Carrot
| Carrot | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Crop |
| Season | Spring |
| Seed | Carrot Seeds |
| Growth Time | 3 days |
| Sell Price | 35g |
Carrot is a quick Spring vegetable and the fastest crop of the season. It is ready to harvest only three days after planting, so a single plot can be harvested again and again through Spring. Carrot Seeds come from Seed Spots, Mrs. Raccoon's trades, fishing treasure and the Seed Maker. Carrots restore a lot of energy for such a cheap crop, and feeding one to the Horse makes it run faster for the day. Most villagers like them as a gift.
The in-game description reads: A fast-growing, colorful tuber that makes for a great snack.
Growing
Carrot grows through three one-day stages and gives a single harvest. Replanting right after each harvest fits nine harvests into one Spring.
That pace needs a steady supply of seeds. The usual way to get the first packets is to dig up Seed Spots with a Hoe. These are small patches of wriggling green worms that show up in late Winter and Spring. Mrs. Raccoon trades a Carrot Seed for a single Maple Seed once her shop opens in the Raccoon story. Golden Fishing Treasure Chests, the Prize Machine in Mayor Lewis's house, Mystery Boxes and crates in the mines can also hold them.
Once a few Carrots are harvested, a Seed Maker turns each one into one to three seeds. A small Seed Maker loop keeps a Carrot plot going all season with no seed costs.
Speed-Gro and the Agriculturist profession shorten the cycle even more. Deluxe Fertilizer is the only way to reach iridium quality. Iridium Carrots restore much more energy and health than normal ones.
Prices
A single Carrot sells for very little. The crop makes its money through volume, since nine harvests from one plot add up quickly. With seeds from a Seed Maker loop, nearly all of that is profit. On paper, that makes Carrot one of the best Spring crops for profit per day.
The catch is the seed supply. Until a Seed Maker loop is running, Carrot is a bonus crop rather than a full plan.
As a vegetable, Carrot becomes Juice in a Keg or Pickles in a Preserves Jar. For a crop this cheap, Pickles are far better. They are worth more than three times the raw Carrot, while the juice only doubles it. The jar also finishes sooner. The Artisan profession adds forty percent to both, and the Tiller profession adds ten percent to the raw crop.
Sell prices by quality, with the bonus from each profession.
| Quality | Price | Tiller (+10%) |
|---|---|---|
| Normal | 35g | 38g |
 Silver
|
43g | 47g |
 Gold
|
52g | 57g |
 Iridium
|
70g | 77g |
Uses
Feeding a Carrot to the Horse gives it a speed boost for the rest of the day. It is a cheap way to cross the valley faster on a busy day.
Carrots are filling food. A normal Carrot restores more energy than many crops that sell for several times its price. Gold and iridium Carrots make good snacks for the mines.
With the Remixed Bundles, Carrot may be one of the options for the Spring Crops Bundle in the Pantry.
In tailoring, Carrot in the Sewing Machine with Cloth makes a dyeable Shirt And Belt. It also gives an orange colour in the Sewing Machine and fits the orange dye pot in Emily and Haley's house.
Gifts
Carrot is a liked gift for most of the valley. Leo likes Carrot. Caroline, Demetrius, Evelyn, George, Jodi, Kent, Lewis, Linus and Pam like it too. The Dwarf, Krobus, Sandy and the Wizard share that view, and so do the shopkeepers Clint, Gus, Marnie, Pierre, Robin and Willy. Alex, Elliott, Emily, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Penny, Sebastian and Shane like it as well.
Abigail, Haley, Jas, Sam and Vincent dislike it.
A Carrot is one of the cheapest liked gifts in the game. It earns the same friendship as a costly liked gift, so it saves the more valuable crops for selling.
Notes
Dig up every Seed Spot found in late Winter and early Spring. A few packets planted on the first of Spring become the start of a Seed Maker loop.
Keep a handful of Carrots in the backpack on days with long trips across the valley. One fed to the Horse in the morning speeds up the whole day.
All Crops
Every crop, with its season, growth time and normal-quality sell price.
| Crop | Image | 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 |