Vacation Cafe Simulator Oysters: Locations, Storage, Prep Table & Shell Master
You can now buy oysters from the shop, or follow the earlier release-walkthrough route to dive in the sea outside the café and look for shining oysters on the sea floor. The shop option is confirmed in Hotfix 1.0.4; the dive route comes from a walkthrough and has not been independently reproduced by this site. The separate Moderno shop issue, respawn timing and an efficient route to 100 remain unresolved.
Quick answers
- Official · Hotfix 1.0.4The developer added fish and oysters for sale in the shop. This is a confirmed way to obtain oysters; the announcement does not specify the shop category, price or unlock condition.
- Release walkthroughUnlock diving as you level, enter the sea outside the café, and look for shining oysters on the sea floor. This is third-party release guidance, not a step reproduced by this site.
- Release walkthroughFor Oysters with Lemon, slice lemon wedges and take a plate, oysters and the wedges to the regular Oyster prep table. Follow the knife's blue and green interaction markers.
- Player reportOne player stores oysters in the freezer by the back door. This has not been independently reproduced.
- OfficialCollect your first oyster for Lucky Diver, find 15 oysters for In Search of Oysters, and collect 100 oysters for Shell Master.
- UnknownWhy the unlocked Oyster prep table Moderno may not appear in the shop.
- UnknownRespawn timing, oysters per run, an efficient route to 100, and co-op progress ownership.
Where to find oysters
Release walkthrough
A walkthrough published after the full release directs players to the sea outside the café and says oysters shine on the sea floor. It also places a fisherman near the diving spot and says his quests can improve oyster gathering; the second quest reportedly extends how long you can hold your breath.
Evidence boundary: the walkthrough includes gameplay imagery, but this site has not reproduced the route, oyster appearance or quest effects in its own copy of the game.
Pier near the café
A Steam player described the pier near the café—where they fish—as their usual place to enter the water and dive for oysters.
The beach
The same Steam thread reports oysters or seafood on the beach and says a later dive produced fewer oysters than the first. This supports the beach as a lead, not a confirmed route or respawn rule.
How to prepare Oysters with Lemon
Release walkthrough
- Unlock diving as your level progresses and obtain the relevant oyster equipment from the Furniture store.
- Dive in the sea outside the café and collect the shining oysters from the sea floor.
- Slice lemons into wedges.
- Take a plate, oysters and lemon wedges to the regular Oyster prep table.
- Circle the mouse around the oyster; when the knife turns blue, click and turn it toward the green marker.
These are source-attributed walkthrough steps, not independently reproduced instructions. They describe the regular preparation flow and do not solve the separate Oyster prep table Moderno shop problem.
Official oyster achievements
Official Steam's public global-achievement page confirms three oyster milestones.
| Achievement | Official condition | Completion snapshot |
|---|---|---|
 Lucky Diver | Dive underwater and collect oysters for the first time. | 57.7% |
 In Search of Oysters | Find 15 oysters in the sea. | 47.1% |
 Shell Master | Collect 100 oysters. | 6.1% |
Achievement icons and the dated percentages come from Steam's public page. The percentages will change as more people play; they describe player progression—not search volume or demand. Steam displayed 46 achievements on August 24, 2026, while the same official page displayed 45 on August 29; the reason for the difference is unknown.
Storing oysters
Player report
One player answered that oysters go into the freezer next to the back door and are placed on the matching shelf with a right-click.
This is a hint, not a verified step-by-step instruction. The exact prompt, shelf and current-build behavior have not been independently reproduced.
Oyster prep table Moderno not in the shop
Unknown
Two players report unlocking the Oyster prep table Moderno through an NPC and then being unable to find it in the shop. The thread contains no confirmed fix or workaround.
The release walkthrough's regular Oyster prep table steps do not explain this Moderno upgrade problem. Whether the cause is a purchase condition, a user-interface issue or a bug is not established, so this guide does not guess an answer.
Patch and development notes
Version note
Hotfix 1.0.4 — September 3, 2026
The developer added fish and oysters for sale in the shop. The announcement does not name the shop, price or purchase conditions, so those details remain unknown.
Version note
Hotfix 1.0.2 — August 21, 2026
The developer said the hotfix addressed disappearing items so they spawn correctly at collection points, and fixed underwater effects that could display incorrectly or crash. The notes do not name oysters, so oyster-area problems should be treated as possibly improved, not confirmed fixed.
Version note
Developer blog #2 — June 5, 2025
A pre-release developer blog described updated swimming mechanics and added oyster collecting. It confirms that the feature existed during development; it does not describe final-build locations, respawn behavior or storage rules.
What is still unknown
Unknown These questions need current-build reproduction rather than another summary of existing posts.
- Whether and when oyster spots refresh.
- How many oysters a single run yields across repeated runs.
- An efficient route—and realistic time—to collect 100 oysters.
- Whether co-op progress counts for the host, the joining player or both.
- Whether underwater crashes are fully resolved after Hotfix 1.0.2.
- The exact level, shop category and purchase conditions for the regular Oyster prep table.
How this guide should be tested next
- Record the current game version, platform and mode.
- Capture a continuous route from the café to the water.
- Reproduce at least three oyster spots using stable landmarks.
- Capture the pickup prompt and inventory change.
- Reproduce the full freezer-storage flow.
- Confirm the prep table's unlock source, shop category and purchase conditions.
- Count three consecutive runs and record wait or reset conditions.
- Check when the 15- and 100-oyster achievement progress updates.
- Compare host and joining-player progress in co-op.
- Record version, date, author and permission for every screenshot.
Sources
- Vacation Cafe Simulator Steam store page (opens in a new tab) — release and official game identity.
- Steam global achievements for Vacation Cafe Simulator (opens in a new tab) — viewed August 24, 2026.
- Steam discussion: “Oyster storage?” (opens in a new tab) — single-player answer, not independently reproduced.
- Steam discussion: “Unlocked Oyster prep table moderno, not available in shop” (opens in a new tab) — unresolved reports.
- Steam seafood-shop discussion with pier and beach reports (opens in a new tab) — player-reported location leads.
- Into Indie Games: Vacation Cafe Simulator walkthrough (opens in a new tab) — release walkthrough with oyster gathering, Oysters with Lemon, prep-table and fisherman-task steps; not independently reproduced by this site.
- Official Steam announcement: Hotfix 1.0.4 (opens in a new tab) — shop sales of fish and oysters.
- Vacation Cafe Simulator Steam news hub (opens in a new tab) — Hotfix 1.0.2 context.
- Steam news archive containing developer blog #2 (opens in a new tab) — pre-release development context.
Steam discussion searches for “100 oysters,” “Shell Master,” and “oyster respawn” returned no matching topics at the observation time. That does not prove those discussions do not exist elsewhere.