Hops

Hops

Type	Crop
Season	Summer
Seed	Hops Starter
Growth Time	11 days
Sell Price	25g

Hops is a Summer trellis crop grown almost entirely for Pale Ale. A single cone sells for very little, but the vine gives a fresh one every day once it matures. In a Keg, each cone becomes a bottle of Pale Ale worth many times the raw crop. That makes Hops one of the strongest Keg crops in the game, as long as there are enough Kegs to keep up. Hops also gives a lot of Farming experience over a season. Leo and Penny hate it as a gift.

The in-game description reads: A bitter, tangy flower used to flavor beer.

Growing

Hops grows through five stages before its first harvest. After that, the vine regrows overnight and can be picked every single day for the rest of Summer.

A Hops Starter planted on the first of Summer is ready in under two weeks. From then on, it gives a cone every day until Fall, for well over a dozen harvests from one starter.

Hops grows on a trellis and blocks movement at every stage. A Hops field needs walking lanes between the rows. Dead vines can be walked through after the season ends.

Pierre's General Store sells Hops Starters in Summer. JojaMart sells them at a higher price. A Seed Maker turns harvested Hops back into starters.

Speed-Gro and the Agriculturist profession only shorten the first growth, but that still adds extra daily harvests. Deluxe Fertilizer allows iridium Hops.

The daily harvests make Hops one of the best crops for Farming experience in a single season. Only mature Ancient Fruit gives more.

Hops keeps producing all year in the Greenhouse and on Ginger Island.

Prices

Sold raw, Hops is one of the cheapest crops in the game. A season of daily cones barely earns more than a mid-tier Summer crop. Its real value is Pale Ale.

A Keg turns one Hop into Pale Ale in about a day and a half. Each bottle is worth twelve times the raw cone. The Artisan profession adds another forty percent. Pale Ale can also age in Casks for even higher quality and price.

The catch is Keg capacity. Each vine gives a cone every day, but a Keg needs more than a day per bottle. A Hops field therefore needs more Kegs than vines to keep pace. Starfruit and Hops both outearn Blueberries per tile in Summer, but only with a large Keg setup.

A Preserves Jar makes Pickled Hops, worth far less than Pale Ale. The Seed Maker is another quick option. A Hops Starter sells for more than a raw cone and takes only minutes to make, and the Seed Maker can sometimes give Ancient Seeds as well.

Sell prices by quality, with the bonus from each profession.

Quality	Price	Tiller (+10%)
Normal	25g	27g
Silver	31g	34g
Gold	37g	40g
Iridium	50g	55g

Uses

With the Remixed Bundles, five Hops are one of the options for the Wild Medicine Bundle in the Crafts Room.

In tailoring, Hops in the Sewing Machine with Cloth makes a dyeable Shirt And Belt. In the Sewing Machine, Hops give a green colour, and they fit the green dye pot in Emily and Haley's house.

Gifts

Leo and Penny hate Hops. Never give it to either of them.

Every other villager is neutral toward it. Abigail, Haley, Jas, Sam and Vincent dislike most vegetables, but they are neutral toward Hops too.

Notes

Build Kegs before planting a big Hops field. Without enough Kegs, cones pile up in chests and lose most of their value.

Stockpiled Hops keep well. A chest of Summer cones can feed Kegs through Fall and Winter, so a large crop still earns gold months later.

All Crops

Every crop, with its season, growth time and normal-quality sell price.

Crop	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