Crocus
| Crocus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Forage |
| Location | Foraging; Winter Seeds |
| Season | Winter |
| Sell Price | 60g |
| Energy | 0 |
| Health | 0 |
The Crocus is a small purple flower that blooms through the snow in Winter. It is one of the few things that grows in the valley during the coldest season. It sells for a modest price, and its value lies mostly in its other uses. It fills the Winter Foraging Bundle, goes into Wild Seeds (Wi) and makes a good gift. Sandy loves it, and nearly every other villager likes it, which makes the Crocus one of the best cheap gifts of Winter.
The in-game description reads: A flower that can bloom in the winter.
Location
Crocuses spawn as Winter forage around the valley. Pelican Town, the Railroad, the Bus Stop, the Mountain, Cindersap Forest and the Backwoods can all produce them. Like other forage, they appear at random spots each day, so a daily walk through these areas turns up a few.
They can also be grown from Winter Seeds. Crafting Wild Seeds (Wi) unlocks at Foraging level 7. It takes one Crocus, one Crystal Fruit, one Snow Yam and one Winter Root, and it makes a pack of ten seeds. Each plant grows one of those four Winter forage items at random. Winter Seeds are one of the few crops that grow outdoors in Winter, so they give the farm some work in the cold months.
Prices
A Crocus sells for a modest amount, and the price rises with quality. A farmer with the Botanist profession picks every wild Crocus at the highest quality.
The game treats the Crocus as forage rather than a crop flower. A Bee House near a Crocus therefore makes plain Wild Honey.
Sell prices by quality, with the bonus from each profession.
| Quality | Price | Tiller (+10%) |
|---|---|---|
| Normal | 60g | 66g |
 Silver
|
75g | 82g |
 Gold
|
90g | 99g |
 Iridium
|
120g | 132g |
Uses
Placing a Crocus in the Winter Foraging Bundle helps to finish the Crafts Room in the Community Center. Crystal Fruit, Snow Yam and Winter Root share that bundle. Save one early in Winter, since the flower will not return until the next year.
Crocuses also go into Wild Seeds (Wi), as described above.
The Help Wanted board outside Pierre's General Store sometimes asks for a Crocus in Winter.
In tailoring, a Crocus in the Sewing Machine makes a shirt. It also counts as a purple dye in the dye pots at Emily and Haley's house.
The Community Center asks for Crocus in these bundles.
| Bundle | Room | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Winter Foraging Bundle | Crafts Room | 1 |
Gifts
Sandy loves the Crocus.
Among those who like Crocus are the Dwarf, Krobus and the Wizard. The older villagers Caroline, Demetrius, Evelyn, Jodi, Kent, Lewis, Linus and Pam like it too, and so do the bachelors and bachelorettes Abigail, Alex, Elliott, Emily, Haley, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Penny, Sam and Shane. Jas, Leo and Vincent like it as well, as do Gus, Marnie, Pierre, Robin and Willy.
Clint, George and Sebastian dislike it, as they dislike most flowers.
Few loved gifts are easy to find in Winter. A Crocus picked on the way to the bus gives Sandy a big friendship boost, and it pleases most of the town as well.
These villagers love receiving Crocus as a gift.
| Villager | Image |
|---|---|
| Sandy | 
|
Never put a Crocus in the soup at the Luau. The Governor dislikes it, and the whole town loses some friendship with the farmer.
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 |