Stardew Valley Crop Profit Calculator
Rank every Stardew Valley crop by total profit and profit per day for any season and planting day, with fertilizer, farming level, Tiller, Agriculturist and keg or jar options.
How the Stardew Valley Crop Profit Calculator works
Ranks every Stardew Valley crop you can plant in a season by total profit and profit per day for one tile, from the day you plant to the end of the season. It uses the game's own growth, quality and price rules for version 1.6.15, including fertilizer, Speed-Gro, farming level, Tiller, Agriculturist and Artisan, and can value harvests as keg or preserves jar products.
- Pick the season and your planting day (1 to 28).
- Set your farming level, profession, fertilizer and where you buy seeds. The fertilizer cost fills in with Pierre's price; change it if you crafted yours.
- Choose whether to sell crops raw or turn them into keg or preserves jar goods, and set Year 1 or Year 2+ (some seeds are only sold from Year 2).
- Read the ranked table, and switch Rank by between Total profit and Profit per day. Notes under each crop explain anything special.
How profit is worked out
For one tile: profit = expected sales − seed cost − fertilizer cost. Crops that regrow are planted once and harvested every few days until the season ends; single-harvest crops are replanted on harvest day, buying a new seed each time. Fertilizer is paid for once because it stays in the soil for the season. Profit per day divides the profit by the days left from your planting day, or the longer window for multi-season crops such as Corn.
Each harvest's value counts quality: gold chance = 0.2 × (level ÷ 10) + 0.2 × fertilizer × ((level + 2) ÷ 12) + 0.01, silver is twice that (at most 75%), and Deluxe Fertilizer adds iridium at half the gold chance. Only the first item of a harvest can be higher quality; extra Blueberries, Cranberries or Potatoes are normal quality. Quality prices are 1.25×, 1.5× and 2× (rounded down), and Tiller adds 10% to vegetables, flowers and farmed fruit.
Speed-Gro and Agriculturist
Speed-Gro (10%), Deluxe Speed-Gro (25%), Hyper Speed-Gro (33%) and Agriculturist (10%) add together. Rice and Taro next to water get another 25%. The game takes the total growth time, multiplies by that speed and rounds up, then removes that many days one growth stage at a time. Because of the game's rounding, a 10-day crop like Green Bean loses 2 days with Speed-Gro, not 1. Our results match the Stardew Valley Wiki's crop growth calendars in 311 of 315 cases; the other 4 are entries where the wiki disagrees with itself. Speed-Gro doesn't shorten regrowth.
Keg and preserves jar
Kegs turn fruit into Wine (3× the crop's base price) and vegetables into Juice (2.25×). Hops make Pale Ale (300g), Wheat makes Beer (200g) and five Coffee Beans make one Coffee (150g). Preserves jars make Jelly or Pickles (2× base + 50g). Artisan adds 40%, except on Coffee. Crop quality doesn't change these goods. The tool assumes a free machine for every harvest and doesn't count processing time. Flowers, Sweet Gem Berry, and Unmilled Rice in a keg or Wheat, Hops and Coffee in a jar aren't modelled, so those are shown sold raw.
What's not included
Giant crops (Cauliflower, Melon, Pumpkin, Powdermelon), daily luck bonuses to extra crops, Sunflower seeds and Hay from harvests, sprinklers, and selling crops into a Seed Maker. Greenhouse, Ginger Island and Garden Pot growing are out of scope, so Cactus Fruit and Tea Leaves aren't listed. Data: Stardew Valley Wiki (stardewvalleywiki.com) for version 1.6.15. Not affiliated with or endorsed by ConcernedApe.
Frequently asked questions
What is the most profitable crop in Stardew Valley?
It depends on the season, your day and your setup, which is why the tool ranks them. With the default settings (level 0, no fertilizer, raw crops, planting on day 1), Starfruit tops Summer at about 715g profit per tile, Sweet Gem Berry tops Fall if you can buy a Rare Seed, and in Year 1 Spring, Rhubarb leads until Strawberry seeds go on sale at the Egg Festival. With a keg and the Artisan profession, Cranberry wine leads Fall.
What is the best crop to plant in Spring Year 1?
Planting on Spring 1 with no upgrades, Rhubarb (from the Oasis) makes the most per tile, then Potato and Cauliflower. Strawberries beat all of them, but their seeds are only sold at the Egg Festival on Spring 13, so the tool hides them earlier than that in Year 1.
Does Speed-Gro make more money than Quality Fertilizer?
Often, for crops where saving a few days fits in another harvest. Blueberries planted on Summer 1 get 4 harvests normally and 5 with Speed-Gro (first harvest on day 12 instead of 14). Quality fertilizer only improves the first berry of each harvest. Set both in the tool to compare them for your crop and day.
How does the Tiller profession work?
Tiller makes vegetables, flowers and fruit you farm sell for 10% more, rounded down after the quality bonus. It doesn't apply to Coffee Beans, Sweet Gem Berries or artisan goods. Agriculturist and Artisan are the two level 10 professions that follow Tiller, so choosing either here includes Tiller's bonus too.
How is profit per day calculated?
Profit divided by the days from your planting day to the end of the season. Multi-season crops (Corn, Wheat, Sunflower, Coffee, Ancient Fruit) count the extra seasons they can keep growing, unless you untick that option.
Which version of Stardew Valley does this match?
Version 1.6.15, using growth stages, seed prices, sell prices, yields and formulas from the Stardew Valley Wiki. It includes the 1.6 crops: Carrot, Summer Squash, Broccoli and Powdermelon, whose seeds aren't sold in shops. Tick the option to include crops you can't buy seeds for.
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