Cave Carrot
| Cave Carrot | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Forage |
| Location | Foraging |
| Season | All |
| Sell Price | 25g |
| Energy | 30 |
| Health | 13 |
The Cave Carrot is a root vegetable found underground in The Mines. It is one of the first forage items most farmers pick up, because it turns up while digging on the early floors. It sells for very little, and almost every villager dislikes it as a gift. Its value lies elsewhere: it is a handy snack for long mining trips and an ingredient in several mining and combat dishes. It also fills a slot in the Exotic Foraging Bundle and starts a small friendship quest with Marnie.
Location
Every Cave Carrot comes from foraging, and The Mines are the main place to look.
On the upper floors, small patches of dirt dot the cave floor. Breaking them with the Hoe can turn up Clay, artifacts or a Cave Carrot. Crates and barrels in the Mines can also break open to reveal one. The icy floors further down have white crates that sometimes hold a carrot too.
Outside the Mines, a Cave Carrot sometimes appears in a Garbage Can in town. The Traveling Cart may also carry one, though usually at a high price.
The Mines are open in every season, so Cave Carrots can be gathered all year.
Prices
Raw, a Cave Carrot is one of the cheapest items a farmer can sell. Its low price is the reason it works so well as a snack. Eating one costs almost nothing in lost income, yet it restores a fair amount of energy and some health.
A Keg turns a Cave Carrot into juice, and a Preserves Jar turns it into pickles. Both raise its value well above the raw price. For a stack of spare carrots, either machine pays better than the shipping bin.
Uses
Most of the Cave Carrot's uses are in the kitchen, and most of those dishes help in the Mines.
Cooking two Cave Carrots with Sugar and Milk makes Miner's Treat. The recipe unlocks with the Mining skill. The treat raises Mining and Magnetism for a few minutes, which helps a long trip down the ladders.
Cooking a Cave Carrot with a Winter Root makes Roots Platter. The recipe unlocks with the Combat skill. It gives a short boost to Attack.
A Cave Carrot cooked with a Common Mushroom, Kale and Oil gives Stir Fry. The Queen of Sauce teaches this one on television. It restores a large amount of energy and health.
Cooking a Cave Carrot with Bread and an Eggplant makes Survival Burger, a recipe learned through the Foraging skill. It raises Foraging for a short time.
The Exotic Foraging Bundle in the Crafts Room accepts a Cave Carrot as one of its options. Carrots are easy to find, so using one here saves the rarer options for other purposes.
After reaching three hearts with Marnie, she asks the farmer to bring her a Cave Carrot. The quest is called Marnie's Request. Taking her the carrot gives a good boost to friendship with her.
In tailoring, a Cave Carrot in the Sewing Machine with Cloth makes the Green Belted Shirt. It also counts as an orange dye in the dye pots at Emily and Haley's house.
Cooking Cave Carrot with the other ingredients below makes these dishes.
| Dish | Image | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Miner's Treat | 
|
Cave Carrot (2), Sugar (1), Milk (1) |
| Roots Platter | 
|
Cave Carrot (1), Winter Root (1) |
| Stir Fry | 
|
Cave Carrot (1), Common Mushroom (1), Kale (1), Oil (1) |
| Survival Burger | 
|
Bread (1), Cave Carrot (1), Eggplant (1) |
Gifts
The Dwarf likes Cave Carrots, which suits someone who lives in the Mines.
Abigail, Alex, Caroline, Clint, Demetrius, Elliott, Emily, Evelyn, George, Gus, Haley, Harvey, Jas, Jodi, Kent, Krobus, Leah, Leo, Lewis, Linus, Marnie, Maru, Pam, Penny, Pierre, Robin, Sam, Sandy, Sebastian, Shane, Vincent, Willy and the Wizard dislike them.
Marnie herself dislikes the carrot as an ordinary gift. Keep it for her quest instead.
Notes
Keep one or two Cave Carrots in the backpack on early mining trips. They are a cheap emergency meal when energy runs low.
Save at least one carrot for the Exotic Foraging Bundle and one for Marnie's Request before cooking the rest.
All Foraging
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Season | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackberry | 
|
Fall | - |
| Cave Carrot | 
|
All | 25g |
| Chanterelle | 
|
Fall | 160g |
| Coconut | 
|
All | 100g |
| Common Mushroom | 
|
Spring (Secret Woods); Summer (Forest Farm); Fall (Stardew Valley; Secret Woods; Forest Farm); All (Dangerous Mines; Ginger Island mushroom cave) | 40g |
| Coral | 
|
All | 80g |
| Crocus | 
|
Winter | - |
| Crystal Fruit | 
|
Winter | 150g |
| Daffodil | 
|
Spring | 30g |
| Dandelion | 
|
Spring | 40g |
| Fiddlehead Fern | 
|
Summer; All on Ginger Island Jungle, Skull Cavern and Dangerous Mines | - |
| Ginger | 
|
All | 60g |
| Grass | 
|
Spring; Summer; Fall | - |
| Hazelnut | 
|
Fall | 90g |
| Holly | 
|
Winter | 80g |
| Leek | 
|
Spring | 60g |
| Magma Cap | 
|
- | 400g |
| Morel | 
|
Spring | 150g |
| Nautilus Shell | 
|
All (Beach Farm; Dangerous Mines); Winter (The Beach) | 120g |
| Purple Mushroom | 
|
All | 250g |
| Rainbow Shell | 
|
All (Beach Farm; Dangerous Mines); Summer (The Beach) | 300g |
| Red Mushroom | 
|
Summer (Secret Woods); Fall (Secret Woods; Forest Farm); All (other) | 75g |
| Salmonberry | 
|
15-18 Spring (bushes); All (the Farm Cave) | - |
| Sap | 
|
- | 2g |
| Sea Urchin | 
|
All | 160g |
| Seaweed | 
|
All | 20g |
| Snow Yam | 
|
Winter | 100g |
| Spice Berry | 
|
Summer; All (The Farm Cave) | 80g |
| Spring Onion | 
|
Spring | - |
| Sweet Pea | 
|
Summer | - |
| Truffle | 
|
Spring; Summer; Fall | 625g |
| Weeds | 
|
Spring; Summer; Fall | - |
| Wild Horseradish | 
|
Spring | 50g |
| Wild Plum | 
|
Fall | 80g |
| Winter Root | 
|
Winter | 70g |