Jellies and Pickles
| Jellies and Pickles | |
|---|---|
| Type | Artisan Good |
Jellies and Pickles are the two products of the Preserves Jar, an early and cheap artisan machine. Putting a fruit into a jar makes Jelly, while a vegetable, a mushroom or an edible forage item makes Pickles. Both take two to three days and follow the same simple price rule. The jar adds a flat sum on top of double the crop's value, so it lifts cheap produce the most. Per day of machine time, it outearns the Keg for almost every crop. Jelly fills a slot in the Artisan Bundle, and the Raccoon at the Giant Stump asks for both.
Making
The Preserves Jar recipe arrives at Farming level 4, long before the Keg. It needs only Wood, Stone and Coal, so a row of jars costs little to build.
Each jar takes a single item. Any fruit becomes Jelly of that fruit, such as Blueberry Jelly or Starfruit Jelly. Any vegetable becomes Pickles of that vegetable. A number of edible forage items can be pickled too, including Cave Carrots, Dandelions, Ginger, Hazelnuts, Leeks, Snow Yams, Spring Onions, Wild Horseradish and Winter Root. Mushrooms with positive energy work as well, from the Common Mushroom to the Magma Cap.
The finished jar takes on the colour of what went in. Its quality is always normal, because the star rating of the produce makes no difference. Eating Jelly restores twice the energy and health of the plain fruit, while Pickles give one and three quarter times the vegetable's value.
Prices
A jar of Jelly or Pickles sells for twice the base price of its ingredient, plus 50g. The Artisan profession adds two fifths to that.
The flat 50g is what makes the jar so strong for cheap crops. A Salmonberry or a Green Bean gains far more, as a share of its price, than a Pumpkin does. The same rule works against quality produce. An iridium crop already sells for double its base price, so the jar adds only the flat 50g. With the Tiller profession raising raw crop prices, iridium produce can even lose money in a jar.
The Keg is the main rival. Per item, Wine pays three times the fruit's value, so it beats Jelly for any fruit worth more than 50g. Juice pays two and a quarter times the vegetable's value, so it beats Pickles only for vegetables worth more than 200g.
Per day, the picture changes. A jar finishes in two to three days, while Wine needs about a week and Juice about four days. Counting gold per machine per day, the Preserves Jar wins for almost every crop. Hops and Wheat are the main exceptions, since their Keg drinks finish quickly and sell for many times the crop. Farms short on machines therefore lean on jars, while farms short on crops lean on Kegs for valuable fruit.
Uses
Jelly is one of the options for the Artisan Bundle in the Pantry, which rewards a Keg.
The Raccoon at the Giant Stump asks for a Jelly in his second request and for Pickles in his fourth. Both can come up again in his later requests, from the sixth onwards. A Sturgeon pond also asks for Jelly or Pickles at some stages before it grows.
At the Sewing Machine, either jar in the spool makes a Shirt. Jelly works as a red dye and Pickles as a green dye in the pots at 2 Willow Lane.
Gifts
Jelly is a safe gift for almost everyone. Nearly every villager likes it, Jas and Vincent included, and only Sebastian hates it.
Pickles split opinion far more. Harvey loves them. Most other villagers like them, from Abigail and Clint to Robin and Willy. Leo dislikes them, and Jas, Maru, Sam, Sebastian, Shane and Vincent hate them.
All Artisan Goods
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Machine | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged Roe | 
|
Preserves Jar | 4000m (3-4 days) |
| Beer | 
|
Keg | 1750m (≈29h) |
| Cask Productivity | - | - | - |
| Caviar | 
|
Preserves Jar | 6000m (4 days) |
| Cheese | 
|
Cheese Press | 200min (3.3h) |
| Cloth | 
|
Loom | 240m (≈4h) |
| Coffee | 
|
Keg | 120m (2h) |
| Dinosaur Mayonnaise | 
|
Mayonnaise Machine | 3h |
| Dried Fruit | 
|
Dehydrator | 1750m (≈1d) |
| Dried Mushrooms | 
|
Dehydrator | 1750m (≈1d) |
| Duck Mayonnaise | 
|
Mayonnaise Machine | 3h |
| Goat Cheese | 
|
Cheese Press | 200m (≈3h) |
| Green Tea | 
|
Keg | 180m (3h) |
| Honey | 
|
Bee House | 6100m (≈4d) |
| Jellies and Pickles | - | - | - |
| Juice | 
|
Keg | 6000m (≈4d) |
| Keg Productivity | - | - | - |
| Maple Syrup | 
|
Tapper; Heavy Tapper | 9 or 4 days |
| Mayonnaise | 
|
Mayonnaise Machine | 3h |
| Mead | 
|
Keg | 10h |
| Mystic Syrup | 
|
Tapper; Heavy Tapper | 7 or 3 days |
| Oak Resin | 
|
Tapper; Heavy Tapper | 7 or 3 days |
| Oil | 
|
Oil Maker | Varies by ingredient |
| Pale Ale | 
|
Keg | 2250m (37.5h) |
| Pine Tar | 
|
Tapper; Heavy Tapper | 5 or 2 days |
| Preserves Jar Productivity | - | - | - |
| Raisins | 
|
Dehydrator | 1750m (≈29h) |
| Smoked Fish | 
|
Fish Smoker | 50m |
| Truffle Oil | 
|
Oil Maker | 360m (6h) |
| Void Mayonnaise | 
|
Mayonnaise Machine | 3h |
| Wine | 
|
Keg | 10,000m (≈7d) |