By year 2 in Stardew Valley, your farm should have more than enough artisan equipment to increase the quality of your crops. While it's obvious that some fruit/vegetables sell better than others, you can potentially enhance their value by aging them in the farmhouse's cellar. One type of fruit that you'll want to grow and age in bundles is Starfruit. It sells for a hefty price that can be raised depending on the Profession you choose when leveling up the Farming skill.
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How to Get Starfruit Seeds
How to Farm Starfruit
There are three ways to get Starfruit Seeds as of the 1.6 update:
- You can purchase Starfruit Seeds for 400g a pack at the Oasis in Calico Desert. This is the most reliable, albeit expensive, way to get Starfruit Seeds in bulk. You can reach the desert via the bus (500g for a ticket), a Desert Totem, or the Desert Obelisk.
- If the Pelican Town bus hasn't been repaired yet, then you can get Starfruit Seeds from the Traveling Cart. On Fridays and Sundays, the Traveling Cart will set up shop right by the entrance to the Secret Woods in Cindersap Forest. The merchant may be carrying one pack of Starfruit Seeds priced anywhere from 600g to 1000g.
- If you've been donating artifacts and gems to the Museum, you'll occasionally receive rewards from Gunther for your contributions. You can get one pack of Starfruit Seeds after donating 15 items. The quickest way to get artifacts is to dig up Artifact Spots with the hoe and break open geodes you get from the mines.
Starfruit does not continue to produce fruit. Once you pluck it, you'll need to plant another seed.
Starfruit Seeds take 13 Days to grow, but their growth rate can be increased by using fertilizers such as Speed-Gro, Deluxe Speed-Gro, and Hyper Speed-Gro.
- You can get Speed-Gro and Deluxe Speed-Gro from Pierre, or you can make your own Speed-Gro/Deluxe Speed-Gro fertilizer.
- For Hyper Speed-Gro, you'll need its crafting recipe, which you can get from Qi's Walnut Room for 30 Qi Gems.
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Ingredients |
Unlock Requirements |
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Speed-Gro |
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Farming Level 3 |
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Deluxe Speed-Gro |
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Farming Level 8 |
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Hyper Speed-Gro |
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Collect 100 Walnuts to get into Qi's Walnut Room on Ginger Island. Obtain 30 Qi Gems to buy the recipe. |
If you have the Agriculture Profession, the growth rate (with fertilizer) will increase by 10%.
How to Make Starfruit Wine
Once you have some Starfruit, you can either sell it right away or stick it in a keg to turn into Starfruit Wine. To get Starfruit Wine (and any other type of Wine), you'll need to make a Keg. This crafting recipe unlocks at Farming Level 8. You'll need the following materials:
- x1 Copper Bar
- x1 Iron Bar
- x1 Oak Resin
- x30 Wood
Build a Big Shed or a Big Barn and stuff it full of Kegs. Depending on the layout, you can have well-over 60 Kegs in just one building.
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Should You Age Starfruit Wine?
How Long Does Aging Take?
If you fully upgrade your Farmhouse, you can make use of the Cellar. The Cellar is the final upgrade at 100000g and, unlike the kitchen and nursery upgrade, requires no wood/hardwood. When you first start out, your Cellar will only have 33 Casks. To make more, you'll need:
- x1 Hardwood
- x30 Wood
Casks can only be used in the Cellar, so if you want a second Cellar, you'll have to make a Cabin and upgrade it in multiplayer mode.
Place a Starfruit in a Cask to turn it into Starfruit Wine. Regardless of the Starfruit's quality, Wine will age from No Star, to Silver, to Gold, and finally Iridium:
- Silver Quality: 14 Days.
- Gold Quality: 28 Days
- Iridium Quality: 56 Days
This means to get Irididium Quality Starfruit Wine, you will need to let it age for two seasons. If you'd prefer to sell Gold Quality instead, strike the Cask with the pickaxe, axe, or hoe when there is a gold star on the front of the barrel. The same applies if you want Silver Quality, too. You can speed up the process with Fairy Dust (x1 Diamond + x1 Fairy Rose), but this only elevates it one quality level at a time. This means you'll need a total of three Fairy Dust to get No Star to Iridium.
How Much Does Starfruit Wine Sell For?
Should You Sell It Before or After Aging?
Starfruit Wine is the most expensive Wine in-game if you age it all the way to Iridium. Depending on its quality and your Profession, the sell price will. If you're planning on using Starfruit Wine as your main artisan income, then you'll want to get the Artisan Profession. This can only be obtained if you chose the Tiller Profession at Level 5 Farming.
Here are the prices for Starfruit and Starfruit Wine:
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Starfruit |
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Quality |
Regular |
Tiller/Artisan Profession |
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No Star |
750g |
825g |
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Silver |
937g |
1030g |
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Gold |
1125g |
1237g |
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Iridium |
1500g |
1650g |
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Starfruit Wine |
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No Star |
2250g |
3150g |
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Silver |
2812g |
3936g |
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Gold |
3375g |
4725g |
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Iridium |
4500g |
6300g |
Stardew Valley
- Released
- February 26, 2016
