Best Stardew Valley Crops

17/03/2020

One of Stardew Valleys core mechanics is buying, planting and selling crops. So for the three seasons when you can, its important to make the most profit each harvest Here I will be looking at the two most valuable crops for each season.

Spring

The best crop in the spring are the strawberries which you will have to wait till the 13th to buy the seeds at the egg festival. However once you’ve planted them and they have produced their first harvest they will keep reproducing every 3 days which is very good. They sell for 120 G 150 G or 180 G depending on the quality

The second best crop is the cauliflower because even though they are slow growing ( I would recommend speed gro especially after year 1) they have the opportunity to become giant crops which means you get lot more cauliflower per harvest (to do this you simply have to plant the crops in a 9x9 formation and hope for the best. If you don’t get the giant crop the first time you can simply leave the crops and they could be giant the next day) They sell for 175 G 218 G or 262 G.

Summer

The best crop in the summer are the blueberries. Like the strawberries, they reproduce every 4 days and will always drop 3 blueberries per crop with a 2% chance of spawning more. Unlike strawberries however, you can buy these on the 1st of summer so you will earn more money from these then the strawberries. They sell for 50 G 62 G or 75 G.

The second most valuable crop is the the red cabbage which is a pretty standard crop but it isn’t the most valuable. The starfruit is extremely valuable in fact the second most valuable in the game, however the seeds can only be bought from the desert and cost 400 G each. I recommend buying some starfruit seeds if you can afford them but to start off with get the red cabbage. Sells for 260 G 325 G or 390 G

Autumn

Cranberries are the most valuable crop (yes another berry) and eventhough they cost quite a bit they don’t take long to grow nor reproduce and they always produce at least 2 berries. They sell for 75 G 93 G or 112 G.
For the second best crop, I believe is the pumpkin. This is because, once again , they can turn into giant crops. They take quite a long time to grow. Sells for 320 G 400 G or 480 G

Winter

For the winter there isn’t any. crops for you to grow so recommend going to the mines, doing some fishing, sorting your farm out for next year or whatever you want really. However if you have the greenhouse I would recommend completely filling it up with just ancient fruit as it is the best fruit in the game. However it can be difficult to come by so if not, stock up on blueberries instead.