1000 Def+10
D.Earing 1000 Immune to Sleep
WiseHoop 1000 Wis+10
GutsBT 1000 Increase Guts
Northeast of Akky's Hut (West of Sea of Trees)
ACCESSORIES PRICE EFFECT
FastShoe 10000 Vigor+10
HolySF 5000 -Encounter Rate
HeroBT 2000 Atk+10
KramerBR 2000 Immune to Zombie
West of Thieve's Tomb (South side of river)
EQUIPMENT PRICE EFFECTS
BrassST 8200 Atk+56, Casts Cure1
ThndrRP 8400 Atk+65
LopOffWP 2000 Atk+10
MystryHT 3100 Def+20
SlashGL 4100 Def+15, Atk+5
Flying required
Island Southwest of Tunlan / Northwest of Guntz
EQUIPMENT PRICE EFFECTS
DamageSD 12000 Atk+92
EmblemRP 12000 Atk+79
WorthRG 9500 Atk+52, Casts Death
SlicerDR 20000 Atk+90
Southwest of Cot Land
*On an island accessible only by Great Bird or Big Frog. The fishing spot generates after a battle on mainland.
EQUIPMENT PRICE EFFECTS
BraveAR 10000 Def+60, Agi-6, Atk+5
SpiritRB 7500 Def+12, Resist: Fire, Thunder, Holy
MedusaSH 50000 Def+55, Casts AtkUp
ThndrGL 9000 Def+27, Resist: Thunder
