Ginger
| Ginger | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Forage |
| Location | Foraging on Ginger Island; Tiger Slime (9%) |
| Season | All |
| Sell Price | 60g |
Ginger is a spicy root that grows wild on Ginger Island. It looks a little like a Spring Onion, a small green sprout that is easy to miss. Unlike most forage, it has to be dug up with a Hoe. Ginger goes into Ginger Ale, the Warp Totem: Island and the Forager's Hat. It also has a hidden use: eating it cures the Nauseated debuff, which otherwise stops the farmer from eating or drinking anything.
The in-game description reads: This sharp, spicy root is said to increase vitality.
Location
Ginger grows wild in several spots on Ginger Island. The plants look like small green fronds poking out of the ground, so they are easy to walk past.
Ginger cannot be picked by hand. Use the Hoe on the plant to dig the root out. An axe or a pickaxe destroys the plant instead, so switch tools before swinging.
Tiger Slimes also drop Ginger. These slimes live only on Ginger Island, and each one has a small chance to drop a root when defeated.
Prices
Raw Ginger sells for a modest price. A Keg turns it into juice, and a Preserves Jar turns it into pickles. Pickled Ginger is worth slightly more than the juice, and both are worth well over twice the raw root.
For most farmers, Ginger is worth more as an ingredient than as income. The amounts found each day are small, and its recipes save time on the island.
Uses
Cooking three Ginger with Sugar makes Ginger Ale. The Dwarf's shop inside the Volcano Dungeon sells the recipe. Ginger Ale gives a small boost to Luck for a few minutes. Crafting five Hardwood, a Dragon Tooth and one Ginger makes a Warp Totem: Island. The recipe is also sold by the Dwarf in the Volcano Dungeon. Each totem sends the farmer straight to Ginger Island, skipping the boat ride.
In tailoring, Ginger in the Sewing Machine makes the Forager's Hat. At the dye pots in Emily and Haley's house, Ginger counts as a yellow dye.
The Island Ingredients special order can ask the farmer to gather a hundred Ginger. That is far more than a single visit yields, so the order takes several island trips.
Cooking Ginger with the other ingredients below makes these dishes.
| Dish | Image | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Ginger Ale | 
|
Ginger (3), Sugar (1) |
Crafting Ginger with the other materials below makes these items.
| Item | Image | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Warp Totem: Island | 
|
Hardwood (5), Dragon Tooth (1), Ginger (1) |
Gifts
Harvey, Leah and Linus like Ginger.
Ginger is a poor gift for Jas, Leo and Vincent. The older villagers Caroline and Jodi dislike it as well. So do Elliott, Haley, Sam, Sebastian and Shane. Pierre and Willy also dislike it. The same goes for the Dwarf, Krobus and the Wizard.
Ginger is a modest gift at best. Harvey, Leah and Linus like most forage, so cheaper items from the mainland please them just as well.
Notes
A hit from a Putrid Ghost inflicts the Nauseated debuff. While it lasts, the farmer cannot eat or drink anything, not even a healing item. Eating Ginger or drinking Ginger Ale removes it at once. The game never states this directly. Birdie, the pirate's widow who lives on Ginger Island, hints at it. Carrying a root or two on long monster hunts is cheap insurance.
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 |