Banana

Banana

Type	Fruit
Grows On	Banana Tree
Season	All on Ginger Island; Summer in Stardew Valley
Sell Price	150g
Energy	75
Health	33

Banana is the tropical fruit of the Banana Tree, and it is worth more than any other fruit a tree can grow. The sapling cannot be bought for gold, so the fruit only becomes available after reaching Ginger Island. Bananas matter most for what they unlock there. One Banana on the shrine near Leo's hut earns Golden Walnuts, and ten Bananas go into the Island Obelisk that warps straight to the island. The fruit also makes Banana Pudding, a dish with three buffs that Abigail loves. Unlike the fruit of the valley's other trees, Bananas get a mixed reaction as a gift.

The in-game description reads: A sweet, starchy tropical fruit.

Growing

Bananas grow on the Banana Tree. The Island Trader on Ginger Island swaps a Banana Sapling for five Dragon Teeth. Cracking open a Golden Coconut sometimes gives a sapling as well. Professor Snail hands one over as the reward for completing the Large Animal fossil collection in the Island Field Office.

The tree takes four weeks to mature, like every fruit tree. Planted on the farm in the valley, it bears fruit only in Summer. Planted on Ginger Island or in the Greenhouse, it bears fruit every day of the year. The island farm is the natural home for a banana orchard.

A mature tree grows one Banana a day. The fruit can wait on the tree for up to three days before picking. Its quality rises by one level for each year the tree has been mature, up to iridium.

A Fish Pond stocked with Blue Discus can also produce the odd Banana once the pond has a few fish. The chance is small, so the tree remains the real supply.

Prices

A raw Banana sells for more than any other tree fruit, a little ahead of the Peach and the Pomegranate. On Ginger Island the tree never stops producing, so even raw sales add up quickly.

Putting a Banana in a Keg makes Banana Wine after about a week, worth three times the fruit. Putting one in a Preserves Jar makes Banana Jelly in two to three days. For a fruit this valuable, wine earns noticeably more per Banana than jelly does. Ageing the wine in a Cask can double its value again.

The Artisan profession adds forty percent to both wine and jelly.

The Dehydrator turns five Bananas into one pack of Dried Fruit by the next day. It is quick, but five bottles of wine are worth far more.

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

The Banana Shrine stands on Ginger Island, beside the staircase that leads up to Leo's hut. Placing a Banana on the shrine lights the torches. A gorilla then appears and gives three Golden Walnuts.

The Wizard can build the Island Obelisk on the farm. It costs a large sum of gold, ten Iridium Bars, ten Dragon Teeth and ten Bananas. A mature tree on the island grows the ten Bananas in about ten days. Once built, the obelisk warps straight to Ginger Island, with no boat trip.

Cooking a Banana with any Milk and Sugar makes Banana Pudding. The Island Trader sells the recipe for thirty Bone Fragments. The pudding raises Mining, Luck and Defense for a few minutes. Abigail loves it as a gift.

At the dye pots in Emily and Haley's house, a Banana counts as a yellow dye.

Cooking Banana with the other ingredients below makes these dishes.

Dish	Image	Ingredients
Banana Pudding		Banana (1), Milk (1), Sugar (1)

Gifts

Demetrius, Elliott, Harvey, Jodi, Kent, Leah, Linus, Pam, Robin, Sandy and Shane like Bananas.

The Dwarf, Krobus and the Wizard all feel neutral about Banana. So do Alex, Emily, Maru, Penny, Sam and Sebastian. The shopkeepers Clint, Gus, Marnie, Pierre and Willy also feel neutral about it. The same goes for Caroline, Evelyn, George and Lewis. Leo feels neutral about it as well.

Abigail, Haley, Jas and Vincent dislike them.

The fruit of the valley's own trees is a safe gift for almost anyone. The Banana falls outside that rule, so each villager reacts to it in their own way. For Abigail, turning the Banana into Banana Pudding changes a disliked gift into a loved one.

Notes

Save the first ten Bananas for the Island Obelisk. It turns every later trip to the island into a single warp.

Bring a spare Banana on the first trip to the east side of the island. The shrine near Leo's hut pays out Golden Walnuts at once.

All Fruit

Every entry in this group, with its key details.

Name	Season	Price
Apple	Fall	100g
Apricot	Spring	50g
Banana	All on Ginger Island; Summer in Stardew Valley	150g
Cherry	Spring	80g
Mango	Summer in Stardew Valley; All on Ginger Island	130g
Orange	Summer	100g
Peach	Summer	140g
Pomegranate	Fall	140g