Spring Crops
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Stardew Valley farming is seasonal: crops die when their season ends unless they regrow or span seasons. The farm expands through sprinklers, greenhouse access and processing machines. Foraging, fishing and mining fill income and crafting gaps. Keep bundle and crafting items before selling every harvest.
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What matters before you farm
Unlock requirements, costs and tips to help you get started.
Plan outdoor crops around the season
Most crops stop growing when the season changes, so check each crop’s growth time before planting late. Keep bundle and request crops before selling your surplus.
Sources & fact checks
Greenhouse crops ignore seasonal changes
Repair the Greenhouse through the Community Center Pantry or Joja route before planning year-round crops there. Its interior lets you grow crops through the outdoor season changes.
Sources & fact checks
Match fishing trips to the target fish
River, lake and ocean fish have different season, weather and active-hour conditions. Check the Fish table before spending a day at a particular water body, and keep bundle or quest catches.
Sources & fact checks
Farm with a purpose
Prioritize short seasonal opportunities and crop plans first, then progression resources and unlocks, followed by repeatable production and evergreen techniques.
Foraging
Salmonberry Bush Harvest
The short Salmonberry season offers a concentrated source of edible berries from bushes around town, useful as low-cost food…
Foraging
Spring Onions
Spring Onions offer a repeatable early-season source of forage and inexpensive energy food. The patch is localized, so it can…
Seasonal crops
Strawberry Regrowth
Strawberries provide repeated harvests after maturity, making them a useful seasonal crop when seeds are available early…
Seasonal crops
Spring Crops
Spring planting supplies early income, food, and items for progression. A plan that fits the season avoids losing crops at the…
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Seasonal crops
Summer Crops
Summer crops provide seasonal income and can supply food, bundles, and processing ingredients. Planning for regrowth and…
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Seasonal crops
Fall Crops
Fall planting can provide a strong final outdoor harvest before Winter and supply progression items. Timing matters because…
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Seasonal crops
Strawberry Regrowth
Strawberries provide repeated harvests after maturity, making them a useful seasonal crop when seeds are available early…
Seasonal crops
Spring Crops
Spring planting supplies early income, food, and items for progression. A plan that fits the season avoids losing crops at the…
View 1 map ↗Seasonal crops
Summer Crops
Summer crops provide seasonal income and can supply food, bundles, and processing ingredients. Planning for regrowth and…
View 1 map ↗Seasonal crops
Fall Crops
Fall planting can provide a strong final outdoor harvest before Winter and supply progression items. Timing matters because…
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Seasonal crops
Coffee Bean to Keg Coffee
Coffee Beans form a crop-to-machine chain: mature plants keep producing beans, and a batch of five can be turned into coffee…
Seasonal crops
Giant Crop Harvest
A giant crop can yield multiple normal-quality items from a single harvest, creating a notable bonus from eligible 3-by-3…
Foraging
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Foraging
Salmonberry Bush Harvest
The short Salmonberry season offers a concentrated source of edible berries from bushes around town, useful as low-cost food…
Foraging
Spring Onions
Spring Onions offer a repeatable early-season source of forage and inexpensive energy food. The patch is localized, so it can…
Foraging
Forageables
Wild forage provides food, gifts, sale goods, and seasonal bundle items without buying seeds. A regular sweep can supplement…
Foraging
Beach Forage
Shoreline forage can provide collection items, gifts, food, and sale goods alongside a Beach fishing trip. Seasonal…
Foraging
Tree Tapper Products
Tappers convert established trees into recurring materials used in production. Keeping different tree species tapped provides…
Fishing
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Fishing
River Fish
River fishing supplies distinct fish for collections, bundles, quests, food, and sales. Species depend on location and…
Fishing
Lake Fish
Mountain Lake catches fill lake-specific collection and progression needs and offer a useful alternative to river or ocean…
Fishing
Ocean Fish
Ocean catches provide Beach-specific fish for bundles, quests, meals, collections, and sales. Matching the target’s conditions…
Fishing
Perfect Fishing Catch Practice
A perfect catch can improve the quality of eligible fish and awards more Fishing experience, making controlled minigame play…
Greenhouse and tools
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Greenhouse and tools
Mining Ores
Ore supports tool upgrades, machines, and farm infrastructure. Targeting appropriate Mine floors and using elevator…
Greenhouse and tools
Sprinkler Irrigation
Sprinklers automate daily watering on tilled plots, freeing time and energy for other farm work while supporting larger crop…
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Greenhouse and tools
Greenhouse Crops
The repaired Greenhouse lets crops grow regardless of the outdoor season, making it valuable for reliable long-term harvests…
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Greenhouse and tools
Fish Pond Roe Processing
A Fish Pond turns a stocked fish into a renewable pond output and can turn roe into a more valuable processed product.
Greenhouse and tools
Flower Honey Apiary
An outdoor Bee House can produce different honey types depending on flowers in range, adding value to a flower plot beyond the…
Greenhouse and tools
Dehydrator Batch Processing
The Dehydrator converts a batch of matching produce into dried goods, helping process a harvest in groups rather than one item…
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Foraging
Salmonberry Bush Harvest
The short Salmonberry season offers a concentrated source of edible berries from bushes around town, useful as low-cost food…
Foraging
Spring Onions
Spring Onions offer a repeatable early-season source of forage and inexpensive energy food. The patch is localized, so it can…
Seasonal crops
Strawberry Regrowth
Strawberries provide repeated harvests after maturity, making them a useful seasonal crop when seeds are available early…
Seasonal crops
Spring Crops
Spring planting supplies early income, food, and items for progression. A plan that fits the season avoids losing crops at the…
View 1 map ↗Seasonal crops
Summer Crops
Summer crops provide seasonal income and can supply food, bundles, and processing ingredients. Planning for regrowth and…
View 1 map ↗Seasonal crops
Fall Crops
Fall planting can provide a strong final outdoor harvest before Winter and supply progression items. Timing matters because…
View 1 map ↗Foraging
Forageables
Wild forage provides food, gifts, sale goods, and seasonal bundle items without buying seeds. A regular sweep can supplement…
Foraging
Beach Forage
Shoreline forage can provide collection items, gifts, food, and sale goods alongside a Beach fishing trip. Seasonal…
Fishing
River Fish
River fishing supplies distinct fish for collections, bundles, quests, food, and sales. Species depend on location and…
Fishing
Lake Fish
Mountain Lake catches fill lake-specific collection and progression needs and offer a useful alternative to river or ocean…
Fishing
Ocean Fish
Ocean catches provide Beach-specific fish for bundles, quests, meals, collections, and sales. Matching the target’s conditions…
Greenhouse and tools
Mining Ores
Ore supports tool upgrades, machines, and farm infrastructure. Targeting appropriate Mine floors and using elevator…
Greenhouse and tools
Sprinkler Irrigation
Sprinklers automate daily watering on tilled plots, freeing time and energy for other farm work while supporting larger crop…
View 1 map ↗Greenhouse and tools
Greenhouse Crops
The repaired Greenhouse lets crops grow regardless of the outdoor season, making it valuable for reliable long-term harvests…
View 1 map ↗Greenhouse and tools
Fish Pond Roe Processing
A Fish Pond turns a stocked fish into a renewable pond output and can turn roe into a more valuable processed product.
Seasonal crops
Coffee Bean to Keg Coffee
Coffee Beans form a crop-to-machine chain: mature plants keep producing beans, and a batch of five can be turned into coffee…
Foraging
Tree Tapper Products
Tappers convert established trees into recurring materials used in production. Keeping different tree species tapped provides…
Greenhouse and tools
Flower Honey Apiary
An outdoor Bee House can produce different honey types depending on flowers in range, adding value to a flower plot beyond the…
Greenhouse and tools
Dehydrator Batch Processing
The Dehydrator converts a batch of matching produce into dried goods, helping process a harvest in groups rather than one item…
Seasonal crops
Giant Crop Harvest
A giant crop can yield multiple normal-quality items from a single harvest, creating a notable bonus from eligible 3-by-3…
Seasonal crops
Trellis Crop Field Layout
Green Beans, Hops, and Grapes use trellises that block walking. A reachable layout protects harvest access and prevents a crop…
Fishing
Perfect Fishing Catch Practice
A perfect catch can improve the quality of eligible fish and awards more Fishing experience, making controlled minigame play…
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