Amaranth

Amaranth

Type	Crop
Season	Fall
Seed	Amaranth Seeds
Growth Time	7 days
Sell Price	150g

Amaranth is a purple grain that grows on the farm during Fall. It is a steady mid-season earner rather than a top money crop, but it fills several useful roles. Marnie asks for one early in the season, and her request pays well for a single plant. Amaranth also goes into Salmon Dinner, a dish many villagers enjoy. It works as a purple dye for tailoring and as an option in the remixed Dye Bundle. Most of the valley likes it as a gift, which makes it a handy everyday present in Fall.

The in-game description reads: A purple grain cultivated by an ancient civilization.

Growing

Amaranth grows through four stages before it is ready to harvest. Each plant gives a single harvest, so the seed has to be planted again after every cut. The crop is cut with the Scythe rather than picked by hand.

A full Fall season fits three plantings back to back without any help. Speed-Gro and the Agriculturist profession both shorten the growing time. That faster cycle can squeeze in an extra harvest before winter arrives. Planting on the first day of Fall gives the most room for repeat crops.

Pierre's General Store sells the seeds during Fall. JojaMart also stocks them, but at a higher price.

Deluxe Fertilizer lets Amaranth reach iridium quality. Higher quality raises both the sell price and the energy and health it restores when eaten. Amaranth can also be grown in the Greenhouse, where it ignores the seasons entirely.

Prices

Amaranth earns a modest profit for each seed planted. Each harvest returns roughly double the seed cost, which places it among the weaker money crops of Fall. Its real value comes from processing.

As a vegetable, Amaranth can go into a Keg to become Juice or into a Preserves Jar to become Pickles. Pickles sell for twice the base price plus 50g, which edges out Juice for this crop. The Preserves Jar is also much faster, so it is usually the better choice for Amaranth. Neither machine cares about the quality of the crop put in, so low-quality Amaranth is the best candidate for processing.

The Tiller profession adds ten percent to the raw crop's sale price. The Artisan profession adds forty percent to Juice and Pickles instead. With Artisan, Amaranth Pickles come close to 500g each, more than three times the raw crop.

Sell prices by quality, with the bonus from each profession.

Quality	Price	Tiller (+10%)
Normal	150g	165g
Silver	187g	205g
Gold	225g	247g
Iridium	300g	330g

Uses

Marnie sends a letter on the third of Fall asking for one Amaranth. The quest is called "Cow's Delight". Delivering one earns 500g and a full heart of friendship with Marnie. That is far more than the crop itself sells for, so it is worth planting at least one seed on the first day of Fall.

Cooking Amaranth with Salmon and Kale makes Salmon Dinner. Gus mails the recipe once he reaches three hearts of friendship. The dish restores a large amount of energy and sells for a good price.

When the remixed Community Center bundles are in play, Amaranth is one of the options for the Dye Bundle on the Bulletin Board.

In tailoring, Amaranth placed in the Sewing Machine with Cloth makes a dyeable Crop Top Shirt. Used on a dyeable clothing item, it gives a pale violet red colour. It also fits the purple dye pot in Emily and Haley's house.

Cooking

Cooking Amaranth with the other ingredients below makes these dishes.

Dish	Image	Ingredients
Salmon Dinner		Salmon (1), Amaranth (1), Kale (1)

Gifts

Amaranth is a liked gift for most of the valley. Alex, Clint, Demetrius, the Dwarf, Emily, Evelyn, George, Gus, Harvey, Jodi, Kent, Krobus, Leah, Leo, Lewis, Linus, Marnie, Maru, Pam, Penny, Pierre, Robin, Sandy, Sebastian, Shane, Willy and the Wizard all like it.

Abigail, Caroline, Haley, Jas, Sam and Vincent dislike it. Elliott hates it, so he is the one villager to avoid.

Because so many villagers like it, a stack of Amaranth works as a cheap and reliable gift during Fall.

Notes

Keep a few Amaranth in storage after Fall ends. Salmon Dinner needs one, and the Greenhouse can supply more later. Saving one also covers the Dye Bundle if the Remixed Bundles appear.

All Crops

Every crop, with its season, growth time and normal-quality sell price.

Crop	Season	Growth	Price
Blue Jazz	Spring	7 days	50g
Carrot	Spring	3 days	35g
Cauliflower	Spring	12 days	175g
Garlic	Spring	4 days	60g
Green Bean	Spring	10 days	40g
Kale	Spring	6 days	110g
Parsnip	Spring	4 days	35g
Potato	Spring	6 days	80g
Rhubarb	Spring	13 days	220g
Strawberry	Spring	8 days	120g
Tulip	Spring	6 days	30g
Unmilled Rice	Spring	-	-
Ancient Fruit	Spring, Summer, Fall	28 days	550g
Tea Leaves	Spring, Summer, Fall	20 days	-
Blueberry	Summer	13 days	50g
Hops	Summer	11 days	25g
Hot Pepper	Summer	5 days	40g
Melon	Summer	12 days	250g
Poppy	Summer	7 days	140g
Radish	Summer	6 days	90g
Red Cabbage	Summer	9 days	260g
Starfruit	Summer	13 days	750g
Summer Spangle	Summer	8 days	90g
Summer Squash	Summer	6 days	-
Tomato	Summer	11 days	60g
Corn	Summer, Fall	14 days	50g
Sunflower	Summer, Fall	8 days	80g
Wheat	Summer, Fall	4 days	25g
Amaranth	Fall	7 days	150g
Artichoke	Fall	8 days	160g
Beet	Fall	6 days	100g
Bok Choy	Fall	4 days	80g
Cranberries	Fall	7 days	-
Eggplant	Fall	5 days	60g
Fairy Rose	Fall	12 days	-
Pumpkin	Fall	13 days	320g
Sweet Gem Berry	Fall	24 days	-
Yam	Fall	10 days	160g
Powdermelon	Winter	-	60g
Broccoli	-	-	-
Cactus Fruit	-	-	75g
Grape	-	-	80g
Pineapple	-	-	-
Qi Fruit	-	-	-
Taro Root	-	10 days	100g