Mahogany Seed

Mahogany Seed

Type	Seed
Grows	Mahogany Tree
Season	All
Growth Time	Variable
Island Trader	Stingray (1)
Sell Price	100g

The Mahogany Seed is how hardwood stops being a chore. Mahogany grows wild only on Ginger Island, so every mahogany standing on a valley farm came out of a planted seed. A mature one felled with an Axe drops hardwood by the armful, and a Tapper fitted to one returns Sap every single night, quicker than any other tree in the game manages its product. Left to itself the seed is painfully slow, and Tree Fertilizer is what turns three weeks of waiting into a few nights. Five seeds also go into one Mystic Tree Seed, which puts mahogany at the front of the late foraging chain as well as the hardwood supply.

Growing

Mahogany wants untouched soil. Hoed ground rejects the seed outright, so a planting site is chosen rather than prepared.

Growth runs through five stages and is decided fresh every night. Unaided, the seed advances on roughly one night in seven, slower than any other tree seed, which means a planting made in Spring can still be a sapling when Summer arrives. Tree Fertilizer lifts the nightly odds to better than even, and in practice a treated seed is a full tree inside a week. On a seed this awkward to come by, the fertiliser is not optional.

Mahogany also refuses to grow in a crowd. With a mature trunk already standing on one of the neighbouring tiles, the young tree holds at whatever stage it reached and stays there. Planting on a loose grid rather than a solid block avoids that and leaves lanes wide enough to swing an Axe down later.

A grown tree scatters a loose seed onto the soil near it from time to time. Digging that up with an Axe or a Pickaxe is how a small stand of mahogany becomes a large one without another trade.

Buying

No shop in Pelican Town touches the seed, so every supply route is a gathering route. The Secret Woods is the best of them. The Large Stumps in that clearing come back every day, and about one in ten gives a Mahogany Seed when it falls, while the slimes living among them drop seed at a similar rate. One thorough morning in the woods can set up an entire plantation.

Large Logs on the farm pay out at the same rate, which is a reason to clear a new farm with mahogany in mind rather than clearing it blind.

Golden Coconuts hold a seed now and then. The Blacksmith will split one open for a small fee, and because a coconut can hold far better prizes, mahogany out of it is a bonus rather than a method.

Two counters will trade for it. Over on Ginger Island the trader will take one Stingray for one seed, and the stingray has to be landed at Pirate Cove. The Raccoon Wife at the Giant Stump asks twenty Coal once four of her husband's requests are finished, and coal is far easier to produce in quantity than stingrays are to land, so hers is the steadier shop by a wide margin.

Uses

Five Mahogany Seeds, five Acorns, five Maple Seeds and five Pine Cones craft one Mystic Tree Seed, and the recipe arrives with Foraging Mastery. Tapping the resulting Mystic Tree yields Mystic Syrup, and a jar of that buys Fairy Dust from the Raccoon Wife. Mahogany therefore sits at the head of a chain that runs all the way to the end of a save.

A Sewing Machine fitted with the seed in its spool turns out the Beanie. Dropped into the pots at 2 Willow Lane instead, the seed dyes orange.

Offered as a present it goes nowhere, since the villagers dislike being handed one.

Notes

Split the stand in two. A tapped mahogany cannot be shaken or chopped while the Tapper sits on it, so keeping a few trees for Sap and a few for the Axe saves pulling tappers on and off every week.

Sap is worth more than it looks. Deluxe Fertilizer swallows it in bulk, and torches, bobbers, Fiber Seeds and the plain fertilisers all draw on the same pile, which a row of tapped mahogany fills without any further effort.

Never ship the seed. One planted tree returns more in hardwood and Sap than the counter pays, and the seed is far harder to replace than the coin.

All Seeds

Every entry in this group, with its key details.

Name	Grows	Season	Pierre
Acorn	Oak Tree	All	-
Amaranth Seeds	Amaranth	Fall	70g
Ancient Seeds	Ancient Fruit	Spring; Summer; Fall	-
Apple Sapling	Apple	Fall	4,000g
Apricot Sapling	Apricot	Spring	2,000g
Artichoke Seeds	Artichoke	Fall	30g (Year 2+)
Banana Sapling	Banana	All on Ginger Island; Summer in Stardew Valley	-
Bean Starter	Green Bean	Spring	60g
Beet Seeds	Beet	Fall	-
Blue Grass Starter	Blue Grass	Spring; Summer; Fall	-
Blueberry Seeds	Blueberry	Summer	80g
Bok Choy Seeds	Bok Choy	Fall	50g
Broccoli Seeds	Broccoli	Fall	-
Cactus Seeds	Cactus Fruit	All	-
Carrot Seeds	Carrot	Spring	-
Cauliflower Seeds	Cauliflower	Spring	80g
Cherry Sapling	Cherry	Spring	3,400g
Coffee Bean	-	Spring; Summer	-
Corn Seeds	Corn	Summer; Fall	150g
Cranberry Seeds	Cranberries	Fall	240g
Eggplant Seeds	Eggplant	Fall	20g
Fairy Seeds	Fairy Rose	Fall	200g
Fall Seeds	Blackberry, Common Mushroom, Hazelnut, or Wild Plum	Fall	-
Fiber Seeds	Fiber	All	-
Garlic Seeds	Garlic	Spring	40g (Year 2+)
Grape Starter	Grape	Fall	60g
Grass Starter	Grass	Spring; Summer; Fall	100g
Hops Starter	Hops	Summer	60g
Jazz Seeds	Blue Jazz	Spring	30g
Kale Seeds	Kale	Spring	70g
Mahogany Seed	Mahogany Tree	All	-
Mango Sapling	Mango	All on Ginger Island; Summer in Stardew Valley	-
Maple Seed	Maple Tree	All	-
Melon Seeds	Melon	Summer	80g
Mixed Flower Seeds	Varies	Spring Summer Fall	-
Mixed Seeds	Varies	Spring Summer Fall	-
Mossy Seed	Green Rain Tree	All	-
Mushroom Tree Seed	Mushroom Tree	All	-
Mystic Tree Seed	Mystic Tree	All	-
Orange Sapling	Orange	Summer	4,000g
Parsnip Seeds	Parsnip	Spring	20g
Peach Sapling	Peach	Summer	6,000g
Pepper Seeds	Hot Pepper	Summer	40g
Pine Cone	Pine Tree	All	-
Pineapple Seeds	Pineapple	All on Ginger Island; Summer in Stardew Valley	-
Pomegranate Sapling	Pomegranate	Fall	6,000g
Poppy Seeds	Poppy	Summer	100g
Potato Seeds	Potato	Spring	50g
Powdermelon Seeds	Powdermelon	Winter	-
Pumpkin Seeds	Pumpkin	Fall	100g
Qi Bean	Qi Fruit	All	-
Radish Seeds	Radish	Summer	40g
Rare Seed	Sweet Gem Berry	Fall	-
Red Cabbage Seeds	Red Cabbage	Summer	100g (Year 2+)
Rhubarb Seeds	Rhubarb	Spring	-
Rice Shoot	Unmilled Rice	Spring	40g
Spangle Seeds	Summer Spangle	Summer	50g
Spring Seeds	Wild Horseradish, Daffodil,; Leek, or Dandelion	Spring	-
Starfruit Seeds	Starfruit	Summer	-
Strawberry Seeds	Strawberry	Spring	-
Summer Seeds	Grape, Spice Berry,; or Sweet Pea	Summer	-
Summer Squash Seeds	Summer Squash	Summer	-
Sunflower Seeds	Sunflower	Summer; Fall	200g
Taro Tuber	Taro Root	All on Ginger Island; Summer in Stardew Valley	-
Tea Sapling	Tea Leaves	All	-
Tomato Seeds	Tomato	Summer	50g
Tulip Bulb	Tulip	Spring	20g
Wheat Seeds	Wheat	Summer; Fall	10g
Winter Seeds	Crocus, Crystal Fruit,; Snow Yam, or Winter Root	Winter	-
Yam Seeds	Yam	Fall	60g