Mead
| Mead | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Artisan Good |
| Machine | Keg |
| Ingredients | Honey (1) |
| Time | 10h |
| Sell Price | 300g |
Mead is the honey wine of Stardew Valley. Pouring a jar of Honey into a Keg gives a bottle of Mead ten hours later. The bottle always sells for the same price, whatever kind of Honey went in. That makes Mead the perfect use for cheap Wild Honey, while the pricier flower honeys are worth more sold as they are. A Cask can age it to iridium in four weeks. Pam and Willy both love a bottle, and the pirates of Ginger Island hand out free Mead to anyone dressed for the part.
The in-game description reads: A fermented beverage made from honey. Drink in moderation.
Making
The Keg arrives with Farming level 8. Mead is one of its quicker brews: a Keg loaded in the morning is ready by the evening.
Any Honey works. A Bee House with no flowers nearby fills with Wild Honey, which suits Mead perfectly. The Oasis also sells Honey on Fridays, and that bought Honey brews into Mead just as well.
Mead can also be found outside the farm. The Ginger Island Resort sells it, and Pam sells it at her stall during the Desert Festival for Calico Eggs. In the Pirate Cove on Ginger Island, the pirate bartender gives away one free bottle per night. The offer only stands for a farmer wearing a Pirate Hat, a Deluxe Pirate Hat, an Eye Patch or the Parrot Egg trinket.
These are the ingredients one batch needs.
| Name | Image | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Honey | 
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1 |
Prices
A bottle of Mead sells for three times a jar of Wild Honey. The Artisan profession adds two fifths to the bottle.
The flat price is the key point. Tulip, Blue Jazz, Sunflower and Summer Spangle Honey all sell for less than a bottle of Mead, so brewing them still gains a little. Poppy Honey and Fairy Rose Honey sell for more than Mead, so putting them in a Keg loses gold. Wild Honey gains the most of all.
Buying Honey at the Oasis and brewing it also turns a profit. Each bought jar becomes a bottle worth half as much again as its price.
Ageing in a Cask doubles the price at iridium. Mead turns silver after a week, gold after two weeks and iridium after four. That gain is modest per Cask day, well below cheese or the best wines.
Uses
Drinking Mead restores some energy and health, then leaves the farmer Tipsy for a short while. The Tipsy effect lowers Speed by one.
The remixed Community Center lists Mead as one of the options for the Brewer's Bundle in the Pantry.
At the Sewing Machine, Mead in the spool with Cloth in the feed makes the Black Leather Jacket. Mead also works as a yellow dye in the dye pots at 2 Willow Lane.
Gifts
Pam and Willy love Mead. Most other villagers like it, including Clint, Gus, Marnie, Robin and the Wizard. Mead is a hated gift for Jas, Leo, Penny, Sebastian and Vincent.
These villagers love receiving Mead as a gift.
| Villager | Image |
|---|---|
| Pam | 
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| Willy | 
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Notes
Mead is one of the fastest ways to turn a Keg into gold. Ten hours per bottle allows more than one batch a day, so a few Kegs beside a ring of Bee Houses keep pace easily.
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) |