Joja Cola
| Joja Cola | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Resource |
| Location | Fishing Pole; JojaMart; Vending Machine; Soda Machine; Cat; Garbage Cans |
| Sell Price | 25g |
| Energy | 13 |
| Health | 5 |
Joja Cola is the fizzy flagship drink of the Joja corporation, and in the valley it mostly turns up as litter in the water. Fishing lines pull empty-looking cans out of rivers and ponds, JojaMart sells fresh ones, and the vending machine in The Stardrop Saloon dispenses them too. It is the odd one out among junk: it cannot be recycled, yet it can be drunk for a tiny burst of speed. Sam, who works a part-time job at JojaMart, actually likes the stuff. For almost everyone else in town, a can of cola is an insulting gift.
The in-game description reads: The flagship product of Joja corporation.
Location
Fishing brings in most cans. A rod can hook Joja Cola in any season and in any body of water. The Farm pond on the Standard Farm map gives nothing but trash, so it is the easiest place to fish for a can on purpose.
Garbage Cans in Pelican Town can hold a can. A cat at full friendship sometimes leaves a can after its first petting of the day.
Buying it is simple. JojaMart stocks Joja Cola, and the machine in The Stardrop Saloon sells it at the same price.
Choosing the Joja route has its own reward. Buying every improvement through the Joja Community Development Form ends with a scene where Morris and his staff present a Soda Machine. That machine gives one free Joja Cola every day. The Community Center route never offers it.
Uses
Joja Cola has few practical uses, and the Recycling Machine refuses it. Drinking one restores a little energy and gives a short speed boost, but cheap food does the job better.
At the Sewing Machine, a can of cola in the spool with Cloth makes a shirt. It gives a blue colour on dyeable clothing and also works in the blue dye pot at Emily and Haley's house.
That blue colour gives the can a surprising late-game job. Mr. Qi's "Qi's Prismatic Grange" Special Order in the Walnut Room asks for a hundred items of each colour, blue included. Joja Cola is one of the cheapest blue items to buy in bulk, since the Saloon machine and JojaMart both sell it. A full stack bought ahead of time covers the blue share of the order in one trip.
Notes
Sam is the only villager who likes Joja Cola, so spare cans make a free gift for him. He can often be found standing beside the cola machine in the Saloon. Pam feels neutral about it. Every other villager hates it.
Shane's 14-heart event plays on the drink. Marnie spots empty cans around him and fears he has gone back to alcohol, but he explains they are only Joja Cola. He is calming his cravings with video games instead.
All Resources
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Bat Wing | 
|
15g |
| Battery Pack | 
|
500g |
| Bone Fragment | 
|
12g |
| Broken CD | 
|
0g |
| Broken Glasses | 
|
0g |
| Bug Meat | 
|
8g |
| Cave Jelly | 
|
180g |
| Cinder Shard | 
|
50g |
| Clay | 
|
20g |
| Coal | 
|
15g |
| Copper Bar | 
|
- |
| Copper Ore | 
|
5g |
| Driftwood | 
|
0g |
| Fiber | 
|
1g |
| Gold Bar | 
|
- |
| Gold Ore | 
|
25g |
| Green Algae | 
|
15g |
| Hardwood | 
|
15g |
| Iridium Bar | 
|
- |
| Iridium Ore | 
|
100g |
| Iron Bar | 
|
- |
| Iron Ore | 
|
10g |
| Joja Cola | 
|
25g |
| Monster Loot | - | - |
| Moss | 
|
5g |
| Radioactive Bar | 
|
- |
| Radioactive Ore | 
|
300g |
| Refined Quartz | 
|
50g |
| Rice | 
|
100g |
| River Jelly | 
|
125g |
| Rotten Plant | 
|
0g |
| Sea Jelly | 
|
200g |
| Soggy Newspaper | 
|
0g |
| Solar Essence | 
|
40g |
| Stone | 
|
2g |
| Sugar | 
|
50g |
| Trash | - | - |
| Trash (item) | 
|
0g |
| Treasure Chest | 
|
5000g |
| Vinegar | 
|
100g |
| Void Essence | 
|
50g |
| Wheat Flour | 
|
50g |
| White Algae | 
|
25g |
| Wood | 
|
2g |