Summary
As Farmers progress through building their homestead and village relationships inStardew Valley, they gain increasing opportunities to craft different kinds of goods. Whether giving them to NPCs, selling them for profit, or using them to build other things, it’s impossible to deny that some are more useful than others.
Sometimes highlighted by veteran players as being themost profitable routethrough the game (some say too easily profitable), a Farmer focusing on Artisan Goods can quickly build their farm into a gold-producing machine. However, if they put their efforts into the ones ranked below, they may be better off turning their focus elsewhere.
There are no spoilers for the 1.6 update in this article.
100g
Artisan Skill
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Kicking things off at the low, low selling price of 100g,Oilis an Artisan Good that players are better off keeping in their fridge to make energy-increasing food items than selling it for cash. Thenecessary Oil Makerbecomes available at Farming Level 8, which means most Farmers have long become used to giving their money to Pierre for the ingredient.
If players do choose to craft basic Oil for themselves, they’ll need to put Corn, Sunflower Seeds, or Sunflower into the Oil Maker and wait (varying times, from one in-game hour to overnight) to collect the goods.
150g
Tapper Skill
187g
Although classed as an Artisan Good in-game,Oak Resin(and its other syrupy cousins) doesn’t benefit from the buffs given by the Artisan profession. Instead, it receives its buffs from the Tapper profession… which does, admittedly, make it worth 25% more than its base price of 150g.
Still, does that really make it worth selling when it takes 7-8 days to retrieve it from a tapped tree? With Oak Resin being a major ingredient in crafting Deluxe Speed-Gro fertilizer and the all artisan-essential Keg, it’s best to leave this out of the Shipping Bin and hang onto it for more gold down the line.
140g
With stackable Max Energy and Speed buffs,Green Teacan be a useful food for players who want to zip around on theirStardew Valleyquests with some pep in their step. However, the process of being able tobrew it for themselvesis very time-intensive.
The easiest way to acquire the recipe for a Sapling and subsequently be able to brew its leaves is to befriend Caroline… leaving the Farmer with a product which sells for 100g and is only a Loved Gift for two villagers (Caroline and Lewis).
125g
Like Oak Resin,Pine Tarhas a low selling price (100g base, 125g with the Tapper profession), which makes it more valuable to keep for crafting rather than sell in the shipping bin. Lewis won’t have to lug the heavy bottles back to town on his collection runs, at least.
Used for crafting the Loom (which allows players to spin Wool into Cloth), Speed-Gro fertilizer, and the Rain Totem, veteran players often stock up as early as possible in-game. For those ambitious to marry as soon as possible, the Rain Totem is the only way to purchase a Mermaid’s Pendant in Winter… giving this good a potentially romantic twist.
2 x base Fruit price + 50g
Once players get access to thePreserves Jar(fairly early on at Farming Level 4), they gain the ability to start pumping out all manner of jellies and jams. However, using these to maximize profit and Gifting potential is notoriously tricky.
Jelly can be made from any Fruit, and there’s a set formula to determine its sell price (2 x base Fruit price + 50g), but without an encyclopedic knowledge ofthose base prices, Farmers often have to wait the 2-3 day processing time to find out how much cash they’ve made.
2 x base Roe price
1.4 x Aged Roe price
One of the things that makesStardew Valleyso fun for many veteran players is the sheer variety of goods it’s possible to create on their little mountain homestead. While some may enjoyAged Roefor this, others may find the means of getting it too troublesome.
The labor-intensive process (which includes providing the materials and paying for a Fish Pond to be built, filling that pond with Fish, bringing them tributes, and then aging the collected Roe) is complicated by the fact each Fish gives a different variety of Roe. These up their value once placed in the Preserves jar, but prices vary. For sheer consistency of profit, money-minded players would be better off raising Sturgeon to give them expensive Caviar (500-700g) to sell on.
470g
658g
Rancher Skill
564g
Clothis a tricky one when analyzing the various pros and cons of Artisan Goods. On one hand, it has a higher selling point than many others once players have it (470g), but on the other, getting it takes a lot of time, labor, and farm upgrades.
While some players really value Cloth because they enjoy the opportunity tocraft custom outfitsfor their Farmer (with the help of Emily’s sewing machine), others find the mechanism can clog up storage space and become annoyed that the clothes themselves can’t be sold. As a Gift, it’s also Hated by more characters (Jas, Sebastian, Vincent) than it is loved (Emily).
2 x base Vegetable price + 50g
Much like Jelly, the profit involved in producing pickles depends on the basic Vegetable used to create the jar of preserves. Ginger can also be used, which makes things a bit more interesting but doesn’t offer a particularly profitable option despite literally spicing up the result.
Pickles are also aworse Gifting optionthan their sweet cousin. Although nobody loves Jelly, it’s a Liked Gift for almost every character in the game. Compare that to the many characters who dislike or even hate Pickles, and players will have to weigh up if it being one of Harvey’s number one Gifts is worth the hassle.
275g
385g
330g
Taking the number one spot as a polarizing Artisan Good isVoid Mayonnaise, a dark, red-flecked condiment made by processing an egg from a Void Chicken. While the jarred substance has a wider variety of uses than some other Artisan Goods (being needed to complete a quest and involved in a recipe rather than simply focused on profit), it’s also one of the most Hated Gifts in the game.
All NPCs - even witchy Abigail, the Wizard, and goth-lite Sebastian - hate the stuff with a passion and will react with disgust when presented with it by a hopeful Farmer. The one bright spot is that Void Mayonnaise is one ofKrobus’s Loved Gifts… although an unprocessed Void Egg can achieve the same results for much less effort.
