Farming in Stardew Valley is an important piece of a playthrough and can help players earn tremendous amounts of gold. Working out which crops to plant each season and how to improve their quality, however, can be a frustrating enterprise. Especially for those who are just getting acquainted with Stardew Valley.
There are four levels of quality when it comes to crops and getting each crop to reach its best potential is the ultimate challenge for a farmer in Stardew Valley. For those players looking to better understand how crop quality works, this guide is here to help.
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As with most items that can be harvested or fish that can be caught in Stardew Valley, there are four levels of quality: regular, silver, gold, and iridium. When players begin their farm, almost every crop they harvest will be of regular quality with a few exceptions at silver and even fewer at gold. This crop quality is determined when the crop is harvested rather than when it is planted and the game checks from iridium to gold to silver. Iridium, however, is only an option when a player uses Deluxe Fertilizer.
The higher quality the crop, the higher its value in Stardew Valley as well as the more health and energy it can replenish. For example, a basic quality Parsnip sells for 35 gold and restores 25 energy and 11 health while an iridium quality sells for 70 gold and restores 65 energy and 29 health.
Mastering farming in Stardew Valley has an underlying formula. In order to improve the quality of crops, players need to understand what improves their chances the most. In order to ensure that the crops they are planting have a better chance of being higher quality, players need to invest in fertilizers and improve
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